Spring 2017
| Jan 23 (Mon) | Charles Shih Hsiang SUNG, Assistant Professor, College of Management and the Integrated Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, National Sun Yat-Sen University. Founder of Anthropologists for the Future, “Applying Anthropological Methods in the Design Thinking Process.” (Workshop) (details) (Time: 12:30 – 3:15 pm, Venue: Room 12 Humanities Building, New Asia College) |
| Jan 25 (Wed) | Don KULICK, Professor, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Uppsala University, “Sex, Disability, and the Ethics of Engagement.” Co-sponsored with the Gender Studies Seminar. (details) (Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm, Venue: Room 502 Wong Foo Yuan Building, Chung Chi College) |
| Feb 3 | Robert GODDEN, Director, Campaigns and Communications, Rights Exposure, “Mobilising Concern – The Ethical Challenges NGOs Face in Visually Representing Social Problems.” (details) |
| Feb 7 (Tue) | Sine PLAMBECH, Postdoctoral Fellow, Danish Institute for International Studies, “Film Screening of “Becky’s Journey” (2015) & Talk.” (details) (Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm, Venue: Room 401 Humanities Building, New Asia College) |
| Feb 10 | Nana GAGNÉ, Assistant Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, “Post-Toyotist Affect: Japanese Workers Working On Neoliberal Reforms.” (details) |
| Feb 17 | Oliver BAKEWELL, Associate Professor and Senior Research Officer, International Migration Institute, University of Oxford, “Migration and Development in Africa’s Urban Spaces.” (details) |
| Feb 24 | Leo PANG, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, SOAS, University of London, “‘The People Here Don’t Cook’: ‘Good Food’ in the Eyes of Ecological Farmers and Consumers in Shanghai.” (details) |
| Mar 3 | Masaki TOSA, Professor, School of Asia 21, Kokushikan University, “Tokyo, Japan, Multiculturalism Reconsidered: A Theoretical Perspective on East Asia’s Reality.” (details) |
| Mar 10 | Sayaka OGAWA, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, “Circulating “Debts” Among Friends: The Business Practices and Communality of Tanzanian Dealers in Hong Kong and China” (details) |
| Mar 17 | Carole VANCE, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, “Trumping Sex: Scandals, Sleights of Hand, Politics.” (Public Lecture) (details) (Time: 12:30 to 2:15 pm, Venue: Lecture theatre 2 Mong Man Wai Building) |
| Mar 24 | Chiyin RUAN, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, “涼山彝族社會的農政變遷——中國西南高地農業的商品化與資本化 (Agrarian Change in Liangshan Yi Society: Exploring the Process of Commercialized and Capitalized Farming in Highlands of Southwest China.)” (普通話主講in Putonguua) (details) |
| Mar 31 | Anne-Christine TRÉMON, Maître d’enseignement et de recherche, Institut des sciences sociales, Université de Lausanne, “The Moral Economy of Diasporic Relations and the ‘Public Good’ in a Former Village of Shenzhen.” (details) |
| Apr 7 | Grazia Ting DENG, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, “Performing Sociability: The Chinese Barista’s Everyday Social Interactions in Bologna, Italy.” (details) |
| Apr 21 | Ling DING, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, “以香謀市：中國沿海城市的傳統再造運動與社會變革” (普通話主講in Putonghua) (details) |
| May 19 | William R. JANKOWIAK, Barrick Distinguished Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, “Cognitive Horizon and Moral Empathy: China as a Test Case.”(details) |
| Seminars take place at 1:00-2:30 p.m. in Room 115 Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK, except Jan 23, Jan 25, Feb 7, Mar 17 and May 19. A light lunch will be served at 12:50 pm. First come first served. ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME! |
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