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International Workshop: Wild, Domesticated, and Displayed: Animals and Cultural Heritagization in Ethnic Areas of China

Hybrid: Paris, France | Zoom
28th May 2027

Deadline: 30th Oct 2026

Organized by Valentina Punzi (École pratique des hautes études/CRCAO) & Aurore Dumont (Université Paris Cité/CRCAO)
Through the history of the People’s Republic of China, the association between certain animal species and state-identified “ethnic minorities” (shaoshu minzu 少数民族) have . . .

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Member’s Publication: Shu-Li Wang

Shu-Li Wang, In Search of National Ancestors – Heritage, Identity and Placemaking in China, Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Cambridge University Press, 2025

This Element examines how international heritage discourses . . .

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20th Annual Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS) – “Denial, Exclusion, Absence: Exploring the Negative Space in Asia”

Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
20–21st Nov 2026
Deadline: 15th Jul 2026

The Department of Asian Studies welcomes contributions that engage with the conference theme from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and interdisciplinary perspectives, with a focus on the languages, cultures, societies, and histories of Asia and their diasporic manifestations.

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Member’s Publication: Gotelind Müller

Gotelind Müller, “Patriotic Education Bases in China. Modes of Citizen Formation between Nationalism, Local Identities, and Tourism”, Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, 2026.

Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, 2026
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Member’s Publication: Renata Vinci

Renata Vinci. Il sinologo che non c’era: Alla riscoperta delle opere di Giuseppe Barone (1861–1924).

Orientalia, 2025

Giuseppe Barone (1861–1924), a brilliant and versatile Neapolitan scholar, devoted himself . . .

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Member’s publication: Maurizio Paolillo

Maurizio Paolillo (ed.), China and the West on the Silk Roads. Perceptions of the Other and Encounters from the Warring States to the Modern Era, Edizioni dell’Orso, Alessandria 2025.

Edizioni dell’Orso, Alessandria 2025

The term “Silk Road” (Seidenstrasse), coined by . . .

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Member’s publication: Borevskaia Nina

Luo Maodeng (罗懋登) The Epic Tale of Palace Eunuch San Bao Voyage to the Western Ocean, 三宝太监西洋记通俗演义, Borevskaia Nina (Transl.).

Shans Publishing House, 2025

In October 2025 the full Russian translation of the Chinese classical novel by . . .

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Call for Papers – Rethinking Comparison in Sinology

Valletta, Malta
4-6th Nov 2026

Deadline: 28th Feb 2026

The Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Malta, with the support of the Confucius Institute at the University of Malta, is pleased to announce the second edition of the Chinese Studies Conference in . . .

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Statement by the EACS Board regarding the sanctions issued by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs against European China researchers 

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 . . .

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