Category: New Publications

The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan

Book Launch: China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard Join us for this book launch by Professor Bruce Jacobs exploring the Kaohsiung Incident of 1979-1980. He’ll give insight…

Half the Sky

In Conversation – Sydney Writers Festival Special Event on Contemporary women artists in China Luise Guest in conversation with Dr Li Zhe 2pm – 3:30 pm Saturday 21 May 2016 Vermillion Art, 5/16 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, Sydney (Opposite to…

Uyghur Nation

The Melbourne launch of David Brophy’s new book Uyghur Nation 2.00pm-3.30pm Friday 6 May 2016 Education Boardroom ED2-318 Bundoora Campus, La Trobe University The meeting of the Russian and Qing empires in the nineteenth century had dramatic consequences for Central…

Governing China’s Neighbourhoods

Australian Centre on China in the World, ANU In Conversation with Author Luigi Tomba 5:30pm – 7:00pm. Wednesday 9 Mar 2016 The Auditorium, China in the World Building (188), Fellows Lane, ANU 5:30pm: Drinks Reception 6:00pm: The author in conversation…

Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize 2016

Dr Luigi Tomba of the Australian Centre on China in the World, the Australian National University, has been awarded the Joseph Levenson Prize of 2016 for the best book on post-1900 China for The Government Next Door: Neighborhood Politics in Urban…

China Story Yearbook 2014

Now available here: http://www.thechinastory.org/yearbooks/yearbook-2014/   China Story Yearbook 2014: Shared Destiny 共同命运 Thursday 5 November 2015, 5.30pm – 7.30pm Speakers: Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC Professor Geremie R Barmé Professor Gloria Davies Dr Jane Golley Venue: DLA Piper…

Stephen FitzGerald – Comrade Ambassador

Co-presented by Gleebooks, the Whitlam Institute and the China Studies Centre, University of Sydney 6.00pm – 7.30pm, Thursday 17 September 2015 Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, Sydney. Cost: $12/$9 concession/gleeclub free “Comrade Ambassador reveals how Australia from the 1960s…

New Zealand’s China Policy

Australia-China Relations Institute Report Launch – New Zealand’s China Policy: Building a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Date: Tuesday July 14 2015 Time: Morning tea will be served at 11.30 am for a 12.00 pm start, concluding at 1.30 pm Location: Australian…

I Ching: The Essential Translation

Nicholas Jose to launch John Minford’s translation of the I Ching 6pm Tuesday, 16 December 2014 Asia Bookroom, Unit 2, 1 – 3 Lawry Place, Macquarie, ACT Professor John Minford is a world-renowned translator and Chinese scholar whose depth of…

A New Australia–China Agenda

A New Australia–China Agenda: Experts on the Australia-China Relationship 2014, Edited by Geremie R Barmé and Ryan Manuel The Australia-China relationship touches on virtually every aspect of our national life.Australia and China trade in goods as well as in culture,…