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September 2026
Chinese Corner
Topics are tentative and subject to change. Friends and Friendship (9/11), My Most-Used Phone APP (9/18), Childhood Memories (9/25), The Ideal Pet (10/2), Colors and Culture (10/9), Celebrity Worship (10/16), Money and Spending Habit (10/23), A Message to My Future Self (10/30), Chinese Zodiac vs. Western Astrology (11/6), Health and Exercise (11/13), Three Must-Haves for Traveling (11/20), and the Art of Gift-Giving (12/4)
Find out more »Convict Politics: From Utopia to Serfdom in Early China (221 BCE—23 CE)
Register: https://tangcenter-columbia.org/september-11-2026/ This talk, based on newly mined data from newly unearthed manuscripts and traditional sources, explores convict politics in the early Chinese empires. Whereas a substantial number of bureaucratic personnel were convict laborers, assisting local officials, the central court reemployed numerous previously convicted individuals as high officials. The talk argues that convict politics emerged because the mutual responsibility system and high-performance-oriented law extensively criminalized people, including the innocent. Via a framework of legal regulations, structured institutional mechanisms, and systematic…
Find out more »Chinese Corner
Topics are tentative and subject to change. Friends and Friendship (9/11), My Most-Used Phone APP (9/18), Childhood Memories (9/25), The Ideal Pet (10/2), Colors and Culture (10/9), Celebrity Worship (10/16), Money and Spending Habit (10/23), A Message to My Future Self (10/30), Chinese Zodiac vs. Western Astrology (11/6), Health and Exercise (11/13), Three Must-Haves for Traveling (11/20), and the Art of Gift-Giving (12/4)
Find out more »Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration for Undergraduate Students
Join EALAC for our Undergraduate Welcome Back & Mid-Autumn Celebration! Kick off the new academic year with fellow EALAC students and faculty while celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. Stop by for food and a chance to connect with the EALAC community. All EALAC majors, minors, and students interested in East Asian Studies are welcome!
Find out more »Chinese Corner
Topics are tentative and subject to change. Friends and Friendship (9/11), My Most-Used Phone APP (9/18), Childhood Memories (9/25), The Ideal Pet (10/2), Colors and Culture (10/9), Celebrity Worship (10/16), Money and Spending Habit (10/23), A Message to My Future Self (10/30), Chinese Zodiac vs. Western Astrology (11/6), Health and Exercise (11/13), Three Must-Haves for Traveling (11/20), and the Art of Gift-Giving (12/4)
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