This Events Calendar lists China-related events taking place around the country. Events are listed in strict date order.
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Events Calendar
Last Updated: 09 May 2012
24/04/2012 - 10/07/2012 London
15/05/2012 - 31/05/2012 London
Literature Asia House Festival of Asian Literature
Organised by Asia House Venue: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London W1G 7LP Date: 15-31 May 2012 Tickets: phone for price & booking information Contact: enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk or t 020 7307-5437, www.asiahouse.org/net/Events.aspx
17/05/2012 - 18/05/2012 Manchester
Conference Cosmopolitan China
An international conference convened by Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) and Confucius Institute (CI) Pathways to Cosmopolitan PhD Program (Manchester and NUS) Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Culture (RICC) Manchester Architecture Research Centre (MARC) CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline 30 January 2012 Contact: David.Woodbridge@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk www.ccs.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/
25/05/2012 (15:30) Oxford
Lecture Neighbouring China in Northern Nepal: Hidden Valleys, New Road and Remote Cosmopolitans Speaker: Martin Saxer (Oxford and NUS) Organised by the Inst of Social and cultural Anthroplogy, Oxford
Venue: Pitt Rivers Museum, Lecture Theatre, Oxford Date: 25 May 2012 Time: 3.30pm Contact: www.anthro.ox.ac.uk

26/05/2012 (14:00) Bath
Calligraphy Calligraphy Workshop This workshop is hosted by Chinese painting artist Aili Purdy, who is currently exhibiting her latest works at the Museum. Learn basics of Chinese calligraphy and get firsthand experience on the art of calligraphy. Venue: Museum of East Asian Art, 12 Bennett Street, Bath BA1 2QJ Date: 26 May 2012 Times: 2-4pm Tickets: £10, Museum friends £7 Contact: tel. 01225 464-640, info@meaa.org.uk, www.meaa.org.uk

30/05/2012 (18:00) London
Book Launch Tiger Head, Snake Tails - China Today, how it got there and where it is heading Speaker and Author: Jonathan Fenby Organised by The Meridian Society The Book Launch will be followedby a formal lecture by Jonathan Fenby at 7pm Venue: Probsthain Book shop, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3PH Date: 30 May 2012 Times: 6pm Tickets: Please book in advance. Contact: themeridiansociety@gmail.com, www.themeridiansociety.org.uk,
14/06/2012 (18:30) London
Lecture The British Presence in Macao and Representations of the Enclave in British Travel Writing Speaker: Dr Rogerio Miguel Puga (New University of Lisbon) Venue: The Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way (Euston), London NW1 2HD Date: 14 June 2012 Time: 6pm Tickets: Free to Fellows of the Society. Those who are not fellows should contact the Executive Officer, email address below. Contact: tel 020 7388-4539, cl@royalasiaticsociety.org; www.royalasiaticsociety.org/site/?q=taxonomy/term/2
18/06/2012 - 21/06/2012 Denmark
Conference European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS) Ninth Annual Conference
Organised by the European Association of Taiwan Studies and the Univeristy of Southern Denmark. Venue: University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg Contact: info@eats-taiwan.eu, www.eats-taiwan.eu
21/06/2012 (19:00) London
Concert Summer Concert Speical - Qin master Zeng Chengwei 曾成伟 Performer: Zeng Chengwei (Sichuan Conservatory of Music) Organised by SOAS's World Music Summer School, in association with the London Youlan Qin Society, supported by The Prince's Charities Foundation (China) Venue: SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Date: 21 June 2012 Time: 7pm Tickets: free? check website Contact: musicevents@soas.ac.uk, www.soas.ac.uk/music/summermusicschool/timetable/
25/06/2012 - 26/06/2012 Durham
Conference Chinese Capital Market
Keynote Speaker: Joseph P. H. Fan (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Organised by the China Development and Research Centre, Durham (University) Business School CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline 15 April 2012 Venue: Durham Castle, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RW, UK Contacts: chinardcentre@gmail.com for paper submission, but check their website first www.chinadrcenter.org
02/09/2012 - 07/09/2012 Oxford
Conference The Chinese CenturySelection of speakers: Rosemary Foot (Oxford), Lord Patton of Barnes), Chu Shulong (Tsinghua University) Organised by Christ Church, a founder member of the Conference Oxford Consortium Venue: Christ Church College, Oxford OX1 1DP Dates: 2-7 September 2012 Contact: All enquiries to The Chinese Century, The Steward’s Office, Christ Church tel 01865 286-848/286-877, conflict@chch.ox.ac.uk, www.chch.ox.ac.uk/conferences/chch-events/conflict-conference
03/09/2012 - 05/09/2012 Oxford
Conference BACS annual conference 2012
The keynote presenters and their topics are: Henrietta Harrison (Harvard University), "Catholic Visionaries in Maoist China" Jiang Jin (East China Normal University), "Urbanism in Socialist China" Organised by the British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS)
Venue: Wadham College, Oxford Dates: 3-5 September 2012 Contact: Paper submissions to: taotao.liu@chinese.ox.ac.uk For further information on the academic organisation of the Conference, please contact Michel Hockx president@bacsuk.org.uk). For further information on the administrative organisation of the conference, please contact Tao Tao Liu taotao.liu@chinese.ox.ac.uk tel 01865 80387 for messages. www.bacsuk.org.uk/BACS_CONFERENCES.php

05/09/2012 - 08/09/2012 Paris
Conference XIX Biennial Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS) Theme for 2012 conference: "Deconstructing China: New Experiences, New Vistas"Organised by the Université Paris Diderot, the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), and the Bibliothèque des Langues et Civilisations (BULAC). The EACS Conference will take place simultaneously with the EASL conference (European Association of Sinological Librarians) enhancing exchange between sinologists and sinological librarians. CALL FOR PAPERS - 1 March 2012 Venue: Université de Paris Diderot (Paris 7) Contact: general enquiries: generalquestions.eacs2012@gmail.comconference website: www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/eacs-easl, EACS website: www.chinesestudies.eu
05/09/2012 (11:00) London
Auction Chinese and other Asian works of art Venue: Bonham's Auctioneers, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Date: 5 September 2012 Auction starts: 11am Viewings: No viewing details available at this time, 16/01/2012. Contact: tel 020 7393-3900 (Knightsbridge showroom), info@bonhams.com, www.bonhams.com
13/09/2012 - 16/09/2012 Leiden, Netherlands
Workshop Chinese Instruments and Western Museums The aim is to share and exchange information in the realm of Chinese musical instruments, in an open, informal atmosphere. The meeting should be of interest to museum curators and others who work with instrument collections, and scholars active in the realm of Chinese instruments and instrumental music. Organised by CHIME and the University of Leiden
Venue: Leiden, The Netherlands Dates: 13-16 September 2012 Contact: For more information about submitting a paper ciwm2012@gmail.com General enquiries thtsai@mac.com and/or Frank Kouwenhoven chime@wxs.nl http://home.wxs.nl/~chime www.mimo-international.com

28/09/2012 - 30/09/2012 Berkshire
01/11/2012 - 10/11/2012 London
Asian Art in Londonwww.asianartinlondon.com Asian Art in London is an event which involves London's leading Asian art dealers from Kensington Church Street, Mayfair and St James's, joining together for a series of selling exhibitions during the week of Asian Art in London. At the same time, the major auction houses of Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's hold auctions and gallery talks. In combination with this, the premier London Museums and Institutions present exhibitions and lectures.

12/04/2013 - 14/04/2013 Wuerzburg, Germany
Conference 11th ECARDC European Conference - European Conference on Argriculture and Rural Development in China Venue: University of Würzburg Dates: 12-14 April 2013 Contact: www.ecardc.org

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