On 6 April 1976 David Goodman visited China for the first time. An avid photographer as well as researcher on social and political change at the local level he has observed and recorded that country’s development at first hand for most of the last fifty years. He studied in Beijing, and lived and taught in Taiyuan, Nanjing, Lanzhou and Suzhou. Join him for an illustrated review of his experiences in research, in society, and in Chinese universities, during the last five decades.
Professor Anthony Saich from Harvard Kennedy School will moderate the event.
The event will be followed by light refreshments provided by the China Studies Centre
David S G Goodman is currently Director of the China Studies Centre and Emeritus Professor of Chinese Politics at the University of Sydney. Educated at the University of Manchester, Peking University and the London School of Oriental and African Studies, David Goodman is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia. His research is concerned with social and political change in local China.
Header image by David Goodman.
