Date and Time
Tue, February 23, 2016
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Location
The Joseph S. Murphy Institute
25 West 43rd Street
18th floor
New York, NY 10036
Description
The Murphy Institute
Co-sponsored by the Murphy Institute & the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI)
Join us for an important discussion with Pun Ngai, author of Migrant Labor in China, forthcoming in 2016 from Polity Press, moderated by Ruth Milkman, Research Director, Murphy Institute.
Long known as the world’s factory, China is the largest manufacturing economy ever seen, accounting for more than 10% of global exports. China is also, of course, home to the largest workforce on the planet, the crucial element behind its staggering economic success. But who are China’s workers who keep the machine running, and how is the labour process changing under economic reform?
Pun Ngai received a PhD from the School of Oriental and African studies at the University of London in 1998. She is currently a professor in the social science department at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She has written extensively about labor and gender issues in China. Her book MADE IN CHINA: WOMEN FACTORY WORKERS IN A GLOBAL WORKPLACE was the winner of the C. Wright Mills Award in 2006.
