Events Archive – 2014
November 25, 2014
"Local Government Financing Vehicles in China and their Debt: The Legal Picture" with Donald Clarke
November 21, 2014
The 7th Annual Conference on China's Economic Development and the U.S.-China Relationship
November 19, 2014
"The Imperial Frontier: Bordering and State Construction on the Afghanistan/Pakistan Frontier," with Benjamin Hopkins
November 18, 2014
Worldviews of Aspiring Powers: A Resurgence of Nationalism?
November 14, 2014
"The Role of Taiwan as a Stake-holder in Regional Security" with Tuo Liu
November 13, 2014
Building Inclusive Climate-Smart Resilience from the Ground Up
November 5, 2014
"The Evolution of India's Strategic Culture and U.S.-India Ties," with Mr. Sarang Shidore
November 5, 2014
Author Event with Nakamura Fuminori
November 4, 2014
"Chinese Civil Society in 2014: Consultation, Cooptation, or Repression?" with Shawn Shieh
October 30, 2014
"Political Insults: How Offenses Escalate Conflict," with Karina V. Korostelina
October 24, 2014
"Social Ties, Resources, and Migrant Labor Contention in Contemporary China: From Peasants to Protesters" with Jeffrey Becker
October 22, 2014
"Military Comfort Women of Imperial Japan's Asia-Pacific War: Voices from China and Beyond," with Professor Peipei Qui Kang
October 22, 2014
"The Internet, Political Participation, and Governance Reform in China," with Steven Balla
October 15, 2014
"The Gender of Superstition: Revolutionary Modernity and the Yan’an Campaign against Spirit Mediums, 1944-1945," with Dr. Xiaofei Kang
October 10, 2014
Taiwan Conference: "TRA and TPP: Past, Present and Future"
October 9, 2014
A Tribute to Dr. Chung-wen Shih, 1922-2014, with film showing of Return from Silence: China's Revolutionary Writers
October 8, 2014
Building Urban Resilience in the Context of Climate Change: The Case of Singapore
September 10, 2014
Cambodia: Global Context and Contemporary Challenges
September 8, 2014
"US Policy on Asia: Where do we go from here?," with Dr. Kurt Campbell
September 3, 2014
"The U.S.-ROK Alliance as an Asia-Pacific Alliance? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives in U.S. Policy," with Professor Yasuyo Sakata
August 27, 2014
"Japan's Imagined Geographies of East Asia since the 1990s," with Dr. Satoshi Nakano
"Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery in the Asia Pacific," with the Honorable Minister Ariel Peñaranda
July 24, 2014
The 18th Annual Gaston Sigur Memorial Lecture: "Taiwan's Place in the International Community: 35 Years after the Taiwan Relations Act," with Dr. Chi Su
June 24, 2014
Asia's Economic Challenges: Research Findings and Outlook
May 7, 2014
The 22nd Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities in Honor of Young-Key Kim Renaud: Language Power and Ideology in the Koreas: Honorifics and Politeness
May 3, 2014
President Obama's Trip to Asia: Legislators from Japan, South Korea and US Congress Discuss Challenges and Opportunities
April 29, 2014
Film Screening: Assignment China: Tiananmen Square
April 23, 2014
"Music as a Herald of the Future in Taiwan," with Nancy Guy
April 23, 2014
Foreigners in a Hermit Kingdom: Perspectives on North Korea from the Inside
April 10, 2014
Occupy Congress: Why Taiwan's Youth Are Mobilizing to Save Their Country's Democracy
April 9, 2014
"The Museum Boom in China: Today and Then," with Dr. Pan Shouyang
April 9, 2014
"The East German 'Stasi' and Vietnam: Between 'Fraternal Solidarity' and Distrust," with Dr. Martin Grossheim
April 8, 2014
OAS Luncheon: "Military Violence and the Making of Modern China" with Professor Ed Mccord
April 8, 2014
"Rocky Rise: China’s East Asia Policy (2009-present)," with Nicholas Khoo
April 3, 2014
"Communicating India’s Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood," with Dr. Daya Thussu
April 3, 2014
"Collateral Damage: Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance (1964-1991)," with Nicholas Khoo
April 2, 2014
Taiwan Conference: "Taiwan and the World: Challenges and Opportunities"
April 1, 2014
"Japan's Security and Reconciliation with its Asian Neighbors: Rectifying the Past and Promoting Trust"
April 1, 2014
"Contestation and Adaptation: The Politics of National Identity in China," with Dr. Enze Han
March 31, 2014
"China's Foreign Aid and the International Aid Regime," with Shino Watanabe
March 24, 2014
"Japan's Diplomatic Catastrophe after Yasukuni: Is There a Way Out?" with Amb. Kazuhiko Togo
March 6, 2014
"Climate and Development: The Imperative for Sustainability and Resilience in Myanmar and ASEAN" with Nay Htun
February 27, 2014
Taiwan Conference: "Cross-Strait Political Dialogue: Challenges and Opportunities"
February 27, 2014
"Companionable Objects, Companionable Conscience: Reflections on Sunaryo's Titik Nadir," with Prof. Ken George
February 26, 2014
"China in the Middle East: An Expanding Footprint," with Dr. Pan Guang
February 14, 2014
Sigur Center 2013 Summer Research Fellows Roundtable
February 4, 2014
2014 Lunar New Year Celebration
January 30, 2014
Sigur Center 2013 Summer Language Fellows Roundtable
January 29, 2014
"Chinese Philosophical Traditions and Contemporary Taiwanese Political Culture," with David Lorenzo
January 27, 2014
"The US Policy of American Armed Forces in Qingdao (1945-1949)," with Weizhen Zhang
Janurary 24, 2014
"Pakistan-China Relations in the Post-Cold War Period: Regional and Global Implications," with Talat Shabbir
January 14, 2014
