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Prof. Wu Ying-Chu 吳瑛珠 from the Department of Public Administration at Tamkang University will present a current research project in the Taiwan Colloquium on Thursday, 26 January, 6 p.m. Her topic is 

Das Verhältnis zwischen politischen Parteien und Abgeordneten - Ausgehend vom Rotationsprinzip in Deutschland zur Überprüfung der Verfassungsauslegung Nr.311 in Taiwan
[Relation between political parties and delegates - Departing from the rotation principle in Germany to review the constitutional interpretation no. 311 in Taiwan]

Venue is the lecture hall 001 in Keplerstraße 2.

Premodern Colloquium seesion on Tuesday 24 Jan 2023 at 16:15 in Wilhelmstr. 133, Room 30
Xu Runzhou, "The Process of Landscape-Centered Rituals - a Case Study of Mount Qianfo's Pilgrimage System" (MA project)
Zoom Link: zoom.us/j/97739823797

Visiting Scholar, Prof. Wu Ying-Chu 吳瑛珠 from the Department of Public Administration at Tamkang University will give a public talk on Monday, 23 January, 6 to 8 p.m:

Umwandlung der verfassungsrechtlichen Stellung der politischen Parteien in Taiwan – vom Verfassungsentwurf in Jahr 1936 bis zur Verfassungsauslegung Nr. 793 im Jahr 2020 
[Change of the constitutional position of political parties in Taiwan - from the constitutional draft of 1936 to the interpretation No. 793 in 2020]

Venue is the room 1.81 at Keplerstraße 2.

Greater China Colloquium / Taiwan Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Nicola Spakowski (Freiburg) "Worker heroes and heroines in China - models of a society of production (1940s to 1970s)"
Thursday 19 Jan, 6 – 8 pm c.t.
Keplerstr. 2, Hörsaal (HS) 001

Greater China Colloquium / Taiwan Colloquium
Abbey Heffer, "Local Policy Experimentation: An 'Innovative' Way for Local Chinese Governments to Respond to Protest?"
Thursday 12 Jan, 6 – 8 pm c.t.
Keplerstr. 2, Hörsaal (HS) 001

Premodern Colloquium session on Tuesday 20 Dec 2022 at 16:15 in Wilhelmstr. 133, Room 30
Jiang Qingjun, M.A. (Tübingen)
"Reshaping Masculinity between China and Korea during the Ming-Qing Transition (17th and 18th Centuries)" (PhD Project)
Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/99625784856?pwd=WkFpTG5GbHRwUlVwNmREQWl6SGl2dz09, Meeting-ID: 996 2578 4856, Kenncode: 910744

Premodern Colloquium session on Tuesday 13 Dec 2022 at 16 c.t. in Wilhelmstr. 133, Room 30
Fabian Hiller, M.A. (Tübingen)
"Reflecting Zhang Taiyan 1906-1911. Critical Evaluation and Contextualization of Late Qing Source Materials" (PhD Project)

Premodern Colloquium session on Tuesday, 6 Dec 2022, 16:00 c.t., Wilhelmstr. 133, Raum 30
Patrick Aberle (Tübingen)
"Sustainability and Ecology in Chinese Forestry: The Case of the Tallow Tree" (PhD Project)

Premodern Colloquium session on Tuesday 29.11 at 16c.t. in Wilhelmstr. 133, Room 30
Zhao Yawei, M.A. (Tübingen University)
"The Interaction of Landscape Paintings between Qianlong 乾隆 and Cichen 詞臣" (PhD Project)

Premodern China Colloquium – Winter Semester 2022 / 2023
Prof. Dr. Olivia Milburn (Hong Kong University).
"Insanity and Brain Damage: Accounts from Early and Medieval China"
Wednesday, 23 Nov 2022, 10:00 c.t.
Meeting Link https://zoom.us/j/99914456710?pwd=QUx5UnlQOTJZandRbjhORVpZb28vQT09
Meeting-ID: 99914456710, Passcode:  016912

Abstract: Until the development of brain scanning technology in 1978, words for insanity and brain damage were vague, because the causes of many kinds of insanity were not known, and the symptoms of different conditions could overlap. MRI scanning has allowed for a number of syndromes hitherto regarded as mental health issues, such as Capgras or Othello, to be identified as exclusively caused by brain lesions. However, while modern medicine has made some strides in developing treatment for conditions caused by chemical imbalances and trauma, brain lesions remain completely incurable. Early and medieval Chinese texts recorded individuals affected by a wide variety of conditions, including stroke, dementia, the effects of poisoning and lyssaviruses, Korsakoff syndrome and so on. These records have great intrinsic interest, to understand the history of mental health issues in China, and also offer continuities with the present, given that these conditions remain intractable.

Bio: Olivia Milburn is currently Professor at the School of Chinese, Hong Kong University and was formerly employed at the Department of Chinese, Seoul National University. She received her MA from Cambridge and PhD from SOAS, University of London. Her research focuses mainly on the history and culture of the ancient kingdoms of Wu and Yue, and the position of minorities and marginalized groups in early and medieval China, such as intersex persons, the disabled, and so on. In addition, Olivia Milburn has engaged in research on the early history of the novel in China. Her modern literature translations, recognized with the Special Book Award of China in 2018, include works by Mai Jia, Feng Jicai, Jiang Zilong, Fang Fang, and Su Tong.

Greater China Studies / Taiwan Colloquium – Winter Semester 2022 / 2023
Karoline Buchner (FU Berlin), "Of ‘Quiet Medical Revolutions’ and ‘Foreign Meddling’: Covering Chinese Medicine in Taiwan Panorama"
Nov. 17, Thursday, 6 – 8 pm, Keplerstr. 2, Hörsaal (HS) 001

Next Wednesday (Nov 16), we are resuming our departmental seminar series with a talk by Daniela Caterina from Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan (an annoucement of a second talk by Emanuele Ferragina at 18:00 c.t. will follow)
Institutskolloquium / Departmental Seminar
Daniela Caterina
Europe and China beyond Orientalism? (Mis-)representations, abridged encounters and the call for a new research agenda
Wednesday, 16 November 2022 · 16:00 c.t. · Room 124, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Melanchthonstr. 36
Or join online via Zoom: 930 8975 0663 (Meeting ID), 142311 (Passcode)
China’s rise as a key global actor has magnified the ubiquitous presence and relevance of China debates. Yet what is this ‘China’ we refer to in so much controversial talk? It is namely striking that the more China references abound in public and academic discourse, the more ‘China’ seems to remain a black box to external eyes. The lecture will tackle this paradox and its implications, arguing for the urgency of a Europe-China research agenda at the crossroads of political theory, international political economy, and postcolonial studies.
Dr Daniela Caterina is a Lecturer at the School of Philosophy of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan (China). She combines her research interest in critical political economy, critical discourse analysis and Antonio Gramsci’s thought with a focus on EU-China relations and Italian politics – especially with an eye to the role of populist actors.