Monthly Archives: December 2015

10 December African Studies Centre Lecture by Howard French

Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture by Howard French: How today’s China-Africa encounter came about and what it means for the world

Howard W. French is a journalist, author, and photographer, as well as an associate professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He was most recently a senior foreign correspondent with The New York Times.
At the ASC’s 2015 lecture he will talk about the processes that began drawing large numbers of new Chinese migrants to Africa in the early to mid 1990s, and then speak to the question of the global geopolitical and economic setting that pushed events in this direction, albeit with some surprising outcomes. These include the end of Maoism, the launching of China’s reform and opening period, the end of the Cold War, and what has come to be known by some as the War on Terror.
Howard French is the author of China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in Africa, which was published by Knopf in May 2014. It was named one of 100 Notable Books of 2014 by The New York Times, and was cited by The Economist, The Guardian and Foreign Affairs as one of the best books of 2014.

Read the web dossier on Africa-Asia relations, compiled by the ASC Library.

The ASC Annual public lecture is now called the Stephen Ellis Annual lecture in honour of our late ASC colleague who died in 2015. Gerrie ter Haar, Stephen Ellis’ widow, will be our guest of honour.
Benjamin Soares will chair the lecture.

Afterwards, as of 20:00, there will be drinks.

Date, time and location

10 December 2015
18.30-20.00
Pieter de la Courtgebouw / Faculty of Social Sciences, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK Leiden
Room SC01 (lower ground floor)

8 December: Discussion on nationalism in East Asia with Ian Buruma

8 December: Discussion on nationalism in East Asia with Ian Buruma

 

Discussion on nationalism in East Asia co-hosted by IIAS and AMT. Ian Buruma, who is visiting Leiden to research a new book, will offer some reflections on nationalism in today’s Japan, China, and South Korea, on current tensions and conflict in the region, and on the way these things fit into China’s, Japan’s, and Korea’s history/ies. His presentation will be followed by Q & A and debate with local Asia scholars.

 

 

http://research.leiden.edu/research-profiles/amt/news/8-dec-2015.html

10 December Lecture by the Ven. Xuecheng “The situation of Buddhism in China Today”

The Program in Buddhist Studies and the LIAS are happy to announce a special lecture:

 

 

Ven. Xuecheng

“The Situation of Buddhism in China Today”

 

Thursday, December 10, 13.15 – 15.00

Vrieshof 3/104 (Verbarium)

 

 

The speaker is the Abbot of Beijing Longquan Monastery and President of  the Buddhist Association of China, as well as being a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuecheng_(monk))

 

Ven Xuecheng will speak in Chinese, with translation into English. The lecture will last about 1 hour, with 30 minutes for Q&A.

 

Space is very limited, so if you are planning to attend, please send a brief email to Prof Jonathan Silk indicating this: j.a.silk@hum.leidenuniv.nl

 

J.A. Silk

j.a.silk@hum.leidenuniv.nl