Daniel A. Bell will be joining a panel of expert faculty to discuss his book, The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy. In his book, Bell argues that Chinese-style meritocracy has many advantages over electoral democracy, and can help … Read more
In this seminar, Emma Zang will present research led by Professor Zeng Yi on the study of healthy aging. Their research uses county/city level data available from the database of China Geo-explorer and their own Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey … Read more
This film tells the experience of an old couple visiting their grown children in Tokyo. After being coldly received by their daughter and son, they turn to the widowed daughter-in-law who treats them kindly. The depiction of daily life, aging, family … Read more
Ryota (Masaharu Fukuyama) is a successful Tokyo architect who works long hours to provide for his wife, Midori (Machiko Ono) and six-year-old son, Keita. But when a blood test reveals Keita and another baby were switched at birth, two very … Read more
In this presentation, connections are made between and among a broad array of changes associated with British imperial control in Lower Burma. Not only did the advent of British control lead to well-known changes in political authority and economic structure/orientation, but also … Read more
The fifth documentary in Zhang Mengqi's Self-portrait series, "Self-portrait: Dying at 47 KM," is a search for the meaning of death in the aftermath of the filmmaker's grandfather's death. Zhang Mengqi's Self-portraits are all shot in 47 KM, her ancestral … Read more
Chinese Documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang launched the Memory Project in 2010 to collect oral histories from survivors of the Great Famine (1958-1961) in rural China. Since then, several young filmmakers have joined the project. They have been to 246 villages … Read more
Film Screening: "A True Believer" (Liu Xiaolei, 2015, 80 min, China, in Chinese w/English subtitles, Color, Digital) / "A True Believer" is Liu Xiaolei's inquiry into old but ever more important ethical dilemmas of good and evil, and the individual's … Read more
"No Land" is a documentary about an old man in a deserted mountain village, digging a grave for himself. He is the filmmaker Zhang Ping's father, an anti-socialist opposing the Communist Party. He had a promising job in the city … Read more
Film Screening: The U.S. Premiere of "Investigating My Father" (Wu Wenguang, 2016, 80 min, China, in Chinese w/English subtitles, Color, Digital) / "Investigating My Father" is a film made by a son to investigate his father's history. It documents the … Read more
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