Miscellaneous Announcements Archive – European Association for Chinese Studies

Scholarships for Master 1 and Master 2 students – Academic year 2026-2027

30th Dec 2025 17th Jan 2026

Paris Graduate School of East Asian Studies
Deadline: 16th Jan 2026

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, grants of 10,000 € for M1 students, 8,000 € for M2 students, 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 16th of January 2026 (12 am/noon, Central European Time).

Smarts up mobility program: https://mobility.smarts-up.fr
Master programs in Chinese studies at Université Paris Cité: https://cloud.u-paris.fr/s/GtttJpq9xA2Xmpk?dir=undefined&path=%2FMaster&openfile=772113394
Paris Graduate School of Asian Studies: https://u-paris.fr/lcao/en/education/graduate-school-of-east-asian-studies

Contact: Gilles Guiheux (gilles.guiheux@u-paris.fr)

Download this announcement’s official PDF:

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Upcoming Conference: Symposium of International Database Projects: Digitising the Links of Historical, Cultural, and Commercial Exchanges between East and West

16th Dec 2025 30th Dec 2025

Kore University of Enna, Italy
18–19th Dec 2025

This two-day symposium forms part of the research project PRIN 2022PXTYCL “M.A.R.E.: Manuscripts and Books from Asia Reaching Europe. A semantically enhanced digital library mapping Asian books circulation along the Silk Maritime Routes”, coordinated by the University of Enna “Kore” in collaboration with the University of Pisa and the University of Salerno. The project is funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU (Mission 4, Component 1, CUP J53D23013450008).
The symposium brings together national and international scholars responsible for major digital projects devoted to databases primarily in Chinese and Latin, to the online dissemination of sources relating to interactions between China and Europe, as well as specialists in OCR technologies.

Schedule:
18 December — 15:00–18:30 (Rome time https://time.is/it/Rome), Auditorium Pettinato, Building D, University of Enna “Kore”, Department of Classical, Linguistic and Educational Studies (Enna, Italy).

19 December — 9:00–12:30 (Rome time https://time.is/it/Rome), Room 409, Building D, University of Enna “Kore”, Department of Classical, Linguistic and Educational Studies (Enna, Italy).… Read more ⤻

Call for Applications: MA Chinese Studies at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Summer Term 2026

14th Dec 2025 16th Jan 2026

Online Info Session: 16th Dec 2025

FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

The Chair of Sinology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg invites applications for its two-year Master of Arts program Chinese Studies with an Optional Focus. This program is taught entirely in English and is designed to deepen your understanding of Chinese society, politics, history, and culture.

Optional Focus: You will combine Chinese Studies with a second discipline to suit your career goals. Options include Economics, Political Science, English and American Studies, and others.
Advanced Language Training: In addition to content courses on history, society, and politics, the curriculum includes dedicated modules to further enhance your Modern Standard Chinese language skills.

Admission Requirements:

A bachelor’s degree in Chinese history, literature, politics, cultural studies, or a related field.
Proficiency in Modern Standard Chinese.
English language proficiency of at least level C1 (CEFR).

Key Details:

Tuition: There are no tuition fees (only a standard semester contribution applies).
Start Date: Summer Term 2026 (April).

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Call for Papers: Études Chinoises, Special issue – Humans and nonhuman animals in China (ancient to contemporary times)

8th Dec 2025 16th Jan 2026

Deadline: 15th Jan 2026

Guest editors : Joachim Boittout (Université Paris Cité) and Christopher K. Tong (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

While nonhuman animals have gained an increasingly noticeable place in the histories of the Western hemisphere and Asian countries over the past thirty years, China, in comparison, seems still underrepresented. This dynamic academic trend, following the already much-discussed “animal turn,” focuses on the multifarious realities of animal life in human narratives. Acknowledging the importance of groundbreaking works that explored, for instance, the religious significance and evolving meanings of some animals in cosmological and political representations, this special issue seeks to encompass the diversity of the approaches and the disciplines involved in historical investigations of past animal lives, their interactions with humans, and how they effected changes in human societies.

This special issue of Études Chinoises welcomes contributions engaging with human–animal relations in the diversity of their historical dimensions, and encourages works that tackle the issues raised by the cohabitation of humans and non-humans in the Anthropocene.… Read more ⤻

Utopias and Their Pursuit: A Comparative Study of the East and West 理想社會與其實踐：東西方歷史的跨文化對話

7th Dec 2025 26th Dec 2025

Notre Dame Global Beijing, PRC
20-22nd Dec 2025

Major religions and spiritual traditions articulate their own visions of utopia, and these ideals have shaped the political and social foundations of their respective civilizations. This conference seeks to explore utopian ideals and their practical manifestations by bringing Chinese and Western thought and historical experience into dialogue. Topics include philosophical and theological accounts and critiques of utopia; policies and historical events inspired by utopian visions; and the ways utopian ideas continue to influence contemporary global discourse.

Sponsored by University of Notre Dame (Franco Family Institute, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Notre Dame Global, the Medieval Institute)

Download this announcement’s official PDF:

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Call for Papers: Statistics, Politics and Policy: Special Issue: China – Politics and Policy

5th Dec 2025 2nd Jan 2026

Deadline: 1st Jan 2026

Whether it is the ongoing trade war between the US and the People’s Republic of China, geopolitical tensions and conflicts all over the world – including the Taiwan strait – or extreme weathers like heat waves currently occurring in many world regions: all of these issues have in common that nowadays there is no issue of global relevance in which China is not involved in one way or another. Today, China is still producing about one-third of global carbon emissions. However, China is also globally leading in the development, production, and establishment of climate-friendly technologies such as solar energy panels and electric vehicles. China is thus one of the key players in addressing humanity’s greatest challenge in the coming decades. Both reducing and addressing global warming. These and other issues of great topicality and global relevance are therefore the main focus of our special issue “China – Politics and Policy”.
Statistics, Politics and Policy invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to the study of Chinese politics and policy.… Read more ⤻

PhD-position in early modern history

30th Nov 2025 16th Dec 2025

University of Cantabria, Spain
Deadline: 15h Dec 2025

The University of Cantabria is offering a fully funded four-year PhD-position in early modern history, linked to the national research project “Commercial and Religious Networks in the Iberian Asian Pacific (17th–18th Centuries)” (PID2024-160562NA-I00). The position is part of a global partnership between the University of Cantabria and the University of Macau, gaining experience in both European and Asian academic environments.

The doctoral project will focus broadly on the interactions between merchants and missionaries operating within the Iberian monarchies in the Asian Pacific in the 17th and 18th centuries. The doctoral researcher will contribute directly to these aims by working on the reconstruction of Manila’s social and economic networks, analysing the circulation of people, capital, objects and information across the region, and helping to build a new biographical database of the diverse communities that inhabited Manila in the mid-eighteenth century.

For further details, the official call can be found at this link:
https://boc.cantabria.es/boces/verAnuncioAction.do?idAnuBlob=427073… Read more ⤻

19th Annual Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS)

20th Nov 2025 14th Dec 2025

Hybrid | Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
21–22nd Nov 2025

You are cordially invited to attend the 19th Annual Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS) addressing the theme of “Truths, Tensions, Technologies” as online audience members. The participation is free of charge, but subject to registration.

The conference is organized by the Department of Asian Studies at Palacký University Olomouc and takes place on November 21–22, 2025 in Olomouc, Czech Republic. All sessions (with the exception of Sessions 2D, 3D, and 7D) will be streamed via Zoom.

The program of the conference is available here:
https://kas.upol.cz/files/users/123/ACAS_PROGRAM_2025.pdf

The Book of Abstracts is available here:
https://kas.upol.cz/files/users/123/Conference_Guide_ACAS_2025.pdf

The times provided are in CET (Central European Time, UTC +1, Prague).

The online audience registration form is available here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVC2gUeR-q8ytD86J8qijtVVjO-SjS82outiRsPaWv511kJA/viewform

Further information about the conference can be found at the conference website:
https://acas.upol.cz/

We are looking forward to your participation!… 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 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’

10th Nov 2025 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

10th Nov 2025 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 Contributions: Special Issue of The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia

10th Nov 2025 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 ⤻

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

15th Oct 2025 19th Dec 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

14th Oct 2025 18th Jan 2026

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”

7th Oct 2025 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 ⤻

Vacant Position – Endowed Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture

17th Aug 2025 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 Applications: EACS Autumn School “字 and the Search for Universalism”

8th Jul 2025 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

30th Jun 2025 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 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’

29th Jun 2025 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

26th Jun 2025 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 ⤻

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

22nd Jun 2025 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 ⤻

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

17th Jun 2025 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-Programme Download

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Vacant Position: Full-time tenure track professor in Chinese Studies

16th Jun 2025 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

15th Jun 2025 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 ⤻

The 3rd CCVA PhD Forum 2025

2nd Jun 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)

2nd Jun 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

25th May 2025 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

25th May 2025 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
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Annual Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS) “Truths, Tensions, Technologies.”

23rd May 2025 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”

18th May 2025 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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International Interdisciplinary Workshop “Movement and Infrastructure in Ancient Eastern Eurasia (1200 BCE—300 CE)”

11th May 2025 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 – History of South China: Sources, Methods, and New Approaches

5th May 2025 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 ⤻

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

5th May 2025 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

30th Apr 2025 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 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

20th Apr 2025 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 Apr 2025 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,”

26th Mar 2025 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:
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Call for Papers: The 18th CCVA Annual Conference – The Art of Chinese Social Media

16th Mar 2025 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

16th Mar 2025 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.)

16th Mar 2025 16th Dec 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

16th Mar 2025 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”

16th Mar 2025 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

16th Mar 2025 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 16th Dec 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.

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 Mar 2025 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”

12th Mar 2025 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

9th Mar 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

6th Mar 2025 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:

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.
International Experience:
At least one year of study or research experience at a high-level overseas university is preferred.
Teaching Skills:
Demonstrated ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses effectively.
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

4th Mar 2025 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:

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”

28th Feb 2025 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”

26th Feb 2025 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 ⤻

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

14th Feb 2025 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

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

13th Feb 2025 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)

11th Feb 2025 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

9th Feb 2025 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

8th Feb 2025 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 1st Jan 2026

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’

2nd Feb 2025 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

26th Jan 2025 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

26th Jan 2025 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

25th Jan 2025 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.

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

23rd Jan 2025 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

17th Jan 2025 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

5th Jan 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:

BJOAF-Call-for-Papers-2025-EN Download

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Member’s Publication: Kelly Ngo

5th Jan 2025 6th Jan 2026

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

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”

5th Jan 2025 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

27th Dec 2024 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

23rd Dec 2024 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

22nd Dec 2024 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:

Paris-Cite-Scholarships-M1-M2-students-2025 Download

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Call for Papers: BACS Annual Conference 2025

21st Dec 2024 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”

20th Dec 2024 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

Download this announcement’s official Docx.:

CFP_Virtual-Spaces-and-New-Horizons Download

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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”

18th Dec 2024 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”

18th Dec 2024 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

17th Dec 2024 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”

17th Dec 2024 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”

17th Dec 2024 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

27th Oct 2024 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%

27th Oct 2024 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

27th Oct 2024 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 2024 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)

6th Oct 2024 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

6th Oct 2024 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

6th Oct 2024 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

6th Oct 2024 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”

29th Sep 2024 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

29th Sep 2024 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”

28th Aug 2024 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

27th Aug 2024 28th Aug 2025

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

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:

Uhren und Bibeln, Opium und Kanonen 1644-1913
Krieg, Krieg und nochmals Krieg 1913-1950
Bildteil I
Chinesische Kommunisten und das kapitalistische Paradies 1950-1960
“Bewaffnet mit den Gedanken Mao Zedongs” 1960-1976
Schweizer Goldgräberstimmung und Chinas Öffnung 1976-1989
Bildteil II
Massaker, Eklat und diplomatische Gratwanderungen 1989-1999
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 ⤻

Call for Applications: Research Fellow (f/m/d)

15th Aug 2024 29th Aug 2024

Leipzig, Germany
Deadline: 28th Aug 2024

The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) conducts comparative research into the historical and cultural development processes in the region between the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Adriatic from late antiquity to the present day. The GWZO, which has been based in Leipzig city centre since 2010 and in Prague city centre from 2025, employs around 80 staff from Germany and abroad. At the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) the project “Melting Mountains: Environment, Society and the Vertical Climate Frontier in the Greater Altai (1950-2020)” will be realised in cooperation with the Leibniz Association until 31.08.2029.

The research project explores the climatic history of the Greater Altai Highlands in the Anthropocene (1950-2020) through the notion of the vertical climate frontier, focusing on how climate change threatens the traditional livelihoods of local people, making them more dependent on states and lowland societies.… Read more ⤻

Call for Applications: One-year postdoctoral scholarship at Ca’ Foscari University

31st Jul 2024 18th Sep 2024

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Deadline: 17th Sep 2024

The Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in the scientific disciplinary sector CULTURES AND LANGUAGES OF CENTRAL, SOUTH, EASTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA – Cod. GSD 10/ASIA-01

Candidates should submit a research project in English on one of the topics and research themes within the scope of the Marco Polo Research Centre for Global Europe-Asia Connections. The topics may cover different spaces, times (from Neolithic times to the present day), and themes (from modern geopolitics to religious identities, to archaeological sites). The main focus should be on trans-Eurasian interactions, intercultural contact, and exchange, particularly at the crossroads of the ostensible European-Asian divide. The project should be based on rigorous scholarship that would contribute to international academic conversations within and across diverse disciplines. These include but are not limited to history, international relations, economics, environmental studies, literature, languages, archaeology, art history, philosophy, religion, anthropology, geography, music, social sciences, and the digital humanities.… Read more ⤻

Workshop: Sinographic Forays into the Epiverse 游槃石刻文字山水

30th Jun 2024 17th Oct 2024

15-16th Oct 2024
Paris, France

Organized by Lia Wei and Manuel Sassmann, Funded by the ANR (French Research Agency) project Altergraphy https://altergraphy.hypotheses.org/

Location: Auditorium du Pôle des langues et civilisations, 65 Rue des Grands Moulins 75013 Paris

Inscriptions can open up a world extending far beyond chisel marks on the stone surface. In eight roundtables, we propose to explore the rich cultural history of epigraphy in East Asia. By striding out its multiple dimensions of time and space, both physical and imaginary, scholars from the sinographic sphere with diverse disciplinary backgrounds will attempt to chart together the Epiverse. The experimental format of this conference aims at facilitating present and future collaborations in the field, and defining common research paths on stone inscriptions and inscribed landscapes.

Guests: Hilde De Weerdt (KU Leuven); Yolaine Escande 幽蘭 (CNRS/CRAL/EHESS); Michael Hatch (Trinity College); Shao-Lan Hertel 何小蘭 (Cologne East Asian Art Museum); Lee Sunkyu (KU Leuven); Li Ziyi 李子怡 (China Academy of Art); Jonathan Pettit (University of Hawaii); Sakata Gensho 坂田玄翔; Thomas Hahn (UC Berkeley); Shi Tianyu (Hamburg University); Shin Jeongsoo 신정수 (Academy of Korean Studies); Yan Weitian 閻緯天 (Indiana University); Aida Yuen Wong 阮圓 (Brandeis University); Xue Lei 薛磊 (Oregon State University).… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: Journal of Chinese Film Studies – A special issue on Transborder Flows and Chinese Cinemas

28th Jun 2024 1st Sep 2024

Deadline: 31st Aug 2024
Ed. Chris Berry, Haina Jin

Chinese cinemas have always been characterised by transborder flows, both of foreign films flowing in and Sinophone films flowing out. What foreign films have been popular in Chinese-language territories, with what audiences, when, and why? What Chinese-language films have found audiences overseas, in what places, when, and why? And what forces and practices have shaped those transborder flows and what are the impacts and results of those flows? This special issue of Journal of Chinese Film Studies seeks to spotlight these under-explored topics. We seek proposals for 6,000-8,000 word scholarly articles on aspects of transborder flows and Chinese cinemas.

The persistent dominance of the outdated understanding of both national cinema as films produced in a certain territory and cinema as simply film texts has left transborder flows long neglected. Work such as Andrew Higson’s redefinition of national cinema as films viewed within a certain territory back in 1989 is now combining with research on distribution and exhibition by scholars such as Li Daoxin, Li Jie, Liu Guangyu, and Zhou Chenshu, along with work on transborder flows by scholars such as Huang Xuelei, Su Tao and Fu Yongchun to break the logjam and stimulate greater interest in the character and role of transborder flows in Chinese cinemas.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: Upcoming Conference: Around the Sino-French Institute (1921-1950): student diaspora, circulation of knowledge and Sino-French institutional relations

27th Jun 2024 29th May 2025

Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, France
26–28th May 2025
Deadline: 30th Jul 2024

Université Jean Moulin – Lyon 3 – IETT (Institut d’Etudes Transtextuelles et Transculturelles)
Exchanges between China and France in the field of education, and more particularly higher education, are still under-researched and under-recognised. Based on the experience of the Sino-French Institute in Lyon, the aim of this conference will be to retrace the history of exchanges between France and China in this particular field and to highlight the dynamics of these exchanges, from the first attempts by French missionaries to those that emerged in the first half of the 20th century. While the history of certain institutions has been the subject of recent research or publications, the links between them and the future of individuals who have passed through these structures, in China or in France, are still poorly documented. Although France’s commitment to education in China began very early (17th century), it was from the end of the 19th century onwards that both Chinese and French initiatives, religious and secular, multiplied and helped to create a dynamic that developed and grew until 1950, contributing to the circulation of knowledge and the establishment of networks of relations in a wide variety of fields (scientific, legal, literary, philosophical, artistic, medical, etc.).… Read more ⤻

Call for Applications: Resident Academic Full-Time Post in Chinese Studies

26th Jun 2024 28th Aug 2024

University of Malta
Deadline: 14th Jul 2024

Applications are invited for a Resident Academic full-time post in Chinese Studies in the Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures within the Faculty of Arts of the University of Malta.

The appointee will be required to contribute to the teaching, research, administration, outreach, and other activities of the Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures within the Faculty of Arts, and as may be required by the University.

The appointment will be on initial definite four-year contract of employment. Following the successful completion of the one-year probationary period, the Resident Academic will commence a two-year Tenure Track process. At the conclusion of this two-year period of service, the Resident Academic will be subject to a Tenure Review.

Candidates must be in possession of a Ph.D. or D.Phil. in Chinese Studies obtained from a reputable university and demonstrate a sound, deep and broad knowledge of the discipline, as well as flexibility and team-working abilities.… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: The 24th ISCP conference “Addressing Global Crises and Reimagining Solutions through Chinese Philosophy”

25th Jun 2024 25th Jun 2025

Ljubljana, Slovenia
20-23rd Jun 2025
Deadline: 15h Oct 2024

“The conference will revolve around the compelling theme of “Addressing Global Crises and Reimagining Solutions through Chinese Philosophy”
The current crises, such as aggressive wars, severe environmental disasters, unequal distribution of resources, viral pandemics, etc., are global problems that cannot be fully solved within the narrow framework of individual countries or nation-states. They must also be addressed within the larger framework of global cooperation and solidarity. Such strategies require the development of genuine intercultural dialogue, i.e., dialogue that goes beyond the currently fashionable terminologies and can lead to a truly equal transcultural exchange of knowledge and ideas. This conference aims to explore both traditional and contemporary Chinese philosophical perspectives, seeking their contributions towards crafting a new planetary ethos that emphasizes mutual understanding and practices of solidarity in confronting these universal challenges.

Download the official announcement’s PDF:

ISCP-CFP-Eng-final-6.6.24 Download

Visit the conference website: https://iscp-online1.org/conferences/… Read more ⤻

Call for Papers: China-Workshop “Iserlohn 2024”

6th Jun 2024 30th Jul 2024

Schwerte, Germany
27-28 Jul 2024
Registration Deadline 15th Apr 2024

The “Iserlohn Network” is a loose circle of young social scientists working on China. Our annual workshop will be held from 27 to 28 July 2024 at Haus Villigst outside the town of Schwerte.

We are looking forward to a diverse range of contributions! To facilitate networking among young sinology scholars, participation without a presentation is also possible.

Download the official announcement’s PDF:

Iserlohn-CFP-2024-update Download

… Read more ⤻

Vacant Position: Predoctoral University Assistant

22nd May 2024 1st Jul 2024

University of Vienna, Austria
Deadline: 30th Jun 2024

The Chinese Studies Section of the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Vienna invites applications for a Pre-Doc University Assistant position of the duration of 3 years.

At the Department of East Asian Studies, we pride ourselves on offering a dynamic environment with supportive colleagues and opportunities to engage in ongoing research
projects. Our Chinese Studies team currently comprises nine academic staff, three administrative personnel, and fourteen project associates. Our teaching and research
activities focus primarily on contemporary Sinophone cultures and societies, with an emphasis on social transformations, state-society relations, and visual and performance
cultures. We place a high value on fostering a collegial and harmonious working environment and actively encourage social and professional interaction within our team.
For an insight into our team and areas of focus, please visit: https://sinologie.univie.ac.at/
The employment duration is 3 years. Initially limited to 1.5 years, the employment relationship is automatically extended to 3 years if the employer does not terminate it within the first 12 months by submitting a non-extension declaration.… Read more ⤻

Center for Global Asia Postdoctoral Fellowships – AY 2024-2025

21st Apr 2024 16th May 2024

Deadline: 15th May 2024

The Center for Global Asia at NYU Shanghai is pleased to announce the availability of two research positions for the study of intra-Asian interactions, starting fall 2024. One position is for a postdoctoral fellow working on colonial or pre-colonial (c. 1400–1800) port cities of the Indian Ocean world, including the South China Sea. This position offers an opportunity to spend two-three months at the European University Institute in Florence working with members of the “Factories of the Indian Ocean” research cluster led by Professor Giorgio Riello. The second position is for a postdoctoral fellow working on the Belt and Road Initiative, especially on issues concerning South and/or Southeast Asia.

Qualifications

Applicants should hold a PhD, preferably completed in the past five years (2019 and after), by fall 2024. Positions may be held for a period of up to two years. In addition to working on individual research and publication, the fellows are expected to assist in the activities of the Center.… Read more ⤻

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