2026

May 04 2026

The Poetic Way of Xie Lingyun (Ping Wang, University of Washington)

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Monday, May 4, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
RCCS is jointly sponsoring this talk with the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures Abstract TBA Bio TBA
Feb 10 2026

The Causal Effect of Social Drinking/Eating Networks on Trust (Yanjie Bian, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Labor Education Center, Room 115 (50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick, NJ 08901)
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
RCCS is jointly hosting this event with Center for Global Work and Employment. This is a hybrid talk with both in-person and zoom options. If you'd like to participate on
Feb 03 2026

The Party's Interests Come First (Joseph Torigian, American University)

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This in-person talk is open to the public. This event is generously co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. Abstract The Party's Interests Come First is the first biography of Xi Zhongxun written

2025

Nov 13 2025

Safeguarding Cultural Security in Contemporary China (Martin Dimitrov, Tulane University)

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Thursday, November 13, 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. Click here to register for Zoom streaming . Abstract : Though it forms an integral part of Chinese
Oct 23 2025

Everything Everywhere All at Once: The Buddha-Nature According to Tiantai and What To Do About It, If Anything (Brook Ziporyn, University of Chicago)

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Religion and Rutgers Global. This talk will also be available for Zoom streaming. Click here to register. Abstract : Buddha-nature, according to
Oct 02 2025

Zhu Xi’s 朱熹 (1130–1200) Theory of Emotions (Ya ZUO, University of California Santa Barbara)

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Thursday, October 2, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. Everybody is welcome. Abstract Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130–1200), celebrated as a prominent synthesizer of Neo-Confucianism, is well known for developing a theory that
Sep 25 2025

Dominant Strategies of Individuals and Organizations and their Social Contexts (Dingxin Zhao, University of Chicago)

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Thursday, September 25, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by the Center for Global Work and Employment and Rutgers Global. Abstract : This talk introduces an important theory in evolutionary biology: the r/K strategy theory.
Apr 29 2025

Confucian Power as Responsibility (Sungmoon Kim, City University of Hong Kong)

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building West 6010
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This hybrid talk is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. Registration is required for Zoom streaming. Click here to register . Abstract Confucianism is commonly understood as a philosophical, ethical, and political
Apr 01 2025

Youth Unemployment and Underemployment in China and Its Political Implications (Yao LU, Columbia University)

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building West Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by the Center for Global Work & Employment and Rutgers Global. Abstract: Youth unemployment and underemployment, especially among college graduates, have surged to unprecedented levels in
Mar 27 2025

Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral: Zheng He and the Chinese Overseas (Tansen Sen, NYU Shanghai/IAS)

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Thursday, March 27, 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. It is open to the public. Abstract Zheng He (1371–1433) is the only eunuch to have been deified and venerated by the Chinese.
Mar 06 2025

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
Feb 20 2025

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
Feb 06 2025

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

2024

Dec 06 2024

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
Nov 21 2024

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
Oct 24 2024

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
Oct 10 2024

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
Apr 29 2024

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
Apr 18 2024

The Birth of Century: Chinese Thought at the Dawn of the Pacific Twentieth Century (WANG Hui, Tsinghua University)

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Thursday, April 18, 2024
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Academic Building West Room 4050
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures , China Research Project, Eurasia Foundation (from Asia), Program in Comparative Literature, Rutgers Center for Chinese Studies, and
Apr 11 2024

Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise (Christopher Marquis, University of Cambridge, UK)

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Thursday, April 11, 2024
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Rutgers Academic Building West Room 5050
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This hybrid talk is funded by Center for Global Work & Employment. It is open to the public. Registration is not required for in-person attendance. Registration is required for Zoom