2015

The US and China in the 21st Century

2014-2015 CSCC Annual Public Lecture
Hon. Kurt M. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2009-2013)  
Jon M. Huntsman Hall Dhirubhai Ambani Auditorium (JMHH G06)

Kurt M. Campbell is the Founding Partner, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of The Asia Group.  He also serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of the Center for a New American Security, an independent director on the…



2015

The Quiet Disappearance of China’s Boldest Newspaper

Kecheng Fang, Doctoral Student, Annenberg School for Communication Commentator: Maria Repnikova, Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication Moderator: Prof. Guobin Yang, Annenberg School for Communication
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

This January marks the second anniversary of the Southern Weekly (Nanfang Zhoumo) incident. As a former journalist at Southern Weekly who experienced the incident, Annenberg School doctoral student Kecheng Fang…



2014

Governance & Policy Innovation in the Contemporary City

Central Party School Delegation
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

Please join our visiting delegation from Central Party School for a roundtable discussion on governance and policy innovation in the contemporary city.

Lunch provided.



2014

China and International Human Rights

Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch
Fisher-Bennett 345, CSCC conference room

Sophie Richardson is the China director at Human Rights Watch. A graduate of the University of Virginia, the Hopkins-Nanjing Program, and Oberlin College, Dr. Richardson is the…



2014

Rights Protections Lawyers in China

Thomas Kellogg, Open Society Foundations
Fisher-Bennett 345, CSCC conference room

 

Thomas Kellogg is director of the East Asia Program at the Open Society Foundations. He is also a lecturer-in-law at Columbia Law School. At the Open Society Foundations, Kellogg focuses most closely on…



2014

The Rights Defense Movement and Political Transition in China

Teng Biao, Human Rights Attorney
Silverman 240A, Penn Law School

Dr. Teng Biao (滕彪)  is a Lecturer at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, where he specializes in human rights, the judicial system, the constitution and social movements.…



2014

One Child 《独·生》

Shortlisted for the 87th Academy Awards Documentary Short Subject
Film Screening and Q & A with Director Zijian Mu
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake, China’s deadliest disaster in three decades, killed 90,000 people, including thousands of children. Losing a child is an immeasurable tragedy for parents anywhere, but in China the effect…



2014

Arguing for Justice: Public Opinion, Legal Controversy, and the 'Chinese Dream'

Joshua Rosenzweig, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Fisher-Bennett 345, CSCC Conference Room

Joshua Rosenzweig’s scholarship focuses on issues of human rights in contemporary China, including criminal justice and reaction to political dissent.  He has taught at the Chinese University of Hong…



2014

Public Participation in Governance and Administrative Law Reform in China: An Informal Roundtable

Wang Xixin, Professor of Law and Vice Dean, Peking UniversityJacques deLisle, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Neysun Mahboubi, Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania
Fisher-Bennett 345, CSCC Conference Room

 Open to all, light lunch provided. 



2014

The ‘Rule of Law’ Plenum?: Assessing Legal Reform after the Fourth Plenary Session of the CCP’s 18th Central Committee

Panel Discussion
Silverman 240A, Penn Law School

Panelists include:

Jacques deLisle, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania

Johannes Chan, Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong

Wang Xixin, Professor of Law and Vice Dean, Peking…