University of Sydney / Faculty of Arts / School of Social and Political Sciences / Contemporary China Research Group

Contemporary China Research Group

Members of the Research Group

Participants from the School of Social and Political Sciences:

(Anthropology)
(Government and International Relations)
(Government and International Relations)
(Government and International Relations)
(Government and International Relations)
(Graduate School of Government)
(Political Economy)
(Political Economy)
(Sociology)
(Sociology)
(Sociology)
(Sociology)

A number of people from other parts of the university have also been invited to join our activities, including:

(Anthropology)
(Architecture)
(Chinese Studies)
(Chinese Studies)
(Chinese Studies)
Joyce Nip (Chinese Studies)
(Education)
(Education)
(Law)
(Law)
(Media)





News and Events

Chinese Studies Seminar Series 2009

All lectures will be at MR116 (Multimedia room 116, level 1, Brennan McCallum Building), 5:00-7:00 pm

Details of the series can be found here



WUN Contemporary China Center Virtual Seminars Series

Thursday 8 October 2009 – 7pm

Internet Forum and Fandom in Contemporary China
Speaker: Dr Wang Yi, University of Western Australia

Thursday 15 October 2009 – 7pm

Accumulation for Industrialisation in China: Planned Economy (1953-1983), the ‘Market Mechanism’ (1983-2003) and Beyond
Speaker: Professor Flemming Christiansen, University of Leeds

Thursday 22 October 2009 – 7pm

Living on the Edge: Precarious Livelihoods in Pre-war Beijing
Speaker: Dr Marjorie Dryburgh, University of Sheffield

Thursday 29 October 2009 – 8pm

The Moral Order of a Middle Class Community in Beijing
Speaker: Professor Tai Lok Lui, Hong Kong University

Thursday 4 March 2010 – 12 Noon

China’s Overseas Aid Program: Accommodation or Innovation?
Speaker: Dr James Reilly, University of Sydney

Thursday 11 March 2010 – 12 Noon

Untangling Religion and the State: Strands of Christianity in Contemporary China
Speakers: Dr Ryan Dunch, University of Alberta

Thursday 22 April 2010 – 6pm

Personal Wealth and Traditional Roles: Women Entrepreneurs in China
Speaker: Dr Minglu Chen, University of Sydney

Thursday 29 April 2010 – 6pm

Global Justice and Climate Change: Implications for China
Speaker: Professor Paul Harris, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Location: Videoconference Suite 215 located in the Arts Digital Centre in the Brennan MacCallum Building at the University of Sydney. Map (F15)Enter via Manning Road, opposite Manning House.


All seminars run for approximately 1 hour.


More information on the seminars, including abstracts and powerpoint presentations, will be available shortly at the WUN China Contemporary Center Website here


For further information please contact Nicholas Haskins – e: n.haskins@usyd.edu.au or t: 9036 7219




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