Moving Image Cultures in Asian Art

Australian National University, Canberra, 26-28 August 2016 This conference addresses historical and contemporary manifestations of spatio-temporality in Asian art. The conference results from an understanding of sustained trajectories of spatio-temporal practices in various art traditions in the Asian region. In…

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…

A Garden for Empire and Nation

China Studies Centre and The Power Institute, University of Sydney A Garden for Empire and Nation: History and Memory at the Qing Imperial Mountain Estate Dr Stephen Whiteman 6.00pm – 7.30pm, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 Law School LT106,  Law School…

The Story of the Stone

National Library of Australia The Story of the Stone: Cao Xueqin and his Bannerman friends Professor John Minford 6pm, Thursday 19 May 2016 Conference Room, National Library of Australia, Canberra Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of…

Autonomous Redevelopment

Monash University Moving the Masses to Remove the Nail Households Professor Deng Yanhua, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics 4pm – 5pm Wednesday 18 May Room N602, Menzies Building, 20 Chancellors Walk, Monash University, Clayton campus Autonomous redevelopment is a…

From Yulun to Yuqing

UNSW School of Humanities and Languages From Yulun (Public Opinion) to Yuqing (Public Sentiment): Their History and Practice in China’s Information Management Yong Hu, Beijing University 4:00pm – 6:30pm, 26 May, 2016 Room 119, John Goodsell Building, UNSW Kensington, Sydney…

Tang Cosmopolitanism

Tang Cosmopolitanism: An interdisciplinary symposium Domain Theatre, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Saturday 14 May 2016, 9.30am How was Tang China transformed into a tolerant and outwards-looking society? Presenting their latest research, the international and local scholars in this symposium…

Capitalism Without Democracy

Co-presented by the China Studies Centre and the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney (CAPLUS) Capitalism Without Democracy: The Private Sector in Contemporary China Professor Kellee S. Tsai 5:30pm – 7pm, Thursday 26 May 2016…