Category: Public Lectures

Rethinking Democracy in China

China Studies Centre, China Development Society, and Sydney Democracy Network at the University of Sydney When Trees Fall, Monkeys Scatter: Rethinking Democracy in China John Keane 6.00-8.00pm, Tuesday 23 May 2017 Philosophy Room S249, Quadrangle Building, The University of Sydney…

Books that Changed Humanity: Laozi, Daodejing

Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University Books that Changed Humanity: Laozi, Daodejing Dr Benjamin Penny, ANU 5:30pm – 7:00pm, Friday, 12 May 2017 SRWB Theatrette 2.02, Sir Roland Wilson Building, Australian National University, Canberra Books that Changed Humanity is an…

Memories of a Bendigonian Chinese Herbalist

China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University What’s on a Façade? Affective Architecture and Memories of a Bendigonian Chinese Herbalist, James Lam Say, 1887-2017 Dr Nadia Rhook 2:30-4:00pm, Wednesday 31 May 2017 Room 318, Education 2 (ED2), La Trobe University…

Translating Chinese Culture and Audience Design

2017 Chinese Studies Department Seminar Series – University of Sydney Dr Jing HAN, Western Sydney University & SBS TV 4:00pm – 5:30pm, Monday 22 May 2017 SLC Common Room 536, Brennan MacCallum Building A18, University of Sydney http://sydney.edu.au/arts/chinese/about/events/index.shtml?id=9551 That the…

Sino Australian Relations in the Age of Trump

Australian National University Panel Discussion 2:00-4:30pm, Friday 28 April 2017 Auditorium, China in the World, Building 188, Fellows Lane, ANU, Canberra Please join us and our panel of specialists: • Opening the event: Professor Michael Wesley, Dean of the ANU…

Han Chinese Appropriations of Uyghur Culture

China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University Han Chinese Appropriations of Uyghur Culture: Between Then and Now Chen Yangbin 2:30-4:00pm,  Thursday 27 April 2017 Boardroom (Room 318), Education 2, La Trobe University, Melbourne In contrast to the apparently unmitigated ethnic…

Remaking the memory of Zhang Xueliang

ANU China Seminar Series Remaking the memory of Zhang Xueliang—the Young Marshall—and Republican China across the Taiwan Straits Mark Harrison 4:00pm–5:30pm Thursday, 20 April 2017 Seminar Room, China in the World Building, 188 Fellows Lane, ANU, Canberra http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/cap-events/2017-04-20/remaking-memory-zhang-xueliang-young-marshall-and-republican-china-across Zhang Xueliang,…

Relocation for poverty alleviation?

Contemporary China Seminar Series, Semester 1, 2017 – University of Melbourne Relocation for poverty alleviation?: How will Xi Jinping’s ‘Precise Poverty Alleviation’ strategy affect China’s poverty alleviation resettlement program? Professor Mark Wang, University of Melbourne 5.30pm-7.00pm Thursday 25 May, 2017…

Dr Joseph Needham and his intellectual heritage

China Studies Centre Monthly Seminar, University of Sydney Dr Joseph Needham and his intellectual heritage Professor Jianjun Mei 11:30am-1:00pm, Wednesday 12 April CCANESA Boardroom, Madsen Building(F09), the University of Sydney Registration Dr. Joseph Needham is well known for his monumental…