A New ‘Chinese Way’? Multi-disciplinary perspectives on China as an alternative to the West
I’ve been kindly invited to give a paper on China’s scientific development at Durham this coming Thursday. From the list of speakers, I bet it’s going to be a stimulating event. This will be my 8th and the last invited talk for this academic year. After Durham comes a mini vacation and preparation for my … Continue reading
‘Author Meets Critics’ PACITA conference in Prague
Just got back from Prague, a wonderful city! Here I attended the conference, ‘Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions’, organised by the FP-7 project PACITA. The conference dedicated its ‘Author Meets Critics‘ session to my book ‘ The Cosmopolitanization of Science‘. I was asked to present the book I wrote in 4 years … Continue reading
Conference Dec 2012: Risk and Climate Change – The Shaping of a Cosmopolitan Future
Paris, I’m back! I’m organising a conference on cosmopolitanism and climate change this December on behalf of Prof Ulrich Beck’s Chair at Collège d’études mondiales, FMSH. This is quite an exciting event and I look forward to catching up with my friends in Paris! Risk and Climate Change: The Shaping of a Cosmopolitan Future Date: 10 … Continue reading
Guest Lecture Oct 2012
Guest Lecture at University of Sussex Bionetworking in Asia/Sussex Asian Studies Lecture Series Title: ‘China’s Bio-Governance: Imagined Cosmopolitan Communities’ Tuesday 2 October 16:00 until 18:00 Arts A103, Arts C Building. Speaker: Joy Zhang The life sciences and environmental studies largely define the world’s biological future, and China is key in the formation and deliverance of … Continue reading
Joy Zhang 