Academic Confucius Institute Göttingen

Francois Gipouloux (CNRS). “Maritime trade expansion in late Ming China”

Theologicum Raum 0.134 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2, Göttingen, Deutschland

Maritime trade during the late Ming was characterised by the intermingling of tributary trade, private trade and piracy. The establishment of the ban on maritime trade (海禁 haijin) gave way […]

LIU Kang (Duke University), “Chinese Exceptionalism: A Research Agenda”

Verfügungsgebäude VG 3.103 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen, Deutschland

This lecture explores the emergent Chinese exceptionalism in order to search for a possible research agenda from interdisciplinary approaches. It will focus on modern times from Mao to the present, especially […]