Event Archive

2014

October

• British Ambassador to China in Edinburgh

  15 October 2014, 18:00 - 21:00

  Organised by the Confucius Institute for Scotland at the University of Edinburgh, who in conjunction with the Royal Society of Edinburgh will be hosting the current British Ambassador to China, Sir Sebastian Wood, for the first of their Business Lectures, Wednesday 15th October at the Royal Society on George St....

September

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  2014 Confucius Institute Day

  27 September 2014, 10:00 - 16:00

  Family fun day to celebrate World Confucius Day and the anniversary of the Confucius Institute

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  Unbound feet: the changing status of Chinese women, c. 1890-1950

  26 September 2014, 13:00 - 14:00

  Public lecture on unbound feet

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  Special IBES Seminar - Soil Science and the Collapse of the Terracotta Army

  10 September 2014, 12:00 - 14:00

  Qin Terra Cotta Army Conservation

June

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  Scotland China Education Network meeting

  20 June 2014, 09:00 - 17:00

  SCEN at the University of Aberdeen: June 2014. A fabulous event at this great University, for primary and secondary pupils, led by Professor Barbara Fennell, Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Aberdeen, George Roberts, Headteacher of Danestone Primary School, Aberdeen and SCEN.

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  Enter Village Follow Customs: From the North East of Scotland to the North East of China

  04 June 2014, 17:00 - 18:00

  A presentation on a Scottish graduate's working experiences in China and on the Chinese entrepreneurial spirit.

May

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  Aberdeen Chinese Studies Group 'Chinese contributions to global nuclear politics since 1949'

  13 May 2014, 17:15 - 18:15

  Nicola Horsburgh has recently commenced a three-year British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship based at ELAC. Her research project is titled 'China and Nuclear Responsibility in the Global Nuclear Order' and explores what it means to be a responsible nuclear armed state, with a special emphasis on China.

March

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  Aberdeen Chinese Studies Group 'The Emergence of Industrial Relations in China'

  25 March 2014, 17:15 - 18:15

  The Emergence of Industrial Relations in China.Professor William Brown Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations.Currently on a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship researching the protection of international labour standards. He is the author and contributor to many publications on industrial relations and related topics.

February

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  PUBLIC LECTURE: New ideas from old bones

  20 February 2014, 18:00 - 19:15

  In his lecture for us Professor Li will discuss the origins of Chinese culture and the extraordinary scope of Chinese archaeology, talking about digs, discoveries and developments in recent years.

• Aberdeen Chinese Studies Group 'Postsocialist Publishing: Internet Literature in China'

  11 February 2014, 17:15 - 18:15

  Professor Michel Hockx from SOAS will speak on 'Postsocialist Publishing: Internet Literature in China'.