The ASIAR research cluster at HKIHSS is delighted to invite you to attend our upcoming International conference on “Global China in a Religious World”, online Session III, co-organized by Center for Global Asia, NYU Shanghai.

 The conference will take place on October 27–28, 2023, you are welcome to join us via Zoom.

 Please see the details of the conference below. 

 We look forward to your participation!

 Session III – Oct 27 & 28 [open for registration]

This session is co-organised by Center for Global Asia, NYU Shanghai. 

REGISTER NOW 

Program rundown – Day I // – Oct 27, 2023

12:00 – 12:15 Opening Remarks

Panel I – Religious and Secular Utopias and China

Chair: Yana Pak || Discussant: David A. Palmer

12:15 – 13:15 Paper presentations and discussants’ comments

When Sacred Fire Meets Revolution: Female Workers’ Evening Schools in 1930s Shanghai, by Miao Feng (The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

W.E.B. Du Bois on China and Pan-African Utopia: From Afro-Orientalism to Afrofuturism, by Saheed Yinka Adejumobi (Seattle University)

BRI Projects as Secular Faiths, by Pengfei Hou (Xinjiang University)

13:15 – 14:00 Discussion

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Panel II – Sri Lanka and Pakistan

Chair: Orlando Woods || Discussant: Bhagya Senaratne

18:00 – 19:00 Paper presentations and discussants’ comments

Buddhist Diplomacy of China: From Religious Diplomacy to Economic Partnership – A Sri Lankan Experience, by Anuththaradevi Widyalankara (University of Colombo-Sri Lanka)

China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Sri Lanka: ‘Buddhist Diplomacy’ as a Strategic Soft Diplomacy Tool, by Asantha Senevirathna (General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University)

Religious Dimensions of China’s Global Rise in Pakistan: Circulations, Frictions, and Implications, by Sania Muneer (SOAS University of London)

19:00 – 19:45 Discussion

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Panel III – Religion and bilateral relations

Chair: Michel Chambon || Discussant: Jianping Wang

20:00 – 20:30 Paper presentations and discussants’ comments

Balancing Christian Nationalism and Pro-China Policies: Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and His “Opening to the East” Program, by Armin Langer (University of Florida)

20:30 – 20:45 Discussion

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 Program rundown – Day 2// – Oct 28

12:00 – 12:15 Opening Remarks

Panel IV – India and Himalayan region

Chair: Qian Junxi || Discussant: Tansen Sen

12:15 – 13:15 Paper presentations and discussants’ comments

Contesting Footprints of Buddha: India and Japan’s Responses to China’s Buddhist Diplomacy in South Asia, by Ranjana Mukhopadhyaya (University of Delhi)

Mapping the Terrain of an Alienated Borderland: Territorial disputes in the Eastern Himalayas and the re-invention of Buddhism, by Georgios T. Halkias (The University of Hong Kong)

China’s Religious Promotion Along the Borders in the Trans-Himalaya Region, by Abhigya Langeh (Central University of Jammu)

13:15 – 14:00 Discussion

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Panel V – Islamic world

Chair: Bhagya Senaratne || Discussant: Maria Adele Carrai

18:00 – 19:00 Paper presentations and discussants’ comments

China’ Quest to Build a Religious Soft Power in the Middle East, by Ahmet Üçağaç (Sakarya University)

China and the Islamic World: A Religious Perspective in the New Cold War, by Jianping Wang (Shanghai Normal University)

Religiosity and Attitudes towards China in the Arab World: An Analysis of the Arab Barometer Survey Data, by Marko Jovanović (Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia)

19:00 – 19:45 Discussion

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20:00 – 21:00 Closing Remarks

PROGRAMME

Please click here for the detailed programme and abstracts
for the conference hosted by Center Global Asia, NYU Shanghai on

October 27-28, 2023.
Do visit the link periodically for updates.

REGISTRATION

This event will be conducted online via Zoom.
Please register your attendance here.

For any further inquiries, please contact the ASIAR Research Cluster (asiar@hku.hk).