East Asian Studies Speaker Series Fall 2009
Professor John Skrentny, Dept. of Sociology, University of California at San Diego September 17, 2009 noon-1.30pm, Mergenthaler 366 Can States Control Immigration? A Comparison of the US, Asia and Europe co-sponsored with Dept. of Political Science Professor Frank Wu, School of Law, Howard University October 1, 2009 noon-1.30pm, Mergenthaler 366 Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White co-sponsored with Dept. of Political Science and Race, Immigration, and Citizenship Working Group Professor Takashi Nishiyama, Dept. of History, SUNY Brockport October 15, 2009 3-5pm, History of Science and Technology, 3505 North Charles Street Kamikaze Technology and its Aftermath: Mobilizing Engineers for War and Peace in Japan, 1932-64 co-sponsored with Dept. of History of Science and Technology Assoc. Professor Hugh Shapiro, Dept. of History, University of Nevada-Reno October 22, 2009 3pm 3rd Floor, Welch Library, 1900 E. Monument St. The Birth of Nervousness: Neurasthenia in Modern China co-sponsored with Dept. of Medicine Mr. Richard Danziger, Independent Scholar October 27, 2009 1.30-3.30pm, Charles Commons 304 Japanese Tea Culture Assoc. Professor Nanxiu Qian, Dept. of Asian Studies, Rice University November 19, 2009 noon-1.30pm, Mergenthaler 366 Chronicling China's Reform: The Late Qing Woman Writer Xue Shaohui (1866-1911) and Her Intellectual Networks East Asian Studies Speaker Series Spring 2009
Professor Dorothy Ko, Department of History, Barnard College The Body of the Artisan; The Body of the Connoisseur: The Qing Inkstone Carver Gu Erniang and Her Patrons January 26, 2009, 4:00-6:00 pm, Dell House 102B co-sponsored with Department of History
Professor Gary Gereffi, Department of Sociology, Duke University New Trends and Challenges for Latin American Development: A Global Perspective March 4, 2009, 5:30-7:00 pm, Sherwood Room, Garland co-sponsored with Program in Latin American Studies and Department of Sociology Professor Victor Nee, Department of Sociology, Cornell University Political Connections in China's Market Economy March 9, 2009, 12:00-1:30 pm, 526 Mergenthaler co-sponsored with Department of Sociology Professor Daniel Slater, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago Democracy Without Accountability: Party Cartels and Presidential Power in Indonesia March 24, 2009, 12:00-1:30 pm, Mattin 160 co-sponsored with Department of Political Science
Dr. Dong-Won Kim, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of History of Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University Two Different Images of the Nuclear Bomb in Japan and Korea, 1945-1960 March 25, 2009, 12:00-1:30 pm, 366 Mergenthaler Professor Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia Business School From Sex Ratio Imbalance to Global Economic Imbalances: Some Unintended Consequences of China’s Family Planning Policy March 31, 2009, 12:00-1:30 pm, 526 Mergenthaler co-sponsored with Department of Economics Mr. Henry Levine, Stonebridge International, State Department’s Foreign Service Institute US-China Trade: The Threat of Economic Mutually Assured Destruction April 14, 2009, 12-1:30 pm, 526 Mergenthaler East Asian Studies Speaker Series Fall 2008
Professor Ching Kwan Lee, Department of Sociology, University of California-Berkeley Raw Encounters: Politics of Casualization in Africa’s China Enclaves October 20, 2008, 12:00-1:30 pm, Mergenthaler 526 co-sponsored with Department of Sociology
Professor Deborah Brautigam, School of International Service, American University China and the Foreign Aid Regime in Africa November 17, 2008, 12:00-1:30 pm, Mergenthaler 366 co-sponsored with Department of Political Science Professor Nicola di Cosmo, Institute for Advanced Study Before the Conquest: Opportunity and Choice in the Construction of Manchu Power November 17, 2008, 4:00-6:00 pm, Dell House co-sponsored with Department of History Ms. Yoko Tawada, Japanese-German poet Writing the Web of Words December 1, 2008, 5:00-6:45 pm, Mattin 162 co-sponsored with German and Romance Languages and Literature

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