Liah Greenfeld Teaching in Hong Kong
May 8, 2011
This month, Institute Director Liah Greenfeld will be teaching and giving a series of workshops and public lectures at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. Last year, Greenfeld was appointed Distinguished Adjunct Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, and she is excited to be finally making her first trip.
“I am extremely honored to be appointed,” said Professor Greenfeld. “Today, it is especially important for scholars in the West to come into close contact with the Chinese civilization as it, and Asian civilizations in general, are rising to assume the powers and responsibilities of world leadership from us. I hope this position will allow me, in however small a way, to serve as an intellectual ambassador between the great Asian civilizations and the West, contributing to better understanding and mutual respect.”
This appointment also gives Prof. Greenfeld the opportunity to work closely with Peter Baehr, the Institute’s Raymond Aron Fellow, and Lingnan University’s Academic Dean of Social Sciences and Chair Professor of Social Theory. We look forward to hearing about the fruits of this collaboration when Prof. Greenfeld returns to the U.S in June.
Below are links to posters for the workshops and lectures:
May 12- In the Image of the Nation: Nationalism as the Cultural Foundation of Modernity
May 16 – Science of Man: Defining Culture and the Mind
May 20 – Schizophrenia and Manic-Depression as Historical Phenomena
May 26 – Centrality of Madness in Modern Western Experience: Madness in Politics and Ideology
