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October 2021
China Week 25-29 October 2021 – SACU partners the Lau China Institute, King’s College London
We are delighted to take part as partners for the Lau China Institute's China Week, a flagship series of events on China, climate change and the environment. The inaugural China Week will be held from 25th-29th October, the week prior to the UN COP26 in Glasgow, as a forum for discussion on China’s role in addressing the greatest global challenge of our time. We invite you to join us for a week of high-level panel discussions, film screenings, book launches, photography exhibitions, and…
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Shakespeare and the Sinophone World – SACU and Partners Online Event
Asian Embodiment of a White Canon: Shakespeare and the Sinophone World: This 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. Shakespeare’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…
Find out more »China, Climate Change, COP26 – What Comes Next? SACU Panel Discussion
SACU has assembled an excellent speaker panel to discuss China and the post COP26 period. This is a free online event on Wednesday 8th December, 5.30pm-7.00pm (GMT) About this event SACU's Expert Panel will discuss what comes next for China and the world following COP26, with a focus on addressing the following questions: How should China’s involvement in COP26 be assessed and what role will it play in tackling climate change post COP26? What opportunities or challenges does China face…
Find out more »From Pith Paper Painting to the Thirteen Hongs of Canton: Sharing Stories about the Maritime Silk Road
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". This 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,…
Find out more »January 2022
SACU Council and Working Groups Meeting – Saturday 22 January
Saturday 22 January 2022: SACU Council and Working groups meetings 11.00am-1.00pm, SACU Council – The Agenda with Zoom link has been emailed to Council members 2.30-4.00pm, Working Groups meeting – All members are very welcome to join one of the three working groups to help plan future events and initiatives. SACU Public Education Working Group Membership Development and Support Working Group China Connections/Chinese Heritage Working Group If you are interested in joining the Working Groups meeting please contact membership@sacu.org.uk
Find out more »February 2022
Young SACU Hotpot – Saturday 26 February, 8.00pm
Come and chat about China! We would love to welcome you to Young SACU's first Hotpot event - aimed at young people with China experience or an interest in engaging with China. Come and discuss your time in China while enjoying delicious Haidilao Hotpot! This event is open to everyone, both SACU members and the general public. £23 per person (all food included!) Reserve your place on Eventbrite here
Find out more »March 2022
SACU Reading Group on May Fourth Writers – Wednesday 16 March
SACU Reading Group on May Fourth Writers and their writing - Led by Michael Sheringham (SACU) We have been meeting online to discuss Chinese literature of the May Fourth period – roughly from the beginning of the 1920s to the end of the ‘30s - for the past 8 months. We are a small group meeting once a month to discuss stories and poems by well-known writers of the period, including Lu Xun, Mao Dun, Bing Xin, Guo Moruo, Lin Shuhua,…
Find out more »Standing Up To Sinophobia – Saturday 19 March 2022
Calling all SACU members and friends ... support this global demonstration of anti-racist, anti-racism against people with Chinese/East Asian heritage. View SACU Chair's invitation to come demonstrate with us on 19 March 2022: Zoe's invitation on YouTube Date: 19 March on United Nations Anti-Racism Day Time: Assemble: 12 noon Where: Outside BBC, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA (look for SACU's Banner or a Chinese Lion) Nearest Tube stations: Oxford Circus - Goodge Street - Warren Street
Find out more »SACU X UCFC Film Club – Tuesday 29 March
SACU is pleased to announce a new monthly film club in collaboration with UK-China Film Collab (UCFC). Members are invited to watch a curated film each month and to participate in an online discussion. The forum will be casually moderated by Dr Hiu Man Chan, a SACU member and also Founder & Director of UCFC. The film club will schedule to e-meet every last Tuesday of the month between 19:00 and 20:00. Here is the selected film for our launching…
Find out more »April 2022
SACU Reading Group on May Fourth Writers and their writing – Monthly Discussion Meeting
We will continue to discuss the writings of Ding Ling 丁玲 based on two short stories, “Shanghai, Spring 1930 – Part 2” and “When I was in Xia Village” (1940) at our next group meeting. Ding Ling made the transition from writing about self-indulgent bourgeois women to one who observed at close hand the life of working people, particularly the peasants in the countryside. She became a feminist writer within the ranks of the communist community in Yan’an and an…
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