Name: Professor Henrietta Harrison
University of Oxford
https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/people/henrietta-harrison#/

Events this person is speaking at:

Thursday 6 May 2021 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

What are the historians’ biggest frustrations with popular conceptions of China in the United Kingdom?
Date: 6 May 2021, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker s: Professor Rana Mitter (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Professor Robert Chard (University of Oxford), Dr Rachel Leow (University of Cambridge)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Dr Jerome Doyon (University of Oxford), Annabella Massey (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 May 2022 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Book Launch: The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire
Date: 5 May 2022, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker : Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 24 January 2024 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Story of Two Translators Between Qing China and the British Empire
Date: 24 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)
Venue: Merton College, Merton Street OX1 4JD
Venue Details: T S Eliot Theatre
Organiser: Dr Jennifer Altehenger
Hosts: TBA

Events this person is hosting:

Thursday 13 October 2022 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Chinese Latrine: a Pigstory
Date: 13 October 2022, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Professor Roel Sterckx (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 October 2022 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Fighting Imperialism – Forging Solidarity: Africa in PRC Visual Propaganda, 1950s to 1980s
Date: 27 October 2022, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Thoralf Klein (Loughborough University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 10 November 2022 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Modernity on the Periphery: Urbanisation and Informality after the Chongqing Model
Date: 10 November 2022, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Asa Roast (University of Leeds)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 24 November 2022 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Du Fu (712‒770) and his Troubled Search for Identity (POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE)
Date: 24 November 2022, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Professor David McMullen (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 January 2023 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Reader, Author, Icon, Superhero? Lu Xun and his Literature in Chinese Comics
Date: 19 January 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Dr Lena Henningsen (University of Freiburg)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 February 2023 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Self-Fashioning in Tang China: From the 'Casual Gaffer' to the 'Master of Extreme Torment'
Date: 2 February 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 16 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

The Qing Empire and its Offshore Islands during the Long Eighteenth Century
Date: 16 February 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Prof. Ronald C. Po (LSE)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 March 2023 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Dreaming Together: Communes Before Communism, 1919-1921
Date: 2 March 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Dr Shakhar Rahav (University of Haifa)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 April 2023 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Negotiated Sovereignty: The Fisherfolks and the State in the Northern Gulf of Tonkin, 1954‒1964
Date: 27 April 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 1st week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Qingfei Yin (LSE)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 11 May 2023 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

TALK POSTPONED: The Wor(l)d Itself: The Language of Mapping China
Date: 11 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Stephen Whiteman (The Courtauld Institute of Art)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 25 May 2023 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

From Public Sympathy to Collective Anger: Media, Emotions, and Politics in 1930s-China
Date: 25 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr. Xin Fan (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 8 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Sino-US Relations: A Historical Perspective from the Pearl River Delta
Date: 8 June 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Professor John D. Wong (The University of Hong Kong)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 8 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Cultural Revolution in a Rural County of China
Date: 8 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Dong Guoqiang (Fudan University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Jennifer Altehenger (Merton College, Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Centre for Global History, Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Jennifer Altehenger (Merton College, Oxford)

Thursday 1 February 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

How to Tell a Sensitive History: Interviews with Chinese International Communist Volunteers in Burma
Date: 1 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Ning Zhang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

China’s Mundane Revolution: Cheap Print, Vernacular Knowledge and the Rise of the Common Reader, 1894‒1954
Date: 22 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Joan Judge (York University, Toronto)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 29 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Engaging with Alterity: The Chinese Style of Gardening in 18th-century Britain
Date: 29 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Yue Zhuang (University of Exeter)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Thursday 19 January 2023 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Reader, Author, Icon, Superhero? Lu Xun and his Literature in Chinese Comics
Date: 19 January 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Dr Lena Henningsen (University of Freiburg)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 26 January 2023 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

The Rise and the Fall of the EAST: Examination, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology in Chinese History and Today
Date: 26 January 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Prof. Yasheng Huang (MIT Sloan School of Management)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Patricia Thornton (University of Oxford)

Monday 30 January 2023 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Divergent Trajectories of China’s Email-Order Brides (ONLINE ONLY)
Date: 30 January 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Professor Monica Liu (University of St Thomas)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 February 2023 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Self-Fashioning in Tang China: From the 'Casual Gaffer' to the 'Master of Extreme Torment'
Date: 2 February 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 9 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan's Expansion in South China and Southeast Asia, 1895-1945 (ONLINE ONLY)
Date: 9 February 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Prof. Seiji Shirane (The City College of New York (CUNY))
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ssu-Han Yu (University of Oxford)

Thursday 16 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

The Qing Empire and its Offshore Islands during the Long Eighteenth Century
Date: 16 February 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Prof. Ronald C. Po (LSE)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Attitudes to Chinese Economic Investment in the Middle East and North Africa
Date: 23 February 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Professor Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Denise van de Kamp (University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 March 2023 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Dreaming Together: Communes Before Communism, 1919-1921
Date: 2 March 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Dr Shakhar Rahav (University of Haifa)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Monday 6 March 2023 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

One China, Many Taiwans: The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Tourism
Date: 6 March 2023, 13:00 - 14:30 (Monday, 8th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ssu-Han Yu (University of Oxford)

Thursday 9 March 2023 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Clean Air at What Cost? The Rise of Blunt Force Regulation in China
Date: 9 March 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 April 2023 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Negotiated Sovereignty: The Fisherfolks and the State in the Northern Gulf of Tonkin, 1954‒1964
Date: 27 April 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 1st week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Qingfei Yin (LSE)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 11 May 2023 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

TALK POSTPONED: The Wor(l)d Itself: The Language of Mapping China
Date: 11 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Stephen Whiteman (The Courtauld Institute of Art)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Monday 15 May 2023 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

ONLINE: Rival Partners: How Taiwanese Entrepreneurs and Guangdong Officials Forged the Development Model
Date: 15 May 2023, 13:00 - 14:30 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Jieh-min Wu (Academia Sinica)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room (first floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Ssu-Han Yu (University of Oxford)

Monday 22 May 2023 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Rejuvenating Communism: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in Post-Mao China
Date: 22 May 2023, 13:00 - 14:30 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Jérôme Doyon (Sciences Po)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Ho Tim Seminar Room (first floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)

Thursday 1 June 2023 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Framed by the Archive: Maoist Revolution and the Case of Merchant Zha, 1949‒1952
Date: 1 June 2023, 16:00 - 17:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Professor Brian DeMare (Tulane University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 5 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

An Introduction to and Revisionist Critique of the Case (案) as Historical Source and Administrative Artefact in Local Jurisdictions of the Late Empire
Date: 5 June 2023, 16:00 - 17:30 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Maura Dykstra (Caltech)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford)

Thursday 8 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Sino-US Relations: A Historical Perspective from the Pearl River Delta
Date: 8 June 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Professor John D. Wong (The University of Hong Kong)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 15 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: China’s Law of the Sea
Date: 15 June 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Isaac B Kardon (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Dr Yi Lu (University of Oxford), Dr Coraline Jortay (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 11 October 2023 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Literary Transmission as Political Action: Feng Menglong's Mountain Songs Compendium (c. 1610)
Date: 11 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Leigh Jenco (LSE)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford)

Monday 16 October 2023 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

U.S. and European Legal Responses to Chinese Forced Labour
Date: 16 October 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Mr Aaron Halegua (Aaron Halegua PLLC)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Language Lab 2 (first floor)
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Matthew Erie (University of Oxford)

Thursday 26 October 2023 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Spectres of Progress in a Northeast Asian Borderland
Date: 26 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Ed Pulford (The University of Manchester)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 November 2023 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Book talk: Factional-Ideological Conflicts in Chinese Politics: To the Left or to the Right?
Date: 2 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Olivia Cheung (SOAS)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 8 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Cultural Revolution in a Rural County of China
Date: 8 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Dong Guoqiang (Fudan University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Jennifer Altehenger (Merton College, Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Centre for Global History, Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Jennifer Altehenger (Merton College, Oxford)

Thursday 9 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Making Peace with the Devil: The Problem of Ending Just Wars
Date: 9 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Dr Elisabeth Forster (University of Southampton), Dr Isaac Taylor (Stockholm University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 November 2023 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Post Taiwan New Cinema Era: The Auteurs and the Industry
Date: 13 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Chen Pin-chuan (Taipei Representative Office, UK)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Locust Control in Late Imperial China
Date: 23 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Desmond Cheung (SOAS)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford)

Monday 22 January 2024 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Pure and True: the Everyday Politics of Ethnicity for China’s Hui Muslims
Date: 22 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr David Stroup (University of Manchester)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford)

Thursday 25 January 2024 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Post-Election Analysis of Taiwan’s 2024 Elections
Date: 25 January 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Monique Chu (University of Southampton), Dr Michael Reilly (University of Nottingham)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)

Thursday 1 February 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

How to Tell a Sensitive History: Interviews with Chinese International Communist Volunteers in Burma
Date: 1 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Ning Zhang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Monday 5 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Life Above All Else: Foucault, China and Mutations of the Biopolitical
Date: 5 February 2024, 12:00 - 13:30 (Monday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Christian Sorace (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford)

Thursday 15 February 2024 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

China's Economic Diplomacy in an Age of 'Derisking'
Date: 15 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Lucie Qian Xia (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

China’s Mundane Revolution: Cheap Print, Vernacular Knowledge and the Rise of the Common Reader, 1894‒1954
Date: 22 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Joan Judge (York University, Toronto)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Thursday 29 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Engaging with Alterity: The Chinese Style of Gardening in 18th-century Britain
Date: 29 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Yue Zhuang (University of Exeter)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford)

Monday 4 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Inside the Global Supply Chain: Transnational Migrant Labour, Commodity Circulation and Digitised Economies across Taiwan
Date: 4 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Beatrice Zani (French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS))
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)

Thursday 25 April 2024 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Buddhists in the Print Culture of Republican China
Date: 25 April 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Gregory Scott (University of Manchester)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford)

Thursday 2 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Chairman Mao’s Children: Generation and the Politics of Memory in China
Date: 2 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Bin Xu (Emory University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford)

Thursday 9 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell
Date: 9 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Xuelei Huang (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford)

Thursday 16 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Navigating Geoeducational Dilemmas: Chinese Student Migration in Singapore
Date: 16 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Zachary M. Howlett (YaleNUSCollege)
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Matthew Erie (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Captain of the Roving Bandits: Spoken drama and the culture of Rural Pacification in Japanese-occupied China
Date: 23 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Jeremy E Taylor (University of Nottingham)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford)

Monday 27 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Chinese Businessmen and the Economic Roots of American Cold War Power, 1938‒1955
Date: 27 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Judd Kinzley (University of Wisconsin-Maddison)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

As if Heaven is Speaking: Astrology and the Discourse of Legitimacy in Early Medieval China
Date: 6 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Lu Kou (Columbia University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Competition in the Gray Zone: A Cross-analysis of Taiwan and the South China Sea
Date: 10 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Diren Doğan (Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford), Dr Xiaojing Miao (University of Oxford), Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford), Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), Professor Henrietta Harrison (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)