The University of Oxford China Centre is a new hub for various academic activities related to China at the University of Oxford, located on the premises of St Hugh’s College in the magnificent Dickson Poon Building. By bringing together superb academics and researchers from a broad range of disciplines, the China Centre will foster innovative collaborative initiatives and ensure that Oxford’s research on China produces even more substantial impact, both domestically and abroad.
Latest News
‘What can we learn from the past when trying to make sense of the Chinese Communist Party today?’ China Centre Conversation can now be viewed
A new Oxford China Centre Conversation is now available to view (China Centre Conversation 1, Trinity Term 2022). The online conversation, ‘What can we learn …Read More »BACS Annual Conference – call for papers now open
British Association for Chinese Studies University of Oxford Co-hosted by Asian Studies Centre at St Antony’s College, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA), …Read More »We are pleased to post the third China Centre Newsletter
For any enquiries, please contact information@chinese.ox.ac.uk China Centre Newsletter 3Read More »Recording of Robert B. Zoellick, in conversation with Rana Mitter, now available
A recording of the Baillie Gifford Distinguished Speaker talk, given by Robert B. Zoellick on 16 February 2022, is available here. ‘America and China in …Read More »Todd Hall discusses ‘Dispute Inflation’ with the C&WP
Todd Hall discusses ‘Dispute Inflation: Making Sense of Conflict Dynamics in Maritime East Asia’ with the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program (C&WP). Recording is …Read More »
Research Highlights
Pamela Hunt’s book published by Hong Kong University Press
Pamela Hunt’s book, Rebel Men: Masculinity and Attitude in Postsocialist Chinese Literature, has been published by Hong Kong University Press. Masculinity, fast-changing and regularly declared …Read More »Paul Bevan has published a new edited volume
A new book edited by Paul Bevan, Anne Witchard and Da Zheng was published by Hong Kong University Press in April 2022. Paul has contributed …Read More »Tian Yuan Tan’s book translated and published in China
A Chinese translation of Professor Tian Yuan Tan‘s book, Songs of Contentment and Transgression: Discharged Officials and Literati Communities in Sixteenth-Century North China (Harvard 2010), has been published …Read More »New book by Henrietta Harrison published by Princeton University Press
Henrietta Harrison‘s book, The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire, has been published by Princeton …Read More »Rachel Murphy publishes paper in Geoforum
Rachel Murphy has just published a new journal paper, ‘What Does “Left Behind” Mean to Children Living in Migratory Regions in Rural China?’, in Geoforum. It …Read More »
Full Schedule of This Term’s Events
Upcoming Events
Not Moving: Performing Sleep in Contemporary China
Wednesday, 18 May, 17:00 - 18:00 at the Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Thursday, 19 May, 17:00 - 18:30 at the Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre
Friday, 20 May, 14:00 - 15:00 at Online
Sinostan, China’s Inadvertent Empire
Tuesday, 24 May, 12:00 - 13:00 at Online
Tuesday, 24 May, 16:00 - 17:30 at Online