IEAS - Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley

"Reclaiming Chinese Society: Politics of Redistribution, Recognition, and Representation"

DATE:Friday, October 27, 2006
Saturday, October 28, 2006
TIME:7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
PLACE:IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor
FORMAT:Workshop
SPONSORS:Center for Chinese Studies, Berkeley China Initiative, Walter H. Shorenstein Fund, University of Michigan

Statement from the Conference Organizers



Friday Oct 27 -- 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm 

PANEL 1     Politics of Representation, Media, and Information

Media/Journalism: Pan Zhongdang (UW, Madison)

Internet: Yongming Zhou (UW, Madison)

Film: Seio Nakajima (UC Berkeley)

Intellectuals: Tim Cheek (U of British Columbia)

      Discussants: Liu Xin and Wen-hsin Yeh, UC Berkeley


Saturday Oct 28 -- 9 am to 12 noon

PANEL 2     Politics of Redistribution, Class Formation, and Active Society

Villages: Ethan Michelson (Indiana)

Workers: Lee Ching Kwan (Michigan)

Home-owners: Li Zhang (UC Davis)  

Inner City Protestors: Hsing You-tien (UC Berkeley)

      Discussants: Kevin O’Brien and Michael Burawoy, UC Berkeley

Saturday Oct 28 -- 2 pm to 5 pm

PANEL 3     Politics of Recognition, Identity, and Community

Religious Revival: Richard Madsen (UC San Diego)

Grass-roots Feminism: Wang Zheng (Michigan)

Environmentalism: Guobin Yang (Barnard)

Ethnic Agitation: Gardner Bovingdon (Indiana)

      Discussants: Aihwa Ong, UC Berkeley

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