Spring 2025 Speaker Schedule

February 6—
Speaker: Nick Smith, Columbia University, "The Shekou Ethic and the Spirit of Chinese Urbanization"
Discussant: Deborah Davis, Yale University

March 6—
Speaker: Grace Shen, Fordham University, "'So changed that—?': Women, Ren’ge, and leaving Mr. Science behind"
Discussant: Tani Barlow, Rice University

April 10—
Speaker: Shaoling Ma, Cornell University, "Fictitious Computing: Data Processing, Rural Economies, and the Matrices of Cinema in Cold War Taiwan"
Discussant: Ying Qian, Columbia University

May 8—
Speaker: Yijun Wang, New York University
Discussant: Chuck Wooldridge, Lehman College, CUNY



In Spring 2025, each gathering of the Modern China Seminar will take place both in person at 918 IAB (International Affairs Building) as well as online via Zoom. The speaker's conference paper is pre-circulated at least one week prior to our meeting, and interested participants should RSVP to the rapporteur. The discussion begins at 7:00pm. One of our co-chairs gives a short introduction, then the speaker has 10 minutes to give context for his or her project. The discussant then offers comments for 15 minutes, followed by the speaker's response to the discussant's remarks. We then open the floor for broader discussion until we end at 9:00pm. For any questions, comments or requests, please contact the rapporteur.

Sessions are open only to members, associates, and invited guests.

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Contact the Rapporteur at [email protected]