Announcing "100 Years of Chinese Revolution": Chinarains special events in commemoration of the 1911

Dear Friends,
In commemoration of the centennial of the 1911 revolution, Chinarains has organized a special series of events “100 years of Chinese Revolution”. During the fall quarter, we will hold three talks focusing on different periods in modern Chinese history. Please mark your calender!
1. “Is 1911 Revolution Inevitable?” by Daren RUAN
Nitery 209, Old Union; Oct 6, 2011 (7:00-- 8:30 pm)
2. “To Return Home or “Return to Taiwan”: Conflicts and Survival in the ‘Voluntary Repatriation’ of Chinese POWs in the Korean War”, by David Cheng CHANG
Nitery 209, Old Union, Nov. 3 (7:00-- 8:30 pm)
3. “Reform or Revolution? Liang Qichao’s The Future of a New China” by Ban WANG
Nairobi Room, Graduate Community Center; Nov. 12, 2011 (2: 00-- 3:30pm)
Chinarains is a student academic organization that has served the Stanford community for over 15 years. We organize academic lectures, seminars, film screening and other ctivities in the field of China studies. For further information about Chinrains, please visit our website at http://chinarains.blogspot.com/ or become a friend of Chinarains on Facebook (full features of our facebook page will be updated soon!). If you have any suggestions or recommendations of activities, or if you wish to join Chinarains and help us organize events, please email George Zhijian Qiao at zhijianqiao@gmail.com.
Thank you very much!
Zhijian Qiao President of Chinarains

Is 1911 Revolution Inevitable?

"Is 1911 Revolution Inevitable?"

by Dr. Daren RUANA

Lecture followed by discussion

Oct 6, 2011. Thursday. 7-- 8:30 p.m.

Room 209, Nitery Building in Old Union, Stanford (Map)

Working Language: Chinese

Soft drinks and refreshments will be provided.

Lecture Abstract:
In view of the Han vs. Manchu discord, the 1911 Revolution is a nationalistic revolution of the Han people against Manchu rule. But had the Qing Dynasty been a Han Chinese regime, then would the 1911 Revolution still break out? To what extent and in what sense, we can regard the 1911 Revolution as a “historical accident”? Still, toward the end of the Qing era, China was facing a crucial situation of drastic change unprecedented in three thousand years. The backward and malfunctioning Qing political system no longer satisfied the new needs of Chinese society and failed to resolve the socioeconomic contradictions triggered by the transformation from an agrarian to an industrial society. As such, was the 1911 Revolution one of the inevitable milestones of great historical change? What is the real historical meaning to the new Chinese elites of the current age? Now 100 years after the 1911 Revolution, has the China of today already accomplished this great historical transformation? Or rather, is contemporary Chinese society approaching another critical juncture in the great historical transformation, not unlike a century ago? The lecture will last an hour, to be followed by Dr. Ruan’s discussion with the audience on the causes and contemporary relevance of the 1911 revolution.


Speaker Bio:
Daren Ruan, after B.S. graduation from National Taiwan University, came to the United States in 1965. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Notre Dame University, MBA from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford. He taught at various universities, and also worked in the Silicon Valley high-tech sector and also in banking. Dr. Ruan belongs to a prominent family of Kuomingtang elite. His grandfather witnessed the 1911 Revolution as a Tongmenghui (Revolutionary Alliance) member. Buttressed with his family background and wide-ranging interests, Dr. Ruan has devoted himself to the study of the republican era Chinese history, with particular expertise in the leading personalities and their anecdotes. He has been a long-term contributor to the Biographic Literature published in Taipei. A vivid public speaker with superb command of historical sources and collaborative references, Dr. Ruan is held in high regard by specialists in modern Chinese history who often rely on his knowledge and always enjoy his company.

各位朋友，Chinarains 诚邀您参加 “百年中国革命”系列活动。10月6日週四晚7時，我們將在Old Union的 Nitery Room 209 舉辦 ”百年中國革命“ 的第一講：
阮大仁博士主講 “辛亥革命的必然性與偶然性”

該講演為中文

講座提要：
因為有滿漢之分，辛亥革命是漢人反抗滿清統治的民族革命。但如果清朝是一個漢人統治的政權，那辛亥革命是否還會發生？在何種程度上，我們可以認為辛亥革命只是歷史的偶然？然而，清末中國面臨三千年未遇之大變局，滿清落後的政治體制不能符合新的社會要求，無法解決中國由農業社會向工商社會轉型所產生的社會矛盾，那辛亥革命是否只是大歷史變遷的必然的里程碑之一呢？對於現在新一代的中國精英而言，辛亥革命的歷史又意味著甚麼？辛亥百年之後的當代中國，是否已經完成了歷史的大轉型？抑或，今天的中國社會，是否又一次走到了大歷史的轉折關頭呢？

講演約一小時，此後阮先生將與聽眾共同討論辛亥革命的緣起及當代意義。

主講人介紹 ：
阮大仁，1965年臺大畢業後來美，先後獲得 聖母大學博士，威斯康星大學MBA，斯坦福電腦工程碩士。曾在多所大學任教，又曾服務於銀行及硅谷高科技屆。阮先生出身於國民黨世家，其祖父為親歷辛亥革命之老同盟會員。阮先生家學淵藪，學識廣博，專研國史，尤其數稔民國掌故，長期為台灣《傳記文學》撰稿。阮先生精於講演，其講史旁徵博引，深入淺出，為眾多近代史專家所推崇。

Special Event: “Writing China in Silicon Valley, A Dialogue between Chen Qian (award-winning female writer based in Silicon Valley) and Wang Kan (visi

Special Event: “Writing China in Silicon Valley, A Dialogue between Chen Qian (award-winning female writer based in Silicon Valley) and Wang Kan (visiting scholar and professor of literature from Zhejiang), followed by discussion

Time: Saturday 2:30-4:00, May 28, 2011
Place: Nairobi Room, Graduate Community Center (2nd Floor),
750 Escondido Road, Stanford.
Working Language: Chinese
Soft Drinks and Light Refreshments will be served.

Introduction:

Qian Chen grew up in Nanning, China and came to the United States in 1989, where she received a MS degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Idaho, and worked as a logic design engineer until early 2008. During her engineering career, Chen’s stories and essays have been published in People’s Literature, Harvest and other publications in China and abroad. Her first novel, Xia Ju, was published in 2002. Her novella, Listen to the Caged Bird Sing, received the People’s Literature Award, one of the most prestigious literature awards in China, and her novella Teresa’s Rogue received the Yu Da Fu Fiction Prize, and was nominated for the Lu Xun Literature Award, and the National Literature Award of China.
Wang Kan received his Ph.D. from Nanjing University, and is now Professor of contemporary Chinese Literature in Hangzhou Normal University. He specializes in modern Chinese literary thoughts. He is author of five books, including Narratives and Rhetoric (2010), History, Language and Desire (2008), and others.

This dialogue and discussion will include, but not limited to, the following questions: How did Chen Qian manage to reinvent herself from a computer engineer into an award-winning novelist? What is the path that one can take to become a successful writer in China? How to write about China in the U.S.? How is overseas Chinese literature read in Mainland China? How do insiders of the Chinese literature circle understand the contemporary Chinese literary production and the future of Chinese literature?

在硅谷写作中国：关于中国当代文学的对话

陈谦，女，自幼生长于广西南宁，毕业于广西大学。1989年春赴美国留学，获爱达荷大学电机工程硕士学位。曾长期供职于芯片设计业。著有长篇小说《爱在无爱的硅谷》及中篇小说《望断南飞雁》、《特蕾莎的流氓犯》、《覆水》、《残雪》及《何以言爱》等。其中《特蕾莎的流氓犯》入选2008年中国小说排行榜并获首届郁达夫小说奖，及鲁迅文学奖提名。陈谦现居美国硅谷。
王侃，博士，教授，现任职于中国杭州师范大学中文系，从事中国现当代文学思潮研究。代表著作有：《诗与思的维度》（1999）、《感受梦幻》（2000）、《“浙江潮”与中国新文学》（2004）、《历史·语言·欲望》（2008）、《叙事门与修辞术》（2010）。

该对话及讨论将围绕以下问题展开：首先，陈谦将回顾其个人经历，并讲述她如何从一名硅谷电脑工程师转型成为知名作家。其二，我们将探讨文学爱好者如何能在国内文坛获得成功的途径。其三，在美国居住的华人作家如何来写作并展现中国？他们有怎样的独特视角，又有什么困惑？其四，国内文学界又怎样来看待海外的华语文学和中国写作？最后，中国文学的圈内人又如何来看待当前中国的文学创作以及中国文学的未来？

The Sustainable Reconstruction in Rural Areas Damaged by the Earthquake--A Social Experiment in a Chinese Vallage

Public Talk: “The Sustainable Reconstruction in Rural Areas Damaged by the Earthquake--A Social Experiment in a Chinese Vallage”, by Luo Jar-Der

Time: Saturday 2:30-4:00, May 21, 2011
Place: Nairobi Room, Graduate Community Center (2nd Floor),
750 Escondido Road, Stanford.
Working Language: English and Chinese
Soft Drinks and Light Refreshments will be served.

Abstract:

Japan’s recent massive earthquake and Tsunami reinvigorated public interest in post-earthquake reconstruction. Would China’s recent reconstruction efforts in Sichuan offer any lesson? Three years ago, the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that jolted Sichuan and the neighboring provinces on May 12th in 2008 has caused extensive damage to local society. The Tsinghua Sustainable Reconstruction Project aims at establishing a model for sustainable reconstruction in rural areas that emphasizes sustainability of the local ecology, economy, and social systems. Prof. Luo Jiar-Der, one of the principal participants in the Tsinghua Project will share with us how they endeavored to implement a reconstruction model combining private-public partnership and sustainable concepts into practice, incorporating scientific planning, balanced development, step-by-step implementation and self-reliance of local community.

Speaker:
Luo Jar-Der 罗家德, Professor of Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
He received his Ph.D. degree in sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and conducted Post-doctoral research in statistics from UC-Berkeley. Professor Luo taught in Yuan-Ze University in Taiwan for 9 years before he joined the sociology department of Tsinghua University in 2005, where he has worked ever since. Professor Luo published a series of articles on the roles of social networks in Taiwan business activities. His current interests include community organizations and urbanization in China.

Film Screening & Discussion: Popular Democracy in Contemporary China

Over the last few weeks, a wave of popular unrests and calls for democracy has swept the Middle East. Most recently, this wave has spread to China, when organized small-scale popular protests unnerve the Chinese public. What is the situation of democracy in China? How do the grassroots population approach the question and practice of democracy?

At this interesting historical moment, Chinarains is going to organize a special event to help understand the situation of popular democracy in contemporary China through screening a documentary film “Please Vote for Me”, which tells an intriguing story of a kids election in an elementary school in urban central China. Directed by Chen Weijun, this 2007 documentary has won a series of awards in international film festivals. Meanwhile, we have invited Wang Rui, Ph.D. candicate at Communication Department at Stanford to introduce the film and lead discussions. Wang Rui specializes in deliberative democracy, democratic experiment and practice in China.


Following is the information of the event:

When: March 5, 2011. Satuday. 2:30--4:00 p.m.
Where: Nairobi Room, 2nd Floor, Graduate Community Center. (750 Escondido Road, Stanford)
What: Film-Screening of “Please Vote For Me” (57 minutes)
Discussion with Wang Rui (30 minutes)
Language: Film- Chinese Dialogue with English Subtitles
Discussion in English.

For further information about the film, please refer to http://www.pleasevoteforme.org/
For further information about Chinrains, please visit our website at http://chinarains.blogspot.com/ or become a friend of Chinarains on Facebook.

Capitalism, War, and Revolution--What You May Not Know about Hong Kong

2011 marks the 100th anniversary of China’s 1911 Revolution; it also marks the 170th anniversary of the first hoisting of the British Union Jack on Hong Kong Island. Over the course of its history, Hong Kong has transformed from a frontier isle into the business hub in the Orient and financial powerhouse of Asia. Yet what are the forces that contributed to Hong Kong's metamorphosis? What was the Hong Kong experience of revolutions, wars and global capitalism that swept the world over the last century?

Talk: "Capitalism, War, and Revolution--What You May Not Know about Hong Kong"

(1 hour presentation and 30 minutes discussion)

Speaker: Nicole Kwan and Ming Chan

Time: Saturday 2:30-4:00, April 23.

Place: Nairobi Room, Graduate Community Center (2nd Floor), 750 Escondido Road, Stanford.

Working Language: English




Soft drinks and refreshment will be provided.

Talk Summary and Bio of Speakers:


2011 marks the 100th anniversary of China’s 1911 Revolution; it also marks the 170th anniversary of the first hoisting of the British Union Jack on Hong Kong Island. Dr. Sun Yat-sen attended Central College in Hong Kong starting in 1884, and graduated in 1892 from the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (later the medical faculty of the University of Hong Kong). Upon re-visiting the University in 1923, Dr. Sun said, “I feel as though I have returned home, because Hong Kong and its university are my intellectual birthplace…”

Nicole Kwan, who co-authored The Dragon and the Crown: Hong Kong Memoirs with her uncle Stanley Kwan, will talk about their book and share the discoveries of her research on Hong Kong’s past century. The Dragon and the Crown is the memoir of Stanley Kwan who created the Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong’s equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average) in 1969 while working at Hang Seng Bank. The talk will cover

topics that include: the little-known but pivotal role of yinhao (traditional Chinese banks) in pre-War Hong Kong; the work of Hong Kong interpreters deployed with American forces in wartime China; and the critical presence of the Chinese Communist Party in the former colony. She will be joined by Professor Ming Chan, who will talk about Hong Kong’s important role in China’s 1911 Revolution and comment on major trends and key developments during this turbulent period of Hong Kong history.



Ms. Kwan has a BA degree from Smith College and MAs from Yale University and the University of Hong Kong. She worked in international banking for over 20 years while based in Hong Kong and conducted the course “Doing Business in China” at Stanford University during 2005-07. The Dragon and the Crown: Hong Kong Memoirs was published by Hong Kong University Press (hardcover 2009, paperback 2011).



As a historian of modern China focusing on Guangdong and Hong Kong-Macao, Prof. Chan received all three degrees in the US, including a PhD from Stanford at age 25. Besides Stanford, he has taught at the University of Hong Kong, Duke and UCLA, amongst others, and was a Research Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, 1976-80 and 1999-09, when he ran the Hong Kong Documentary Archives project. He is currently with the Center of East Asian Studies at Stanford University. Among his 13 books, the latest is New Perspectives on Modern Lingnan History: Guangdong and Its Hong Kong Links, 1900-1938.

Whither China? Time for Cultural Rejuvenation

Are you concerned about where China is heading toward? When the world attention is attracted to China's extraordinary economic growth and rapidly increasing political clout, cultural transformation in contemporary China is no less epic. Is China going to be more Westernized? Or is Chinese intellectual and cultural tradition reviving? ChinaRains has invited the famous public intellectual and political philosopher Dr. Hsieh Shan Yuan (謝善元) to share his thinking about cultural rejuvenation in contemporary China.


Talk: "Whither China? Time for Cultural Rejuvenation"

by Dr. Hsieh Shanyuan

When: April 2, 2011. Saturday. 2:30--4:00 p.m.
Where: Nairobi Room, Graduate Community Center, 2nd Floor (750 Escondido Road, Stanford)
Language: English
Soft drinks and refreshments will be provided.



Abstract of the Talk:


China's "No.2 World Economy" status has produced both admirations and concerns in the world. The concerns are intensified when Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and his wife were prevented from going to Norway to accept the award. Some people are tempted to cite Samuel Huntington's theory of civilizational conflicts to explain this incident. But a history-conscious person would probably characterize it more as an evidence of China's failture to fulfil the aspirations of her intellectuals of the early 20th century. They embraced science and democracy as the surest ways of saving China and totally abandoned their cultural heritage. A review of the history of these ideas and that of Chinese culture indicates that, while their insight is laudable, their understanding of tradition is inadequate. There are indeed elements in Chinese culture which are compatible with the requirements of both science and democracy. By reorganizing the core teachings of both Confucius and Mencius and by supplementing them with valuable ideas from other schools of thought, one can form a synthesis which, if adopted by the Chinese people, would hopefully guide China's future policies. And a culturally rejuvenated China could probably convince the whole world that her rise would indeed be peaceful.


Short Bio of the Speaker:

Dr. Hsieh Shan-yuan received his Ph.D. in Far Eastern Languages and Civilizations from University of Chicago. He has taught classical Chinese philosophy in various universities, including University of Toronto and University of Denver. Currently, he is a freelance writer and translator. His publications range from academic monographs to Chinese translations of Western classics. Below are some of his publications:
1. Plato Republic (tr.into Chinese from Paul Shorey's Eng. version), to be published.
2. The Last Days of Socrates (tr. into Chinese from Hugh Tredennick's Eng.version), (Shanghai: Yiwen Publishing Co., 2007)
3. The Life and Thought of Confucius, video, 1993
4.The Life and Thought of Li Kou (1009-1059), (S.F.: Chinese Materials Center, 1979)
5. "Hsun-tzu's Political Philosophy", Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 6.1, pp. 69-90, March 1979

A Historical Examination of Nomadic Societies in Northern China-—A Case Study of the Kazakh People

A Historical Examination of Nomadic Societies in Northern China
—A Case Study of the Kazakh People
中国北方游牧民族社会生活的历史学考察

Zhongyi Han
Professor and Research Fellow
Northwestern Nationalities Research Center
Shaanxi Normal University
韩中义
陕西师范大学 西北民族研究中心

Saturday, Feb 26, 2010
2:30-4:00pm
Graduate Community Center (GCC), Nairobi Room
750 Escondido Road (http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=03-400)

Working language: Chinese
讲座语言：中文

Outline of the talk:

一 中国北方游牧民族社会生活的一般性考察
1，历史上中国北方的游牧民族
2，中国北方游牧民族的社会生活管窥
3，有关北方游牧民族的史料与研究。
二 中国游牧民族四季迁徙
1，历史上的四季游牧
2，当今游牧生活——以哈萨克族四季迁徙的人类学解读：
2.1，哈萨克族的历史、分布、人口略谈
2.2，哈萨克族四季迁徙——四季牧场
2.3. 哈萨克族精神生活与物质生活
2.4.哈萨克游牧生活的未来状况，以及相关研究

A. general examination of the nomad societies in northern China
(1). northen nomad societies in Chinese history
(2). everyday life of the nomads
(3). historical sources and the state of research
B. Seasonal migration of the nomads
(1). seasonal migration in history
(2). nomad life in the contemporary: anthropologist approach to seasonal migration
(2.1) history, distribution, and population of the Kazakh people
(2.2) seasonal migration of the Kazakh people---seasonal pasture
(2.3) mentality and material life of the Kazakh people
(2.4) the future of the Kazakh nomad life, and related research


About the Speaker:


韩中义，陕西师范大学西北民族研究中心研究员/教授。1985-1992年在中央民族大学学习，获得学士、硕士学位。1992-2001年在新疆社会科学院工作，主要研究新疆宗教、民族问题。2001-2004年在南京大学历史学系学习，获得博士学位。2004-至今在陕西师范大学西北民族研究中心工作，主要研究中亚、新疆伊斯兰教历史、民族史。讲授课程主要有蒙古史、维吾尔族史、伊斯兰教史、少数民族史料学等。出版了《西域苏非主义研究》一部，发表了《喀喇汗王朝名称杂考》等30余篇论文。现为斯坦福大学伊斯兰研究中心访问学者。

Han Zhongyi is Professor and Research Fellow at the Northwestern Nationalities Research Center, Shaanxi Normal University. He received BA and MA from the Central University for Nationalities, and Ph.D. in history from Nanjing University. He has worked in Xinjiang Social Science Academy between 1992 and 2001. His research focuses on Central Asia and Xinjiang Islamic history, while his publications features studies of Sufism in the Western Region, and other central Asian historical problems. Currently, he is visiting scholar at the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford.

Archaeology and the Chinese Public: From The Case of "Cao Cao Mausoleum"

Archaeology and the Chinese Public
—from the case of “Cao Cao Mausoleum”
考古与公众：从“曹操墓”谈起

Tao Wang
Associate Professor of Archaeology
Chinese Academy of Sciences

王涛
中国科学院

Saturday, Feb 19, 2010
2:30-4:00pm
Graduate Community Center (GCC), Nairobi Room
750 Escondido Road (http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=03-400)

Working language: Chinese
讲座语言：中文

Outline of the talk:
近些年来，中国的重大考古发现层出不穷。随着人们的文化遗产保护意识的增强，一些考古发现引起了社会各界的关注，成为了新闻热点。例如去年去年河南安阳曹操墓的发掘就引发了轰动，甚至聚讼纷争，莫衷一是。本次报告，中国科学院科技考古系的王涛教授将向同学们介绍考古学的基本原理，探索考古发现的一般经过，考古学研究的工作过程，以及科技考古的最新发展。同时，他将以曹操墓的发掘工作为例，从考古学专业角度来分析围绕着曹操墓的争议与谜团。
In recent years, China has manifested series of monumental archaeological discoveries. When the Chinese public is becoming more and more interested in cultural heritage conservation, a number of archaeological projects attracted enormous public attention. One such example is the excavation of the “Cao Cao Mausoleum" in Anyang, Henan Province, which aroused excitement as well as huge controversies. In this talk, Prof. Wang from Department of Archaeological Science at the Chinese Academy of Sciences will introduce the basic principles and work process of archaeology, and the recent development of archaeological science. He will also analyze the controversies and myths around the “Cao Cao Mausoleum” from the perspective of a professional archaeologist.

About the Speaker:

王涛，中国科学院研究生院科技考古系副教授，硕士生导师。在西北大学文博学院考古学专业获得学士、硕士学位；2001－2005年就读于北京大学考古文博学院，2005年获博士学位。从事考古学教学与科研工作，主要研究方向为新石器时代考古与陶器分析，已在国内外期刊发表相关专业文章20余篇。现为斯坦福大学考古中心访问学者。

Tao Wang is Associate Professor at the Department of Scientific Archaeology, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his B.A. and M.A. in archaeology from Northwestern University, China. He received his Ph.D. in archaeology from Beijing University. His research focuses on the pre-historical archaeology of China. He specializes in pottery analysis. Currently, he is visiting scholar at the Stanford Archaeology Center.

The First Stock Market Crash in Chinese History: 1882-1883

The First Stock Market Crash in Chinese History: 1882-1883

中國歷史上的第一次股災

Yu Li
Professor
Department of History, Center for Studies of Republican China
Nanjing University

李玉
教授、博士生导师
南京大学历史系
中国民国史研究中心

Thursday,May 20, 2010
7:30-9:00 pm
Meyer Library, Room 142
560 Escondido Mall (Map: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=03-400)
Working language: Chinese
讲座语言：中文

Outline of the talk:

19世纪80年代初期，近代股市在上海出现后不久，就发生了一次严重的市场风潮，其前因后果颇值得关注与检讨。
一、上海股市渐趋火热
二、股市带动创业
三、股市火热与企业绩效基本无关
四、风险渐至
五、企业受损
六、民心大失
七、走向理性

In early 1880s, immediately after modern stock market first appeared in Shanghai, a stock market crash hit the investors badly. It was the first stock market crash in Chinese history, which also has multiple implications for later development of the Chinese capital market and financial sector. Prof. Li will lead us through the process of that incident,explaining its origins as well as interpreting its consequences.





About the Speaker:

李玉：南京大学历史系、中华民国史研究中心教授，博士生导师，已出版《晚清公司制度建设研究》、《北洋政府时期企业制度结构史论》、《长沙的近代化启动》、《国民党政治与社会结构之演变（1905-1949）》（合著）等著作，现为斯坦福大学胡佛研究所访问学者。


Yu Li, Professor, Department of History and Center for Studies of Republican China, Nanjing University. He is a distinguished researcher on history of enterprises in modern China, and has extensive publications on the history of modern China. His major publications include: Studies of Late Qing Business Institutions (2002), History of Business Institutions in Early Republican China (2007), Engineering the Modernization of Changsha (2000), Politics of the Kuomintang and the Transformation of Chinese Social Structure: 1905-1949 (2007) .




George Zhijian Qiao

The Autumn-Spring and Warring States and The Unification of China – The Formation of “Super Stable Structure” in Ancient China

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The Autumn-Spring and Warring States and The Unification of China – The Formation of “Super Stable Structure” in Ancient China

春秋战国历史与中国的统一——古代中国“超稳定结构”的形成

Dingxin Zhao Professor of Sociology University of Chicago 赵鼎新 芝加哥大学 社会学系教授

Tuesday, April 27, 2010 7:30-9:00pm Meyer Library, Room 143 560 Escondido Mall (Map: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=03-400) Working language: Chinese 讲座语言：中文

Outline of the talk: 讲座概要： 本次演讲将为大家介绍一个从韦伯和斯宾赛的理论演化而来的社会变迁模型。这个模型的应用能够揭开许多历史轨迹的关键。其对于理解中国的过去，尤其是春秋战国历史，尤为重要。演讲的内容将涉及以下问题：为什么春秋战国时期的中国在政治、意识形态、军事和经济等方面取得了非同寻常的快速发展？在春秋战国时期为什么国家权利能够持续增强，从而引起强大并且军事化的官僚国家的形成？为什么中国能够在公元前221年得到统一，在诸国列强中为什么是秦国在激烈的军事冲突中赢得了胜利？为什么皇权系统在中国得以从公元前221年延续到20世纪早期而不发生重大变化？为什么军事指挥官在内战当中发挥的作用不大？为什么宗教没有对中国的政治产生重大影响？历史上影响中国与游牧民族关系的因素有哪些？为什么中国没有发生工业革命等等。 This talk presents a general model of social change developed from the theories of Max Weber and Herbert Spencer. The model is applied to address numerous research questions and historical patterns crucial to understanding the Chinese past, especially the history of the Spring-Autumn and Warring States (SA&WS) era (770-221 BCE). Some of those research questions and historical patterns include: Why was China able to achieve an unusual pace of development in politics, ideology, military and economy in the SA&WS era? Why was the state power able to attain increasing domination during the SW&WS, leading to the rise of the strong and militarized bureaucratic state? Why could China end in unification in 221 BCE and why was it Qin rather than the other states that won out in the fierce military conflict? Why could a similar imperial system persist in China most of the time from 221 BCE to the early 20th century? Why did military commanders play little role in politics except during civil wars? Why did transcendental religions fail to have a great impact on Chinese politics? What were the forces that shaped nomads-Chinese relationships in imperial China? Why didn’t an industrial revolution take place in China? Bio of The Speaker: 演讲者简介： 赵鼎新教授任教于芝加哥大学社会学系。他的研究方向包括社会运动、民族主义、历史社会学、社会变迁以及经济发展。他目前的研究工作试图从历史社会学的角度，比较中国与欧洲的经验，从而建构一个基于经验研究的理论，并以此来解释中国春秋战国时期的国家、军队、经济与哲学系统、秦国对中国的统一、以及春秋战国对中国后来历史的影响。在斯坦福大学访问期间，赵鼎新教授致力于此项研究成果的书稿写作。 Dingxin Zhao is professor in Sociology at the University of Chicago. His research covers social movements, nationalism, historical sociology, social change and economic development. He is currently working on a project on historical sociology, which, based on a comparison with the European experience, is intended to develop an empirically-grounded theory to explain the changes in state, military, economy and philosophy during China's Axial Age (722-221 BCE), the unification of China under the Qin Empire (221-206 BCE), and how the developments of this period shaped China's later history. He intends to devote his time here at Stanford to write a book, and is very much looking forward to getting to know more about Stanford and the faculty and students of this school.

The National Leader in Exile: Chiang Kai-shek's First Decade in Taiwan 1949-1958

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The National Leader in Exile:

Chiang Kai-shek's First Decade in Taiwan 1949-1958

他鄉明月故鄉情：1949－1958年的蔣介石

Nancy Chen

Professor of History

Chinese Culture University

陳立文

中國文化大學史學系教授

Thursday, April 8, 2010

7:30-9:00pm

Meyer Library, Room 143

560 Escondido Mall (Map: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=03-400)

Working language: Chinese

讲座语言：中文

Photos courtesy of P H Yang Photography 攝影: 楊必興 (phyang.org)

Outline of The Talk：

講座概要：

蔣介石從1947年開始考慮要在國民當內部另起爐灶，建立新的體系。蔣如何開始這樣的思考？從1949年到1958年的十年中， 蔣介石初到台灣，在思鄉、期待返鄉和建設他鄉之間猶豫、徬徨並掙扎。他究竟如何做出抉擇？陳教授將帶我們走進這中國現代大分流的十年中，被迫棲居台灣的蔣介石的心路歷程。

Bio of The Speaker:

演講者簡介：

Prof. Chen obtained her Ph.D. from the History Research Institute of Chinese Culture University. She is currently Professor of History at the History Department, Chinese Culture University. Her research focuses on history of modern China, diplomatic history in particular. Her major publications include: T.V. Soong and Wartime Diplomacy (1991), Wartime China's Diplomatic Efforts (2000), Examine the Northeast Turnover from the Perspective of Party Politics (2001). Between 2007 and 2009, Prof. Chen conducted an oral history project and interviewed more than thirty Chiang Kai-shek's attendants.　

陳立文教授予中國文化大學史學研究所取得博士學位，現為中國文化大學史學系專任教授，主要研究中國現代史、中國近現代外交史，為著名的中國近現代外交史、政治史專家。陳教授的專著包括：《宋子文與戰時外交》（1991），《抗戰期間中國爭取國際地位之努力論文集》（2000），《從黨務發展看東北接收》（2001）。陳教授還在2007－2009年期間主持過蔣介石侍從人員的口述史訪談計劃，採訪了三十多位蔣介石的近身侍從。

The Secret History of Sino-Japanese Relations: CCP & KMT’s Post War Employment of Japanese Human Resources

The Secret History of Sino-Japanese Relations:

CCP & KMT's Post War Employment of Japanese Human Resources

"Bai Tuan" And Chiang's Changing Policies toward Japan

中日秘史：战后国共两党对日本人的“留用”

——兼谈“白团”及蒋介石对日政策的变化

Xijun Lu

Professor of International Relations

Daito Bunka University

鹿锡俊

日本大东文化大学国际关系学部教授

Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010

7:30-9:00pm

Meyer Library, Room 143

560 Escondido Mall (Map: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=03-400)

Working language: Chinese

讲座语言：中文

Outline of The Talk:

内容概要：

Since the release of diaries of Chiang Kai-shek, some popular media including Phoenix Satellite TV has reported how Chiang Kai-shek and the KMT authorities used “Bai Tuan”, a group of former Japanese military officers, to aid military training in the 1950s. There have on-going debates on this issue ever since, especially on the Internet. In fact, not only Chiang Kai-shek and the KMT used the defeated Japanese, Mao and the CCP did as well. Nor was the beginning of this practice 1950. It was rather in 1945, the year when the War of Resistance against Japan ended, that both parties started to use the defeated Japanese. Professor Lu, who has been studying the employment of the defeated Japanese since 2002, will give us a talk on the following issues:

随着蒋介石日记的开放和 凤凰卫视等媒体的报道，有关蒋介石和国民党当局1950年代曾利用日本旧军官组成的“白团”帮助军 事训练的议论，成为近日互联网的一个热点。其实，以“留用” 的名义使战败的日本人为我所用的，不仅是蒋介石和国民党，还有毛泽东和共产党；双方各自留用日本人的起点，也不是1950年， 而是抗日战争刚刚结束的1945年。早在2002年 就开始研究留用日本人问题的鹿锡俊教授，将在报告中着重谈论以下内容：

一．“残留日本人”与 “留用日本人”的区别

The distinction between the staying Japanese and the employed Japanese

二．共产党统治区是如何 留用日本人的?

How did the CCP use the Japanese?

三．国民党统治区是如何 留用日本人的?

How did the KMT use the Japanese?

四．国共两党在前期对日 政策上的異同

Differences and similarities between CCP and KMT’s policies toward Japan

五．“白团”及迁台初期 蒋介石的转折

“Bai Tuan” and Chiang’s turning point in the early years in Taiwan

六．留用問題的研究意義

Implications of the study

Bio of The Speaker:

演讲者简介：

Professor Lu got two Ph.Ds from the faculty of history at Fudan University and the faculty of law at Hitotsubashi University respectively. He was a professor at Japan’s University of Shimane, and served as reviewer of the Japanese Association of International Relations, before his current professorship at Daito Bunka University. He is also director of the “China Politics and Diplomacy History” lecture series at Hitotsubashi University, distinguished research fellow at the Korean Studies Center at Fudan University, and visiting professor at the Center of ROC Studies at Nanjing University. He has been visiting at the Hoover Institution since April 2009. His main research interest is East Asian international relations and Sino-Japan diplomatic history. Many of his works are published in top journals such as Modern History Studies and History Studies. In recent years, Professor Lu has been chosen as head researcher for many important projects sponsored by various academic foundations including Japan Society for The Promotion of Science. This talk represents preliminary results from one of Professor Lu's on-going projects, "Japanese Human Resources And China's Post-War Reconstruction".

鹿锡俊教 授先后毕 业于中國復 旦大學歷史系博士課程和日本一橋大學法學部博士課程，双双獲得博士學位。

歷任日本島根縣立大學教授、日本國際政治學會評議員等，現任日本大東文化 大學“東亞政治與國際關係”教授，同時负责日本一橋大學“中國政治外交史”讲座，并兼任中國復旦大學韓國朝鮮研究中心特聘研究員、南京大學中華民國史研究 中心客座教授等。2009年4月起任斯坦福大学胡佛研究院访问学者。

主要研究方向為東亞國際關係與中日政治外交史，已发表的相关论著有:《中國國民政府的對日政策：1931－1933》（東京大學出版會、2001年）;《蒋 介石的中日蘇關係観與“制俄攘日”戦略》（2003年）;《國 民政府留用日本技術人員的政策過程》(2006年);《日 本的國際戰略與中日戰爭的擴大化》(2007年)； 《戰爭的世界化與中國的國際解決戰略》(2007年)； 《中國問題與日本1941年的開戰決策――以日方檔案為依據 的再確認》(2008年)， 《國民政府對歐戰及結盟問題的應對》(2008年)、 《蔣介石與1935年中日蘇關係的轉折》(2009年)等。 这些研究成果大多发表在《近代史研究》與《歷史研究》等頂級雜誌。

近年多次被遴選為日本學術振興會等各种學術基金重點研究課題的主持人。本 次報告的內容即為正在進行之中的研究課題“日本的人力資源與戰後中國的重構”的階段性成果。