Opening Remarks

14:00-14:05

Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla, Professor of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

Keynote Speech

14:05-14:20

Autonomy, Hegemony, and the Spatial Politics of Areas: Lessons and Inspiration from the Global History of the Monroe Doctrine

Zhang Yongle, Associate Professor of School of Law, deputy director of the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University

Comment

14:20-15:50

Georg Schild, Professor of North American History, University of Tübingen;

Nadja Klopprogge, Assistant Professor for North American History, University of Tübingen;

Jessica Gienow Hecht, Professor of History, Freie Universität Berlin;

Urs Matthias Zachmann, Professor of History and Culture of Modern Japan, Freie Universität Berlin;

Song Nianshen, Professor of Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences;

Yin Zhiguang, Professor in international politics, Fudan University;

Lei Shaohua, Associate Professor at the School of International Studies, Peking University;

Q&A

15:50-16:20

Audience

Closing Remarks

16:20-16:30

Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla, Professor of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Freie Universität Berlin