China-Durham partnership going from strength to strength

From archaeological excavations to business and teaching qualifications, we are proud to have extensive partnership links in China. In May our Pro-Vice-Chancellor Global, Professor Claire O'Malley made a significant visit to China to further develop these links. The Palace Museum The already close research relationship between the Palace Museum, the most important of China's museums and cultural institutions, and Durham University Archaeology Department was further enhanced through the second annual, public ' Palace Museum and Durham University Lecture Series ' and the annual ' Conference on Studies in Chinese and World Archaeology ' which was attended, as usual, by scholars from The Palace Museum, Durham University, and key universities from across China. Prof O'Malley attended the second of these events. We were honoured that the new Director of the Palace Museum, Prof Wang Xudong, attended the opening of the conference in person and met Prof O'Malley. New partnership The Durham team also visited Jilin University, a Double-First Class university which is home to the second highest-ranked archaeology department in China. In Jilin Professor O'Malley was able to meet with Vice-President Professor Zheng Weitao as well as other key academics from Jilin University.