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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.
SM summer

Unlock the Wonders of Mandarin Chinese and STEM Learning this Summer

Our Star Mandarin Summer School for Children is now open for booking! Wednesday 24th to Tuesday 30th July 2024, excluding the weekend.
China - UK Forum - 24 May

Discussion with Dr Sabine Little: ‘Growing Up Multilingual with Chinese Heritage: Learning From and With Young People’.

The Sheffield Confucius Institute sat down with Dr Sabine Little to discuss the fascinating research behind this project, supported by the SCI, which featured as the subject of our recent UK-China Seminar discussion. Please enjoy!

Dragon Boat

Dragon Boat Festival Celebrations at St Andrew's United Reformed Church

We warmly welcome you to celebrate this year’s Dragon Boat Festival with us. Come and experience an action packed event of activities, performances and traditional snack treats! Friday, 7 June, 6:30pm - 8:30pm. FREE FOR ALL TO JOIN!
China - UK Forum - 24 May

Growing Up Multilingual with Chinese Heritage: Learning From and With Young People

The next China-UK Exchange Forum - Growing Up Multilingual with Chinese Heritage: Learning From and With Young People- will take place on 24 May 2024 - 09:00am BST. Scan QR at the bottom of the article to join.
Summer School

Mandarin Chinese Summer School for Adults 2024: In Detail

Our Mandarin Chinese for Summer Schools 2024 courses, starting from June 10th, are on the cutting edge of Chinese language teaching course design. Read on to find out more and to sign up!
Junhui Ding portrait by Sophie, age 13

Sheffield's Young Scholars Shine at Snooker Portrait Exhibition

Read on to find our more about the success of our Star Mandarin School students in the recent Snooker Portraits Exhibition in honour of the recent Snooker World Championship.