TOEFL iBT Update
In this presentation, ETS will provide an update on the new TOEFL Internet-based test (TOEFL iBT). Topics include the status of the launch of the new test, test performance, and score requirements set by universities.
Fall 2005 – Spring 2006
Inside the Chinese Basket: Is China Manipulating the Currency Exchange Rate?
“Everybody is talking about China. In fact, everybody should be talking about China. According to the Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University, China is today experiencing “the most remarkable economic transformation in history.” But this “most remarkable economic transformation in history” has come with its cost, and this cost could be huge. Economists … Read more
A Dispassionate Logic in Contemporary Chinese Art and Cinema: Globalization, Nationalism, and Post-Socialist Trauma
This talk gives a general outlook on contemporary Chinese art and cinema that has attracted a critical attention from both Chinese and Western scholars in the past decade (1995-2005). As China is rising as a new economic power in Asia, the work of so-called Chinese “avant-garde” artists and filmmakers needs to be examined in the … Read more
Sound of Silk
Lecture recital on Chinese songs from the musical heritage of Han to the present. This lecture recital will focus on three main areas: (I) Different types of Chinese songs and their historical backgrounds–Ancient, Folk and Contemporary Art (II) Significant Chinese traditional singing techniques versus Western classical styles–Throaty/nasal versus Open/mask (III) Demonstration of live performance
Chinese Names and Genealogical Records for Jiapu
The genealogies have long been used by historians, archaeologists, sociologists, ethnologists, and demographers in their investigation of past human behavior on social and historical evidences relating to a lineage organization or a clan. Chinese genealogical records, also called pudie 譜牒, zongpu 宗譜, zupu 族譜, jiapu 家譜, zipu 支譜, or jiacheng 家乗, has been used for … Read more
Books, Scholars, Tradition, and Society: Learning and Studying in Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD)
Song China was a unique time in China’s history. It witnessed spectacular developments in philosophy, literature, education, urbanization, commerce, government, and sciences and technology. However, national crises abounded, too. Humiliating encounters with its neighbors both literally and figuratively dwarfed this otherwise cultural giant. Scholars took upon themselves the responsibility of upkeeping and safeguarding the culture … Read more