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February 2019
Approaching Chinese Shamanism through a Comparative Context, With Assistance from the Early Chinese Song Cycle called ‘The Nine Songs’
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The Wind that Shakes the Barley: Consequences of the Food Globalization in Prehistory
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May 2019
Ornament, Text, and the Creation of Sishen Mirrors in Western Han China
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Pre-Modern China Lecture Series
Title: Thematic Transmission in the Tradition of Chinese Painting Cheng-hua Wang Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University Lineage and the stylistic transmission of Chinese painting were issues that had received much scholarly attention in the field of Chinese painting by the late 1990s. Along with the paradigm shift from the studies of scroll paintings to those of caves and tombs and the prevalence of synchronic approaches in art-historical research, the continuation and transformation of traditions, the diachronic dimension of Chinese painting, has fallen out…
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From Lhasa to Darjeeling to America: Tibetan American Memoir Writing
Main event organizer: Modern Tibetan Studies Speaker name(s) and affiliation: Ann Tashi Slater, Japan Women’s University Discussant name and affiliation: Riga Shakya, Columbia University Event summary: Author Ann Tashi Slater will read from "Mountains, Monasteries, and Myths: What I Discovered While Living in My Darjeeling Family Home" (Catapult). This piece looks at her journey from her American childhood to her discovery of her Tibetan family’s rich history. Slater's story provides intimate glimpses of the personal and political connections between…
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How China Loses: The Pushback Against Chinese Global Ambitions
Please join us for a lecture: How China Loses: The Pushback Against Chinese Global Ambitions Luke Patey, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies; Lead Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, University of Oxford. Moderated by: Elizabeth Wishnick, Professor, Political Science and Law, Montclair State University From its Belt and Road Initiative linking Asia and Europe, to its "Made in China 2025" strategy to dominate high-tech industries, to its significant economic reach into Africa and Latin America, China…
Find out more »Parenting Needs of Chinese Parents of Children with Autism
Please join us for a lecture: Parenting Needs of Chinese Parents of Children with Autism from America, Macau, and Taiwan Hsu-Min Chiang, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Macau Moderated by: Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work; Director, China Center for Social Policy Many studies have focused on parenting stress in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and high parenting stress in these parents is commonly reported. But limited studies have focused on parenting needs…
Find out more »Stories of Kinship, Care, and COVID-19: Connecting Nepal and Himalayan New York
Please join us for a lecture with: Sienna Craig, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College Moderated by: Eveline Washul, Director, Modern Tibetan Studies Program, Columbia University For centuries, people from Mustang, Nepal, have relied on agriculture, pastoralism, and trade as a way of life. Seasonal migrations to South Asian cities for trade as well as temporary wage labo abroad and Mustang-based tourism have shaped their experiences for decades. Yet, more recently, permanent migrations to New York City are reshaping…
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