2017 Events


Guest Lecture
by H.E Ambassador Vani Rao
Ambassador of India in Finland
on
 
             Date:    Monday, 11 December 2017
             Time:   10:15 – 11:45
             Venue:  University of Helsinki, Main Building,
                           Auditorium XIII, Unioninkatu 34, Helsinki
 
This event is organized by Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki Chinese Studies and University of Helsinki South Asian Studies. This lecture is part of “China and the Global South Lecture Series” 

South African Ambassador H.E. Ms Carmen Smidt

cordially invites you to a Public Lecture

 

by Ms Lindiwe Zulu

Minister of Small Business Development of South Africa

on

South Africa’s Policy and Strategies of Global Development and Poverty: the Role of Entrepreneurship

 

             Date:    Wednesday, 22 November 2017

             Time:   10:00 – 11:30

             Venue:  University of Helsinki, Main Building, 

                          Auditorium XII, Unioninkatu 34, Helsinki

This event is organized by South African Embassy in Finland, UH Department of World Cultures and UH Chinese Studies. This lecture is part of “China and the Global South Lecture Series”


Chinese State Feminism as Soft Power?: All-China Women’s Federation and its Globally Circulating Representations

Time: 11:00-11:45 am, November 28, 2017

Venue: Unioninkatu 40, Hall 4, University of Helsinki

Speaker: Dr. Dusica Ristivojevic, Visiting Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Arts Studies, University of Helsinki


Asian Studies Day Conference

November 9, 2017

University of Helsinki, AUD 116,Unioninkatu 35

9:30-11:00

An Introduction to the South China Sea Dispute
Li Mingjiang, Professor, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

The Current Fundamental Situation over North Korea
Shi Yinhong, Professor of International Relations, Renmin University of China

13:30-15:30

Welcoming words and introduction to the theme:
Julie CHEN, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Helsinki

The United States and China Today: The Emerging Strategic Retrenchment in Dynamic Uncertainties:

SHI Yinhong, Professor of International Relations, Renmin University of China

Comments:
Sabine BURGHART, University lecturer, Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku

China’s Strategy in the South China Sea Dispute:

LI Mingjiang, Professor, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Comments:
Jyrki KALLIO, Senior Research Fellow, the Finnish Institute of International Affairs

This event is organized by the China Law Center of the University of Helsinki, the Confucius Institute of the University of Helsinki, the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and the Finnish University Network for Asian Studies. The event has received generous support from the Joel Toivola Foundation.


Chinese Foreign Policy and Arctic Diplomacy

Speaker: Professor LENG Tse-Kang, Director of the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica (IPSAS) and Professor of Political Science at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

Time: Tuesday 31 October 2017, 10:00 – 12:00

Venue: Kruunuvuorenkatu 4 (2nd floor)

This event is organized with Finnish Institute of International Affairs.


Chinese Foodways in Taiwan and Helsinki

Speaker: Julie Yu-Wen Chen, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Helsinki

Time: 14:15 to 15:00 on Thursday October 12, 2017

Venue is Room 8 in Metsätalo (Unioninkatu 40), University of Helsinki


From Arch Enemy to National Saviour: The Renaissance for Confucius In Contemporary China

Prof. Torbjörn Lodén, Sweden

Date: September 26, 2017

Time: 14:15-15:45

Venue: Fabianinkatu 33, Hall 6


Architecture for People: Building Homes for Victims in Disaster Zones in Asia

Hsieh Ying-Chun, whose house design will be presented in Helsinki Design Week 2017 will give a presentation at the University of Helsinki. Hsieh is an international award-winning architect from Taiwan. He will share his experience of building more than 3.000 homes with local people in natural disaster zones in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asia.

Date: September 13, 2017

Time: 10:15-11:45

Venue: Metsätalo, sali 6 (Unioninkatu 40), University of Helsinki 


Two Visions of a Regional Order: China’s New Silk Road and Russia’s Eurasian Union

Prof. Marcin Kaczmarski, University of Warsaw

Date: 10 – 11:30 am on Wednesday May 10

Venue: Unioninkatu 38 A, Room 109


National Cinema with Chinese Characteristics: Recent Development in the Film Industry in China

Dr. Wing-Fai Leung, Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London, United Kingdom

Date: Thursday April 20, 2017

Time: 12:15 to 13:45

Venue: P722, University of Helsinki


Mirroring Audiences through Performed Song in an Ethnic Minority Village in Southwest China

Suvi Rautio,  PhD candidate in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Helsinki.

Date: Thursday April 6, 2017

Time: 12:15 to 13:00

Venue: P722, University of Helsinki


China and Africa in Regional and Global Governance

Date: Monday April 3, 2017

Time: 16:15 to 17:45

Venue: Unioninkatu 37, Room LS, University of Helsinki

16:15 Introduction (Prof. Julie Yu-Wen Chen, University of Helsinki)

16:20 China and Africa in Regional and Global Governance: The Securitization of Sino-Africa Relations (Dr. Niall Duggan, University College Cork, Ireland)

16:50 Discussant: Prof. Barry Gills (University of Helsinki)

17:00 Legitimation and ‘Reverse-Socialization’: China and the Diffusion of International Norms in Africa (Dr. Obert Hodzi, University of Helsinki)

17:30 Discussant: Dr. Jyrki Kallio (Finnish Institute of International Affairs) 


Reflections of a Soft Power Agnostic : China and the World

Prof. Gary D. Rawnsley, University Director of International Strategy and Professor of Public Diplomacy, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom                                          

Venue: Unioninkatu 37, Room LS

Time: Monday March 27, 2017 from 16:15 to 17:45


 

Sino-Russian Relations: Recent Trends and Issues

Prof. Nikolay Samoylov, St. Petersburg State University

Venue: Unioninkatu 37, Room LS

Time: Monday March 20, 2017 from 16:15 to 17:45


China’s War against Air Pollution: How is it Fought at the Local Level?

Speaker: Prof. Anna L. Ahlers, University of Oslo

Venue: P722, University of Helsinki

Time: Thursday February 23, 2017 from 12:15 to 13:45


Chinese Feminism and Global Politics

Speaker: Dr. Dusica Ristivojevic, Visiting Researcher, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Arts Studies, University of Helsinki

Venue: Unioninkatu 37, Room LS

Time: Monday January 23, 2017 from 16:15 to 17:45