Established in 2013 by Dr Elizabeth Woo Li, SDCF is a Hong Kong-incorporated non-profit organisation with the objective to promote global awareness and knowledge of Chinese culture and civilization. Its summer programme aims at introducing Chinese Studies to scholars (including PhD students) and key opinion leaders from around the world who are in disciplines other […]
Milan, Italy
23rd Nov 2018
Extended Call Deadline: 30th Apr 2018
The Fifth edition of the Study Days on Chinese Linguistics is promoted by the Italian Association of Chinese Linguistics (AILC) , it was already held in in Venice (2014), in Milan (2015), in Rome (2016) and in Naples (2017). It is aimed at bringing together sinologists and linguists who do research in Chinese Linguistics and in one or more of its subareas, such as: Lexicon and Semantics, Syntax and Morphology, Historical Linguistics and Language Teaching and Acquisition.
The Fifth edition of the Study Days on Chinese Linguistics promoted by the Italian Association of Chinese Linguistics (AILC) will be held at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy, on November 23 and 24, 2018.
Université de Mons, Belgium
2–4th May 2019
Deadline: 15th Jul 2018
Jointly organized by:
Université de Mons (UMONS), Faculty of Translation and Interpretation (FTI-EII) and School of Human and Social Sciences (ESHS)
Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Maison des Sciences Humaines, East Asian Studies (EASt)
Organizing Committee:
Kevin HENRY (UMONS), Vanessa FRANGVILLE (ULB), Serge DERUETTE (UMONS),
University of Central Lancashire, UK
15–16th Nov 2018
Deadline: 30th Apr 2018
The literature on Chinese families emphasises the power of the patriarchal, patrilineal and patrilocal structures and ideologies over family members, particularly women and younger generations. Reinforced by Confucian values, family members, within this patriarchal system, are expected to prioritise solidarity, filial piety, frugality, and collective wellbeing over
individual interests. Yet, in a global context characterised by a weakening of traditions and more
Berne, Switzerland
2–5th Jul 2019
Deadline: 15th Sep 2018
Chinese philosophy has since its pre-Imperial beginnings been concerned with knowledge – witness Zhuangzi’s argument with Hui Shi about knowing about the happiness of the fish. Furthermore, as this famous story makes clear, there is argument about what people
Trier, Germany
13–15th Jul 2018
Deadline: 4th Apr 2018
In order to commemorate the 888th anniversary of the famous Chinese thinker Zhu Xi, the Institute of Sinology at Trier University (Germany) will host an international conference on Zhu Xi and “Zhu Xi Studies” (Zhuzi xue 朱子學). Selected scholars from Europe accepted for the conference will receive free accommodation in Trier during the conference. If funds are sufficient, a travel subsidiary may also be granted. We are mainly looking for participants affiliated to institutions in non-Asian countries.
Barcelona, Spain 22-24th Nov 2018 Deadline: 1st Apr 2018 Organised by Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, East Asian Studies & Research Centre, Spain (https://cerao.uab.cat) in cooperation with Jinan University, School of International Studies/Academy of Overseas Chinese Studies, Guangzhou, China (http://sis-aocs.jnu.edu.cn) and Aarhus University, Dep. of Global Studies, Denmark (http://cas.au.dk/en/about-the-school/departments/global-studies/), and with the collaboration of Fundacio CIDOB […]
Paris, France
Date: June 15th, 2018
Deadline: 23rd Feb 2018
Organizer: French Association for Chinese Studies – 法國漢學協會 – AFEC
Venue: Institut National des langues et civilisations orientales – Inalco, Paris
Over the last twenty years, material culture studies have occupied a growing place in the social sciences. These studies are founded on the idea that objects—natural, technical or artistic—can be considered documents for the writing of history, or even as actors in the social sphere, where they are capable of conditioning or transforming human behaviour. Therefore, special attention has been given to the social, economic
St. Petersburg, Russia
24–28th Aug 2018
Deadline: 1st Mar 2018
St.Petersburg State University and Nankai University cordially welcome paper proposals for the 8th International Conference “Issues of Far Eastern Literatures”, dedicated to the 1250th anniversary of outstanding Chinese man of letters Han Yu (768-824). The conference will be held on August 24 – 28, 2018 in Saint Petersburg and will include the following panels:
1. Han Yu and his contribution to Chinese literature; 2. New tasks in the study of classical Chinese literature in the age of globalization and informatization; 3. The trends in Chinese literature of XX and XXI centuries; 4. Far Eastern literatures in Russia & Russian
