Monthly Archive for October, 2009

Nov. 6 Special Session

Workshop on East Asia: Politics, Economy and Society ~Presents~ Socialism is Great!: From Rocket Factory Girl to International Media Lijia Zhang Now a writer, journalist, social commentator and a TV show host, Zhang Lijia spent a decade in the 80’s working in a Nanjing factory, that produced inter-continental missiles capable of reaching North America.  To [...]

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Nov. 3 Workshop

Workshop on East Asia: Politics, Economy and Society Presents “Rumor and secret space: the Tianjin Massacre” Xiaoli Tian PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago 4:00-5:30pm, Tuesday November 3, 2009 Pick Lounge 5828 South University Ave. Workshop website: http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/eastasia/ Student coordinator: Jean Lin (jeanlin@uchicago.edu) Faculty sponsors: Dali Yang, Cheol-sung Lee, Dingxin Zhao The workshop [...]

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Special Monday Session: Oct. 19

Workshop on East Asia: Politics, Economy and Society Presents “A New Religious Ecology in Crystallization: The Wane of Indigenous Religions and the Rise of Protestant Christianity in the Reform-era China” Yanfei Sun Department of Sociology, University of Chicago 4:00-5:30pm, MONDAY (special session) October 19, 2009 Pick Lounge 5828 South University Ave. Workshop website: http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/eastasia/ Student [...]

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October 6 Workshop

Workshop on East Asia: Politics, Economy and Society Presents “Incubating Innovation or Cultivating Corruption? The Developmental State and Life Sciences in Asia” Professor Cheol-Sung Lee Department of Sociology, University of Chicago 4:00-5:30pm, Tuesday October 6, 2009 Pick Lounge 5828 South University Ave. Workshop website: http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/eastasia/ Student coordinator: Jean Lin (jeanlin@uchicago.edu) Faculty sponsors: Dali Yang, Cheol-sung Lee, [...]

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