Seminar and workshop programme 2026–27 Semester 1 (Autumn)
Seminar and workshop programme 2026–2 Semester 1 (AUTUMN)
Online registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f22b1e60-27b0-46bb-9bdc-99cfeab69ecd@6e725c29-763a-4f50-81f2-2e254f0133c8?source=copyLinkLegacyShareEventDialog
Wednesday 30 September 2026 at 4–5.30pm HYBRID followed by drinks reception
Title: Educating China in Europe
Speaker: Dr Hongling Liang, University of Glasgow
Location: The Boardroom, 29 Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow
Chair: Prof Jane Duckett
Wednesday 14 October 2026 at 4–5.30pm HYBRID
Title: When Big Brother is Watching: Navigating Academic Freedom in a Safe and Inclusive Classroom
Speaker: Dr Sarah Liu, University of Edinburgh
Location: The Boardroom, 29 Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow
Chair: Dr Hua Wang
Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 4–5.30pm IN PERSON ONLY
Title: The fifth plenum of 20th CCP Central Committee — What happened?
Leading discussant: Dr. Holly Snape, University of Glasgow
Location: The Boardroom, 29 Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow
Chair: Dr Hua Wang and Prof Jane Duckett
Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 4-5:30pm HYBRID
Title: Powerful ignorance: the political ecology of grassland management in Inner Mongolia
Speaker: Dr. Mingzhe Zhu, University of Glasgow
Location: The Boardroom, 29 Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow
Chair: Dr. Holly Snape
Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 4–5.30pm HYBRID
Title: Decoding Gender Disparity in Leadership: Male and Female Executive Careers through Machine Learning
Speaker: Dr Sisi Sung, University of Dundee
Location: The Boardroom, 29 Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow
Chair: Prof Jane Duckett
Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 4-5:30pm ONLINE WEBINAR
Title: China and the Test-Ban: 30 years of the CTBTO
Discussant: Prof Jay Sarker, University of Glasgow
Speakers: Prof Nicola Leveringhaus (King’s College, London), Dr Rhys Crilley (University of Glasgow), Dr Duanyi Yi (University of Glasgow)
Chair: Dr. Neil Munro
Wednesday 2 December 2026 at 4-5:30pm IN PERSON ONLY
Title: Skills Development in Rural China
Speaker: Dichen Wei, PhD Student, University of Glasgow
Location: The Boardroom, 29 Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow
Chair: Dr Geng Wang
For enquiries and information contact: Professor Jane Duckett (jane.duckett@glasgow.ac.uk).
All seminars are held from 4pm to 5:30pm at the University of Glasgow (venue indicated above) and online unless otherwise indicated.
Times are UTC/GMT/London. For hybrid online events, registration details will be circulated in advance.
Anxious Homes: Inflexible Demand and China’s Housing Market. 25 March 2026
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:36:00 GMT
Recent Events
2024 Events
Can China's rapid growth be restored?
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:36:00 GMT
Seminar by Professor Sai Ding, University of Glasgow, 22 January 2025
CANCELLED: The Diplomatic Making of EU-China Relations.
Sat, 19 Oct 2024 11:36:00 BST
Seminar 24 April 2024 @4-5:30pm: The digital imaginary of ageing China
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:36:00 GMT
Seminar 31st January 2024 @4-5:30pm: What Chinese People Really Want Politically
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:36:00 GMT
2023 Events
Seminar 1 November 2023 @12:00-1:30pm: China's Carbon Inclusion System: Practices and Prospects
Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:00:00 BST
Seminar: Welcome and a Discussion of ‘Youth unemployment and youth sentiment in China’
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:06:55 GMT
Research Practice Seminar 1 November 2023 @4-5:30pm: Doing Fieldwork in China after the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:38:00 BST
Seminar: What can China learn from the UK about approaches to low carbon transformation and vice versa?
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:12:48 BST
Seminar: ‘Funding autocracy: Chinese Communist Party finances in the post-Mao era ’
Wed, 03 May 2023 19:14:49 BST
Seminar: ‘Lawmaking in China: The role of societal events’
Thu, 02 Feb 2023 19:18:35 GMT
2022 Events
Seminar 23 November: ‘Mass mobilisation in China’s counter-terrorism strategy’
Wed, 23 Nov 2022 19:25:39 GMT
Seminar 16 November: ‘Mapping Global China’
Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:28:58 GMT
Seminar 2 November: ‘Russia's War on Ukraine and the Sino-Russian Strategic Partnership’
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 19:31:56 GMT
Seminar 26 October: ‘The 20th Party Congress Beyond the Personnel Changes’
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 19:36:25 BST
Seminar 13 October: ‘"Chinese” Studies for the Twenty-first Century’
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:38:48 BST
Seminar 16 March: Creating the Opium War: British imperial attitudes towards China, 1792-1840
Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:41:09 GMT
Understanding China's Covid-19 pandemic
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:43:00 GMT
Understanding China's Covid-19 pandemic
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:43:00 GMT
2021 Events
Introductory Session on Researching with PKU Law
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:00:00 BST
Friday 30 April 2021, 10:00-12:00 BST, Zoom registration required.
2020 Events
Media Politics in China: The Resilience of Critical Journalism Maria Repnikova, Georgia State University
Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:04:00 GMT
2019 Events
Literature and landscape in Chinese culture by Professor Kang Zhen, Beijing Normal University, 2 May 2019
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:42:00 BST
Discussion of current research projects, 17 January 2019, led by Professor Ya Ping Wang
Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:27:00 GMT
China's Urban Transformation: a Neo-Liberal Confucianism Perspective, by Prof Ya Ping Wang, 4 October 2018
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 10:28:00 BST
Seminar: "The mechanism of left behind children in China: Why socio-economic status means so much for children's access to college." Dr Feibei Zheng, Nankai University, 7 December 2017
Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:03:00 BST
7 December 2017, 4-5.30pm Location: Room 139, 29 Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow.
Seminar: "The Party-State Nexus in China: analysing the role of structures, processes, and individual actors in policymaking." Dr Matthias Stepan, Mercator Institute for China Studies, Berlin, 2 March 2017
Wed, 02 May 2018 11:52:00 BST
2 March 2017 (Thursday), 4–5.30pm. Room 122, 25 Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow.
Seminar: "Carrying a Sword While Doing Business in Africa: China’s Security Engagement in a Foreign Policy Frontier." Dr Daniel Large, Assistant Professor, Central European University, 1 December 2016
Fri, 04 May 2018 13:21:00 BST
1 December 2016, 4-5.30pm. Room 139, 29 Bute Gardens, University of Glasgow.
General Meeting & Informal Research Updates, 13 October 2016
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:36:00 BST






