NYU in Shanghai Lecture Series
Fall 2006
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. all Wednesdays
Location: NYU in Shanghai Center,
located on the campus of East China Normal University
September 21
David Dent, Associate Professor of Journalism, NYU
"Documenting the China Dream: An American Journalist Confronts the Challenges of Writing in and about China"
October 11
Christine Choy, Professor of Film, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
"Aesthetics and Social Commentary in Early Shanghai Films"
October 12
Richard Schechner, University Professor and Professor of Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
"The Responsibilities of the Artist to/in Society" (time and location TBA)
October 23
Bernard Yeung, Abraham Krasnoff Professorship in Global Business, NYU Stern School of Business
"Economic Reforms, Business Development, and Long-term Trends in
China"
November 1
Jerome Cohen, Professor of Law, NYU Law School
"Aspects of Law and Legal Reform in Contemporary China"
November 8
Wei-jun Jean Yeung, Research Professor, Department of Sociology, NYU
"Population and Economic Transition in China"
November 13
Joanna Waley-Cohen, Professor of History, NYU
"Food Culture in Early Modern China"
November 29
Lixing Frank Tang, Professor of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning, NYU Steinhardt School of Education
"Education and Reform in Contemporary China"
December 13
Xudong Zhang, Professor of Comparative Litearture and East Asian Studies
"Can Socialism be Postmodern?"
December 20
Mingzheng Shi, Director of NYU in Shanghai
"Challenges for Sustaining Chinaís Development"