Monthly Archives: April 2014

China Seminar 30 April: Chau Yung-mau An Assessment of Local Politics and Its Prospects in Taiwan

China seminar

April 30, 2014, 15:15

Arsenaal, room 001

 

Chao Yung-mau   (National Taiwan University and IIAS, Leiden)

 

An assessment of local politics and its prospects in Taiwan

Since 1950, Taiwan has built a very early and successful local autonomy. However, local politics in Taiwan is still suffering from patron-clientele politics, black gold politics, privilege politics, closed politics, power monopoly politics, informal politics and corruption. Now local politics in Taiwan is also exploiting a political evolution, an open and civil political system, decentralization, and a central-local partnership system. Those development are helpful to build public awareness in public affairs and promoting civil participation.

forthcoming: 

May 7, 2014: Taru Salmenkari (Leiden U): “Civil society concept as a tool for making the other: the case of China”

May 21, 2014: Hilde De Weerdt (Leiden U): “The Communication and Empire Project: Digital and comparative perspectives on middle-period Chinese history”

 

Cancellation China Seminar 23 April

Please note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the China seminar lecture by Yangdon Dhondup, scheduled for April 23, has had to be cancelled.

China Seminar 23 April: Alliances and strategic networks: Tibetan Buddhist lamas and the Qing court

China seminar

April 23, 2014, 15:15 ——   Arsenaal, room 001

 

Yangdon Dhondup (SOAS)

 

Alliances and strategic networks: Tibetan Buddhist lamas and the Qing court

 

The relationship between the Manchu court and Tibetan Buddhists was based on the “patron-priest” model. The emperor acted as the patron and protector of Tibetan Buddhism in exchange for religious advice and guidance by Buddhist Lamas. Whether genuinely believing in Tibetan Buddhism or motivated by geopolitical considerations, the Manchu emperors were generous patrons of Tibetan Buddhism. In this presenta­tion, I look at how Tibetan Buddhists from east Tibet tried to establish a “patron-priest” relationship with the Manchu court and explore their motivation for doing so.

 

forthcoming:

April 30, 2014: Chao Yung-mau (National Taiwan University and IIAS, Leiden): “An assessment of local politics and its prospect in Taiwan”

May 7, 2014: Taru Salmenkari (Leiden U): “Civil society concept as a tool for making the other: the case of China”

May 21, 2014: Hilde De Weerdt (Leiden U): “The Communication and Empire Project: Digital and comparative perspectives on middle-period Chinese history”

China seminar 9 April: Fast and Furious: How the Market for Contemporary Art is Emerging in China

China seminar

 

April 9, 2014, 15:15   —— Leiden University, Arsenaal, room 001

 

Svetlana Kharchenkova (UvA)

 

Fast and Furious: How the Market for Contemporary Art is Emerging in China

 

The Chinese art market, now the world’s second largest, has scarcely existed for two decades. Despite the initial rejection of experimen­tal contemporary art by the Chinese government, China has become one of the most successful examples of an emerging contemporary art market. This talk traces the historical development of the market for contemporary art in mainland China from the late 1970s until now. It highlights how the development of the art market has been influenced by political and economic factors, by actors located both inside and outside the art world, and importantly, by foreign actors and institutions.

 

Svetlana Kharchenkova is a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), the University of Amsterdam, where she works within the large-scale project “The Globalization of High Culture: How Markets for Contemporary Art Develop in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC)” funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). She studied at Peking University and holds a Research MA degree in Area Studies from Leiden University.

 

forthcoming:

April 23, 2014: Yangdon Dhondup (SOAS) “Alliances and strategic networks: Tibetan Buddhist lamas and the Qing court”

April 30, 2014: Chao Yung-mau (National Taiwan University, IIAS) “An assessment of local politics and its prospect in Taiwan”

plus: May 7, 2014 with Taru Salmenkari and May 21, 2014 with Hilde De Weerdt