The George E. Morrison Lectures In Ethnology

The George Ernest Morrison Lecture was founded by Chinese residents in Australia and others in honour of the late Dr G.E. Morrison (1862-1920), a native of Geelong, Victoria.

The objects of the foundation of the Lectureship were to commemorate for all time the memory of a great Australian who rendered valuable services to China, and to improve cultural relations between China and Australia. The foundation of the lectureship had the official support of the Consulate-General and was due in particular to the efforts of Mr William Liu, businessman, of Sydney; Mr William Ah Ket, barrister, of Melbourne; Mr F.J. Quinlan and Sir Colin MacKenzie, of Canberra. From the time of its inception until 1948 the lecture was associated with the Australian Institute of Anatomy, but in the latter year the responsibility for the management of the Lectureship was taken over by the Australian National University, and the Lecturers delivered since that date have been given under the auspices of the University.

The following lectures have been delivered:

• Inaugural: W.P. Chen, The Objects of the Foundation of the Lectureship, and a Review of Dr Morrison's Life in China. 10 May 1932.
• Second: W. Ah Ket, Eastern Thought, with More Particular Reference to Confucius. 3 May 1933.
• Third: J.S. MacDonald, The History and Development of Chinese Art. 3 May 1934.
• Fourth: W.P. Chen, The New Culture Movement in China. 10 May 1935.
• Fifth: Wu Lien-teh, Reminiscences of George E. Morrison; and Chinese Abroad. 2 September 1936.
• Sixth: Chun-jien Pai, China Today: With Special Reference to Higher Education. 4 May 1937.
• Seventh: A.F. Barker, The Impact of Western Industrialism on China. 17 May 1938.
• Eighth: S.H. Roberts, The Gifts of the Old China to the New. 5 June 1939.
• Ninth: Howard Mowll, West China as Seen Through the Eyes of the Westerner. 29 May 1940.
• Tenth: W.G. Goddard, The Ming Shen. A Study in Chinese Democracy. 5 June 1941.
• Eleventh: D.B. Copland, The Chinese Social Structure. 27 September 1948.
• Twelfth: J.K. Rideout, Politics in Medieval China. 28 October 1949.
• Thirteenth: C.P. FitzGerald, The Revolutionary Tradition in China. 19 March 1951.
• Fourteenth: H.V. Evatt, Some Aspects of Morrison's Life and Work. 4 December 1952.
• Fifteenth: Lord Lindsay of Birker, China and the West. 20 October 1953.
• Sixteenth: M. Titiev, Chinese Elements in Japanese Culture. 27 July 1954.
• Seventeenth: H. Bielenstein, Emperor Kuang-Wu (A.D. 25–27) and the Northern Barbarians. 2 November 1955.
• Eighteenth: Leonard B. Cox, The Buddhist Temples of Yun-kang and Lung-men. 17 October 1956.
• Nineteenth: Otto P.N. Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, The Chinese Civil Service. 4 November 1957.
• Twentieth: A.R. Davies, The Narrow Lane: Some Observations on the Recluse in Traditional Chinese Society. 19 November 1958.
• Twenty-first: C.N. Spinks, The Khmer Temple of Prah Vihar. 6 October 1959.
• Twenty-second: Chen Chih-mai, Chinese Landscape Painting: The Golden Age. 5 October 1960.
• Twenty-third: L. Carrington Goodrich, China's Contacts with Other Parts of Asia in Ancient Times. 1 August 1961.
• Twenty-fourth: N.G.D. Malmqvist, Problems and Methods in Chinese Linguistics. 22 November 1962.
• Twenty-fifth: H.F. Simon, Some Motivations of Chinese Foreign Policy. 3 October 1963.
• Twenty-sixth: Wang Ling, Calender, Cannon and Clock in the Cultural Relations between Europe and China. 18 November 1964.
• Twenty-seventh: A.M. Halpern, Chinese Foreign Policy —Success or Failure? 9 August 1966.
• Twenty-eight: J.W. de Jong, Buddha's Word in China. 18 October 1967.
• Twenty-ninth: J.D. Frodsham, New Perspectives in Chinese Literature. 23 July 1968.
• Thirtieth: E.A. Huck, The Assimilation of the Chinese in Australia. 6 November 1969.
• Thirty-first: K.A. Wittfogel, Agriculture: A Key to the Understanding of Chinese Society, Past and Present. 6 April 1970.
• Thirty-second: I. de Rachewiltz, Prester John and Europe's Discovery of East Asia. 3 November 1971.
• Thirty-third: Eugene Kamenka, Marx, Marxism and China. 6 September 1972.
• Thirty-fourth: Liu Ts'un-yan, On the Art of Ruling a Big Country: Views of Three Chinese Emperors. 13 November 1973.
• Thirty-fifth: Jerome Ch'en, Peasant Activism in Contemporary China. 22 July 1974.
• Thirty-sixth: Yi-fu Tuan, Chinese Attitudes to Nature: Idea and Reality. 3 September 1975.
• Thirty-seventh: Lo Hui-Min, The Tradition and Prototypes of the China-Watcher. 27 October 1976.
• Thirty-eighth: Roy Hofheinz, People, Places and Politics in Modern China. 17 August 1977.
• Thirty-ninth: Mark Elvin, Self-Liberation and Self-Immolation in Modern Chinese Thought. 13 September 1978.
• Fortieth: Wang Gungwu, Power, Right and Duties in Chinese History. 19 September 1979.
• Forty-first: Fang Chao-ying, The Great Wall of China: Keeping or Keeping In? Thursday 5 June 1980.
• Forty-second: Tien Ju-K'ang, Moslem Rebellion in China: A Yunnan Controversy. Wednesday 17 June 1981.
• Forty-third: Alan Thorne, China and Australia: Forth Thousand Years of Contact. Wednesday 4 August 1982.
• Forty-fourth: Chan Hok-lam, Control of Publishing in China, Past and Present. Wednesday 24 August 1983.
• Forty-fifth: J.S. Gregory, The Chinese and Their Revolutions. Monday 8 August 1984.
• Forty-sixth: Allen S. Whiting, China and the World: Independence versus Dependence. Wednesday 31 July 1985.
• Forty-seventh: Pierre Ryckmans, The Chinese Attitude Towards the Past. Wednesday 16 July 1986.
• Forty-eight: Jean Chesneaux, China in the Eyes of the French Intellectuals. Wednesday 24 June 1987.
• Forty-ninth: Ross Garnaut, China: One Country, Two Systems. Wednesday 17 August 1988.
• Fiftieth: Stephen FitzGerald, Australia's China. Thursday 9 November 1989.
• Fifty-first: Rafe de Crespigny, Man from the Margin: Cao Cao and the Three Kingdoms. Thursday 8 November 1990.
• Fifty-second: Beverley Hooper, Rethinking Contemporary China. Thursday 21 November 1991.
• Fifty-third: Dalai Lama. (Untitled address).Friday 8 May 1992.
• Fifty-fourth: William Jenner, 'A Knife in my Ribs for a Mate': Reflections on Another Chinese Tradition. Wednesday 6 October 1993.
• Fifty-fifth: Ramon Myers, The Socialist Market Place in China: Fact or Fiction? Tuesday 8 November 1994.
• Fifty-sixth: Martin Whyte, City Versus Countryside in China's Development. Wednesday 4 October 1995.
• Fifty-seventh: Geremie R. Barmé, The Garden of Perfect Brightness: A Life in Ruins. Tuesday 10 December 1996.
• Fifty-eighth: Philip Kuhn, The Homeland Factor: Thinking about the History of Chinese Overseas. Wednesday 23 July 1997.
• Fifty-ninth: Donald Leslie, The Integration of Religious Minorities: The Case of Chinese Muslims. Thursday 5 November 1998.
• Sixtieth: Tim Barrett, Edwardian Theatre and the Lost Shape of Asia: Some Remarks on Behalf of A Cinderella Subject. Monday 9 August 1999
• Sixty-first: Frederick Teiwes, Politics at the Core: The Political Circumstances of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin. Tuesday 5 December 2000
• Sixty-second: Ezra Vogel, The China-Japan-US Triangle. Thursday 5 July 2001
• Sixty-third: Anita Chan, Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards. Wednesday 24 July 2002.
• Sixty-fourth: Wen-hsin Yeh, Historian and Courtesan: Chen Yinke and the Biography of Liu Rushi. Tuesday 8 July 2003.
• Sixty-fifth: David Goodman, Reforming the Local, Constructing China: Place Identity in a North China Province. Monday 22 November 2004.
• Sixty-sixth: John Minford, Tradition and Mischief in the Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715). Wednesday 9 November 2005.
• Sixty-seventh: Scott Rozelle, Democracy, Tax Reform & the Development of China's Villages in Early 21st Century. Wednesday 9 August 2006.
• Sixty-eighth: Dai Qing, 1948: How Peaceful was the Liberation of Beiping?. Wednesday 5 September 2007 .
• Sixty-ninth: Jane Macartney, Reporting the Olympic Year. Wednesday 22 October 2008.