Oxford China Centre
Talks:

Friday 26 September 2025

The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping
Date: 26 September 2025, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Professor Joseph Torigian (American University)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room (first floor)
Organiser: Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Todd Hall (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 15 October 2025

Xi Jinping has preserved his position but can he revive reform?
Date: 15 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Willy Lam (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
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)

Thursday 16 October 2025

Seeking the Origins: Reconsidering the Impact of 'Origins of the Śākyas' (Shishi yuanliu 釋氏源流) on Ming Book Culture
Date: 16 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Noga Ganany (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground floor)
Organisers: Dr Oliver Hargrave (University of Oxford), Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford), Dr Evelyn Chan (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 Tian Yuan Tan (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 October 2025

The Strategic Foundations of International Economic Order: China, Bretton Woods, and the Cold War
Date: 17 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Professor Amy King (Australian National 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)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Autocracy 2.0: How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Jennifer Lind (Dartmouth)
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)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 October 2025

Remembering the Nanjing Massacre: Three Theses Revisited
Date: 23 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Licheng Qian (Birmingham City 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), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford)

Thursday 30 October 2025

China Studies Seminar Series
Date: 30 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
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

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Memoirs of a Confucius Institute Director: Challenges, Controversies, and Realities
Date: 5 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Professor Jinghan Zeng (City University of Hong Kong)
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)

Thursday 6 November 2025

China Studies Seminar Series
Date: 6 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
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

Monday 10 November 2025

Above the Dust: Film screening + Q&As with Film Director
Date: 10 November 2025, 14:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Wang Xiaoshuai (Film Director)
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)

Wednesday 12 November 2025

The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West
Date: 12 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Professor Amitav Acharya (The American 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)

Thursday 13 November 2025

China Studies Seminar Series
Date: 13 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
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

China Studies Seminar Series
Date: 20 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
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 27 November 2025

China Studies Seminar Series
Date: 27 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
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 4 December 2025

China Studies Seminar Series
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
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

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