Ghent, Belgium
9-11th Sep 2025
Apply before: 10th Aug 2025
On behalf of the organizing committee headed by Prof. dr. Laura De Giorgi, President of EACS and Prof. dr. Bart Dessein, scientific coordinator of the ‘ReConnect China’ project, we are happy to invite applications of PhD students and junior post-docs (maximum 2 years post-doc experience) to participate in the Specialist Course ’50 Years of EU-China Relations’.
Venue: Conference Centre ‘De Abt’, Lange Kruisstraat 4, 9000 Gent, Belgium (https://www.deabt.gent/)
Marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China, this ‘Specialist Course’ will assess the history and trajectory of these relations in the fields of economy, politics, cultural diplomacy, scientific collaboration, and the importance in these fields of the presence of overseas Chinese in the European Union. Lectures on each of the topics will be conducted by a leading academic in the field. The objective of the Specialist Course is also to, apart from assessing these different domains in their historical and future perspectives separately, foster cross-disciplinary understanding. With this aim, all lectures will be accompanied by group discussions and presentations of the scientific work of the participants. The presence of the editor-in-chief of the academic journal Asia Europe Journal also opens perspectives for publication of the research of the participants.
Attendance of the Specialist Course is free of charge. Participants should cover their own costs of travel and accommodation in Ghent.
Information on program and application in the attached document: