Three stories, three lives, three journeys to find a place to call home. Join us for the Edinburgh leg of this nationwide site specific touring programme.
Cheung Wing is escaping from war, Mei Lan’s had enough of the potato peeler and Yi Di wants the impossible; her parents’ approval.
Award-winning writer, Mary Cooper, with multilingual collaborator, M.W. ... Read more
A stunning exhibition of 31 contemporary sculptures from Europe and China is on its way to Edinburgh. From 3-30 June 2017, Dialogue with Emperor Qin’s Warriors will be on display in Summerhall’s Church
Galleries in Hope Park Terrace. A few of the larger sculptures will be found around Summerhall with four sculptures in residence at Edinburgh ... Read more
Dr Vera Bai is a graduate from Hong Kong Polytechnic University where she achieved her MA and PhD in the Institute of Textiles and Clothing. She is a lecturer in fashion design in Shanghai International College of Fashion, Donghua University. Prior to joining one of China’s leading Fashion Colleges, she worked in the Hong Kong ... Read more
The Third Annual CPD Conference on Chinese Teaching in Scotland: Teaching and Learning is a free one-day event for all who are involved or interested in the teaching of Chinese. Taking place on Friday 2 June 2017 at 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh, this event is jointly organised by the Confucius Institute for Scotland ... Read more
Culture is famous in social sciences and humanities for the difficulty of its definition. This presentation will discuss the various usages of the word “culture” since the 19th century, the solutions that have been suggested up to now, and the impact that this situation had on the development of area studies.
In this lecture entitled The concept of ... Read more
Despite pressure of end of year exams, four intrepid undergraduate Chinese Studies students from the University of Edinburgh opted to take part in the 2017 Chinese Bridge language proficiency competition. Not only did all four reach the final – one second year student won first prize!
In the face of strong competition from 28 contestants from ... Read more
The Scotland China Association which is now entering its 51st year is holding its AGM at Abden House on the morning of Saturday 10th June.
After the member’s lunch there will be a short performance of Kunqu Opera by Yanmei Wu, who is the co-founder of the Chinese Opera Association Scotland, will perform a short excerpt ... Read more
Join us on Wed 26th April at 2pm when we host a high profile cultural delegation from Shanghai who will present two very different aspects of Chinese culture.
Our first speaker, Shi Dawai will consider the tradition and evolution of Chinese painting arts over the centuries and the vision for its future development.
Our second speaker Wang ... Read more
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