Sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Asian Pacific Studies Institute
The third iteration of the NEW FACES IN CHINA STUDIES CONFERENCE at Duke University welcomes 10 advanced graduate students, selected from a competitive pool of applicants from universities across the United States and in Canada, to join graduate students and faculty members in political science at Duke University in presenting and discussing original, rigorous research that advances our knowledge about important questions in Chinese politics.
Perkins Library 218, Tarasoff Family Reading Room
December 7, 2018, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
8:30 am
session 1
Tan ZHAO, University of Washington [8:30]
“Rent Seeking and Cadre Management in Rural China”
Discussant: Melanie Manion, Duke University
Jay Chieh KAO, University of Texas at Austin [9:10]
“Family Matters: Education and Indoctrination in an Authoritarian Regime”
Discussant: Ismail White, Duke University
Hanzhang LIU, Columbia University [9:50]
“Co-opting with Upward Mobility: Civil Service Examination in Contemporary China”
Discussant: Pablo Beramendi, Duke University
10:45
session 2
Nhu TRUONG, McGill University {10:45]
“In the Shadow of Repression: Law and Authoritarian Responsiveness to Societal Unrest against State Land Acquisitions in Vietnam and China”
Discussant: Erik Wibbels, Duke University
Erik WANG, Princeton University {11:25}
“Frightened Mandarins: The Unintended Consequences of Fighting Corruption for Local State Capacity”
Discussant: Edmund Malesky, Duke University
Xu XU, Pennsylvania State University [12:05]
“To Repress or To Co-opt? Authoritarian Control in the Age of Digital Surveillance”
Discussant: David Siegel, Duke University
1:30, session 3
Yichen GUAN, Harvard University [1:30]
“Engagement under Authoritarian Rule: Political Participation of Muslim Minorities in China”
Discussant: Christopher Johnston, Duke University
Chuyu LIU, Pennsylvania State University [2:10]
“Money Talks: Cross-Ethnic Patronage and Ethnic Conflict in China”
Discussant: Kyle Beardsley, Duke University
Zhaotian LUO, New York University [2:50}
“Politics and Information in Economic Reforms”
Discussant: John Aldrich, Duke University
Jieun KIM, University of California, Berkeley [3:30]
“Do at Your Own Risk: A Formal Model of Delegation with Vague Guidelines in the Bureaucratic Hierarchy”
Discussant: Emerson Niou, Duke University
Political Science