EACS

Call for Applications: 2026 Venice-Princeton Summer School with the two tracks in Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese/Kanbun

2nd Dec 2025

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
6th Jul – 7th Aug 2026
Application Deadline: 15th Mar 2026

The 2026 Venice-Princeton Summer School with its two tracks in Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese/Kanbun is now open for applications. The Summer School runs for the five weeks from July 6 through August 7, 2026.

In each track, the Summer School runs for 75 hours of language instruction, plus 16 hours of content lectures in Chinese and Japanese history, literature, and thought by faculty from Princeton University and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Ca’ Foscari University will issue academic credit to all students who successfully complete the course. For a systematic and comprehensive introduction to either Classical Chinese or Classical Japanese/Kanbun, the Summer School is a globally unique program.

Tuition is set at EUR 1,250. Housing is offered at EUR 700 in a double-occupancy room, EUR 800 in a mini-apartment (double occupancy with kitchen), and EUR 1,000 in a single-occupancy room.… Read more ⤻

European Association for Chinese Studies 50th Anniversary Event: The European Association for Chinese Studies and the Past, Present and Future of Chinese Studies in Europe

17th Nov 2025

Paris, France
21st Nov 2025

Venue

Salle Françoise Héritier
Institut des Civilisations du Collège de France
52, rue du Cardinal Lemoine
75005 Paris

Program

9.15-9.30

Institutional Greetings

Anne Cheng (Collège de France)
Laura De Giorgi (EACS)

9.30-11.00

Session 1 EACS and Chinese Studies: History and Future
Chair: Anne Cheng (Collège de France)
Marianne Bastid-Bruguière (ASMP, EHESS), Reviving a Republic of Letters among sinologists in Europe:
Kristofer Schipper and Yves Hervouet at work with friends and colleagues to establish the EACS in the 1970s.
Mugur Zlotea (University of Bucharest), Chinese Studies in Romania after the fall of Communism.
Bart Dessein (University of Ghent), Why the EACS matters.

11.00 Coffee break

11.30-13.00

Old and New Challenges for Sinology
Chair: Karine Chemla (CNRS)

Hans van Ess (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), Challenges for traditional approaches to Sinology in challenging times
Olga Lomová (Charles University, Prague), Sinology between China and Europe in the time of artificial intelligence and global polarization
Roel Sterckx (University of Cambridge), Sinology, a curriculum at a crossroads?… Read more ⤻

Open for Registration: 18th CCVA Annual Conference ‘The Art of Chinese Social Media’

29th Nov 2025

Birmingham, UK
27-28th Nov 2025

Get ready to dive into the art world and visual culture of Chinese social media! Welcome to The Art of Chinese Social Media! Join us at the Birmingham School of Art for two days filled with insights, networking, and creativity. This conference seeks to explore the artistic strategies and visual cultures generated from Chinese social media to reflect broader sociopolitical dynamics in the context of Xi Jinping’s increasing digital censorship and control. How do platforms like Weibo, Douyin/TikTok, and WeChat construct new forms of artistic practice and cultural expression within the new age of ‘digital China’ and the deglobalising world? In what ways do contemporary artists and communities remediate social media to challenge power asymmetries, and foster digital democratisation through reclaiming agency and individual empowerment?

The conference welcomes contributions that can develop disciplinary perspectives and critical inquiries on the art and aesthetics of Chinese social media in the fields of visual arts, digital media, design, performing arts, and cultural studies.… Read more ⤻

International Workshop — Museums in Motion: New Frontiers in Chinese Museum Studies

15th Nov 2025

Arezzo, Italy
13-14th Nov 2025
Deadline: 10th Nov 2025

Museums in Motion: New Frontiers in Chinese Museum Studies explores the dynamic transformations shaping China’s museum landscape in the twenty-first century. The international workshop brings together scholars, curators, and cultural practitioners to discuss how Chinese museums are reimagining history, identity, and global engagement through innovative curatorial strategies, digital experimentation, and cross-cultural exchange. Addressing urgent questions of heritage politics, sustainability, and soft power, Museums in Motion invites a critical rethinking of how museums in China are not merely preserving the past, but actively designing the futures of culture.

Dates: 13–14 November 2025
Format: Hybrid (Online & In-Person)
Hosting University: University of Siena, Department of Philology and Literary Criticism – Arezzo Campus

Venue: Logge del Grano Hall, Piazzetta Logge del Grano 5, 52100 Arezzo, Italy

Organising Committee: Ornella De Nigris (Siena University), Sofia Bollo (University of Zurich), Cangbai Wang (University of Westminster)


Registration for auditors is open until 10 November
Please register here: https://forms.gle/grRXJ1EgbWCRDiA29… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: 9th edition of the Study Days on Chinese Linguistics Italian Association of Chinese Linguistics (AILC)

10th Nov 2025

Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
17-18th Jun 2026
Deadline: 30th Jan 2026

The Italian Institute of Oriental Studies Department at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, warmly invites both members and non-members of the Italian Association of Chinese Linguistics (AILC) to participate in the 9th edition of the Study Days on Chinese Linguistics. The conference will be hosted onsite in Rome from June 17th to June 18th, 2026.

Similar to past editions held in Venezia (2014), Milano (2015), Roma (2016), Napoli (2017), Milano (2018), Forlì (2021), Bergamo (2022), and Verona (2024), we welcome contributions (in English) for 20-minute presentations (followed by a 10-minute discussion) covering various aspects of Chinese linguistics, including, but not limited to:

  • Lexicon and semantics
  • Syntax and morphology
  • Historical linguistics
  • History of linguistics
  • Language teaching and language learning
  • Lexicology and lexicography

Abstracts must be submitted exclusively via the EasyAbs conference system, using the following link: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/AILC-9/

Abstracts (in English) should not exceed 500 words (excluding references) and should clearly outline the theoretical framework, research questions, methodology, primary findings, and conclusions.… Read more ⤻

Call for Contributions: Special Issue of The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia

1st Dec 2025

Deadline: 30th Nov 2025

The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia is pleased to invite submissions for our upcoming special issue: “Living with ChatGPT: Social, Psychological, and Economic Impacts of Generative AI in East Asia”, Guest Editors are Dr. Weiwen Yu & Dr. Chun Shao.

This special issue moves beyond technical assessments and policy analyses to foreground the lived experiences of AI in East Asia. We welcome interdisciplinary contributions that examine how generative AI technologies both shape—and are shaped by—the cultural norms, economic realities, and psychological landscapes of the region.

The JCEA invites conceptual, methodological, and empirical studies on topics including (but not limited to):

  • AI tools in education: opportunities, academic integrity, evolving pedagogy
  • Generative AI in creative industries: literature, art, film, fan culture
  • Language, translation, and cultural nuance in AI-generated content
  • Economic implications: automation, gig work, productivity, deskilling
  • AI and emotional labor: companionship, counseling, social bots
  • Public perceptions, moral panics, and regulatory debates
  • Everyday resistance, adaptation, and creative appropriation of AI tools
  • Cross-societal variations in adoption, perception, and use of generative AI in East Asia

👉 Full CFP details are available here: https://jceasia.org/cfp2025… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers – Rethinking Comparison in Sinology

28th Oct 2025

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 Malta. Following the success of our 2023 gathering, we once again invite scholars from around the world to join us in Malta to engage with one of the most enduring and foundational questions in Sinology: comparison.

From its earliest formulations, Sinology has been shaped by comparative frameworks, for instance, through the application of Greco-Latin linguistic models to Chinese, and the use of Western aesthetic values to interpret Chinese art. Similarly, from at least the late Ming and Qing dynasties onward, Chinese intellectuals also engaged in cross-cultural comparison, seeking to “open their eyes to the world” and to assimilate Western knowledge. This phenomenon may also be understood from a cognitive perspective: we make sense of the unfamiliar by relating it to what we already know.… Read more ⤻

Call for papers – International Conference: Teaching Chinese Language and Translation to/from Chinese at a Crossroad

28th Oct 2025

Mons, Belgium
16–17th Mar 2026
Deadline: 28th Nov 2025

To mark the tenth anniversary of the inclusion of Chinese as a main language in the curriculum at the University of Mons, the ChinEAsT laboratory of the Faculty of Translation and Interpretation – School of International Interpreters (FTI-EII) at the University of Mons is pleased to announce the organization of an international conference dedicated Chinese language teaching and related issues in the field of translation.

This scientific event aims to provide a space for reflection and dialogue on the theoretical, methodological, and practical issues involved in teaching Chinese as a foreign language and translating to and from Chinese.

Chinese language has always held a special place at the FTI-EII. It was first taught there 40 years ago by Zhang Guoxian, the founder of the former Chinese Language and Culture Department (now ChinEAsT), a pioneer in Chinese language teaching in French-speaking Belgium, as well as the founder of the Belgium-China Association and the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce.… Read more ⤻

Online Course – Worldmodels & Ontologies: Visions of Reality in Chinese Thought (Fall 2025)

28th Oct 2025

16th Oct—18th Dec 2025

We are pleased to announce the online course “Worldmodels & Ontologies: Visions of Reality in Chinese Thought”, running from Thursday, 16 October to Thursday, 18 December 2025. This seminar is designed in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Zurich, the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and National Chengchi University (NCCU).
The course will be held weekly on Thursdays from 8:00–10:00 CET, with two block seminars on Saturdays: 29 November and 13 December (10:00–12:00 and 12:00–14:00 CET).

Please note that the course schedule is given in Central European Time (CET). There will be a transition from summer time (CEST) to winter time (CET) on 26 October (after the first two sessions of the course), which may affect the time difference between your local zone and the session time—please plan accordingly.

This advanced seminar brings together a cohort of leading international specialists in Chinese philosophy and intellectual history. Sessions cover a wide range of materials—from excavated manuscripts, classical philosophical texts, and mathematical treatises to texts from the Buddhist, Xuanxue, and Neo-Confucian traditions—with contributions by a distinguished group of scholars.… Read more ⤻

International conference: Teaching, Identity, and Language Policies and Planning through the lens of huawen jiaoyu / zhongwen xuexiao

28th Oct 2025

Bergamo, Italy
15-17th Jan 2026
Deadline: 15th Oct 2025

Building on the research undertaken by the members of the PRIN PNRR ECCO-Italy (Education of Children of Chinese Origin in Italy), this conference seeks to provide a scholarly platform for the exchange and ideas and critical discussion among researchers engaged in the study of issues related to international Chinese language and culture education. Particular attention will be devoted to Chinese as heritage language, and to issues related to Chinese migration in Europe. The ECCO-Italy research group—comprising the University of Bergamo, the University of Bologna, the University of Florence, and the University for Foreigners of Siena—has explored, and intends to further investigate in the immediate future—questions concerning huawen jiaoyu 华文教育 or zhongwen xuexiao 中文学校, here conceptualized as heritage language schools (HLS), along three principal interconnected axes: The methodologies and practices of teaching Chinese as a heritage language, identity formation and negotiation and Linguistic policies, landscape, and planning (LPLP).… Read more ⤻

Grant Scholarship Ph.D. Student Recruitment – “1980: The Global Electoral Moment, China and Beyond”

16th Nov 2025

Nanyang Technological University, Sinapore
Deadline: 15th Nov 2025

We are looking for a motivated and talented scholar who wants to pursue a Ph.D. within the areas of political theory and intellectual history.

This individual will work within the Project “1980: The Global Electoral Moment, China and Beyond” with the Principal Investigator, Nanyang Assistant Professor Simon Sihang Luo, at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Situated at the intersection of political theory, history, and area studies, this project investigates the lived experience of electoral reform, with particular attention to its affective and imaginative dimensions—promise, excitement, and frustration—in 1980s China and in comparative contexts. Normatively, the project opens new dimensions to understanding important themes, institutions, and concepts in political theory, such as elections, democratization, and mass participation.

The successful candidate will contribute to archival collection, material analysis, and the production of research publications. Active participation in departmental events is also expected.

Pre-requisites:
• A good Master’s and a 2 nd Class Upper Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science or a related field.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: The 26th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS)

3rd Oct 2025

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
21–25th Jul 2026
Deadline: 30th Nov 2025

The conference is organized by the EACS in collaboration with the Department of Asian and North African Studies (DSAAM) at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Scholars working in all areas of Chinese Studies, both from Europe and worldwide, are warmly invited to participate. This is an in-person conference.

Web page: https://www.unive.it/eacs2026

Call for Papers and Abstract submissions

The conference organizers encourage presenters to submit their proposals for individual papers, panels (up to four abstracts/panel participants), double panels (up to eight abstracts/panel participants), and posters.

Scholars working in all areas of Chinese Studies, both from Europe and worldwide, are warmly invited to submit proposals for contributions in one of the following disciplinary categories:

  1. Language and Linguistics
  2. Chinese as Foreign Language, Education
  3. Literature (Premodern)
  4. Literature (Modern)
  5. Philosophy and History of Thought
  6. History (Premodern)
  7. History (Modern)
  8. Religion
  9. Law
  10. Economics
  11. Politics and International Relations
  12. Art and Archaeology
  13. Museum Studies and Material Culture
  14. Environmental Studies
  15. Anthropology and Sociology
  16. Digital Humanities
  17. Music, Media, and Performing Arts
  18. Gender and Queer Studies
  19. Science, Technology and Medicine
  20. Sinophone Worlds
  21. Translation Studies

The board accepts proposals in the following formats:

  1. Individual paper proposal: abstract, max.
… Read more ⤻

EACS Early Career Scholar Award 2026

3rd Oct 2025

Deadline: 1st Mar 2026

The Board of the European Association for Chinese Studies is pleased to announce again the EACS Early Career Scholar Award (formerly Young Scholar Award). The purpose of this award is to encourage research in Chinese studies among young scholars, especially, but not exclusively, scholars studying and working at European institutions.

The Early Career Scholar Award is made possible through the generous support by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. It was first awarded during the 2004 EACS biennial conference in Heidelberg. Many papers submitted by shortlisted candidates in previous competitions have now appeared as peer-reviewed publications. The next ECSA will be announced at the 26th Biennial Conference of the EACS in Venice, Italy, 20-25 July 2026.

Eligibility: Early Career Scholar Award (formerly Young Scholar Award)

Candidates for the ECSA (formerly YSA) should be PhD students working towards their degree or PhD holders who have obtained their degree no more than 10 years prior to the year of the EACS conference AND their rank of academic employment should be below that of Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer (i.e.… Read more ⤻

Vacant Position – Endowed Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture

8th Oct 2025

University of Toronto
Deadline: 7th Oct 2025

Associate Prof/Prof – Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture

The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the area of Chinese Thought and Culture. The appointment will be at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2026. The successful candidate will also be eligible to be named the Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture. This endowed chair appointment would be for a five-year term and is renewable following a favourable review. The successful candidate will be appointed to the Department of East Asian Studies, the Department of Philosophy, or the Department for the Study of Religion (or hold a joint appointment in two of the three units).

Applicants must have earned a PhD degree in East Asian Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, or a closely related field, and have demonstrated an exceptional record of excellence in research and teaching, with experience in research supervision.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: The Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature 2026 Biennial Conference

17th Aug 2025

National University of Singapore
25-26th Jun 2026
Deadline: 15th Oct 2025

Location: National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore, 119260
Co-organized by the Association of Chinese and Comparative Literature and the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore. The conference is also cosponsored by the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at George Mason University.

Conference Theme: Humanities in Uncertain Times

What is the role of the humanities in a time of global uncertainty? In a time when the values that once underpinned humanistic inquiry are under pressure, we ask: How do artistic practice and criticism address, resist, or reflect the structures of uncertainty — sociopolitical, environmental, epistemological — that now define our age? What new forms might they take? How have Chinese and Sinophone cultural traditions responded to moments of crisis in the past, and what can they offer us today? The ACCL 2026 conference offers an opportune moment for scholars of Chinese and Comparative Literature to critically examine the evolving place of the humanities and reimagine their relevance, purpose, and methods in an increasingly precarious world.… Read more ⤻

Call for Applications: EACS Autumn School “字 and the Search for Universalism”

17th Nov 2025

Nürnberg, Germany
14-16th Nov 2025
Extended Deadline: 27th Jul 2025

The history of the Sinograph (zi 字) goes well beyond the confines of China proper. Its geographic and technological movements exceed the limits of the Sinosphere and have been directed towards other linguistic and medial spheres—in some cases, even the entire world. In modern times, such efforts have become entangled with political agendas of national unification. In premodern East Asia, however, Chinese, as a scripta franca, transcended linguistic boundaries both within a diverse empire and across the region. Its dominance was continually challenged by other languages (i.e., Sanskrit, Sogdian, Manchu) and by advocates and critics of multilingualism. Debates over whether to use Literary Chinese in language contact situations, to numerically “unicode” Chinese characters, to devise mechanical systems for typesetting, to apply Chinese as a common scholarly written language, or, conversely, to replace it with an international language (and/or to abandon it altogether), suggest that the past and present of the Sinograph remained strikingly relevant to the search for standards and universalisms.… Read more ⤻

Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Position in the Social History of Material Infrastructures

1st Aug 2025

Leuven, Belgium
Deadline: 31st Jul 2025

The Early Modern History Research Group and KU Leuven offer an environment where intellectual creativity and independence thrive. We promote the lively exchange of ideas, and provide strong intellectual, moral, and logistical support to our PhD students, postdocs, and other collaborators.​

Visit the official website to read the complete announcement: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60497246?lang=en

Come join our multi-disciplinary team https://www.infrastructurelives.eu/team-members/… Read more ⤻

Workshop – Re-Visualizing “The West”: Geo-Literary Images of Europe in Contemporary Sinophone Writings

29th Jun 2025

Milan, Italy
20–21st Jun 2025

We are pleased to announce a two-day international workshop that will bring together scholars from Europe, the US, and Asia to examine representations of Europe in contemporary Sinophone writings. Particular attention will be paid to geo-literary imaginaries, intertextual strategies, and questions of translation and translingual practice.

The event is convened by Simona Gallo (University of Milan), in collaboration with Giacomo Zanolin (University of Genoa) and Faye Qiyu Lu (UCLA / University of Milan), and will take place in person at the University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7.

Speakers include (see full program attached):

David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University
Carlos Rojas, Duke University
Andrea Bachner, Cornell University
Heather Inwood, University of Cambridge
Cosima Bruno, SOAS University of London
Howard Chiang, University of California, Santa Barbara
Nicolai Volland, Penn State University
Justyna Jaguścik, University of Bern
Astrid Møller-Olsen, University of Copenhagen
Zhiyi Yang, University of Frankfurt
Chris Song, University of Toronto
Lucas Klein, Arizona State University
Rebecca Ehrenwirth, University of Applied Sciences / SDI Munich
Faye Qiyu Lu, University of California, Los Angeles
Giacomo Zanolin, University of Genoa

We warmly welcome your attendance and participation!… Read more ⤻

Specialist Course ‘50 Years of EU-China Relations’ Organized by the ‘EACS’ in collaboration with the Horizon Europe Project ‘ReConnect China’

12th Sep 2025

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.… Read more ⤻

Workshop: Discursive and Non-Discursive Reasoning in Chinese Philosophy

14th Jul 2025

University of Zurich, Switzerland
Hybrid format
11–13th Jul 2025

The workshop will explore various modes of reasoning in Chinese philosophical traditions.
Online attendance is possible.
For registration, please visit: www.aoi.uzh.ch/registration
This workshop explores how processes of thinking and reasoning are reflected in traditional Chinese philosophy — including forms that are not easily captured by formal or discursive logic. One avenue we pursue is the connection between vision and thought as developed in Chinese philosophical traditions. While the metaphor of vision in the European context often represents intellectual clarity or timeless truths, Chinese philosophical texts engage vision differently: as a means of attending to change, process, and the situatedness of the observer. The workshop brings together perspectives from Chinese philosophy, Buddhist studies, and related fields to examine how distinctions between discursive and non-discursive modes of thought are articulated — or problematized — in Chinese traditions, and how these approaches may offer alternative ways of understanding reasoning itself.… Read more ⤻

Member’s Publication: Taru Salmenkari

29th Jun 2025

Salmenkari, T. 2025, Global Ideas, Local Adaptations: Chinese Activism and the Will to Make Civil Society, Edward Elgar.

Edward Elgar, 2025

Exploring the boundaries, fringes, and inner workings of civil society, Taru Salmenkari investigates local forms of political agency in China in light of the globalization of political values, practices, and institutions. She provides a theoretical framework for globalization, examining new forms of governance emerging with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and how these have reconfigured social power in China.

This topical book outlines how civil society has been promoted globally since the 1980s, as NGOs advance development cooperation, democratization, and neoliberal third-sector service production. Salmenkari studies the outcomes of these processes in China, where civil society promotion met strong localizing forces rising from NGO activists” own values, governmental regulation, and local society. Evaluating various forms of Chinese self-organizing, she discusses the social omissions of Chinese environmental NGO agendas, Confucian ties in global translations, gay self-organizing, and the idea and practice of Minjian.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: 2/25 | DIVE-IN an international journal in diversity and inclusion

21st Aug 2025

Deadline: 20th Aug 2025

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Starting from the legacy of this conflict, we shall devote the tenth Issue of DIVE-IN to historical narratives, memories and literary representations of war and violence in a feminine perspective by taking as a focus East and South East Asia in the contemporary era. Countries in this part of the world have in various ways intercepted Western trajectories as sites of war involving Europe and US. They have also experienced (de-)colonization, both as objects and subjects of foreign domination. The Issue will, thus, present itself as an occasion to integrate the area perspective into a global reflection by extending to literary, cultural and historical studies.

https://dive-in.unibo.it/announcement/view/715

The present Issue aims to enrich the historical narratives of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia and other countries, which are more often represented as dense with political and economic events, but not as equally rich in terms of social and cultural insights.… Read more ⤻

Member’s Publication: Béatrice L’Haridon, Grégoire Espesset

29th Jun 2025

Lives and Power. Biographical Writing in Sima Qian’s Work and Beyond, in Ancient China and Rome, Coédition Hémisphères/Maisonneuve & Larose, 2025

Coédition Hémisphères/Maisonneuve & Larose, 2025

In this volume derived from an international symposium held at the Collège de France in Paris in 2022, a panel of European, North-American, and East Asian scholars reflects on the biographical and autobiographical genres in the ancient East Asian and Mediterranean worlds. The twelve collected essays trace the sociopolitical conditions of emergence and production of both genres, analyze their various narrative functions and delineate their historical evolution.

https://www.hemisphereseditions.com/lives-and-power-vies-et-pouvoir
… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers – Upcoming Conference: Asian Languages in the History of Lexicography

29th Jun 2025

Montpellier, France
23-25th Mar 2026
Montpellier University Paul Valéry
Deadline: 15th Oct 2025

Organized within the framework of the Chedil research project, funded by the French Research Agency (ANR-23-CE27-0008; https://chedil.hypotheses.org/), this conference invites submissions exploring the history of lexicography, particularly dictionaries involving Asian languages. We also welcome submissions on critical editions of linguistic manuscripts and on the contribution of digital humanities.

For the full call for papers, submission guidelines, and practical information, please visit the conference website: chedil-alhl.sciencesconf.org… Read more ⤻

Conference “History of South China: Sources, Methods and New Approaches”

5th Jul 2025

Oxford, UK
4th Jul 2025

One-day “History of South China: Sources, Methods and New Approaches” conference, to be held at the Research Centre in Christ Church College, University of Oxford, on July 4th, 2025, in-person only.

For more details and registration, please see the conference website: https://sites.google.com/view/history-of-south-china/.

History-of-South-China-ProgrammeDownload
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Vacant Position: Full-time tenure track professor in Chinese Studies

16th Sep 2025

Leuven, Belgium
Deadline: 15th Sep 2025

The University of Leuven (Belgium) has a vacancy for a full-time tenure track professor in Chinese Studies with proven expertise in the field of Chinese thought. Candidates should hold a PhD in Chinese Studies/Sinology or in a specific discipline, with a dissertation focused on China. Candidates are also required to have excellent teaching skills and a strong and validated international academic portfolio with highly regarded publications. The full job description and application details can be found on the following webpage:
https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60480380?lang=en
The deadline for application is 15 September 2025.… Read more ⤻

Vacant Position: Post-doc China/East-Asia at the Institut Français de Recherche sur l’Asie de l’Est

3rd Jul 2025

Paris, France
Deadline: 1st Jul 2025

The Institut Français de Recherche sur l’Asie de l’Est (IFRAE/UMR 8043) is recruiting a post-doctoral researcher in anthropology or history, specializing in Chinese, Japanese or Korean studies, for a 24-month period as part of the ANR-DFG project “Knowing Hands. Chinese Hand-memory Techniques & Handy Knowledge in Situ, Comparison, and Contact” (2025-2028).
Information and application procedure are available on the CNRS employment portal:
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR8043-STEHOM-003/Default.aspx… Read more ⤻

Member’s Publication: Lingjie Ji

29th Jun 2025

Lingjie Ji, Chinese Literature in English Sinology: Cultural Translation of Literary Knowledge, 1807-1901, Edinburgh University Press

In this book, I explore the fascinating Sino-British literary exchanges of the nineteenth century, highlighting how Chinese literature was understood as a knowledge category in the Anglophone world. I also discuss the significance of literary knowledge in cultural history.
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-chinese-literature-in-english-sinology.html
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781399538893/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOoqDV_z1Tl9UBgDphNCVS8tiYquiwjukZAye6ABggs9bHAf_pnFP

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The 3rd CCVA PhD Forum 2025

28th Jun 2025

27th Jun 2025
Birmingham, UK

The 3rd CCVA PhD Forum will be held on 27th June, and it is open for registration. For the full forum programme please see below.
The 3rd CCVA PhD Forum 2025 opens for registrationIn response to the increase of doctoral projects in the field of Chinese arts, design, media, and visual culture, the CCVA PhD Forum is designed as a UK-wide platform to support PhD students further, enhance intellectual exchanges of ideas and critical debates, expand the participation of young generation scholars, and celebrate our achievement of up-to-date doctoral research. As a summer event to complement our winter conference, the CCVA PhD Forum aims to provide a unique space for all students within and beyond the UK, who are conducting doctoral research, new PhDs (awarded within 12 months), as well as for supervisors, advisors, and examiners, and those who are interested in pursuing a PhD in the future, to share, debate and innovate.… Read more ⤻

Call for Applications: Göttingen Visiting Fellowship (Fall 2025)

11th Jun 2025

Georg-August-University, Germany
Deadline: 10th Jun 2025

Against a backdrop of global political power shifts and faced with the environmental crisis and social injustice, the Joint Center for Advanced Studies “Worldmaking from a Global Perspective: A Dialogue with China” explores existing notions of “world” and approaches to worldmaking from transnational and transcultural perspectives. The Center is jointly organized by researchers at universities in Göttingen, Heidelberg, Munich, and Würzburg. It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Within the framework of the Center, the project “Conceptions of World Order and Their Social Carrier Groups” is located at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (PI: Prof. Dr. Dominic Sachsenmaier). The project researchers explore various patterns and rhythms of world order-related thinking in China, Europe and other regions. With an eye on conceptions of world order, the project not only analyzes images of global political and economic power formations but also includes into the picture other factors like cultural hegemonies or global social and religious movements.… Read more ⤻

Vacant Position: Lecturer (LTS) in Chinese

13th Jun 2025

College of Arts and Humanities
School of Modern Languages & Cultures
University of Glasgow, UK
Deadline: 12th Jun 2025

As part of plans to support and develop the Undergraduate programme in Chinese at the University of Glasgow, the School of Modern Languages and Cultures is seeking to appoint a full-time open-ended Lecturer in Chinese (Learning, Teaching and Scholarship Track). The School of Modern Languages & Cultures at the University of Glasgow welcomes applications for the position of Lecturer (LTS) in Chinese.
This post is full-time, and it’s offered on an open-ended basis.
The full job description and application details can be found : https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer-in-chinese-lts?source=google.com
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC332/lecturer-in-chinese-lts… Read more ⤻

Vacant position: Assistant (junior) (W 1, non-tenure track) Professor of Modern Taiwan Studies

2nd Jul 2025

Deadline: 1st Jul 2025

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Tübingen invites applications for the position of assistant (junior) (W 1, non-tenure track) professor of Modern Taiwan Studies to commence as soon as possible.

The selected candidate is expected to carry out teaching and research on modern and contemporary Taiwan, with a particular focus on social science-based approaches.
The position will be filled on a salaried base and is initially limited to four years, with the possibility of extension by a further two years after a positive interim evaluation.
The position has a teaching load of four hours per week prior to interim evaluation and six hours thereafter.

The selected candidate will teach in German or English. The University of Tübingen expects that non-native applicants are willing to learn German during their time of employment.
Requirements for appointment are an excellent PhD dissertation in a relevant topic, international publications, evidence of third-party grants (fellowship/scholarship) and teaching
expertise.… Read more ⤻

Annual Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS) “Truths, Tensions, Technologies.”

23rd Nov 2025

Olomouc, Czech Republic
21-22nd Nov 2025
Deadline: 15th Jul 2025

Organised by the Department of Asian Studies at Palacký University Olomouc. The central theme of ACAS 2025 is “Truths, Tensions, Technologies.” The conference will be held on November 21–22, 2025, in Olomouc, Czech Republic, and the abstract submission deadline is July 15. More information can be found in the attached CfP or on the conference website: acas.upol.cz.

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Conference on “Identity, Ignorance, and the Politics of the Self”

20th May 2025

Göttingen, Germany | YouTube livestream
19th May 2025

On May 19th and May 21s (Monday and Wednesday) Göttingen will host a conference on “Identity, Ignorance, and the Politics of the Self” that is co-organized by Dominic Sachsenmaier (Göttingen University) and Wang Hui (Tsinghua University). The conference will host a range of renowned artists and writers (e.g. Xu Bing, Yu Hua, Steffen Kopetzky) and internationally renowned scholars.

Venue

Paulinerkirche (Papendiek 14, 37073 Göttingen)

Conference Program
Monday, May 19, 2025
14:00 – 19:15
https://www.youtube.com/@centreformoderneastasianst8840
Online Option: YouTube Livestream

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Member’s Publication: Halina Zawiszová, Giorgio Strafella, and Martin Lavička (Eds.) Olomouc Asian Studies, 2025

29th Jun 2025

Member’s Publication: Halina Zawiszová, Giorgio Strafella, and Martin Lavička (Eds.) Olomouc Asian Studies, 2025

Olomouc Asian Studies, 2025

“Embodied Entanglements: Gender, Identity, and the Corporeal in Asia.” Edited by Halina Zawiszová, Giorgio Strafella, and Martin Lavička
We are excited to announce the publication of a new edited monograph, “Embodied Entanglements: Gender, Identity, and the Corporeal in Asia.” Edited by Halina Zawiszová, Giorgio Strafella, and Martin Lavička from the Department of Asian Studies at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
This book highlights complex links and interactions that bind these three interpretative axes. Cutting across the quotidian and the avant-garde, activism and art, violence and pleasure, as well as the intimate and the political, it sheds new light on Asian cultures and societies, spanning India, Indonesia, Japan, mainland China, Taiwan, and Thailand, affirming thus the region’s significance in broader debates on biopolitics, gender, and human dignity.
The book represents the third volume in our Olomouc Asian Studies series.… Read more ⤻

Member’s Publication: Simon Yongjun Zheng 郑永君

3rd Jun 2025

Simon Yongjun Zheng 郑永君 2025, A Study on the history of CICM in China and its Dutch-speaking Sinologist Jozef Mullie, 上海古籍出版社

上海古籍出版社 2025

Newly launched publication in China: A Study on the history of CICM in China and its Dutch-speaking Sinologist Jozef Mullie by Simon Yongjun Zheng 郑永君, Researcher at the Verbiest Institute KU Leuven

In no doubt, there are countless fascinating stories about Sino-European encounters that are filled with intriguing characters, and missionary activities played a significant role in it from very early in history until the early 20th century. The Belgian missionaries, in particular the Flemish, have been mentioned in Chinese sources in a number of ways. Their handwritten materials, such as the writings of van Rubroeck, Verbiest, and more recent ones of the late 19th century, whose numbers are much greater than their forerunners, provide us with a wealth of information about China from their perspective. Due to this, the Scheut missionaries, a remarkable group of Flemish clergy with a long history of carrying out missions in northern China, captured my attention and piqued my interest, so much so that their works and stories became the focus of my PhD research.… Read more ⤻

Member’s Publication: Renata Vinci ed.

18th May 2025

Vinci R. (ed.) 2024, Navigating the Mediterranean: Through the Chinese Lens: Transcultural Narratives of the Sea Among Land, Firenze University Press

Firenze University Press 2024

The volume Navigating the Mediterranean: Through the Chinese Lens: Transcultural Narratives of the Sea Among Lands, edited by Renata Vinci, Firenze University Press, 2024, is now available in open access and can be fully downloaded at the following link:
https://books.fupress.com/catalogue/navigating-the-mediterranean-through-the-chinese-len/15330

Synopsis:
In the postnational era, as scholars investigating the circulation of reciprocal knowledge between China and foreign countries, we are called to reconsider the relevance of national borders in our own research. This comes as a response to an extended demand to rethink the ties imposed by concepts such as nation, language and heritage in favour of essential inclusive sentiments of shared interests and belonging. This volume is the initial outcome of the research project The Mediterranean Through Chinese Eyes (MeTChE), which aims to investigate the perception and representation of the Mediterranean region in Chinese sources, conceptualising this ‘region among lands’ as a transcultural and debordered space, as advanced by contemporary Mediterranean Studies.… Read more ⤻

International Interdisciplinary Workshop “Movement and Infrastructure in Ancient Eastern Eurasia (1200 BCE—300 CE)”

2nd Jun 2025

14-17th May 2025
University of Munich, Germany

From the 3rd Millennium BC onwards, interregional connections across Eastern Eurasia gradually intensified. Over the recent decades, we have seen a rapid increase in the number of archaeological finds that reflect these interactions, as well as the studies on specific forms and geographical frameworks of transregional connectivity. However, we still lack a holistic understanding of human and non-human agents, materials, skills, knowledge, and artifacts that moved across Eastern Eurasia, as well as the geography, resources, and driving forces of these movements. This interdisciplinary workshop will bring together scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America, including specialists in archaeology, archaeological science, epigraphy, history, and linguistic to take stock of the currently available sources and draw a broad picture of Early Eastern Eurasia as an interconnected space, focusing on the period between 1200 BCE and 300 CE but equally providing a diachronic perspective while looking into earlier and later periods.

Our goal is to understand how the movement of people, animals, plants, artifacts, technologies, and ideas became possible, given the combination of ecologies, resources, and social, cultural, and institutional settings.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers – Performing Postsocialism: Cultures of Performance-Making in Twenty-First-Century
China

5th May 2025

9-10th Apr 2026
University of Vienna, Austria
Deadline: 15th May 2025

Organized as part of a research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), this symposium invites proposals that address the relationship between performance and postsocialism in twenty-first-century China. Since its initial formulations in the late 1980s and 1990s, the notion of postsocialism has captured the ideological ambiguities and cultural contradictions brought about by China’s late-twentieth-century transition to a socialist market economy and integration into the global capitalist system in the new millennium. Postsocialism denotes a fluid condition of socioeconomic unevenness and temporal dissonance that mirrors the stratification of traditional values with historical experiences of revolution and reform, and the persistence of socialist-era practices and institutions alongside the affirmation of new societal dynamics and cultural formations. The tension and interplay between past legacies and futural aspirations continues to shape the postmillennial sociocultural landscape, reflecting the ongoing relevance of the postsocialist framework for the analysis of contemporary China.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers – History of South China: Sources, Methods, and New Approaches

5th Jul 2025

Oxford, United Kingdom
4th Jul 2025
Deadline: 9th May 2025

The organisers Jacob Fordham (London School of Economics and Political Science), Simon Lam (University of Oxford) and Paul Napier (University of Oxford) invite proposals for a workshop to take place in Oxford, United Kingdom, on 4 July 2025.

The “History of South China: Sources, Methods, and New Approaches” workshop aims to bring together contributions which utilize new sources, methods, and approaches in exploring the many histories of the South China region, including Macau and Hong Kong, across all periods. It caters to the growing interest amongst historians of China based in the United Kingdom and Europe on histories from below, often through the foregrounding of local and regional voices. Moving away from perspectives of the “nation-state” and “party-state”, the workshop instead seeks to emphasise the diversity of local and regional voices that often become subsumed in traditional national-level narratives.

The workshop also aims to examine the broader applicability of innovative methodologies developed by scholars working on this region.… Read more ⤻

Member’s Publication: Katherine Ngo

5th May 2025

Ngo, K. (2025) Unlocking the Treasury: Elementary Learning for Boys in Qing China. Ann Arbor: Lever Press

Ann Arbor: Lever Press, 2025

New Open Access book on the Treasury of Elementary Learning (Youxue qionglin 幼學瓊林)
The is the first major European study of the Treasury of Elementary Learning (Youxue qionglin 幼學瓊林), a traditional Chinese children’s primer from Qing dynasty China.
In recent years, renewed interest in traditional Chinese elementary educational material has led to an increased use of these texts as teaching materials in Chinese schools, as well as in popular literature and academic research. Unlocking the Treasury seeks to address the gap in Occidental scholarship regarding pre-modern Chinese primary education, its theories, and textbooks. Using the concept of interpretive communities, this monograph explores the impact of socio-political influences and differences in Qing schools of thought, including the school of principle, the school of heart-mind, and practical learning. As such, this study examines the Treasury through three critical readings of the text: as a handbook for practical learning, a child-oriented reading of the school of heart-mind, and the instrumental perspective of education as examination training.… Read more ⤻

International Conference: The Mediterranean Through Chinese Eyes: Transcultural Encounters and Representation in Chinese Sources

18th May 2025

16-17th May 2025
University of Palermo, Italy | Hybrid

The international conference The Mediterranean Through Chinese Eyes: Transcultural Encounters and Representation in Chinese Sources is the second conference of the MeTChE research project. This event aims to investigate how the Mediterranean has been perceived, represented, and reimagined in Chinese sources across time. Bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines, the conference will explore the construction of a transcultural perception of Mediterranean civilization(s) in Chinese geographical texts and travel diaries. Particular attention will be given to how representations of the sea and distant lands contributed to shaping the image of the “other” in Chinese thought.

Venue: Botanical Garden, Lanza Conference Room (and online)

The conference will be transmitted live on Microsoft Teams at this link. We invite you to attend remotely and participate in the discussion.
Full program, link and other details are available at the conference website: https://www.unipa.it/progetti/china-mediterranean/en/Conferences-and-events/conferences/2nd-metche-conference/

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Deadline Extended! Call for Papers: Museums in Motion. New frontiers in Chinese museum studies

15th Nov 2025

University of Siena, Italy
13-14th Nov 2025
NEW Deadline: 10th Jun 2025

We are delighted to invite papers for the international workshop ‘Museums in Motion: New Frontiers in Chinese Museum Studies’, to be held in person and online at the University of Siena on 13-14 November 2025.

Studying Chinese museums is both an intriguing and rewarding pursuit, offering a valuable perspective on the histories and cultures of China and its unprecedented transformations over the past three decades. These institutions house an extraordinary wealth of historical, artistic, and cultural artefacts, providing deep insight into China’s long and complex past, as well as its multilayered interactions with the world today. From ancient bronzes and calligraphy to contemporary art and political exhibitions, museums in China serve as dynamic spaces where history is preserved, interpreted, and debated. They shape narratives, influence national and local identities, and even serve political functions. The way history and culture are presented—what is emphasized, omitted, or reframed—offers a revealing glimpse into China’s evolving relationship with its past and present.… Read more ⤻

Workshop: Exploring the Rule of Law in Asia

27th Apr 2025

Lund University, Sweden
8th Apr 2025
Deadline: 25th Mar 2025

The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, is organizing a workshop on 8 April titled Exploring the Rule of Law in Asia: Global Perspectives, Regional Dynamics, and China’s Impact. The workshop will examine how the concept of the rule of law resonates—or fails to resonate—in selected Asian countries and explore whether and how China’s approach influences legal and governance frameworks beyond its borders.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop, with or without a presentation, please contact Martin Lavička at martin.lavicka@ace.lu.se by March 25, 2025.

See the poster for more information (PDF) or visit www.ace.lu.se/martin-lavicka

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3rd Prague Summer School of Chinese Poetry 2025: Nature in Chinese Language Poetry across Time and Space

6th Sep 2025

Prague, Czech Republic
1-5th Sep 2025
Deadline: 31st May 2025

Registration is now open for the third Prague Summer School of Chinese Poetry 2025: Nature in Chinese Language Poetry across Time and Space, organized by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation International Sinological Center at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, on September 1-5, 2025.

Speakers: Michelle Yeh (UC Davis), Andrea Riemenschnitter (University of Zurich), Yang Zhiyi (Goethe University Frankfurt), Federico Picerni (University of Bologna) and Nikky Lin (National Taiwan Normal University).

For more information and the online application, see our website https://cckisc.ff.cuni.cz/cs/prednaskove-cykly/prague-summer-school-of-chinese-poetry-2025/

The application deadline is May 31, 2025. Notice of acceptance by June 15, 2025.… Read more ⤻

TOChina Summer School. Politics, Political Economy and Foreign Policy of Contemporary China

12th Jul 2025

Turin / Milan, Italy
30th June – 11th Jul 2025
Deadline: 9th Jun 2025

🌏 In June 2024, 54 PhD candidates, graduate students, young scholars, and professionals came together in Turin, Italy, for the 18th edition of the Hashtag#TOChina Summer School — two high-intensity weeks of advanced training on the politics, political economy, and foreign policy of contemporary Hashtag#China.

📅 The 19th edition of the program will take place from June 30 to July 11, 2025, at the Università degli Studi di Torino and Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, in partnership with John Cabot University. Join one of Europe’s leading summer programs on contemporary China.

👉 Online applications are open until June 9: https://lnkd.in/eJ427AB
General information: https://www.tochina.it/training/tochina-summer-school… Read more ⤻

Call for Abstracts: Symposium “Dis-ease: Women and (Dis)order in China,”

29th Jul 2025

28th Jul, 2025
Tokyo, Japan
Deadline: 25th May 2025

Global Asian Studies (GAS) at the University of Tokyo will be holding a symposium in summer
2025 to discuss issues surrounding women and disease in medical and metaphorical
transformations. Organized by GAS and Dr. Shu Yang from Western Michigan University in the
United States, this post-Covid symposium aims to facilitate reflection on gender and medicine in
a vibrantly Chinese context.

Symposium Abstract:
This post-pandemic era provides the ideal backdrop for rethinking the definition and regulation
of disease and women’s place in it. Our Tokyo symposium brings together world scholars to
discuss Chinese societies, past and present, through the lens of female dis-eased status. It is open
to all relevant disciplines of any historical periods and geographical regions. A focus on medicine
and womanhood is preferable. Topics related to pathology, sexuality, body, psychology, affect,
workforce, domesticity, epistemology, science, (dis)pleasure, and more are all welcome.

Date and Location:
July 28, 2025, the University of Tokyo, Japan

Format:
In person in English

Timeline:
May 25:
Abstract (200-250 words) due to Prof.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: The 18th CCVA Annual Conference – The Art of Chinese Social Media

8th Nov 2025

6-7th Nov 2025
Birmingham City University
Deadline (Abstracts): 18th Apr 2025

With the rise of Chinese digital platforms and social media, a new landscape of visual cultural production and artistic communication has emerged, reshaping the ways of art making and aesthetics, the cultures and politics of display, and stimulating new participatory approaches in diversity. From the early days of bulletin board systems (BBS) like ‘Shui Mu Tsing Hua’ (1995) to the proliferation of platforms like WeChat (2011), Douyin (2016)/TikTok (2017), Kuaishou (2011), Weibo (2009), QQ (1999), and Xiaohongshu (Rednote) (2013), Chinese social media have become a vital site for artistic expression, community engagement, and political discourse. The development of social media entangled with critical issues of gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity, and identities has broadened the boundaries of existing concepts of contemporary art and visual culture, providing new methods, conditions and aesthetics.

The rapidly evolving social media with ‘Chinese characteristics’ has facilitated a wave of contemporary Chinese art and visual culture in various forms with key representations including Zhang Peili, Miao Ying, Cao Fei, Ge Yulu, Lin Ke, Jiao Xingtao, Huang Sunquan, and many others.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: Third Guangdong- Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area Interdisciplinary Doctoral Forum

23rd Aug 2025

Deadline: 31st Mar 2025

We are pleased to call for the submission of papers to our third doctoral forum. This year the forum focuses on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Challenges: Innovation, Aspiration, Solution. Building on the success of the past two years, this forum has established itself as a valuable platform for fostering cross-disciplinary dialogues on pressing global issues. Our objective centres on exploring innovative, interdisciplinary solutions that can address emerging challenges facing our world today. This year, we continue to explore these interwoven challenges through the lens of interdisciplinary research, for further fostering new insights and deeper collaborations. We hope that these collective efforts will lead to more innovative, actionable and profound solutions, ultimately contributing to a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive future.

This forum is designed specifically for doctoral students (PhD in progress or newly graduated) who are conducting innovative research across diverse fields, including the humanities, social sciences, and natural and technical sciences.… Read more ⤻

Member’s Publication: Christian Henriot (ed.)

30th Apr 2025

Collective Volume Modern China in Flux: Networks, Mobility, and Transformation (De Gruyter). This book explores Chinese society through the notion of networks—as a concept, a social reality, and a method—in order to reveal its complexity and fluidity during a pivotal period, from the late Qing dynasty to the early People’s Republic.

The volume originates from an international workshop co-organized by the Elites, Networks, and Power in Modern China (ENP-China) project and the Institute of Modern History at Academia Sinica. It brings together contributions from European and Taiwanese scholars, covering topics such as business networks, technocrats, women, Taiwanese elites, Chinese students in Belgium, and Sino-American alumni networks.

The book is available in open access—feel free to explore and share it! The print version will be available on March 3.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111374437/html… Read more ⤻

12th EACL Summer School in Chinese Linguistics

21st Jun 2025

Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
16-20th Jun 2025
Deadline: 2nd Mar 2025

The 12th edition (2025) of the EACL Summer School in Chinese Linguistics will be held from 16th June to 20th Jun 2025 in the Department of Asian Studies at Palacký University Olomouc, the Czech Republic.
The goal of the summer school is to provide an opportunity for MA and PhD students affiliated to European universities to be exposed to areas in Chinese linguistics which might not be available in their home institution.

The 12th edition of the EACL Summer School in Chinese Linguistics has the following 4 courses (for each course, 1.5 hours per class, 3 classes in total):

“Topics in the syntax of predicate phrases in Mandarin” (Huba Bartos, Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics)
“Chinese morphology” (Bianca Basciano, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
“The Chinese nominal” (Joanna Ut-Seong Sio, Palacký University Olomouc)
“Invitation to Phonological tone” (Lian Hee Wee, Hong Kong Baptist University)

There will also be 2 special seminars (1.5 hours per seminar):

“A practical introduction to Shuo Wen Jie Zi” (David Uher and Tereza Slamenikova, Palacký University Olomouc)
“Keywords of post-1989 intellectual discourse: metaphors of social change and intellectual choice in the ‘debate on the spirit of the humanities’ (1993-1995)” (Giorgio Strafella, Palacký University Olomouc)

Students must attend all classes in all 4 courses, and fulfill other course requirements, if any.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: Special Issue at Journal of Chinese Current Affairs “Digital China: Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society”

26th Apr 2025

Deadline: 25th Apr 2025

Dechun Zhang (University of Copenhagen) and Wenting Yu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) are organizing a special issue at Journal of Chinese Current Affairs (https://journals.sagepub.com/page/cca/call-for-papers?pbEditor=true) titled “Digital China: Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society.”

This special issue examines the profound impact of digital technology on society, governance, and public life, with a focus on China’s rapid digital transformation. As technologies such as AI, IoT, and big data reshape daily life, their influence on political, economic, and social structures is equally significant. We aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of China’s evolving digital society, its global influence, and the challenges it presents for governance, online participation, policy, and culture. We welcome both empirical studies (qualitative, quantitative, computational, and mixed-methods) and theoretical contributions addressing various aspects of the digital society. Contributors are invited to explore, but are not limited to, the following themes:

Digital Governance & State Control
AI, Big Data & Surveillance
Digital Propaganda & Nationalism
Online Activism & Political Participation
Digital Authoritarianism & International Propaganda
Cultural Transformation & Social Media
E-commerce & Smart Cities
Data Protection & Privacy Laws
Digital Health & Healthcare Technology
Technology & Social Inequality
Technology & Environmental Surveillance
Ethics of AI & Digital Technologies

The deadline for abstract submission is April 25.… Read more ⤻

Call for Book Chapters for Edited Volume (Forthcoming with Brill): Asian Ceramics and the Environmental Humanities

9th Apr 2025

Deadline for Abstracts: 8th Apr 2025

Upcoming edited volume, Asian Ceramics and the Environmental Humanities, to be published by Brill. Monique Crick, Chen Yarong, and Zheng Yongsong will be co-editors.

We invite contributions exploring the ecological impact of Asian ceramics and their connection to sustainability, a field that remains underexplored. This volume aims to bring together diverse perspectives and foster interdisciplinary dialogue. Further details can be found in the attached document.

If you are interested in contributing, know someone who might be, or could kindly share this call within your networks, we would be most grateful. Your support in spreading the word will help us reach a wider audience for this volume.
Thank you very much for your help. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or require further information.

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Member’s Publication: Keller, A., and Chemla, K. (eds.)

16th Mar 2025

Keller, A., and Chemla, K. (eds.) (2024) Shaping the Sciences of the Ancient and Medieval World. Textual Criticism, Critical Editions and Translations of Scholarly Texts in History. Book series: Archimedes ed. J. Buchwald. Cham: Springer Nature.

Springer Nature, 2024

Link to the publisher:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-49617-2
Should you wish to write a review of this book, please contact directly Christopher Wilby from Springer (Chris.Wilby@springer.com ).… Read more ⤻

Enemy Encounters in East Asia Webinar Series

16th Aug 2025

2024/2025 Second Semester (March-July)

The webinar is organized as part of the Research Training Group (RTG) Ambivalent Enmity: Dynamics of Antagonism in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, hosted by Heidelberg University and the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies. The RTG has also launched a monthly podcast series Enemy Encounters which features interviews and in-depth discussions conducted by members of the RTG with scholars, researchers and journalists about various cases of ambivalent enmity in Eurasia as a whole. It can be accessed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enemy-encounters/id1783137716. If you are interested in attending the webinars, please send an email to Dr. Barend Noordam (barend.noordam@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de) to register and you will receive the regular webinar invitations to the sessions. If you have registered for previous webinars there is no need to register again. Please note that fixed day of the webinar series has been moved from Wednesday to Thursday, unless otherwise noted on the program.

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Call for Papers: China Workshop of the Iserlohner Kreis “New issues and challenges in Chinese studies”

28th Jul 2025

26-27th Jul 2025
Deadline: 15th Apr 2025

The “Iserlohner Kreis” is a loose circle of young social scientists working on China. Our annual workshop will be held from 26 to 27 July 2025 at Haus Villigst in Schwerte, Germany. This year, our discussion will centre on new research topics and challenges in Chinese Studies.

The workshop aims at young scholars looking to discuss their master’s theses, dissertations and habilitations as well as their completed or ongoing research projects, applications and academic articles in an informal setting. Beyond social science research on the Sinophone world, we also particularly welcome interdisciplinary work. Participants may present thematic trends and new findings from their own projects, their work on theoretical categorisations and practical methodology as well as related challenges. The workshop is intended as a platform for specific problems and receiving constructive peer feedback.

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Call for Papers: China Work Group 2025

16th Jun 2025

Leuven, Belgium
13-15th Jun 2025
Deadline: 31st Mar 2025

This year’s annual conference of the China Work Group (China AG) will be held on June 13-15, 2025 at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), in Belgium.
Founded in 1992 as a work group for young researchers, the China AG aims to further exchanges between junior scholars from Sinology, Chinese studies, and related fields of research. The annual conferences promote the presentation of ongoing or recently finished research projects and discussions of current challenges and experiences with teaching.

Furthermore, they provide a space for networking and informal conversations about one’s ownresearch.

We ask junior scholars (starting from the BA level up to those interested in a doctorate, postdocs etc.) to send us title and abstract (200-250 words) of their presentations. Contributions on all academic topics relating to China are welcome, explicitly including interdisciplinary approaches. We also accept suggestions of desired topics for discussions concerning teaching.

The main conference language is English, but presentations may be delivered in other commonly spoken languages.… Read more ⤻

Vacant Position: Intermediate Lecturer at Jiangnan University School of Humanities

16th Oct 2025

Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
Deadline: Open until filled

Faculty Recruitment
Jiangnan University School of Humanities
Education Major
Full-time Faculty Position

Position Overview
Position Title: Intermediate Lecturer
Research Direction: Education History and Culture
Location: Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Start Date: Flexible

Position Requirements
We are seeking a highly qualified individual to join our Education History and Culture research team. The ideal candidate will have:

  1. Educational Background:
    A Ph.D. in Education History, Chinese History, World History, or a related field from a well-known domestic or international university.
    Postdoctoral experience is preferred.
    Preference will be given to candidates with experience at institutions with doctoral degree authorization in Education or History, or at national key discipline research institutions.
  2. International Experience:
    At least one year of study or research experience at a high-level overseas university is preferred.
  3. Teaching Skills:
    Demonstrated ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses effectively.
  4. Research Excellence:
    A strong publication record, with at least 1 SSCI-indexed paper (as first author) or 2 CSSCI-indexed papers (as first author).
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Upcoming Workshop: Educational digitalization in China: Discourse, Practices and Reflections

27th Apr 2025

GEI, Braunschweig, Germany
25-26th Apr 2025
Deadline (Abstracts): 17th Apr 2025

As we enter the 2020s, digital technologies—such as big data analytics and generative AI—have become increasingly integrated into education. Promoted in national and international policy documents as transformative tools capable of addressing enduring challenges like educational disparities and the constraints of standardized evaluation, these technologies have spurred signifi-cant optimism. Concurrently, a growing body of scholarship calls for a critical examination of such techno-optimism. Researchers are increasingly focused on uncovering the discourse and power dynamics that underpin the integration of digital technologies in education, as well as conducting fieldwork to explore their localized enactments and social effects.

As a part of the research project “The Digital Transformation of School Education in China: Policies, Governance Structures and Local Stakeholders,” this workshop aims to gathering schol-ars who adopt qualitative research methods to address international relevant topics within Chi-nese contexts, including but not limited to:

  1. Philosophical, Historical, and Socio-Cultural Perspectives:
    How have digital technologies been articulated and deployed within China’s social, cultural and educational context?
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Call for Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Current Chinese Affairs on “Digital China: Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society”

26th Apr 2025

Deadline (Abstacts): 25th Apr 2025

The Journal of Current Chinese Affairs (JCCA) welcomes submissions for a special issue on Digital China
Guest Editor: Dechun Zhang (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) & Wenting Yu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

The rise of the internet and social media has profoundly shaped society’s transition into the digital age, integrating information and communication technologies into all aspects of life, including home, work, education, and recreation (Katzenbach & Bächle, 2019). In recent years, China has emerged as a global leader in digital innovation, driving transformative changes across various sectors. From artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to social media platforms and e-commerce ecosystems, China’s digital advancements are reshaping not only its domestic society but also influencing global technological landscapes. These technologies are now deeply embedded in daily life, fundamentally altering communication, work, governance, and entertainment. Their rapid adoption has redefined social interactions (Bennett & Segerberg, 2012), access to information (Jiang, 2014), and participation in economic and political activities (Wang, Hu & Xiong, 2024; Yang, 2009).… Read more ⤻

Call for Participation – 4th International TAP Workshop: “Taiwan’s Responses to Global Megatrends”

6th Sep 2025

Trier University, Germany
1–5th Sep 2025

International Workshop from Project TAP “Taiwan as a Pioneer – Local Innovation in the Dynamics of Global Megatrends”

For our final project year, we would like to invite academics and young scholars researching Taiwan to our 4th International Workshop from 1 to 5 September 2025 at Trier University. If your research contributes to Taiwan’s Responses to Global Mega-trends or apply innovative methods to Taiwan Studies, we would like to encourage you to join our program. The TAP team engages with a broad range of topics, approaches, and methods. We invite submissions that explore local responses in Tai-wan (climate change responses, innovation technologies, digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence, migration, demographic changes, and rapid urbanisation). We particularly invite submissions that address Taiwan’s innovative role and responses to global dynamics and megatrends. We also favor innovative methodologies, methods, and new perspectives on Taiwan studies.

Submission Instruction & Timeline

For those interested, we ask for your submission of a working title, abstracts, and CV by 15 April 2025.… Read more ⤻

Member’s Publication: Lauren Walden

23rd Feb 2025

Lauren Walden. (2024) Surrealism from Paris to Shanghai. Hong Kong University Press

Hong Kong University Press, 2024

Surrealism in China initially gained a foothold in Shanghai’s former French concession during the early 1930s, disseminated by returning Chinese students who had directly encountered the movement in Paris and Tokyo. Shanghai surrealism adopted a dialectical form, resonating with the modus operandi of the Parisian movement as well as China’s traditional belief system of Daoism. Reconciling the thought of Freud and Marx, Surrealism subsumed the multiple contradictions that divided Republican Shanghai, East and West, colonial and cosmopolitan, ancient and modern, navigating the porous boundaries that separate dream and reality. Shanghai surrealists were not rigid followers of their Parisian counterparts. Indeed, they commingled Surrealist techniques with elements of traditional Chinese iconography. Rather than revolving around a centralized group with a leader, Shanghai Surrealism was a much more diffuse entity, disseminated across copious different periodicals, avant-garde groups, and the entire gamut of political ideology, ranging from Nationalist party supporters to Communist sympathizers.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: International Conference – Intercultural Knowledge Transfer in (Transregional) Asian Religious Contexts

16th Nov 2025

13-15th Nov 2025
University of Münster, Germany
Deadline: 31st Mar 2025

Religious traditions have long served as dynamic vehicles for the transfer and transformation of cultural knowledge across societies. In 19th and 20th century Asia, profound political, social, and cultural changes affected interactions between religious actors, institutions, and ideas, fostering unprecedented movements of knowledge within and beyond religious communities. This conference seeks to explore the mechanisms, actors, spaces and outcomes of intercultural knowledge transfer with a particular focus on East Asian and Indo-Persian regions. By examining these processes, the conference aims to deepen our understanding of how religious frameworks influenced the production, adaptation, and dissemination of knowledge across cultures. We invite papers that engage with the central question: How did religious contexts facilitate the transfer and transformation of knowledge in, about and across Asia from early modern times to the 20th century?

Send Abstracts to: knowledgetransfer2025@uni-muenster.de

Download this announcement’s official PDF:

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Call for Papers: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Volume 13, Issue 1, Spring 2026

8th Mar 2025

And presentations at the CCVA Symposium, Beijing Dangdai Art Fair, the National Agricultural Exhibition Centre, 22 May 2025
Building History: Collecting Chinese Contemporary Art
Abstract due: 7th Mar 2025

In the past three decades, the collection of contemporary Chinese art has undergone a profound evolution with the development of the market economic system and the deepening of globalisation. From local collectors, such as Song Wei, an entrepreneur in Beijing who ‘sponsored’ 1989 China Avant Garde Exhibition by collecting the works exhibited, to overseas connoisseurs, who organised diplomatic residences and overseas exhibitions in the 1990s, collecting art has played an instrumental role in the formation of China’s contemporary art scene. In the 2000s, these transnational exchanges and the burgeoning art market catalysed the museum boom in China. Later, in 2012, the remarkable donation of major Chinese contemporary art collector Dr. Uli Sigg’s to M+ Museum in Hong Kong and the subsequent presentations of this collection after M+’s opening in 2021 were groundbreaking for developing the concept of art collections.… Read more ⤻

Call for Contributions: Ink in Chinese History, Literature, and Culture (JEACS — Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies)

1st Dec 2025

Deadline: 30th Nov 2025

The editors of JEACS invite submissions of articles for an upcoming special issue tentatively titled “Ink in Chinese History, Literature, and Culture”, to be published in 2026.

The chief goal of this issue is to shift the focus away from the mainstream of ink studies (e.g. calligraphy and ink paintings) to instead draw out the murky backwaters of those more unconventional, unexpected, or understudied aspects such as tattoos, marginalia, metaphor, and materiality. In addition, it seeks to apply fresh perspectives and frameworks to the study of ink from fields like gender and religious studies, sensory history, and animal ethics. Contributions may focus on any time period up to and including the present, and may belong to any discipline(s) within the Humanities and Social Sciences. We also welcome transregional studies involving other cultures.
The issue also hopes to publish a collation of short interviews with ink practitioners such as tattooists, printers, archivists, and calligraphers.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: Chinese On the Move — Migrations and Representations Across Time in Europe and Beyond

30th Nov 2025

27–29th Nov 2025
Trier University, Germany
Deadline: 31st Mar 2025

The China-Europe Research Platform on Chinese Migration to and Beyond Europe (CERPE) is delighted to announce the 8th annual workshop, which will focus on the multifaceted phenomenon of Chinese migration and the complex negotiations of identities by Sinophone diasporas. This workshop seeks to deepen our understanding of transnational Chinese migrations and cultural representations from a broad spectrum of perspectives.

Historically, Chinese migration has been driven by diverse motivations, ranging from economic pursuits like the mid-19th century Gold Rush in the United States, to seeking educational and entrepreneurial opportunities in the 20th century and beyond. In contemporary times, despite challenges such as geopolitical conflicts, economic downturns, and policies promoting decoupling and isolationism, Sinophone diasporas continue to evolve and diversify. This has resulted also in novel diasporic and societal responses in countries of migration destinations.
Moreover, advancements in technology have catalyzed the formation of dynamic online communities and have fostered a rich variety of cultural and artistic expressions among Chinese migrants and their descendants.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: The 3rd Centre for Chinese Visual Arts (CCVA) PhD Forum

28th Jun 2025

27th Jun 2025
Deadline: 31st Mar 2025
School of Art, Birmingham City University, UK

The Centre for Chinese Visual Arts (CCVA) at Birmingham City University aims to foster new understandings and perspectives of Chinese contemporary arts, design, and visual culture through interdisciplinary practices and theoretical studies. Following the 17-year success of our CCVA Annual Conference, which invites researchers, curators, artists, designers, and practitioners at all stages of their careers to share the latest research development on the theme proposed each year, we inaugurated the first CCVA PhD Forum on June 30th, 2023. This new forum provided a platform for scholars and doctoral students from the UK, China, and Austria, among other locations, to present and engage in dialogue about their doctoral research. In the past two forums (2023 and 2024), we have welcomed nearly 30 PhD students and newly awarded PhDs from universities from the UK, the mainland Europe and Asia, to give presentations. The universities include University of Oxford, the Glasgow School of Art, University of the Arts London, University of Vienna, University of Amsterdam, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, etc.… Read more ⤻

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Library Travel Grant 2025

2nd Feb 2025

Deadline: 15th Mar 2025

Thanks to the generous support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the EACS will continue the Travel Grant scheme in 2025. The scheme aims to support researchers who wish to undertake specialised research in one of the major European sinological libraries or museums for Chinese art. Visits should normally not exceed one week. The award of a Travel Grant is subject to the availability of funds at the time of application.

Applications received before the deadline of 15 March 2025 will be considered within 3 weeks after receipt. Applicants should be paid-up EACS members based in Europe, but applications from non-members, especially from students and young scholars (up to 35 years), will also be considered if accompanied by a recommendation letter from an EACS member.

Applications for Travel Grants are restricted to two applications by the same applicant, with first-time applicants having priority. Once the grant has been approved, the beneficiary must use it within six months from the approval date.… Read more ⤻

Workshop: ‘Quantifying Education in 20th Century China: Schools as Production Sites and Repositories of Statistics’

18th Jul 2025

FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
16-17 Jul 2025
Deadline: 1st Mar 2025

Organizers: Prof. Dr. Andrea Bréard, Gus Tsz-kit Chan, Sijia Cheng
Education has long been central to Chinese modernization, with educational statistics playing a pivotal role in policy decision making. Literacy rates, years of education, physical parameters of students, and enrollment of women and ethnic minorities were important performance metrics of the state. In China, one of the earliest instances of nationwide school statistics can be traced back to the late Qing period, when the Ministry of Education produced histograms estimating the number of politically educated citizens needed for a proposed constitutional monarchy. Although national education reports were suspended in 1916 at a central level, educational statistics were revitalized under the Guomindang government in tandem with its re-centralization of political authority. In the 2000s, as quantitative history gained popularity, data from the Republican period experienced a new “afterlife.” Scholars addressed inconsistencies and gaps by developing revised estimates that restored and enhanced the legibility of old reports and surveys (Wang, van Leeuwen and Li).… Read more ⤻

Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship on Modern & Contemporary China

16th Mar 2025

Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies, France
Deadline: 15th Mar 2025

We invite applications for a 2-year postdoctoral research position at the Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO) starting in Fall 2025. The position is co-funded by the
National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French National Research Agency (ANR).

Missions. The appointed researcher will carry out an independent research program related to modern and contemporary China under the supervision of Dr. Cécile Armand.

Research topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Chinese overseas students and intellectual migrations.
• Elite education, career development, and mobility.
• Academic and business networks.
• Sino-foreign exchanges and transnational approaches to China.

Activities. The appointee is expected to publish at least three research papers during the contract period, and to disseminate research findings regularly through conferences and
other academic platforms. He/she is also expected to interact with students, faculty, and engineers affiliated with the Institute, to participate in the Institute’s activities and events
organized by the Principal Investigator.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: Repay Resentment with Straightforwardness? Exploring Revenge in the Chinese Context

4th Jul 2025

KU Leuven, Belgium
1-3rd Jul 2025
Deadline: 20th Feb 2025

From antiquity to the present, rarely has a topic been discussed as widely in China as revenge. Literature, philosophy, law, theater, cinema, and many more fields have dealt with revenge for over two millennia and continue to negotiate it to this day. While in philosophical texts often
described as governed by ritual and specific rules, revenge can likewise be rampant, brutal, and used to defy social and political expectations, as found in Chinese novels and contemporary movies. Folk tales portray outlaws as heroes for taking revenge, whereas lawful state servants become the target of the joke. Conversely, the Triads operate outside the boundaries of the law, while their actions strictly conform to their self-imposed ritual codices, such as when and how to take revenge. And Chinese opera and theater have long used revenge for entertainment, while in recent years consumers have used entertainment products for revenge buying.… Read more ⤻

For EACS Members: EACS Newsletter #59, Dec 2024

2nd Feb 2025
Access to our latest newsletter (#59) 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.

Volume 5 of the JEACS (Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies) is online!

23rd Feb 2025

The editors of the EACS Journal are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 5 (2024). This issue contains a special section on ‘Commentary and Exegesis’ in poetry and fiction, history, and thought, stretching from the early imperial period to the present day, plus a Spotlight article giving a comparative perspective from Japan. There are also reviews of four recent scholarly publications, and a list of doctoral theses defended at European universities in the year 2023-24. We hope that China scholars, whether EACS members or not, will find this issue interesting, and that you will bear the Journal in mind when you are looking to publish a scholarly article (on any China-related topic) or a book review, or when you or one of your doctoral students completes a doctoral thesis. We especially welcome reviews of books (particularly translations) published in European languages other than English.
https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/jeacs/issue/view/663

We thank our authors and reviewers for their work and wish all a happy new year.… Read more ⤻

Biennial Conference Series — The Margins of Translation in the East Asian Context

29th Oct 2025

University of Mons, Belgium
28th Oct 2025
Deadline: 15th Mar 2025

This conference is the first of a biennial conference cycle launched by the ChinEAsT (Chinese and East Asian Languages, Translation and Cultures) laboratory of the University of Mons.
As one of the most significant topics to have emerged in the field of translation studies, the concept of “margins” is both intriguing and intricate. In its most fundamental sense, the term denotes the vacant spaces that encompass a text. In the figurative sense, however, it also symbolizes the scope for creativity and interpretation available to the translator during the translation process.

The act of translation is a complex, creative process that requires a keen understanding of cultural nuances, intertextuality, and contextual references (sometimes conveyed by idioms). This is all the more true in the East Asian context, since historically China, Japan and Korea, due to their relative isolation, have developed cultures that are markedly different from those of the West.… Read more ⤻

Fourth Conference of the China Academic Network on Gender — Voicing Gender in China

19th Jun 2025

17-18th Jun 2025
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France
Deadline: 1st Feb 2025

We are pleased to announce that the Fourth Conference of the China Academic Network on Gender will be hosted by the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle on 17-18 June 2025. Titled ‘Voicing Gender in China,’ the conference seeks to explore the multiple sites of intersection between voice and gender in Chinese society, past and present.

Within Chinese studies, fruitful articulations between voice and gender studies have drawn from studies of women’s political activism in history and sociology, exploring the ways in which activists and organisers have articulated new political identities in rallying cries and everyday protest. Literary scholars have looked at the shaping of gendered subjectivities through self-narratives and autobiographies, paying close attention to dialogue, orality and the mechanisms of silencing within literary establishments. In recent years, an explosion of sensory histories have explored how gender is enacted and defined through music, opera, dance and song.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies — Edition 2025

1st May 2025

Deadline: 30th Apr 2025

The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung) is now accepting submissions in either English or German for edition 48, which is scheduled for publication in winter 2025‒26.

The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (BJOAF) has been published since 1978 by the Faculty of East Asian Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum,
Germany. It serves as an international forum for academic publications on East Asian research.

To get an idea of the scope of topics and research approaches that have received coverage in the Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies, please view the PDF files of back issues at https://www.oaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/forschung/bjoaf/index.html.en

Authors are kindly requested to use our template (https://www.oaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mam/forschung/bjoaf/content/bjoaf-template.docx) and to
send their paper as an email attachment to ‹ bjoaf@rub.de › by April 30, 2025.

All papers submitted will undergo double-blind peer review.

Download this announcement’s official PDF:

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Member’s Publication: Kelly Ngo

5th Jan 2025

Ngo, K. (2024) Ordering Tang China: Cultural Memory, Emperor Taizong and the Essentials. Ann Arbor: Lever Press

Ann Arbor: Lever Press, 2024

New Open Access book on a seventh-century Chinese anthology for imperial governance

This is the first book-length study in English of the Essentials for Bringing about Order from Assembled Texts (Qunshu zhiyao 群書治要), a rulership anthology that became renowned for its model of governance in ancient and early modern East Asia. The Essentials is one of the earliest Chinese anthologies designed to educate rulers in cultivating an ethical character and governing the state. Commissioned for the Tang emperor Taizong in the 620s, the Essentials articulates a distinctive political philosophy through a collection of excerpts from earlier canonical, historical, and masters writings, and their commentaries. Examining the Essentials and its transmission in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam through the lens of cultural memory, Ordering Tang China explores the foundation, conduct, and impact of Zhenguan rulership, which became synonymous with good governance among later generations of ruling elites, scholars, and historians in China and beyond.  … Read more ⤻

Call for Participation: Conference — “Lessons Learned: Navigating Experiences from Sino-European Cooperation for Future Global Engagements”

1st Feb 2025

7-8th Jul 2025
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Submission deadline: 31st Jan 2025

We invite (in particular, but not exclusively) contributions from researchers in the fields of Sinology, East Asian Studies, Political Sciences, Philosophy/Ethics, Innovation Research as well as practical reports and contributions to discussions from universities, research centers and think tanks. We encourage contributions that critically reflect on how academic cooperation with China is perceived and shaped in Europe today and what implications this has or could have for cooperation with other countries. In this context, we want to examine various dimensions such as the legal framework for international partnerships, political and economic considerations and the risks for the innovative capacity of European research. Furthermore, it is important for us to consider societal interests and European values that shape our cooperation efforts and to consider the ethical implications of international scientific cooperation amidst ongoing geopolitical tensions. The aim of this conference is to highlight key findings and to open questions related to these collaborations and to draw lessons from past experiences that may be useful for future international cooperation in education and research with (countries other than) China.… Read more ⤻

Upcoming Summer School: The China School — China’s Hi-Tech Rise: Strategies, Players and Perspectives

29th Jul 2025

14-28th Jul 2025
Milan, Beijing, Shanghai
Deadline: 30th Apr 2025

Organized by the Research Center on Contemporary China (CSCC) and the Graduate School of Management of Polytechnic University of Milan, The China School represents an extraordinary opportunity to experience firsthand the ongoing transformations of China’s economy, fostered by its domestically developed technology.

Our two-week program combines lectures by some of the world’s most influential China scholars in Milan, with visits to international corporations as well as career-oriented meetings in Beijing and Shanghai.

The focus of the sixth edition of the The China School is China’s hi-tech rise and how it impacts on the advancement of the world’s second largest economy and global capitalism.

The China School will be held in presence in Milan, Beijing and Shanghai, from 14 July to 28 July 2025. After three days in Milan, the group will fly to China.
All the School activities – including lectures, company visits, and guided tours – are indicated in the program.… Read more ⤻

International Conference Taiwan as a Contact Zone: Connecting to the German-speaking World

5th Jan 2025

Institute of East Asian Studies
Universität Wien, Austria
3-4th Jan 2025

International Conference organized by Dr. Astrid Lipinsky, Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies, University of Vienna; co-organized by Prof. Dr. Ann Heylen, International Taiwan Studies Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan and Dr. Jens Damm, ERCCT, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany.

Taiwan Studies has grown steadily in recent decades with new programs, conferences, associations, and publications. However, engaging broader audiences remains challenging. To expand its reach, Taiwan Studies must adopt transnational, cross-disciplinary approaches reflecting globalization dynamics.

This conference explores Taiwan’s multifaceted connections with the German-speaking world across culture, science, technology, law, and the arts. While Taiwan Studies has expanded significantly in English, this event highlights the rich but underexplored exchanges between Taiwan and German-speaking regions.

By bringing together diverse scholars to explore these interconnections, the conference aims to deepen understanding of Taiwan’s global position and expand Taiwan Studies beyond Anglophone spheres, highlighting Taiwan as a cross-cultural “contact zone.”… Read more ⤻

Paris Graduate School of East Asian Studies: Scholarships for Master 1 and Master 2 students — Academic year 2025-2026

18th Jan 2025

Université Paris Cité, France
Deadline: 17th Jan 2025

The SMARTS-UP program of Université Paris Cité aims at promoting the internationalization of Master’s courses and attracting the best foreign students. For 2024-2025, 160 grants of 10,000 € are available for incoming foreign students in the various Master programs.
Candidates should submit their application online between the 1st of December 2024 and the 17th of January 2025 (17:00, Central European Time).

Download this announcement’s official PDF:

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Call for Papers: BACS Annual Conference 2025

6th Sep 2025

University of Leicester, UK
3-5th Sep 2025
Proposal deadline: 28th Feb 2025

The 2025 British Association for Chinese Studies annual conference will be held at the University of Leicester (UK) on 3-5 September 2025. We are now inviting proposals for conference presentations. As usual, the conference committee welcomes proposals from a broad range of disciplines as long as the topics are related to the field of Chinese Studies. This year, we are accepting both individual papers and pre-constituted panel proposals.

For individual papers:

The individual proposal shall include the following information, all in the same document.
• A title
• 5-6 key words
• An abstract (maximum 300 words) for a 20-minute presentation.
• Speaker’s short biography (maximum 150 words), including aOiliation.
• Speaker’s email address.

For pre-constituted panels
The panel proposal shall include the following documents
• A panel title and format

We encourage submission that embraces a range of scholarship. In addition to the conventional presentations of research papers, the panel may adopt a different format, such as roundtable discussions, pedagogic forums, curated Q&A, open-floor dialogues, or working-in-progress workshops.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: Online Symposium jointly organised by SOAS and Tsinghua University “Virtual Spaces and New Horizons: Humanities in the Digital Age”

24th Apr 2025

22-23rd Apr 2025 | Zoom
Abstract due: 10th Jan 2025

This is part of the UK-China Humanities Alliance International Forum Series, ‘World Maps and World Cultures’.

From the inception of BBS to the rise of Facebook’s metaverse, virtual spaces continue to attract a wide audience with a promise for an alternative realm characterized by a decentralized network of communication and unparalleled connectivity.

For detailed Call for Paper, please visit
https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/online-symposium-virtual-spaces-and-new-horizons-humanities-digital-age

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IV Congress of the Spanish Association of East Asian Studies “East Asian Studies in the current global landscape: new contexts, new challenges”

7th Jun 2025

Universidad de Granada, Spain

4-6th Jun 2025
Deadline: 8th Dec 2024

The IV Congress of the Spanish Association of East Asian Studies will take place on June 4, 5 and 6, 2025 with the common thread: East Asian Studies in the current global landscape: new contexts, new challenges. You can find all the information in the following link: https://eventos.ugr.es/iv-congreso-aeeao-2025/

Important dates:

Deadline for abstract submission: December 8, 2024.
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: February 5, 2025
Deadline for registration: 4 April 2025
Scholarship application period: March 3 – March 14, 2025 (see scholarship information)
Notification of scholarship resolution: March 31, 2025

We encourage you to participate and to share this information with those who may be interested.


Social Networks and Webs Commission
IV Congress of the Spanish Association of East Asian Studies
AEEAO
https://www.esasiaoriental.es/congreso/iv-congreso-aeeao-granada-2025/… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: 28th CHIME International Conference “Digital Futures for Chinese Music”

9th Jul 2025

University College Cork, Ireland
4–8th Jul 2025
Deadline: 15h Jan 2025

In this conference we focus on the various ways new media (digital media especially) provide spaces for preserving, creating, playing, sharing, teaching, or discussing music, and the ways these spaces are impacting what musicians, culture bearers, and others do in the musical part of their lives. Prospective participants are encouraged to submit proposals that resonate with this theme. However, presentations of any new research in the broad area of Chinese music studies are also welcome, whether these engage with the theme or not.

CHIME: Worldwide Platform for Chinese Music (https://www.chimemusic.net/)

New digital media provide for “repackaging” of traditions, access to distant events, gestures of sharing and commemoration, and spaces (and toolkits) for new creation, online learning, critical commentary, or playful remixing. We might study these situations in several ways:
•     as platforms and tools for new kinds of musical creation, curation, and participation
•     as spaces for new formats of presentation, repatriation, and commemoration
•     as settings where performance facets like musical expression, liveness, or authenticity are open to striking reformulations
•     as a source of musical materials, influences, threats, or inspirations
•     as contexts that raise expanded economic and reputational possibilities as well as ethical or legal concerns

We welcome proposals that address one or more of these questions, or which pose other questions related to the digital futures for Chinese music, as well as those relating to new research more broadly.… Read more ⤻

Olympia Summer Academy 2025

20th Jul 2025

European Cultural Center of Delphi, Greece

14-19th Jul 2025
Deadline: 31st Jan 2025

The 2025 Olympia Summer Academy is co-organized by the Navarino Network and the China Program of the Institute of International Relations (IDIS).

This year’s course will run in two parallel cycles:

A: Geopolitical Risk Analysis
Kristin Fabbe, Chair in Business and Comparative Politics at the Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute.
Wolfango Piccoli, Co-president and Director of Research, Teneo.

B: Global China
Jérôme Doyon, Junior Professor at the Centre for International Relations (CERI) at Sciences Po Paris.
Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University.

More Info & How to Apply:
Information regarding the program and the application process can be found here (https://olympiasummeracademy.org/academy/olympia-summer-academy-2025/), or contact us at olympia@navarinonetwork.org.

Application deadline: January 31, 2025.

Participation Fees (including accomodation in double occupancy rooms, breakfast and lunch, tuition, reading material, counseling and extra-curricular activities): 550€.
Registration Fee (non-refundable, paid upon admission to secure a place): 50€.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: International Workshop “Gender, Diplomacy, and Global Connections in Modern Asia”

11th Jun 2025

Cardiff University, Wales, UK
10th Jun 2025

This one-day workshop explores different ways in which gender intersected with practices of formal and informal diplomacy in modern Asia.
We invite proposals from researchers of all career stages for 20-minute presentations.
Proposals considering the role of gender in international, transnational, transimperial, and decolonial histories with a focus on East Asia and Southeast Asia and its global connections in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are particularly welcome to apply.

School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom
Keynote speaker: Professor Su Lin Lewis (University of Bristol)

Potential topics/themes may include, but are not limited to:

  • Women and informal diplomacy
  • Women in international and transnational organisations
  • Gender and cultural diplomacy
  • Gender and war
  • Gender and propaganda
  • Gender and decolonisation
  • Masculinities
  • Gendered discourses in diplomatic sources

The workshop aims to be a starting point for a future publication project.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and a short biographical note by 8 December 2024 to LopesH@cardiff.ac.uk… Read more ⤻

Special Issue: mediAzioni — “Advanced Technologies, Methods and Materials for Human Health and Well-Being: A Transcultural and Interdisciplinary Perspective”

5th May 2025

Submission deadline: May 4th 2025

A special issue of the review “mediAzioni” (an international open-access, refereed journal that promotes interdisciplinary work in the humanities, https://mediazioni.unibo.it/), titled “Advanced Technologies, Methods and Materials for Human Health and Well-Being: A Transcultural and Interdisciplinary Perspective,” is scheduled for November 2025 and will be edited by: Sabrina Ardizzoni, Marta Aurora, Claudia Buffagni, Anna Di Toro, Imsuk Jung, Andrea Scibetta (University for Foreigners of Siena, Italy).
The volume will gather research contributions related to:


• Identification of best practices and challenges in linguistic and cultural mediation in healthcare settings, with conversational analysis of mediated doctor-patient interaction.
• Data collection and reflections on narrative medicine as a methodology for improving relationships among doctors, patients, and caregivers.
• Analysis of corpora of audiovisual materials related to specialist-patient interactions and patient narratives.
• Data collection on robots and new technologies in caregiving, particularly regarding healthcare systems in East Asian countries where such tools are already widespread.… Read more ⤻

Sinophone Europe Conference

15th Dec 2024

13-14th Dec 2024
Florence, Italy

The primary goal of this conference is to bring new insights about European Sinophone studies, as well as to bridge the gap between researchers from Europe who explore the Sinophone “from” Europe and those who investigate the Sinophone “in” Europe, with a particular emphasis on the latter. Together, we will delve into what we call “Sinophone Europe” – a complex space where cultures, histories, and identities converge, intertwine, and evolve. The conference will take place on 13-14 December 2024, in Florence, Italy. The initiators of this project are Valentina Pedone (University of Florence) and Rebecca Ehrenwirth (University of Applied Sciences/SDI Munich).

Website: https://sinophoneeurope.com/… Read more ⤻

Vacant Position: Chinese Language Lecturer 100%

18th Dec 2024

Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Heidelberg
University of Heidelberg

The Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Heidelberg is seeking to fill the position of a Chinese Language Lecturer
100% starting as soon as possible. The position is initially limited until 30th of September 2029.
Your tasks: The focus of the position is on teaching spoken and written Chinese (traditional and simplified characters), including the use of multimedia teaching methods. We are seeking an individual who is interested in contributing to the design of new multimedia teaching formats and the development of language teaching materials and tools. Teaching experience in the didactics of Chinese as a foreign language (as part of the teacher training programme in Chinese Studies) and teaching experience in Chinese dialects (e.g. Taiwanese and Cantonese) is also desirable. Experience with third-party funding in the field of language teaching and relevant publications in this area are welcomed.

Your profile: The ideal candidate will hold at least an M.A.… Read more ⤻

2024—2025 Enemy Encounters in East Asia Webinar Series

13th Feb 2025

16th Oct 2024—12th Feb 2025
Hybrid – Heidelberg, Germany | Zoom

By the Research Training Group “Ambivalent Enmity: Dynamics of Antagonism in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East” at Heidelberg University, Germany. As previously announced the Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598 webinar series has come to a close, but it will be succeeded by this new webinar series.

“Ambivalent Enmity in the Last Days of the Imjin War (1592-99): The Case of Mao Guoke”
Wing Kin Puk
(Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• October 16, 2024, 4:00 PM (Heidelberg, CEST) via ZOOM.
• The webinar will be recorded, but not the question time.
• If you would like to attend the webinars, please contact barend.noordam@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de.
In this session, Wing Kin Puk (Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong) will share his thoughts on ambivalent enmity during the Imjin War in Korea:

It is a well-known fact that belligerents keep fighting and negotiating with each other at the same time.… Read more ⤻

Member’s Publication: Christof Lammer

17th Oct 2025

Lammer, Christof. Performing State Boundaries: Food Networks, Democratic Bureaucracy and China. New York: Berghahn Books. 2024.

Polarizing images of authoritarian, socialist or culturalist otherness compromise analyses of the Chinese state. Still, such images produce effects beyond academia when they inform performances of the boundaries between state and non-state. This book shows how performative boundary work leads to contrasting judgements that decide about support and access to resources. In an ecological village in Sichuan, citizen participation in food networks and bureaucracy signaled Western liberalism, Maoism or traditional rural culture for different audiences. Attention to the multiplicity of performed state boundaries helps China studies and political anthropology to understand such diverging classifications – and how they sometimes co-exist without causing tensions.

Reviewers’ statements

“This book is of interest not just to scholars studying China but more generally to social scientists, particularly to social anthropologists to whom it advocates the infusion of the political to the study of kinship.… Read more ⤻

Vacant Position: Assistant Professor / Associate Professor (Substantiable-track) (240002GQ)

16th Nov 2024

Centre for China Studies
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Closing Date: 15th Nov 2024

The Centre for China Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) seeks to appoint a faculty member to help further strengthen the study of modern and contemporary China in a global context. An interdisciplinary research and teaching unit that directly speaks to one of the University’s strategic areas for development, the Centre offers degree programmes at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Applicants trained in humanities disciplines with a focus on modern and contemporary China, especially those from the fields of anthropology, history, cultural and media studies, are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate should be able to teach courses in English to a diverse student body and is committed to interdisciplinary research and innovative pedagogy.

Applicants should have (i) a PhD degree in a relevant academic discipline; (ii) a clear research profile that contributes to and extends the existing strengths of the Centre; (iii) a strong record or potential of quality publications and grant applications; (iv) a strong dedication to teaching and student engagement.… Read more ⤻

International Conference “Unfolding the Coromandel Screen: Visual Mobility, Inscribed Objecthood, and Global Lives,” City University of Hong Kong

24th Nov 2024

Date: 22–23rd November 2024
City University of Hong Kong

Sponsored by Bei Shan Tang Foundation
Venue: Connie Fan Multi-Media Conference Room, 4/F, Cheng Yick-chi Building, City University of Hong Kong

During the second half of the seventeenth century, the production of Coromandel screens, also known as kuancai (“carved polychrome”), flourished along China’s southeast coast. These screens became immensely popular both domestically and in European markets, establishing connections between regional artisans, merchants, and prominent European figures, including royalty and nobility. In the last two decades of this century, Coromandel screens emerged as one of China’s most frequently exported commodities, rivaling porcelain and challenging Japanese lacquerware exports. Their significance extends far beyond the common perception of them as merely mass-produced craftwork of inferior quality.

With the generous support of the Bei Shan Tang Foundation, the Department of Chinese and History at City University of Hong Kong will host a two-part academic event titled “Unfolding the Coromandel Screen” to celebrate the department’s tenth anniversary.… Read more ⤻

Call for Applications: Two-year MA program – Chinese Studies

16th Feb 2025

Erlangen, Germany
Deadline: 15th Feb 2025

The Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Middle East and East Asia – Sinology of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg University (https://www.sinologie.phil.fau.de/) now invites applications for the new two-year MA program – Chinese Studies with an Optional Focus (https://www.sinologie.phil.fau.de/jgjuhz/ba-ma-moeglichkeiten/chinese-studies-with-an-optional-focus/) – that is completely taught in English.
It is open to all students who have a degree in Chinese history, literature, politics, cultural studies or any similar subject, good knowledge of Modern Standard Chinese, and English language proficiency of at least level C1 according to the CEFR. There are no tuition fees.

The application deadline for the upcoming summer term is 15 February 2025.

All interested students are invited to an info event where they can meet some of our lecturers and directly ask their questions about the program and studying at our department:
Tuesday 22 October 2024 at 10:00 Central European time / 18:00 Beijing time
on Zoom: https://fau.zoom-x.de/j/62337205135

In case of any questions, please write to Stefan Christ 石坤森 stefan.christ@fau.de… Read more ⤻

Call for Abstracts: The Legal Dimension of China’s Presence in Latin America

16th Nov 2024

Deadline (abstracts): 15th Nov 2024

This Call for Abstracts is a component of the Project “The Legal Dimension of China’s Presence in Latin America: Opportunities, Risks, and Responses” co-led by Dr. Monika Prusinowska (University of Barcelona) and Dr. Daniel Sprick (University of Cologne) as a part of the Cologne International Forum Innovative Tandem Collaboration.

The Project seeks to investigate the understudied intersection of China’s growing influence in Latin America and its legal implications. While economic, social, and political aspects have received considerable attention, the complex legal landscape remains relatively unexplored. This Project is intended to create a space, which could seed a community of expertise on the nexus of China, Latin America and Law. It offers an opportunity to contribute to this emerging field of study. We invite both junior and senior researchers to participate.

About the Project Stages:

Abstracts and Workshop

Following the submission of abstracts, selected participants will be invited to a workshop held at the University of Barcelona, Spain (see the timeline below).… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: Kick-off conference “Towards ‘national rejuvenation’: Sun Yat-sen’s vision for China revisited”

8th Mar 2025

Traveling lecture series “China in der Welt/China in the world”

7th Mar 2025

Deadline: 7th Nov 2024

Organized by the China Knowledge Network (CKN) Germany at TU Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

2025 is the 100th year following Sun Yat-sen’s death on March 12, 1925. On the occasion of this centenary, our conference will explore the various dimensions of Sun’s contested legacy as linked to Chinese political, economic, and social developments from the Republican era until today.
We seek proposals for presentations (20–25 minutes) that (re)consider Sun Yatsen’s significance.

  • as an intellectual pioneer projecting China’s future socio-economic order as perceived in mainland China and Taiwan.
  • as a visionary of Chinese future realities.
  • in terms of his political legacy/ for Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping.
  • from a transnational perspective, as compared to other contemporary “founding fathers” such as Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin (1870–1924), Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) or Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938).

Scholars who are interested in participating are invited to submit proposals in English to tania.becker@tu-berlin.de… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: Sonic Histories of East Asia

18th May 2025

Ca Foscari, University of Venice, Italy
15-17th May 2025
Deadline: 1st Nov 2024

Over the past decade, sonic approaches to East Asia have attracted scholars from across fields of history, literature, cultural studies, ethnomusicology, and environmental humanities. This sonic turn, drawing on the ecumenical canon of Sound Studies, has added voice, tone, timbre, and even silence to existing narratives and frameworks of nation, empire, society, technology, revolution, race, and gender. At its best, work has gone further to not only foreground sound and hearing as a key aspect of experience and history, but to challenge or refine existing understandings, frameworks, and narratives. Importantly, this turn has also provided a set of shared topics and terms by which scholars of different regions and periods can meet, share work, and explore common themes.

It is in this spirit that a two-day workshop will be held at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, from May 15-17, 2025. The workshop will focus on two potential directions for the field: First, on the possibility for sonic approaches to contribute to or challenge existing paradigms, temporalities, or national boundaries of East Asian history.… Read more ⤻

International Workshop “Mapping Taiwan Teaching – Teaching Taiwan in Script, Speech and Performance”

13th Sep 2024

7-9th Nov 2024
Trier University, Germany
Deadline: 12th Sep 2024

The Taiwan as a Pioneer (TAP) project at Trier University, Germany, is excited to announce a workshop for a diverse group of lecturers about Taiwan, including Ph.D. candidates, postdocs, and established scholars. The workshop, scheduled from 7 to 9 November 2024, will be conducted in English, Chinese, German, and Taiwanese. We aim to delve into Taiwan-related class content subjects, develop teaching recommendations, and foster connections among Taiwan-related lecturers.

We are open to receiving paper submissions on various topics, focusing on teaching Taiwanese languages, culture, and related fields. The questions addressed in the presentations of this workshop can be theoretical as well as practical ones, such as:
• important aspects of Taiwanese language and culture for intercultural teaching of German- or English-speaking students
• influence of Taiwan’s different languages (Mandarin, Taiwanese Southern Min & Hakka, Austronesian languages) on language and especially culture classes
• application of literature, films, songs, podcasts, etc.… Read more ⤻

Member’s Publication: Ariane Knüsel, Ralph Weber

28th Aug 2025

Ariane Knüsel, Ralph Weber. Hier & Jetzt (Zurich), 2024, 352 p.

Hier & Jetzt, 2024

The books is based on extensive archival research, interviews with diplomats, business representatives, and sinologists, as well as a large number of (historical) newspapers and memoirs. We have also included numerous illustrations that have never been published before.

Table of Contents:

  1. Uhren und Bibeln, Opium und Kanonen 1644-1913
  2. Krieg, Krieg und nochmals Krieg 1913-1950
    Bildteil I
  3. Chinesische Kommunisten und das kapitalistische Paradies 1950-1960
  4. “Bewaffnet mit den Gedanken Mao Zedongs” 1960-1976
  5. Schweizer Goldgräberstimmung und Chinas Öffnung 1976-1989
    Bildteil II
  6. Massaker, Eklat und diplomatische Gratwanderungen 1989-1999
  7. Die Schweiz auf eigenen Wegen 1999-2024
    Anhang

For more information, please visit:
https://www.hierundjetzt.ch/de/catalogue/knusel-ariane-und-weber-ralph-die-schweiz-und-china_24000010/

Ariane Knüsel (Privatdozentin, University of Fribourg)
Ralph Weber (Associate Professor for European Global Studies, University of Basel)… Read more ⤻