China Studies Centre, the University of Sydney

18/03/2026

05/03/2026

📣 Call for Papers: 29th CHIME Conference
Theme: Ecological Dimensions of Chinese Music
📍 Sydney Conservatorium of Music
🗓️ 1-4 December 2026

📝 Deadline extended: 14 March 2026
Chinese music has long conveyed environmental knowledge, ecological values, and philosophical ideas about nature. In this time of global climate crisis, the connections between music, culture, and ecology matter more than ever.

Submit your title and abstract here https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=fuOzgnGBXUixCzja5-0UqIqNUT3UPtxMtGFm1Uki8IpUQzAzVlE2QUVRUkZENkNXQktGVldTWDVXRC4u&route=shorturl Australian Society for Asian Humanities University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney

17/02/2026

20/10/2025

PUBLIC EVENT | Join us next Monday, 27 October for the 2025 Master Sheng Yen Lecture in Chinese Buddhism: Women in Tang Dynasty Buddhism and the Benxing Poems at Baoshan.

In this lecture, Professor Wendi L. Adamek from the Department of Classics and Religion at the University of Calgary and Holder of the Numata Chair in Buddhist studies, will discuss two poems inscribed on the Lanfengshan memorial niche dedicated for the nun Benxing 本行 in 676 (LFS 72).

🗓 Monday 27 October 2025
🕛 6:00PM - 7:30PM
📍Law Annex Lecture Theatre 104, Camperdown Campus, University of Sydney
🎟Free
Find out more 🔗 http://bit.ly/48ydZHj

20/10/2025

Huge congratulations to Professor David Goodman for receiving a China Government Friendship Award for his lifelong contributions to China studies. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/10/20/china-bestows-highest-honour-on-professor-david-goodman.html University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Professor David Goodman, Director of the China Studies Centre, has received a China Government Friendship Award for his remarkable work on China over many decades.

02/10/2025

We are proudly supporting this conference. Come join us next year for the conference.

Join us for the Australian Society for Asian Humanities Inaugural Conference in 2026 at the University of Sydney.

22/07/2025

从“痴呆症“到”共面认知障碍症“:
在澳大利亚，一项由悉尼大学牵头、联合多所高校进行的研究项目“共面认知障碍症”（Facing Dementia Together)，正悄然推动一场医学语言的变革。一个更科学、更有尊严的新名称正从悉尼出发，走向世界。

“痴呆”这个词太伤人了。一项由澳大利亚多所高校联合进行的研究项目“共面认知障碍症”，正悄然推动一场医学语言的变革。一个更科学、更有尊严的新名称正从悉尼出发，走向世界（点击播客收听详情）。

18/07/2025

Professor David Goodman on Albanese visits to the Great Wall following Xi Meeting https://www.thewire.org.au/story/albanese-continues-his-china-visit-after-chatting-with-xi-yesterday/ University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Today marks the 5th day of PM Anthony Albanese’s tour of China where he visited the Great Wall. He joined...