Co-hosted by RASBJ, Yale Club of Beijing, and Yale Center Beijing. This talk is part of the Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium.

Event Time

Friday, December 6, 2024

Registration

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Presentation and Q&A

7:00 pm - 8:15 pm

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

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Ticket
Free for Yale alumni and members of RASBJ; RMB 30 for regular admission.

*The registration fee for the event is non-refundable. Unless due to a force majeure reason, Yale Center Beijing will not refund any part of the registration fee if a participant fails to attend the event.

LANGUAGE

The language of the event will be English.

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Event

Twenty years ago marriage was nearly universal for men and women in China. Recently marriage rates have fallen to an all-time low. Divorce rates remain higher than in the U.S. And an increasing number of young adults openly discuss the option of never marrying. Even more surprising is the number of parents of young adults who are willing to accept that their child may never marry. In the December 6 conversation, Deborah Davis, Professor of Sociology at Yale University, will draw on census data, surveys, Chinese social media, and extensive discussions from the past decade to explore the future of marriage as an institution in contemporary China .

The Speaker

Deborah Davis
Professor Emerita of Sociology, Yale University

Deborah Davis is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at Yale University, where she served as Director of Academic Programs at the Yale Center for Study of Globalization, Chair of the Department of Sociology, Chair of the Council on East Asian Studies, and Co-Chair of the Women Faculty Forum. She is currently a visiting faculty member of the Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University and an honorary professor at Fudan. She previously served six terms as a Trustee of the Yale-China Association and chaired the Advisory Board of the Universities’ Service Center Library at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Currently, she is on the editorial boards of China Review and the Chinese Sociological Review. Her most recent book, co-edited with Sara Friedman, is entitled Wives, Husbands and Lovers; a recent article related to tonight’s talk is “We Do: Parental Involvement in the Marriages of Urban Sons and Daughters,” in Chinese Families Upside Down, edited by Yunxiang Yan.  

Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium

Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Starr Insurance Companies, and a member of Yale Center Beijing’s Advisory Committee, Yale Center Beijing is pleased to host the Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium, which convenes thought leaders from all sectors who, in the spirit of Mr. Greenberg, play pivotal roles in building bridges among China, the U.S., and the rest of the world.