Lectures

Groningen Confucius Institute regularly invites leading thinkers from a broad of range backgrounds to share their views and expertise on Chinese culture, arts, history, economy and society to the public. Furthermore, GCI also offers lectures on Sino-Dutch cultural comparison, cross-cultural synergy, cross-cultural communication and leadership to companies and other organizations.

Previous Lectures:

• Professor Siwei Cheng: China's current economic situation in connection to FDI and venture capital
• Professor Philip Ball: The Water Kingdom
• Professor Yuping Ni: 600 Years of Chinese Daily Life
• Professor Roger T. Ames’s: Confucian China in a Changing World Order
• Mrs. Jiaoyue Lyu: Serene Moon Guqin Lecture-Recital
• Professor Zhengrong Hu: Chinese Media and Social Transition
• Professor Minsu Wu: What makes for effective speech communication skills
• Professor Kexiong Liu: A comparison of the eastern and western culture