Published on Aug 31, 2020
An initiative that advances the Center’s mission in fostering dialogue and interdisciplinary collaboration, this annual public lecture series presents eminent scholars who concentrate on the study of East Asia in a variety of disciplines.
2020 - 2021 Speakers
Ian Johnson
Writer/Independent Scholar
Title: "Writing a New History of China: How Chinese Intellectuals Are Trying to Fill in Blank Spaces in Contemporary Chinese History "
This lecture has been RESCHEDULED from Thursday, October 15, 2020, 5:00 pm (US Central Time) to
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 6:00 pm (US Central Time)
Click here to view the lecture on YouTube.
Ian J. Miller (Harvard University)
Professor of History
Title: "Against Transition: Meiji Tokyo and the Revolution of the Anthropocene"
Thursday, November 19, 2020, 5:00 pm (US Central Time)
Please note that the speaker did not authorize the recording of their lecture.
Adam Clulow (The University of Texas at Austin)
Associate Professor
Title: "The Great Asian Deerskin Boom: Trade, War and the Early Modern Japanese Consumer"
Thursday, January 21, 2020, 5:00 pm (US Central Time)
Please note that the speaker did not authorize the recording of their lecture.
Don J. Wyatt (Middlebury College)
John M. McCardell, Jr. Distinguished Professor
Title: "Perspectives on Premodern Chinese Ideas of Ethnoracial Blackness"
Date: TBD
*This lecture has been postponed until in-person events resume.
ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Unless unauthorized by the guest speaker, all CEAS Lecture Series talks are video-recorded and can be found HERE.
