2016-17 Grant Round of Australia-China Council

The grant round of 2016-17 for the Australia-China Council has officially opened. It will close on April 4 2016. The grant rounds seeks to encourage overseas projects and engagement by individuals and organisations interested in enhancing Australia’s bilateral relationship with…

China’s Last Celestial Dynasty

National Library of Australia Professor Geremie Barmé 6pm-7pm, Thursday 4 February 2016 Conference Room, Level 4, National Library of Australia, Canberra Geremie Barmé is an historian, cultural critic, filmmaker, translator and web-journal editor who works on Chinese cultural and intellectual…

Chen Qiulin: One Hundred Names

16 January – 27 February 2016 Open Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 6pm 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art 181—187 Hay Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia One Hundred Names is the first Australian solo exhibition by Chinese artist Chen Qiulin.…

The Chungking Legation

Foyer, R.G. Casey Building, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, John McEwen Crescent, Barton, Canberra 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday until 20 January 2016 The Chungking Legation: Australia’s diplomatic mission in wartime China exhibition is now open to the…

Celestial Empire: Life in China, 1644-1911

This exhibition brings together material from the National Library of Australia and the National Library of China to provide a window into the diversity of life under the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), China’s last imperial dynasty. The exhibition will be the…

ASAA Conference 2016

The Australian National University (ANU) is proud to host the 2016 Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA). The conference will be held on the ANU campus in Canberra between Tuesday, 5 July and Thursday, 7 July…

When China Met Africa 中非遇

Asia Pacific Screens – ANU Directed by Marc & Nick Francis 2011, 74 mins, UK Chinese with English subtitles 5:30pm – 7:30pm, Wednesday 2 Dec 2015 The Auditorium, China in the World Building (188), Fellows Lane, ANU A historic gathering…