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Professor Jocelyn Chey

BA MA Hong Kong; PhD; AM (Member of the Order of Australia); FAIIA.
Visiting Professor

A20 - John Woolley Building
The University of Sydney

Biographical details

Professor Jocelyn Chey’s career has been in the diplomatic service and in academic life in Australia. From a position as Lecturer in Chinese studies at the University of Sydney, she moved to Canberra in 1973 when Australia first established diplomatic relations with China. For more than 20 years, she worked on Australia-China relations in the Departments of Trade and Foreign Affairs and was posted three times in China and Hong Kong, concluding with an appointment as Consul-General in Hong Kong (1992-1995). She was the key administrative officer in the Australia-China Council at the time that it was founded in 1979. From 1988-92 she worked outside the public sector, as Director of the China Branch of the International Wool Secretariat. Now retired from the public service, Jocelyn lives in Sydney, where she is a Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney and a consultant on Australia-China relations. She is a frequent speaker and lecturer on Chinese affairs. She has led four study tours to China for the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sydney.

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Research interests

  • Chinese history and philosophy
  • Australia-Asia cultural and trade relations
  • Hong Kong history and international relations

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Associations

  • Founding President, Chinese Studies Alumni Association, University of Sydney (2002-2007)
  • Life Member, OSA (Oriental Society of Australia)
  • Member, Editorial Board, JOSA (Journal of the Oriental Society of Australia)
  • Member, Asian Studies Association of Australia
  • Member, Chinese Studies Association of Australia
  • Committee Member, TAASA (The Asian Arts Society of Australia)
  • Committee Member, NSW Branch, Australian Institute of International Affairs
  • Patron, Australian International School, Hong Kong

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Awards and honours

AM, FAIIA

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Selected publications

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Edited Books

  • Chey, J., Davis, J. (2011). Humour in Chinese Life and Letters: Classical and Traditional Approaches. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

Book Chapters

  • Chey, J. (2011). Youmo and the Chinese Sense of Humour. In Chey, Jocelyn; Milner Davis, Jessica (Eds.), Humour in Chinese Life and Letters: Classical and Traditional Approaches, (pp. 1-29). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
  • Chey, J. (2004). From Rosny To The Great Wall: Cultural Relations Ans Public Diplomacy. In Nicholas Thomas (Eds.), Re-orienting Australia-China Relations: 1972 to the Present, (pp. 163-182). Aldershot, England, UK: Ashgate.

Journals

  • Chey, J. (2009). Review of George Michell et als. "Kashgar, Oasis City on China's Old Silk Road". T A A S A Review, 18(4), 29-29.
  • Chey, J. (2008). Chinese "Soft Power" - Cultural Diplomacy and The Confucius Institutes. The Sydney Papers, 20(1), 33-46.

2011

  • Chey, J., Davis, J. (2011). Humour in Chinese Life and Letters: Classical and Traditional Approaches. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
  • Chey, J. (2011). Youmo and the Chinese Sense of Humour. In Chey, Jocelyn; Milner Davis, Jessica (Eds.), Humour in Chinese Life and Letters: Classical and Traditional Approaches, (pp. 1-29). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

2009

  • Chey, J. (2009). Review of George Michell et als. "Kashgar, Oasis City on China's Old Silk Road". T A A S A Review, 18(4), 29-29.

2008

  • Chey, J. (2008). Chinese "Soft Power" - Cultural Diplomacy and The Confucius Institutes. The Sydney Papers, 20(1), 33-46.

2004

  • Chey, J. (2004). From Rosny To The Great Wall: Cultural Relations Ans Public Diplomacy. In Nicholas Thomas (Eds.), Re-orienting Australia-China Relations: 1972 to the Present, (pp. 163-182). Aldershot, England, UK: Ashgate.
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