Come and listen to a variety of high-calibre speakers from home and abroad.

2008/9
Welcome to the seventeenth series of The Edinburgh Lectures which will present and discuss Chinese Connections.

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing has put China centre-stage and the 2008/9 series of The Edinburgh Lectures will reflect this international attention.

Our theme "Chinese Connections" will allow a range of interesting speakers to discuss the economy, media, medicine, the arts and other matters providing a unique perspective of China's, past, present and future.

The Lectures

Monday, October 27th, 2008
China: Talking to the World

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Taxation Without Representation – The Rise of China’s Middle Class

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
When was Chinese Art modern?

Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Towards the understanding of Mao: my personal journey

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
China seen through film

Friday, March 20th, 2009
The Writing on the Wall: China and the west in the 21st century

Friday, March 27th, 2009
It's not all black and white