To whom it may concern,

Waseda University will hold an open lecture featured with a well-known scholar from the University of Manchester on this Thursday. Since the time is quite limited, could you please send the following information to our members today or tomorrow? Sorry for the inconvenience. I appreciate your help.

Dear colleagues,

I hope this email finds you well. You are cordially invited to join the lecture on Thursday.

OPEN LECTURE
Global Views of China: What does the world think about a rising China, and why? How is China's rise understood around the world?

Views of China have recently declined in many countries--but in some more than others. What best explains this variation? And what best explains differences between subgroups within countries? For instance, how might pre-existing prejudices, identities or ideological commitments shape views of China? And what role might shared pasts play in shaping 21st century views of China? For instance, how might their own communist pasts shape views of China among Central and Eastern European publics? Or how might Chinese history writing about its past empires shape how China's East Asian neighbours view it?

Featured Speaker: Professor Peter Gries

Peter Gries is the Lee Kai Hung Chair and founding Director of the Manchester China Institute, and Professor of Chinese Politics at the University of Manchester. He studies the political psychology of international affairs, with a focus on China and the United States. He is author of The Politics of American Foreign Policy: How Ideology Divides Liberals and Conservatives over Foreign Affairs (Stanford, 2014) and China's New Nationalism: Pride, Politics, and Diplomacy (California, 2004). He is on the editorial boards of The China Quarterly, Political Psychology, and Nations & Nationalism.

Time: 15:00-16:30 (JST), January 27
Audience: Open to members of Waseda University and the general public
Please preregister using the link below: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ENq5IqHqTxCs2PD2tw8wcA

Kind regards,

WANG Yi
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University