CHINA global Kick-off Conference May 4 - 5 2018
Friday May 4, 2018, 9am - 17.30pm
Venue: University of Cologne, Universitätsstraße 37, 50931 Köln (Seminargebäude, Tagungsraum)
09:00 - 09:15h Welcome (Susanne Brandtstädter, Cologne)
09:15 - 10:15h Keynote Prasenjit Duara (History, Durham): Revisiting the Chinese World Order: Soft Power of the Imperialism of Nation-states
10:15 - 10:30h Coffee Break
10:30 - 13:00h Panel 1: Expanding Exchange and the Globalization of Norms (Chair: Nora Sausmikat, Stiftung Asienhaus)
Flora Sapio (Law, ANU, Australia): The Making of Shared Global Norms with Chinese Characteristics: What is it That We Ignore About Structures of Chinese Constitutionalism?
Mette Halskov Hansen (China Studies, Oslo): Ecological Civilization: Interpreting the Chinese Past, Projecting the Global Future
Eva Pils (Law, London): Human rights with Chinese characteristics as a challenge to global governance
Adam Yuet Chau (East Asian Studies, Cambridge): China and its Globalizing Religions
13:00 - 14:00h Buffet Lunch (for invited guests)
14:00 - 16:30h Panel 2: Schemes of Global Cooperation (Chair: Björn Ahl, Cologne)
Flemming Christiansen (Sociology, Duisburg-Essen): Ideology and Power: China's International Cooperation
Paul Anderson (Social Anthropology/Middle Eastern Studies, Cambridge): Emerging Regionalisms in West Asia: the Case of Chinese Commodities in the Levant
May Tan-Mullins (International Relations, Nottingham Ningbo): Political Ecology of Rising China
Ming Du (Law, Surrey): The Metaphor of Market Economy in International Economic Relations: China and the World
16:30 - 16:45h Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:30h Film Presentation (Chair: Susanne Brandtstädter, Cologne)
"King Cobra and the Dragon" by Solange Guo Chatelard (International Relations, Brussels/filmmaker)
19:00h Conference Dinner (for invited guests)
Saturday May 5, 2018, 9.30am - 16pm
Venue: University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Köln (Hauptgebäude, Neuer Senatssaal)
09:30 - 13:00h Panel 3: Centers and Margins: History of Ideas (Chair: Wilfried Hinsch, Cologne)
Bai Tongdong (Philosophy, Fudan): A Confucian New Tianxia Model of National Identity and Global Governance - And Why Is It Superior to the Nation-State and Liberal Models
Klaus Mühlhahn (History, FU Berlin): cancelled!
Iwo Amelung (History, Frankfurt): Dealing with environmental determinism in Republic China
Christoph Harbsmeier (Chinese Studies, Oslo): Self-Construal in China: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
13:00 - 14:00h Buffet Lunch (for invited guests)
14:00 - 16:00h Conclusion and the CHINA global project
Susanne Brandtstädter/ Wilfried Hinsch (Speakers of CHINA global) & Open Discussion
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