Events
The Confucius Institute for Scotland acts as a conduit for information on events and activities relating to China. The pages in this section highlight various occasions and performances organised by or promoted by the Institute.
Timeline
May 2012
SCA AGM 12 May 12
The Annual General Meeting of the Edinburgh branch of the Scotland China Association will take place on Saturday 12 May starting at 11am. The venue will be the Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, EH2 2JL.
Following the business meeting there will be a talk by Dr Barbara Kualbach on `Peking opera`. Dr Kualbach is director of the Goethe Institut Glasgow and an expert in this topic, having spent a year in Taiwan training as a Peking opera actor this replaces her scheduled talk on 13 December, which was cancelled due to inclement weather).
The AGM will be followed by a lunch at a nearby restaurant. For more information on this and to book please click here.
Stephen Perry 10 May: Everyone should understand China
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.
April 2012
Adam Dupre 26 April-China/Scotland:the Global Context
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.
Chinese Writers in Conversation 19 April
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.
For full details and to book this event which will take place on Thursday 19 April from 6pm at the Confucius Institute for Scotland please visit our microsite
SCA Talk by Graham Thompson 10 April
Graham Thompson, SCA member will give a talk on the despatch of the Shanghai Defence Force by Britain in 1927, during Chiang Kai Shek`s Northern Expedition.
This talk will take place as do most SCA talks at the Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH2 2JL. Tea and biscuits will be served from 7pm and the talk will begin at 7.30pm. Anyone is welcome to attend. Meetings are free although a small donation for refreshments is requested.