University at Buffalo Confucius Institute Event Listing 2009 to the Present in Reverse Chronological Order
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE EVENT LISTING 2009 TO THE PRESENT IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 2021 COVID 19: HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION April 30, 8:30-3:00PM 2021 Alison Des Forges International Virtual Symposium, cosponsored by the Confucius Institute THE URBANIZATION OF PEOPLE: DEVELOPMENT, LABOR MARKETS AND SCHOOLING IN THE CHINESE CITY April 23, 12:30-1:30PM Zoom presentation by Eli Friedman, Associate Professor of International and Comparative Labor, ILR School, Cornell University Cosponsored by the UB Graduate School of Education UB CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE / DISTINGUISHED ARCHITECTURE LECTURE April 21, 6:00-7:30PM Zoom presentation by Tiantian Xu, Founding Principal, DnA_Design and Architecture, Beijing Part of the UB School of Architecture and Planning 2020-21 “Toward Racial Justice” lecture series COLLABORATING TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM IN CHINA April 1, 12:30-1:30PM Zoom presentation by Helen McCabe, Associate Professor of Education, Daemen College, and Executive Director of The Five Project U.S.-CHINA THIRD SPACE: STORY CIRCLE WORKSHOP FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS February 27, 1-2:30PM, with follow up session on March 2, 7:30-8:30PM Presented by Frank Dolce, PhD, for U.S.-China Heartland Association and the St. Cloud State University Confucius Institute FAMINE AND MARITAL ASSORTATIVE MATCHING: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA February 25, 9:30-11:00AM Zoom presentation by Yiru Wang, Assistant Professor of Economics, Southwest University of Finance and Economics (Chengdu) Cosponsored by the UB Department of Economics CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR OF THE OX WITH THE GREAT LAKES CHINESE CONSORTIUM February 13 Online program cohosted with the Confucius Institute at St. Cloud State University, featuring performances by students and faculty from Capital Normal University in Beijing VIRTUAL CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR OF THE OX! February 12 Online program cosponsored with the Chinese Club of Western New York 2020 CHINA TOWN HALL: LOCAL CONNECTIONS, NATIONAL REFLECTIONS November 10-18 Cosponsored by World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara 2020 China Town Hall: Roundtable Discussion November 10, 2-3:00PM CHINA Town Hall Keynote Address November 10, 7-8:00PM Ray Dalio, Investor, Philanthropist, and New York Times bestselling author CHINA Town Hall: Economics and Trade November 17, 7-8:00PM Amy Celico (Albright Stonebridge Group), Huang Yiping (Peking University), Andy Rothman (Matthews Asia) Panel Discussion: The Local Impact of COVID and Trade with China November 19, 3-4:00 p.m. CHINA TRIVIA 2020 ONLINE COMPETITION November 20, 4-5:00PM In conjunction with UB’s celebration of International Education Week BUDDISM AND MARTIAL ARTS: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND A PERSONAL JOURNEY November 19, 12:30-1:30PM Zoom presentation with Erin Markle, Founder and Head Teacher, Gold Summit Martial Arts Institute UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY: HARMONY IN METAL, STONE, SILK AND BAMBOO November 13, 7-8:00PM Zoom presentation featuring Mei Han, Director of the Center for Chinese Music and Culture, Middle Tennessee State University MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL ONLINE CELEBRATION October 2, 3-4:00PM CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FOR ONLINE CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING September 19, 1:30-4:00PM Zoom presentation featuring Daihao Tang, Chinese Instructional Coach, International Leadership of Texas UB CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE ZOOM CONCERT May 29, 2020, 5-5:45PM TAI CHI ONLINE MINI-COURSE Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 19-June 4, 1:00-2:00 PM CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE LECTURE: CENTRALIZED COLLEGE MATCHING MECHANISMS, STABILITY, AND STUDENT WELFARE IN CHINA March 6, 3:30-5:00PM Yang Song, Assistant Professor of Economics, Colgate University 444 Fronczak Hall, UB North Campus Cosponsored by the UB Department of Economics 2019 INTERNATIONAL COFFEEHOUSE November 20, 2019, 7-9:00PM Intercultural and Diversity Center, UB North Campus Cosponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center WORLD BAZAAR November 19, 2019, 11-2:00PM Student Union, UB North Campus Cosponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center CHINA TOWN HALL: LOCAL CONNECTIONS, NATIONAL REFLECTIONS November 18, 2019, 5-8:00PM 403 Hayes Hall, UB South Campus Cosponsored by World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara CHINESE CHORAL CONCERT November 2, 2019, 2-3:30PM Baird Recital Hall, UB North Campus SYMPOSIUM: CHINESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, AND TEACHING METHODS October 26, 2019, 8:30AM – 6:00PM 280 Park Hall Cosponsored by the Department of Learning and Instruction, UB Graduate School of Education PERFORMANCE: AMAZING CHINESE OPERA October 25, 2019, 7:00 – 8:30PM Slee Hall Presented by the Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera at Binghamton University (SUNY) ECONOMICS EDUCATION IN CHINA: CURRICULUM AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT October 6, 2019, 1:30-3:30PM 509 O’Brian Hall Cosponsored by the UB Center of Excellence on Human Capital, Technology Transfer, and Economic Growth and Development INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: HUMAN CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA October 5-6, 2019 509 O’Brian Hall International conference with 15 participating scholars from the U.S. and China Cosponsored by the UB Center of Excellence on Human Capital, Technology Transfer, and Economic Growth and Development CONFUCIUS INSTIUTE LECTURE: BEING THERE…THERE…AND THERE: AN OPEN DISCUSSION WITH DR. VANESSA FONG ABOUT LONGITUDINAL METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH September 18, 2019, 2:30 - 3:30 PM Vanessa Fong, Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College 474 Baldy Hall, UB North Campus Cosponsored by the Educational Culture, Policy and Society Program, UB Graduate School of Education CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE LECTURE: EDUCATION, GENDER AND UPWARD MOBILITY AMONG CHINA’S SINGLE-CHILD GENERATION September 18, 2019, 12:00 - 1:00 PM Vanessa Fong, Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College 555 Baldy Hall, UB North Campus Cosponsored by the Educational Culture, Policy and Society Program, UB Graduate School of Education MOON FESTIVAL CELEBRATION September 13, 2019, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Student Union Atrium, University at Buffalo North Campus TWO-WEEK SUMMER LANGUAGE STUDY PROGRAM IN BEIJING July 7 - 20, 2019, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 29 student participants from UB and other SUNY campuses Hosted by Capital Normal University, Beijing UNDERSTANDING CHINA: A 30-HOUR NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR TEACHING ABOUT ASIA SEMINAR July 8 - 12, 2019, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM 509 O’Brian Hall (Law School Conference Room), UB North Campus In association with the Five College Center for East Asian Studies and the Buffalo Teacher Center BUFFALO NIAGARA DRAGONBOAT FESTIVAL June 15, 2019, 7:45 AM – 5:00 PM Hope Chest Dragon Boat Team Buffalo RiverWorks, 359 Ganson St., Buffalo JUNE IN BUFFALO Confucius Institute sponsorship of composer-in-residence Lei Liang June 3-9, 2019 Slee and Baird Halls, University at Buffalo June in Buffalo is an annual program of UB’s Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music LECTURE: ABORTION AS A TOPIC FOR FEMINIST HISTORICAL RESEARCH: THE CASE OF CHINA May 7, 2019, 12:00 - 1:30 PM Matthew Sommer, Professor of Chinese History, Stanford University Gender Institute, 207 UB Commons, UB North Campus Feminist Research Alliance Workshop Series CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE LECTURE: POLYANDRY AND WIFE SALE IN QING DYNASTY CHINA May 6, 2019, 4:00 - 5:30 PM Matthew Sommer, Professor of Chinese History, Stanford University 509 O’Brian Hall (Law School Conference Room), UB North Campus Cosponsored by the UB Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, Gender Institute, Department of History and Confucius Institute CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE LECTURE: BEYOND TELEOLOGICAL AND MAO-CENTERED HISTORY: THE BEGINNING OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION RECONSIDERED April 10, 2019, 4:00 - 5:30 PM Yiching Wu, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto 509 O’Brian Hall (Law School Conference Room), UB North Campus CONFUCIUS INSTIUTE LECTURE: ANGER, COMPASSION, AND THE IDEA OF “NO SELF” April 4, 2019, 4:00 - 5:30 PM Kwong-loi Shun, Professor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley 141 Park Hall, UB North Campus Cosponsored by the UB Confucius Institute and Philosophy Department CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE LECTURE: FIGHTING FUTURE TERRORISM VIA SENSE OF BELONGING AT SCHOOL: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA AND 46 OTHER COUNTRIES April 2, 2019, 12:30 - 2:00 PM Ming Ming Chiu, Chair Professor of Analytics and Diversity, Education University of Hong Kong Baldy 555, UB North Campus Cosponsored by the UB Confucius Institute and Graduate School of Education CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE LECTURE: THE INVISIBLE “READING WARS” IN CHINA AND THE LESSONS FOR AMERICA March 29, 2019, 1:00 - 2:30 PM Philip Hui Li, Professor in Early Childhood, Macquarie University, Australia Baldy 12, UB North Campus Cosponsored by the UB Confucius Institute and Early Childhood LANTERN FESTIVAL CELEBRATION March 1, 2019, 5:00 - 7:00 PM Clemens 120, UB North Campus CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE DISTINGUISHED ARCHITECTURE LECTURE: ROOT AND CONTEMPORANEITY February 13, 2019, 6:00 - 7:30 PM Zhu Pei, Dean, School of Architecture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing 403 Hayes Hall, UB South Campus Co-organized by the School of Architecture and Planning CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION February 9, 2019, 2:30 - 5:00 PM UB Center for the Arts Organized by the UB Confucius Institute and Chinese Club of Western New York THE BUTTERFLY LOVERS CONCERTO: CELEBRATING CHINESE NEW YEAR February 2, 2019, 8:00 - 9:00 PM ; February 3, 2019, 2:30 - 4:30 PM Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo 2018 AMAZING CHINESE OPERA November 16, 2018, 7:00 - 9:00 PM Slee Hall International Education Week event INTERNATIONAL