The session was held on September 13, 2024 and we counted on the participation of all teaching, seminar and faculty fellows.

In the session, participants introduced to each other and faculty fellows dedicated some time to speak about their areas of expertise so fellows could identify potential ways of collaboration.

We also counted on the participation of Prof. Larry Au, who introduced his experience as a Faculty Fellow in the Spring 2024, and explained his approach to teaching contents related to China to undergraduate students of the CUNY system.

Spring 2024 Teaching Fellow, Ken Silverman also shared his experience teaching comparative politics at Queens college and his sessions on state formation and regime type where Baruch College Professor Xiaonan Wang participated.

In the session, we also discussed possible future activities for the seminars.

Agenda for the First CACI Seminar

Date: September 13, 2024

Time: 9:30-11:30am

Location: Room 5203, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016

1. Welcome and Introductions (9:30-10:00)

Introduction to CACI (Li Ke and Jennifer Holdaway)

Participant introductions

2. Pairing faculty fellows with teaching fellows (10:00-10:40)

(1) Faculty fellows introduce their teaching and research interests (5 mins each)

· Professor Bin Chen (Baruch College)

· Professor Rong Zhao (Hunter College)

· Professor Immanuel Ness (Brooklyn College)

· Professor Arthur Kroeber (NYU)

(2) Teaching and faculty fellows mingle to learn more about one another’s scholarly interests.

(3) Li Ke meets with seminar fellows

3. Sharing experience as Faculty and Teaching Fellows (10:40-11:10)

Larry Au, Faculty fellow from Spring 2024

Ken Silverman, Teaching fellow from Spring 2024

Li Ke, Faculty Coordinator

Group discussion

4. Agenda for future seminars (11:10-11:25)

· Discuss possible topics for future seminars

5. Announcements (11:25-11:30)

· “You Are on Our List: Supporting Chinese LGBTQ Activists at Risk,” an event on September 26, hosted by Leitner Center at Fordham Law School.

· Another event on October 1 or 2, hosted by the School of Social Work at Hunter and the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale.

· Travel grant opportunity for summer 2025

Appendix: List of participants

Teaching fellows

David Monda dmonda@gradcenter.cuny.edu Political Science China in Africa, Politics of the Global South, BRICS, Major power competition in Africa, Comparative Foreign Policy, China and the Global South, Political Economy of China in the Global South, cultural diplomacy, China’s wedging, containing, balancing, enmeshing and entrapping strategies, China and Climate Crisis, China and Global Governance

Juan Corredor-Garcia jcorredorgarcia@gradcenter.cuny.edu Political Science International Affairs, Global Climate Change, Comparative State Formation

Helena Najm hnajm@gradcenter.cuny.edu Political Science Urbanism, Gender Studies, Consumer Culture, Political Violence

Minglei “Hart” Zhang mzhang3@gradcenter.cuny.edu Sociology Race and Ethnic Studies, Sociology of Development, Urban Studies, Historical and Comparative Studies

Christos Angelopoulos cangelopoulos@gradcenter.cuny.edu Economics Macroeconomics and Econometrics

Seminar fellows

Karen Hui khui@gradcenter.cuny.edu Anthropology Shenzhen and Special Economic Zones, childrearing, the middle class, motherhood and social reproduction, biopolitics

Haoju Lu hlu1@gradcenter.cuny.edu Sociology Political economy in contemporary China; labor movement in China; migrant workers in China; gender and labor study in China; culture study and documentary study in contemporary China.

Brendan O’Connor boconnor@gradcenter.cuny.edu Environmental Sciences-Geography Political economy Social reproduction Racial capitalism Imperialism and colonialism Cultural production Critical sports studies Sports geographies Fascism and the far right Borders and bordering

Jun Yoo hyoo1@gradcenter.cuny.edu Economics Small business lending and nascent firm growth

Silvina Calderaro scalderaro@jjay.cuny.edu Urban Education Climate change, environmental justice, pedagogy, informal education