TOChina Spring Seminars are held, in English or Italian, every year in the context of the graduate courses of the Master’s degree in International Studies (CdLM in Scienze Internazionali, profilo China & Global Studies) at the University of Torino. Seminars are held at the “Luigi Einaudi” Campus, Lungo Dora Siena 100/a, and are open to interested members of the public. 
80+
Average number of participants of each TOChina Spring Seminar
TOChina Spring Seminars 2026
MARCH 16, 2026
16.00 - 18.00 | CLASSROOM F4
ASEAN centrality and whole-of-ASEAN approach to Belt and Road Initiative
Celia Lee Khiaw PENG (Nanyang Technological University)
Discussant: Prof. Giuseppe Gabusi
marCH 18, 2026
16.00 - 18.00 | CLASSROOM F4
Singapore’s role in strengthening China-ASEAN collaborations and infrastructure development under the BRI framework
Celia Lee Khiaw PENG (Nanyang Technological University)
Discussant: Prof. Giuseppe Gabusi
25 marzo, 2026
14.00 - 16.00 | aula c1
La diaspora cinese in Italia: evidenze dalla ricerca PRIN “China 2030”
Daniele BRIGADOI COLOGNA (Università dell'Insubria & T.wai - Torino World Affairs Institute) & Valentina ORNAGHI (Università dell'Insubria)
Moderatore: Prof. Giovanni B. Andornino
15 APRILE, 2026
14.00 - 16.00 | aula c1
Cina e Indo-Pacifico: prospettive per l'Italia
Lorenzo TERMINE (Sapienza University of Rome)
Moderatore: Prof. Giovanni B. Andornino
APRIL 20, 2026
16.00 - 18.00 | CLASSROOM F4
Mastering Space: Hegemony, Territory and the Belt and Road Initiative
CHENG Han (University of Cambridge)
Discussant: Prof. Giuseppe Gabusi
MAY 4, 2026
14.00 - 16.00 | aula c1
China in Africa: actors, strategies, narratives
Chris ALDEN (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Discussant: Prof. Giovanni B. Andornino
5 MAGGIO, 2026
14.00 - 16.00 | aula C1
Taiwan: storia e lineamenti politico-istituzionali
Silvia FROSINA (Scuola Normale Superiore & T.wai - Torino World Affairs Institute)
Moderatore: Prof. Giovanni B. Andornino
6 MAGGIO, 2026
14.00 - 16.00 | aula C1
Politica internazionale e movimenti di protesta: il caso di Taiwan
Silvia FROSINA (Scuola Normale Superiore & T.wai - Torino World Affairs Institute)
Moderatore: Prof. Giovanni B. Andornino
TOCHINA SPRING SEMINARS - Previous editions