Below please find the latest news and information from the Chinese program about events, classes, and activities at UK and beyond! The list below includes events from the Chinese Studies program, the Division of Russian and Eastern Studies (RAE), other UK departments, the UK Asia Center and UK Confucius Institute, and events at other universities in Kentucky

January 11, 2013
Department News: The Placement Test for Spring 2013 has been scheduled for: 4p.m.-6p.m., Friday, January 11, POT 1043

January 24, 2013
Eastern Kentucky University, "North Korea-China: A Modern Underground Railroad." Mike Kim. 7:30PM. O'Donnell Hall, Student Success Building, Eastern Kentucky University.

January 25, 2013
Confucius Institute event, "East Meets West: The Art of Chinese Calligraphy." 7:00 p.m. in the Singletary Center Recital Hall.

January 25, 2013
Confucius Institute event, "Citizenship in Early Modern China." Dr. Guo Zhonghua, Sun Yat-Sen University, PRC. 3:00-4:15PM, W.T. Young Gallery.

January 30, 2013
Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville, "Heaven's Revolutionaries: Consent of the Governed and the Right to Rebel in Chinese Thought." Dr. Daniel Tauss, University of Louisville. 1:00-2:00PM, Ekstrom Library W104, University of Louisville.

Febrary 7, 2013
Asia Center Lecture, "Food in China: Linking Research Projects with Study Abroad and Student Recruitment." Dr. Wuyang Hu, University of Kentucky. 4:00-6:00pm, Niles Gallery.

February 10, 2013
CHINESE NEW YEAR!

February 26, 2013
Confucius Institute event, Chinese Speech Competition. Niles Callery of M.I. King Fine Arts Library. 5:00-7:00pm. To register, please go to: http://www.uky.edu/Confucius/events.php.

Febrary 27, 2013
Asia Center Lecture, "Local Residents' Perceptions toward the Impacts of the Gaming Industry Development in Macau, China." Dr. Tracy Lu, University of Kentucky. 4:00-6:00pm, The Great Hall in the Margaret I. King Library.

March 20, 2013
Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville, "Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations in China." Dr. Jennifer Hsu, University of Alberta. 1:00-2:00PM, Ekstrom Library W104, University of Louisville.

March 27, 2013
Asia Center Lecture, "The Public and the Private: The Writing and Circulation of Personal Letters in Early China." Dr. Matthew Wells, University of Kentucky. 4:00-6:00pm, Niles Gallery.

April 18-20, 2013
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC), Student Center, University of Kentucky. KFLC regularly hosts sessions on Chinese language, literature, and culture. Please see the conference website for more details!

May 19, 2013
Public Lecture, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, KFC Yum Center, Louisville, Kentucky. For tickets please visit: http://www.dalailamalouisville.org/

May 20, 2013
Public Buddhist Teaching, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, KFC Yum Center, Louisville, Kentucky. For tickets please visit: http://www.dalailamalouisville.org/