Title: New Puzzles in the Study of Nationalism
Speaker: Pro. Benedict Anderson, Institute of International Studies of Cornell University
Time: March 19th, 19:00-21:30
Venue: Auditorium (the first floor), School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Language: English
Moderator: Professor Wanghui
Sponsor: Tsinghua University Higher Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences,
School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University
Abstract:
The thesis is New Puzzles in the Study of Nationalism. It will depart to two lectures: at the first time, will talk about New Puzzles in the Study of Nationalism generally; at the second time will analyze the Paradox of Overseas: the Strange Politics of Different Chinese Clan Groups in Thailand.
Bio of Speaker:
Benedict Anderson（1936- ），born in Kunming Yunnan Province, then moved away from China with his family for China-Japan War. He is one of the most important theorist on nationalism, a famous specialist of East-South Asia study, Chair Professor of Aaron L.Binenjorb（Emeritus）at Institute of International Studies of Cornell University. Main works: Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, The Spectre of Comparisons, The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World, Java in a Time of Revolution, Literature and Politics in Siam in the American Era, Language and Power: Exploring Political Cultures in Indonesia, Under Three Flags: Anarchism and the Anti-Colonial Imagination.
