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Wednesday February 24, 10:00 am. Cohen Lounge
Panel: Contemporary Chinese History Through the Lens of Literature
Jeffrey Kinkley (St. John's University) and Da Chen (author, Colors of the Mountain) discuss the intellectual, social and literary history of twentieth century China through the lens of its literature.
 

 

   

 

Tuesday April 6, 10:00 a.m. Cohen Lounge
Panel: Politics and Society in China
This panel examines several key issues in contemporary Chinese politics and society, and includes Andrew Nathan (Political Science, Columbia University) on current issues in human rights; Guobin Yang (Sociology, Barnard College, Columbia University) on new media; Michael Santoro (Business Environment, Rutgers University) on ethics and foreign investment; and Barry Friedman (Vice President Corporate Affairs, Wal-mart China and former Minister of Commerce, US Embassy, Beijing) on conducting business in China.
 

 

Thursday April 8, 4:00 p.m.
Montclair High School Annex Atrium
Panel Education in China
Visiting scholars Xu Fenghua (Donghua University), Chang Yu (Beijing Jiatong University), and Aihua Li, (Mathematics, Montclair State University) discuss personal impressions and comparisons of education in China. Co-sponsored by Montclair Board of Education.

Tuesday April 13, 3:00 p.m. Cohen Lounge
Panel: History of the Chinese Language
A panel of Lening Liu (East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University), Yahui Olenik (Linguistics, Montclair State University) and Ken Olenik (History, Montclair State University) examine some contemporary phenomena of Chinese language use, the writing system and language teaching.
 

 

 

This Festival was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. All views, findings, conclusions or recommendations in this festival do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.