Thursday, November 16, 2023
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
A symposium in honor of Professor R. Bin Wong on the occasion of his retirement from the UCLA history department. Distinguished scholars, including former students of Professor Wong, will lead conversations about major aspects of his far-ranging contributions to scholarship on Chinese history, comparative history, and social theory.
Schedule:
9:00-9:15 am: welcome
9:15-10:05: first session “Collaboration Across the State/Society Divide”: Maura Dykstra (Yale
University)
10:05-10:55: second session “Storage and Stability”: Isabella Weber (University of Massachusetts,
Amherst)
10:55-11:10: coffee break
11:10-12:00: third session “The Fiscal State and Public Goods”: Richard von Glahn (UCLA)
12:00-1:30 pm: lunch break
1:30-2:20: fourth session “The State in Comparative Perspective”: Timothy Brook (University of
British Columbia)
2:20-3:10: fifth session “Symmetry in Comparative Analysis”: Zhang Meng (Vanderbilt
University)
3:10-3:25: coffee break
3:25-4:15: sixth session “Theory and Contingency”: Jean-Laurent Rosenthal (California Institute
of Technology)
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies, Department of History