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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 30 October 2025
Ritualizing Filial Debt: Narrative and Performance in Chinese Popular Religious Storytelling
Date: 30 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Xiaosu Sun (University of Oxford)
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:
Professor Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford)
Thursday 6 November 2025
Semiconductors and Transitional Justice: Reassessing Taiwan’s Place in the East Asian Order
Date: 6 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
s:
Professor Tsai Chung-ming (National Chengchi University),
Professor Yen-Pin Su (National Chengchi University)
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 Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)
Thursday 13 November 2025
Knowing Hands: Hand-memory Techniques and Handy Knowledge in Ming Daily-use Encyclopedias
Date: 13 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Dr Marta Hanson (Center for Advanced Studies - Erlangen)
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),
Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 20 November 2025
Film Screening & Director Q&A: To Kill a Mongolian Horse
Date: 20 November 2025, 17:30 - 20:30
Speaker
:
Xiaoxuan Jiang (Film Director)
Venue Details: Garden Quad Auditorium
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:
Professor Anna Lora-Wainwright (University of Oxford)
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
