Past events
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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Manchester's Changing Chinese Community
16:00 - 17:30 1 October 2024
Join our in-person roundtable discussion with leaders of the local Manchester Chinese community. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Karen Wang - Deputy Director of the Confucius Institute Lisa Yam - President of the Federation of Chinese Associations of Manchester Gerry Yeung - Former High Sherrif of Greater Manchester Dr...
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DR PASCALE MASSOT: China's Vulnerability Paradox [Book Talk]
16:00 - 17:30 26 September 2024
Join our in-person book discussion on "China's Vulnerability Paradox", with Dr Pascale Massot (author) & Prof Matthew Paterson (moderator). ABOUT THE BOOK: "China’s Vulnerability Paradox" presents an original framework to explain the uneven transformations in global commodity markets resulting from...
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LICHENG QIAN: Consumption and Nostalgia in Contemporary China
16:00 - 17:30 30 April 2024
In this in-person talk, Dr Licheng Qian discusses consumption and nostalgia in contemporary China. "Amidst the sweeping social transformations, a nostalgia market has emerged in contemporary China, evoking a yearning for the past, particularly the Mao era. Why does this nostalgiaemerge? What does it...
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BOOK WORKSHOP: Emerging China English
13:00 - 15:00 9 April 2024
Join our book workshop on emerging China English, with Dr Alex Baratta, Dr Rui He, and Dr Paul Smith from Manchester Institute of Education. "In this chapter we [the speakers] discuss possible research directions derived from the linguistic mismatch of university assessment expectations regarding standard...
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PROF TIMOTHY BROOK: The Price of Collapse [Book Launch]
17:00 - 18:30 12 March 2024
In this Zoom webinar, Prof Tim Brook discusses his latest book - "The Price of Collapse: The Little Ice Age and the Fall of Ming China". In 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historians attribute its demise to the Manchu invasion...
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