[SYMPOSIUM EVENT]: Seeing Like an Empire: Chinese Political Thought and Practice in Changing Times
Nov 19, 2021
Thank you to all who could join the CCR’s first lecture in our symposium “Seeing Like an Empire.” If you would like to revisit our conversations or could not attend, please go to the @ubcSPPGA’s YouTube page for a recording of the event! See below: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOos8HO1oAY&ab_channel=UBCSchoolofPublicPolicyandGlobalAffairs.[/youtube]
A (Re)visit to Vancouver Chinatown: The Past, Present, and Future | 回歸溫哥華唐人街: 我們的歷史, 當下, 和未來
Nov 07, 2021
[Find English Version Below] 人們常對某些話題保持緘默，但我們仍需直面問題。近年來, 針對亞裔的種族主義再度成為焦點。除了感到憤怒、悲傷和恐懼，我們同樣困惑於這類沖突產生的原因。為什麽這一問題在溫哥華如此敏感? 一百多年來，溫哥華唐人街作為跨太平洋的重要樞紐，不僅曾深陷於重重歷史危機，更面臨著日漸增長的社會、文化和經濟困難。建成之初，它是許多異鄉旅客的棲身之所，是盛極一時的文化輸出，更承載著許多遠隔重洋的思念。百年後的今天，在見證了族群不斷的遷移，發展，融合，沖突後，唐人街逐漸走向沒落，成了多數人不願涉足的禁地。 從1885年的中國人頭稅，到持續不斷的、基於種族歧視的暴力襲擊，直到今天，作為北美反亞裔仇恨之都的居民，我們該如何理解過去發生的種種，又該對未來抱有怎樣的期待? 我們該如何看待具有多重身份與意義的唐人街， 它的興盛與衰敗有著怎樣的歷史意義？又與個體的生活有著怎樣的聯系？ 溫哥華時間11月9日星期二下午5點半，在CK Choi 120，對話將攜手UBC History Student Assoication共同舉辦11月特別活動，我們期待聽到你的分享。 主活動討論結束後，我們將舉行After Party, 繼續我們的交流和相互認識。地點未定，請等待通知。屆時將為大家提供免費食物，酒水自費，歡迎參與。 【活動形式】 ➤時間/地点：溫哥華時間11月9日，週二晚間5:30-7:30pm @CK Choi 120 After Party 7:30pm, 地點未定，請等待通知。 ➤注冊連結： https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-visit-to-vancouver-chinatown-the-past-present-and-future-registration-201746397907 ➤padlet討論： https://padlet.com/alexandrahu0307/tpionm5f65mb8df0 活動將以小組討論+大組討論的形式進行。你不需要準備任何發言，我們鼓勵你將自己的經歷和對「華人」這一概念的思考結合起來，與大家在相互尊重的基礎上交流想法。你可以使用你最熟悉的語言（國/普、粵、英）進行分享，我們將提供翻譯。 ————————————————————— Certain topics are always difficult to bring up, yet we need to address them nonetheless. The Vancouver Chinatown is one such […]
[BOOK TALK EVENT]: China’s Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy”
Nov 01, 2021
[BOOK TALK EVENT]: China’s Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy” Little is known or understood about the inner workings of the Chinese government as the country bursts onto the world stage, as the world’s second largest economy and an emerging military superpower. China’s Diplomats embody its battle between insecurity and self-confidence, internally and […]
[SYMPOSIUM EVENT]: Seeing Like an Empire: Chinese Political Thought and Practice in Changing Times
Oct 29, 2021
[SYMPOSIUM EVENT]: Seeing Like an Empire: Chinese Political Thought and Practice in Changing Times The Centre for Chinese Research would like to introduce our symposium for this academic year titled “Seeing Like an Empire: Chinese Political Thought and Practice in Changing Times.” This symposium will cover a wide range of periods and topics from the […]
[Indigenous Taiwan Speaker Series] Conversations with Writer Ahronglong Sakinu
Oct 27, 2021
Speaker Series: Indigenous Taiwan: Transpacific Connections 線上講座系列：台灣原住民文化：跨越太平洋的聯結 Hunter School: Reviving Taiwan Indigenous Practices for New Generations 獵人學校：如何在當代台灣復興傳統原住民技藝 Indigenous writer Ahronglong Sakinu, after years of living in Taipei, founded and ran a “hunter school” focused on transmitting Indigenous knowledge to new generations of Taiwan youths. What inspired Sakinu to found the school? What lessons and practices […]
Patriarchal Capitalism with Chinese characteristics: Gendered Discourse of ‘Double Eleven’ Shopping Festival
Patriarchal Capitalism with Chinese characteristics: Gendered Discourse of ‘Double Eleven’ Shopping Festival Video available here Double 11, or Singles’ Day (双11, 光棍节) is an unofficial Chinese holiday and shopping season that celebrates supposedly people not in relationships. The date, November 11 (11/11) was chosen because the ‘1’ reflect bare sticks or guangun (光棍), an internet […]
[Book Discussion]: What Is the Path to “Common Prosperity” under Xi Jinping?
Oct 18, 2021
What Is the Path to “Common Prosperity” under Xi Jinping? The phrase “common prosperity” grabbed major news headlines in the West after its appearance in a Chinese Communist Party communique in August. Commentators claim that Xi is “cracking down on the rich,” “clamping down on capital,” and “shifting political priorities” from economic growth to redistribution. […]
A virtual speaker series: Indigenous Taiwan: Transpacific Connections
Oct 13, 2021
Indigenous cultures make Taiwan and Canada unique. Taiwan has sixteen officially recognized tribes, and, like Canada, is engaged in ongoing public and community discussions about languages, land rights, self-determination, history, and reconciliation. How is indigenous life being represented and experienced by artists in Taiwan today? What commonalities of history, experience, or imagination might be found […]
[Hong Kong Studies]: Call for Submissions
Oct 05, 2021
Saturday, 4 December 2021 HKT Teaching Hong Kong, Hong Kong Teaching: A Hong Kong Studies Symposium Online Deadline for submissions: 15 October 2021 Details: eng.cuhk.edu.hk/HKStudies/announcements/20210719_TeachingHongKong.php 10–11 December 2021 HKT Translating Hong Kong 翻譯香港 Online Deadline for submissions: 15 October 2021 Details: backreading.wordpress.com/cfp/
Yü Ying-shih’s memoir now available in English co-translated by Josephine Chiu-Duke and Michael S. Duke
Oct 01, 2021
Information also available on the Asian Studies Website [HERE]. Congratulations to Asian Studies Professor Josephine Chiu-Duke and Professor Emeritus Michal S. Duke on the co-translated publication From Rural China to the Ivy League: Reminiscences of Transformations in Modern Chinese History by Yü Ying-shih (Cambria Press, 2021). A leading authority in the field of Chinese Studies, Professor […]