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”
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