Winter 2026
February 16 | Book Discussion with Yanshuo Zhang
Eisenberg Conference Room (1521 Haven) | 4.30 – 5.30 pm
Guest: Yanshuo Zhang (Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures, Pomona College in California)
Moderator: Zhaina Meirkhan (History PhD candidate)
Book Title: Zhang, Yanshuo. Creative Belonging: The Qiang and Multiethnic Imagination in Modern China. University of Michigan Press, 2026.
Format: In-person
Note: Co-organized with Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
February 27 | Coffee Hour with Howard Chiang
Eisenberg Conference Room (1521 Haven) | 10 – 11.45 am
Guest: Howard Chiang (Professor of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies, Director of the Center for Taiwan Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Format: In-person
Note: Co-organized with Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
February 27 | Lunch with Frederick R. Chen
11 am – 1.30 pm
Guest: Frederick R. Chen (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University)
Format: In-person
Note: Co-organized with Political Economy Workshop, Department of Political Science
March 20 | Guest Lecture and Coffee Hour with Haifeng Huang
Haven Hall Eldersveld Room | 1.30 – 3 pm
Guest: Haifeng Huang (Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University)
Moderator: Zhen Zhang (Political Science PhD student)
Presentation Title: Signaling Loyalty while Preserving Markets: Performative Propaganda under Economic Openness
Format: Hybrid
Note: Co-organized with Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science
May 5 | Book Discussion with Xiaobo Lü
Weiser Hall 447 | 3 – 4.30 pm
Guest: Xiaobo Lü (Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley)
Moderator: Zhen Zhang (Political Science PhD student)
Book Title: Lü, Xiaobo. Domination and Mobilization: The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in China’s Republican Era. Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Format: In-person
Note: Co-organized with Department of Political Science and LRCCS
Fall 2025
September 23 | Coffee Hour with Bin Xu
Weiser Hall 447 | 3.00 – 4.00 pm
Guest: Bin Xu (Professor of Sociology, Emory University)
Format: In-person
Note: Co-organized with LRCCS
October 14 | Book Discussion
Weiser Hall 447 and Zoom | 3.00 – 4.30 pm
Moderator: Ching-Huan Kuo (MIRS)
Book Title: McNamee, Lachlan. Settling for Less: Why States Colonize and Why They Stop. Princeton University Press, 2023.
Format: Hybrid with refreshments for in-person participants
October 31 | Book Discussion with Ian Shin
Weiser Hall 447 and Zoom | 3.00 – 4.30 pm
Speaker: Ian K. Shin (Assistant Professor of History and American Culture; Associate Director, LRCCS)
Moderator: Yee Ting Leong (History PhD student), Anran Han (ALC PhD student)
Book Title: Shin, K Ian. Imperial Stewards: Chinese Art and the Making of America’s Pacific Century. Stanford University Press, 2025.
Format: Hybrid with refreshments for in-person participants
