Date: Monday, 17 June 2024, 16:00 h

Lectures and panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Zhao Dingxin (University of Chicago), Prof. Dr. Bettina Gransow (Freie Universität Berlin), and Dr. Daniel Fuchs (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) on recent developments regarding social engagement and activism in contemporary China and their scholarly discussion, examining the dimensions of the state, society, and the individual.

Speakers:

Zhao Dingxin is Director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Max Palevsky Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Chicago. His research covers historical sociology, methodology, political sociology, social movements, social change and economic development. His current research project is on the epistemological and ontological aspects of social science methodologies.

Bettina Gransow is Associate Professor at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. Her research interests include Chinese migrant agency and the migration-urbanisation nexus, China’s infrastructure strategy and the social safeguard policies of multilateral development banks, and the production of knowledge in Chinese sociology.

Daniel Fuchs is assistant professor at the Institute for Asian and African Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His research focuses on labor relations, migration, social protests and industrial policy in the People’s Republic of China.

Venue:
Confucius Institute at Freie Universität Berlin
Goßlerstr. 2-4
14195 Berlin