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China Series – Lecture 3: Prof Paul Pickowicz, University of California, San Diego – April 2014

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Event Date: 02/04/2014

The China Lecture Series 2013-2014 is launched on Thursday, 19 September 2013. This lecture series has been organised in collaboration with the School of History and Archaeology and Asian Studies. A full programme of the lecture series is showing as below. Lectures are open to all.

The Problem with Borderlands: Shared Practices in Pre-modern Eastern Eurasia
Prof Naomi Standen, University of Birmingham
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 19 September 2013. Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place

Problems of Knowing the Future in Late Han Dynasty China
Professor Barbara Hendrischke, Internationales Kolleg fr Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 3 October 2013, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot Place

Revisiting Cold War Propaganda: Chinese and American Feature Film Treatments of the Korean War
Professor Paul Pickowicz, University of California, San Diego
18:15-20:00, Thursday, 17 October 2013, Room 1.01, Language and Humanities Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place

China`s Peaceful Rise and Its New Diplomacy
Professor Ni Shixiong, Fudan University
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 24 October 2013, Lecture Theatre 7, 1st Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

Social Power, State Power: Integrating Citizens through Local Connections in Contemporary China
Dr Sophia Woodman, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 13 November 2013, Lecture Theatre 2, Lower Ground Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

The Beijing City Walls and the New Ming History
Dr Stephen McDowall, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 27 November 2013, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Skull of Confucius: A Footnote in the History of the Second China War (1860)
Professor Nick Pearce, University of Glasgow
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Shanghai Buddhist Books and Shanghai as a Nexus of Chinese Buddhist Publishing in the 1930s
Dr Gregory Scott, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Defending Shanghai: The Shanghai International Settlement in Times of Turmoil, c. 1923-43
Dr Isabella Jackson, University of Aberdeen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Smell of the Other: China under the Western nose, 1800-1949
Dr Huang Xuelei, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 26 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Drought in Northwest China: A Late Victorian Tragedy?
Dr Andrea Janku, SOAS
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 March 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

From Executions to Education: Traitor Elimination Work in Shandong Province, 1938-1947
Dr Konrad Lawson, University of St. Andrews
17.05-19.00, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Chinese Capitalism? Recent Debates and Their Intellectual Contexts
Prof Dominic Sachsenmeier, University of Bremen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 2 April 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

China Series-Lecture 2:Prof Barbara Hendrischke, University of Erlangen – April 2014

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Event Date: 02/04/2014

The China Lecture Series 2013-2014 is launched on Thursday, 19 September 2013. This lecture series has been organised in collaboration with the School of History and Archaeology and Asian Studies. A full programme of the lecture series is showing as below. Lectures are open to all.

The Problem with Borderlands: Shared Practices in Pre-modern Eastern Eurasia
Prof Naomi Standen, University of Birmingham
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 19 September 2013. Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place

Problems of Knowing the Future in Late Han Dynasty China
Professor Barbara Hendrischke, Internationales Kolleg fr Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 3 October 2013, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot Place

Revisiting Cold War Propaganda: Chinese and American Feature Film Treatments of the Korean War
Professor Paul Pickowicz, University of California, San Diego
18:15-20:00, Thursday, 17 October 2013, Room 1.01, Language and Humanities Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place

China`s Peaceful Rise and Its New Diplomacy
Professor Ni Shixiong, Fudan University
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 24 October 2013, Lecture Theatre 7, 1st Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

Social Power, State Power: Integrating Citizens through Local Connections in Contemporary China
Dr Sophia Woodman, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 13 November 2013, Lecture Theatre 2, Lower Ground Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

The Beijing City Walls and the New Ming History
Dr Stephen McDowall, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 27 November 2013, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Skull of Confucius: A Footnote in the History of the Second China War (1860)
Professor Nick Pearce, University of Glasgow
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Shanghai Buddhist Books and Shanghai as a Nexus of Chinese Buddhist Publishing in the 1930s
Dr Gregory Scott, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Defending Shanghai: The Shanghai International Settlement in Times of Turmoil, c. 1923-43
Dr Isabella Jackson, University of Aberdeen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Smell of the Other: China under the Western nose, 1800-1949
Dr Huang Xuelei, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 26 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Drought in Northwest China: A Late Victorian Tragedy?
Dr Andrea Janku, SOAS
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 March 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

From Executions to Education: Traitor Elimination Work in Shandong Province, 1938-1947
Dr Konrad Lawson, University of St. Andrews
17.05-19.00, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Chinese Capitalism? Recent Debates and Their Intellectual Contexts
Prof Dominic Sachsenmeier, University of Bremen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 2 April 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

China Series -Lecture 1: Prof Naomi Standen, University of Birmingham – April 2014

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Event Date: 02/04/2014

The China Lecture Series 2013-2014 is launched on Thursday, 19 September 2013. This lecture series has been organised in collaboration with the School of History and Archaeology and Asian Studies. A full programme of the lecture series is showing as below. Lectures are open to all.

The Problem with Borderlands: Shared Practices in Pre-modern Eastern Eurasia
Prof Naomi Standen, University of Birmingham
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 19 September 2013. Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place

Problems of Knowing the Future in Late Han Dynasty China
Professor Barbara Hendrischke, Internationales Kolleg fr Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 3 October 2013, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot Place

Revisiting Cold War Propaganda: Chinese and American Feature Film Treatments of the Korean War
Professor Paul Pickowicz, University of California, San Diego
18:15-20:00, Thursday, 17 October 2013, Room 1.01, Language and Humanities Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place

China`s Peaceful Rise and Its New Diplomacy
Professor Ni Shixiong, Fudan University
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 24 October 2013, Lecture Theatre 7, 1st Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

Social Power, State Power: Integrating Citizens through Local Connections in Contemporary China
Dr Sophia Woodman, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 13 November 2013, Lecture Theatre 2, Lower Ground Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

The Beijing City Walls and the New Ming History
Dr Stephen McDowall, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 27 November 2013, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Skull of Confucius: A Footnote in the History of the Second China War (1860)
Professor Nick Pearce, University of Glasgow
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Shanghai Buddhist Books and Shanghai as a Nexus of Chinese Buddhist Publishing in the 1930s
Dr Gregory Scott, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Defending Shanghai: The Shanghai International Settlement in Times of Turmoil, c. 1923-43
Dr Isabella Jackson, University of Aberdeen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Smell of the Other: China under the Western nose, 1800-1949
Dr Huang Xuelei, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 26 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Drought in Northwest China: A Late Victorian Tragedy?
Dr Andrea Janku, SOAS
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 March 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

From Executions to Education: Traitor Elimination Work in Shandong Province, 1938-1947
Dr Konrad Lawson, University of St. Andrews
17.05-19.00, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Chinese Capitalism? Recent Debates and Their Intellectual Contexts
Prof Dominic Sachsenmeier, University of Bremen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 2 April 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

China Series – Lecture 11 Dr Andrea Janku, SOAS – April 2014

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Event Date: 02/04/2014

The China Lecture Series 2013-2014 is launched on Thursday, 19 September 2013. This lecture series has been organised in collaboration with the School of History and Archaeology and Asian Studies. A full programme of the lecture series is showing as below. Lectures are open to all.

The Problem with Borderlands: Shared Practices in Pre-modern Eastern Eurasia
Prof Naomi Standen, University of Birmingham
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 19 September 2013. Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place

Problems of Knowing the Future in Late Han Dynasty China
Professor Barbara Hendrischke, Internationales Kolleg fr Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 3 October 2013, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot Place

Revisiting Cold War Propaganda: Chinese and American Feature Film Treatments of the Korean War
Professor Paul Pickowicz, University of California, San Diego
18:15-20:00, Thursday, 17 October 2013, Room 1.01, Language and Humanities Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place

China`s Peaceful Rise and Its New Diplomacy
Professor Ni Shixiong, Fudan University
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 24 October 2013, Lecture Theatre 7, 1st Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

Social Power, State Power: Integrating Citizens through Local Connections in Contemporary China
Dr Sophia Woodman, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 13 November 2013, Lecture Theatre 2, Lower Ground Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

The Beijing City Walls and the New Ming History
Dr Stephen McDowall, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 27 November 2013, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Skull of Confucius: A Footnote in the History of the Second China War (1860)
Professor Nick Pearce, University of Glasgow
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Shanghai Buddhist Books and Shanghai as a Nexus of Chinese Buddhist Publishing in the 1930s
Dr Gregory Scott, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Defending Shanghai: The Shanghai International Settlement in Times of Turmoil, c. 1923-43
Dr Isabella Jackson, University of Aberdeen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Smell of the Other: China under the Western nose, 1800-1949
Dr Huang Xuelei, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 26 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Drought in Northwest China: A Late Victorian Tragedy?
Dr Andrea Janku, SOAS
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 March 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

From Executions to Education: Traitor Elimination Work in Shandong Province, 1938-1947
Dr Konrad Lawson, University of St. Andrews
17.05-19.00, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Chinese Capitalism? Recent Debates and Their Intellectual Contexts
Prof Dominic Sachsenmeier, University of Bremen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 2 April 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

China Series-Lecture 10 Dr Huang Xuelei, University of Edinburgh – April 2014

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Event Date: 02/04/2014

The China Lecture Series 2013-2014 is launched on Thursday, 19 September 2013. This lecture series has been organised in collaboration with the School of History and Archaeology and Asian Studies. A full programme of the lecture series is showing as below. Lectures are open to all.

The Problem with Borderlands: Shared Practices in Pre-modern Eastern Eurasia
Prof Naomi Standen, University of Birmingham
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 19 September 2013. Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place

Problems of Knowing the Future in Late Han Dynasty China
Professor Barbara Hendrischke, Internationales Kolleg fr Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 3 October 2013, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot Place

Revisiting Cold War Propaganda: Chinese and American Feature Film Treatments of the Korean War
Professor Paul Pickowicz, University of California, San Diego
18:15-20:00, Thursday, 17 October 2013, Room 1.01, Language and Humanities Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place

China`s Peaceful Rise and Its New Diplomacy
Professor Ni Shixiong, Fudan University
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 24 October 2013, Lecture Theatre 7, 1st Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

Social Power, State Power: Integrating Citizens through Local Connections in Contemporary China
Dr Sophia Woodman, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 13 November 2013, Lecture Theatre 2, Lower Ground Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

The Beijing City Walls and the New Ming History
Dr Stephen McDowall, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 27 November 2013, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Skull of Confucius: A Footnote in the History of the Second China War (1860)
Professor Nick Pearce, University of Glasgow
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Shanghai Buddhist Books and Shanghai as a Nexus of Chinese Buddhist Publishing in the 1930s
Dr Gregory Scott, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Defending Shanghai: The Shanghai International Settlement in Times of Turmoil, c. 1923-43
Dr Isabella Jackson, University of Aberdeen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Smell of the Other: China under the Western nose, 1800-1949
Dr Huang Xuelei, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 26 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Drought in Northwest China: A Late Victorian Tragedy?
Dr Andrea Janku, SOAS
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 March 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

From Executions to Education: Traitor Elimination Work in Shandong Province, 1938-1947
Dr Konrad Lawson, University of St. Andrews
17.05-19.00, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Chinese Capitalism? Recent Debates and Their Intellectual Contexts
Prof Dominic Sachsenmeier, University of Bremen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 2 April 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

China Series-Lecture 9 Dr Isabella Black, University of Aberdeen – April 2014

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Event Date: 02/04/2014

The China Lecture Series 2013-2014 is launched on Thursday, 19 September 2013. This lecture series has been organised in collaboration with the School of History and Archaeology and Asian Studies. A full programme of the lecture series is showing as below. Lectures are open to all.

The Problem with Borderlands: Shared Practices in Pre-modern Eastern Eurasia
Prof Naomi Standen, University of Birmingham
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 19 September 2013. Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place

Problems of Knowing the Future in Late Han Dynasty China
Professor Barbara Hendrischke, Internationales Kolleg fr Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 3 October 2013, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot Place

Revisiting Cold War Propaganda: Chinese and American Feature Film Treatments of the Korean War
Professor Paul Pickowicz, University of California, San Diego
18:15-20:00, Thursday, 17 October 2013, Room 1.01, Language and Humanities Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place

China`s Peaceful Rise and Its New Diplomacy
Professor Ni Shixiong, Fudan University
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 24 October 2013, Lecture Theatre 7, 1st Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

Social Power, State Power: Integrating Citizens through Local Connections in Contemporary China
Dr Sophia Woodman, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 13 November 2013, Lecture Theatre 2, Lower Ground Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

The Beijing City Walls and the New Ming History
Dr Stephen McDowall, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 27 November 2013, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Skull of Confucius: A Footnote in the History of the Second China War (1860)
Professor Nick Pearce, University of Glasgow
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Shanghai Buddhist Books and Shanghai as a Nexus of Chinese Buddhist Publishing in the 1930s
Dr Gregory Scott, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Defending Shanghai: The Shanghai International Settlement in Times of Turmoil, c. 1923-43
Dr Isabella Jackson, University of Aberdeen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Smell of the Other: China under the Western nose, 1800-1949
Dr Huang Xuelei, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 26 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Drought in Northwest China: A Late Victorian Tragedy?
Dr Andrea Janku, SOAS
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 March 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

From Executions to Education: Traitor Elimination Work in Shandong Province, 1938-1947
Dr Konrad Lawson, University of St. Andrews
17.05-19.00, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Chinese Capitalism? Recent Debates and Their Intellectual Contexts
Prof Dominic Sachsenmeier, University of Bremen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 2 April 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

China Series-Lecture 8 Dr Gregory Scott, University of Edinburgh – April 2014

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Event Date: 02/04/2014

The China Lecture Series 2013-2014 is launched on Thursday, 19 September 2013. This lecture series has been organised in collaboration with the School of History and Archaeology and Asian Studies. A full programme of the lecture series is showing as below. Lectures are open to all.

The Problem with Borderlands: Shared Practices in Pre-modern Eastern Eurasia
Prof Naomi Standen, University of Birmingham
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 19 September 2013. Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place

Problems of Knowing the Future in Late Han Dynasty China
Professor Barbara Hendrischke, Internationales Kolleg fr Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 3 October 2013, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot Place

Revisiting Cold War Propaganda: Chinese and American Feature Film Treatments of the Korean War
Professor Paul Pickowicz, University of California, San Diego
18:15-20:00, Thursday, 17 October 2013, Room 1.01, Language and Humanities Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place

China`s Peaceful Rise and Its New Diplomacy
Professor Ni Shixiong, Fudan University
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 24 October 2013, Lecture Theatre 7, 1st Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

Social Power, State Power: Integrating Citizens through Local Connections in Contemporary China
Dr Sophia Woodman, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 13 November 2013, Lecture Theatre 2, Lower Ground Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

The Beijing City Walls and the New Ming History
Dr Stephen McDowall, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 27 November 2013, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Skull of Confucius: A Footnote in the History of the Second China War (1860)
Professor Nick Pearce, University of Glasgow
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Shanghai Buddhist Books and Shanghai as a Nexus of Chinese Buddhist Publishing in the 1930s
Dr Gregory Scott, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Defending Shanghai: The Shanghai International Settlement in Times of Turmoil, c. 1923-43
Dr Isabella Jackson, University of Aberdeen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Smell of the Other: China under the Western nose, 1800-1949
Dr Huang Xuelei, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 26 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Drought in Northwest China: A Late Victorian Tragedy?
Dr Andrea Janku, SOAS
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 March 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

From Executions to Education: Traitor Elimination Work in Shandong Province, 1938-1947
Dr Konrad Lawson, University of St. Andrews
17.05-19.00, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Chinese Capitalism? Recent Debates and Their Intellectual Contexts
Prof Dominic Sachsenmeier, University of Bremen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 2 April 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

China Series-Lecture 7 Prof Nick Pearce, Uni of Glasgow – April 2014

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Event Date: 02/04/2014

The China Lecture Series 2013-2014 is launched on Thursday, 19 September 2013. This lecture series has been organised in collaboration with the School of History and Archaeology and Asian Studies. A full programme of the lecture series is showing as below. Lectures are open to all.

The Problem with Borderlands: Shared Practices in Pre-modern Eastern Eurasia
Prof Naomi Standen, University of Birmingham
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 19 September 2013. Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place

Problems of Knowing the Future in Late Han Dynasty China
Professor Barbara Hendrischke, Internationales Kolleg fr Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 3 October 2013, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot Place

Revisiting Cold War Propaganda: Chinese and American Feature Film Treatments of the  Korean War
Professor Paul Pickowicz, University of California, San Diego
18:15-20:00, Thursday, 17 October 2013, Room 1.01, Language and Humanities Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place

China`s Peaceful Rise and Its New Diplomacy
Professor Ni Shixiong, Fudan University
17:15-19:00, Thursday, 24 October 2013, Lecture Theatre 7, 1st Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

Social Power, State Power: Integrating Citizens through Local Connections in Contemporary China
Dr Sophia Woodman, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 13 November 2013, Lecture Theatre 2, Lower Ground Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place

The Beijing City Walls and the New Ming History
Dr Stephen McDowall, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 27 November 2013, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Skull of Confucius: A Footnote in the History of the Second China War (1860)
Professor Nick Pearce, University of Glasgow
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 22 January 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Shanghai Buddhist Books and Shanghai as a Nexus of Chinese Buddhist Publishing in the 1930s
Dr Gregory Scott, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Defending Shanghai: The Shanghai International Settlement in Times of Turmoil, c. 1923-43
Dr Isabella Jackson, University of Aberdeen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 12 February 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

The Smell of the Other: China under the Western nose, 1800-1949
Dr Huang Xuelei, University of Edinburgh
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 26 February 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Drought in Northwest China: A Late Victorian Tragedy?
Dr Andrea Janku, SOAS
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 5 March 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

From Executions to Education: Traitor Elimination Work in Shandong Province, 1938-1947
Dr Konrad Lawson, University of St. Andrews
17.05-19.00, Wednesday, 19 March 2014, G15, William Robertson Wing (Old Medical School)

Chinese Capitalism? Recent Debates and Their Intellectual Contexts
Prof Dominic Sachsenmeier, University of Bremen
17:15-19:00, Wednesday, 2 April 2014, G16, Medical School Teviot

Special Guest Lecture – September 2013

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CHEN Liming, president of BP China will give a public lecture on Wednesday 25 September in the university`s Playfair Library. This lecture will be the opening of the Confucius Institute for Scotland`s 2013 Autumn Business Lecture Series.

CHEN Liming has been president of BP China since 2008. He has first-hand experience of Chinas dramatic economic growth, its corresponding energy consumption increases and the development of their auto market. This is an unique and invaluable opportunity to hear CHEN Liming sharing his insight and experience.

The lecture will start from 6pm to 7:30pm and a networking reception will follow the talk and Q&A.

The event is free but booking is essential. Please email: info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk to reserve your place.

For further information of the talk or our forthcoming lectures
please visit our microsite at www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/csw

Shakespeare in China – August 2013

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This year China`s best known director of modern drama, LIN Zhaohua, will stage The Tragedy of Coriolanus at the Edinburgh International Festival. This modern adaptation of Shakespeares tragedy features Chinese heavy metal performances and was a great success when staged in Beijing. The Edinburgh International Festivals performances will be its European premiere.

The Confucius Institute for Scotland will host a special conversation event with LIN Zhaohua on 21 August at the Festival Theatre. Director Lin will talk about his current production and Chinese modern theatre today in this event.

Event Time: 2-3.30pm, Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Location: Empire Room, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Followed by a drinks reception

The event is free, but reservation is required.
RSVP to info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk or 0131 662 2180

Volunteer Extras for The Tragedy of Coriolanus

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The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for performers to join the Beijing People`s Art Theatre as volunteer extras for their production of /The Tragedy of Coriolanus/ at the 2013 Edinburgh International Festival. If you are based in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas and fit the criteria below, please send a CV and recent photograph to extras@eif.co.uk by *Friday 28th June 2013*

Men and women, playing age range 18-45, ideally of Chinese origin, strong, in good physical condition with good mobility.

Dates: auditions on 7th /8th July and rehearsals and performances on the 19th August, 20th August and 21st August 2013.

Limited expenses will be offered.

Summer Courses 2013

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We are going to offer a range of Chinese courses in our summer semester this year.

For complete beginners with little or no knowledge of Chinese language, we are offering a 5-week Intensive Chinese Beginners Course running on Mondays and Thursday from 8th July to 8th August.

If you are interested in Chinese characters, you can join our Chinese character introductory course running on Thursdays from 11th July for 5 weeks.

And to help ensure that earlier learning is not lost over the summer months we are offering Consolidation/Revision groups at two levels in July and August as well.

Character Course

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Join us for a 5-week Chinese character introductory course on Thursday evenings from 30 May to 27 June 2013. This course is designed for beginners with an interest in Chinese characters. The course will be taught in English.

Content of Course

The structure of Chinese characters
Character components and radicals
Rules of stroke order
Phonetic and semantic components of Chinese characters
How to use a Chinese dictionary
How to input Chinese characters by computer

Teaching Method

Theory combined with practice, emphasising the meaning and interesting nature of Chinese characters from principles of construction and cognitive rules to analysis of character structure in whole and in part. This will lead to the goal of recognizing characters and reading and writing in Chinese.

Teaching Goals

Students will master the structures and principles of Chinese characters and be able to recognise and use approximately 150 Chinese characters.

No textbook is required but students will receive printed materials about Chinese characters to help them learn and practice.

VENUE: Confucius Institute for Scotland
DATES: 5 x Thursday evenings from 30 May 2013
TIME: 6pm -7.30pm
COST: £65.00 (£50.00)

To register please email info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk or call us on 0131 662 2180.

Student support
Please contact us to arrange a confidential appointment if you think you have any specific study requirements that may need to be put in place to enable you to study with us. Giving us this information will give us the opportunity to meet your requirements for studying in accordance with your rights under the Disability Discrimination Act.

Talk by Prof Borgen – May 2013

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Prof Robert Borgen (Emeritus: California, Davis), a renowned scholar of pre-modern China and Japan will present an illustrated talk on `The Monk Jakush?`s Adventures in China: A Pilgrimage Performed` on Friday 10 May from 3pm to 5pm.

This talk will be of particular interest to those who work in the fields of religion (Buddhism), literature and the performing arts as well as East Asian history.

VENUE: Room 3.10 (The Peter Ladefoged Room), Dugald Stewart Building in Bristo Square.
DATE: Friday 10th May
TIME: 3pm-5pm

All welcome!

Cultural Globalisation Conference – May 2013

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A two day conference entitled Cultural Globalisation in Historical Perspective: Actors, Arts and Artefacts will take place at the Confucius Institute on 12-13 May. This international workshop brings together a group of renowned historians working on China, Japan, Africa, India and Latin America.

Globalisation is seen as a recent modern phenomenon but in fact has a long history which can be traced back over centuries. This conference will concentrate particularly on the 19th century which has been labelled as “the century of globalisation”.

The opening address will be given by Professor Tom Devine while the keynote address at 6pm on Wed 12 May comes from Arif Dirlik. For full details of the programme, the participants and the papers please visit our micro-site.

‘Thieves & Boy’ at Bedlam – May 2013

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The second play in the National Theatre of Scotland and Oran Mor`s International`A Play, A Pie and A Pint` programme presented by the Institute at the Bedlam is a darkly comic play `Thieves and Boy` running from 14-18 May 2013.

Two construction workers turn vigilante, trying to right the wrongs of society by burgling the home of a high ranking, corrupt government official. However once they get inside it turns out they both have very different ideas about justice.

Written by Hao Jingfang and adapted by Davey Anderson tickets are available from the Bedlam Box Office on performance days. Doors open at noon to allow time for a Chinese dumplings lunch and a drink before the play begins at 1pm.

www.bedlamtheatre.co.uk/playpiepint

http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com

Chinese Govt. Scholarships – Deadline 18 March

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The deadline for applications from full time students in the University of Edinburgh for Chinese Government Scholarship places for 2013-14 is Monday 18th March.

The scholarship covers registration, tuition, comprehensive medical insurance and accommodation. Successful applicants will only have to pay their own airfares to China.

This two stage process requires applicants completion and submission via an online application form which should then be printed out twice and sent with accompanying documents as required to the Confucius Institute for Scotland. The deadline for this ins Monday 18th March.

Your Online Application Link – http://laihua.csc.edu.cn should be opened in Explorer 6.0 or 7.0.

When completing the online application please use Agency Number 8261 to ensure your application is correctly allocated.

On completion and submission of the online application please then download your application and print off two hard copy sets this. These, along with supporting documents as required, must be received by the Confucius Institute for Scotland by 5pm on Monday 18th March latest. Please mark these documents FAO Jiyang Li. If you have any questions on the above please contact Jiyang Li via email jli10@staffmail.ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 662 2180.

All received applications will be reviewed and an evaluation panel will determine which submissions will be sent onto the Chinese Government.

China Debate 21 March 2013

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Event Date: 21/03/2013

As China and the world grapple with the emergence of the world`s soon to be largest economy this debate, initiated by SCEN, will take stock of where China is and where it might get to. This question is key to those with a serious interest in international politics and economics, and China.

This free event will be introduced by Stephen Perry, Chairman of the 48 Group Club (The Icebreakers) and MD London Export Corporation. In his introduction he will focus on the topic `Can China Complete its Rise? The Challenges`

Chair of the event is Professor Steve Chapman FRSE FRSC, Principal of Heriot-Watt University who will be supported by Keith Bennet, Chairman of the Awards Committee of the 48 Group Club and Deputy Chairman of the Global Group.

Topics for debate include

  • The Chinese Economy
  • China’s Foreign Trade and Investment
  • Chinese Civil Society
  • China and the World

DATE AND TIME: Thursday 21 March 2013 15.00-16.30
VENUE: Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus, Riccarton, EH14 4AS

The event will be followed by networking over tea and coffee.

To book, please contact Dr Judith McClure, Convener of SCEN: judithmcclure12a@aol.com

New writing in China and Scotland – April – May 2013

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As an extension to the two week programme of new writings from China scheduled at the Bedlam Theatre under the lunchtime `A Play, A Pie and A Pint` programme from late April-mid May, join us for an evening in conversation with some of the key players behind this significant initiative.

DISCUSSION PANEL:

Davey Anderson, National Theatre of Scotland, Curator of New Writings season
George Aza-Sellinger, National Theatre of Scotland, Literary Manager
Tian Qinxin, Theatre Director, National Theatre of China
Lin Weiran, author of ‘Secrets’

Chair: Professor Natascha Gentz, Director, Confucius Institute for Scotland

Evening Timetable

1715-1800: Pre-panel reception (optional)
1800-1815: Welcome remarks from Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop
1815-1930: Panel Discussion
1930-2000: Networking reception (optional)

For an interview with Davey Anderson, curator of China Season please go to http://vimeo.com/61644392

To reserve a seat please click here. or email info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk. You can also call 0131 662 2180

If you have not already booked to attend a lunchtime show at the Bedlam please click here to book at Bedlam.

Secrets’ – four star review – April – May 2013

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With a four star review for the first of the two plays from National Theatre of Scotland and Oran Mor`s International`A Play, A Pie and A Pint` programme presented by the Institute at the Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh plan an extended lunch-break and make sure you don`t miss out.

`Secrets` 30 April-4 May 2013

By Lin Weiran. Adapted by Rona Munro, Directed by Graeme Maley

An ex-lover shows up on the doorstep of a married woman. He disappeared two years ago without warning and she has built a new life without him. His reappearance threatens to shatter her new existence and rekindle their romance. But first she wants the truth about why he left her.

Tuesday 30 April – Saturday 4 May 2013
Doors open noon, play starts 1pm

To see the review of the above play from its Oran Mor please see http://joycemcmillan.wordpress.com/

`Thieves and Boy` 14-18 May 2013

By Hao Jingfang. Adapted and directed by Davey Anderson

A darkly comic crime story. Two construction workers turn vigilante, trying to right the wrongs of society by burgling a high ranking, corrupt, government official. However once they get inside it turns out they both have very different ideas about justice.

Tuesday 14 May – Saturday 18 May 2013
Doors open noon, play starts 1pm

These world-premiere plays by contemporary Chinese playwrights, are specially commissioned by the National Theatre of Scotland and Oran Mor in partnership with the National Theatre of China.

As cities grow at an astonishing rate and power shifts from one generation to the next,we take a glimpse into the lives of a handful of individuals whose stories paint a portrait of a society in flux.

Inspired by real events, both intimate and political, each play emphasises the tension between public and private lives, the gap between rich and poor, and the dangers of telling lies to ourselves and others.

Tickets

Tickets INCLUSIVE OF A DRINK AND CHINESE EQUIVALENT OF A PIE(delicious Chinese dumplings known as jiaozi) �12/�10 plus 50p booking fee per ticket for online advance booking. Tickets are on sale at the door from noon on performance dates. Shows start at 1pm and will finish shortly before 2pm.

Click here for advance ticket booking

For a short video interview with programme curator, Davey Anderson please visit this link: https://vimeo.com/61644392

Any questions?

Tel: 0131 662 2180
Email: info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk