Seminars

  • Founded
    1957
  • Seminar Number
    443

This seminar is concerned with the politics, society, culture, and international relations of China from the early nineteenth century to the present. Its broader purpose is to explore the evolution of Chinese civilization over the past century of revolution and rapid social change. Papers—work in progress—are circulated to members and associates in advance of each meeting. Authors are asked to give a brief oral introduction, after which a discussant comments. The entire remainder of each session is comprised of members’ reactions to the paper and the author’s responses.

Seminar Website


Co-Chairs
Nick Bartlett
nbartlet@barnard.edu

Ying Qian
yq2189@columbia.edu 

William Charles Wooldridge
william.wooldridge@lehman.cuny.edu

Rapporteur
Tenggeer Hao
t.hao@columbia.edu

Meeting Schedule

10/19/2023 918 International Affairs Building, Columbia University / Zoom
7:00 PM
I Can't Even Read One Word': Women's (il)literacy and The Unmaking of the Chinese Peasant Class
Britta Ingebretson, Fordham University

Discussant: Leta Hong Fincher, Columbia University



11/16/2023 918 International Affairs Building
7:00 PM
Cross Border Media and Exchange: Hong Kong and China’s Citizens in the 1980s
Denise Ho, Yale University

Discussant: Eugenia Lean, Columbia University



12/07/2023 918 International Affairs Building, Columbia University
7:00 PM
The Chinese Anatomical Revolution and its Limits
David Luesink, Sacred Heart

Discussant: Grace Shen, Fordham University



02/08/2024 918 International Affairs Building
7:00 PM
TBD
Sau-yi Fong, Columbia University




02/22/2024 918 International Affairs Building
7:00 PM
A Labor of Distinction: Time and the Material in Guangzhou's Scrap Trade
Amy Zhang, New York University

Discussant: Jonathan Bach, The New School



03/21/2024 Weatherhead Center seminar room, 918 International Affairs Building
7:00 PM
Dreams of Stability: Polyethylene and the Transformation of Taiwan’s Agricultural and Industrial Ecosystem
Ying Jia Tan, Wesleyan University

Discussant: Paul Kreitman, Columbia University



04/18/2024 Weatherhead Center seminar room, 918 International Affairs Building
7:00 PM

Nick Bartlett, Barnard College




05/09/2024 Weatherhead Center seminar room, 918 International Affairs Building
7:00 PM
TBD
Chenshu Zhou, University of Pennsylvania