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SUMMARY:Shakespeare and the Sinophone World - SACU and Partners Online Event
DESCRIPTION:Asian Embodiment of a White Canon: Shakespeare and the Sinophone World:\nThis event is part of the China and the West: Cultural Dialogues series\, sponsored by Georgetown University’s Future of the Humanities Project (a partnership with Campion Hall\, Oxford\, and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford) in cooperation with SACU.  \n \n  \nShakespeare’s tragedies have inspired incredible work in the Sinophone theatres of China\, Taiwan\, and Hong Kong. The tragedies have been reimagined as political theatre\, feminist operas\, Buddhist meditations\, and even comedies and parodies… \nFeatured: \nAlexa Alice Joubin writes about race\, gender\, and cultural globalization. Her latest book\, Shakespeare and East Asia\, was published by Oxford University Press in 2021. She co-authored Race with Martin Orkin\, which was published in Routledge’s New Critical Idiom series in 2019. \nMichael Scott (moderator) is Fellow and Senior Dean at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford (and SACU). \nThis Zoom event is free but reservations are required: More information and reservations here \n  \n 
URL:https://sacu.org/event/shakespeare-and-the-sinophone-world-sacu-and-partners-online-event/
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SUMMARY:China\, Climate Change\, COP26 - What Comes Next? SACU Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:SACU has assembled an excellent speaker panel to discuss China and the post COP26 period. \n\nThis is a free online event on Wednesday 8th December\, 5.30pm-7.00pm (GMT)\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nSACU’s Expert Panel will discuss what comes next for China and the world following COP26\, with a focus on addressing the following questions: \n\nHow should China’s involvement in COP26 be assessed and what role will it play in tackling climate change post COP26?\nWhat opportunities or challenges does China face in adhering to its green pledges? Is it doing enough in terms of policymaking and implementation\, and grass roots mobilisation?\nHow should countries around the world\, and the developed West in particular\, engage with China for the benefit of tackling the climate crisis?\n\n\n\n\n\nPanel: \nProfessor Astrid Nordin is Chair of Chinese International Relations in the Lau China Institute KCL\, prior to which she was Professor of World Politics and Founding Director of Lancaster University China Centre. She is also Senior Fellow of the Institute for Social Futures\, and Associate Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. Astrid’s research draws on Chinese and other global traditions of thought to understand global challenges as they relate to China’s growing global role. \nDr Joy Zhang is an Associate Professor and Director of Studies in Sociology\, at the University of Kent. A Chinese-born British sociologist with a first degree in medicine\, her research concerns the transnational governance of scientific uncertainty\, with a focus on Sino-European contexts. Joy has previously headed the ESRC-funded project ‘Governing Accountability in China’s Life Sciences: A Comparative Study of Stem Cell and GM Food Governance’. \nDenis Fernando is a Climate Change Activist. He has been part of the Occupy London movement and an Officer for the National Union of Students representing African\, Arabs Asian and Caribbean students\, as well as being a student union officer at Goldsmith College and University of London Union. Denis is also a songwriter and musician whose work has featured across BBC Radio and RTE Lyric. \nSam Geall is Executive Director of China Dialogue and associate faculty at the University of Sussex. His research focuses on climate policy and politics\, energy transition\, and environmental governance in China\, as well as the impact of Chinese investment through the Belt and Road Initiative. He has authored several books including China and the Environment: The Green Revolution (2013). \nChair:  \nCarlos Martinez is an author and activist\, as well as a SACU member. He writes regularly for the Morning Star and is a co-founder of No Cold War. \nThere will be some time for Q&A. You are invited to submit questions in advance to events@sacu.org.uk \nEvent access \n\nReserve your place on Eventbrite: https://sacu-china-climatechange-cop26_publicevent.eventbrite.co.uk/\nOne day before the event\, you will be sent an invitation email link to register in advance on Zoom \nIf you register within one day of the event you will receive the invitation email one hour before the event starts
URL:https://sacu.org/event/china-climate-change-cop26-what-comes-next-sacu-panel-discussion/
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SUMMARY:From Pith Paper Painting to the Thirteen Hongs of Canton: Sharing Stories about the Maritime Silk Road
DESCRIPTION:The China National Tourist Office (CNTO) London and partners will co-present an online talk about Pith paper painting. SACU Vice President Dr Frances Wood will talk with Mr Alastair Blackburn and experts in Guangzhou in this latest edition of “Rediscover China in the UK series”. \n  \nThis event will be hosted by Dr Frances Wood\, who is a well-known sinologist and Vice-President of the Society for Anglo Chinese Understanding. Mr Alastair Blackburn who was a British collector of pith paper paintings\, Dr Cunjie Cheng\, who was a Chinese expert on pith paper paintings\, the curator of the Memorial Museum of Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen’s Mansion\, and Mr Heng Wang\, who was honorary curator of Guangzhou Thirteen Hongs Museum will have lectures and dialogues. By sharing the story behind the pith paper paintings\, following the history of pith paper paintings and the current status of research\, explaining collections of the Guangzhou Thirteen Hongs Museum\, the audience will look back at the history of Chinese and Western civilisations exchange. \n  \nThis event is organised by China National Tourist Office (CNTO) London\, the UK Research and Development Centre for Chinese Traditional Culture (UKCTC)\, China Travel Service & Information Centre (CTSIC). \n  \nFor more information see the attachment on Pith Paper Paintings\, sent to us by Yu Peng\, Minister Counsellor\, Cultural Office\, Chinese Embassy in the UK: Explaining Pith Paper Painting \n  \nThis event is Free. Please Register on Eventbrite:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-pith-paper-painting-to-the-thirteen-hongs-of-canton-tickets-221664112327
URL:https://sacu.org/event/from-pith-paper-painting-to-the-thirteen-hongs-of-canton-sharing-stories-about-the-maritime-silk-road/
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