The conference committee is pleased to announce that the distinguished scholar Professor Raewyn Connell is the conference keynote speaker. Professor Connell is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and is the recipient of awards from both the American Sociological Association and the Australian Sociological Association. Her work has been translated into thirteen languages.

Professor Qiu Sha will also be addressing the conference on the relationship between traditional Chinese practices and modernity in contemporary Chinese culture.  His work on Lu Xun is widely known in China, and his three volume text in English The World of Lu Xun, has been critically acclaimed.

 

The provisional programme can be downloaded by clicking on the hotlink below.

 

Provisional conference programme, 30th December.