Category: Public Lectures

Confronting China in an Asymmetric Relationship

University of New South Wales Distinguished Professor Shih Chih-yu National Taiwan University 3.30pm-5pm, Tuesday 5 April Room 310, Morven Brown Building, UNSW, Sydney Why would a weaker party confront its stronger counterpart in an asymmetric relationship? Both balancing and bandwagoning…

China’s Grand Strategy

Sydney Ideas and China Studies Centre, University of Sydney Regional roles and policy towards middle powers in the context of US-China relations Co-presented with the China Studies Centre, University of Sydney, in collaboration with Deakin University and La Trobe University…

China and International Security

Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU A Dialogue with Distinguished Chinese Scholars 5.30pm-7pm Wednesday 6 April Molonglo Theatre, JG Crawford Building, Lennox Crossing, Acton, ANU featuring Professor Wang Jisi President of the Institute of the International and Strategic Studies, Peking…

Gifts from China

Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture, National Library of Australia Professor Nicholas Jose 2pm-3pm, Sunday 20 March 2016 Theatre, Lower Ground 1, National Library of Australia, Canberra Professor Nicholas Jose reflects on Eric Rolls’ research of China’s centuries-old relationship with Australia and…

Rural Reform in early Post-Mao China 1976-1981

Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne Dr Warren Sun Monash University 5.30pm-7.00pm Thursday 7 April 2016 Evan Williams Theatre (G03), Richard Berry Building, Monash Road, University of Melbourne The period from the arrest of the “gang…

China under the Skin

National Library of Australia A Life of Writing in and out and about China Linda Jaivin Saturday 19 March 2016, 2pm-3pm Theatre, Lower Ground 1, National Library of Australia Linda Jaivin will discuss the perils and seductions of writing about…

Fengshui and Architecture

Chinese Studies Seminar – School of Humanities & Languages, UNSW Chu Chien-lih San Diego State University 3:00pm – 5:00pm, Friday 18 March, 2016 209 Morven Brown, UNSW Kensington, Sydney Campus Map, C20: http://www.facilities.unsw.edu.au/Maps/maps.html Fengshui is an ancient Chinese body of…

The Other Shore

In-conversation with Wei Leng Tay 6:00pm – 7:00pm, Thursday, 31 March 2016 Muse, East Hotel, 69 Canberra Ave, Kingston ACT Wei Leng Tay is an artist based in Hong Kong and Singapore. Working predominantly with photography and sound, Tay is…

The Stamp of Authority

CIW Lecture Series – National Library of Australia The Stamp of Authority: Printing in the Celestial Court Stephen Whiteman 6pm-7pm, Thursday 17 March 2016 Theatre, Lower Ground 1, National Library of Australia Dr Stephen Whiteman, lecturer in Asian Art at…

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Breath

National Library of Australia In Conversation 6pm-7pm, Thursday 10 March 2016 Theatre, Lower Ground 1, National Library of Australia, Canberra Chinese-Australian multi-media artist Tianli Zu and Chinese art scholar Edmund Capon AM, OBE, are two people for whom Chinese art…