USYD China Studies Centre
10:00 am – 12:00 noon, Wednesday, 8 August
Seminar Room 323, Old Teachers’ College, The University of Sydney (map)
Cost: Free
RSVP: Open to all with registration required
Join novelist and translator Linda Jaivin and the director of the China Studies Centre, Luigi Tomba, as they discuss how researchers and writers can adapt their writing or research findings to speak to a broader general public.
Linda has been writing about China for more than 35 years in publications ranging from newsweeklies to arts journals, general interest publications, newspapers, film magazines and more. She is also an editor of the China Story Yearbook (ANU Press), which aims to be accessible to the interested general reader as well as the specialist. Luigi was the editor of The China Journal (2005-2015) one of the most prestigious international research journals on post-1949 China. His most recent book, The Government Next Door: Neighborhood Politics in Urban (Cornell, 2014), was awarded the Association of Asian Studies 2016 Joseph Levenson Prize for best book on Post-1900 China.
This event targets research students and early career researchers working on or with China, who might be wondering:
- What are the key differences between writing academic articles and writing for a wider audience in popular media?
- How much background do you need to provide?
- How do you rid your writing of jargon?
- What questions should you ask an editor before you begin?
The speakers:
- Ms Linda Jaivin, Author, Essayist, Cultural Commentator and Journalist
- Professor Luigi Tomba, Director, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney