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University of Aberdeen China Studies Group presents Dr Alison Hardie, Senior Lecturer ln Chinese Studies, Universlty of Leeds.
University of Aberdeen China Studies Group presents Dr Alison Hardie, Senior Lecturer ln Chinese Studies, Universlty of Leeds.
After degrees in Classics at Oxford andChinese at Edinburgh, Dr Hardie went to China for postgraduate study and started working with the Hong Kong trading firrn Jardine Matheson in their Beijing Office. She ended up working for Jardines and other internatianal companies for 16 years in both China and Hong Kongr mostly on engineering-related or catering projects. She returned to the UK to take a Master's at Oxford and a doctorate at Sussex, doing research on the history of Chinese garden design. She made a career switch to academia and taught at Newcastle University fcr six years before moving to Leeds in 2006.
- Speaker
- Dr Alison Hardie
- Hosted by
- University of Aberdeen China Studies Group
- Venue
- Room F61, Edward Wright Building