Welcome
The purpose of the Association is to promote and foster, by every possible means, all scholarly activities related to Chinese Studies in Europe. The Association shall not engage in any political activity.
L’Association a pour but de promouvoir et de favoriser par tous moyens toutes activités scientifiques relevant des études chinoises en Europe. Elle n’aura aucune activité politique.
Online | Jun 2–4th 2022
We are pleased to inform that the program of the Online International Workshop “Premodern Chinese Literature as an Archive of Vernacular Knowledge and Everyday Life Culture” (June 2-4, 2022) is available online at the following link:
https://vernaknowl.sciencesconf.org/program
Now that war has, once again, struck Europe, the vulnerability of both individual academics as well as academic communities has yet again become evident. As an academic association, the European Association for Chinese Studies stands in firm solidarity with colleagues and students in Ukraine whose personal and professional lives are deeply affected by the current war, and with Russian academics who disapprove of the military aggression and suffer from the consequences of their stance.
18-23rd Jul 2022
The transition from fossil fuels to non-polluting ones is a historical turn which is urgently needed. Such a process cannot be hindered by new rivalries among great powers. However, factors such as the rise of China, the technological revolution, and the post-pandemic restructuring of global supply chains are escalating the race for new resources to power our factories, cars, electronic devices. This will be a difficult but fascinating journey. Join our exploration by debating with scholars and experts who contribute to global debate in our intensive online summer school.
Hamburg, Germany
17–19th August 2022
Deadline: 15th May 2022
A sequel to the 2021 conference ‘Variants/Variance – Text, Form and Material’ at National Taiwan University, which centred around aspects of variance in written artefacts, ‘Standardisation of Written Artefacts in East Asia’ shifts the perspective to the ‘other side of the coin’ and investigates pre-modern practices of regulation, unification, and standardisation in the production of written artefacts.
Online | Zoom
Feb to Jul 2022
“What is the future of ancient texts? Will ancient words of wisdom continue to guide us, as they have done for readers for thousands of years? If promises have been made by archaeological discoveries, novel theories, and our own critical self-reflection, then how will they be fulfilled in a future where our very survival is under question? Is there another ‘golden age’ awaiting us? For these questions, the Early China Project Room does not supply ready answers, but we recognize the possibility of an ever-expanding backdrop, traversing past, present, and future, against which one begins the equally modest and daring act that is the reading of a text.
Schwerte, Germany
16–17th Jul 2022
Deadline: 5th Apr 2022
The “Iserlohn Network” is a loose circle of young social scientists working on China. Our annual workshop will be held from 16 to 17 July 2022 at Haus Villigst near the town of Schwerte. This time, we focus on “Chinese Research and Academic Discourses in Contemporary China
Studies”. The presentations should address the differentiation within China Studies or China-related research, within the discourses and paradigms that affect your respective work. We would like to discuss the conflicts within or between different academic communities, between academic disciplines, or between theory and practice. We hope that
8th Sep 2022 (All day)
Virtual event, registration required
Deadline: 30th Mar 2022
2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the official establishment of the Chinese Communist Youth League (中国共产主义青年团, CYL), one of the largest youth political organizations in the world. As the Chinese Communist Party’s assistant and reserve force, the CYL is the Party’s main channel to socialize youth in the official political discourse and practices, and mobilize them to support the current system. Despite the importance of the organization, English-language academic work on its history, politics and multifaceted role in contemporary China remains
Deadlines:
March 20 and October 20, 2022
Thanks to the support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the EACS will continue to fund in 2022, one-week visits for specialized research in Sinological libraries or for research in one of the major European museums for Chinese art, depending on the availability of funds. Applications received before the two deadlines of March 20 and October 20 will be considered within 3 weeks after receipt. Applicants should be Sinologists based permanently in Europe, preferably paid-up members of the EACS. Non-members will be considered, especially in case of students and young scholars (up to 35 years), if accompanied by a recommendation letter from an EACS member. Applications for
20-23rd Jun 2022
Aix-en-Provence, France
Deadline: 20th Mar 2022
We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest special issue of the JEACS (Volume 2, 2021), with a special issue on youth and a spotlight on Jaroslav Průšek, young Taiwanese voters, the
7–9th Jul 2022
Erlangen, Germany
Deadline: 31st Jan 2022
We invite proposals for a conference which will explore the life of numerically framed knowledge from a global historical perspective on quantification. It is based on the assumption that numbers have their own biographies and are not simply the objective reflection of reality but socially, politically, culturally, and historically constructed knowledge and at the same time powerful agents which represent, transform, and recreate individual lives, social worlds, political spheres, nature, or other entities. Following the global trajectory of a single number from its production and global dissemination to the divergent narratives surrounding its numerical value, we aim
Principles and Laws in World Politics: Classical Chinese Perspectives on Global Conflict (Singapore: World Scientific
The Needham Research Institute currently welcomes applications for the following research opportunities:
The Jing Brand Scholarships in Chinese Science and Civilisation, The Ho Peng Yoke Fellowship in the History of Science and Technology in China (2022-2023), The Li Foundation of New York Fellowships for East Asian Applicants (2022-2023), The Li Foundation of New York Fellowships for US-based Scholars (2022-2023), The Soon-Young Kim Award in the History of East Asian Science and Technology. Please visit the website for details on how to apply (https://www.nri.cam.ac.uk/opportunities.html) and circulate amongst colleagues. The Needham Research Institute, which houses the East
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
12–17th Sep 2022
Extended Deadline: 31st Dec 2021
The 34th Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) is organized by the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft and will take place at the Freie Universität Berlin from 12th to 17th September 2022. The submission deadline for abstracts is 31.12.2021 and 01.10.2021 for panel proposals. We welcome early abstract submissions. “The DOT was first organized by the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG) in Leipzig in 1921. The DMG is the oldest association of German Orientalists. Its members dwell mostly on languages and cultures of the Middle East, parts of Asia
Access to our latest newsletter (#56) is restricted to our members. If you want to apply for membership in the EACS, please fill in the registration form on the
St. Petersburg
Hybrid: Offline | Online
30th Jun – 2nd Jul 2022
Deadline: 1st Feb 2022
Saint Petersburg State University and Nanjing University cordially welcome paper proposals for the 10th International Conference “Issues of Far Eastern Literatures”, dedicated to the 1250th anniversary of outstanding Chinese man of letters Bo Juyi (772-846). The conference will be held on June 30 – July 2, 2022 in Saint Petersburg and will include the following panels: 1. Bo Juyi and his contribution to Chinese literature (poetry and essays, literary ties, translation into
Scythe and the city, 镰刀与城市. 以上海为例的死亡社会史研究, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Presses, 2021.
The aim of the EACS mailing list is to provide EACS members with information about academic events (conferences, workshops, seminars and webinars, lecture series, roundtables, special panel sessions, interviews, summer and winter schools, and similar academic events that include more than just one speaker or presenter); calls for papers or conference presentations; job advertisements (including academic positions at all levels at universities, research centres and libraries; Ph.D. and postdoc scholarships); travel, study or research grants as well as fellowships; events of general interest to EACS members, such as China-related lecture series, exhibitions, festivals or cultural events organized by or in collaboration with a Chinese Studies
Oct 2021 – June 2022
Please join us for the Sichuan Religions Online Lecture Series! This series of nine talks will present some of the findings from the multi-year research project ‘Mapping Religious Diversity in Modern
Vilnius University, Lithuania
20-23rd Jun 2022
Deadline: 1st Oct 2021
Contemporary Western discourse on freedom and choice – some of the most championed modern values – is usually anchored in the concept cluster of free will and autonomous choice. In turn, academic research on free will in philosophy (including experimental philosophy) and psychology is largely based on a limited conceptual framework with roots in particular debates in Christianity and European philosophy. This framework is currently challenged by multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches applied in the fields of area
22–24th Aug 2022
University of Oxford
Hybrid: Online and in Person
Deadline: 3rd Dec 2021
Organizers: Anke Hein (University of Oxford) & Julia Lovell (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Steering Committee and Discussants: Chen Xingcan, Lothar von Falkenhausen, Rowan Flad, Ye Wa
This call for papers invites contributions for a workshop to prepare an edited volume on the topic “The History and Practice of Archaeology in China”. If you are interested in being involved in this project, please submit an abstract (250-300 words) and a biographical note (50-100 words) to Anke Hein (anke.hein@arch.ox.ac.uk) and Julia Lovell
Olomouc, Czech Republic
24–27th Aug 2022
Deadline 15th Jan 2022
The 24th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) will be held in Olomouc, Czech Republic, from August 24 to August 27, 2022. It is jointly organised by the EACS and the Department of Asian Studies at
Every Thursday at 5:00 pm CET
Starting 16th Sep, 2021
The goal of the project is to introduce research practices in different sub-fields of Sinology that scholars adopt, but are
Spirit Consonance in Chinese Landscape Painting and Some Kantian Echoes. Published by Lexington Books, 2021.
The European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) supports and advocates for independent academic research on China and hence disapproves of the People’s Republic of China’s reaction to foreign governments’ and administrations’ diplomatic actions by holding directly responsible academic researchers, their relatives, and their institutions in Europe. As an independent professional academic association of European scholars, EACS trusts in the good faith of researchers and in the transparency of academic research on China, and firmly believes that such approaches contribute significantly to the sustainability of international relations.
Open-access and peer-reviewed
Eine transgenerationale Sicht auf Politik und Emotion in der Volksrepublik China.
