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SUMMARY:A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic.
DESCRIPTION:The India China Institute is proud to present “A People’s Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic”\, a talk with author\, lawyer\, and Yale professor Rohit De on his book\, A People’s Constitution. \n\n\n\n“What difference did the enactment of the the Indian constitution make on everyday lives of its citizens? It has long been contended that the Indian Constitution of 1950\, a document in English created by elite consensus\, has had little influence on India’s greater population. Drawing upon the previously unexplored records of the Supreme Court of India\, A People’s Constitution upends this narrative and shows how the Constitution actually transformed the daily lives of citizens in profound and lasting ways. This remarkable legal process was led by individuals on the margins of society\, and Rohit De looks at how drinkers\, smugglers\, petty vendors\, butchers\, and prostitutes—all despised minorities—shaped the constitutional culture. \n\n\n\nThe Constitution came alive in the popular imagination so much that ordinary people attributed meaning to its existence\, took recourse to it\, and argued with it. Focusing on the use of constitutional remedies by citizens against new state regulations seeking to reshape the society and economy\, De illustrates how laws and policies were frequently undone or renegotiated from below using the state’s own procedures. De examines four important cases that set legal precedents: a Parsi journalist’s contestation of new alcohol prohibition laws\, Marwari petty traders’ challenge to the system of commodity control\, Muslim butchers’ petition against cow protection laws\, and sex workers’ battle to protect their right to practice prostitution.” \n\n\n\nThe Author: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRohit De is lawyer and an Assistant Professor of History at Yale University.  Prior to Yale\, he was a Mellon Research Fellow at the Centre for History and Economics at the University of Cambridge. He has worked with Chief Justice K.G Balakrishnan of the Supreme Court of India and worked on constitutional reform projects in Sri Lanka and Nepal. He is currently working on a history of civil liberties arising out of Asia and Africa post WW2 and mediated through Indian diasporic lawyers.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/a-peoples-constitution-the-everyday-life-of-law-in-the-indian-republic/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Public Event,Public Event (General),Public Talks
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SUMMARY:A Fantastic State of Ruin: The Painted Towns of Rajasthan - David Zurick
DESCRIPTION:A Fantastic State of Ruin: The Painted Towns of Rajasthan\n\n\n\nBook Launch and Photo Lecture w/ David Zurick \n\n\n\nThursday\, Nov. 15\, 2018\, 5:30-7:30 pm \n\n\n\nOrozco Room (#712)\, 66 W. 12th St.\, The New School \n\n\n\nRSVP NOW \n\n\n\nIn this illustrated lecture\, geographer and photographer David Zurick explores the connections between visual culture\, landscape change\, and the loss of cultural memory in small-town India. \n\n\n\nFor several years\, Zurick has been making photographs in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan\, among little-known settlements that owe their origins to the trade caravans that once crossed the Thar Desert. In the 1800s\, prosperous merchants financed the construction of ornate buildings in the towns and commissioned artists to decorate them with exquisite murals depicting local life and society. For generations\, these painted buildings served the towns as trading houses\, pleasure palaces\, temples\, caravansaries\, and private homes. Eventually\, the trading families left Shekhawati for India’s burgeoning cities and abandoned their opulent structures. Some were left in the charge of caretakers; squatters took up residence in many; most simply remain vacant. The buildings have slowly deteriorated over time\, ravaged by climate and neglect\, and now lie scattered among the desert settlements as an elegiac collection of beautiful living ruins – a crumbling open-air gallery set amid the ordinary affairs of small town life in rural India. As the mural-clad buildings of the painted towns disappear\, the opportunity for local residents to engage with their cultural heritage declines\, and the beauty of our lived-world is further diminished. In this presentation\, Zurick discovers the unique richness of this remote vernacular architecture and highlights ongoing efforts to designate the region a UNESCO World Heritage Site. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout David Zurick \n\n\n\nDavid Zurick is an academically trained geographer (PhD\, University of Hawaii and East-West Center\, Honolulu) and a self-taught photographer. He writes and photographs extensively about Asia and the Pacific region\, with a special focus on the cultural landscapes of South Asia and the Himalaya. His books and photography have won numerous awards and acclaimed reviews\, including the National Outdoor Book Award\, Banff International Mountain Book Award Finalist (twice)\, and Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Visual Artist Fellowship Award (twice). His geographical studies and photography have been supported by research grants from the National Science Foundation\, American Geographical Society\, Banff Centre\, and other major funding organizations. In 2009 he received the “Mt Everest Award” for his lifetime achievement in Himalaya studies. David is a Fellow of The Explorers Club. He lectures and exhibits at academic and film arts organizations worldwide. His photography books include Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya\, Southern Crossings\, and Land of Pure Vision. \n\n\n\nYou can learn more about David’s work at his website www.davidzurick.com and blog www.medium.com/@david.zurick.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/a-fantastic-state-of-ruin-the-painted-towns-of-rajasthan-david-zurick/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Public Event
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SUMMARY:The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and the Futures of Chinese Politics
DESCRIPTION:The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and the Futures of Chinese Politics\n\n\n\nDecember 4\, 2017 | 4:00-6:00 pmOrozco Room (712) | 66 W. 12th St\, NY\, The New School \n\n\n\nA Public Talk with Andrew Nathan Columbia University | Hua Ze China Rights in Action | L.H.M. Ling The New School | Mark Frazier The New School | Xu Youyu Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | Zha Jianying Writer \n\n\n\nAbout the Talk \n\n\n\nAs the now undisputed\, strong leader of modern China\, Xi Jinping is uniquely positioned to determine China’s future. Through his emphasis on the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative\, (BRI)\, Xi demonstrates his intention for China to shape the contours of global affairs as well. \n\n\n\nAt the 19th Party Congress\, Xi Jinping’s ideas on China’s development and role in global affairs were incorporated in the Party’s Constitution. With only five years in office\, Xi has attained a level of personalized power and authority not seen in China in decades. But will Xi’s supremacy go unchallenged in the future? What are the prospects for political change in China under Xi’s self-stated “New Era of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”. A panel of China experts will discuss these and related questions about China following the 19th Party Congress. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book \n\n\n\nThis panel on China’s multiple political futures is being held in connection with the recent publication of To Build a Free China: A Citizen’s Journey (Lynne Rienner Publishers\, 2017) by Xu Zhiyong\, a former ICI fellow\, and translated by Joshua Rosenzweig and Yaxue Cao. \n\n\n\nDr. Xu is a prominent legal scholar\, civil rights lawyer\, activist\, and founder of the New Citizens’ Movement. He was named one of Asia Weekly’s People of the Year in 2005 and one of the Southern People’s Weekly Top Ten Young Leaders of China in 2006. He was an ICI Fellow from 2008 to 2010. Professor Andrew Nathan\, who wrote the introduction of the book\, will share his thoughts and insights on the specific questions explored by Xu Zhiyong. \n\n\n\nThis event is organized in partnership with Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute and co-sponsored by The New School’s Global Studies Program and the Julien J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/the-19th-congress-of-the-chinese-communist-party-and-the-futures-of-chinese-politics/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Public Event,Public Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171018T200000
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SUMMARY:Reversing Roles? Environmental Politics and Policy in China and the US in the Trump and Xi Jingping Era w/ Robert Gottlieb
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nReversing Roles?\n  \nEnvironmental Politics and Policy in China and the US in the Trump and Xi Jingping Era\n  \nA book talk by Professor Robert Gottlieb \n  \nOctober 18\, 2017 | 6:00-8:00 pm \n  \nOrozco Room (712)\, 66 W. 12th St \n  \nRSVP Now \n  \nAbout the Talk \n  \nHas there been a role reversal between the US and China on the environment? \n  \nChina has long been considered an environmental outlier — horrendous smog episodes\, water unfit to drink and even to irrigate\, huge increases in the number of cars on the road\, a global leader in the use of pesticides\, a major coal producer and importer\, a reluctant participant in global climate negotiations until recently\, and more. The US\, until November 9\, had been seen as at least modestly responsive to environmental concerns. Now with Donald Trump and Scott Pruitt ensconced in Washington seeking to systematically dismantle the environmental policy system in contrast to the passage of environmental legislation and a new role around climate change in China\, the roles do seem to be reversing. Is that an accurate view? \n  \nThe answer is yes and no. The talk will compare current US and China environmental approaches in such areas as air pollution\, transportation\, and food as well as climate change\, and the interplay between national and local or regional government policies and their implementation. It will point to the role of social movements and popular protests to help us understand what has changed and why. And it will look at the structural barriers for change: the nature of China’s embrace of marketization\, developmentalism\, and urbanization on the one hand\, and the continuing power of the fossil fuel industry and other environmentally problematic industry forces in the U.S. to shape or at least block policies. \n  \nAbout the Speaker \n  \nRobert Gottlieb is Emeritus Professor at Occidental College and founder and former executive director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute. He is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books; his most recent book\, co-authored with Simon Ng\, is Global Cities: Urban Environments in Los Angeles\, Hong Kong\, and China (MIT Press). \n  \nSponsored by The New School’s interdisciplinary programs in Global Studies\, Urban Studies\, and Environmental Studies\, and the India China Institute. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/reversing-roles-environmental-politics-and-policy-in-china-and-the-us-in-the-trump-and-xi-jingping-era-w-robert-gottlieb/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Public Event,Public Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170522T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170522T180000
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SUMMARY:India China: Rethinking Borders and Security - Book Launch
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nIndia China: Rethinking Borders and Security\n\n\n\nBook launch with authors: L.H.M. Ling\, Adriana Abdenur\, Payal Banerjee\, Nimmi Kurian\, Mahendra P. Lama\, Li Bo \n\n\n\nMonday\, May 22\, 4:00-6:oo pmOrozco Room (712)\, 66 West 12th St\n\n\n\nRemarks by:Mary Watson\, Executive Dean\, NSPETansen Sen\, Professor\, CUNYAshok Gurung\, Senior Director\, ICI \n\n\n\n RSVP NOW \n\n\n\nUniversity of Michigan Press (2016)\n\n\n\nAbout the Book \n\n\n\nChallenging the Westphalian view of international relations\, which focuses on the sovereignty of states and the inevitable potential for conflict\, the authors from the Borderlands Study Group reconceive borders as capillaries enabling the flow of material\, cultural\, and social benefits through local communities\, nation-states\, and entire regions. By emphasizing local agency and regional interdependencies\, this metaphor reconfigures current narratives about the China India border and opens a new perspective on the long history of the Silk Roads\, the modern BCIM Initiative\, and dam construction along the Nu River in China and the Teesta River in India. \n\n\n\nTogether\, the authors show that positive interaction among people on both sides of a border generates larger\, cross-border communities\, which can pressure for cooperation and development. India China offers the hope that people divided by arbitrary geo-political boundaries can circumvent race\, gender\, class\, religion\, and other social barriers\, to form more inclusive institutions and forms of governance. \n\n\n\nLing and her collaborators have ambitions that are not merely explanatory but also transformative: they seek not merely to make sense of an existing conflict\, but by diagnosing it in terms of blocked flows and interrupted balances\, they seek to envision ways to resolve (or\, better\, to dis-solve) it. If the more typical IR explanatory social-scientific question would be ‘why is this India-China conflict as virulent as it is?\,’ their question is instead ‘what does the present state of the conflict reveal about how to change things?’ The transformative question encompasses the explanatory question and presses it onto novel terrain; call the results ‘explanation-plus.’ —Patrick Thaddeus Jackson\, Editor\, Configurations Series\, University of Michigan Press and Professor\, School of International Service\, American University \n\n\n\nAbout the Authors \n\n\n\n\nL. H. M. Ling is Professor of International Affairs at The New School in New York\, USA. \n \nAdriana Abdenur is a Fellow with the Igarapé Institute\, in Rio de Janeiro\, and a Productivity Scholar with the Brazilian National Council for Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq).\n  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPayal Banerjee is an Associate Professor with the Department of Sociology at Smith College in Northampton\, MA.\n\n\n\nNimmi Kurian is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) in New Delhi\, India\, and India Representative\, India China Institute\, The New School\, New York. \n\n\n\nMahendra P. Lama is a Professor in the School of International Studies at Jawarhalal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi\, India. \n\n\n\nLi Bo is a part-time consultant for environmental grant-making in China and chief editor of the Green Cover Book: Annual Review of China’s Environment\, a Chinese publication. At the same time\, he runs a small organic farm by Lake Huron in Canada. \n\n\n\nRSVP NOW
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/india-china-rethinking-borders-and-security-book-launch/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170426T180000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch w/ Jonathan Bach
DESCRIPTION:LEARNING FROM SHENZEN: CHINA’S POST-MAO EXPERIMENT FROM SPECIAL ZONE TO MODEL CITY \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us on Wednesday evening\, April 26th\, for a reception celebrating the publication of Learning from Shenzhen: China’s Post-Mao Experiment from Special Zone to Model City\, edited by Mary Ann O’Donnell\, Winnie Wong\, & Jonathan Bach (University of Chicago Press\, 2017). \n\n\n\nThis multidisciplinary volume presents an account of China’s contemporary transformation via one of its most important yet overlooked cities: Shenzhen\, located just north of Hong Kong. From an experimental site as the first of China’s special economic zones\, Shenzhen is now a dominant city at the crossroads of the global economy\, a UNESCO City of Design\, and the hub of China’s emerging technology industries. A city of contradictions\, it embodies the spatial and temporal intricacies of the contemporary urban experience. The book explores especially how urban villages and informal institutions enabled social transformation. Through cases of labor\, architecture\, gender\, public health\, politics\, education\, and more\, this urban case study serves to explore critical problems for modern-day China and beyond. \n\n\n\nThe book just received prominent mention in the latest Economist magazine special feature on the Pearl River Delta. \n\n\n\nRemarks by co-editor and author\, Jonathan Bach\, chair of the Global Studies Program (New School)\, Mark Frazier\, Professor of Politics (New School)\, and special guest Na Fu\, Luce Visiting Scholar in Urban Studies at Trinity College and head of the research department at the Shenzhen Center for Design. \n\n\n\nRefreshments will be served and books will be available for purchase at a discount. \n\n\n\nSponsored by the interdisciplinary programs in Global Studies\, Urban Studies\, and Environmental Studies\, the India China Institute\, the Department of Anthropology\, and the Graduate Program in International Affairs.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/book-launch-w-jonathan-bach/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Public Event
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