ANU China Seminar Series
The ANU China Seminar Series is the pre-eminent forum for discussion of China and the Sinophone world at The Australian National University, where over fifty senior academics as well as many post-doctoral fellows and graduate students conduct research on the region. Invited speakers come from across the full range of disciplines. They include senior scholars from in and outside the ANU, younger academics, post-doctoral research fellows, and advanced graduate students. The Seminar Series provides an arena in which to examine China in its widest sense, to acquaint people with a range of China-related research that might otherwise lie outside their scope of contact, and to offer a social setting for discussion of matters of mutual interest. It aims at a broad audience: members of academic staff from many fields; undergraduate and graduate students; policy-makers; and interested members of the public.
The seminar usually runs between 3.30pm and 5.30pm on alternate Thursdays during the University's teaching term. Exceptions will be noted on the Seminar Series' website, which is regularly updated. With the consent of speakers, seminars are recorded and made publicly available through the Seminar Series’ website to build an archive of research on the Sinophone world.
All attendees are invited to join us in the CIW Tea House for informal discussion with the guest speaker before the seminar at 3.30pm.
Although the ANU China Seminar Series runs by invitation only, the convenors welcome communication from those interested in presenting their research as part of its program.
The Seminar Series is supported by the China Institute and the Australian Centre on China in the World at The Australian National University's College of Asia & the Pacific.
Convenors
Elisa Nesossi
elisa.nesossi@anu.edu.au
Mark Strange
mark.strange@anu.edu.au
Wei Shuge
shuge.wei@anu.edu.au
Zhu Yujie
yujie.zhu@anu.edu.au
Podcasts

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The Question of Loyalty in the Context of the Practice of 'Building Relations' (guanxi 关系)
ANU China Seminar Series
Presenter(s): Dr Michael Schimmelpfennig, ANU
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From the 1980s onwards, legions of publications on the Chinese practice of ‘building relations’ (guanxi 关系) have...
The Art of Kunqu and Peking Opera
ANU China Seminar Series
Presenter(s): Ms. Tang Yuen-ha
In this lecture-recital, Ms. Tang Yuen-ha will describe her experiences as a student of Maestro Yu Zhenfei, the last of the great exponents of traditional...
From Cantonese Religious Procession to Australian Cultural Heritage: The Changing Chinese Face of Bendigo’s Easter Parade
ANU China Seminar Series
Presenter(s): Tsai Tsan-Huang
Chinese processional and musical performances in Australia are the subject of several key studies, however, the origin of the performances or their continuation...
The Impact of Enforcement Campaigns on China’s Legal System
ANU China Seminar Series
Presenter(s): Sarah Biddulph
This talk examines the role played by regulatory failure campaigns in shaping the development of China’s particular version of the ‘rule of law.’ Campaigns are...
Mobility, Intimacy and Decolonisation: The 'Chinese Australian problem' after 1949
ANU China Seminar Series
Presenter(s): Sophie Loy-Wilson
In the first half of the twentieth century, a significant number of mixed-race Chinese Australian families made use of imperial networks to establish...
Chinese Hegemony in East Asian History
ANU China Seminar Series
Presenter(s): Zhang Feng
This seminar will explore the strategic and institutional dynamics of international relations in East Asian history when imperial China was the undisputed...
Weak State, Soft Power: The Treaty-Port English Press and the Formation of China’s International Propaganda System
ANU China Seminar Series
Presenter(s): Wei Shuge
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Soft power is commonly regarded as the privilege of strong countries with the resources required to target international audiences. In this...
'Understanding Wine by Understanding Tea': Comparing the Promotion of Tea and Wine Drinking Culture in Contemporary China
ANU China Seminar Series
Presenter(s): Zhang Jinghong
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Based on the findings of long-term ethnographic fieldwork on tea and recent investigations into wine in contemporary China, this paper...
Globalisation in the Locale and the Locale in Globalisation: A Comparison of Hui Identity in South Fujian and Nanjing
ANU China Seminar Series
Presenter(s): Fan Ke
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Since the 1990s, globalisation has affected the presentation of ethnicity in China, though it has done so in different ways across China. In this...
China's Emerging Roles in the International Refugee Protection Regime
ANU China Seminar Series
Presenter(s): Song Lili
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In February 2014, China’s Vice Foreign Minister, Mr Li Baodong, criticised Australia’s refugee policy during the 15th Australia-China Human...