Academic Workshop: The "Xi Jinping Effect" - in China and Beyond

Upcoming webinar

16 July 2020

Xi Jinping is the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong. In less than a decade, Xi has amassed unchallenged authority within the ruling Chinese Communist Party and led transformations in China’s domestic politics and foreign relations. In a two-day virtual workshop hosted by the China Institute, an international cohort of scholars will present new research on “Xi Jinping’s effect” in China and beyond, with expert commentary to follow. Topics include: Xi Jinping's leadership in historical perspective; Xi’s “effect” on propaganda, nationalism, local government, civil society, and foreign relations.

Workshop Details:

Day One – Tuesday, July 21, 2020 – 10:00 am MDT

Introduction/Welcome

Special Commentary: Ezra Vogel, Harvard University - "Leadership in China: A Dengist Perspective"

Timothy Cheek, University of British Columbia - “Xi Jinping’s Counter-Reformation: Party Helmsmanship in Historical Perspective”

Discussant: Ezra Vogel, Harvard University

Break – 15 minutes

Ashley Esarey, University of Alberta - "Xi Rises and the Others Fall: Propaganda as a Lens for Assessing Xi Jinping’s Political Leadership”

Discussant: Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University

Rongbin Han, University of Georgia - "Cyber Nationalism under Xi Jinping: The Effects on Regime Support”

Discussant: Min Jiang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Wrap Up

 

Day Two – Wednesday, July 22, 2020 – 10:00 am MDT

Introduction/Welcome

David Bulman, Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Kyle Jaros, University of Oxford - "Central-Local Relations in the Xi Jinping Era: Reining in China's Provinces?”

Discussant: Benjamin Read, University of California at Santa Cruz

Break – 15 minutes

Yong Deng, United States Naval Academy - “Promise of the Silk Road: How China Builds the Credibility of the Belt and Road Initiative”

Discussant: Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver

Wrap Up

Sponsorship:
This Journal of Contemporary China Special Issue Workshop is sponsored by the China Institute at the University of Alberta; the Department of International Affairs and School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia; and The Center for China-US Cooperation, University of Denver

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Registration Deadline:
12:00PM (MDT), July 17, 2020
Register early as space is limited.

*PLEASE NOTE: Registration is mandatory in order to participate. There is no fee to attend.

For more information please contact:
Ms. Christine Bertok
Administrative and Events Coordinator
christine.bertok@ualberta.ca
780-492-1263