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NZC Members Present Papers at the 3rd Forum on Oceania Studies
New Zealand Centre members attended the 3rd Forum on Oceania Studies held in Zhuhai, Guangdong from 14 to 15 November, co-hosted by China Association of Oceania Studies and Oceania Studies Centre of Sun Yat-sun University, presenting papers in terms of New Zealand literature, New Zealand Studies courses at Peking University, and New Zealand International Education and China-New Zealand Education Cooperation. When the 3rd Forum on Oceania Studies was held in Zhuhai, Guangdong from 14 to 15 November, co-hosted by China Association of Oceania Studies and Oceania Studies Centre of Sun Yat-sun University, both Professor Liu Shusen and Associate Professor Liu Hongzhong, together with Associate Professor Ma Naiqiang, attended the forum presenting papers in terms of New Zealand literature, New Zealand Studies courses at Peking University, and New Zealand International Education and China-New Zealand Education Cooperation.
A group photo of the participants at the forum
Professor Liu Shusen focuses on New Zealand literature as one of the most dynamic and productive ones among countries in the southern hemisphere, by virtue of the average number of literary authors per capita and the average number of the literary works annually published per capita. These two kinds of numbers are much higher than almost all the other countries in the southern hemisphere. Then his presentation discusses why and how New Zealand literature keeps prosperous in its development in the late 2010s, analyzing the trends of novels, poems, plays, and non-fiction in their own ways of development and innovation. In her presentation, Associate Professor Liu Hongzhong introduces the efforts the New Zealand Centre at Peking University has been making to develop courses on New Zealand Studies and how such courses have been successfully integrated into the university undergraduate curriculum. The active role of the New Zealand Centre and the popular New Zealand History and Culture undergraduate course are also included in the presentation. The paper Associate Professor Ma Naiqiang presented at the forum focuses on the trend of New Zealand International Education and China-New Zealand Education Cooperation. In recent years, New Zealand has been reshaping its international education, and with the decrease of both international student enrollment and international education income, its international education is facing challenges. China has been the largest source country of New Zealand international students for many consecutive years, thus chances and challenges coexist for China-New Zealand education cooperation. As a part-time intern of New Zealand Centre, Wang Tingting, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History, Peking University, also presented a paper addressing the issue of land reform of New Zealand Liberal government (1891-1912) and its influences on aspects such as land tenure, economic development and ecological change. She is preparing her doctoral dissertation as a study of the environmental history of New Zealand. |
