Tag: culture

CSAA 18th Biennial Conference

Report on CSAA Conference December 2023 The 18th Biennial Conference of the Chinese Studies Association of Australia was held at the University of Sydney 7-9 December 2023. The conference was attended by 431 participants, who attended 77 panels of presentations;…

Marriage Stories on China’s ‘Miao Frontier’

Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM AEDTDate: 10 March 2023Location: Online Registration When he arrived in Tianzhu County, Guizhou Province, in the 1740s, Magistrate Xie Shenglun was aghast at the kinship and marriage practices of local “Miao” communities, including open courtship among youths and…