Event Archive

2019

May

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  The Lives of Asian Things

  25 May 2019, 14:30 - 15:30

  With special speaker Prof. Craig Clunas, University of Oxford. A lecture investigating the University's collection of objects from China, Japan and Korea. What lives have these objects lived? What are their stories? What were they used for? Everyday life, connoisseurship and even tragedy - What do they reveal? Art historian Professor Craig Clunas takes us on a journey of discovery. Part of...

March

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  Transition to Secondary: Exploring musical composition through culture

  21 - 22 March 2019

  This exhibition is the final product of a Music Transition Project that involves P7 classes at Danestone, Forehill and Middleton Park primary schools. Since January 2019, the children have been learning about music and have composed their own music based on the Chinese folktale 'Fox and Tiger'. This project aims...

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  "Development is like a peacock: Reconfiguring rurality in contemporary China"

  19 March 2019, 17:15 - 18:45

  The next meeting of the Chinese Studies Group will be on Tuesday 19th March 2019, when Professor Anna Lora-Wainwright, Professor of the Human Geography of China at the School of Geography and School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Oxford, will speak on “Development is like a peacock: Reconfiguring rurality in contemporary...

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  "Uncovering China's domestic terrorist threat: a news story, a government story"

  05 March 2019, 17:15 - 19:00

  The next meeting of the Chinese Studies Group will be on Tuesday 5th March 2019, when Bastian Struve, Department of Chinese Politics, Glasgow University, will speak on“Uncovering China’s domestic terrorist threat: a news story, a government story”.

February

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  Chinese New Year Gala Show - Inverurie

  17 February 2019, 16:00 - 17:30

  2019 Year of the Pig Chinese New Year Celebrations

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  Chinese New Year Festival - Inverurie

  17 February 2019, 10:00 - 13:00

  2019 Year of the Pig Chinese New Year Celebrations

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  Chinese New Year Festival - Aberdeen

  10 February 2019, 10:00 - 15:00

  2019 Year of the Pig Chinese New Year Celebrations

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  Chinese New Year Gala Show - Aberdeen

  08 February 2019, 19:00 - 20:30

  2019 Year of the Pig Chinese New Year Celebrations

January

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  "Revenge of the Developmental State: Obstacles to Financialisation in East Asia"

  29 January 2019, 17:15 - 19:00

  The first meeting in the New Year will be on Tuesday 29th January 2019, when John Yasuda, Assistant Professor of Chinese Politics at Indiana University, will speak on   “Revenge of the Developmental State: Obstacles to Financialisation in E. Asia”.   Those of you who were lucky enough to be present will remember the...

2018

November

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  SCEN annual Youth Summit

  09 November 2018, 10:00 - 16:00

  Scotland China Education Network will be hosting its annual Youth Summit in Perth this year. The Confucius Institute of the University of Aberdeen is pleased to be support a coach from Aberden to Perth to attend this fantastic event. If you or your school would like to join the coach trip...