INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM Monash Asia Institute Date: Thursday, 12 June 2014 Venue: H.B39 (at Basement of Building H), Monash University Caulfield Campus The importance of “Asia literacy” has been widely discussed in Australia since the 1990s and was given renewed emphasis…
China: Rebels, Ghosts and Romantics
CHINESE FILMS AT SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL June 4-15, 2014 From official website: China continues to be one of the most compulsively fascinating countries on the planet: it’s not an exaggeration to suggest that China’s future may very well be our…
A Journey Through Digital China
PUBLIC LECTURE Presented by Julien Leyre Hosted by the Chinese Studies Centre, University of Sydney, and Sydney Ideas Date: 6:00pm-7:30pm, 19 May 2014 Venue: Law School Foyer, Level 2, Sydney Law School, Eastern Avenue, The University of Sydney The Chinese…
Made in Taiwan
EXHIBITION 10 May – 31 May 2014 School of Art Gallery, the Australian National University In 2000, a number of senior art professors whose works collectively represented the diverse aspects of Taiwanese visual art, came together to form the “Taiwan…
Beijing: Unfurling the Landscape
EXHIBITION Photographs by Lois Connor This exhibition at the Australian Centre on China in the World, the Australian National University, will run until the end of July 2014. More information
The Architecture of Education in Canberra and Beijing
PUBLIC LECTURE Presented by Gerald Szeto Date: 5:30pm – 7:30pm, 5 May 2014 Venue: The Auditorium, China in the World Building (188), Fellows Lane, ANU The Fourth CIW Annual Lecture to be delivered by Mr Gerald Szeto preceded by a…
CSAA Conference 2015
The CSAA Conference in 2015 will be held in Adelaide, July 5-9, as part of the International Convention of Asian Scholars Ninth Biennial Conference (ICAS9) in conjunction with International Institute of Asian Studies based in Leiden, The Netherlands. IIAS is…
Reading communities and the circulation of print
CONFERENCE Australian National University, Canberra, 22-24 April 2014 This conference will investigate the production, circulation and consumption of printed material in Australia, China, and Britain in the long 19th century, when technological improvements in printing, engraving, papermaking, and transport made…
China and India in the Modern World
WORKSHOP The Australian National University, Canberra, 7-8 August 2014 This two-day workshop examines the shared experiences that shaped modern China and India. As continental-sized entities with diverse populations, rich cultural traditions and highly developed bureaucratic structures, both China and India…