In this talk, McNeill will discuss a work in (slow) progress concerning the environmental consequences of industrialization for landscapes and seascapes around the world. Factory-scale production required mounting quantities of ores, fibers,...
This talk will explore the evolving China-Russia dynamics, as part of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The analysis will focus on the prism of political communication, and how the Chinese official and unofficial media outlets and platforms have...
This talk will explore the evolving China-Russia dynamics, as part of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The analysis will focus on the prism of political communication, and how the...
The South China Sea faces a serious problem because of the mounting environmental degradation due to climate change, ocean acidification, plastics pollution, reclamations, fisheries collapse, coral reef destruction and increased maritime traffic...
The Loess Plateau is a tectonic block surrounded by the Yellow River and comprised of the world’s largest formation of loess soil. Loess, a silt-like sediment that accumulated in the region over the past two million years, has excellent drainage...
Viewing the globalization of Hong Kong through the prism of its airline industry, this talk examines how policymakers and businesses in Hong Kong asserted themselves alongside their international partners and competitors in a bid to accrue socioeconomic benefits, negotiated their interests in the city's economic success, and articulated their expressions of modernity.
Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
February 18, 2022 (All day) to February 19, 2022 (All day)
Zoom Event
The goal of this workshop is to explore in a preliminary, inter-disciplinary way the varieties of human understandings, imaginations and practices in relation to the hydrologic cycle in both historical and contemporary societies.
Join Professor Nicola Di Cosmo for a talk in which he will examine the interaction between climate variability, environmental change and pastoral economy to reveal political and economic mechanisms behind the extraordinary success of nomad empires.
This talk explores the history of knowledge production about the cultural underpinnings of mental illness, using the intellectual biography of the Chinese psychoanalyst Bingham Dai (1899-1996) as a focal point.
