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Speaker: Xiao Hai

Title: Sisyphus on the Wenyu River

Abstract: A native of China's Henan province, Xiao Hai left home at the age of 15 to join China's migrant labor force. He traveled across southern China, making shirts, driving delivery, selling popcorn—22 jobs in all—and eventually…

Take your learning to the next level with minors from the Einaudi Center for International Studies and our programs. In this session, you'll learn about international minors that can help you expand your global knowledge. View a full list of minors.

Caribbean Studies
The Caribbean Studies minor…

Speaker: Ming-Sung Kuo, University of Warwick School of Law

Title: "Justices Must Be Seen to Be Legitimate”: The (Post-Reform) Legitimacy Challenge of the Taiwan Constitutional Court, 2019-2025

Abstract: In this presentation, I take up one unasked question in the discussion of the legitimacy of…

Develop your dissertation on global issues with a toolkit of resources! The Einaudi Dissertation Proposal Development Program (DPD) supports 24 PhD students annually through seminars, workshops, mentoring sessions, and up to $2,000 for international airfare for summer research. Applicants’ research projects must…

Taiwan is at a crossroads, and its future is far from clear. Dan Blumenthal, Director of Asian Studies at AEI and former Senior Country Director for China and Taiwan, joins us for a discussion on recent Taiwanese history, Trump's ever-changing policy towards Taiwan, and what the future holds. This event will…

Go global in summer 2027! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.

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Speaker: Ying Qian, Associate Professor of Chinese Cinema and Media, Columbia University

Title: Michurin-Lysenkoism and the Politics of Grafting in Early PRC

Abstract: This paper is an exploration of grafting 嫁接, a technique with a long history in Chinese horticulture and further popularized in the…

Speaker: Sukhee Lee, Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University

Title: "Cracking Administrative Documents in Classical Chinese: 'Adjudicating Lawsuits (聽訟)' in Hu Taichu's 胡太初 Pulling Down the Screen During the Daytime (晝簾緖論)"

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Since 2016, the China labor collection at Kheel Center in the ILR School’s Catherwood Library, has amassed a vast audio-visual archive consisting of photographs, films, brochures, oral interviews, poetry, and other materials on labor in the People’s Republic of China between the years 1993-2023. This exhibition is…

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…

Since 2016, the China labor collection at Kheel Center in the ILR School’s Catherwood Library, has amassed a vast audio-visual archive consisting of photographs, films, brochures, oral interviews, poetry, and other materials on labor in the People’s Republic of China between the years 1993-2023. This exhibition is…

Speaker: Ting Hui Lau, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Singapore

Title: Decolonial Endurance: Indigenous Wellbeing Against Chinese Settler Colonialism

Abstract: Like many countries in Asia, China does not recognize the existence of Indigenous peoples within its…

Go global in summer 2027! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.

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Speaker: Jeffrey Niedermaier, Brown University

Title: Tamenori and the “Sinographic Subaltern” of Genji-Era Japan Peasants, Prisoners, and Castaways

Abstract: Early in Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji, the titular prince overhears laborers in a down-and-out neighborhood of the Japanese capital…

Speaker: Jeffrey Niedermaier, Brown University

Title: "Intimacies of the Guestless Guesthouse: Diplomacy with the Departed in Post-Parhae Japan."

Abstract:

Its name evoking the sonorous chamber of a great migratory bird bearing messages from afar, the Kōrokan 鴻臚館 guesthouse was a…

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…

October 26, 1:00-5:00, Hirsch Lecture Room, Johnson Museum

October 27, 9:00-4:00, Nevin Welcome Center, Botanic Gardens

This conference explores the cultural, religious, botanical, economic, and environmental dimensions of the global spread of Camillia Sinensus, commonly known worldwide as either tea…