Category: Public Lectures

Chinese Philosophy’s Hybrid Identity

ANU China Seminar Series John Makeham, La Trobe University Seminar Room A, China in the World Building (188), Fellows Lane, ANU, Canberra Thursday, 2 June, 2016, 4:00pm to 5:30pm This paper is structured as an exercise in conceptual archaeology. The…

Late 1950s Socialist Cinematic Satires

Chinese Studies Seminar Series, UNSW The Animal and the Animalistic in China’s Late 1950s Socialist Cinematic Satires Associate Professor Wang Yiman, University of California, Santa Cruz 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Thursday 9 June 2016 (3:30pm – 4:00pm Reception and Short Screening)…

Healing Rituals in Medieval Chinese Buddhism

The Inaugural Master Sheng Yen Lecture in Chinese Buddhism, hosted by the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney Professor Stephen F Teiser DT Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies and Professor of Religion at Princeton University 6.00pm to 7.30pm,…

Class and Jia Baoyu’s Same-Sex Attractions

2016 Chinese Studies Department Seminar Series, University of Sydney Class and Jia Baoyu’s Same-Sex Attractions Professor Louie Kam 12pm – 1:30 pm, Friday 27 May 2016 SLC Common Room 536, Brennan MacCallum Building A18, University of Sydney In this paper,…

A Garden for Empire and Nation

China Studies Centre and The Power Institute, University of Sydney A Garden for Empire and Nation: History and Memory at the Qing Imperial Mountain Estate Dr Stephen Whiteman 6.00pm – 7.30pm, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 Law School LT106,  Law School…

The Story of the Stone

National Library of Australia The Story of the Stone: Cao Xueqin and his Bannerman friends Professor John Minford 6pm, Thursday 19 May 2016 Conference Room, National Library of Australia, Canberra Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of…

Autonomous Redevelopment

Monash University Moving the Masses to Remove the Nail Households Professor Deng Yanhua, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics 4pm – 5pm Wednesday 18 May Room N602, Menzies Building, 20 Chancellors Walk, Monash University, Clayton campus Autonomous redevelopment is a…

From Yulun to Yuqing

UNSW School of Humanities and Languages From Yulun (Public Opinion) to Yuqing (Public Sentiment): Their History and Practice in China’s Information Management Yong Hu, Beijing University 4:00pm – 6:30pm, 26 May, 2016 Room 119, John Goodsell Building, UNSW Kensington, Sydney…

Tang Cosmopolitanism

Tang Cosmopolitanism: An interdisciplinary symposium Domain Theatre, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Saturday 14 May 2016, 9.30am How was Tang China transformed into a tolerant and outwards-looking society? Presenting their latest research, the international and local scholars in this symposium…

Capitalism Without Democracy

Co-presented by the China Studies Centre and the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney (CAPLUS) Capitalism Without Democracy: The Private Sector in Contemporary China Professor Kellee S. Tsai 5:30pm – 7pm, Thursday 26 May 2016…