Year: 2012

The third talk in our Business Lecture Series will be given by Dr Jim O`Neill, one of the world`s most famous economists with over ten years experience at Goldman Sachs.

This talk will take place on Wednesday 6th June in Edinburgh`s iconic Signet Library in West Parliament Square. Doors open at 5pm for the talk which will start at 5.15pm. The talk will also be heard by delegates from Europe and China attending the European Confucius Institutes and Classroom Conference which will launch in the Signet Library shortly before the lecture by Dr Jim O`Neill.

For further details on our world famous speaker and to book a place at this event please visit the website for the lecture series.

Event Date: 14/06/2012

Join us for the fourth lecture in the Spring 2012 Business Lecture Series on China.

The lecture series aims to deliver awareness and stimulate debate on Scotland and Scottish business engagement with China.Over a series of lectures in spring and autumn 2012 the global context in which the Scotland-China business relationship needs to be understood will be examined.

Dr. JI Bin is vice president of the All China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots, vice chairperson of the China Youth Federation and member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (China’s Upper House).

He will consider what lies behind China`s economic development and economic relations with Taiwan.

For full details and to book a space at this event please visit our microsite

Event Date: 10/05/2012

Join us for the second lecture in the Spring 2012 Business Lecture Series on China.

The lecture series aims to deliver awareness and stimulate debate on Scotland and Scottish business engagement with China.Over a series of lectures in spring and autumn 2012 the global context in which the Scotland-China business relationship needs to be understood will be examined.

Stephen Perry has been involved with China since his earliest days. With decades of practical experience the company of which he is head will this year mark its 60th anniversary of trade with China.

His talk `Understanding China is essential for everyone` will reveal where he thinks China is going and focus on how western companies should respond

For full details and to book a space at this event please visit our microsite.

Event Date: 26/04/2012

Join us for the first lecture in the Spring 2012 Business Lecture Series on China.

The lecture series aims to deliver awareness and stimulate debate on Scotland and Scottish business engagement with China.Over a series of lectures in spring and autumn 2012 the global context in which the Scotland-China business relationship needs to be understood will be examined.

Adam`s talk `China/Scotland: the global context` will address the general themes of the whole series – the economic, commercial and political background dynamics that underlie present and future commercial relationships with China.

For full details and to book a space at this event please visit our microsite.

Join us at one or more of our five spring lectures to hear from leading business figures each with decades of China experience whose insightful talks will provide insights into the dynamics of engaging with China.

Full details and booking can be found at www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/csw

• 26 April – Adam Dupre of China Company Research Services will address the general themes of the whol seires – the economic, commercial and political background dynamics that underlie present and future relations with China.
• 10 May – Stephen Perry, London Export Corporation and Chair of 48 Group Club. 2012 is the 60th anniversary year of trade with China. Stephen`s father was the leader of the Icebreaker group to China in 1953 which restarted UK-China trade relations.
• 6 June – Jim O`Neill, Chairman of Goldman Sachs and the man who coined the acronym BRICs will focus his talk on `Education meets Business`
• 14 June – Dr Ji Bin, Vice President of the All China Federation of Taiwan Perspectives will give us a perspective from the east on China`s economic growth and transformation.

• 21 June – Peter Budd, Chairman of Arup Scotland and leader of Arup`s airport business globally. Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital Int`l Airport gateway to China for many Scots, is just one of the projects developed by Arup. Peter will be the final speaker in the spring series.

The autumm series is currently being planned. Confirmed speakers included David McNish, CEO of Standard Life and Jim McColl of Clyde Blowers.

Book now to secure your seat www.confuciusinstiute.ac.uk/csw

Fresh from the London Book Fair, Annie Baobei and Xu Zechen two of China’s most talked about and widely read contemporary authors will spend an evening in conversation with Alan Bissett, Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Writer of the Year 2011.

Join us on Thursday 29 March for an early evening lecture by Prof Stephanie Donald whose talk focuses on field research into media memories of older people in PRC pre 1949.

LECTURE SYNOPSIS

The research is based on an earlier project in the 1960s/70s which considered the role of the political poster. Working with Renmin University and the Australian Research Council Prof Donald`s expanded the core premise to cover all forms of media, and all periods relevant to those born on or before the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949.

Focussing on key memories, influences, usage patterns, and trajectories, these local histories of media put contemporary debates on propaganda, soft power, creative industries, and people’s journalism into a longer-term perspective.

Likewise, the burgeoning interest from research students and established scholars into the purposes and practices of media in China is served by multiple points of departure and a variety of approaches to sophisticated and difficult questions of what one expects from media cultures and systems in a strong state, such as the PRC.

The wider public fascination with the workings of the Chinese state will be addressed as the talk presents verbatim accounts of how media creates and preserves meaning; how and where continuities exist between revolutionary and reform environments; and opens up questions on the future of the Chinese media for a new generation.

BIOGRAPHY

Professor Stephanie Hemelryk Donald is currently a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor at the Centre for World Cinemas at the University of Leeds. Following a first degree in Chinese from the University of Oxford and a DPhil on Chinese film at University of Sussex (1997), she emigrated to Australia, where she has worked ever since. Her research covers film, the media, and children’s experiences in the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on visual culture. Previous positions held include Professor of Chinese Media Studies at the University of Sydney, and Foundation Dean of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne. She has recently been awarded a prestigious Future Fellowship by the Australian Research Council, which she will take up at the University of New South Wales in May 2012. Recent work is published by Theory, Culture and Society, New Formations, and MIA.

TALK DETAILS

VENUE: The Confucius Institute for Scotland, Abden House, 1 Marchhall Crescent, EH16 5HP
DATE: Thursday 29 March 2012
TIME: 1800-19.30 followed by a short drinks reception
BOOKING: please email info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk or call the Institute on 0131 662 2180.