Events of Interest
Maria Repnikova – Media Politics in China: Improvising Power under Authoritarianism
Join us for a discussion with Maria Repnikova, Assistant Professor Communication at Georgia State University and author of, "Media Politics in China: Improvising Power under Authoritarianism." Ash Center Director Tony Saich will […]
Film Series – Aging in Asia
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, CambridgeMonday, November.13 Old Partner (Korea, 78 min.) Introduced by: Paul Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Tuesday, November. 14 Baghban (India, 178 min.) Introduced by: Professor Samir Dayal, English […]
Prasenjit Duara – Spiritual Ecologies: Sustainability and Transcendence in Contemporary Asia
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, CambridgeSpeaker: Prasenjit Duara, Oscar Tang Professor of East Asian Studies, Duke University The crisis of global modernity has been produced by human overreach that was founded upon a paradigm of national modernization. Today, three global changes: the rise of non-western powers, the crisis of environmental sustainability and the loss of authoritative sources of transcendence – the ideals, principles […]