Chinese Australian Historical Society and the State Library of New South Wales
Date: Wednesday 25 November 2020
Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pm AEDT
This online event is free and open to the public, registration is essential. REGISTER NOW
[If you wish to attend in person in the State Library of NSW please email: contact.cahs@gmail.com directly.]
The first generation migrants from the PRC now find themselves in the middle of a political storm, but we know very little about this group, even though there is much speculation about their political loyalty in public commentary. What are the historical circumstances in which they came to Australia? What issues and challenges do they face? What does citizenship mean for these migrants? And most importantly, why is engaging with this group so crucial to our reimagining of Australia’s multiculturalism?
The Chinese Australian Historical Society and the State Library of New South Wales invite you to the 2020 Henry Chan Lecture.
This important and timely topic, Multicultural Citizenship Re-imagined: Engaging Migrants from China, is of great importance to all Australians and one that is sure to stimulate further discussion.
About the speakers
Professor Wanning Sun and Dr Stephen Fitzgerald
Dr Wanning Sun is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Technology Sydney. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a member of the College of Experts, Australian Research Council (HCA 2020-2022). Professor Sun is best known for her research in a number of areas, including Chinese media and cultural studies; rural to urban migration and social change in contemporary China; soft power, public diplomacy and diasporic Chinese media.
Dr Stephen FitzGerald has been a government, academic and consulting specialist on China and its foreign policy and Australia’s relations with China and Asia, for 60 years. He was the first Australian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, and has held professorial appointments at the ANU, UNSW, UTS and WSU. Dr FitzGerald is a Board Member of the Museum of Chinese in Australia (MOCA) and China Matters, a not-for-profit policy institute. He is also an Honorary Patron of the Chinese Australian Historical Society.
Event Contact person:
Michael Williams
Chinese Australian Historical Society Inc.
PO Box K556, Haymarket NSW 1240, Australia
(W): chineseaustralianhistory.org
(E): contact.cahs@gmail.com