China Lectures, Both Online and In Person

• Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, presented the 70th George E. Morrison Lecture in Ethnology at the Australian National University last week, speaking on the topic of “Australia and China in the World.” Audio of Rudd’s lecture is available online here; those who would prefer to read a transcript of the talk can find onehere. For Geremie Barmé’s thoughts on an earlier China-focused speech by Rudd, given in April 2008 at Peking University, turn to pages 212-214 of China in 2008: A Year of Great Significance and read “Facing Up to Friendship,” or see a shorter version of Barmé’s piece in an op-ed at the Sydney Morning Herald. •Ken Pomeranz is traveling to Princeton University this week to deliver the Stone Lectures, a series of three talks on a broad historical theme designed for a general audience. Event details can be found here; an overview of the schedule is: Tuesday, April 27: “Almost All Under Heaven: Making and Remaking a “Civilized” Empire” Wednesday, April 28: “Land, Water, Marriage, and Migration: Regional Economies and Imperial/National Politics” Thursday, April 29: “One Nation Under Gods: Religion, Culture, and the Containment of Local Loyalties” • Jonathan Spence has been named the 39th Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanitiesby the National Endowment for the Humanities, and will give a public address on May 20 in Washington, D.C. The title of Spence’s talk is “When Minds Met: China and the West in the Seventeenth Century”; tickets, though free, must be reserved in advance, and requests should be submitted by May 3 using this online form