First China at CUNY Initiative Student Workshop

Please read in advance the materials for the workshop sessions of November 18.

10:15   Welcome and introduction

John TORPEY, Jennifer HOLDAWAY, Juan ACEVEDO and Yinan YAO

10:30   Urban life and “the nearby”

Biao XIANG, Department of Social Anthropology and Economic Experimentation, Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany

11:30: Coffee break

11:45   Social Media

Ling TANG, Open University, UK

12:45   Lunch

1:45     Gender and Sexuality

Ke LI, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

2:45   Climate change

Debbie SELIGSOHN, Villanova University

Guide to Chinese Climate Policy 2022

Can China Lead the Fight on Climate Change

3:45     Tea break

4:00     Technology and bio-medicine

Larry Au, City College, CUNY


5:00     Discussion and next steps

5:30     Close