Category: Events

Injunctions Against “Homosexuality” in the Chinese Bible

Date: Thursday 7 April 2022Time: 4:0–5:30 pm AESTLocation: Online REGISTRATION ESSENTIAL  It is well-known that when Chinese people converted to Protestant Christianity in the nineteenth century they were instructed to abandon certain practices that were regarded by their new faiths…

Literary Policy and Censorship in China since 1979

Time: 1:00PM-2:00PM Date: 30 March 2022 Registration On July 30, 1979, Deng Xiaoping addressed the fourth national conference of Chinese writers and artists. Towards the end of his speech he stated, to collective sighs of relief, that “the Party’s leadership…

China’s Two Sessions: A Roundtable

The University of Sydney China Studies Centre Date: Wed, 16 March 2022Time: 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM AEDTLocation: Online REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL Join University of Sydney and ANU academics for a roundtable discussion of the significance of China’s Two Sessions—the…

Ukraine and China: Russian Invasion and After

The University of Sydney China Studies Centre Date: Thu, 10 March 2022Time: 6:00PM – 7:15PM AEDTLocation: Online REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL On 24 February 2022, Russia started a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine. It is no doubt that the crisis is…

Stories from a lifetime’s engagement with China

The Australia China Friendship Society Date: Wednesday 17 November 2021Time: 7:30–9:00 pm AEDTLocation:  Catchpole Room, the Southern Cross Club, Jamison, Canberra. Bookings are essential to acfsevent@gmail.com  by 15 November.  A donation of $2 will be collected at the door. Professor Jocelyn Chey…

Curatorial talk | Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s-80s Taiwan

Dr Olivier Krischer and Dr Shuxia Chen

Australian Centre on China in the World, the Australian National University Date: Wednesday 10 November 2021Time: 1:00–2:00pm AEDTLocation: Online This seminar is free and open to the public! REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL Join Wayfaring exhibition co-curators, Dr Shuxia Chen and Dr Olivier Krischer,…