Events at: Room 104, Allard Hall

global supply chainExamining Global Supply Chains, with Professor Pietra Rivoli

*Please note the change in time & venue for this talk with Professor Pietra Rivoli. 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Friday, January 20th, 2017 Venue: Room 104, UBC Graduate School of Journalism, 6388 Crescent Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 Pietra Rivoli is a professor at Georgetown University who specializes in international business and social justice. She wrote […]

After the Fall(s) – Rewriting China’s Securities Law and Regulation of the PRC Capital Markets

The collapse of the Chinese equity capital markets from mid-2015 to early 2016 captured the attention of the world, and elicited a blunt response from central organs of the PRC party state. That heavy-handed response included a moratorium on new issues, mandatory infusions of capital from state-controlled securities companies and funds, and direct prohibitions on […]

Taking Synchrony Seriously: The Crises of 1866 in Japanese and Global History

Abstract This talk starts from the premise that we should take synchrony seriously—that co-movements in places and social domains we have assumed to be separate may offer clues to unexpected unities. The global contexts of Japan’s Meiji revolution invite this type of approach. To grasp the co-development of global and domestic histories, this talk investigates […]

Centre for Asian Legal Studies Seminar

Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to cals@allard.ubc.ca This event is co-sponsored by UBC Centre for Asian Legal Studies and Centre for Japanese Research. Labour Law Reform: “Work Style Reform 2018 in Japan” By: Chikako Kanki (Associate Professor, Rikkyo University in Japan) In light of the declining working population, Japan’s latest key policy is to promote work style reform – especially […]