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Forthcoming events

The China Forum organises seminars and dialogues focusing on mutual understanding.

The events cover a wide range of topics, from the modern history of China to the latest developments in climate change.

If you have any questions about an event or have any access needs, please contact our Administrator.

Our seminar programme for Easter term 2024 is listed below.  Seminars will be hosted virtually, on Zoom, and times shown are UK times (BST). Further details of each seminar, including booking information, will be published shortly in advance of each event (see the tiles below).

Easter term 2024

Tuesday 30 April 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 BST

  • Professor Kerry Brown [Professor of Chinese Studies and Director, Lau China Institute, King's College London]
  • China Through European Eyes: 800 Years of Cultural and Intellectual Encounter

Tuesday 7 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 BST

  • Vuk Jeremić [President, Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD); Former President (67th session), United Nations General Assembly]
  • Lecture title tbc (Global Institutions)

Wednesday 8 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 BST

  • Professor Xiaolan Fu [Professor of Technology and International Development, and Director, Technology & Management Centre for Development, ODID (Oxford Department of International Development), University of Oxford]
  • Lecture title tbc

Thursday 16 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:30 BST

  • Dr Lu Yuebing [Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The Department of Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham; Chairman of the Board, Air Liquide (China) Holding Co. Ltd; Venture Partner, B Capital]
  • Rise of China via Opening Up: a practitioner's experience (title tbc)

 

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