East Asia: Society, Politics and Economy

Announcements:

The workshop takes place on alternative Tuesdays, 4:00-5:30pm, in Pick Lounge.

Schedule for Autumn 2007

Date	Title	Presenter
Oct. 9^th , 2007	Triple Threat: Triangulating the Impact of the Taiwanese Business Community in the Taiwan Strait	Joshua Wu M.A. Student of Committee on International Relations University of Chicago
Oct. 23^rd , 2007	Party Fragmentation Index of the Chinese Communist Party	Victor Shih Assistant Professor of Political Science Northwestern University
Nov. 13^th , 2007	Dynamic Patterns of Development in Four Rural Counties in the Middle of China	Hongxing Yang Ph.D. Candidate of Sociology University of Chicago
Nov. 27^th, 2007	Turning Gray: Changes of Political Communication in China	Fen Lin Ph.D. Candidate of Sociology University of Chicago
Dec. 4^th , 2007	Between Citizens and Ghosts: Chinese Migrants under Globalization	Jieh-min Wu Associate Professor of Sociology National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Schedule for Winter 2008

Date	Title	Presenter
Jan. 15^th , 2008	Endogenous Policies and Foreign Direct Investment under Federalism: Theory and Evidence from China and India	Yong Wang Ph.D. Candidate of Economics University of Chicago
Jan. 24^th , 2008	New Trend of Changes in Current Social Stratification of China [Paper 1][Paper 2]	Qiang Li Professor of Sociology Tsinghua University, China
Feb. 5^th , 2008	China's Popular Religion: Surviving and Thriving Today[Paper 1][Paper 2]	Lizhu Fan Professor of Sociology Fudan University, China
Feb. 19^th, 2008	Lawyers, State Officials, and Significant Others: An Ecological Analysis of the Chinese Legal Services Market	Sida Liu Ph.D. Candidate of Sociology University of Chicago
Mar. 11^th , 2008	The Chinese Economic System under Mao	Ning Wang Assistant Professor of Global Studies Arizona State University

Schedule for Spring 2008

Date	Title	Presenter
Apr. 08^th , 2008	Warring States Interstates Relations and Unification of China - A lesson for the Modern International Relations	Dingxin Zhao Associate Professor of Sociology University of Chicago
Apr. 22^th , 2008	China-US-Taiwan Relations after Ma Ying-Jeou Being Elected as President of the Republic of China	Edward I-Hsin Chen Professor of Political Science Graduate Institute of American Studies, Tamkang University, ROC (Taiwan)
May. 13^th , 2008	Public Finance and Land Disputes in China	Susan H. Whiting Associate Professor of Political Science University of Washington
May. 20^th, 2008	Cream-Skimmer or Underdog? A Pilot Study of Rural Labor Training Program in China	Yiu Por Chen Assistant Professor of Public Service DePaul University
Jun. 05^th , 2008	Rivalry Writings over Frontiers: The Competitive Knowledge-Production in China, 1927-1949	Liping Wang Ph.D. Student of Sociology University of Chicago

Contacts:

Hongxing Yang (coordinator)	Email address: yanghx@uchicago.edu
Prof. William Parish	Email address: pari@uchicago.edu
Prof. Dali Yang	Email address: daliyang@uchicago.edu
Prof. Dingxin Zhao	Email address: dzhao@uchicago.edu

About the workshop:

This workshop focuses on current social science research on East Asian societies, particularly Mainland China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. The scope of the workshop is truly interdisciplinary, as we attract students and faculty from economics, political science, sociology, international studies, and various other areas. The workshop features presentations by University faculty members, graduate students, and guest speakers working on East Asia at other institutions. Graduate students are especially encouraged to present their thesis and dissertation research. The workshop meets alternative Tuesdays afternoon from 4:00pm to 5:30pm at Pick Lounge, 5828 South University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637. The workshop is supported by the Council on Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Center for East Asian Studies.