2023 Events

Spotlight Taiwan Seminar

Speakers: Hsin-I Sydney Yueh & Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang

Date and Time: Tuesday 26 September, 13:15-14:30

Venue: Room U3041, University of Helsinki Main Building


Kiinaa 30 vuotta – havaintoja ja näkemyksiä

Mikko Puustinen

Keskiviikko 31.05, 16:15-17:30

Kielikeskus Juhlasaali, Helsingin Yliopisto


Will Taiwan be the next Ukraine? The Ukraine War’s Implications for the Indo–Pacific

Speaker: SHIKATA Tatsuo (Kajima Institute of International Peace)

Date and Time: Friday 19 May, 10:15-11:15

Venue: Room U3039, University of Helsinki Main Building


Online Seminar “Chinese Companies Abroad and the Host Country’s Laws: The Case of Dirty Industries in Serbia”

Speaker: Dušica Ristivojević (University of Helsinki)

Time: Tuesday 4 April, 14:00-15:30 Helsinki Time


Staging Chinese Good Will: Display, Political Engagement and Art Mobility in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art 1935-36, London

Speaker: Zhang Lu (University of Nottingham & University of Helsinki)

Time: Friday 24 March, 10:15-11:30 Helsinki Time


Online Seminar “Japanese Activists’ Perspectives on the Comfort Women Issue”

Speakers: Sara Park (University of Helsinki) and Aya Furuhash (Iwate University)

Time: Friday 3 March, 10:15-11:30 Helsinki Time


What’s At Stake in the Upcoming Thai Elections?

Speaker: Duncan McCargo (University of Copenhagen)

Time: Friday 17 February, 10:15-11:30 AM Helsinki Time


Assembling Micro-Geographies of Interstate Diplomacy

Speaker: Timo Sysiö (Finnish Foreign Service & National University of Singapore)

Venue: U4072, Main Building, University of Helsinki

Time: Friday 10 February, 10:15-11:30 AM Helsinki Time


The Shadow of Confucius: How to Understand Chinese Thoughts in Intercultural Communication

Speaker: Prof. Jiang CHANG (University of Helsinki)

Time: 20 January, 10:50-11:45 AM Helsinki Time