China Centre Seminar Series: Conversations

To register for these seminars (via Zoom webinar), please follow the links below.

 

‘How communist is the People’s Republic of China?’, ‘What are historians’ biggest frustrations with popular conceptions of China in the United Kingdom?’, ‘Is the meaning of family in China changing, and if so, how?’, ‘What does it mean to be “Chinese” outside of China today?’  

These are the questions we will be asking as part of our new spring series, The Oxford China Conversations. This Trinity Term we will be inviting scholars at the University of Oxford and beyond to engage in discussions of key questions within the study of Chinese politics, history, and contemporary society. Each session will feature three world-renowned experts offering their views on a select question, moderated by a faculty member of the University of Oxford China Centre. Our goal is to foster conversation and debate that will be of interest to specialists while remaining accessible to a broad public audience. Sessions will last one hour, with the first forty-five minutes consisting of a moderated discussion between the invited speakers, and the last quarter hour offering audience participants the opportunity to submit questions to be asked by the moderator. We will be using the Zoom webinar format, and the first forty-five minutes will also be recorded to be made available online for public viewing subsequently. The Oxford China Conversations are an initiative of the Oxford China Centre Seminar Series, co-run by the Faculty of Oriental Studies and the Oxford School for Global and Area Studies and hosted by the University of Oxford China Centre.

 

Week 2: Thursday 6 May, 17:00-18:00 BST, ‘What are the historians’ biggest frustrations with popular conceptions of China in the United Kingdom?’
Professor Rana Mitter (Chair, Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (Oxford), Professor Robert Chard (Oxford), Dr Rachel Leow (Cambridge).
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Week 3: Thursday 13 May, 17:00-18:00 BST, ‘How Communist Is the People’s Republic of China?’  
Professor Patricia Thornton (Chair, Oxford), Professor Daniel Koss (Harvard University), Professor Joseph Fewsmith (Boston University), Professor Rebecca Karl (NYU).
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Week 4: Tuesday 18 May, 13:00-14:00 BST, ‘Is the meaning of family changing in China, and if so, how?’  
Professor Rachel Murphy (Chair, Oxford), Professor Xiaoying Qi (Australian Catholic University), Professor Suen Yiu Tung (CUHK), Professor Harriet Evans (University of Westminster/LSE).
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Week 4: Thursday 20 May, 13:00-14:00 BST, ‘What does it mean to be “Chinese” outside of China today?’
Professor Biao Xiang (Chair, Max Planck Institute/Oxford), Dr Simeng Wang (The French National Centre for Scientific Research), Professor Gracia Liu-Farrer (Waseda University), Professor Gregory Lee (University of St Andrews).
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