Oxford China Centre
Talks:

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Epidemics and Politics: Relieving the People in Post-Imjin War Korea
Date: 17 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Baihui Duan (Lancaster University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room, Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Sophie Lam (St John's College), Paul Napier (Christ Church), Ross Moncrieff (All Souls College, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Crossings in the Real: Ethnographic and Documentary Voices in Sinophone Cinema (Session 2: Gender)
Date: 17 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:30
Speaker
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Pichette Auditorium
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Transnational Japan in War and Fashion (Hybrid)
Date: 18 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Fanny Cornu (Edinburgh), Lian Huiqi (Korea)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: The Oxford China Centre, Lucino Ho Seminar Room, (HYBRID)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 February 2026

Politics in the Peripheries: The Spatial and Relational Dimensions of China’s ‘Democratic Parties and Groups'
Date: 19 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Henrike Rudolph (University of Göttingen)
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 Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)

Monday 23 February 2026

Briefing on Scholarship Opportunities Offered by ROC (Taiwan) Ministry of Education
Date: 23 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Mr Marc Tsou (Taipei Representative Office in the UK), Ms Virginia Galgani (Taipei Representative Office in the UK), Ms Estey Chen (University of Oxford), Ms Issy Wells (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre, Dickson Poon Building, University of Oxford
Organiser: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme

Documentary Screening with the Director – Taiwan Undaunted: In Search of the Nation That Cannot Call Itself a Nation
Date: 23 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:30
Speaker : Neal E. Robbins (Film Director)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre, Dickson Poon Building, University of Oxford
Organiser: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Emotions in the Politics of Water: China–India Tensions over Tibetan Rivers
Date: 24 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Antonina Łuszczykiewicz-Mendis (Jagiellonian University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organiser: Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)

Divine Beasts as Translational Agents: Figurist Renderings of Dao and the Prophetic Recasting of the Yijing
Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof Sophie Ling-chia Wei (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room, Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Sophie Lam (St John's College), Paul Napier (Christ Church), Ross Moncrieff (All Souls College, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

'Steel is the most romantic thing in the world': Industrial party time-travel novels and the digital fantasy fiction boom
Date: 24 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Jessica Imbach (University of Freiburg)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organiser: Professor Margaret Hillenbrand (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Bingbing Shi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Crossings in the Real: Ethnographic and Documentary Voices in Sinophone Cinema (Session 3: Gender)
Date: 25 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Reading Power in Chosŏn Korea's Laws and Gardens (online)
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Wing Shan Chan (Esme) (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), Zexing Zheng (Seoul National University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: The Oxford China Centre, Lucina Ho Seminar Room - ONLINE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2026

Songs of Life and Death: Musical Communications Between the Dead and the Living in Early China
Date: 3 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Avital Rom (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room, Oxford China Centre
Organisers: Sophie Lam (St John's College), Paul Napier (Christ Church), Ross Moncrieff (All Souls College, Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 March 2026

Ma mère as Journal intime and Sheng Cheng’s Journey of Self-Realization in France
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Vivienne Xiangwei Guo (King's College London)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organiser: Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mark Czeller (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Late Qing China and the Negotiation of Global Knowledge and Order (Hybrid)
Date: 11 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Leo Shen (Cambridge), Yuxuan Zhou (Geneva)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: The Oxford China Centre, Lucina Ho Seminar Room, HYBRID
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 March 2026

Ideology Without Unity: The Logic of Xi Jinping Thought
Date: 12 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Chris Mittelstaedt (University of Zurich)
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), Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Transnational Propaganda and Ethnic Polarization: Experimental Evidence from Malaysia
Date: 12 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Jeremy Siow (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
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 Evelyn Chan (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 13 May 2026

Crossings in the Real: Ethnographic and Documentary Voices in Sinophone Cinema (Session 4: Boundaries of Art)
Date: 13 May 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Pichette Auditorium
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Crossings in the Real: Ethnographic and Documentary Voices in Sinophone Cinema (Session 5: Rural and Urban)
Date: 20 May 2026, 16:00 - 19:00
Speaker
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Venue Details: Pichette Auditorium
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
China Centre talks
China Studies Seminar series
International History of East Asia Seminar
Oxford China Reading Group
Oxford Seminar in the Pre-Modern History of East Asia
Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme
Visual Culture in Modern and Contemporary China