The Meridian Society Event
From Old London to New Milton Keynes: Chinese Identities in Britain: SACU Free Talks and Film
St Columba's Church of Scotland Pont Street, London, United KingdomFrom Old London to New Milton Keynes: Chinese Identities in Britain; SACU Free Talks and Film The Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU) is delighted to invite you to this afternoon of talks and a film, timed to coincide with the Lao She symposium held this year in Beijing to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth of novelist and playwright Lao She, one of 20th century China’s most significant literary figures. Dr Amy Matthewson: Loitering through London with Lao She SACU member Dr Amy Matthewson talks about her really exciting project in conjunction with the Museum of London Docklands […]
Three Gorges of the Yangtze River
Camden Chinese Community Centre 9 Tavistock Place, London, United KingdomOur partner organisation The Meridian Society is holding this talk with free entry for SACU and The Meridian Society members. Professor Roger Mason, a member of The Meridian Society, will give a talk on research in the Three Gorges of the Yangtse River, one of the cradles of ancient Chinese culture. Roger Mason is well known as one of the co-discoverers of a 550 million year old fossilised fern in Leicstershire when a schoolboy. With his interest in rocks aroused he taught and researched geology for 20 years at UCL and then Wuhan University until retiring in 2011. His hobby is translating Chinese poetry into […]
The Meridian Society’s Chinese New Year Celebration, Sunday 26th January
Our partner organisation The Meridian Society has arranged a Chinese New Year Celebration and invites SACU members to join them. Firstly they will be going to BFI Southbank for the film Four Springs which documents the daily life of the director's family over four Chinese New Years in the remote town of Dushan in the Guizhou province of southwest China. Afterwards they will be going for a Chinese New Year meal at Taste of China in Bloomsbury. The two can be booked separately or together. Times and venues 2.00 p.m. for 2.20 p.m. at BFI Southbank (website for directions) 5.30 p.m. for 6.00 p.m. at Taste of China (googlemaps for directions) Places are limited […]