Lodz, Poland 2 - 3rd Jun 2016 Deadline: 15th Mar 2016

12th Lodz East Asia Meeting Overcoming Controversies in East Asia, leading academic conference on East Asia in Poland. The event will take place at the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the University of Lodz on June 2-3, 2016. The keynote speech will be

Manchester, UK 12-13th May 2016 Deadline: 30th Jan 2016

A conference organised by British Inter-university China Centre (BICC) and the Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS). 2016 marks the bicentenary of Lord Amherst’s embassy to China.  This episode of history seems to have been largely forgotten by historians of Britain and China, and has generated little scholarship.

13th Oct 2015

St. Gallen, Switzerland

10.00-11.45, Room 23-001 (Classroom Pavilion)

University of St. Gallen, Dufourstrasse 50, St. Gallen

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Lecture Series: “Interdisciplinary Explorations of China’s Changing Gender Dynamics, 1900-2015” 

Existing studies on gender and work in China, when touching upon sexuality, have examined the life of sex workers and less-educated service workers. By contrast, this lecture aims to examine the working experiences of highly educated young professional women hailed as “white-collar beauties” by the Chinese media. Drawing upon an ethnographic study of a prestigious state-owned trade company, In this talk, Dr Liu will show that sexual politics are inherent in the operations of companies in China’s new market economy and this has gendered consequences for highly educated professional women.

Dr Jieyu Liu is a  Senior Lecturer in Contemporary China Studies, Deputy Director of China Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. Her research focuses on gender and work in China.… Read more ⤻

University of Naples L’Orientale, Italy
30th Nov – 1st Dec 2015

Deadline: 11th Oct 2015

The fundamental role played by prosody in the achievement of a successful native-non-native
interaction has already gathered many researchers, students and listeners in two international
conferences, held at the University of Naples L’Orientale in 2011 and at the University of Padua in
2012. The relevance of these two events and the presented works resulted in two reference volumes
in the area of L2 prosody, respectively: De Meo A., Pettorino M. eds., Prosodic and Rhythmic
Aspects of L2 Acquisition. The case of Italian, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012; Busà M.G.,
Stella A. eds., Methodological Perspectives on Second Language Prosody, CLEUP, 2012.
In the wake of previous events and results, ML2P 2015 invites proposals addressing any aspect of
L2 prosody, but with a special focus on the interplay between Chinese and any of the Romance
languages. The increasing presence of Chinese people in Romance-language countries and the
growing interest in the Chinese language and culture in Europe have both created the need to pay
particular attention to the communication between Chinese and Romance-language speakers.… Read more ⤻

University of Hawai'i 25 - 31st May 2016 Deadline: 1st Nov 2015

Humanity takes up space. In this, humanity is no different from other species. Humanity also purposefully transforms space, but is not unique in doing so. Other species also reshape the spaces they occupy to serve their purposes: birds create nests, bees create hives and beavers create dams.

Naples, Italy
30th Nov – 1st Dec 2015
Deadline: 20th Sep 2015

The fundamental role played by prosody in the achievement of a successful native-non-native interaction has already gathered many researchers, students and listeners in two international conferences, held at the University of Naples L’Orientale in 2011 and at the University of Padua in 2012. The relevance of these two events and the presented works resulted in two reference volumes in the area of L2 prosody, respectively: De Meo A., Pettorino M. eds., Prosodic and Rhythmic Aspects of L2 Acquisition. The case of Italian, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012; Busà M.G., Stella A. eds., Methodological Perspectives on Second Language Prosody, CLEUP, 2012.

In the wake of previous events and results, ML2P 2015 invites proposals addressing any aspect of L2 prosody, but with a special focus on the interplay between Chinese and any of the Romance languages. The increasing presence of Chinese people in Romance-language countries and the growing interest in the Chinese language and culture in Europe have both created the need to pay particular attention to the communication between Chinese and Romance-language speakers.… Read more ⤻

Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 – 9th Sep 2015
Deadline: 1st Jul 2015

Department of Asian and African Studies at the University of Ljubljana is delighted to
announce the International summer school entitled “The Wei Jin Nanbei Period and the
Importance of Transition”. The summer school is organized by the Department of Asian and African studies at the University of Ljubljana and sponsored by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation in Taiwan.

Date: September 2 – 9, 2015

Venue: Hostel Stara Šola in Korte, located in a beautiful surrounding close to the Slovenian coast (External link…)

Registration deadline: July 1, 2015

Tuition fee: free of charge

Accommodation (full board with 3 meals per day): covered by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
Travel expenses to Ljubljana: covered by students
Travel expenses from Ljubljana to Korte: covered by the hosts
Language: English

Further information and contact: natasavampelj@yahoo.com

University of Ljubljana in Slovenia welcomes all students of Chinese studies to participate in a one week long international summer school.… Read more ⤻

Olomouc, Czech Republic
23rd Oct 2015
Deadline: 16th Aug 2015

The conference theme is focused on contemporary trends in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other East Asian societies, inviting an exploration into various areas, including lifestyle habits, rituals, cultural memory, consequences of globalization, changes in the family, visual culture, ethnicity, language, forms of communication and others along the lines of this general theme. We cordially invite teachers, researchers and postgraduate students to propose research presentations, which should be of 20–25 minutes and their submissions should include: (1) Title and abstract of the paper, 300 words maximum, (2) Full name, title, affiliation, short CV, and contact details of the presenter(s).

The conference theme is focused on contemporary trends in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other East Asian societies, inviting an exploration into various areas, including lifestyle habits, rituals, cultural memory, consequences of globalization, changes in the family, visual culture, ethnicity, language, forms of communication and others along the lines of this general theme.… Read more ⤻

Barcelona, Spain
29th Jun – 2nd Jul 2015
Deadline: 21st Jun 2015
The PhD Summer School is organized by the Department of Translation, Interpreting and East Asian Studies, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), and it will be held at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (UAB) during the week of June 29th to July 2nd 2015.  
 
This week-long summer school aims at promoting quality research by encouraging the exchange of ideas and experiences amongst young researchers and providing a forum within which students and lecturers can share interests and experiences.  
 
The PhD Summer School offers seminars, workshops and tutorials with internationally renowned scholars. It is open to postgraduate students from all over the world seeking to further their studies at MA, PhD or postdoctoral level.

For further details of the programme and how to apply, visit the PhD Summer School website: http://jornades.uab.cat/escola_doctorat/en
Contact: <doctorat.traduccio@uab.cat>;
 
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Sara Rovira Esteva

Visit the website of this announcement at: External Link…

 … Read more ⤻

Ljubljana, Slovenia
11 – 13th Dec 2015
Deadline: 25th Aug 2015

organized by the Department of Asian and African Studies, Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana University, Venue: Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Aškerčeva 2, Ljubljana

The aim of the STCS (Specific Topics in Chinese Studies) conferences, organized by the Department of Asian studies at Ljubljana University, is to encourage and advance the
study of specific topics related to China and Asia through knowledge and information flow across disciplinary lines, and to strive to create and maintain a multidisciplinary
platform for a fruitful exchange of ideas on different types, images, and categories of Chinese and Asian cultures.

The 2015 conference is dedicated to comparisons and dialogues between three major Asian religions and/or philosophies, namely Islam, Confucianism and Buddhism. Our main motives for organizing this event are:

• The growing international relevance of these three discourses, which is linked to the raise of new superpowers and to the global redistribution of political and economic power in contemporary societies;
• The importance of various revivals of Asian traditions, connected with the emergence of new forms of spirituality;
• The significance of Islam, Confucianism and Buddhism for cultural and ideational flows, borrowings and exchanges in contemporary societies;
• The urgent need for historical reflections and reinterpretations of these ideational systems in the light of contemporary concerns;
• The importance of exchanges and mutual influences between different religious practices (ceremonies, rituals, contemplative techniques, etc.).

Kyoto, Japan
25 – 30th Jan 2016
Deadline: 10th Jul 2015

We invite applications from PhD students – and especially students following a combined PhD/art, music and / or sound art track – for a unique IIAS-CSEAS coordinated international Winter School. We will explore the theme of “mapping the aesthetics of urban life” in South, Southeast and Northeast Asia by examining how the Arts can contribute to the re-conceptualization of urban spaces.

The Winter School

This 6 day workshop set in the changing – yet highly historical and cultural – urban environment of Kyoto, will bring together three conveners – one cultural studies scholar, one artist/educator, and one architect – to guide a group of doctoral candidates from Asia and other regions to exchange on the role of the Arts in the (re)building of Asian cities. Two days will be set aside for fieldwork excursions within Kyoto.
The winter school’s conveners believe that the unprecedented wave of urbanization in Asia can potentially open new spaces of interventions, not only for architects, city planners and designers, but also for artists and intellectuals committed to stimulate public engagements.… Read more ⤻

Olomouc, Czech Republic
22 – 27th Jun 2015
Deadline: 1st Jun 2015

Project CHINET and the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, would like to invite you to its summer school, titled: “Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism in Asia.” This one-week intensive course will bring together scholars and students of Asian Studies, Political Science and other related fields, to learn about and discuss possible future developments in Asia with a focus on ethnic conflict, terrorism threat and regional security.

Venue: Křížkovského 14, Department of Asian Studies, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

Organizers: Project CHINET & Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc

Tuition fee: free of charge

Registrationdeadline: June 1, 2015

Language: English

Program:

    16 sessions/lectures (90 minutes each)
    Wednesday afternoon guided city tour
    Optional Saturday field trip: TBA

Lectures by honored guests:

    Prof. Aziz Burkhanov (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)
    Mgr.… Read more ⤻

Olomouc, Czech Republic
22 – 27th Jun 2015
Deadline: 1st Jun 2015

Palacký University in Olomouc welcomes all students of Chinese language to participate in a one week international summer school. The school offers 16 lectures of world famous speakers on selected topics of Chinese linguistics – see the list of topics below!

Venue: Křížkovského 14, Department of Asian Studies, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

Organizers: Project CHINET & Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc

Tuitionfee: free of charge

Registration: here

Registrationdeadline:  June 1, 2015

Language: English

Speakers:

    16 lectures on selected topics of Chinese linguistics by distinguished guest speakers
    Teng Shouhsin, Chunyuan Christian University, Taiwan
        10 myths about the Chinese language
        Syntactic categories (parts of speech) of modern Chinese
        Tense, aspect and verb classifications in Chinese
        Preliminaries to the information structures in Chinese
    Song Jiang, University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.… Read more ⤻

Sheffield, UK

18 – 19th Jun 2015

Research in Chinese garden history has burgeoned over the past thirty years, with a renewed interest being sparked by Maggie Keswick’s book The Chinese Garden (1978), a sumptuously produced volume that coincided with the end of the Cultural Revolution and the opening up of China. While initially it had been feared that most gardens in China were lost and that studies would primarily have to rely on few surviving literary descriptions, more and more gardens have been rediscovered and many have been restored, declared an important part of the historic environment. Most of the research has focussed on restored examples, with the present state being used as a basis for understanding the past. Another trend has come from Sinologists who have investigated literature and illustrations as a source of evidence of Chinese garden culture. A third way of investigating gardens has come from an understanding of how they were actually used as a basis for a traditional lifestyle.… Read more ⤻

Stuttgart, Germany     
24 – 25th Sep 2015  

We invite anonymous abstracts for 30-­‐minute talks (20+10) presenting new research into argument alternations in Chinese. Submissions may not exceed 2 pages (A4/letter) and must be written in English. The first line of the submission must be “Submission for the workshop on argument alternations in Chinese”. No more than one single-­‐authored and one co-­‐authored abstract per person will be considered.  

   
Submission of abstracts is via Easychair only (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eacl9).  

Deadline: 15th May 2015  

Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2015 

 
All presenters must be members of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics, as the workshop is embedded in EACL-­‐9, which will be held September 24-­‐26 at the same venue as the workshop  (cf. the Membership page; on-­‐site registration will be possible atthe conference).  
Papers that are included in the program must be presented by the author(s) and cannot be presented by proxies.… Read more ⤻

Oxford, UK
21 – 22nd May 2015
Deadline: 27th Mar 2015

A fresh look at the contribution of indigenous Christians

The focus of the conference will be on the role played by Chinese Christians in the shaping of Protestant and Catholic Christianity within China over the past century-and-a-half.

This is not to ignore the significant role of foreign missionaries whose accounts have been well told, but to redress the balance and to bring to life the very important contribution of the many indigenous Christians, often marginalised in western-told histories, who spoke the language, understood the cultures, and were often the primary active agents in helping to spread a knowledge of the gospel.

There are a number of indigenous Christian leaders, catechists, priests, and evangelists whose stories have been told, but also there are many other significant ‘ordinary people’ who can be retrieved from diaries and correspondence, scattered references in magazines, and from oral accounts.

In doing this we hope to rescue from the condescension of posterity the voice of indigenous Christians and, in the process, provide a wider, more balanced and sufficient history than that which has tended to dominate church and academy.… Read more ⤻

London, UK
28 – 31st Oct 2015
Deadline: 17th Jul 2015

Conference Theme

The massive expansion in globalisation has arguably been driven by successful development of theories and practices of international marketing that resulted in generating a colossal number of new customers and new competitors in the global marketplace. At the heart of such expansion was the emergence of Asian countries as partners in the world growth, coupled with the massive improvements in communication, transportation and market liberalisation, especially in Europe, allowing for new customers with different mind-sets. As a result, international firms from Europe and Asia developed various strategies to establish and maintain long-term relationships with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders important to the development process of value creation and competitive advantage in the emerging markets. Moreover, the last decade witnessed an increased number of brands from Asian countries entering and successfully competing in the West, mainly Europe. Such a phenomenon is predicted to continue and significantly increase in the near future.… Read more ⤻

Seoul, Korea
2 – 4th Oct 2015
Deadline: 1st Jun 2015

In order to promote international academic exchange in the field of literary criticism, East-West Comparative Literature Association of Korea will collaborate with the International Association for Ethical Literary Criticism (IAELC), the College of the Humanities and Institute of Trans Media World Literature of Dongguk University, the A&HCI scholarly journal Foreign Literature Studies and The International Center for Ethical Literary Criticism at Central China Normal University (CCNU, Wuhan,China), Konkuk University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Hanyang University, Yonsei University, Sungkyunkwan University, and Dankook University, in hosting “The 5thInternational Symposium on Ethical Literary Criticism” at Seoul and Busan, Korea, from Oct. 2 to 4, 2015. Scholars all over the world are warmly welcome.

Topics of the conference include (but are not limited to):
1. Ethical Literary Criticism and Confucian Classics; 2. Ethical Literary Criticism and Interdisciplinary Studies; 3. Ethical Literary Criticism and National Culture; 4. Ethical Literary Criticism: Methodology and Practice; 5.… Read more ⤻

University of Lodz, Poland

2 – 3rd Jun 2015
Deadline: 22nd Mar 2015

The 11th Lodz East Asia Meeting (2–3 June 2015) proposal submission deadline has been extended to 22nd March 2015. We invite scholars,
researchers and graduate students interested in presenting and discussing issues related to the growth of East Asia from regional and global
perspective. To submit the abstract please visit our website at www.leam.uni.lodz.pl

The conference is an annual gathering of scholars interested in Asian affairs, especially their political and economic aspects. After the success of the last three editions, when over 70 foreign guests participated (among others, from Japan, China, Taiwan, the USA, Russia, Germany, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic) we wish to continue the Lodz East Asia Meeting as an international event. This way it gives a valuable opportunity for the exchange of ideas between scholars from different countries. This is of significant importance to young researchers, who always account for a significant number of the participants.… Read more ⤻

Beijing, PRC
27 – 28th Nov 2015
Deadline: 15th May 2015

Academy for International Communication of Chinese Culture, Beijing Normal University, invites scholars from a variety of backgrounds (Sinology, Cultural Studies, Sociology, International Relations, Arts, Communication, Demography, Geography, Musicology, Film Studies, Anthropology, History etc.) to propose sessions and papers for the Conference on International Communication of Chinese Culture: World Value of Chinese Culture
（Deadline extended to 15th May 2015）

Conference Venue:

Jingshi Conference Hall, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekou Wai Street, Beijing, China 100875

Conference Language:

English & Chinese

Conference Organizer:

AICCC, Beijing Normal University
Keynote speaker: Professor Huang Huilin, Dean of AICCC, BNU
               Roger T. Ames, professor of University of Hawaii
             Torbjörn Lodén, professor of Stockholm University
               more speakers still to be announced

Conference Theme:

Chinese excellent traditional culture played an important role in East Asia economic growth, social governance, ethics in the integration, and aroused great concern of Confucianism. Chinese splendid traditional culture provided modern spiritual and cultural values of global significance on the world today.… Read more ⤻

Göttingen, Germany

11 – 13th Jun 2015
Deadline: 22nd May 2015

Language diversity is a ubiquitous feature in the sinophone world. In the past and present, language planning agencies in the area commonly – if not uncontroversially – referred to as ”Greater China” have responded differently to the challenges of multilingualism. After several decades of national language policy, Mandarin is now widely used and broadly accepted in Mainland China, Singapore, and Taiwan. It is used to a much lesser degree in Hong Kong and Macao, where Cantonese, the major regional language, arguably enjoys a higher  prestige than other so‐called ”dialects” elsewhere. At the same time, there are notable differences with regard to international language planning – most important, the incorporation of English into school curricula and/or the acceptance of English as an official language.

One purpose of the symposium is to bring together scholars who are working on language planning and official responses to language diversity.… Read more ⤻

Saint Petersburg, Russia
24 – 30th Aug 2015
Deadline: 10th Apr 2015

The EACS Summer School “Traditional China: a closer distant view” at the Faculty of Asian and African Studies of St. Petersburg State University, focuses on important matters of the present-day Chinese studies in Europe. The Summer School presents a one-week intensive training program on several specific subjects: Chinese history, religion, art, literature, European-Chinese relations and St. Petersburg collections of Chinese manuscripts and art. The working language of the summer school is English.

MA and PhD students are welcome to apply for participation in the EACS Summer School “Traditional China: A Closer Distant View”, to be held at St.Petersburg University, The State Hermitage Museum and the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts. Further details go in the attached leaflet.

Lectures (24 academic hours)

1. Alexander Storozhuk (St. Petersburg University, Russia): “Philosophy and Folks Beliefs of Traditional China”;
2. Irina Popova (Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS, Russia): “Dunhuang Collections in St.… Read more ⤻

University of Milan, Italy
27- 28th May 2015

Deadline: 20th Mar 2015

The Department of Language Mediation and Intercultural Communication and the Contemporary Asia Research Centre of the University of Milan are pleased to announce the organization of an international conference on “Media and Politics: Discourses, Cultures, and Practices” which will be held at the Polo di Mediazione Interculturale e Comunicazione on 27th-28th May 2015.

Description:

Media and politics have always been interconnected. On the one hand, the media represent a
channel through which the promotion and discussion of policies is effected and various
representations of power and ideology are conveyed. On the other hand, the media play an
important political role of their own, but are at the same time subject to political choices that have an impact on their editorial line. In some contexts, their influence on public opinion also has an important political weight.

The connection between mass media and politics, which at times affects the selection of news and the way it is produced, can be identified in discourse choices, the use of specific textual genres, representations with a cultural connotation, and also in the practical work of journalists and the reactions of the target public.… Read more ⤻

Newcastle University, UK
10 – 12th Dec 2015
Deadline: 25th May 2015

The Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences (CRiLLS), Newcastle University, UK is delighted to announce a forthcoming conference— the International Symposium on Chinese Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (ISOCTAL) on 10th – 12th December, 2015. The Symposium aims to promote worldwide collaboration on Chinese theoretical and applied linguistics by giving researchers an opportunity to share their work. Confirmed speakers for the conference are:

Professor James C.-T. Huang from Harvard University

Dr Boping Yuan from Cambridge University

Professor Martha Young-Scholten from Newcastle University

Dr Clare Wright from Reading University

Professor Xinsheng Zhang from Richmond University

Professor Yi Xu from University College London

Presentations are invited on topics including but not limited to the following aspects of the Chinese language – understood broadly as Sinitic languages (e.g. Mandarin, Cantonese and all regional varieties):

• Syntax
• Morphology
• Phonetics and phonology
• Semantics
• Language variation and sociolinguistic studies
• Diachronic change
• Language contact
• Typology and comparative studies
• Child language acquisition
• Second language acquisition and teaching
• Applications of translation and code-switching to pedagogy

CALL FOR PAPERS

Talks will be 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for discussion and questions.… Read more ⤻

Berlin, Germany
9 – 11th Jul 2015
Deadline: 1st Mar 2015

The unknown and unfamiliar enthrall us. They exert a profound fascination. Following an interdisciplinary symposium, which explored the fascination with the unknown with regard to space (“To boldly go where no man has gone before – Fascination with the Unknown: Space”, 30 th -31 st May, 2014), this conference will explore the attraction of the unknown with regard to time. Unknown time alludes to specific periods of time that have not yet been fully explored, remain mysterious and magical, and might be perceived as ominous or auspicious. Unknown time(s) may be situated in the past, the present, or the future. Predictions and prophecies indicate the human need to come to terms with unknown time, to ascribe it meaning, to make it known. Science, culture, and the arts have approached unknown periods of time in diverse ways. While historians and archaeologists attempt to dissect and rationalize these times, in literature and art, unknown time(s) is/are often carefully constructed and preserved.… Read more ⤻

Berlin, Germany
6 – 8th May 2015
Deadline: 9th Feb 2015

The Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) strives to encourage European students and young graduates to deepen their engagement with contemporary China. By bringing together fifteen outstanding European students and graduates, the MERICS European China Talent Program provides a platform for exchange of perspectives on China and supports the development of a long-lasting network of future European China experts.

The three-day program will take place from 6 to 8 May 2015 in Berlin, offering an exchange about different European perspectives on China as well as the analysis of developments in China and their internal and external impact. Participants will get insights into one of the largest international think tanks on contemporary China, conduct debates with politicians and business representatives and contribute to the special publication “MERICS Insight – Young European Perspectives on China”.

Application procedure

Application documents should contain a CV (one page) and an essay (one page, max.… Read more ⤻

Honolulu, HI, USA
18 – 20th Mar 2015
Deadline: 10th Jan 2015

The School of Pacific and Asian Studies (SPAS) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) welcomes papers, performances, and panel proposals for its 26 th annual graduate student conference. The conference will be held at the Center for Korean Studies on the UHM campus in Honolulu, HI on March 18-20, 2015. The theme this year is “AGAINST THE CURRENT: TRANSFORMING PERSPECTIVES IN ASIA.”



As this year’s theme indicates, we are interested in accepting papers, performances, and panel proposals that continue, change, and/or contest disciplinary and regional approaches to the study of the Asia/Pacific. With this goal in mind, we also encourage those with a background in the arts to apply with performance or paper proposals.
We are especially looking for papers that:

• Involve any original research in all areas of Asia and Asian studies
• Incorporate interdisciplinary methods and frameworks
• Engage comparative studies or transnationalism
• Explore new and emerging trends in Asian Studies
• Present Asian performance practices

We are pleased to announce this year’s speaker is Dr.… Read more ⤻

Trier, Germany
11 – 12th Jul 2015
Deadline: 20th Nov 2014

The emergence of daoxue Confucianism in the 11th and 12th centuries is a pivotal point in
the history of Chinese thought, often considered to be the beginning of a new era (as the
controversial term “Neo-Confucian” illustrates). During the second half of the 20 th century,
scholars have profoundly explored the new approach of Zhu Xi and others of his era to-
ward ethics, self-cultivation and metaphysics. In more recent times, the horizon has been
further enlarged by significant studies of the social efforts by members of the daoxue fel-
lowship.

Zhu Xi’s endeavors for social reform involve more than a mere historical issue, since they
have special relevance for contemporary China. Current discussions about the Confucian
revival in the PRC take place not only within ideological circles close to the Communist
Party, but also in a broader public; furthermore, some public intellectuals are striving to
reshape Zhu Xi’s ideas (such as his family rituals) to fit the needs of modern civil culture.… Read more ⤻

Vienna, Austria
27 – 28th Feb 2015
Deadline: 30th Nov 2014

Organized by CHESS (China and the Environment in the Social Sciences)
Hosted by the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Vienna, Austria
Keynote speaker: Yu Xiaogang, Green Watershed

Submissions are welcomed for the inaugural CHESS Young Scholars Conference to be held at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Vienna on 27-28 February 2015.

Organizers

CHESS (China and the Environment in the Social Sciences) is an interdisciplinary research network for
scholars from across the social sciences with research interests relating to environmental issues in
China. Both the network and the conference provide a forum for graduate students and young
scholars to discuss ideas, exchange information and to strengthen professional networks across the
field.

Context

China faces a multitude of environmental challenges, ranging from biophysical impacts of climate
change, deforestation and water scarcity, to impacts on health and social stability resulting from
pollution, land contamination and overexploitation of natural resources.… Read more ⤻

Jerusalem, Israel

9 – 11th Mar 2015

Confirmed keynote speaker: Jonathan Unger (ANU)
 
Rural Chinese society is currently undergoing dramatic change. The previously rigid institutional divisions between rural and urban populaces are weakening; the Chinese government is investing ever greater resources in the improvement of rural life, and the speed of urban-rural integration is increasing. As greater numbers of villagers are migrating to urban areas or even abroad in search for work, many are establishing their residence in the city while leaving behind young children and the elderly. Others are returning to the now-changing countryside, bringing with them new values and practices. Meanwhile, in situ urbanization in some areas enables rural inhabitants to earn their income in nearby cities and towns without detaching themselves from their natal communities. Increased access to new sources of information, especially through the Internet and new social media channels, is also bringing Chinese cities and villages closer than ever.
 
These developments raise new challenges and new questions for scholars of contemporary rural Chinese society.… Read more ⤻

Stuttgart, Germany
24 – 26th Sep 2015
Deadline: 30th Apr 2015

We invite anonymous abstracts for 30-minute talks (20+10) presenting new research into all areas of Chinese linguistics (excluding Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language). Submissions may not exceed 500 words and must be written in English. Presentations at the conference may be in Mandarin Chinese or English. Please indicate the language of presentation in the abstract. Please include 2 to 4 keywords right underneath the title of your abstract. No more than one single-authored and one co-authored abstract per person will be considered.

Department of Linguistics
University of Stuttgart/Germany

Confirmed invited speakers:

Kai von Fintel (MIT Cambridge, MA)
Niina Ning Zhang (NCCU Chia-Yi)
Barbara Meisterernst (HU Berlin)

There will be a special theme session on argument alternations embedded in the conference. A call
for papers for this special session will be issued separately.

Submission of abstracts is via Easychair only (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eacl9).… Read more ⤻

Erlangen, Germany
27th Oct 2014

The International Consortium for Research in the Humanities “Fate, Freedom and Prognostication” at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg is one of ten Käte Hamburger Kollegs in Germany that foster pioneering research in the Humanities and are funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. The consortium has set as its objective the elucidation of the theories and practices of prognostication in East Asia and Europe across cultures and ages, and explores corresponding notions of individual and collective fate. In this context, we also place special emphasis on research about the relation between ritual and prognostication. This includes especially exemplifying practices which remain in use today.

The Director of the Institute, Prof. Dr. Michael Lackner, is honored to announce the visit of the Venerable Lopön Trinley Nyima Rinpoche, master of the Tibetan Bön religion.

The Bön religion and its socio-cultural traditions antedate the advent of Buddhism in Tibet (seventh century AD). The Bön religion thus represents the most ancient cultural expression of the Land of Snow.… Read more ⤻

London, UK
6 – 7th Mar 2015
Deadline: 30th Nov 2014

The workshop entitled ‘Networks and Communication in East Asia and Beyond in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries’ will be taking place on 6 and 7 March 2015 at Senate House, University of London.
 
This workshop sets out to explore the building of information and communications networks during the 19th and early 20th centuries across East Asia and beyond. Building on prior studies on trade and exchange of ideas between East and West, this workshop will focus on the modes of communications and type of networks that were essential elements in enabling and facilitating these exchanges.
 
We cordially invite your participation: please send a 200 word abstract through our website http://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/crcworkshop by 30 November.
Camilla Brautaset (Bergen University)
Weipin Tsai (Royal Holloway)… Read more ⤻

Trento, Italia
15 – 17th Oct 2014

In occasion of the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Jesuit China missionary Martino Martini (1614-1661), the Centro Studi Martino Martini of Trento and the Stiftungslehrstuhl für Missionswissenschaft of Würzburg University are pleased to announce the upcoming conference:

Venue: Palazzo Geremia (Sala Falconetto) –  via Belenzani, Trento  
              Dipartimento di Lettere (Aula 1)- v. T. Gar, Trento

Day 1 – October, 15     Palazzo Geremia (Sala Falconetto)

Chair: Riccardo Scartezzini

16:30-17:00        Registration and welcome coffee
17:00-17:30        Welcome of the organizers and the authorities

17:30-18:00        Federico Masini, Sapienza University of Rome
                              Keynote Speech 1

18:00-18:30        Noël Golvers, KU Leuven
                              Keynote Speech 2

19.30                    Welcome dinner

Day 2 – October, 16     Dipartimento di Lettere (Aula 1)

Panel 1: Martini and the China Mission, session 1
Chair: Isaia Iannaccone

09:30-10:00        Claudia von Collani:
                              Two Astronomers: Martino Martini and Johann Adam Schall von Bell

10:00-10.30        Riccardo Scartezzini e Piergiorgio Cattani
                              The century of the Jesuits in Trento: Martino Martini and the city of the Council between the Italian and the

                              German world.… Read more ⤻

Univ. of Kentucky, USA
23 – 25th Apr 2015
Deadline: Nov 10th 2014

Abstracts are invited in all areas and aspects of the field of East Asian studies. Paper presentations are 20 minutes followed by a 10 minute question and answer session. In addition for individual abstracts for paper presentations, proposals for panels of 5 papers will be considered. 

The KFLC has a tradition of attracting scholars from a broad range of languages and specializations. In addition to sessions on East Asian Studies, this year’s conference will have sessions in Arabic Studies, French and Francophone Studies, German-Austrian-Swiss Studies, Hispanic Linguistics, Hispanic Studies (Spanish Peninsular and Spanish American), Neo-Latin Studies, Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies, Italian Studies, Russian and Slavic Studies, Second Language Acquisition, Translation Studies, and all fields of Linguistics.

Individual abstracts should be no more than 250 words.

Panel proposals of 5 presentations should be submitted as follows: The panel organizer should electronically submit a panel proposal. The panel proposal cannot exceed one page in length and should include the theme of the panel, the organizer’s name and contact information, and the names, contact information and affiliations of the panel participants.… Read more ⤻

Adelaide, Australia
5 – 9th Jul 2015
Deadline: 30th Oct 2014

The International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) is the premier international gathering in the field of Asian Studies. It attracts participants from over 60 countries to engage in global dialogues on Asia that transcend boundaries between academic disciplines and geographic areas. Since 1997, ICAS has brought more than 17,000 academics together at eight conventions. We are looking forward to receiving your proposal for ICAS 9.

ICAS 9 – Call for Proposals – EXTENDED DEADLINE

Deadline proposals
30 October 2014

Deadline ICAS Book Prize
15 October 2014

ICAS 9 Adelaide

ICAS 9 Adelaide, South Australia, will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 5-9 July 2015. It will be hosted by an internationally networked team of experts, spearheaded by Adelaide’s three leading public universities: University of Adelaide, Flinders University, and the University of South Australia. It is supported by the Asian Studies Association of Australia.… Read more ⤻

Berlin, Germany
20th Oct 2014
Deadline: 15th Sep 2014

INTRODUCTION AND TOPICS

The stunning economical miracle in China reminds many of the German economical miracle after World War II. However, China’s rise with almost 10% annual growth rate lasts already more than 30 years. This is certainly a unique achievement in both, global and historical scales. Mao Zedong has called China “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”. Today, some people refer to the Chinese way as the Beijing Consensus.
For a long time, it looked like that there were only two, but rivaling ways of development: Capitalism or Communism. Many saw the end of the Cold War as the end of the competition of systems of societal organization. However, China has shown world history that there is another, a third way of development: A Manchester Capitalist Economy with some regulation and without the liberties known from other Developed Countries.
The conference will reflect the historical development of China, both in contrast to her own history and international history.… Read more ⤻

Luoyang, China
15 – 16th Nov 2014
Deadline: 1st Oct 2014

Scholars, policy experts and activists working in the areas of protecting traditional knowledge and/or protecting traditional medical knowledge are invited to submit academic articles, review articles, research reports or essays. Papers may focus on any indigenous medical tradition or area of the world, and are not limited to China and Chinese medical traditions.

Papers may be submitted in Chinese or English and should not exceed 5000 Chinese characters or 8,000 English words. Please include an abstract of 300-500 words. Include your name, institutional affiliation, e-mail, phone number and address. Send papers in Word format to tcmtkpro@163.com.

Deadline for submissions is Oct. 1, 2014.

Download this call for papers as PDF … Read more ⤻

Leicester, UK
24 – 25th Sept 2014

“The first international conference in the UK hosted by the University of Leicester’s China Studies Research Alliance (ChiSRA).” As China has grown economically, its cultural and political landscape has changed profoundly. As well as raising living standards, China now needs to satisfy its people’s growing desire for world-class education, healthcare, food and water security, clean environments and cultural influence in arts and technology.

President Xi Jinping’s ‘China Dream’ points to a vision for how China will engage the world for the next two to three decades. But media and China-watchers the world over have been asking what it all means.

Our conference will explore the  ‘China Dream’ in a provocative and exciting way, with speakers from a range of disciplines in the arts and social sciences.

Visit the conference website at: External link… … Read more ⤻

Perth, Australia
26th- 28th Feb 2015
Deadline: 25th Nov 2014

The International Conference Buddhism & Australia 2015 will be held on 26-28 February, 2015 in Perth, Western Australia. This conference investigates the history, current and future directions for Buddhism in Australasia and main theme for Buddhism & Australia 2015 will be Buddhist Symbols and Symbolism

The organizers are open to proposals for contributions on Buddhism history, philosophy, texts as well for proposals on any related theme All Buddhists, scholars and members of the general public interested in Buddhism are invited to present their papers in this coming conference. Researchers across a broad range of disciplines are welcomed as well the submission of pre-formed panel proposals.

What to Send

Proposals may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information:
a) author(s);
b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme
c) email address,
d) title of proposal,
e) body of proposal; no more than 300 words,
f) up to 10 keywords.… Read more ⤻

Macquarie Univ. Sydney, Australia
Dec 9th – 11th 2014
Deadlines: Early Jul and Oct 2014

You are cordially invited to the international symposium “Reading the Old in the Light of the Newly Discovered: Chinese Philosophy and Ancient Chinese Texts” organized by Chinese Studies, Department of International Studies (Languages and Cultures), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, to be held on 9-11 December 2014.
The symposium aims to explore a topic of scholarly importance: traditional Chinese thought in the newly recovered ancient texts.
In the past four decades, the discovery of previously unknown texts dating to the fourth century BCE and to the Han Dynasty, as well as older versions of known texts, has revolutionalized the study of early Chinese philosophy and history.  The texts are of great significance in understanding the development of major strands in Chinese thought and allowing us a fresh opportunity to ask crucial questions about ancient Chinese culture and history. Experts and key researchers in the fields of early Chinese writing and classical Chinese thought are being invited to contribute to the discussion of the topics in terms of modes of manuscript production, Chinese intellectual history, and new interpretations of Chinese thought in these newly recovered texts from this formative period of Chinese philosophy.… Read more ⤻

Hanover, Germany
11th – 12th Dec 2014
Extended Deadline: Jul 31st 2014

Venue: Conference, Herrenhausen Castle, Hanover/Germany

The international conference China in the Global Academic Landscapes deals with the academic implications of the growing global significance of China in general and its university sector in particular. Among other subjects, we will reflect upon the massive transformations of China’s research and tertiary education sectors, as well as their international entanglements. Yet the conference will not solely deal with academic structures and policies: rather, it will pay due attention to important epistemological challenges and changes. For instance, focusing on the social sciences and humanities, we will debate whether the current transformations in the global academic landscapes (and their underlying sociologies of knowledge) will also have an impact on the future directions that research might take in single fields.

The conference will take place on December 11th and 12th 2014 in Herrenhausen Castle in Hanover/Germany. It will convene renowned researchers and academic policy-makers from Europe, East Asia, North America and other parts of the world.… Read more ⤻

Heidelberg, Germany
11th – 13th Jul 2014

On a scale unprecedented and unmatched anywhere else in the world, China over the course of the last century has enjoyed a tremendous increase of historical source texts through excavation. Manuscript texts retrieved particularly from early but also from medieval sites have multiplied the volume of text that is available to us from those periods and have brought to light whole new genres of literature, breathtaking historical information, and hitherto unknown script styles. Most of these manuscripts have been recovered during well-documented archaeological excavations, but an increasing number are also being discovered by illegal digging and subsequently sold without any information on their archaeological origins.

The pluralistic origins of these sources, as well as the richness of their contents and broad range of their forms, have created new practical, theoretical, and methodological challenges, among them questions of standards and classification. A reappraisal is called for, not only of the explanatory models that historical sources themselves supply us with, such as the narrative of the sudden unification of the script under the First Emperor, but also of long-cherished criteria, beliefs, and practices that we use to apply to our subject, such as criteria to distinguish between different hands, the belief that traditional sources have already provided us with a good grasp of what was considered orthodox and what not, and the practice of studying manuscripts only on the basis of transcriptions of their text.… Read more ⤻

Paris, France
6th – 10th Jul 2015

The 14^th International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia (14^th ICHSEA) will take place in Paris, 6-10 July 2015. It is organised under the auspices of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), on behalf of the International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine (ISHEASTM).

The conference is the latest in a series of major international meetings that have taken place in Europe, East Asia and America since 1990. It will bring together researchers from all over the world to present and discuss their latest research relevant to the history of science, technology and medicine in East Asia from antiquity up to the present day.

Panels and plenary lectures will address the theme of the Conference, “Sources, locality and globalisation: science, technology and medicine in East Asia”.  But proposals for panels and individual presentations relating to the wider area covered by this series of conferences are also warmly encouraged.… Read more ⤻

Oxford, UK
21st – 22nd May 2015
Deadline: 31st Dec 2014

Several scholars have agreed to lend their support to an initiative from Dr Peter Rowan, the UK National Director of OMF International, to hold a two-day conference at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS), Woodstock Road, Oxford, in Spring 2015, to mark the 150 years since the foundation of the China Inland Mission/OMF.  Among those supporting this initiative are Dr Patrick Fung (General Director OMF, Singapore), Dr Tom Harvey (OCMS), Professor David Killingray (School of Advanced Study, University of London), Professor  Gary Tiedemann (Shandong University, formerly SOAS, London), Professor Charles Weber (Wheaton College, IL), Dr Paul Woods (OCMS), and Dr Zheng Yangwen (University of Manchester).

The focus of the conference will be on the role played by Chinese Christians in the shaping of Protestant and Catholic Christianity within China over the past century-and-a-half.  This is not to ignore the significant role of foreign missionaries whose accounts have been well told, but to redress the balance and to bring to life the very important contribution of the many indigenous Christians, often marginalised in western-told histories, who spoke the language, understood the cultures, and were often the primary active agents in helping to spread a knowledge of the gospel. … Read more ⤻

London, UK
23rd – 24th Apr 2015
Deadline: 1st Jul 2014

A 2-day international conference to be held at the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR), School of Advanced Study, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, UK, on Thursday 23 – Friday 24 April 2015.

Can translation be said to define the contemporary ethos (Alexis Nouss, 2007)? This conference asks to what extent the concept of ‘ ranslation’ and images of translators and interpreters have been employed to talk about ideas well beyond the activity of rendering a text into another language. Is the early 21st Century a time of especially intense ‘translation talk’? Have there been other times and places in which one can identify a similar cultural fascination or anxiety connected with the idea of translation?

This conference explores the idea of ‘translation talk’, in other words, the many
and varied ways in which translation as an activity and the translator as a figure have been interpreted and given cultural significance.… Read more ⤻

Frankfurt, Germany
4th - 5th Jul 2014

Casino Anbau 1.802
Campus Westend
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Organizer: Zhiyi Yang, Jun.-Prof. Dr.
Department of Sinology

Sponsor: Confucius China Studies Program

Program

July 04, 2014

9:30-10:00 Opening Ceremony 開幕式
Speaker: Vice President Prof. Lutz-Bachmann; IZO-Director Arndt Graf
10:00-10:30 Keynote Speech 主題報告

Beijing, PR China
2nd – 3rd Sep 2014
Deadline: 25th May 2014

China is dramatically increasing its media presence in the world. Within the next few months CCTV will establish in Europe its third Media Hub, after Africa and the USA. Xinhua has expanded its operations and includes 24 hour television news. The quality and range of publications, radio and television channels and online information has developed rapidly in several languages. Chinese media are supplying facilities and training to the media of many other countries, even as they also soak up the experience and knowledge of the most advanced media industries. Not only national media but provincial media are entering the world’s markets.    

Download the full call for papers here…

The deadline for abstracts is 25 May 2014. Successful applicants will be notified early in June 2014. Abstracts should be 200 words. They must be accompanied by the presenter’s name, affiliation, email and postal addresses, together with the title of the paper and a 150-word biographical note on the presenter.… Read more ⤻

3rd – 5th Jul 2014
Nanjing University, PR China
Deadline: 30th Apr 2014

We are writing to invite the submission of papers for an international Symposium on the Supervision of postgraduates in TCSL, to be held at Nanjing University from July 3rd to 5th, 2014. The Symposium will aim to address the issues of training and supervision of research students – both MA and Ph.D – in the field of  TCSL. This will be the third symposium in a series, and follows the success of earlier symposia held in 2012 and 2013 at the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield in the UK. Both symposia were attended by leading figures in the fields of TCSL from all over the world.

Papers are invited from both established researchers and research students. Papers presented in the first two symposia focused mainly on the design and provision of courses for MA and PhD students of TCSL, and on promoting the development of Chinese linguistics and the quality of learning and teaching Chinese as a second language.… Read more ⤻

Nottingham, UK
18th – 19th Jul 2014
Deadline: 20th Mar 2014

The conference explores China’s global linkages from a multidisciplinary perspective. We welcome presentations on economics, international relations, politics, people-to-people relations, media, and historical and cultural linkages. Presenters are also greatly encouraged to share their methodological approaches and theoretical frameworks. The conference aims to promote international co-operation between early career academics, creating opportunities for networking and future academic exchange.
Panel sessions will include, but are not restricted to:

anthropology

business and finance

economics

history

international relations

politics

sociology 

Registration details and schedule:

（1） A paper title, abstract (maximum 300 words in English) and short bio to be sent by 20th March 2014 to sccsphdconference@gmail.com

（2） The selected participants will be notified by 20th April 2014.

Who can apply?

We invite current and recent PhD students working on China at academic institutions in the UK and abroad.

Organisers: School of Contemporary Chinese Studies PhD Student Conference Committee, University of Nottingham.… Read more ⤻

29th – 30th Apr 2014
Changchun, PR China

Organized by Jilin University School of Economics and, University of Amsterdam Business school. We invite submission of empirical, theoretical and applied research addressing approaches, challenges and prospects of technology entrepreneurship for building innovation-based economy.
Publication opportunity: In addition to conference proceedings, selected best papers from the conference will be submitted for publication in the Technology Analysis & Strategic management Journal.
 
We are proud to announce that the conference keynote speakers are Nobel Prize Laureate (2011), professor Dan Shechtman from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. In his keynote he will address  the topic of “Technological Entrepreneurship ” A Key to the Well Being of the World”.

And professor James Fleck, Editor in Chief of the Technology Analysis and Strategic Management Journal, former Dean of the Open University Business School, UK, will give the opening note on: “Trends in Research on Innovation: A Perspective from an International Journal”.… Read more ⤻

Paris, France
26th – 27th Jun 2014
Deadline: 15th Feb 2014

Interdisciplinary, intercultural and interinstitutional partnership with Paris Sorbonne (Paris 4, OMF), Sorbonne nouvelle (Paris 3, CERC), Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (Marge), Charles de Gaulle Lille (CEAC), Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris 1, Hicsa) and l’ENS Lyon (CERCC et IAO). Logistically and technically supported by Réseau Asie (CNRS) and Escom (FMSH)
The conference will take place at: Bâtiment Le France, 190, av. de France, Paris 13e
The conference aims to explore notions related to the cognitive aspects of aesthetic emotion, both in regard to its manifestations and the theorization of its forms. It seeks to investigate how emotional perception is framed by terms which foreground the levels, nuances and different aspects of the aesthetic emotion, a human phenomenon with unclear contours.
The assumption behind this endeavour is that artistic experience contributes to the reconfiguring or our cognitive perception of the world, combining perceptive/interpretative mechanisms with an emotional experience belonging to the realm of affects.… Read more ⤻

Hangzhou, PR China
16th -18th May 2014
Deadline: 28th Feb 2014

Host: School of Education, Hangzhou Normal University. The relationship between education and social inequality has aroused increasingly acute concern in many Asian societies over recent years. This conference will invite participants to consider what we can learn from the experiences of developed and developing societies, within Asia and beyond, regarding the relationship between education, equality and stability or ‘harmony’ – both within particular societies, and in their relations with each other. This theme is intended to stimulate debate over what different societies can teach us regarding the balance to be struck between education’s role in promoting economically-relevant ‘skills’, and the other vital roles that it performs – in terms of political socialization, the distribution of opportunity, and the fostering of those capabilities necessary to the pursuit of a fulfilling life.

http://cesa2014-hznu.com

The conference will feature keynote addresses by the following distinguished scholars:

• Prof. WANG Yingjie (Beijing Normal University, President of the China Comparative Education Society)
• Prof.

Tübingen, Germany

10th – 11th Jan 2014

Deadline: 15th Dec 2013

Organised by polylog in cooperation with the Forum Scientiarum at the University of Tübingen and the Society of Intercultural Philosophy.

A culture neither is a homogenous entity nor does she seal herself and block influences from other cultures. On the contrary, cultural reality ever since has been coined by the exchange between different social groups and their respective cultural life forms. This holds true for intra- just as for intercultural dimensions. Therefore, cultures must not be differentiated by any kind of essential character. However, the notion of culture does not become meaningless either. Cultures do not dissolve and merge into a transcultural society in which all different cultural life forms would mix at will.

One important reason for the consistency of cultures despite their heterogeneity and their continuous alteration may be found in their historicity. Alteration due to intra-cultural changes or intercultural exchange does not contradict historical continuity but, on the contrary, is part of the history of any culture.… Read more ⤻

Univ. of Manchester, UK
15th – 16th May 2014
Deadline: 5th Jan 2014

An international conference organised by Centre for Chinese Studies and Department of Religions and Theology.
Christianity came to China four times: with the Nestorians during the Tang dynasty (618-907), the Franciscans during the Mongol-ruled Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), the Jesuits during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), and with the Protestants ever since the Opium War (1839-42) and during the Republican Era (1911-1949).  But four times it seems they disappeared as these dynasties and the Republican regime vanished from the map of China.  The study of Christianity in China has flourished in recent year (Richard Madson, Lian Xi, Ryan Dunch, Alvyn Austin, Daniel Bays, to name a few).  But the re-emergence and popularity of Christianity in the post-Mao era has raised new questions about the ways in which historians have studied the history of these missions/missionaries.  The churches, converts and practices they left behind have resurfaced in the post-Mao era. … Read more ⤻

27th - 28th Mar 2014

Rome, Italy

Deadline: 30th Nov 2013

Jointly organized by Dr. Luigi Moccia (Rome, Italy) and Dr. Martin Woesler (Bochum, Germany)

Europe and China do not only share the same continent Eurasia, but grow closer together also economically. Although their cultures and traditions differ, both sides can profit from each other through mutual understanding on