Upcoming Events

May 1

OCI Modern Chinese Literature Online Book Club

Friday, May 1, 2026 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

Please join us for our friendly online book club on Friday 1st May 2026, 1-2pm (8-9pm Beijing Time). You do not need to have attended previous book club sessions to attend, all are welcome. In this session, facilitated by Nicky Harman and Emily Jones from Paper Republic, we'll be discussing an extr...

May 29

Revisiting the Prompt: Critical AI Literacy for Language Educators: A day of keynote insights, active learning, and shared best practices

Friday, May 29, 2026

Seminar Room 10, Bowland North, Lancaster University, and Online

We are delighted to be co-organising another hybrid (online and in-person) training day with Lancaster University Confucius Institute. This teacher training day is for teachers of Chinese as Foreign Language, as well as teachers of other languages.

Sep 25

OCI Public Talk: Between Moon and Sun: Discovering China’s Seasonal Way of Time

Friday, September 25, 2026 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

What does the moon have to do with the sun? On the Mid‑Autumn Festival, a time traditionally guided by the moon, we are delighted to welcome our guest speaker Yu Feixia, Honorary Principal Lecturer at the University of Lancashire, who will introduce an ancient Chinese way of understanding time thr...

Jan 1

Take a look at some of our recent public talks and events

Monday, January 1, 2029 - 00:00 to Saturday, September 1, 2029 - 00:00

If you missed the chance to attend the first time or would like to rewatch some of our recent public talks and events here, you can view these on the previous events page. Click here to see previous talks and recordings.

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Milton Keynes 
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