Dear all,

We’re delighted to announce that the Sino-Hellenic Network will host two upcoming speaker events, generously supported by the Faculty of Classics in Cambridge. Both events will be in hybrid format. The in person events will take place in Room 1.11 in the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge, with refreshments half an hour before each talk commences, to allow Network members to get to know each other. All welcome, there is no need to register to attend in person. Zoom sign up information can be found below.

Thursday 6th March, 12.30-14.00 GMT (refreshments at 12.00)

Nathan Gilbert (University of Durham): Past, Present, Text, Other: Jesuit Orientalism and Chinese Philosophy
Chair: Lea Cantor (University of Cambridge)

Please register here if you would like to attend Dr Gilbert’s talk remotely.

Thursday 20th March, 11.00-12.30 GMT (refreshments at 10.30)

Richard King (University of Bern): “The Lord a Lord, the Minister a Minister”: Probing Virtues and Roles in Ancient China and Greece
Chair: Roel Sterckx (University of Cambridge)

Please register here if you would like to attend Prof. King’s talk remotely.


Speakers for next Term include Jeremy Tanner (UCL), Cynthia Liu (Oxford), and Eric Hutton (Utah), details to be circulated nearer the time.

We hope to see many of you at the events, either in person or online!

Best wishes,
Jenny Zhao