Seminar with Dr. Linkhoeva
Seminar with Dr. Linkhoeva
A final event in ALTER’s seminar series before the summer break. On July 26, ALTER will host a seminar with Tatiana Linkhoeva, Associate Professor of Japanese History in the Department of History at New York[…]
End-of-course ALTER reunion
Once again, on July 1 ALTER members met for a day of merriment and conversation, drinks and a paella…and to find out this year’s awardee of the enigmatic Lemon Award (it fell on Mònica Ginès,[…]
The Ruins of Zhabei
Xavier Ortells-Nicolau delivered a lecture on the media response to the Shanghai Incident of 1932 at the Confucius Institute in Barcelona on June 6. You can access here a recording of the talk (in Catalan).
Catholic missionaries in China
On April 2, Xavier Ortells delivered a talk at the La Madraza in Granada, Spain, about Catholic missionaries in China.
Round table “China after the pandemic”
On March 7, ALTER member Xavier Ortells hosted a round table discussion with three China experts after their journeys to China last summer, generously sharing their insights. At Jaume Fuster Library, Barcelona, with journalist Javier[…]
Seminar with Yan He & Xin Fan
On November 24, ALTER hosted a dual seminar with Yan He (Chinese Collections, Cambridge University library) & Xin Fan (Modern Chinese History, Cambridge University). Both were different yet utterly fascinating sessions in which they discuss[…]
Seminar with David Ownby
Last week, David Ownby visited Barcelona and stopped at UOC to discuss with ALTER members our future projects and his own research. In particular David commented at large the origins, context and development of[…]
‘Los médicos errantes’ wins IBP 2023
We are extremelly happy and proud to share that Carles Brasó-Broggi has been awarded the 2023 ICAS Book Prize Spanish Language Edition for his book Los médicos errantes. De las Brigadas Internacionales y la revolución[…]
“España, China y Japón en la lucha global, 1936-45”
ALTER member Carles Brasó-Broggi joined Florentino Rodao (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) in Barcelona’s Ateneu to talk about their respective books, Los médicos errantes. De las Brigadas Internacionales y la revolución china a la guerra fría[…]
Seminars with Lucas Klein
In collaboration with DigiTrans China, ALTER held two seminars with Lucas Klein (Arizona State University), Chinese-to-English literary translator specialized in Chinese poetry. Klein delivered two seminars on June 22 and 23 under the titles “En[…]