Buddhism in China Today
AKI hosted a lecture by Prof. Dr.Li Xuetao (Beijing Foreign Studies University) on “Buddhism in China Today”
Academic Confucius Institute Göttingen
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Sustainability and Crisis of Transcendence: An Asian Perspective
June 22, 2016: AKI hosted a lecture by Prof. Dr. Prasenjit Duara (Duke University) on “Sustainability and Crisis of Transcendence: An Asian Perspective”.
Regionalizing the Global, Globalizing the Regional: An interdisciplinary conversation
AKI organized a panel discussion on “Regionalizing the Global, Globalizing the Regional: An interdisciplinary conversation” with Prof. Prasenjit Duara (Duke) and several members of the Göttingen campus.
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Frederick Lau (University of Hawai at Manoa): Listening to Chinese Music
Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar Kurze-Geismar-Str. 1, Göttingen, DeutschlandEthnomusicologist Frederick Lau explores ways of listening to Chinese music as a window to understand Chinese society. At the core of his presentation is the focus on the linkage between music and culture and how music exemplifies larger social sentiments, practice, and ethos across time and space. The definition of Chinese music thus depends on […]
China in the Global Humanities
AKI organized a dialogue with students on “China in the Global Humanities”, a lecture by Prof. Mu-chou Poo on “Common Elements of an Axial Age? Comparative Perspectives on Ancient China and Ancient Egypt” and a lecture by Prof Hsiung Ping-Chen (both Chinese University of Hong Kong) on “Chinese Humanities in the Global Era”.