Previous Events

Friday, April 25, 2025 - 09:00 to 17:00

Online Via MS Teams or in-person in Bowland North Seminar Room 10, Lancaster University

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

Friday, April 4, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

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Please join us on Friday 4th April from 13:00-14:00pm (UK time); 8:00-9:00pm (Beijing time) when we will be delighted to welcome Professor Louise Tythacott who will talk about Loot from China’s Summer Palace in  auctions, exhibitions and museums, hosted by OU Online Confucius Institute (OCI) and par...

Friday, March 7, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

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Please join us for the next in our series of OCI Public Talks where we are delighted to welcome author Hugo Wong who will talk about the experience of Chinese migrants in North America in the early 20th Century.

Monday, February 24, 2025 - 13:30 to Monday, April 14, 2025 - 13:30

Online via Zoom

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The Online Confucius Institute at The Open University is offering 8 free sessions of Qigong for body and mind with expert instructor YU Feixia. Every Monday starting 24th February 2025! This is suitable for absolute beginners and you do not need to attend all 8 sessions to sign-up. Registe...

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 13:00 to 15:00

The Hub Theatre, MK Campus

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Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations at The Open University 2025  OU staff are warmly invited to attend the Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations taking place in the Hub Theatre on the Milton Keynes campus, Tuesday 28th January 2025 between 1-3pm. There will be a range of activities and entertai...

Friday, January 17, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

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Please join us for the 9th session of our Modern Chinese literature online book club on Friday January 17th 2025, 1-2pm (UK time)/ 9-10pm (Beijing time). All are welcome to attend and you do not need to have attended any of our prior book club sessions. The session is informal, friendly and held in ...

Friday, November 29, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

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Please join us for our next OCI public talk where we are delighted to welcome author Giles Chance to discuss reflections from 20 years living and working in China during a time of rapid change. Giles witnessed at first hand the remarkable changes and development in China over the 20 years from 1988...

Friday, October 25, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

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Please join us for our next OCI public talk where we are delighted to welcome Dr Jackie Jia Lou from Birkbeck, University of London, as our guest speaker. The talk will explore the 'slices of time' embedded in the linguistic landscapes of Washington, D.C., and London’s Chinatowns....

Friday, July 12, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

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Please join us on Friday 12th July for the next session of our friendly and informal Modern Chinese Literature Online Book Club. In this session, we'll be discussing 'Notes from a Consulting Room' (诊疗室手记）by Sophie Zuo Fei (昨非) . We are delighted that the author Sophie Zuo Fei (昨非) and on...

Thursday, May 23, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

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We’re delighted to invite you to the next public talk 'China's Transformation in the Anthropocene' hosted by OU Online Confucius Institute and part of the OCLC Distinguished Speaker Series. The talk will feature our very own academic speakers from The Open University, Professor Ste...

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 09:30 to 15:00

Lancaster University or Online (hybrid)

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Calling all teachers of Chinese! We are delighted to be co-organising a hybrid (online or in-person) training day with Lancaster University Confucius Institute for teachers of Chinese as Foreign Language. The one-day event on Tuesday 23rd April 2024 will share best practice in teaching Chinese ...

Friday, April 12, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

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Please join us for session 7 of the Modern Chinese Literature Online Book Club. All are welcome to attend and you do not need to have attended any of our prior book club sessions. The session is informal, friendly and held in English on MS Teams. In this session with Paper Republic, we will be discu...

Friday, March 1, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:30

Online via Zoom

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The Online Confucius Institute at The Open University will host an exciting online workshop ‘Playfulness in Language Learning and Teaching’ on Friday March 1st (between 1pm and 2:30pm). This workshop is aimed at Mandarin Chinese language teachers who would like to implement playfuln...

Monday, February 5, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via MS Teams

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Please join us for this insightful talk from Nick Thomas, Director, China at the British Council and the Minister (Culture and Education) at the British Embassy in Beijing. In this role, he oversees the British Council's work to support more connections in education and culture between the UK an...

Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 13:00 to 15:00

The Hub Theatre, MK Campus

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*Internal event for OU staff and postgraduate students only* Please join us for Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations 2024 on Thursday 1st February 2024 in the Hub theatre on the Milton Keynes campus.

Friday, December 8, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via Zoom

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Please join us for this fascinating public talk by documentary filmmaker Peng Wenlan who will discuss the often underreported history of the Chinese Labour Corps in WW1. Peng Wenlan is a documentary filmmaker specialising in China with particular focus on modern history and social issues. She h...

Friday, November 17, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via Zoom

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Please join us for the 6th session of our Modern Chinese literature online book club on Friday 17th November, 1-2pm (UK time). All are welcome to attend and you do not need to have attended any of our prior book club sessions. The session is informal, friendly and held in English. In this session, w...

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via Zoom

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Please join us for this online joint talk from the Online Confucius Institute and the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures and hear about what makes a good life from the perspective of East and West philosophy. We are delighted to welcome Dr Jingyi Jenny Zhao, ISF Senior Resear...

Friday, July 7, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via Zoom

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Please join us for the 5th session of our Modern Chinese literature online book club in collaboration with Paper Republic. All are welcome to attend and you do not need to have attended any of our prior book club sessions. The session is informal, friendly and held in English. In this session, ...

Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 15:30 to 16:30

Online via Zoom

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Please join us for a joint public talk from the OU Online Confucius Institute and the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures as we celebrate the first anniversary of the OU's Online Confucius Institute. We are delighted to welcome back Professor Roger T. Ames to give a talk on the shaping of Chinese...

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online

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(Internal event for OU staff in the Faculty of WELS). A series of online mind and body exercise courses aimed to support your mental and physical health with Feixia Yu. These sessions are internal for OU staff within the Faculty of WELS as part of the WELS Wellbeing programme in conjunction with the...

Friday, March 24, 2023 - 13:00 to 13:00

Online via Zoom

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Please join us for the fourth session of our Online Modern Chinese Literature Book Club. The sessions are informal, fun and held in English. In this next session, we will discuss the story Backflow River by Jia Pingwa and translated by Nicky Harman. We are also delighted to welcome Dylan Levi King a...

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via Zoom

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Professor Zhu Hua, from the International Centre for Intercultural Studies, Institute of Education UCL, joins us for the first Distinguished Speaker Series of 2023, to discuss key shifts within intercultural communication and their implications for language learning.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online

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A series of online mind and body exercise courses aimed to support your mental and physical health with Feixia Yu. These sessions are part of the WELS Wellbeing programme in conjunction with the OU Online Confucius Institute and are being offered to OU staff in the Faculty of WELS. 

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online via Zoom

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​Dynamic Qigong for Health: The first in a series of online mind and body exercise courses aimed to support your mental and physical health with Feixia Yu.  *Internal event only as part of the wellbeing programme for staff in the OU Faculty of WELS*

Friday, February 17, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via Zoom

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An introduction to Chinese medicinial cuisine where the ancient healing art of food is used to balance human nature. XING Mei （邢枚）, Professor in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), will introduce to you a brief history of Chinese medicinal cuisine and general principles of Chinese diet and herbs, as...

Friday, January 20, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via Zoom

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The third session of the online Modern Chinese Literature Book Club will meet again on 20th January 2023. All are welcome and you do not need to have attended any prior book club sessions. This session will be looking at the works of A Yi and two short stories in particular. The rec...

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - 12:00 to 14:00

Hub Theatre, Milton Keynes Campus

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Chinese New Year at the OU - try your hand at spring roll making, ink calligraphy and sample traditional tea and snacks whilst listing to live Guqin music. Please note this event is internal only for OU staff and students.

Friday, November 18, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via Zoom

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Join us for the second session of our Modern Chinese Literature Book Club event.  You don't need to have attended the first session - all are welcome!  Facilitated by Nicky Harman, Emily Jones and Mike Fu - experts in Chinese literature and translation stu...

Friday, October 7, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online via Zoom

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The first session of our Modern Chinese Literature Online Book Club event, facilitated by two experts in Chinese literature and translation, Nicky Harman and Emily Jones.

Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - 16:30 to 17:30

Online

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A whirlwind tour of Chinese history, poetry and culture through the unfamiliar story of an ancient drinking culture. Join us for this intriguing talk jointly hosted by the Online Confucius Institute at The Open University and the Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine at London So...

Friday, June 24, 2022 - 13:00 to Saturday, June 25, 2022 - 17:00

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The Online Confucius Institute at The Open University is co-organising this international conference with British Chinese Language Teaching Society (BCLTS)

Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00

In this public talk, Dr YAN Tong aims to discuss how to decode embedded meanings through analyzing the ways of forming characters, their historical evolution and actual functions in communication. Character handwritings – hard pen writing and soft brush writing will also be demonstrated in the...

Friday, May 13, 2022 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online - Zoom

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In this public lecture, Professor Ames will address the question: What impact will Confucianism—a philosophy that begins from the primacy of relationality and grounded in family feeling—have on world culture in the ensuing decades? The recording of the talk is now available. Pl...

Friday, April 8, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00

Professor GU Yueguo from Beijing Foreign Studies University explores issues around the concept of “face” in China and the high importance of “saving face to preserve a person’s respect and honour..