2020 Events


EU’s Relations with China: Virtual Tour to European Commission & Seminar

Time: 27 November 2020

Speaker: Matteo Fumerio (European Commission)


Time: 25 November 2020, 9:00-10:30 Helsinki time

Programme:
Moderator: Julie Yu-Wen Chen, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Helsinki
Speaker: Professor Chisako T. Masuo, Kyushu University
Discussant: Dr. Bart Gaens, Finnish Institute of International Affairs


Luxury Consumption in East Asia: Experiences, Fashion and Wine

Speaker: Dr Hang Kei Ho, Faculty of Social Science, University of Helsinki

Date and Time: Friday 6 November, 10:15-11:30


China’s New Minority: Africans in China, Their Identities and Well-Being

Date: Friday 23 October, 11:15-12:30 Helsinki Time


Chinese Visions of World Order: All Under Heaven in a Community of Common Destiny

Speaker: Matti Puranen, PhD candidate, University of Jyväskylä

Date and Time: Friday October 16, 10:15-11:30


Speaker: Sonja Laukkanen, PhD candidate, University of Helsinki
Date: Friday 9 October, 10:15-11:30

Period: 6-15 June

Period: 9-13 May

Speaker: Prof. Brantly Womack, University of Virginia

Date: Tuesday 10 March

Time: 10:15-11:30

Venue: Topelia Room A118, University of Helsinki


Seminar “Belt and Road Initiative in Russia and Kazakhstan”

Wednesday March 4 10:15-11:30

Venue: Unioninkatu A Room 118, University of Helsinki

Programme

10:15-10:25 Opening by Prof. Julie Yu-Wen Chen, University of Helsinki

10:25-10:45  The Belt and Road Initiative: Views from Russia (Prof. Nikolay Samoylov, St. Petersburg State University)

10:45-11:05 How is BRI Playing in Kazakhstan?  Findings from a Survey (Prof. Chris Primiano, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan)

11:05-11:30 Discussion


Introduction to Online Resources on the Asiaportal.info

Inga-Lill Blomkvist, librarian at Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS) will introduce the online resources of the AsiaPortal (www.asiaportal.info) to students and researchers in Asian studies at the University of Helsinki.

Venue: Kielikeskus, sh.206, University of Helsinki

Time: 14:15-15:30, February 20


Emily Hahn an Unconventional Women in China

Speaker: Dr Michel Beniard

Date: Friday February 14 10:00-12:00

Venue: Unioninkatu 38 A118, University of Helsinki


The Politics of Internet Countercultures in China: 2009-2019

Speaker: Prof. Chang Jiang, Ph.D., School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University

Date: Tuesday 11 February 10:15-11:30

Venue: Topelia Room A118, University of Helsinki


The Song Sisters Part II

Speaker: Dr Michel Beniard

Date: Friday February 7 10:00-12:00

Venue: Unioninkatu 38 A118, University of Helsinki


The Song Sisters Part I

Speaker: Dr Michel Beniard

Date: Friday January 31 10:00-12:00

Venue: Unioninkatu 38 A118, University of Helsinki