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Kunqu Performance Troupe IV

Resonance of the Phoenix: Kunqu Opera Performance

The Sheffield Confucius Institute is delighted to announce that we will facilitate a visiting Kunqu opera troupe from Peking University to stage a performance at the University Arts Tower.
Poetry Dialogue

Mid-Autumn Celebration 2024: Poetry Dialogue

Our recent Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration in September featured an innovative dialogue between local South Yorkshire poets and ancient poetry in translation. Read on to find out more!

Sheffield Confucius Institute at Lightbox Library

Discover China: Language and Poetry at Library @ Lightbox in Barnsley

Come to Library @ Lightbox in Barnsley on from 5pm - 6:30pm on Wednesday, 18 September for a thrilling look into Chinese culture and language. This presentation will seek to demystify Chinese language learning and present it in its true beauty.

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Mid-Autumn Celebration 2024: The Moon Shines On Us All

The Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield is proud to invite you to our next annual Mid-Autumn Festival event in Firth Hall - Wednesday, September 13 from 19:00 - 21:00.
Farming

Turning farmers into sages. Chinese philosophers on wealth, want and labour

The Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield is delighted to hold it's next China Seminar Series via online platform Zoom.
SEC

Sheffield Confucius Institute Sino English Corner

As part of its extensive language and cultural activities, the Sino-English Corner at the Sheffield Confucius Institute resumed its activities on Tuesday 29 September 2020.

Mid Autumn Festival SMS childrens work

Sheffield Confucius Institute Children's Mid-Autumn Festival Activities

The Sheffield Confucius Institute recently organised a variety of activities for our Young Learners to celebrate two well-known festivals, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day.
Off the Shelf 2020 Line Up

Off the Shelf 2020 - Festival of words

The 29th annual Off the Shelf festival will open with Sheffield alumni Lee Child, author of the international bestselling Jack Reacher books, to talk about his life and work with biographer Dr Heather Martin.
People at a table outside of the Students' Union signing up to a course

Is it easy or hard to learn to communicate in Chinese?

China Seminar Series 2020: "Is it easy or hard to learn to communicate in Chinese?", a talk by Dr Clare Wright.