Month: August 2016

One country, two welfare regimes

Contemporary China Seminar Series – University of Melbourne One country, two welfare regimes: transition to adulthood of grown-up young people cared for by the State in China Professor Shang Xiaoyuan, University of New South Wales 5.30-7.00pm Thursday 15 September, 2016…

Film Screening and In Conversation

Festival of Democracy 2016, University of Sydney Film Screening (3 September) and In Conversation with Filmmaker Liu Xiangchen (5 September) Film screening: Eid al-Fitr; Return of Lost Souls  http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/film-screening-eid-al-fitr-and-return-of-lost-souls The return of China to global prominence has prompted local and foreign…

A Tale of Blood and Fur

ANU China Seminar Series A Tale of Blood and Fur: the Life of Production on the Hulunbuir Grasslands Thomas DuBois, Australian National University 4:00pm – 5:30pm, Thursday, 1 Sep 2016 Seminar Room A, China in the World Building (188), Fellows…

Evaluating Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centres

Inaugural Lecture – Chinese Business Talks China Studies Centre, University of Sydney Professor GAO Jian, Tsinghua University 4:00pm-5:00pm Thursday 1 September 2016 The University of Sydney Business School CBD Campus Level 17, 133 Castlereagh St (Stockland Building) Sydney NSW 2000…

Newly Discovered Ancient Chinese Texts

China Studies Research Centre Seminar – La Trobe University Revelations from Newly Discovered Ancient Chinese Texts: Archaeological and Sinological Perspectives Over the past few decades, China has witnessed an almost constant flow of archaeologically-recovered texts dating from the period 350…

China as Crypto-Colony

ANU China Seminar Series China as Crypto-Colony: A Critical Approach to ‘National Culture’ Professor Michael Herzfeld Seminar Room A, China in the World Building (188), Fellows Lane, ANU, Canberra 16:00 to 17:30Thursday, 25 August, 2016 Using examples drawn from the…

Position: Pre-Modern Chinese History @ Princeton

The Departments of East Asian Studies and History at Princeton University invite applications for an open-rank (senior or junior) position in Pre-Modern Chinese History (Tang through Qing). The appointment will be made in both East Asian Studies and History Departments.…

语言与语境 / Text and Context

Australian Centre on China in the World, Australian National University Zhang Peili 张培力 4pm – 5.15pm, Friday 26 August 2016 The Auditorium, China in the World Building (188), Fellows Lane, ANU, Canberra http://ciw.anu.edu.au/events/event_details.php?id=16184 Zhang Peili, widely regarded as the father…

China as a Polar Great Power

Anne-Marie Brady

Contemporary China Seminar Series – University of Melbourne Professor Anne-Marie Brady University of Canterbury, New Zealand 5.30-7.00pm, Thursday 8 September 2016 Evan Williams Theatre (Room G03), Richard Berry Building, Monash Road, University of Melbourne Admission is free, but places are…

Building a Chinese Dream

Contemporary China Seminar Series – University of Melbourne Building a Chinese Dream: Language, Power and Hierarchy Professor Linda Tsung, University of Sydney 5.30pm-7.00pm Thursday 1 September, 2016 Evan Williams Theatre (Room G03), Richard Berry Building, Monash Road, University of Melbourne…