10–11th Jan 2018
Deadline: 15th Oct 2017
Keynote speakers: Peter K. Bol (Harvard), Henrietta Harrison (Oxford)
Graduate students are invited to submit abstracts for the second annual University of Oxford China Humanities Graduate Conference, which takes the
Oxford, UK
29th Nov–1st Dec 2017
Deadline: 10th Oct 2017
Oxford University China Centre, Merton College and The Queen’s College are accepting applications for the Ancient Chinese Workshop with Professor Christoph Harbsmeier, which will be held on 29 November – 1 December 2017.
24th Nov 2017
Oxford, UK
10.30am–4.45pm, Headley Lecture Theatre
This international conference is held in conjunction with the exhibition Qu Leilei: A Chinese Artist in Britain, opening at the Ashmolean Museum in November 2017, showing the artist’s progression from calligraphic collage to an exploration of new ink language blending lively brushwork with western technique.
The conference Qu Leilei: The Stars and After will discuss different aspects of Qu Leilei’s (b. 1951) painting and explore his story alongside those of fellow avant-garde ‘Stars Group’ members within the wider context of Chinese art history highlighting the impact of living in the West on individual artistic development. The conference will be chaired by Lena Fritsch and Yan Liu (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).The conference will conclude with an in conversation event with Qu Leilei.
27–29th Oct 2017
Vienna, Austria
Teile der Vergangenheit im kollektiven Bewusstsein zu halten und gezielt zu vergegenwärtigen, prägt unmittelbar auch die subjektive Wahrnehmung des
Individuums. Zu einer Kultur des Erinnerns und Gedenkens gehören gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzungen,
Oslo, Norway
23–24th Nov 2017
IKOS – Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Global environmental degradation and climate change are possibly the greatest challenges of our times. They have roots in humanity’s long history of creatively making use of natural resources to generate change, often with unforeseen and unpredictable consequences. As the gravity of the world economy shifts east, Asia finds itself at the center of the global environmental crisis. It is home not just to 60 percent of the world’s population,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Apr 20–22nd 2018
organized by the Department of Asian Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Venue: Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana
The main goal of the STCS (Specific Topics in Chinese Studies) conferences (organized by the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Ljubljana) is to use knowledge and flow of information through various disciplines to encourage and advance the study of specific topics related to China. We also hope to create and maintain a multidisciplinary platform for a fruitful exchange of ideas on different types, images, and categories of Chinese cultures.
Sheffield, UK
26–27th Oct 2017
Date & time: 26 & 27 October 2017
Venue: The University of Sheffield, Landscape Department (Arts Tower)
Booking required.
This two-day conference held in the Department of Landscape at the University of Sheffield will explore new research in the history of Chinese gardens and landscapes.
Organised by Dr Jan Woudstra in conjunction with the Gardens Trust, the event will look at new discoveries in the field from both professionals and post-graduate students from around the world.
Dr Alison Hardie will introduce the conference and outline the importance that Maggie Keswick’s 1978 book The Chinese Garden, History Art and Architecture has played in the subject. It is a unique opportunity to hear speakers
Sofia University, Bulgaria
1st Dec 2017
Deadline: 15th Jul 2017
The Chinese Studies Program at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the conference “Current Issues in Contemporary Chinese and Oriental Studies” on 01 December 2017. The academic event will mark the 25th anniversary of the Chinese Studies Program at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski.” The aims of the conference are
Olomouc, Czech Republic
21st Oct 2017
Deadline: 31st Jul 2017
It is undoubtable that Marxism and the Russian Revolution of 1917 changed the nature and course of the entire Russian empire. However, the revolutionary wave
Glasgow, Scotland
13–14th Oct 2017
Deadline: 1st May 2017
Jena, Germany
18–22nd Sep 2017
Deadline: 31st Mar 2017
The Deutsche Orientalistentag (DOT) is the largest professional meeting of Oriental Studies in Germany and one of the most important scholarly Orientalist congresses in the world. The range of disciplines encompasses the Ancient and Modern Middle East, including North Africa, as well as all of Asia, with particular emphasis on Central, South and South East Asia. The DOT is administered by the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG), which entrusts a university with the organization of the congress. The first DOT took place in 1921 in Leipzig. In 2017, for the first time in history, the DOT will be held at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Thuringia.
24–25th Nov 2017
Deadline: 30th Jun 2017
当代中国文化和经济的世界影响力存在明显的“不相称性”，针对当代中国文化，我们认为应该尊重文化自身的发展规律，围绕“生成”这一文化发展的根源问题展开讨论，博采众长，集思广益。本论坛由会林文化基金和中国文化国际传播研究院主办。
一、论坛主题：当代中国文化影响力生成
来稿可涉及但不限于：文化影响力的内涵与表现；世界文化影响力生成的关键因素；优秀文化影响力生成的案例研究；制约当代中国文化影响力的原因；等等
二、时间、地点
时间：2017年11月24日（周五）－25日（周六），地点：北京师范大学京师学堂，会议语言：中文、英语（届时有同声传译）
University of Oxford
Somerville College, UK
September 28-30, 2017
Deadline: 15th Apr 2017
The sixth conference on the history of the humanities, ‘The Making of the Humanities VI’, will take place at the University of Oxford, Humanities Division and Somerville College, UK, from 28 till 30 September 2017.
Goal of the Making of the Humanities (MoH) Conferences
The MoH conferences are organized by the Society for the History of the Humanities and bring together scholars and historians interested in the history of a wide variety of disciplines, including archaeology, art history, historiography, linguistics, literary studies, media studies, musicology, and philology, tracing these fields from their earliest developments to the modern day.
