The Year of Mouse has not been a year that any of us will forget in a hurry. As the Chinese saying becoming viral in social media these days goes, the Year of the Mouse was far from easy, yet the Year of the Ox will turn things around (2020实‘鼠’不易，2021‘牛’转乾坤). So, a very big Happy Niu (New) Year to you all!
We welcome the Year of the Ox and consider the themes of remembrance and resilience. We are all feeling distanced from loved ones at this time and our resilience is being tested by the continued disruption to both our routines, as well as our engagement with our passions, environments and fellow humans. Chinese New Year is a time that we choose to celebrate cultural diversity in what is, fortunately for us at Queen’s, a distinctly multi-cultural university campus.
Programme
| Date | time | Events | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 5 Feb | 13.00-14.00 | CNY Workshop – The joy of Chinese paper crafts (Jean JING) | Register (closed) |
| Friday 12 Feb | 10.00-12.00 | Launch of CNY celebrations (with online cultural performances) Invited talk – Great Books of China (Dr Frances WOOD) | Register (closed) |
| Tuesday 16 Feb | 13.00-14.00 | Birdwatching and nature-lover communities in China (Xiaomin LIU & Yan WANG) | Register (cancelled) |
| Thursday 18 Feb | 13.00-14.00 | Transition from international student to staff members at Queen’s (Qingying LIN) | Register (closed) |
| Friday 19 Feb | 13.00-14.00 | Metaphors of emotion in Chinese and English (Ye TIAN) | Register (closed) |
| Monday 22 Feb | 13.00-14.00 | Comparison of British and Chinese regulations on facial recognition technology (Te LI) | Register (closed) |
| Tuesday 23 Feb | 13.00-14.00 | Writing a postgraduate research project – common issues arising from Chinese students (Ibrar BHATT) | Register (closed) |
| Wednesday 24 Feb | 13.00-14.00 | The sun and China’s solar observatories (Jiajia LIU) | Register (closed) |
| Thursday 25 Feb | 13.00-14.00 | Supporting international students – an intercultural perspective (Aisling O’BOYLE and Xuezi HAN) | Register (rescheduled) |
| Friday 26 Feb | 13.00-14.00 | Partnership development with Chinese universities (Yan JIN, Che Cameron, Ryan Rolt, and Vincent McKenna) | Register (closed) |
| Friday 5 Mar | 13.00-14.00 | ArtEast Panel Discussion – The joy of women artists with brush pens during lockdown (ArtEast Club members) | Register (closed) |
How to join
These events will all be hosted online using MS Teams. For Queen’s students and staff members, this can be accessed from Teams > QUB Chinese LIG, where event links will be shared as scheduled. For participants outside Queen’s, registration is required in order to grant access as a guest. Please click each of the events in the programme for registration.
For participants who want to send us their CNY greetings, thoughts and proposals or suggestions for topics, please use the comment box below.
Hope you make improvements in your Chinese language learning with perseverance, and it will be finally rewarding.
Yes, to our learners of Chinese, thank you 🙂
Thanks for such good programme in a such challenging year. Well done!
Great, looking forward to your participation and hope you’ll enjoy them.
Really looking forward to this year’s programme. Very diverse range of events so something for everything.
Many thanks, hope you will find them interesting and useful.
I was the volunteer of the Queen’s Spring Festival for last year and we really had great fun by introduing traditional and modern Chinese culture on campus. As I’m now back in China I do wish you achieve another great success online and look forward to the upcoming culture programme!!!
Thanks, Xiaohui, hope to see you online again and thanks for your support last year!
No matter what difficulties we have gone through over the last year, a brand new year is around the corner. Make way for 2021!
Very much so, we look forward turning to the positive trend following the arrival of Ox, and best wishes to you, Haiying, for your PhD study in London.
We had wonderful time 2 years ago with your program! It is precious memory for us! Best wishes for the year 2021!
Thank you, Christina! We hope to see you again at Queen’s or in China and get together for great fun!
For some reasons, I missed the first two programme. Hope to be able to participate in the following programme.
No worries, see you in the rest of the events and hope you’ll enjoy them.