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We are delighted to be supporting the following event, which will take place on campus, at Stage@Leeds, in the evening of the Leeds Staff Festival 2026. The play is written by Hongwei Bao, whom we featured in our bookclub last month and you can read a new interview with Hongwei about the play also on...
We are delighted to welcome you to the Symposium on Cantonese Opera in Global Context, organised by Dr Xunnan Li as part of our collaboration with the Cantonese Opera Research Centre at Hong Kong Metropolitan University, together with scholars and practitioners from around the world. This mini-symposium focuses on the translation, cultural industrialisation, artistic creation,...
In association with Granta literary magazine, we are delighted to be welcoming the poet and author Xiao Hai 小海, a leading voice of China's migrant worker literature movement to discuss his latest work, a memoir of his life as a migrant labourer, translated by Tony Hao and published by Granta (2026). Xiao Hai will also...
A major convention of poets from China and the UK, for three full days of poetry readings, discussion roundtables, translation workshops and cultural exchange. The UK side is co-organised by Poetry@Leeds, the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing, and the Global Research Development Office. Participating poets in the Leeds/UK delegation include Kimberly Campanello, John Whale,...
A powerful, funny and must‑see show about identity, representation and finding your voice. Don’t Call Me China Doll Friday 20 March 2026 • 7:30pm • Stage One Diana Feng brings the legacy of Anna May Wong to life in a performance full of humour, honesty and incredible physicality. It’s bold, it’s relevant and it’s happening right here at the theatre...
While this is not a Centre-run event, we are proud to be supporters of the Mint Chinese Film Festival, a women-led Chinese touring festival, co-founded by Yixiang Shirley Lin and Carol Rennie. Two films will be shown at the Bradford Pictureville Cinema in the National Science and Media Museum -- an easy train commute from...
This year's symposium takes a broad view of Chinese children's literature in Anglophone contexts, and features a keynote and roundtables with academics, authors, translators, publishers, and others involved in the field. Please note that this event is invitation-only Symposium Schedule Friday 3rd October Keynote Presentation: Prof Zhao Xia The re-imagination of childhood ethics in contemporary...
(Please note updated start time) In association with Granta literary magazine, we're very excited to be welcoming renowned Chinese author Shuang Xuetao 双雪涛 to Leeds, to talk about his writing and the screen adaptations of his work. After the discussion with the author, we will be screening an episode of a TV adaptation of part...
We are delighted to welcome Dr Zhiyue Hu from Nanjing University, to present at our fortnightly series of informal research salons. Zhiyue will be sharing her research and leading discussion on the topic of Cross-Media Adaptations of Journey to the West, with a special focus on Asianization and how it decentred the 'source' of adaptation. ...
We are delighted to be hosting the renowned poet Bai Hua this year, on a Cheney Fellowship. Come to hear about how Chinese poetry has developed over the last century. After the talk there will be opportunities for further informal conversations with Bai Hua in the same venue. About the speaker Considered the central literary...