Research project A4 "Bureaucracies" will hold an international conference on governance and bureaucracies in Beijing, China. The event will take place at Tsinghua University from September 20 - 22, 2010.
Under the title "Migrating Ideas of Governance and Emerging Bureaucracies between Europe and Asia since the Early Modern Era", the conference will focus on the transfer and transformation of notions, ideas, and practices of efficient administration between Europe and Asia from the Age of Enlightenment until the early 20th century.
16 speakers from history, political science, Chinese studies and other disciplines will hold lectures at this international conference. One of highlights will be the lecture by Prof. Jon S.T. Quah (Singapore) who is one of the leading experts on governance and corruption in Asia. He will speak on "Meritocracy and Corruption Control in Singapore: Enhancing the Legacy of British Administrative Reforms".
The conference is organised by research project A4 "Bureaucracies" in cooperation with the Department of History at Tsinghua University (Beijing). Dr. Susan Richter, Junior Research Group Leader of project A4, and Prof. Zhang Guogang from Tsinghua University are the coordinators, and are supported by Prof. Jon S.T. Quah from the National University of Singapore and Prof. Walter Demel from the Universität der Bundeswehr Munich, Germany.
