News and Events

26/03/2019-Zhang Bihui and His Study on peripheral artery sympathetic tone of New Zealand rabbits

Dr Zhang Bihui and his colleagues of Department of Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, recently co-authored an article entitled “Effect of Catheter-based Peripheral Sympathetic Denervation on Peripheral Artery Sympathetic Tone of New Zealand rabbits”, and had it published in Chinese Journal of Interventional Imaging and Therapy . Read more...

26/03/2019-Liu Zhipeng and His Research on the 2016 Earthquake of Christchurch, New Zealand

Dr Liu Zhipeng and his colleagues of School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, recently co-authored and published an article entitled “Utilizing Back-Projection Method Based on 3-D Global Tomography Model to Investigate Mw 7.8 New Zealand South Island Earthquake” in Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, Vol. 54, No. 4 (July 2018). Read more...

26/03/2019-PKU Bachelor Theses Studying New Zealand Recent Earthquakes

The past few years have seen a growing interest in New Zealand among Peking University undergraduates. Some of them have chosen New Zealand Studies as the theme of their bachelor theses. The new interest adds to what graduate and doctoral students and faculty have been doing in the field of New Zealand Studies. Read more...

12/03/2019-Victoria University of Wellington Launches a Brand New Master Programme of Intercultural Communications and Applied Translation

Victoria University of Wellington launches a brand new master programme “Master of Intercultural Communication and Applied Translation (MICAT)” .Students who are fluent in Chinese and wish to enhance their skills in English can have the best of both worlds by studying in an English-language environment with outstanding scholars with expertise in Chinese and in Translation Studies. Read more...

14/01/2019-Professor Wu Xiaoan Visits Massey University as a NZC Visiting Fellow

Professor Wu Xiaoan from the Department of History, Peking University finished his research trip to Massey University as a New Zealand Centre Visiting Fellow. Read more...

14/01/2019-Tony Fiddis Graduates with a Master’s Degree from Peking University

The New Zealand Centre at Peking University is proud to announce that the former Centre intern Tony Colin Adair Fiddis graduated with a Master’s degree in International Studies from Peking University in July 2018. Read more...

10/12/2018-Professor Liu Shusen Attends Forum on Oceanian Studies

From 10 to 11 December Professor Liu Shusen, Director of the New Zealand Centre at Peking University, attended “The High-level Forum on Oceanian Studies” in Shanghai and presented a keynote paper entitled “China’s Early Modern Knowledge of Oceanian Island Countires:1868～1949”. Read more...

28/11/2018-Dr Jack Ross Lecturing the New Zealand History and Culture Course

The New Zealand Centre was delighted to receive Dr Jack Ross, a senior lecturer in creative writing at Massey University’s Auckland Campus, who contributed two lectures to the NZ History and Culture Course on New Zealand Literature on Nov 21st and 28th Read more...

23/11/2018-Dr. Bryan Minghui BI Granted William Evans Fellowship

Dr. Bryan Minghui BI of Peking University has recently been granted William Evans Visiting Fellowship of the University of Otago. Read more...

23/11/2018-Dr Liangni Sally Liu of Massey University Talks at Peking University

Senior Lecturer Liangni Sally Liu of Massey University talked at Peking University on 23rd of November, 2018, on Chinese migration to New Zealand. Her talk is part of her joint research cooperation with Professor Wu Xiaoan at the History Department of Peking University. Read more...

10/11/2018-NZC Visiting Fellow Prof.Sally Jane Norman Visits Peking University

The New Zealand Centre at Peking University hosted Professor Sally Jane Norman, Director of the New Zealand School of Music - Te Kōkī at Victoria University, Wellington. On the 9th of November she presented a lecture to postgraduate students at the NCRICA, School of Arts, Peking University. Read more...

07/11/2018-Books Donated to the New Zealand Centre at Peking University

Associate Professor Kerry Taylor, Head of the School of Humanities of Massey University, Libby Passau, Secretary of the New Zealand Centre at Peking University Advisory Board, and Professor Michael Roche of Massey University have generously donated books to the New Zealand Centre at Peking University, providing New Zealand Studies Undergraduate Course students with a set of valuable and unique materials. Read more...

02/11/2018-A Delegation from Otago University visits the New Zealand Centre at Peking University

University of Otago’s Jason Cushen, Director of the International Office, Roger McElwain, CEO of the Language Centre and Foundation Year, Associate Professor Hazel Tucker, and Joyce Zhang, China Country Representative, visited the NZC to have a meeting with the Centre director Professor Liu Shusen and Centre secretary Associate Professor Lui Hongzhong. Read more...

01/11/2018-NZC Visiting Fellow Hazel Tucker Lectures at Peking University

Peking University hosted Associate Professor Hazel Tucker as a Visiting Fellow from the Department of Tourism, School of Business, at the University of Otago. She presented her seminar on 1st November, which was well attended by students from the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Peking University. Read more...

29/10/2018-Prof. John Macalister from Victoria University of Wellington visits PKU

Prof. John Macalister from Victoria University of Wellington visits PKU and had a productive meeting with the NZC staff as they followed up with proposals that were made during the NZC visit to Wellington in August. Read more...

29/10/2018-Dr Hilary Chung lectures at Peking University

Dr Hilary Chung, Founding Director of the Global Studies programme at Auckland University and Comparative Literature specialist visited NZC at PKU and delivered a lecture for Peking University Humanities Series. Read more...

24/10/2018-Visiting Fellow Dr Danping Wang lectures at Peking University

Professor Yang Zhao, Dean of the School of Chinese as a Second Language hosted Dr Danping Wang from the Department of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland as a Visiting Fellow. Read more...

10/10/2018-Libby Passau of the New Zealand Centre Advisory Board Visits Peking University

Libby Passau, Secretary of the New Zealand Centre at Peking University Advisory Board, visited the NZC and the New Zealand History and Culture Class and met with NZC Centre staff and academics PKU. Read more...

28/09/2018-NZC Visiting Fellow Christopher Pearson Visits Peking University

Peking University hosted Christopher Pearson, a Research Fellow from the School of Surveying at Otago University, as a Visiting Fellow. He presented two seminars on the 25th and 28th of September, which received a positive reception by his host professor and his doctoral students of Geophysics. Dr Pearson also received research sponsorship from the School of Earth and Space Sciences of Peking University Read more...

19/09/2018-2018 New Zealand History and Culture Course Underway

The New Zealand Centre welcomes visiting lecturers from Massey University for the 11th year of the New Zealand History and Culture course at Peking University. Read more...