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You are cordially invited to join a special lecture with film clips by our visiting fellow:

Prof Paul Pickowicz (University of California)
The Tangled Dynamics of Independent Filmmaking in Contemporary China
Friday, Nov 8th 14.00-16.00
Film Room 1.01, 14 Buccleuch Place

Abstract
Since 1990, independent filmmaking has been on the rise in China. This illustrated lecture offers a broad survey of representative works. Independent filmmaking in China does not fall into a single, neat category. Instead, it is known for its thematic and artistic diversity.

Some of the work reflects on history and memory, some of it engages in what might be called individual identity searches, and some of it amounts to investigative journalism. With the rise of the internet, the social impact of independent, non-state sector filmmaking grows day by day and those interested in the complexities of `restless` China would be wise to familiarize themselves with its tangled dynamics.

Biography
Paul G. Pickowicz is Distinguished Professor of History and Chinese
Studies at the University of California, San Diego, and inaugural holder of the UC San Diego Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History. His books(authored, co-authored, and coedited) include Marxist Literary Thought in China (1981), Unofficial China (1989),Chinese Village, Socialist State(1992, winner of the Joseph R. Levenson Prize of the Association for Asian Studies), New Chinese Cinemas (1994), Popular China(2002), Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China (2005), From Underground to Independent (2006), The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History(2006),Dilemmas of Victory (2007), China on the Margins (2010), Radicalism,Revolution, and Reform in Modern China (2011), China on Film (2012),and Restless China (2013). He has won three distinguished teaching awards: UC San Diego Alumni Association (1998), Chancellors Associates (2009), and Academic Senate (2003). He is associate producer of the documentary
film The Mao Years, 1949-1976 (1994).

We are delighted to welcome Chinas foreign policy expert Professor NI Shixiong from Fudan University to give a lecture on `Chinas Peaceful Rise and its New Diplomacy` from 17.15 to 19.00 on Thursday, 24 October 2013.

This lecture will take place at Lecture Theatre 7, 1st Floor, Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place. We look forward to welcoming you there.

This event is free but booking is requested. To book a place please email info@confuciusinstitute.ac.uk or call 0131 662 2180.

Lord Powell of Bayswater, member of the House of Lords and board member of Louis Vuitton Moet-Hennessy will give a public lecture on Thursday 31 October at Abden House. Lord Powell will talk about China Changes Gear: The Drivers of China`s Future Growth.

This lecture is the third lecture of Confucius Institute for Scotland`s 2013 Autumn Business Lecture Series. The lecture will start from 6pm to 7:30pm and a networking drinks 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 for the series.

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova, Labour`s Shadow Advocate General and Labour Treasury Spokesperson in the House of Lords will give a public lecture on Thursday 10 October at Abden House. Lord Davidson will talk about The Internationalisation of the Renminbi.

This lecture is the second lecture of Confucius Institute for Scotland`s 2013 Autumn Business Lecture Series. 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 for the series.

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

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

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

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