Category: lectures

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

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

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

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

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!

Event Date: 22/11/2012

Be one of the first to hear from Standard Life`s newly appointed CEO Asia & Emerging Markets, Nathan Parnaby who is the third speaker in the Confucius Institute for Scotland`s autumn lecture series on China, Scotland and the World.

For full details of all the talks in this lecture series and to book please visit www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/csw

Event Date: 25/10/2012

The October speaker secured by the Confucius Institute for Scotland for its business lecture series on China, Scotland and the World is Jim McColl, Founder of Clyde Blowers plc. His talk, the second of four running this autumn, is entitled `There is so much opportunity`.

The series of talks have been organised to help Scottish business people understand China`s social fabric, its networks and hierarchies, and where decision-making lies.

For more details and to book a space for his evening talk on 25th October at only £5.00 per person please visit www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/csw

`Social security in China` is the focus of a lunchtime talk (lunch is available) at the Confucius Institute from Dr Chun Ding, economics professor from Fudan University.

As director of the Centre for European Studies, Professor Ding’s research is focused on social and economic issues in Europe such as European integration, the welfare state, social security and health care systems.

A German and English speaker his career has seen him spend time in Europe in Zurich University, Essen Duisburg University and with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Germany.
Professor Ding holds a number of high level appointments including member of the Global Agenda Council on Europe, the World Economic Forum (Davos), Vice President of the Chinese Society for EU Studies he is also responsible for the compilation of the Annual Report on European Economic Development.

In this special seminar Professor Ding will touch on significant social policy issues for China such as the development of social security system in China since 1949 under the central planning model; rationale for reform of the Chinese social security system; the focus on pension and medical insurance system; the social security system in rural areas; achievements and defects in the Chinese economy; the impact of anti-poverty measures and problems and challenges for the Chinese social security system.

VENUE: Confucius Institute for Scotland, Abden House, EH16 5HP
TIME : 12.00-1.30pm for lecture and Q&A
LUNCH: 1.30-2pm Sandwich Lunch

The event is open to all but booking is requested especially if you are planning to stay for lunch. Please email info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk or call on 0131 662 2180

Two China focused lectures will take place in the School of Divinity on 2nd and 11th October respectively.

Monday 2nd October

Andrew Kaiser (Edinburgh)will speak on `Lessons for Today from China`s Past: Timothy Richard`s Innovations in Mission`.

Time: 4.00-5.30pm
Venue: Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Address: New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2LX

Thursday 11th October

Dr Gil Raz, Dartmouth Visiting Professor will deliver a Gunning Lecture on the topic `Visions of the Formless: Daoist Visual Culture`.

Time: 4pm
Venue: Lecture Room 1
Address: New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2LX

No booking is required for either lecture.

Event Date: 29/11/2012

Join us on Thursday 29 Nov in the last business lecture on China, Scotland and the World for 2012, to hear from Peter Budd, chairman of Arup Scotland. This British based engineering consultancy led the way in the delivery of major projects in China including the Olympic Bird`s Nest Stadium and Water Cube and Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport.

For further details and to book please visit www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/csw

Join us on 27 September to hear from one of China`s leading architectural companies charting the development of his cross-cultural company and the growth of Chinese cities over the last few decades.

In the first business lecture of the autumn series, Dr Liu Li,alumnus of the University of Edinburgh, will tell how he built his architecture design firm, giving insights into the business dealings of government agencies, private clients and state owned enterprises as well as the business strategies and models that real estate developers employed. The physical development of China`s cities, built using state of art technologies, will be shown to illustrate the pace of change of recent years.

This talk takes place on Thursday 27th September from 6pm in the Confucius Institute for Scotland. The evening ends around 8pm after a networking drinks reception.

Booking is essential. For more information and to book your ticket please visit our microsite on the business lecture series.

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.

A special guest lecture by Antje Richter from the University of Colorado will examine the letters of Wang Xizhi in both form and content on Wed 30 Nov from 6pm.

Whilst famous for the beauty of the calligraphy, Prof Richter will consider more fully the content of this unique corpus of early medieval epistolary texts.

ABSTRACT

The scholar-official Wang Xizhi (303–61),famous for his calligraphy, is one of the greatest cultural icons of Chinese culture. Except for a handful of other pieces, we know of his handwriting exclusively from hundreds of very short, casual letters, which he wrote to friends and family. Celebrated as many of these letters may be, they are mostly appreciated for the beauty of their calligraphy, while their content remains largely ignored.

But Wang Xizhi’s letters also constitute a unique corpus of early medieval epistolary texts, unparalleled in transmitted literature, not only in terms of sheer quantity but also in their apparent informality and intimacy. In this talk Antje Richter will introduce the structure, main rhetorical strategies, and literary characteristics of these notes in the broader context of early medieval letter writing culture focusing on two recurrent topics: firstly, the lament of separation from the addressee and, secondly, Wang Xizhi’s epistolary treatment of his health or rather lack thereof. Analyzing the relation between the letters’ frequent use of epistolary clichés and set phrases vis-à-vis their power to convey authentic, personal sentiments, she will set out the argument that the overwhelming topicality of these letters does not reduce their epistolary efficacy. Even letters that seemingly lack any particular message and consist of nothing but convention have the potential to fulfill genuine communicative functions, to a great extent independently of their calligraphic appeal.

BIOGRAPHY

Antje Richter (PhD Munich, 1998) taught at the universities of Kiel and Freiburg (Germany) before she became an assistant professor of Chinese at the University of Colorado in Boulder in 2007. She is the author of two monographs and a number of articles on various aspects of Chinese literature, medicine and art. Her research interests include the epistolary culture of mediaeval China, literary thought (especially in Wenxin dialogue), reflections on nature and wilderness in the poetry of Xie Lingyun (385–433) and others, as well as literary representations of sleeping and dreaming. At the moment, she is Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellow at the Needham Research Institute in Cambridge and Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall.

VENUE: The Confucius Institute for Scotland, Abden House, 1 Marchhall Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 5HP

TIME : 6pm -7.30pm followed by a short drinks reception

BOOKING: no booking required, all welcome

Join us at on Thursday 27 Oct for an exploration of the historical-political arena of Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionary attempt, the role of the new elites and the historical context leading up to October 10th, 1911 when Associate Professor Jia Jane SI from Fudan University will present this lunchtime talk till 3pm including Q&A. No booking is required for this event which will take place at the Confucius Institute for Scotland.

BIOGRAPHY
Holding a B.A in Literature and an M.A. in History from Fudan University and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, Jia Jane SI’s career has taken her to the USA where she worked in St Joseph`s University, Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania. More recently she has worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Kansai University, Japan.

SUMMARY
This talk will cover the chronological range from the last ten years of the Qing dynasty to the early Republican period, and aim to give a detailed exploration of the historical-political arena of Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionary attempts. The talk will also examine the role of the new elites who led the revolution, as well as the historical context of the eve of October 10th, 1911, so as to offer a better understanding of the birth of a new China.

DETAILED ABSTRACT
Defeated by Japanese navy on the sea in 1895, the Qing government eventually decided to learn from the West—yet the question was how? The three-decade long Self Strengthening Movement seemed not to bring fruitful results as expected, which in turn made Chinese officials and elites further reflect upon the so-called modernization issues. Although the Movement initiated the translation and learning of Western sciences and technologies, the majority of Chinese gentry-literati still lived in the mental universe of their own tradition. After 1896, a segment of the literati realized that China was facing a new situation. Not only the navy, industry, railway system, and cotton factory were included in the modernisation plan, the second step during the 1898 “Hundred Days” Reform introduced Western philosophy and thoughts on political institutions, as well as brought about changes for newspapers, school systems, and various channels related to local civil society.

The Empress Dowager Cixi’s coup d’état in September 1898 and the Boxers Uprising afterward jeopardized China’s future heavily, and meanwhile, anti-Manchu sentiments were fermenting among the revolutionary gentry-class, particularly in southern China. The concept of national sovereignty, an idea of political nationalism, was constructed in many revolutionary writings. Treaties signed with foreign powers lacked equality and thus national sovereignty was impaired. The new Nationalism aroused around 1900 marked the awakening of patriotism, based on which the idea of a new Republican China was elaborated.

Awards and Honours

2005-2006 Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Univ. of Pennsylvania
2002-2004 William Penn Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania.
April 2004 Wason Collection Library Grant, Cornell University.
2001-2002 Haney Foundation Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
August 2000 “Young Scholar Award for Outstanding Academic Paper.” Issued by Scientific Committee of Chinese Historical Geography and Tan Qixiang-Yu Gong Foundation

Recent Publications (Primary Author):

2010 《麦都思〈三字经〉与新教早期在华及南洋地区的活动》，《学术研究》第12期，112-119页。

《见闻、谈资与讽刺诗 ——中国洋泾浜英语在十八至二十世纪初西方出版物中的流传》，载《九州学林》(Chinese Cultural Quarterly) 春夏季: 172-189.

2009 Circulation of English in China: Speakers, Historical Texts, and a New Linguistic Landscape. VDM Verlag, 2009.

“Collecting and Collection: Local Chinese Culture in Robert Morrison’s Dictionary” Fudan Journal (The Humanities and Social Sciences), 4 (Dec. 2009).

“Breaking through the ‘Jargon’ Barrier: Early 19th century missionaries’ response on communication conflicts in China. Frontiers of History in China, 4.3 (Sept. 2009): 340-357.

《〈五车韵府〉的重版与十九世纪中后期上海的英语出版业》，载《史林》第2期，6-13页。

2008 “Life around English: The Foreign Loan Word Repertoire and Urban Linguistic Landscape in the Treaty Port of Shanghai.” Fudan Journal (The Humanities and Social Sciences), 1 (Mar. 2008): 126-143.