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Image of cover of the book Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage, by Routledge 2023

Book Launch and Discussion: Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage

15 May 2023

Past Events (2023)

museum displays

Displaying Authenticity in Museums in China

08 March 2023
Photograph of Helen Wang

Money and Authenticity

01 March 2023
Black and white comic featuring Lu Xun looking at an image of himself

Fierce Browed, Head Bowed? Excavating Authentic Lu Xuns in Chinese lianhuanhua Comics

22 February 2023

Past Events (2022)

A pair of seemingly identical ceramic bowls featuring painted chickens

Being Authentic: The Copy, the Fake and the Real in Museum Displays

16 November 2022
Viewing a woodblock printing

Rebranding New China Through Replicas: The Rise and Fall of Woodblock Facsimiles in China since 1949

09 November 2022
Painting of woman reading

Authenticity by Anthology

19 October 2022
Image of a souvenir Chinese bronze jue vessel

Who Owns the Past? (Panel Discussion)

12 October 2022
Forbidden City

Understanding Authenticity in Cultural Heritage: China and Beyond Conference

Poster with written information for the China Centre Conversation on May 19th

How to Understand Sincerity and Authenticity in Premodern Chinese Literature, Intellectual History and Manuscript Culture?

19 May 2022
Building with large white bottle of alcohol at the foot of its steps

Liquid Tradition and Authenticity: Fen Alcohol Making as Intangible Cultural Heritage in China

18 May 2022
Calligraphy

The Buried Truth? The 1965 Lanting 蘭亭 Debate and the Politics of Authenticity

09 March 2022
Image of poets

Authenticity and Self-representation: A Case Study of Song Zhiwen

09 February 2022
Baohuilu Cover

Baohuilu and Its Paintings: Issues of Authenticity in Chinese Art

26 January 2022
Qingdao

Authenticity Matters (!): Colonial Heritage, Civil Society and Urban Renewal in Qingdao

19 January 2022

Past Events (2021)

Yujie Zhu Cultural History of Chinese Heritage

Cultural History of Chinese Heritage: Authenticity in a Changing China

24 November 2021
Yuan Painting

Concept(s) of authenticity in Yuan Dynasty painting and calligraphy: from Qian Xuan to Huang Gongwang

10 November 2021
sujunjie

A Difficult Integration of Authenticity and Intangible Cultural Heritage? The Case of Yunnan, China

13 October 2021
Illustrated cover of a Chinese Harry Potter forgery

Harry Potter and the Many Faces of Fake: Chinese Harry Potter Forgeries

04 May 2021
Drawing and description of a bronze vessel in a premodern Chinese book

The Irresistible Allure of Patina and Pedigree: A Case Study

16 March 2021
Forbidden City

Understanding Authenticity in China's Cultural Heritage Conference

16 March 2021
Juxtaposition of the Temple of Heaven (Beijing) and White House (Washington DC)

Critical Chinese Copying as an Interrogation of the Hegemony of Modernity

03 February 2021
Image of a souvenir Chinese bronze jue vessel

Copy, yet Original: Re-examining ‘fang Ni Zan’ paintings in the 15th - 17th centuries

27 January 2021

Past Events (2019-20)

Chinese painting

Making forgeries, making canons: Chinese art historical writings in the early 20th century

04 November 2020
Chinese coin

Authenticating antiques: The experience of Qing dynasty coin collectors

04 November 2020
Image of presenter

Was it really so, royal uncles?

28 October 2020
Image of a chair

Reevaluating authenticity: Creativity in contemporary craft making in China

21 October 2020
Image of a souvenir Chinese bronze jue vessel

Launch events

01 September 2019