Chinese Population and Socio-economic Studies Center at Duke University

Seminar Schedule

 

 

Date & Time:

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, 12:30-1:30pm

Speaker:

Prof. Chen Weimin, Director of Institute of Population Research, Nan Kai University; Fulbright scholar, CPSES, Duke University

Title:

Urban Pension System Reform in the Context of Rapid Rural-urban Migration in China

Location:

McKinney Seminar Room 329, Sociology/Psychology Building, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, 1:30-2:30pm

Speakers:

Dr. Gu Danan, Center for Study of Aging and Human and Development of Medical Center, Duke University; Prof. Zeng Yi, Center for Study of Aging and Human and Development of Medical Center, Department of Sociology, Director of CPSES, Duke University

Title:

Frailty Index and Quality of Death among the Chinese Elderly

Location:

McKinney Seminar Room 329, Sociology/Psychology Building, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

Friday, Feb. 17, 2006, 1:00-2:20pm

Speakers:

Professor Ma Rong, Chair of Department of Sociology and Director of Institute of Sociology & Anthropology, Peking Univ.

Title:

De-policizing Ethnicity: A New Approach in Ethnic Relations in China in the 21st Century

Location:

McKinney Seminar Room 329, Sociology/Psychology Building, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006, 3:00-4:15pm

Speakers:

Dr. Gu Danan, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University; Dr. Denese A. Vlosky, Center for Demographic Studies and Department of Sociology, Duke University; Professor Zeng Yi, Center for Demographic Studies and Department of Sociology, Duke University

Title:

Transitions and Life Expectancies of Living Arrangements among the Oldest-old in China

Location:

McKinney Seminar Room 329, Sociology/Psychology Building, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

Tuesday, November 22, 2005, 12:00-13:30 p.m. (the lunch may start at 11:30 a.m.)

Speakers:

Professor Chee-Ruey Hsieh; Taiwan Academy Sinica and Taiwan University; Visiting Scholar, Center for Health Policy of Duke University

Title:

Universal Medical Insurance and Its Socioeconomic Implications in Taiwan

Location:

Meeting room of Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)

2111 Campus Drive, Duke University Campus, Durham

Tel. 919-6842604

 

 

Date & Time:

Monday, October 31, 2005 at 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Speakers:

Dr. Gu Danan, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University; Professor Zeng Yi, Center for Demographic Studies and Department of Sociology, Duke University

Title:

Gender Difference in Improvement of Health Status among the Chinese Elderly, 1992-2002

Location:

McKinney Seminar Room 329, Sociology / Psychology, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at 4:14 p.m.-6:15 p.m.

 

Chinese Populations and Socioeconomic Studies Center (CPSES) Seminar as part of Duke University Population Research Institute Colloquium

The Program:

 

1. Dr. Phil Morgan: A Theory of Family Change and Variation: Integrating Biology, Structure, and Culture

2. Dr. Zeng Yi:  Estimating the Impacts of Demographic, Policy, and Economic Changes on Pension Deficit Rates – A Simple Method and Application to China

3. Dr. James Vaupel: Demographic Change Roils Period Rates

Location:

Lecture Theatre #04, Ground Floor, at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 12:00-13:30 p.m.

Speakers:

Professor Bai Gao, Department of Sociology, Duke University

Title:

Neoliberal versus classical: Developmentalism and FDI in China and Japan

Location:

Meeting room of Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)

 

 

Date & Time:

Thursday, September 9, 2004; 1:30 pm-2:30 pm

Speakers:

Professor Zeng Yi, Center for Demographic Studies and Department of Sociology, Duke University

Dr. Danan Gu, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University

Title:

Association of Childhood Socioeconomics with Healthy Longevity at Oldest-old Ages in China

Location:

McKinney Seminar Room (Room 329, third floor) of the Sociology/Psychology Building, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

Thursday, March 25, 2004; 4:10 pm-5:30 pm

Speakers:

Professor Zeng Yi, Center for Demographic Studies and Department of Sociology, Duke University

Dr. Danan Gu, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University

Professor Linda George, Department of Sociology, and Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University

Title:

Association of Religious Participation with Health and Survival Among the Oldest-old in China

Location:

McKinney Seminar Room (Room 329, third floor) of the Sociology/Psychology Building, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

Wed. January 28, 2004; 8:00-9:00 p.m. A reception to follow

Speakers:

Professor Ma Rong, Chair of Department of Sociology and Director of Institute of Sociology & Anthropology, Peking University

Title:

Labor Transfer and Ethnic Relations in the Development of Western China

Location:

Carpenter Board Room of Perkins Library

 

 

Date & Time:

Wednesday, October 15, 2003; 12:00 pm-1:00 pm

Speakers:

Mr. Chih- Chien Jao, Bureau of Statistics, DGBAS, Taiwan

Title:

Social Indicators in Taiwan (PowerPoint file)

Location:

Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, 2111 Campus Dr., Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

Thursday, October 9, 2003; 3:30 pm-4:30 pm

Speakers:

Prof. Zeng Yi, Center for Demographic Studies and Department of Sociology;

Dr. Zhenglian Wang, Center for Demographic Studies, Duke University

Title:

Dynamics of Family and Elderly Living Arrangements in China—New Lessons Learned From the 2000 Census (PowerPoint file)

Location:

McKinney Seminar Room (Room 329, third floor) of the Sociology/Psychology Building, West Campus, Duke University

 

*There is bus service between Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill from 7 am to 11 pm Monday through Friday

 

 

Date & Time:

Tuesday, September 2, 2003; 7:00 pm- 8:30 pm

Speakers:

Professor Hu Angang, Tsinghua University, China

Title:

Making Sense of SARS in China: Economic Impacts and Prospects for the Future (PowerPoint file)

Location:

Freeman Center for Jewish Life 1415 Faber Street, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

April 8, 2003; 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Speakers:

Dr. Judith Banister

Title:

Shortage of Girls in China Today: Causes, Consequences, International Comparisons, and Solutions

Location:

Carpenter Board Room, Perkins Library, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

March 27, 2003; 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Speakers:

Professor Yang-Chih Fu, Research Fellow, Institute of Psychology, Academia   Sinica, Taiwan Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Duke University

Title:

Dining Out in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Gratification or Stress?

Location:

Asian-Pacific Studies Institute, 2111 Campus Dr., Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

March 17, 2003; 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Speakers:

Dr. Gu Danan, Sanford Institute of Public Policy;

Professor Zeng Yi, Center for Demographic Studies and Department of

Sociology, Duke University; Professor of Peking University

Title:

Socio-demographic Effects on Changes in Disability of Survivors and Disability before Dying among the Oldest Old in China

Location:

McKinney Seminar Room, Sociology / Psychology, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

March 16, 2003; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Speakers:

Professor Zeng Yi, Center for Demographic Studies and Department of Sociology, Duke University; Professor of Peking University

Title:

Old Age Insurance Program in Rural Areas: China Needs to Treat Its Peasants Fairly

Location:

Room 103, Gross Chemistry Building, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

February 26, 2003; 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Speakers:

Professor Mark Selden, Bartle Professor of History at the State University of New York at Binghamton

Title:

Chinese Society: Change, Conflict, and Resistance

Location:

Asian-Pacific Studies Institute, 2111 Campus Dr., Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

November 18, 2002; 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Speakers and Title:

Heather Huggins, M.A. Student, East Asian Studies

  Migration and Urbanization in China:  A Demographic Analysis

Janice Wat, M.A. Student, East Asian Studies

      Population Trends in Hong Kong

Sue Yoo, J.D., M.A. Student, East Asian Studies

Sex Ratio Imbalance in South Korea:  Consequences and Recommendations

Location:

Carpenter Board Room, Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

October 10, 2002, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Speaker:

Dr. Qiao Xiaochun, Professor of Institute of Population Research, People’s University of China, Beijing; Visiting Scholar at UNC.

Title: 

Floating Population in China

Location:

Carpenter Board Room, Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

September 18, 2002; 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Speakers: 

Professor Zeng Yi, Center for Demographic Studies, Duke University

Professor Linda George, Department of Sociology, and Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University

Title:

Gender Differentials of the Oldest-Old in China

Location:  

McKinney Seminar Room, Sociology / Psychology Building, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

April 19, 2002; 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Speakers: 

Professor Zeng Yi, Center for Demographic Studies and Department of Sociology,

Dr. Gu Danan, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University Professor Kenneth C. Land, Center for Demographic Studies and Department of Sociology,

Title: 

Status-Based Active Life Expectancy and Non-Suffering Vs. Suffering Death of the Oldest-Old in China

Location: 

McKinney Seminar Room, Sociology / Psychology Building, West Campus, Duke University.

 

 

Date & Time:

April 10, 2002; 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Speaker: 

Professor Jiang Zhenghua, Honorary Director of the Population and Economic Research of Xi’an, Jiaotong University; Professor and Dean of the Management School, Beijing Normal University; Honorary Director and Professor of the Interdisciplinary Research Center of the Academy Sciences of China; Vice-Chairman of the National People’s Congress of China; Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants’ and Workers’ Democratic Party

Title: 

Population and Sustainable Development in China : Achievements and Problems

Location: 

Carpenter Board Room, Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

February 22, 2002;  2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Speaker:

Dr. Wenshan Yang,  Senior Research Fellow of Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, Adademia Sinica, Taiwan

Title:   

Living Arrangements and Elderly Health in Taiwan:  A Longitudinal Study

Location:

Mckinney Seminar Room, Sociology / Psychology Building, West Campus, Duke University.

 

 

Date & Time: 

November 28, 2001; 5:30 pm

Speaker:

Dr. Susan Greenhalgh, Professor of Anthropology, University of California at Irvine

Title:   

Science, Modernity, and the Making of China’s One-Child Policy

Location:        

Carpenter Board Room, Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

November 14, 2001; 5:30 pm

Speaker:         

Dr. Robert Delong, Division of Pediatrics, Medical Center, Duke University

Title:   

Iodine Deficiency and Child Health in Xinjiang Province of China

Location:

Carpenter Board Room, Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

November 2, 2001; 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Speakers:       

Professor Konglai Zhang, Peking Union Medical College Associate Professor Jie Mi, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing

Title:               

Fetal Growth and Chronic Diseases in China

Location:        

McKinney Seminar Room, Sociology / Psychology Building, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

October 8, 2001; 5:30 pm

Speaker:

Dr. Carolyn Zhu, Center for Aging Study and Human Development, Duke University

Title:   

Smoking and Smoking Cessation Among the Oldest-Old Chinese, based on data from longitudinal survey on Determinants of Healthy Longevity in China

Location:

Carpenter Board Room, Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University

 

 

Date & Time:

April 3, 2001; 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Speaker:         

Dr. John Ma, Senior Lecturer, Social Science Division, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Title:

Labor Migration, Return Occupation Change, and Rural Development in China

Location:

Asia / Pacific Studies Institute, 2111 Campus Drive, West Campus, Duke University