Pemberi pidato: Prof. John Blair dan Prof. Jerusha McCormack

Tanggal: 3, Desember, 2015 – Kamis

Waktu: 15:30-17:00

Tempat: Kamar 604,  Perpustakaan, Kampus Hongkou

Summary: This lecture begins with their experiences as teachers over more than a decade in comparative culture studies. They spoke at the SISU IC program several years ago (2006 if memory serves). Since then things have changed and not changed. They think there is probably a lot of overlap with intercultural communication concerns but perhaps with differences worth attending to. Perhaps IC draws more on the social sciences and they on humanities perspectives (but all are connected). Discussion time will clarify that. Their research suggests that there is a lot more continuity in both Chinese and Western worldviews than is usually thought. They define their major enemies these days as ethnocentrism and cultural amnesia (also known as “presentism”).

Speaker Biography: Professors John G. Blair & Jerusha McCormack are available for consultations with individuals or institutions that plan to develop their relations with China. They are ready to respond to a broad range of comparative-culture questions, including those from academics or other professionals. For example, many teachers compare cultural practices from time to time, but something more becomes possible when comparisons become systematic. These co-authors teach comparative culture studies involving China and the West. They give joint lectures and work with teachers to develop and deliver comparative courses. Their sourcebook, Western Civilization with Chinese Comparisons (WCwCC), now in its third edition, frames a one-semester course. Its US edition is called Comparing Civilizations: China and the West (CCCW) (2013). Their next book, Thinking through China,was published by Rowman & Littlefield (USA) in August, 2015. Since 2010 they have served as Co-President and Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association for Comparative Study of China and the West (IACSCW), whose first conference rook place in July 2013 at Peking University. The first issue of its journal Comparative Studies of China and the West appeared in 2014. For lists of publications and the like, please consult our website: www.comparativeculturestudies.org.