Vitalisms II opened on September 18, inviting viewers to reexamine the value of a painting through 22 paintings by contemporary Chinese artists. The exhibition features predominantly abstract or non-figurative artworks by seven Chinese artists born in the 1980s and 1990s. Visitors can develop their own interpretations rather than look for an explanation of the works.
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This year’s NYU Shanghai Reads selection, Tash Aw’s We, The Survivors, takes place in present-day Malaysia and follows a working class Malaysian Chinese man whose life experiences are shaped by migration, labor, ethnicity, class, and a sense of “uneven belonging.”
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Over the years, Associate Professor of Psychology Lixian Cui has designed and implemented programming to serve Chinese communities, from helping migrant children regulate their emotions to teaching families how to cultivate a better emotional environment.
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Mid-Autumn Festival is a time to be with friends and family and celebrate the beauty of the moon. This year will be some NYU Shanghai students’ first time sampling mooncakes and exploring the variety of flavors each box has to offer–-while also experiencing what this time of year means in China.
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🗨️ On September 19, GHEC Center and ECNU’s Academy of History and Documentation of Socialism (AHDS) jointly hosted an international symposium on the Afghan-Pakistani issue, attended by nearly 30 scholars. Former PRC Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to Pakistan and India Luo Zhaohui outlined China’s approaches to the complicated challenges involved. ECNU Professor and GHEC Co-Director Shen Zhihua introduced the extensive research conducted by AHDS on issues concerning China’s neighboring regions. Distinguished Global Network Professor of History and GHEC Co-Director Chen Jian emphasized the enduring impact of British colonial rule on South Asia and beyond. Former Pakistan Research Center for International Strategic Studies Director Aftab Hussain and Center for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad Director Imtiaz Gul provided detailed accounts of the origins of the conflict and the various challenges confronting Pakistan.Â
🗨️ Assistant Arts Professor of Visual Arts Maya Kramer opened her second solo project, In the Time it Takes at Capsule Gallery in Shanghai. The show stems from her 2023 expedition to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, and includes a cyanotype-derived fossil wallpaper, clay and plaster "rockbooks," and painted Arctic vistas incised with maps and data. In the Time It Takes is a meditation on human and geological timescales, and a deconstruction of the visual imaginary, visceral experience, and material realities of land/scape in an era of rapid environmental change.
🗨️ Congratulations to the winners of University Communications’ annual Reel Deal Challenge: Bayarma Byambajav and Enerel Battamur; Matheus Saraiva and Nicolas D’alessansro; and Munkhjin Nyamsuren and Enkhjin Bayanjargal. Check out their winning reels on NYU Shanghai’s official Instagram and RedNote channels.
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“Whether you stand up or sit down, people may criticize you. Don’t pay too much attention to that. What matters is having the authority to decide what those things mean to you.”Â
Monica MacĂas, daughter of Equatorial Guinea’s first president Francisco MacĂas Nguema, speaking on her childhood experiences growing up in North Korea under the guardianship of Kim Il Sung.
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Human Resources and NYU Shanghai Youth League Committee hosted a mooncake tasting, lantern crafting and Mid-Autumn Festival games this week to kick off the season.
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NYU Courant Professor Tristan Buckmaster and Levent Alpöge, a fellow mathematician at Anthropic, made very recent and significant progress in addressing one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, known as Navier-Stokes.
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• NYU Shanghai Global Institute of Longevity and Resilience Launched
China Daily, Xinmin Evening News, and Pudong Observer were among 10 media outlets that covered the Institute’s launch ceremony and its inaugural Longevity and Resilience Conference on September 17.
• This Shanghai Exhibition Has No Labels, Letting Viewers Read the Works Themselves
Wenhui Daily reported on ICA’s fall exhibition Vitalisms II that opened on September 19, inviting viewers to re-examine the value of a painting.
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