Professor Jonathan Spence explores the relationship between China and
the west against the backdrop of China's continued growth and increasing
power on the world stage.
Korean theatre director Tae-Suk Oh, theatre critic Michael Billington
and Shakespeare scholar Professor Alexander C.Y. Huang discuss the
enduring legacy of Shakespeare's plays.
Princess Bari choreographer, Eun-Me Ahn and writers Anita Nair and Jonathan Clements, explore the influences and values that have emerged from within the popular cultures of India, Japan, China and Korea.
Christopher Brookmyre, Tu Weiming and Dr Richard Holloway discuss changes and shifts in religious faiths and belief systems in the east and west.
In this keynote lecture, eminent author and journalist James Kynge analyses the history of, and recent developments in, the Chinese economy and the impact its growth is having across the world.
Dr Shashi Tharoor will explore the changing position of India in a modern globalised world.
Eminent author Tarun J. Tejpal and literary critic Shoma Chaudhury in discussion of the dramatic shifts taking place within India and its emergence as an influential world power.
Historian Dr Kirsteen McCue and Chinese poet Yang Lian join Scottish Ballet's artistic director Ashley Page to discuss the influence and impact of Kenneth MacMillan's Song of the Earth.
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