********************************************* 2016 BCCDS research eventsResearch stay Lutgard Lams, Jan-April 2016, at National Sun Yat-sen University, Graduate Institute of Political Science (within framework of Taiwan Fellowship Program (Min. Foreign Affairs, ROC)
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 In the Fall Semester, two presentations concerning 'Communication and China' were given by Lutgard Lams at two consecutive conferences in China. In September, she participated in the 2013 China Communication Forum and the First Central Asia Communication Forum in Urumqi, co-organized by the School of Journalism and Communication from Xinjiang University, Urumqi, and the National Center for Radio and Television Studies from the Communication University of China, Beijing. After the introductory speeches by the Dean of Communication School, prof. Zhang Libin, and the conference organiser, prof. Liang Zheng, both from Xinjiang University, the distinguished key note speakers Prof. Hu Zhengrong (Communication University of China, Beijing), Prof. Zhao Yuezhi (Simon Fraser University, Canada), Prof. Colin Sparks (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) and Prof. Marguerite Moritz (University of Colorado, Boulder) presented the central theme of "International Communication and Central Asian Development" and opened up the discussion on 'Central Asia and the Geopolitics of Communication'. In the panel on "Media, Xinjiang, and Central Asia", chaired by prof. Moritz, Lutgard Lams gave a talk on the Belgian press representation of Xinjiang. Kevin Peters from Web International English discussed shifting traditions in Xinjiang and Milica Pesic from the Media Diversity Institute, London presented a speech on "professional Journalism and the Question of Ethnicity".  ********************************************* |
"Different perspectives on Intellectual Property Rights in China-EU Trade Talks", Mr Benoît Lory, EU Commission DG for Trade, Policy Officer, 5 December 2013
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"Diversity underlying surface similarity: a debate of values - Case study: changing values of Shanghai and Beijing managers?", dr. Thomas Herdin (University of Salzburg), 7 November 2013
In this lecture, Prof. Herdin offered a keen insight into findings of his research project aimed to understand China's transformation. Interestingly, factors like the Chinese rural/urban divide and differences between life in Shanghai/Beijing seem to play more of a role in shaping managers' values than demographics such as generational differences. Thomas Herdin also showed how underneath the homogenization/decline of exotic-ness/cultural surface synchronization (secondary values) through transcultural lifestyles, basic (primary) values remain deeply rooted and hidden beneath the surface of the iceberg.
In a sequel to the evening lecture on the dynamics of cultural surface synchronization and deep-rooted primary values, Prof. Herdin approached the value debate from a more philospohical angle and looked at implications for the academic mindset and for analyzing intercultural/transcultural communication.
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"Progress of Cross-Strait Integration between China and Taiwan: Are Models of European Integration Relevant?", dr. David Huang (Academia Sinica, National Taiwan University), 2 July 2013
On 2 July, Dr. David Huang brought a lecture on the relevance of European integration model for the progress of Cross-Strait integration between China and Taiwan. He gave a survey of essential features of European and Cross-Strait integration, discussing its political aspect disguised as a functional and economic integration. In his opinion, the functioning and implementation of new regulations for Cross-Strait exchanges since the Kuomintang President Ma Ying-jeou took office in 2008, so far cannot match the highly institutionalized and legalized status of the European integration. Dr. Huang explained the various interpretations of some key phrases in the debate on the China/Taiwan relations and discussed the more recent Chinese government’s discursive move to enhance a common perception and recognition of the ‘one China framework’ while allowing economic and social integration between China and Taiwan to intensify. On the basis of several opinion polls on cultural and political identity, he concluded that further Cross-Strait integration does not only institutionalize the distinction of administrative jurisdiction between the Chinese and Taiwanese governments, but it also sharpens the distinction between Taiwan and Chinese identity among Taiwanese people.
2013 Seminars in China
posted Jun 18, 2013, 12:27 PM by Lutgard Lams [ updated Jun 18, 2013, 1:49 PM ]In the second half of April, Frank Gotzen and Lutgard Lams were invited by the School of Public Affairs at the University of Science & Technology of China (USTC), Hefei (Anhui Province) to give a series of lectures to the Ph.D. students of Public Affairs. Frank Gotzen also visited the Chinese Intellectual Property Office, Anhui Branch and discussed recent developments of IP protection in China with the Director of the Office. Lutgard Lams met with the Head of the International Office of USTC and the Vice-Dean ofthe USTC News Center and Deputy-Director of USTC Center for Science Communication. |
