Deadline: 31st Mar 2020
Economic and Political Studies (EPS), an ESCI and Scopus listed journal hosted by Renmin University of China and published by Taylor & Francis Group, is calling for papers for a Special Issue on “Policies and Reforms of State-owned Enterprises in China”.
In the recent US-China trade disputes, the issues on China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been brought up again. To bring academics to share their views and visions on future growth and opportunities of SOEs, Economic and Political Studies (EPS) plans to organise a special issue on SOEs with a focus on the policies and reforms of China’s SOEs.

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Rolf Trauzettel, born on 1 July 1930 passed away on 11 August 2019. He studied sinology, japanology, indology and philosophy at the universities of Leipzig and München. He obtained his PhD in 1964 from the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Münich. In 1972, he was appointed director of the sinological institute in Göttingen, and in 1975, he became the director of the sinological institute in Bonn where he worked until 1995.

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Rudolf G. Wagner, born on 3 November 1941, passed away on Friday 26 Oktober 2019. Rudolf G. Wagner obtained his PhD in 1969 at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Münich, with the dissertation entitled “Hui-yüan’s Questions to Kumârajîva”. In 1981 he received his Habilitation with the work entitled “Philology, Philosophy and Politics in the Zhengshi Era”. From 1981 to 1982, he was a Fellow at Cornell University, and in 1984 and from 1986 to 1987, he was a Research Fellow at Harvard University. From 1984 to 1986, he was Research Linguist at the University of California at Berkeley. From 1987 on, he was professor at the University of Heidelberg. In 1993, he obtained the prestigious Gottfried

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Guest-editors: Kuei-fen Chiu (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan) Táňa Dluhošová (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
Archiv orientální , an indexed, peer-reviewed academic journal (A&HCI, Scopus, and ERIH Plus) published by Oriental Institute (Czech Academy of Sciences) dedicated to the cultures and societies of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, invites submissions to the special issue “East Asia in the World Literary Space” scheduled to be published in August 2021.
As discussed by the late French literary critic Pascale Casanova in her widely

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Deadline: 31st Dec 2019
In order to better promote the academic production of young scholars from European institutions, the European Journal of Chinese Studies seeks to compile a list of recently defended PhDs. These must have been defended between 2018 and now, and must have been awarded by a European University. There is no restriction on the language in which the PhD was written, however we ask their authors to submit us all the relevant information in English: author’s first and last name, institution, year of award, title of the PhD (in original language and in English), 500 words abstract (in English). Submission deadline: 31 December 2019, Contact: alycas@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

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Beginning in the academic year 2019/2020, the Institute of East Asian Studies at Leipzig University will be offering an English-language MA programme in Chinese Studies.
Objectives and Target Audience
The two-year Master’s programme in Chinese Studies at Leipzig University offers a comprehensive programme of postgraduate instruction for students with a BA in Chinese Studies as well as graduates from the humanities and social sciences with appropriate language skills in Modern Chinese who want to deepen their understanding of the Sinophone world and improve their research skills. Focusing on religions and literature as well as economic and social history, teaching and research in Leipzig pay equal attention to China’s traditions and

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