Month: March 2016

Tang: Treasures from the Silk Road capital

Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney 9 Apr – 10 Jul 2016 http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/tang/ Archaeological findings of gold, silver, glass, ceramics, sculptures and mural paintings from the Golden Age of China over a millennium ago. Never before seen in Australia, this exhibition…

Workers in China

Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne Comparing regular and agency workers’ working conditions, attitudes and resistance: A case study of Chinese auto joint ventures Professor Anita Chan Australian National University 5.30-7.00pm, Thursday, 21 April 2016 Evan…

Who were the Manchus?

National Library of Australia David Brophy University of Sydney 6pm-7pm, Thursday 31 March 2016 Conference Room, Level 4, National Library of Australia, Canberra Dr David Brophy, Lecturer in Modern Chinese History at the University of Sydney, discusses the distinctive historical…

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…

New Perspectives on China and Eurasia in the Bronze Age

China Studies Centre, University of Sydney 9.30am – 4.00pm, Tuesday 22 March 2016 Centre for Classical and Near Eastern Studies of Australia (CCANESA) Madsen Building, University of Sydney (Eastern Avenue Entrance and up the stairs) The China Studies Centre, University…

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…