CCF Webinar Archives
The CCF Webinar Archives preserve our past online events, offering ongoing access to conversations on civilizations, culture, history, and comparative inquiry. These sessions featured scholars and practitioners from diverse disciplines and are intended as a resource for learning, reflection, and continued dialogue beyond the live events.
The Complexities of China-USA Relations: Three Approaches for the Trump Administration
The first season of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations Book Club drew to an exciting and dramatic close on the evening of March 29, 2025, as Professor Robert Bedeski discussed "The Complexities of China-USA relations: Three Approaches for the Trump Administration” before an international audience listening in on Zoom from Canada, the United States, and Singapore.
Late Industrialization, Tradition, and Social Change in South Korea
A Four-Part Online Book Club Series
with Yong-Chool Ha
This four-part online book club series brought together scholars and participants for a structured and in-depth discussion of Professor Yong-Chool Ha’s influential work on South Korea’s path to modernity.
Across the sessions, participants explored how late industrialization interacted with enduring traditions, social structures, and historical continuity. The series offered a nuanced case study in comparative civilizational analysis, highlighting the complex dynamics between rapid economic development and deeply rooted cultural frameworks.
Held via Zoom, the discussions were designed as a guided reading experience, encouraging careful engagement with the text, critical reflection, and the exchange of comparative perspectives—without advocacy or prescriptive conclusions.
The series attracted a diverse audience of scholars, students, and intellectually curious participants interested in history, society, and long-term processes of social change.
