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Call for papers: The fifth conference of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA)
University of Vienna, Austria
29th Aug–2nd Sep 2027
Deadline: 22nd Sep 2026
The conference is jointly organized by the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA) and the Department of Art History at the University of Vienna.
Main aims of the . . .
Member’s Publication: Jamie J. Zhao and Hongwei Bao, eds.
Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender & Sexuality, edited by Jamie J. Zhao and Hongwei Bao, 2026 by Routledge.

We are excited to share the news that the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality now . . .
International Workshop: Wild, Domesticated, and Displayed: Animals and Cultural Heritagization in Ethnic Areas of China
Hybrid: Paris, France | Zoom
28th May 2027
Deadline: 30th Oct 2026
Organized by Valentina Punzi (École pratique des hautes études/CRCAO) & Aurore Dumont (Université Paris Cité/CRCAO)
Through the history of the People’s Republic of China, the association between certain animal species and state-identified “ethnic minorities” (shaoshu minzu 少数民族) have . . .
Member’s Publication: Giulia Falato and Renata Vinci, eds.
Youth in Chinese History: Educational Practices and Representations of Children and Young People Between Tradition and Modernity, edited by Giulia Falato and Renata Vinci, Routledge, 2026.

Youth in Chinese History brings together a series of interdisciplinary studies exploring . . .
Call for Papers: The 4th Biennial Conference Theorizing Sinophone Ecologies: Heterogeneity, Habitat, and the More-than-Human
The Society of Sinophone Studies (3S)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
28-29th May 2027
Deadline: 15th Sep 2026
The 4th biennial 3S conference titled “Theorizing Sinophone Ecologies” will convene at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It proposes a further reorientation of the field by thinking the Sinophone through . . .
Member’s Publication: Shu-Li Wang
Shu-Li Wang, In Search of National Ancestors – Heritage, Identity and Placemaking in China, Cambridge University Press, 2025.

This Element examines how international heritage discourses . . .
Call for Papers: The Twelfth International Conference on Sino-Korean Linguistics (ICSKL)
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
9-10th Oct 2027
Deadline: 1st Aug 2026
The Organizing Committee of ICSKL-12 and Korean Studies at Ruhr University Bochum are pleased to announce that the next meeting of the International Conference on Sino-Korean Linguistics will be held 9-10 October 2027 at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany).
ICSKL-12 . . .
20th Annual Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS) – “Denial, Exclusion, Absence: Exploring the Negative Space in Asia”
Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
20–21st Nov 2026
Deadline: 15th Jul 2026
The Department of Asian Studies welcomes contributions that engage with the conference theme from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and interdisciplinary perspectives, with a focus on the languages, cultures, societies, and histories of Asia and their diasporic manifestations.
<!– wp:paragraph {“editorskit_typography”:{“name”:””,”weight”:””}} . . .Fourth Prague Summer School of Chinese Poetry: Chinese-Language Poetry: Approaches and Renditions
Prague, Czech Republic
31st Aug-4th Sep 2026
Deadline: 31 May 2026

Registration is now open for the fourth Prague Summer School of Chinese Poetry: Chinese-Language Poetry: Approaches and Renditions, organized by . . .
Call for Papers: Conference “China – Inner and Outer Perspectives: Challenges, Interactions and Prospects”
Sofia University, Bulgaria
6-7th Nov 2026
Deadline: 15th Jun 2026
The Department of Sinology at the Centre for Eastern Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” cordially invites you to participate in the jubilee academic conference marking the 35th . . .
Member’s Publication: Julie Yu-Wen Chen
Julie Yu-Wen Chen, Global Knowledge Production about China, Leiden University Press, 2026.

Julie Yu-Wen Chen’s new book Global Knowledge Production about China (Leiden University Press) . . .
Member’s Publication: Gotelind Müller
Gotelind Müller, “Patriotic Education Bases in China. Modes of Citizen Formation between Nationalism, Local Identities, and Tourism”, Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, 2026.

Conference – Cooperation with China: Developing Competences and Structures in European Higher Education
University of Würzburg, Germany
28–29th Sep 2026

Scientific cooperation between European universities and partners in the People’s Republic of China continues to play an important role across disciplines. At the . . .
Member’s Publication: Renata Vinci
Renata Vinci. Il sinologo che non c’era: Alla riscoperta delle opere di Giuseppe Barone (1861–1924).

Giuseppe Barone (1861–1924), a brilliant and versatile Neapolitan scholar, devoted himself . . .
Member’s Publication: Adriana Iezzi (Ed.)
Sounds of Ink / 水墨的声音, Luo Qi and 30 Years of Calligraphyism / 洛齐与书法主义30年

The volume documents and provides an in-depth analysis of the Chinese . . .
Call for Papers – The 5th AEEAO International Conference: A Decade Looking Toward East Asia: Continuities, Transformations, and New Approaches
Barcelona, Spain
25-27th Jan 2027
Deadline: 21st Mar 2026

In 2026, the Spanish Association for East Asian Studies (AEEAO) marks its tenth anniversary—a decade during which East Asian Studies have gained increasing prominence amid a global context shaped by . . .
Member’s Publication: Annette Kieser
Kieser, Annette. Sekundäre Zentren Der Sechs Dynastien : Untersuchungen Zu Gräbern Am Yangzi-Mittellauf. Harrassowitz Verlag, 2025.

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

The term “Silk Road” (Seidenstrasse), coined by . . .
Call for Application: 2026 Summer School – Models of Dialectical Thought in Chinese and Asian Philosophy
Ljubljana, Slovenia
4-7th Sep 2026
Deadline: 15th May 2026
The Department of Asian Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana cordially invites PhD students and post-doctoral researchers to a summer school course on dialectical thought in Asian philosophies and cultures.
The summer school is based on the premise . . .
Volume 6.2 of the JEACS (Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies) is online!

The editors of the EACS Journal are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 6.2 (2025). The contents are accessible, as always, via https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/jeacs/issue/view/745
We thank our authors and reviewers for their work . . .
Call for Papers: Beyond Calligraphy: New Approaches in Contemporary Times
University of Bologna, Italy (in-person only)
15-16th Oct 2026
Deadline: 2nd Feb 2026
Final Conference of the ERC “WRITE” project (University of Bologna, GA. 949645) and the 19th Annual Conference of the Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts Asia (Birmingham City University)
Member’s publication: Katherine Ngo & Kelly Ngo, eds.
Katherine Ngo & Kelly Ngo, eds., Traditional Chinese Children’s Primers: A Sourcebook, Lever Press.

This Open Access book is the first anthology of traditional Chinese children’s textbooks in a European language. The selection of . . .
Member’s publication: Lauren Walden
Walden, Lauren. Surrealism and the People’s Republic of China : From Mao to Now. Routledge, 2026.

Chapter 4 ‘Chinese Surrealism in the 1980s’ is available open access . . .
Member’s publication: Borevskaia Nina
Luo Maodeng (罗懋登) The Epic Tale of Palace Eunuch San Bao Voyage to the Western Ocean, 三宝太监西洋记通俗演义, Borevskaia Nina (Transl.).

In October 2025 the full Russian translation of the Chinese classical novel by . . .
Call for Papers – Rethinking Comparison in Sinology
Valletta, Malta
4-6th Nov 2026
Deadline: 28th Feb 2026
The Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Malta, with the support of the Confucius Institute at the University of Malta, is pleased to announce the second edition of the Chinese Studies Conference in . . .
Statement by the EACS Board regarding the sanctions issued by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs against European China researchers
The European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) supports and advocates for independent academic research on China and hence disapproves of the People’s Republic of China’s reaction to foreign governments’ and administrations’ diplomatic actions by holding directly responsible academic researchers, their relatives, and their institutions in Europe. As an independent professional academic association of European scholars, EACS trusts in the . . .
