Thinking Chinese 華思 . 思華

Thinking Chinese 思華 ^. 華思

UCL Quad, 31 March - 1 April 2015

The Thinking Chinese conference was a collaborative project between the UCL China Centre of Health and Humanity and History Department with Ming-Ai (London) Institute. The conference, and linked exhibition, brought together academics, heritage professionals and representatives from the Chinese community to explore the history of social, cultural and intellectual exchange between China and the UK as well as evolving notions of "Chineseness" in British society.

Over two days, more than 80 people attended interdisciplinary panels on a variety of historical topics as well as two roundtable debates on Chinese medicine and community representation in the 21st century.

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Speakers	Paper Title	Audio	Documents
Prof Tim Barrett SOAS, University of London	Chinese Language Teachers and Regency Britain		Bibliography
Emile de Bruijn National Trust	Thinking Chinese Wallpaper: the Image of China in British Interiors		Full Paper Presentation
Dr Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman UCL Philosophy	'Africa for the Chinese': A Response from Critical Eugenics at UCL		Full Paper Archive Text
Robert Fleming National Army Museum	China's Relationship with the West in the World Wars and its Legacy		Presentation
Rachel Hasted	The Chinese Labour Corps in England during WW1
Dr Vivienne Lo UCL China Centre for Health and Humanity	Dimsum Diplomacy		Presentation
Dr Vivienne Lo UCL China Centre for Health and Humanity Dr Yijie Zhuang UCL Archaeology	New Sea Lords: the Greenwich Fuzhou Meridian		Presentation
Dr Leon Rocha University of Liverpool	Racial Miscegenation and the Chinese in Liverpool
Dr Anne Witchard University of Westminster	Maidens and Mandarins: China on the Pantomime Stage		Presentation
Dr Diana Yeh University of Winchester	Staging China, Sinophilia and the Racial Order		Presentation
David Yip	Being the Chinese Detective
Roundtable Day 1	Is Traditional Chinese Medicine Really Relevant?
Roundtable Day 2	Breaking Our Silence: Voices from the Chinese Community