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Acousmatic Intimacies? A Commute through Leaky Sounds (Rey Chow, Duke University)

Acousmatic Intimacies? A Commute through Leaky Sounds (Rey Chow, Duke University)

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Thursday, March 6, 2025
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
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This event is co-sponsored by Center for Cultural Analysis , Comparative Literature , and Asian Languages and Cultures .. Abstract With reference to examples of contemporary amateur singing performances, and
Contested Sociocultural Spaces of Aging in Rural China: From Older Adults’ Lived Experiences (Lin CHEN, Fudan/Harvard-Yenching)

Contested Sociocultural Spaces of Aging in Rural China: From Older Adults’ Lived Experiences (Lin CHEN, Fudan/Harvard-Yenching)

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Thursday, March 6, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building West Room 4052
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. It is a hybrid event with live streaming through Zoom. Here's the link to register for the Zoom streaming . Abstract Rural China
Virtuous Wealth?: China's Mission to Convert New Money into "New Philanthropy" (Lissa Crane, Rutgers University)

Virtuous Wealth?: China's Mission to Convert New Money into "New Philanthropy" (Lissa Crane, Rutgers University)

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Monday, February 24, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Douglass Campus Hickman Hall 205
Event Type: China Classroom
This is part of the class "Wealth and Culture." Abstract Even though the People’s Republic of China has risen to a position of economic might, the nation struggles with drastically
Orthodox Transmission of Political Power: The Notion of Zhengtong in China's Past and Present (Mara Yue Du, Cornell/IAS)

Orthodox Transmission of Political Power: The Notion of Zhengtong in China's Past and Present (Mara Yue Du, Cornell/IAS)

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Thursday, February 20, 2025
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Academic Building West Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. This is a hybrid event. Click here to register for Zoom streaming . Abstract This study reviews the evolvement of the notion of
Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China (Amy Zhang, New York University)

Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China (Amy Zhang, New York University)

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Friday, February 14, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
TIL-246, LIVINGSTON

RCCS is co-sponsoring this talk hosted by Department of Geography. Abstract After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. Starting in the early 2000s,

A new book panel: Confucianism at War: 1931-1945 (edited by Shaun O'Dwyer)

A new book panel: Confucianism at War: 1931-1945 (edited by Shaun O'Dwyer)

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Thursday, February 6, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Zoom (registration required)
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This online event is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. It is open to the public, but registration is required. Click here to register . Abstract It is commonly assumed that the
The Play of Substitutions in the Early Chinese Literary Tradition (Michael Puett, Harvard University)

The Play of Substitutions in the Early Chinese Literary Tradition (Michael Puett, Harvard University)

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building-West, Room 4052
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This talk is organized by the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures .
Lunar New Year Reception

Lunar New Year Reception

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
64 College Ave, 1st floor conference room
Event Type: China Social Hour
Join us for a celebration of the lunar new year with friends and colleagues. There will be delicious food, drinks, and great conversations!
Permutable Stratosphere: Overflights and a Geopoetics of Transpacific Top Secrecy (1958-2024) (Jerry Zee, Princeton University)

Permutable Stratosphere: Overflights and a Geopoetics of Transpacific Top Secrecy (1958-2024) (Jerry Zee, Princeton University)

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Friday, December 6, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Tillett Hall Rm. 246
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
RCCS is co-sponsoring this talk hosted by the Department of Geography . Abstract This talk explores how the stratosphere has taken shape as a front in the shifting geopolitics of
The Dragon Roars Back:  Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy (Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver)

The Dragon Roars Back:  Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy (Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver)

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Thursday, November 21, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building West 5190
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This event is co-sponsored by RCCS and Center for Global Work and Employment. Rutgers Global has also provided funding. It's open to the public. Abstract Professor Zhao will draw on
Intimacies of Empire: Race, Religion and Belonging

Intimacies of Empire: Race, Religion and Belonging

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Monday, November 18, 2024
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
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RCCS is co-sponsoring this joint book event, with Chie Ikeya (Rutgers-History, author of ( InterAsian Intimacies across Race, Religion, and Colonialism ), Seng Guo-Quan (National University of Singapore, author of
The Great Wall as a Climate Frontier: Towards an Integrated Study of the Ordos Region (Nicola Di Cosmo, Institute for Advanced Study)

The Great Wall as a Climate Frontier: Towards an Integrated Study of the Ordos Region (Nicola Di Cosmo, Institute for Advanced Study)

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Friday, November 8, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 3100

Department of Asian Languages and Cultures hosts Nicola DiCosmo from the Institute for Advanced Study for a talk, "The Great Wall as a Climate Frontier: Towards an Integrated Study of

The Transition from Courier Stations to Postal Stations and the Compression of Time and Space During 1860 to 1911 : Evidence from North China (Hanmei Wang, Central China University/Rutgers)

The Transition from Courier Stations to Postal Stations and the Compression of Time and Space During 1860 to 1911 : Evidence from North China (Hanmei Wang, Central China University/Rutgers)

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Thursday, October 24, 2024
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Van Dyck Hall Room 301, CAC
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. It's open to the public. Abstract The transformation of postal stations in the late Qing period saw the complicated confluence of the new
Geopolitics from Below: State-Diaspora Interplay and the Social Origins of Global China, (Jiaqi Liu, Singapore Management University)

Geopolitics from Below: State-Diaspora Interplay and the Social Origins of Global China, (Jiaqi Liu, Singapore Management University)

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Tillet Hall 232
Event Type: China Classroom
This is part of Jesse Rodenbiker's class, "Global Awareness: Introduction to Global and International Studies." It is co-sponsored by Global Asias Initiative and Rutgers Global. Everybody is welcome. Please send
The Politics of Policy Drift and Debates over Retirement Age Reform in China (Mark Frazier, New School for Social Research)

The Politics of Policy Drift and Debates over Retirement Age Reform in China (Mark Frazier, New School for Social Research)

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Thursday, October 10, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Rutgers Academic Building West Wing Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This event is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. It's open to the public. This is a hybrid event. For those who can't make it in person, please click here to register
Welcome-back Reception

Welcome-back Reception

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Thursday, September 12, 2024
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
64 College Ave., 1st floor conference room and backyard
Event Type: China Social Hour
We are hosting a luncheon to mark the beginning of a new academic year. It will be in the conference room on the first floor of 64 College Ave. This
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Community Wellness Day

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Community Wellness Day

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Saturday, May 18, 2024
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
1 Ericsson Drive bldg 6, Piscataway, NJ 08854

Free Lead Screening/Prostate Screening, free health information and resources, children's activities, music performance, and much more! Everybody is welcome. Check the poster for more details. 20240518_Community_Wellness_Day_Piscataway.pdf

New Frontiers in the Study of Medieval China Workshop: On Commemorative  Inscriptions

New Frontiers in the Study of Medieval China Workshop: On Commemorative  Inscriptions

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Thursday, May 16, 2024
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Academic Building-West, Room 6051
Event Type: Workshops

This two-day international workshop, May 17-18, explores medieval Chinese commemorative inscriptions from the seventh through the thirteenth centuries, in particular, the interactions between materiality and textuality. It is free and

China's Age of Abundance: A Reflection (WANG Feng, University of California Irvine)

China's Age of Abundance: A Reflection (WANG Feng, University of California Irvine)

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Monday, April 29, 2024
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Rutgers Academic Building West Wing Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This hybrid talk is co-sponsored by Center for Global Work & Employment and Rutgers Global. It is open to the public. To attend the session through Zoom, please click here
15th Annual Chinese Medieval Studies Workshop

15th Annual Chinese Medieval Studies Workshop

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Saturday, April 27, 2024
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: Workshops

This workshop, founded and organized by Professor Wendy Swartz and funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo (CCK) Foundation, is a major academic forum for the exchange of ideas and the advancement