Forthcoming events
The China Forum organises seminars and dialogues focusing on mutual understanding.
The events cover a wide range of topics, from the modern history of China to the latest developments in climate change.
If you have any questions about an event or have any access needs, please contact our Administrator.
Our seminar programme for Michaelmas term 2024 is below. Further details will be available closer to the date of each event, via tiles at the bottom of this page.
Wednesday 30 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 BST, virtual seminar
- Professor Kent Deng (Professor of Economic History, The London School of Economics and Political Science)
- Ups and downs of the Chinese economic growth since Deng Xiaoping ( title tbc)
Tuesday 5 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 GMT, virtual seminar
- Professor Eric L. Hutton (Professor and Department Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Utah)
- Lecture title tbc
Thursday 14 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 GMT, virtual seminar
- Dr Sally K Church (Affiliated Researcher, Faculty of Asian and Middle Easter Studies, Research Associate, Centre of Development Studies, and Research Associate, Needham Research Institute, University of Cambridge; Fellow, Wolfson College Cambridge; Director, Civilizations in Contact)
- What we Know and what we don't Know about Zheng He's Voyages (title tbc)
Wednesday 20 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 GMT, virtual seminar
- Professor Sucheta Mazumdar (Associate Professor Emeritus of History, Duke University, North Carolina)
- From the Slave Trade to the Opium Rush: China-America Trade in the Making of the Global World
Thursday 28 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:30 GMT, virtual seminar
- Dr Santosh Mehrotra (Research Fellow, IZA Institute of Labour Economics, Bonn; Visiting Professor, Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath)
- Lecture title tbc