2022 Events


Workshop “China and Its Global Outreach: Connectivity, Performativity and Resistance”

Speakers: Igor Rogelja (University College London), Milija Gluhović (University of Warwick) and Dusica Ristivojević (University of Helsinki)

Venue: Main Building, Room U4072, University of Helsinki

Time: Monday 21 November, 10:15-11:30 AM Helsinki Time


China’s Digital Authoritarianism: A Governance Perspective

Speaker: Monique Taylor (University of Helsinki)

Venue: Main Building, Room U4072, University of Helsinki

Time: Monday 14 November, 10:15-11:30 AM Helsinki Time


Christianity on the Taiwanese Gezaixi Stage: Why “Halleluja”? 

Speaker: Josh Stenberg, University of Sydney

This event has been moved online. If you need to access the online event, email julie.chen@helsinki.fi

Time: Friday 11 November, 12:15-13:45 Helsinki Time


Historicizing Taiwan’s Role in Global Health: from Colonial Period to Post-Covid Times

Speaker: Harry Yi-Jui Wu, NCKU

Venue: Main Building Room U4072, University of Helsinki

Time: Monday 7 November, 10:15-11:30 AM Helsinki Time


Multiculturalism and Nation-Building: Taiwan’s Alternative to the “China Model” in Xi Jinping’s New Era of Cultural Nationalism

Speaker: James Leibold, La Trobe University

Time: Monday 30 October, 10:15-11:30 AM Helsinki Time


Meet the Author of Global China as Method

Speaker: Nicholas Loubere, Lund University

Venue: Topelia A Room 132, University of Helsinki

Time: Friday 28 October, 10:15-11:30 AM


Anti-East and Southeast Asian Racism during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Liberal Values, Yellow Peril and ‘China’ in Italy and the UK

Speaker: Wing-Fai Leung, King’s College London

Venue: Main Building, Room U4072, University of Helsinki

Time: Monday 24 October, 10:15-11:30 AM Helsinki Time


Social Media, Propaganda and the Rise of Digital Nationalism in China

Speaker: Jiang Chang, University of Helsinki

Time: Monday 26 September, 10:15-11:30 AM Helsinki Time


How are Women-Friendly Laws Made in China? The Strengths and Limitations of State Feminism in Contemporary China

Speaker: Yunyun Zhou, University of Oslo

Venue:  Main Building, University of Helsinki

Time: 19 September, 10:15-11:30 AM


Female Digital Activism in Indonesia

Speaker: Bruce Dame Laoera

Venue: Porthania P444, University of Helsinki

Time: Wednesday 7 September 11:00-12:00


Imagine There’s No China: Wei Te-Seng’s Japan Trilogy

Speaker: Prof. Chris Berry, Professor of Film Studies, King’s College London, UK

Venue: Porthania, University of Helsinki

Time: Thursday 11 August, 16:00-17:00 Helsinki Time


Milk Tea Alliance: The Last Wave of Decolonization

Speaker: Prof. Wasana Wongsurawat, Associate Professor of History, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Time: Thursday 14 April, 10:15-11:30 AM Helsinki Time

This event is in cooperation with Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.


The Great Exodus from China: Trauma, Memory, and Identity in Modern Taiwan

Speaker: Prof. Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang, University of Missouri-Columbia USA

Time: Monday 11 April, 15:15-16:40 Helsinki Time


EU’s Indo Pacific Strategy and How China is Placed in that Particular Strategy

Speakers: Stavros PETROPOULOS and Apostolos GERAKOPOULOS

Date: April 4, 2022

Time: 11:15-12:00 Helsinki Time/ 10:15-11:00 Central European Time


Information Session: Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL)

Speaker: Stacy Huang

Time: Friday 25 March, 12:00-13:00 Helsinki Time