Upcoming China Events October onwards

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London Film Festival, 18 October - 2 November

International Chinese Live Art Festival in Manchester, 2 - 5 November

Asian Art in London, 2 - 10 November

October, London

Chinese Opera workshops

London Jing Kun Opera Association is holding events in October for adults and children. For more information contact them directly. See below.

Contact: Kathy Hall, tel 020 8540-2661, 07711 654 663, info@londonjingkunopera.co.uk; www.londonjingkunopera.co.uk.

23 September -11 March 2007, London
Exhibition

Cherish: Chinese Families in Britain

An exhibition exploring the lives of Chinese families in Britain today. There will be a series of events and workshops from 1 October onwards.

Organised in partnership with the Chinese Arts Centre.

Venue: National Portrait Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2H 0HE

Opening Hours: daily 10am - 6pm

Contact: tel 020 7312-2463, www.npg.org.uk.

from 8 October 2006, Bristol

Permanent exhibition

Chinese Glass Gallery

The collection may be viewed online at www.discoveringbristol.org.uk.

Venue: Bristol抯 Museum, Galleries & Archives, Queen抯 Road, Bristol BS8 1RL

Contact: Kate Newnham tel 0117 922-3599, kate_newnham@bristol-city.gov.uk.

18 October-2 November 2006, London

LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

www.lff.org.uk

The Go Master (Wu Qingyuan). Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang 2006

21 Oct, National Film Theatre, 1.45pm

25 Oct, ICA in The Mall 6.30pm

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Hei Yan Quan). Dir. Tsai Ming-Liang 2006

2 Nov, National Film Theatre, 2pm

Ghosts. Dir. Nick Broomfield 2006 (documentary about the cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay)

25 Oct, Odeon West End (Leicester Square), 9pm

28 Oct, Ritzy, 2pm

Queer China: An Evening with Cui Zi扙n

30 Oct, National Film Theatre, 6.30pm

Taking Father Home (Bei Yazi de Nanhai). Dir. Ying Liang 2005

23 Oct, ICA in The Mall, 6.45pm

24 Oct, ICA, 4.15pm

Still Life (San Xia Hao Ren). Dir. Jia Zhangke 2006

2 Nov, Odeon West End (Leicester Square), 5.30pm or 9pm

The Missing Star (La Stella che non c抏). Dir. Gianni Amelio 2006. Italian but set in China.

22 Oct, Odeon West End (Leicester Square), 6.30pm

24 Oct, Odeon West End (Leicester Square), 3.30pm

Dong. Dir. Jia Zhangke 2006

28 Oct, National Film Theatre, 11.30am

Star Appeal (Xing Xing Xiang Xixi). Dir. Cui Zi抏n 2005

No venue or dates listed on LFF website as of 5/10/06].

20 October - 7 January 2007, Manchester

Exhibition

The China Show

An exhibition exploring the creative and cultural explosion taking place in contemporary China.

Organised by the University of Manchester in partnership with Manchester City Council.

Venue: Urbis, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester M4 3BG

Contact: tel 0161 605-8200, info@urbis.org.uk, www.urbis.org.uk.

Friday 13 October 2006, London

Discussion

Three Years of Chaos? The British Student Experience in China 1973-1976

This informal discussion aims to examine the ways in which the formation of the contemporary British cadre of China specialists was informed by the experience of study in China pre-1976. It will bring together as many as possible of those who were present as students in China from 1973-1976 and aims to move beyond simple nostalgia, to examine the degree to which 'being there' in the China of the mid-1970s has constructed the authority of the current generation of academics and policy makers, and to what extent this differs from earlier and more recent constructions of academic authority to speak 慳bout China?in Britain.

The discussion will be followed by the Centre for Chinese Studies Annual Reception

Venue: Room 116, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Time: 2-5 pm

Contact: Sara Hamza, Centre for Chinese Studies, SOAS, tel. 20 7898-4893, sh87@soas.ac.uk

16-28 October, London

Exhibition

Master Artist Fu Hua

Venue: The Mall Galleries, SW1

Time: 10am-5pm daily

Contact: tel. 020 8458-2669

Tuesday 17 October, London

Lecture

Lessons from China in Preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Speaker: Madame Li Guanzheng (Commissioner, Beijing Municipal Education Commission and President, Beijing Association of Education)

Mme Li will give the final lecture in the RSA/Edge series. She is responsible for the reform of Beijing's vocational schools in preparation for the 2008 Olympics, both the reorganisation and modernisation programme and curriculum reform. Her talk will give an insight into the skills education necessary to fully equip a world city for a major event such as the Olympic Games.

Time: 6pm

Contact: Mairi Ryan, Royal Society for the Promotion of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ, tel. 020 7451-6840, mairi.ryan@rsa.org.uk, www.theRSA.org.

26 October, London

Centre of Chinese Studies Seminar Series

Insular Hopelessness - The Early History of the British Library's Chinese Collections

Speaker: Dr Frances Wood, Curator of Chinese Collections, British Library

Venue: Room G50, SOAS Main Building, Russell Square WC1

Time: 2-5pm

Contact: Sara Hamza, Centre for Chinese Studies, SOAS, tel. 20 7898-4893, sh87@soas.ac.uk

1 November, London

Centre of Chinese Studies Seminar Series (Co-hosted by the China Media Centre)

China抯 Regional Newspaper Industry: The Stratums and the Financing Inclination

Speaker: Xin Peiyu

Venue: Room B104, SOAS Brunei Gallery Building, Russell Square WC1

Time: 5pm-7pm

Contact: Sara Hamza, Centre for Chinese Studies, SOAS, tel. 20 7898-4893, sh87@soas.ac.uk.

2-5 November 2006, Manchester

Festival

VITAL: International Chinese Live Art Festival

A festival of live art to raise awareness of the diverse, exciting and challenging work being made by artists of the Chinese diaspora. There will be performances, film screenings, talks and presentations.

Contact: info@chinese-art-centre.org, www.vitalfestival.org, or www.chinese-arts-centre.org.

2?0 November 2006, London

Asian Art in London event

For a list of events and venues go to their website www.asianartinlondon.com.

6 November 2006, London

Business Conference

China ?the Future of Travel

Organised by World Travel Market, this is the first pan-industry conference on bilateral tourism between China and Europe.

Venue: World Travel Market, Excel, 1 Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, Docklands E16 1XL.

Contact: Wenwen Ruan wenwen@cccontact.com, tel 020 8180-5790, www.future-of-travel.com, www.future-of-travel.com/delegate_fees.htm.

Thursday 16 November 2006, London

Food Lecture

Yan Kit So Memorial Lecture

Speaker: Fuchsia Dunlop

Venue: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street

Time: Doors 6.30, lecture 6.45-7.45pm followed by reception.

Contact: Fiona Smith, fiona.smith@asiahouse.co.uk, to book email enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk or tel. 020 7307-5454.

Wednesday 22 November, London

Centre of Chinese Studies Seminar Series (Co-hosted by the China Media Centre)

Speaker: Humphrey Hawksley (no title for talk yet)

Venue: Room 107 (Committee Room), University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street W1.

Time: 2-5pm

Contact: Sara Hamza, Centre for Chinese Studies, SOAS, tel. 20 7898-4893, sh87@soas.ac.uk.

Monday 27 November, London

Lecture

Chinese Sculpture
Speaker: Ann Paludan
Venue: Asia House (New Date - rescheduled from 23 October)
Time: Doors 6.30, lecture 6.45-7.45pm

Contact: Fiona Smith, fiona.smith@asiahouse.co.uk, to book email enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk or tel. 020 7307-5454.

13-15 April 2007, Cambridge

Conference

Defining the Field: Themes in Contemporary China Studies

CALL FOR PANELS

Organised by the Interdisciplinary China Studies Forum and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities

Deadlines: Submission of Panel proposals 15 November 2006

Venue: no venue given at this time.

Contact: Xiaoxiao Yan xy215@cam.ac.uk or Charlotte Goodburn ceg29@cam.ac.uk, www.digitalorient.org/idcsf.php.