Events

5 Jun 2015

12:00-13:30

USC, 8/F, Tin Ka Ping Building, CUHK

Prof. Thomas B. GoldSociology Department, University of California Berkeley

Thomas B. Gold is Professor of Sociology at the University of California. Since 2000 he has also served as Executive Director of the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP), a consortium of 14 American universities which administers an advanced Chinese language program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. (http://ieas.berkeley.edu/iup ). At Berkeley he has also served as Associate Dean of International and Area Studies, Founding Director of the Berkeley China Initiative, and Chair of the Center for Chinese Studies.

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Tel.: (852) 3943-8763/8765
Email: event@usc.cuhk.edu.hk

Language: English
Lunch Fee: Free Admission, HK$20.00 for Lunch

Since the publication of Social Connections in China: Institutions, Culture, and the Changing Nature of Guanxi (ed. Gold, Guthrie and Wank) in 2002, a distinct “field of guanxi studies” has emerged. Scholars of many disciplines as well as consultants and journalists, have conducted empirical research on the practice of guanxi across many realms of social life, while still debating what exactly it is and whether or not it is unique to China. In early March 2015, scholars from the U.S., China, Asia and Europe met at Berkeley to share their latest research results and theoretical musings on the field of guanxi studies today. This presentation introduces the conference topics, recurring themes and tentative conclusions concerning guanxi and the study of guanxi.

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