Activities and events
Upcoming Events
Conference on 'Hong Kong's Currency Board at 25', Institute for Historical Research, London, 21 October 2008. Attendance is free of charge. For more information on the Hong Kong's Currency Board at 25 programme please follow this link.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Hong Kong's currency board system and this conference reflects on its performance and future prospects. Hong Kong SAR is now highly unusual as a large and sophisticated economy with international financial centre status running a currency board system that pegs the Hong Kong Dollar to the US Dollar.
While usually credited with Providing stability and prosperity for Hong Kong, the system faces new challenges from the recent depreciation of the US Dollar and the growing flexibility of the Chinese Renminbi since 2005.
Workshop on The Social Welfare Mix in China will be held at Nankai University, Tianjin 27-29 October 2008. This workshop has been organised by Prof Jane Duckett (University of Glasgow) and Dr Beatriz Carrillo (Institute of International Studies, University of Technology Sydney) and is funded by the IIS at UTS. Follow the link for more information about the workshop and the Provincial China Workshop Programme
Please click link for Catherine Schenk's currency board workshop programme.
presentation on 'The Evolution of the Hong Kong Currency Board
Recent Events
Lectures
'Sinology or Art History?' - Formalism v Cultural Relativism in the Study of Chines art in the West during the first half of the 20th Century
Prof Nick Pearce History of Art Dept, University of Glasgow
Wednesday 5 March, Huntarian Art Gallery Lecture Theatre, 5.30 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.
Research seminars, Spring 2008
Download full seminar programme
Monday 21 January, 4-5.30pm
Dr Wang Yaping
School of Urban Planning, Heriot Watt University
Topic: 'Housing Condition for Migrants in Shenzhen'
Venue: Room T206, Adam Smith Building, University of Glasgow
Friday 15 February, 3-4.30pm
Professor Ian Taylor
Department of Politics and International Relations
University of St Andrews
Topic: ‘China-Africa relations’
Venue: Room T206, Adam Smith Building, University of Glasgow
Monday 25 February, 4-5.30pm
Dr Yee Kwan Tang
School of Management, University of Glasgow
Topic: ‘Small businesses in China’ (tbc)
Venue: Room T206, Adam Smith Building, University of Glasgow
Friday 7 March, 3-4.30pm
Professor Catherine R. Schenk
Department of Economic and Social History
University of Glasgow
Topic: ‘Hong Kong exchange rate project’ (tbc)
Venue: Room T206, Adam Smith Building, University of Glasgow
Visitors
Professor Yang Tuan, Sociology Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences was a visiting scholar at the University of Glasgow in April-May 2007. Her visit was connected to her collaborative research project with Dr Jane Duckett on ‘The Lessons of UK Health System Reform for China’, supported by a grant from the Universities China Committee, London.
Conferences & Workshops
Workshop: Climate Change Post-Kyoto: Insights from BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China)
Follow this link to see the programme.
Scottish Centre for Chinese Social Science Research Launch Conference
The Launch Conference of the Scottish Centre for Chinese Social Science Research was held at the University of Glasgow on 6 June 2008 . The Centre was launched by Professor Steven Beaumont, OBE. The keynote speaker, Professor David SG Goodman, spoke on 'China as Global Culture'. There were roundtable panels (presentations and discussion) on 'The Beijing 2008 Olympics' and 'China's Energy and Environmental Politics'. Dowload Conference Programme here. Download biographies of the main speakers at the Conference, Professor David SG Goodman, Professor Guan Xinping and Professor Ian Taylor.
Postgraduate Network Launch Workshop
The Scottish Centre for Chinese Social Science Research's Postgraduate Network held its launch workshop on 7 June. The workshop aimed to bring together students doing doctoral research in the social sciences of China. Research panels enabled students to present on their work to their peers in a supportive environment. Other sessions provided social science-focussed research training, including advice on doing fieldwork, ethics, developing effective collaborations with Chinese researchers, and on careers in the social sciences of China. Download Postgraduate Workshop Programme here.
Banking & Monetary History: Hong Kong's Current Challenges in Historical Perspective, held at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, organised by Catherine Schenk in collaboration with the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research and the Centre for Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong. April 2007
Book Event
The Centre is hosting a book event to discuss Our History is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution (Pathfinder Press) on Thursday 18 October 2007 at 7p.m, Adam Smith Building, Room T316, University of Glasgow. All are welcome.