Stephen Chan - Sun Gai

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Of the many distinguished visitors who came to the University in 2007, Hood Fellow and alumnus Stephen Chan (BA 1972, MA 1976) perhaps garnered the most attention.

During his two-week visit late last year the New Zealand-born Chinese scholar, author and poet lectured to fully-subscribed, captivated audiences on subjects that traversed the psychological complexities of Robert Mugabe, the relationship between Africa and China, and the future of South Africa.

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A Waiheke-filmed interview with Stephen Chan, Professor of International Relations at the University of London, screens at Tivoli bookshop and artspace in Oneroa next Thursday 14 August at 7.30pm.

‘As We Speak’ is a conversation between Professor Chan, who was a student radical at Auckland University in the 1960s, and political analyst Zaem Baksh. It was recorded when Chan was back at Auckland University as Hood Fellow last November.

It is the first Tivoli Media production and involved Tivoli owner Elizabeth Eastmond, her son Fenner and island residents Scott Ewing, Helen O’Connell and Bill Lawry.

Chan and Baksh discuss the New Zealand media, the police raids on Tuhoe, globalisation and the role of the public intellectual. 'As We Speak' refers to Professor Chan’s description of the ongoing repercussions of the police raids.

In the early seventies he was a central figure in the Auckland literary More recently he has authored: Robert Mugabe: A Life of Power and Violence, Grasping Africa, The Zen of International Relations, and Out of Evil.

He has spent much time in Zimbabwe this year monitoring the elections and subsequent events. A martial arts expert, he is also involved in several programmes bringing martial arts to poor African urban areas.