EACS Summer School in Chinese Studies

Seán Golden, a member of the Inter-Asia research group, was the keynote speaker at the Summer School in Chinese Studies organised by the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS) at the Università Ca'Foscari Venezia in collaboration with the Dipartamento di Studi sull'Asia e sull'Africa Mediterranea (DSAAM) of Ca'Foscari and the Istituto Confucio presso l'Università Ca'Foscari Venezia from 2-6 September 2013.

The EACS Summer School in Chinese Studies 2013 was dedicated to History and Historiography in Imperial China and the Encounter with the West. Seán Golden spoke on The Role and Meaning of Imperial History in Contemporary China.

Università Ca'Foscari Venezia Visiting Professor

During the Spring Term 2013, Sean Golden, a member of the Inter-Asia Research Group, has been invited to be Visiting Professor at the Dipartimento di Studi sull'Asia e sull'Africa Mediterranea (DSAAM) of the Università Ca'Foscari Venezia, where he is teaching a. course on Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Cultural Studies, Modernism & Postmodernism (Storia della filosofia e religioni della Cina antica) in the Lingue e civiltà dell'Asia e dell'Africa Mediterranea (LICAAM) M.A. programme.

He has also given a PhD lecture on Liu Xie 刘勰, Ernest Fenollosa and 20th century avant-garde writing and art, and a lecture to undergraduate students of Ca'Foscari's International College on The Role of Ancient Chinese Thought in Modern Chinese Politics & Foreign Policy.

He has also been named to be a member of the university's Collegio docenti del Dottorato for the PhD programme in Lingue e Civiltà dell'Asia e dell'Africa mediterranea.