UBC Political Scienc e is delighted to host Dr. Jessica Chen Weiss as this year’s Mark Zacher Di stinguished Speaker.
Dr. Weiss\, who is the David M. Lam pton Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Interna tional Studies\, will present a lecture titled "A World Safe for Au tocracy? The Domestic Politics of Chinese Foreign Policy."
B eneath Xi Jinping’s grand slogans of a “Chinese dream” and a “shared future for humankind\,” there are internal tensions\, debates\, and competing int erests that continue to shape China’s approach to the world. Through the le ns of domestic politics\, nationalism\, and regime insecurity in China\, We iss will examine the evolving and contested landscape of what “China” wants . The talk will conclude with policy implications for the United States\, p rospects for peaceful coexistence\, and the future of international order.< /p>
The Mark Zacher Distinguished Speaker Lecture will begin at 6:00 pm w ith a reception to follow at 7:15 pm. Doors open at 5:30 pm.
For thos e unable to join the event in person\, a recording will be made available o n the UBC Political Science YouTube channel the week following the event.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jessica Chen Weiss is the David M. Lampton Professo r of China Studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced Internati onal Studies (SAIS) and nonresident senior fellow at the Asia Society Polic y Institute Center for China Analysis. From August 2021 to July 2022\, she served as senior advisor to the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff at the U. S. State Department on a Council on Foreign Relations Fellowship for Tenure d International Relations Scholars (IAF-TIRS). Weiss is the author of Power ful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations (Oxford Univ ersity Press\, 2014). Her research appears in International Organization\, China Quarterly\, International Studies Quarterly\, Journal of Conflict Res olution\, Security Studies\, Journal of Contemporary China\, and Review of International Political Economy.
With commentary in the New York Time s\, Washington Post\, Foreign Affairs\, Los Angeles Times\, and the Ezra Kl ein show\, Weiss was profiled in the New Yorker and named one of Prospect M agazine's Top Thinkers for 2024. Weiss was previously the Michael J. Zak Pr ofessor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies in the Department of Government at Cornell University and an assistant professor at Yale University. Born a nd raised in Seattle\, Washington\, she received her Ph.D. from the Univers ity of California\, San Diego\, where her dissertation won the American Pol itical Science Association award for best dissertation in international rel ations\, politics\, and law.
The Mark Zacher Distinguished Speak er Lecture was created by members of the Department of Political Scienc e\, with the support of Mark Zacher’s family and many of his former student s\, to honour his contribution to the teaching\, understanding and scholars hip of international affairs.
We invite one prominent scholar\, leade r\, or senior elected official who has made significant contributions to th e field of international affairs every year to give a series of lectures\, and to meet with students\, faculty\, and community members.
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