2017 Contemporary China Seminar Series

Throughout 2017 the China Centre continued to bring a range of distinguished speakers from around Australia and the world to showcase their latest research on Contemporary China.

Presentations typically lasted for one hour followed by opportunities for questions and discussions with the speaker.

2017 speakers

Semester 1

Thursday 16 March
Professor Hans Hendrischke, University of Sydney
Special Series on Chinese State Owned Enterpries; The sustainability of Chinese investment in Australia
David P Derham Lecture Theatre, Law Building, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton

Thursday 23 March
Professor Minxin Pei, Claremont McKenna College
The Origins and Dynamics of Crony Capitalism in China: Insights from Prosecuted Cases of Collusive Corruption
Old Arts, Theatre D, the University of Melbourne

Thursday 6 April
Dr Lauren Johnston, the University of Melbourne
China in Africa: What is OBOR and why is the Indian Ocean in focus?
Arts West, Room 556, University of Melbourne

Thursday 27 April
Professor Martin King Whyte, Harvard University and University of Melbourne Asia Scholar
Global popular anger against rising Inequality: Why is China an exception?
Old Arts, Theatre D, the University of Melbourne

Thursday 11 May
Professor Mark Wang, the University of Melbourne
Relocation for poverty alleviation? How will Xi Jinping’s ‘Precise Poverty Alleviation’ strategy affect China’s poverty alleviation resettlement program?
Arts West, Room 556, the University of Melbourne

Thursday 25 May
Assistant Professor Britt Crow-Miller, Arizona State University
Politics and discourse in China’s South-North Water transfer Project
Arts West, Room 556, the University of Melbourne

Semester 2

Tuesday 18 July
Mr Bert Hofman, World Bank (Country Director China)
China's Next Transformation
Prest Theatre, FBE Building, 111 Barry Street, Carlton

Thursday 3 August
Dr Pradeep Taneja, the University of Melbourne
Belt and Road Initiative and the China-Pakistan-India Triangle
Old Geology, Theatre 2, the University of Melbourne

Tuesday 15 August
Associate Professor Fran Martin, the University of Melbourne
We Chat therefore we are: Everyday multicultures, translocality and Chinese social media in inner Melbourne
Old Geology, Theatre 1, the University of Melbourne

CANCELLED Thursday 24 August
Professor Kevin O'Connor, University of Melbourne
Air transport and regional economic development: Recent Chinese experience
Old Geology, Theatre 2, the University of Melbourne

Thursday 31 August
Dr Ben Hillman, Australian National University
Unrest in Tibet: What do variations in the incidence of protest and conflict tell us about the dynamics of political integration
Old Geology, Theatre 2, the University of Melbourne

Thursday 14 September
Dr Matthew Currell, RMIT University
The global drain: China's groundwater pollution problems and why they should matter to the rest of the world
Old Geology, Theatre 2, the University of Melbourne

Thursday 5 October
Professor Klaus Larres, University of North Carolina
The Dawning of a New Global Order? Germany and China in the Trump Era
Old Geology, Theatre 2, the University of Melbourne

Thursday 19 October
Associate Professor Yan Tan, University of Adelaide
Climate change and migration in China: New Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta and Western China
Old Geology, Theatre 2, the University of Melbourne

Enquiries to china-centre@unimelb.edu.au

  • CCCS Seminar Series