Name: Weihan Sun
University of Oxford

Events this person is hosting:

Wednesday 22 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Translating Modernity: Construction and Imagination of the West in 20th China
Date: 22 February 2023, 17:00 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker s: Qi Cheng (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz), Yunxia Li (University of Cologne)
Venue Details: Online via MS Teams
Organisers: Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Host: Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 31 May 2023 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Exhibiting China and de-Colonization: Archaeology and Museology across East Asia and the World
Date: 31 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Shing-Kwang Chan (Princeton University), Reynold K. W. Tsang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room
Organisers: Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 14 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Borderlands and Soviets: PRC Nationalities Policy and Nuclear Deterrence
Date: 14 June 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Duanyi Yi (University of Glasgow), Chendong Pi (University of California, Davis)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room
Organisers: Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 1 November 2023 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Intersection across the Pacific: Race, Migration, and the Environment in Modern East Asia
Date: 1 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Zelin Pei (University of Arizona), Rory Qianqing Huang (Texas A&M University)
Venue Details: Online ONLY vis MS Teams
Organisers: Lucas Tse, Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Young-Chan Choi, Tommy Yui Chim Lo, Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Host: Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 21 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Population and Identity in the PRC and ROC during the 1950s
Date: 21 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker s: Adrian Kwong (University of Oxford), Zhelun Zhou (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room
Organisers: Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin
Hosts: Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Thursday 9 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Localising and Resisting Western Knowledge and Colonial Ideas: Encounters and Trajectories in Twentieth-Century China
Date: 9 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Mengliu Chang (University of Pennsylvania), Henoch Gabriel Mandelbaum (University of São Paulo)
Venue Details: Online only - MS Teams
Organisers: Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin
Hosts: Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 29 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Late Imperial China's Informal Connections to the World: Globalisation in the Networks Literati and the Commercial Settlement
Date: 29 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dan Knorr (University of Cambridge), Zheng Chen (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room, 1/F
Organisers: Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin
Hosts: Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 27 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Transnational Networks and Contestations: 20th Century Territorial Conquest and the Cold War
Date: 27 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Jiang Zhifeng (National University of Singapore), Clara Galzerano (University of Trento)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room
Organisers: Zhou Fang (University of Oxford), Zhang Ning (University of Oxford), Ivi Fung (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford)
Host: Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Wednesday 20 October 2021 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

'A Jinnah for Chinese Islam': Muslim Politics between South Asia and China, 1940-1949
Date: 20 October 2021, 13:00 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Aaron Glasserman (Harvard University)
Organisers: Aoife Cantrill (University of Oxford), Thomas C Burnham (University of Oxford), Lucas Tse (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Xiangming Chen (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 27 October 2021 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Rockefeller Bolshevik: John Black Grant and the Conception of Modern Public Health in China and India
Date: 27 October 2021, 13:00 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
Organisers: Aoife Cantrill (University of Oxford), Thomas C Burnham (University of Oxford), Lucas Tse (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Xiangming Chen (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 3 November 2021 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Between Escapism and Propaganda: Cultural Activities in Soviet POW Camps After World War II
Date: 3 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
Organisers: Aoife Cantrill (University of Oxford), Thomas C Burnham (University of Oxford), Lucas Tse (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Xiangming Chen (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 10 November 2021 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Seeing the World Through the Atom: Readings of Fallout in Postcolonial North and South Korea
Date: 10 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Derek J Kramer (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Organisers: Aoife Cantrill (University of Oxford), Thomas C Burnham (University of Oxford), Lucas Tse (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Xiangming Chen (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 17 November 2021 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Anti-Hong Kong Dollar Campaign and the Making of China’s Exchange Rate Regime, 1949-1951
Date: 17 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Leung Ho-chiu (University of California, San Diego)
Organisers: Aoife Cantrill (University of Oxford), Thomas C Burnham (University of Oxford), Lucas Tse (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Xiangming Chen (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 24 November 2021 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Recontextualizing Japanese Views of African Americans from the Arrival of Commodore Perry (1853) to the Paris Peace Conference (1919)
Date: 24 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Tarik Merida (Free University of Berlin)
Organisers: Aoife Cantrill (University of Oxford), Thomas C Burnham (University of Oxford), Lucas Tse (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Xiangming Chen (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 1 December 2021 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Legacies of minjok and neo-Confucianism in the construction of early DPRK political apparatus
Date: 1 December 2021, 13:00 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Noël Seulgi Um-Lo (Columbia University)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Aoife Cantrill (University of Oxford), Thomas C Burnham (University of Oxford), Lucas Tse (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Xiangming Chen (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Food in Motion in East Asia
Date: 15 February 2023, 17:00 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker s: Xie Zhentian (University of St Andrews), Aaron Molnar (University of British Columbia)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Ho Tim Room
Organisers: Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Translating Modernity: Construction and Imagination of the West in 20th China
Date: 22 February 2023, 17:00 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker s: Qi Cheng (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz), Yunxia Li (University of Cologne)
Venue Details: Online via MS Teams
Organisers: Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Host: Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Monday 6 March 2023 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Competition of Lifestyles during the Cold War
Date: 6 March 2023, 13:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 8th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker s: Will Sack (Harvard University), Karina Khasnulina (University of Leipzig)
Venue Details: Online (via Microsoft Teams link)
Organisers: Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Tommy Yui Chim Lo (University of Oxford)
Host: Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 17 May 2023 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Sino-Western Trade during the early Cold War
Date: 17 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Yi Liu (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Ka-shing So (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room
Organisers: Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 31 May 2023 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Exhibiting China and de-Colonization: Archaeology and Museology across East Asia and the World
Date: 31 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Shing-Kwang Chan (Princeton University), Reynold K. W. Tsang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room
Organisers: Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 7 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Personal Experiences and Connections within the Japanese Empire
Date: 7 June 2023, 14:00 - 15:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Agnese Dionisio (Waseda University), Merle Kartscher (Harvard University)
Organisers: Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 14 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Borderlands and Soviets: PRC Nationalities Policy and Nuclear Deterrence
Date: 14 June 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker s: Duanyi Yi (University of Glasgow), Chendong Pi (University of California, Davis)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room
Organisers: Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Young-Chan Choi (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Monday 23 October 2023 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Colonial Administration and Modern China
Date: 23 October 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Yimeng Cheng (University of Macao), Qingrou Zhao (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room (Hybrid Format - In-person & Online via MS Teams)
Organisers: Lucas Tse, Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Young-Chan Choi, Tommy Yui Chim Lo, Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Host: Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 1 November 2023 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Intersection across the Pacific: Race, Migration, and the Environment in Modern East Asia
Date: 1 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Zelin Pei (University of Arizona), Rory Qianqing Huang (Texas A&M University)
Venue Details: Online ONLY vis MS Teams
Organisers: Lucas Tse, Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Young-Chan Choi, Tommy Yui Chim Lo, Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Host: Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 15 November 2023 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Western Imports, Asian Agency: Encounters between Nationalism and Transnationalism in East Asia
Date: 15 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Kyrie Vermette (University of British Columbia), Andrew Ka Pok Tam (University of Glasgow)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room (Hybrid Format - In-person & Online via MS Teams)
Organisers: Lucas Tse, Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Young-Chan Choi, Tommy Yui Chim Lo, Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Host: Simon Lam (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 29 November 2023 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Transcending the "Bamboo Curtain": Cultural diplomacy and tourism across the Taiwan Strait
Date: 29 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Po-Hsun Chen (University of Manchester), Cho-kiu Li (Hang Seng University of Hong Kong)
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room (Hybrid Format - In-person & Online via MS Teams)
Organisers: Lucas Tse, Weihan Sun, Simon Lam, Zhixia Jin, Young-Chan Choi, Tommy Yui Chim Lo, Yaxi Liu (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford), Zhixia Jin (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Host: Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford)