Bamboo and Silk is a peer-reviewed academic journal sponsored by the Center of Bamboo and Silk Manuscripts of Wuhan University and published by Brill. It is co-edited by Professor Chen Wei of Wuhan University, China and Professor Edward L. Shaughnessy of the University of Chicago, USA. The journal is published in print and also digitally available at http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/24689246.
The journal focuses on unearthed Chinese bamboo and silk manuscripts from the

Read more ⤻

Following a new partnership with University of Leon Press (Spain), Confucius Institute of University of Leon, Spain is pleased to announce a highly anticipated new book series with China Studies book imprint “Contemporary China Studies: Past, Present and Future”. The China Studies book imprint aims to set new standards in participatory knowledge creation and scholarly publication. This series, which features monographs, takes a broad view of the Chinese world.

Read more ⤻

Economic and Political Studies (EPS)
Vol. 6 No. 3, 2018
Economic and Political Studies (EPS) dedicates its Volume 6 Number 3, 2018 to academic discussion on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, also known as OBOR). You may be interested in viewing the article abstracts as follows. Their fulltexts are available online at www.tandfonline.com/reps.
Geoeconomics with Chinese characteristics: the BRI and China’s evolving grand strategy
Mark Beeson

Read more ⤻

Deadline: 15th Jan 2019
The June 2019 issue will be dedicated to the meaning of motifs and themes in Chinese tomb art from the Zhou till Tang Dynasties. Motifs discovered in tomb complexes – on mural paintings, relief carvings, coffins or on burial goods – often tend to be regarded in an isolated manner, taken out of their original context. However, only by contextualising the individual scenes within the framework of the whole composition, and seeking the relations between the pictorial contents and the architectural elements, can a solid basis for

Read more ⤻

Access to our latest newsletter (#52) is restricted to our members. If you want to apply for membership in the EACS, please fill in the registration form on the members page.
If you already are EACS member but didn’t receive the newsletter or wish to have it re-sent, please contact the webmaster.
Topics in this issue
EACS Addresses
Message from the Newsletter Editor
Report from the President
Report from the Secretary
News from the Treasurer

Read more ⤻