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China Studies Seminar series
Weekly seminar series, jointly organised by the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford),
Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford),
Dr Zhe Wang (University of Oxford),
Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford),
Professor Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford),
Dr Cheuk Yee Wai (University of Oxford),
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)
Timing: Mondays and Thursdays
Web Address:
https://chinacentre.web.ox.ac.uk/home
Organising department: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Talks:
Thursday 27 November 2025
The Soul-loosing Grid (mihun zhen 迷魂陣) and Other Novelese Battle Arrays (zhen 陣): A Tentative Exploration of a 'Fictional' Reconstruction of Military Arts, Taoist Rituals, Performing Arts and Black Magic
Date: 27 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Vincent Durand-Dastès (INALCO, Paris)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford),
Dr Cheuk Yee Wai (University of Oxford),
Professor Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford),
Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford),
Dr Zhe Wang (University of Oxford),
Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford),
Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 4 December 2025
The Making of a Neglected Disease: Trachoma Research and Control in Twentieth-century China
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Mary Augusta Brazelton (Cambridge)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers:
Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford),
Dr Cheuk Yee Wai (University of Oxford),
Professor Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford),
Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford),
Dr Zhe Wang (University of Oxford),
Dr Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford),
Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Wuyutong Yao (University of Oxford)
Editor:
Clare Orchard
