This Events Calendar lists China-related events taking place around the country. Events are listed in strict date order.

All listings are free of charge. If you would like your event posted on this page, please email your information to laura.rivkin@gbcc.org.uk or phone 020 7235-6696.
Events Calendar

Events Calendar

Last Updated: 09 July 2010
20/08/2010 - 18/09/2010 Manchester
Exhibition
Infinite Strokes
Artists: Mary Tang and Cathy Wu
squirrel by Mary Tang
Venue: Chinese Arts Centre, Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Manchester M4 1EU
Times: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Mon & Sun Closed, Bank Holidays Closed.
Contact: tel 0161 832-7271, info@chinese-arts.centre.org,
press enquiries: Trevor Chan trevor.chan@chinese-arts-centre.org 
www.chinese-arts-centre.org/http:/www.chinese-arts-centre.org/
main-gallery/infinite-strokes/
04/09/2010 - 12/12/2010 Bath

Exhibition
Chinese Ceramics and the Early Modern World
Organised by the Museum of East Asian Art in partnership with Warwick University’s Global Jingdezhen Project
Go to their website for a listing of current activities and events.

Venue: Museum of East Asian Art, 12 Bennett Street, Bath BA1 2QJ
Times: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun, 12noon-5pm. Closed Mondays
Contact: tel. 01225 464-640, info@meaa.org.uk, www.meaaa.org.uk

08/09/2010 - 09/09/2010 Bristol

Conference
BACS annual conference 2010
Keynote speakers: Jonathan Spence (Yale), and Niu Dayong (Bejing)
Organised by the British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS), with support from the Centre for East Asian Studies, Bristol University.
CALL FOR PAPERS 2010 - deadline 30 April 2010

Venue: University of Bristol
Contact:
Programme information Tim Wright: president@bacsuk.org.uk
Conference Administration:
daniel.holloway@area.ox.ac.uk 
www.bacsuk.org.ukwww.bristol.ac.uk/ceas

10/09/2010 Bristol

Workshop
The Roots of China’s Environmental Crisis
CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline 30 June

Organised by British Inter-University China Centre and the White Rose East Asia Centre
The workshop will be of interest to those working on China’s social and economic history and on global environmental risks and issues; to people in NGOs and the government who want to acquire a deeper understanding of the massive issues facing China now.

Venue: University of Bristol  
Tickets: Attendance is by invitation but expressions of interest can be sent to contact details below.
Contact: Professor Robert Bickers robert.bickers@bristol.ac.uk or to Emeritus Professor Tim Wright T.Wright@Sheffield.ac.uk. If you are solely interested in attending (i.e. not givinga conference paper), please make contact as soon as possible and by 31 July 2010 at the latest. www.bicc.ac.uk/

13/09/2010 - 14/09/2010 Rome

Conference
The History of European Research on Chinese Language
Third annual congress of the World Scholarly Association for the History of Chinese Language Teaching
Organised by the Scholarly Association for the History of Chinese Language Teaching, University of Rome “Sapienza”, and the Beijing Foreign Studies University. This will also be the third annual congress of the World Scholarly Association for the History of Chinese Language Teaching.

Contact: tel. +86 10 8881-6430 (Beijing), hyjysyj@126.com, or hyjysrome2010@gmail.com, tel. + 39 (0)6 4938-5915 (Italy) - Federica Casalin, tiziana Lioi, Luisa Paternico.

No website given, only this PDF on the EACS website -
www.soas.ac.uk/eacs/ROMA_conference.pdf

21/09/2010 - 24/09/2010 London
Graduate worshop
History of Chinese Art and Archaeology

Applications are invited from graduate students of any level to participate in the workshop.
Organiser: Lukas Nickel (SOAS); Series convener: Dirk Meyer
Funded by the AHRC & BICC, co-sponsored by the International Centre of Chinese Heritage and Archaeology (ICCHA)

Venue: SOAS, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Contacts: Applications should be submitted electronically to  Jane Savory on js64@soas.ac.uk.
Further details, including the application form, are available online: www.soas.ac.uk/events/event59544
Lukas Nickel ln2@soas.ac.uk; Dirk Meyer dirk.meyer@orinst.ox.ac.ukhttp://bicc.banksidesystems.net

24/11/2010 - 28/11/2010 Basel, Switzerland
Conference 

15th International CHIME Conference
Theme: The music of China and East Asia, Theory versus Practice
Organised by the European Foundation for Chinese Music Research and the Swiss festival "Culturescapes"
CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline 15 May 2010

Venue: Basel, Switzerland [no other venue information made available as of 2/2010].
Contact: CHIME, tel 071-5133974 / 5133123, chime@wxs.nlhttp://home.wxs.nl/~chime 

 

28/01/2011 - 30/01/2011 London

Conference
Women and Gender in Chinese Studies
5th WAGNet Graduate Workshop
The WAGNet graduate workshop is for PhD candidates who are at an advanced stage of their research and working on any aspect of ‘women and gender in Chinese studies’.
CALL FOR PAPERS – deadline 10 September 2010

Venue: University of Westminster & Royal Holloway (University of London)  
Contact: Dr. Alessandra Aresu (Bristol) wagnet_workshop@hotmail.com
www.wagnet.ox.ac.uk/publications/papers/miaoshanreview.htm

Notices
Sir Robin McLaren dies
former British ambassador to China (1991-4), died on 20 July 2010. Foreign Office obituary
internships in China

Internships in China
UK China Work Experience Programme -
offers UK graduates a unique opportunity to live and work in China. All internships will be starting in November 2010, so you must be free to relocate to China at this time. Go to: 
www.ukchinagrad.gtios.com;
http://ukchinagrad.com/
china-placements

www.ukchinagrad.com

Charity seeks committed board members
The Good Rock Foundation is a UK-founded charity working in Xinjiang Province with orphaned and abandoned children. They wish to recruit new board members in the UK - people with a variety of skills, a knowledge of China and a strong interest in social welfare issues. For more information and expressions of interest contact Jacqui Shurr at info@goodrock.org.uk, www.goodrock.org.uk.

UK Registered Charity: 1089611
Hong Kong Registered Trust: 124
Percival David Foundation
Closure of Gallery and Library
since the end of May 2009 the PDF building is closed to all except builders.
It is expected that refurbishment works will take 18 months. During that time the PDF library will not be accessible even by appointment. The future of the PDF library etc. after refurbishment is not known.
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