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Vacant Position: Assistant Professor / Associate Professor (Substantiable-track) (240002GQ)
Oct 6, 2024
Centre for China StudiesThe Chinese University of Hong KongClosing 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
International Conference “Unfolding the Coromandel Screen: Visual Mobility, Inscribed Objecthood, and Global Lives,” City University of Hong Kong
Oct 6, 2024
Date: 22–23rd November 2024City University of Hong Kong Sponsored by Bei Shan Tang FoundationVenue: 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
Call for Abstracts: The Legal Dimension of China’s Presence in Latin America
Oct 6, 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
International Workshop “Mapping Taiwan Teaching – Teaching Taiwan in Script, Speech and Performance”
Aug 28, 2024
7-9th Nov 2024Trier University, GermanyDeadline: 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
Call for Applications: Research Fellow (f/m/d)
Aug 15, 2024
Leipzig, GermanyDeadline: 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
Call for Applications: One-year postdoctoral scholarship at Ca’ Foscari University
Jul 31, 2024
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, ItalyDeadline: 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
Workshop: Sinographic Forays into the Epiverse 游槃石刻文字山水
Jun 30, 2024
15-16th Oct 2024Paris, 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.
Call for Papers: Journal of Chinese Film Studies – A special issue on Transborder Flows and Chinese Cinemas
Jun 28, 2024
Deadline: 31st Aug 2024Ed. 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
Call for Applications: Resident Academic Full-Time Post in Chinese Studies
Jun 26, 2024
University of MaltaDeadline: 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,
Call for Papers: China-Workshop “Iserlohn 2024”
Jun 6, 2024
Schwerte, Germany27-28 Jul 2024Registration 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. The workshop aims at young scholars looking to discuss
Vacant Position: Predoctoral University Assistant
May 22, 2024
University of Vienna, AustriaDeadline: 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
Center for Global Asia Postdoctoral Fellowships – AY 2024-2025
Apr 21, 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
Call for Papers: 26th CHIME Conference – Sustainability and Chinese Music
Apr 8, 2024
University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover, GermanyCenter for World Music, University of Hildesheim, Germany3-6th Oct 2024 Urgent contemporary challenges have brought sustainability (可持续性) into sharp focus as a basic concern across musical worlds and research into music and sound. What are the historical and contemporary threats to the vibrancy of
Call for Papers: Workshop: Apathy and Activation: Rethinking Political Passivity in Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes
Apr 1, 2024
Center for Modern East Asian Studies, Göttingen University, Germany15-16th Nov 2024Deadline: 30th Apr 2024 Organizers: Dr. Henrike Rudolph, Dr. Bertram Lang (Göttingen University)In Western political science literature, political passivity is generally regarded either as a symptom of weakening democratic institutions or, if it is observed in an illiberal regime, as an
Vacant PhD Position in the research project «Digital agriculture: Sino-European contrasts, correspondences and collaborations»
Apr 1, 2024
University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandDeadline: 30th Apr 2024 The Unit of Social Anthropology at the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) is inviting applications for a PhD Position (100%) in the research project «Digital agriculture: Sino-European contrasts, correspondences and collaborations» Starting date 1 August 2024 (or by agreement).
Faculty Position in the History of Asia
Apr 1, 2024
University of São Paulo, BrazilDeadline: 22nd Apr 2024 The Department of History at the University of São Paulo is seeking to appoint a tenure-track faculty member in History of Asia, whose research focuses on the Asian spaces rather than the European presence in Asia. Candidates who are proficient in Asian languages,
University Lecturer in Chinese Language, fixed term
Mar 26, 2024
University of Turku, FinlandDeadline: 18th Apr 2024 The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Turku invites applications for the position of University Lecturer in Chinese Language in the School of Languages and Translation Studies. The position will be filled on a fixed-term basis for the period of 1 August 2024
Deadline Extended: EACS Young Scholar Award 2024 (YSA)
Mar 25, 2024
Deadline: 15th Apr 2024 The Board of the European Association for Chinese Studies is pleased to announce again the EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA). The purpose of this award is to encourage research in Chinese studies among young scholars, especially, but not exclusively, scholars studying and working at European institutions. The
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor in Political Science (Asian Politics)
Mar 24, 2024
Dublin, IrelandDeadline: 5th Apr 2024 The Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Political Science and Asian Politics, to commence on 1st September 2024. This is a tenure-track position. Job Title : Assistant Professor in Political Science (Asian Politics)Pay Scale
Postdoctoral Researcher in Modern Chinese History (m/f/x)
Mar 21, 2024
LMU, Munich, GermanyApplication deadline: 14th Apr 2024 The Institute of Sinology at the Department of Asian Studies (Faculty for the Study of Culture) at the LMU Munich is the largest academic institution for Sinological Studies in southern Germany. With four professors and 15 other scholars, the institute has a broad expertise
International Conference: “Walking” Practices and Trades in East Asia. Traces and Techniques of Circulation on Foot: Modern and Contemporary Perspectives
Mar 20, 2024
17 & 18th Oct 2024Université Bordeaux Montaigne, FranceDeadline: 31st Mar 2024 D2iA – Asian Dynamics, Interactions, Interculturality – Until the arrival of various modern means of locomotion, there was “no alternative to walking for the vast majority of people”, as tells us Joseph A. Amato. Moving on foot seemed to be
12 Month Fellowship on Contemporary Sinophone Literature
Mar 15, 2024
Deadline : 29th Mar 2024 The Department of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Mediation of the University of Milan is announcing a 12-month research fellowship on contemporary Sinophone literature, titled “Reading Europe through contemporary Sinophone literature”. WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? The fellowship is part of the funded interdisciplinary research project “Re-Visualizing ‘the
Call for Papers: International Conference “Tradition and New Mission: Confucianism from the Perspective of Modernity”
Mar 4, 2024
Trier University, Germany6-7th Jul 2024Deadline: 29th Apr 2024 The emergence and the development of the notion of “modernity” in Europe is related to the industrial revolution, the rise of cities and scientific progress. It is accompanied by spiritual renovations, like “renaissance”, “reformation” and “enlightenment”. Their basic ideas and values are still
Revised & Extended Edition of the Hanyu Da Cidian 漢語大詞典
Mar 2, 2024
In collaboration with Shanghai Cishu Chubanshe 上海辞书出版社, a revised & extended edition of the Hanyu Da Cidian has been published: Hanyu Da Cidian Chongxin Paiban 《漢語大詞典》（重新排版）. It was created based on the original print data and is exclusively available as a digital resource at the following address: https://www.hanyucidian.org The digital dictionary
Upcoming Online Workshop « Commentary and the Dissemination of Knowledge »
Feb 26, 2024
20-22nd Nov 2024Deadline: 18th Mar 2024 « Illustration as a Mode of Commentary in Chinese Textual Traditions », the first workshop of the research program entitled « Commentary and the Dissemination of Knowledge », at the CRCAO (https://www.crcao.fr/), will take place online from the 20th to the 22nd of November 2024.The
Summer School in Classical Chinese and Japanese/Kanbun (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & Princeton University)
Feb 26, 2024
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy1-26 Jul 2024Deadline: 15th Apr 2024 Visit one of the world’s most beautiful cities. Learn Classical Chinese or Japanese/Kanbun in an international environment. Get academic credits during a summer abroad. The Ca’ Foscari – Princeton Summer School in Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese/Kanbun is globally unique
Webinar Series: Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Feb 26, 2024
The second half of the schedule of the Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598 Project new Webinar Series will take place from March 2024 to June 2024. This will be the final semester of the Webinar because the Aftermath project will be ending in November this year. As in
Vacant Position in Contemporary China Studies at CNRS
Feb 26, 2024
Deadline: 20th Mar 2024 The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) is offering a Junior professorship (“Chaire de professeur junior”, full time 3-6 y. tenure track to full position at CNRS) in Chinese studies entitled “Knowledge of Contemporary China”. The tenure track comes with a EUR 200k research package provided
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Library Travel Grant 2024
Feb 26, 2024
Deadline: 31st Mar 2024 Thanks to the generous support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the EACS will continue the Travel Grant scheme in 2024. 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
Youth in Chinese History: Bibliography and Video-Papers
Feb 15, 2024
The research project ‘Youth in Chinese History: Education and Representations of Young People in Chinese Sources between Tradition and Modernity,’ coordinated by Giulia Falato (University of Parma, former Oxford University) and Renata Vinci (University of Palermo), included the organisation of the Youth in Chinese History Workshop at the China Centre, University
Olympia Summer Academy: Cycle C: The Rise of China
Feb 15, 2024
Delphi, Greece9-12th Jul 2024Deadline: 29th Mar 2024 The Olympia Summer Academy and the European International Studies Association are pleased to announce the 22nd edition of their summer program in Politics and International Studies. Cycle C of the OSA is dedicated to China. The Olympia Summer Academy will take place from July
Call for papers: Volume on China and the Mediterranean in History
Feb 15, 2024
University of Malta, SpainDeadline: 10th Mar 2024 We are pleased to announce an open call for papers for an edited volume titled “China and the Mediterranean in History”. It will be edited by Wei Chen and Dennis Mizzi from the Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures at the
Workshop “Illustration as a Mode of Commentary in Chinese Textual Traditions”
Feb 15, 2024
Paris, France20-22nd Nov 2024Deadline: Mar 18th We are delighted to inform you of the call for papers for the workshop Illustration as a Mode of Commentary in Chinese Textual Traditions” to be held in November 2024, in Paris, France, and online.Numerous texts have given rise to illustrations in the course of
6th BAAS (Baltic Association for Asian Studies) conference on the “Dialogue of Asian Civilizations in Accelerated Globalization”
Feb 15, 2024
Riga, Latvia23-26th May 2024Deadline: 25th Mar 2024 Dear esteemed colleagues and scholars,We are delighted to invite you to present your paper at our upcoming conference on the dialogue of Asian civilizations, which have experienced intense transformations, from a new angle evaluating their ancient traditions along with Western influences and offering universally
Workshop “Eurasian zones of contact: The Russian and Qing empires”
Feb 15, 2024
Dublin, Ireland17th May 2024Deadline: 29th Feb 2024 This one day workshop, held at University College Dublin on 17 May 2024, develops international collaboration on zones of contact between the Russian Empire (1721-1917) and the Qing Empire (1636/1644-1912). These zones are, on the one hand, geographically defined borderlands in Central, Inner, and
Conference “Writing as Visual Experience”
Feb 15, 2024
University of Cambridge, UK20–22nd Sep 2024Deadline: 31st Mar 2024 The VIEWS project (Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems) at the University of Cambridge is now accepting paper proposals for its first conference. Writing is an intrinsically visual practice. How script looks—and how it is seen—are often of crucial importance. This conference
International Conference “Historiography and Hagiography in Buddhism and Beyond.”
Feb 15, 2024
University of Cambridge, UK8–10th Jul 2024Deadline: 23rd Feb 2024 This international conference aims to bring together scholars working on practices of record-keeping, historiography, and hagiography in the Buddhist tradition and in related cultural fields. Recent years saw a steadily growing interest in the impact of Buddhism on historiography and hagiography, in
Summer School on Modern Asian Literatures and Cultures
Feb 3, 2024
Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech RepublicDeadline: 26th May 2019 The 2019 summer school is dedicated to the modern Asian cultural record. For the purpose of this summer school, we include literature, film, music and art, focussing primarily on China, but the school also covers topics related to Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
1-2 fully funded PhD positions in East and South-East Asian Studies
Feb 3, 2024
Lund University, SwedenDeadline: 15th Feb 2024 The Centre announces 1-2 fully funded PhD positions. East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on contemporary phenomena and processes in the region as a whole as well as in individual countries. The subject integrates theoretical and methodological perspectives from area
Sixth Ph.D. Student and Young Scholar Workshop “First Books in the Ancient World”
Jan 14, 2024
International Center for the Study of Ancient Text CulturesRenmin University of China, Suzhou, PRC22–26th Aug 2024 The International Center for the Study of Ancient Text Cultures (ICSATC) at Renmin University of China, holds its sixth Ph.D. Student and Young Scholar workshop on August 22–26, 2024, in Suzhou (near Shanghai). Four renowned scholars from
JEACS, Volume 4, 2023 «Culture and Memory»
Jan 14, 2024
The editorial committee of the JEACS is happy to announce that vol. 4 (2023) is now online. Each contribution may be downloaded here: https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/jeacs/issue/view/652 Volume 4 contains a special section on « Culture and Memory » along with one separate research article, one spotlight on Sinology, seven book reviews, and a
Workshop on West Lake History and Landscape Culture
Dec 25, 2023
Hybrid | Granada University, Spain25-26nd Jan 2024 We are launching a workshop on West Lake history and landscape culture on January 25-26, 2024 (10:00-6:00 pm, CET) at Granada University. The event will go hybrid. If you are interested, you can find the schedule and register link here:) https://www.westlakegranadaworkshop.com/home We also have
12 months postdoc/research assistant position on narratives of Artificial Intelligence in China
Dec 25, 2023
University of Cagliari (Italy)Deadline: 18th Dec 2023 Project title: “Public opinion on AI in China. The ‘social’ reception of official and media discourse” Funds: STARTUP (PNR) 2023 – F25F21002720001 (National research grant)The research project at the Department of Humanities, Languages and Cultural Heritage of the University of Cagliari investigates the institutional
Research Scholar Position (f/m/d) in Chinese History (pre-Song) or Archaeology
Dec 15, 2023
Heidelberg, GermanyReview begins: 1st Jan 2024 Am Institut für Sinologie, Zentrum für Ostasienwissenschaften der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg ist zum Sommersemester 2024 (idealerweise zum 1. April) eine Stelle als Akademischer Mitarbeiterin (w/m/d) befristet zu besetzen. Die Stelle ist der Klassischen Sinologie (Prof. Giele) zugeordnet. Ihre Aufgaben: · Forschung: Berufliche Weiterqualifikation durch eigenständige Forschung
Call for Papers: Unfolding the Coromandel Screen: Visual Mobility, Inscribed Objecthood, and Global Lives
Dec 14, 2023
Hybrid | City University of Hong Kong22-25th Nov 2024Deadline: 20th Jan 2024 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” in celebration of the department’s tenth
Vacant Position: Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Modern Chinese Literature
Dec 13, 2023
The Chinese University of Hong KongDeadline: 31st Jan 2024 The Department of Chinese Language and Literature, a pioneering academic unit within the Faculty of Arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), invites applications for an open-rank tenure-track or tenured professorship (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor) in 20th century
China Work Group 2024. Current Challenges in Research and Teaching
Dec 11, 2023
Munich, Germany1-2nd Jun 2024 The annual conference of the China Work Group (China-AG) will take place at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich on June 1st and 2nd, 2024.The goal of the China AG as a work group of young scholars from the field of Chinese cultural studies of the German-speaking sphere, founded in
Vacant Position: Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in classical Chinese poetics and literary criticism
Dec 4, 2023
The Chinese University of Hong KongDeadline: 31st Dec 2023 The Department of Chinese Language and Literature is one of the founding academic units of the Faculty of Arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Since its establishment in 1963, the Department has made pivotal contributions to the University’s core
Call for Papers: The 25th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS)
Dec 2, 2023
Tallinn, Estonia27–30th Aug 2024 The conference is organized by the EACS in collaboration with the Department of Asian Studies at the Institute of Humanities of Tallinn University (TLU). Scholars in all areas of Chinese Studies from Europe and beyond are kindly invited to submit their proposals for contributions in one of
Webinar “Demographic Impact of the Imjin War: A Focus on Marital Age Difference as Recorded in Early Seventeenth-Century Korean Household Registers”
Nov 21, 2023
22nd Nov 20233:00 PM (Barcelona, CET) via ZOOM.Han Sangwoo & Lee Byungho(Assistant Professor, Ajou University, Suwon & Professor, Ajou University, Suwon) • The lecture will not be recorded.• If you would like to attend the webinars, please contact barend.noordam@uab.cat.• If you already registered for previous seminars, there is no need to
Call for Papers: Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies (JEACS), Volume 5 (2024)
Oct 28, 2023
Deadline: 17th Dec 2023 For its fifth volume, the Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies (JEACS) invites scholars to submit papers on Exegesis and Commentary in the pre-modern, modern, and contemporary Chinese world. We welcome unpublished papers that consider commentary as textual material and analyse its linguistic, stylistic, and
Members’ Publications: The ENP-China project
Oct 19, 2023
The ENP-China project is pleased to announce the release of the Biographical Dictionary of Occupied China (BDOC) [https://bdoc.enpchina.eu/], an online resources created by historian David Serfass (Inalco). The BDOC seeks to address a significant lacuna in the scholarship surrounding the Japanese occupation of China (1937-1945). The current tally of entries stands
Vacant Tenured/Tenure-Track Position: Chinese Diaspora
Oct 19, 2023
Application Deadline: 15th Nov 2023 NYU Shanghai is currently inviting applications for a position at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor in the department of Global China Studies, with a focus on Chinese diaspora / Sinophone literature, film, and/or media. We seek candidates who have completed a Ph.D. in
Members’ Publications: Helena F. S. Lopes
Aug 10, 2023
Helena F. S. Lopes, Cardiff University, Neutrality and Collaboration in South China: Macau during the Second World WarCambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023 The South China enclave of Macau was the first and last European colonial settlement in East Asia and a territory at the crossroads of different empires. In this highly
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor in Classical Chinese and Middle-Period China
Aug 10, 2023
Univ. of Cambridge, UKDeadline: 8th Dec 2023 Applications are invited for an Assistant Professor in Classical and Literary Chinese and Middle-Period China in the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge UK, starting on 1 September 2024. The successful candidate will deliver teaching in classical and literary Chinese at all
Member’s Publications: Thorben Pelzer
Aug 10, 2023
Pelzer, Thorben, 2023. Engineering Trouble: US–Chinese Experiences of Professional Discontent, 1905–1945. China Studies, Volume 52. Boston: Brill, 2023. In the early twentieth century, the first large batch of Chinese civil engineers had graduated from the USA, and together with their American senior colleagues returned to China. They were enthusiastic about reconstructing
Call for Papers: Conference “Asia in the mirror: self-representations, self-narratives, and perception of the other”
Jul 25, 2023
University of Cagliari, Italy18-20th Mar 2024Deadline: 27th May2024 The 21st century has been defined as the “Asian century”, a new global phase after the European and the American centuries. (Mahbubani 2022). If “the future is Asian” (Khanna 2019), Asia’s role as the leading continent calls for a radical rethinking of Western
Call for papers “Radical right in Europe and East Asia: Comparison and New Approaches in Research”
Jul 17, 2023
Deadline: 15th Aug 2023Vila Lanna, Prague14–15th Nov 2023 Masaryk institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of SciencesDepartment of Chinese Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic In spite of the considerable scholarly interest in the historical exploration of radical nationalism and fascism, the association between fascist and radical nationalist ideologies and
Members’ Publications: Nina Borevskaia
Jul 17, 2023
Nina Borevskaia, 2023. The translation of Luo Maodeng’s novel The Tale of Zheng He’s Voyage to the Western Ocean (San Bao taijian Xiyang ji, 1597). Moscow, Shans Publishing House. 2 Vols. The Russian translation of one of the classical Chinese novels Sanbao taijian xia Xiyang tongsu yanyi (Xiyangji, Author Luo Maodeng,
3rd Conference of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology
Jul 17, 2023
Faculty of Arts, University of LjubljanaLjubljana, Slovenia13-17th Sep 2023Registration deadline: 31st Jul 2023 For a comprehensive overview of the conference, including the preliminary conference programme, location map, registration details and details on accompanying events, please visit the official conference website: https://ea-aaa.eu/conference-eaaa/
Pre-Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d, 65 %, E13 TV-L) at the Department of Chinese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies,
Jun 14, 2023
University of Tübingen, GermanyDeadline: 24th Jul, 2023 The position is limited to three years (extension possible). Further information can be found here: English: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/job-advertisements/newsfullview-job-advertisements/article/pre-doctoral-researcher-m-f-d-e13-tv-l-65/ German: https://uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/stellenangebote/newsfullview-stellenangebote/article/wissenschaftliche-r-mitarbeiter-in-m-w-d-e13-tv-l-65-1/Please feel free to share this call for applications with any students, graduates and colleagues who might be interested a PhD in Chinese Studies.
Barbarian Pipes and Strings Reconsidered—Negotiating Authenticity in the Musics of China: Transcultural Perspectives
Jun 14, 2023
25th International CHIME Conference, Heidelberg Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS)1-4th Oct 2023 Exactly 25 years after the last International Chime Conference in Heidelberg that focused on “Barbarian Pipes and Strings,” we return to the city by the Neckar and the Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS) that now
ERCCS: Reviews of new academic books from China
Jun 14, 2023
The European Research Centre for Chinese Studies (ERCCS) in Beijing, a joint centre of the École française d’Extrême-Orient and the Max Weber Stiftung, regularly publishes reviews of new academic books from China on its blog: https://erccs.hypotheses.org/category/publications/book-reviewsHere the latest reviews:• 翁有为《近代中国之变轴：军阀话语建构、省制变革与国家》(Weng Youwei: The Axis of Change in Modern China. The Construction of
International Conference: Beyond Comparison
Jun 13, 2023
Online | HybridMunich, Germany14 – 16th Jun 2023 This international conference is set to take place at the venue of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation. It is organised by the International Doctorate Programme “Philology. Practices of premodern cultures, global perspectives, and future concepts”. The conference topic is “Beyond Comparison. Towards
Prague Summer School of Chinese Poetry „Wang Wei across Time and Space“
Jun 13, 2023
Prague 1, Czech Republic4 – 8th Sep 2023Deadline: 15th. Jun 2023 Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation International Sinological Center in Prague invites applications for participation at Prague Summer School of Chinese Poetry „Wang Wei across Time and Space“ Date: September 4 – 8, 2023 Venue: Faculty of Arts, Prague 1, Czech Republic Tentative
2023 Cambridge Graduate Student Conference on East Asian Studies “Currents: Local Practices and Popular Beliefs in Buddhism”
Jun 13, 2023
University of Cambridge, UK6th – 7th Jul 2023 Like the flow of currents, the dissemination and diffusion of Buddhism in East Asian societies takes place in various directions. Robert E. Buswell Jr. conceptualises currents and countercurrents to describe the diverse regional strands of influence on the East Asian Buddhist tradition. Beside
Call for Papers: The WPR approach and policies on education in the digital age: China and its global peers
May 8, 2023
25-26th Oct 2023Leibniz Institute for Educational MediaGeorg-Eckert-Institut, Braunschweig, GermanyDeadline: 15th Aug 2023 In this workshop, we want to bring scholars together in order to use the ‘What is the problem represented to be’ approach created by Carol Bacchi to analyse policies on educational digitalisation in China and to explore the following
International Society of East Asian Philosophy (ISEAP): Third International Conference
May 8, 2023
15-16th SepUniversity of Edinburgh, ScotlandDeadline: 30th Jun 2023 Keynote Speakers Professor Geir Sigurðsson (University of Iceland)Dr. Sojeong Park (Sungkyunkwan University) Abstracts for individual papers and organized panels should be submitted to eastasianphilosophy@gmail.com by June 30, 2023 (Japan Time). For more details please see our website and kindly disseminate to those who
Vacant Position: Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) [Research Assistant] (E 13 TV-G-U, part-time).
May 8, 2023
Goethe UniversityFrankfurt, GermanyDeadline: 16th May 2023 Teaching and administrative work is to be conducted in German language. Applications must be submitted by 16 May 2023, work will begin on 16 July 2023. Visit this announcement’s website: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794875/FB09___Sprach__und_Kulturwissenschaften
Call for Papers: China-Workshop „Iserlohn 2023“
Apr 24, 2023
Schwerte, Germany22-23rd Jul 2023Deadline: 10th May 2023The “Iserlohn Network” is a loose circle of young social scientists working on China. Our annual workshop will be held from 22 to 23 July 2023 at Haus Villigst near the town of Schwerte. This year, we focus on “Social Practices in Contemporary Chinese Studies”.
Summer School: The Rise of China in a Turbulent World – Alternative Perspectives
Apr 17, 2023
24-29th Jul 2023Reggio Emilia, ItalyDeadline: 31st May 2023 Great power competition or multipolar world? China will play a crucial role in both scenarios. It is therefore essential to decipher Beijing’s strategies and interactions with Western countries and the Global South. Engage with our leading scholars to acquire key interdisciplinary tools and
Call for Workshop Participation: Youth in Chinese History
Apr 6, 2023
Workshop Youth in Chinese History: Education and Representations of Young Peoplein Chinese Sources between Tradition and Modernity 14-15th Sep 2023Oxford University, Centre for Chinese Studies, Lucina Ho room OrganizersGiulia Falato (Oxford University)Renata Vinci (University of Palermo) In China, childhood and education have historically been intertwined with ritual practices and social relations,
Vacant Position: Professorship in Chinese Studies with a Concentration on Modern China (Open Rank) 100 %
Mar 26, 2023
Univ. of Zurich, SwitzerlandDeadline: 10th May 2023 The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship in Chinese studies with a concentration on modern China (open rank). The position should be filled as soon as possible. Depending on the qualifications of the appointee, the professorship will take the form of a
Vacant Position: Wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin (m/w/d)
Feb 21, 2023
Deadline: 28th Feb 2023Starting date: 16th Apr 2023 An der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main ist im Fachbereich Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften am Institut für Ostasiatische Philologien, Arbeitsbereich Sinologie, zum 16.04.2023 die Stelle für eine*n Wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin (m/w/d)(E 13 TV-G-U, halbtags) zunächst befristet für drei Jahre zu besetzen. Die Eingruppierung richtet
How to Read Chinese Poetry Podcast: Three episodes on Ming and Qing poetry by Professor Grace Fong
Feb 20, 2023
Hosted by Zong-qi Cai, Lingnan UniversityFeb 14, 21, 28th 2023Anchor, Himalaya, Google “This podcast presents cutting-edge scholarship on Chinese poetry to a broad general audience. In its 52 episodes, leading experts guide listeners through a pleasurable journey of Chinese poetry, poem by poem, genre by genre, and dynasty by dynasty.” Visit
Lecture Series: The vernacular culture of etiquette of late imperial China as represented in the Ming-Qing novel
Feb 18, 2023
Series of four lectures by Prof. Roland Altenburger (Univ. of Würzburg), Guest Prof. at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Hybrid (Teams) | Paris, France 10-17-24-31 Mar 20232-4pm (CET) This lecture offers an introduction to the system and practice of social etiquette – addressing, greeting and clothing – of late imperial China
Vacant Position: Assistant or Assistant Professor for Department of Chinese Studies
Feb 18, 2023
Masaryk University, Czech RepublicDeadline: 3rd Mar 2023Start date: 1st Sep 2023 Department of Chinese Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, opens a call for applications for the position of Assistant or Assistant Professor. Details (including the link to electronic application) can be found here: https://www.phil.muni.cz/en/careers/available-positions/75926 .This is a
Members’ Publications: Stéphanie Homola
Feb 3, 2023
Homola, Stéphanie. 2023. The Art of Fate Calculation. Practicing Divination in Taipei, Beijing, and Kaifeng. New York: Berghahn Books (Asian Anthropologies Series). ISBN 978-1-80073-812-6 This book dives into Chinese fate calculation, a practice which enthralls the Chinese despite official condemnations which have disparaged this traditional knowledge as “superstitions” since the beginning
Vacant Positions (PhD and Postdoc), Project “Religious Text Production and Identity Formation in China, 17th to 21st Centuries”
Feb 2, 2023
Leipzig & ParisDeadline: 20th Mar 2023Starting 1st Jul 2023 The project “Religious Text Production and Identity Formation in China, 17th to 21st Centuries” has been funded by the DFG and ANR (German and French research agencies), in a scheme for bilateral cooperation for the period July 2023-June 2026. The two PIs
Members’ Publications: Qing Cao
Feb 1, 2023
The Language of Nation-State Building in Late Qing China – A Case Study of the Xinmin Congbao and the Minbao, 1902-1910, Qing Cao, Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis, January 2023: 148pp The Language of Nation-State Building in Late Qing China investigates the linguistic and intellectual roots of China’s modern transformation
JEACS, Volume 3, 2022 “New Views on Visual Materials 視覺影像刮目相看”
Jan 20, 2023
We are happy to announce that vol. 3 (2022) of the Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies is now online. As usual, it is fully open access (CC BY 4.0). This volume contains a special section on « Visual materials in local gazetteers » and three other research articles,
Call for Papers: Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies 2023 Edition
Jan 17, 2023
Deadline: 30th Apr 2023 The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung) is now accepting submissions in either English or German for edition 46, which is scheduled for publication in winter 2023‒24. All papers submitted will undergo double-blind peer review.The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (BJOAF) has
Vacant Positions: Three Postdoctoral Researchers
Jan 16, 2023
Erlangen, GermanyDeadline: 31st Jan 2023 The Institute for Near Eastern and East Asian Languages and Civilizations — at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) currently invites applications for three Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) positions. 1 Postdoctoral Researcher (100%, E13 TV-L, 2,5 years) – Mathematics in 19th Century China The position is part of the interdisciplinary
Open Positions in Modern Chinese Literature
Jan 5, 2023
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Deadline: 31st Jan 2023 Open positions – Professor(s) / Associate Professor(s) / Assistant Professor(s) in Modern Chinese Literature, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department/ Institution: Department of Chinese Language and Literature, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Closing Date: 31 January 2023 The Department
CfP – Conference: The Evolution of the Global Payments System – A GloCoBank Project Event
Dec 17, 2022
St Hilda’s CollegeUniversity of Oxford23-24 March 2023Extended Deadline: 2nd Jan 2023 The global payments system represents the underlying plumbing of globalisation, determining the efficiency and security of cross-border payments for goods and services. Despite its fundamental importance surprisingly little is known about the evolution of this system, especially the dynamics of
Vacant Position: Junior Researcher in Chinese Studies and Cultural Mediation
Dec 16, 2022
University for Foreigners of Siena, ItalyDeadline: 5th Jan 2023 A Junior Researcher (RtdA) position in Chinese studies at the University for Foreigners of Siena (Italy) is open until the 5th of January 2023. The position is related with a Tuscany regional project about cultural mediation in medical settings, with a specific
Vacant Position: Associate Professor in Literature and Culture of Modern China
Dec 16, 2022
University of Münster, GermanyDeadline: 8th Jan 2023 The Institute of Sinology and East Asian Studies in the Faculty of Philology (FB 9) at the University of Münster (WWU), Germany, seeks to fill the following position at the earliest possible date: W1 associate professor (Juniorprofessor) with W2 tenure track in Literature and
Open positions – Professor(s) / Associate Professor(s) / Assistant Professor(s) in Modern Chinese Literature
Dec 13, 2022
The Chinese University of Hong KongDeadline: 31st Dec 2022 Department of Chinese Language and Literature The Department of Chinese Language and Literature is now inviting applications for the posts of Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in the area of modern Chinese literature. Applicants with research interests in (1) modern
Open Post-Doctoral Fellowship (BIPD): Labour market-leading migrations from Asia (AspirE)
Dec 9, 2022
Lisboa, PortugalDeadline: 23rd Dec 2022 The Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte) of the Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa is accepting applications for one post-doctoral researcher position as part of the European project “Decision making of Aspiring (Re)Migrants to/within the EU: The case of labour market-leading migrations from Asia (AspirE)”, funded by the European
Today: Online Lecture Series “Other Epistemologies: Remapping the Literary Field in the Sinosphere”
Dec 8, 2022
organized by the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies at the University of Zurich 1. Thursday, December 8, 2022, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) / 15:15-17:00 (GMT)Dr. Victor Fan (King’s College London) on “The Insight-Image: Illuminating the Reality of Deleuze’s Time-Image” 2 Thursday, December 22, 2022, 14:00-16:00 (CEST) / 13:00-15:00 (GMT)Dr. Caroline Chia (National
For EACS Members: EACS Newsletter #57, Nov 2022
Nov 13, 2022
Access to our latest newsletter (#57) is restricted to our members. If you want to apply for membership in the EACS, please fill in the registration form. If you already are an EACS member but didn’t receive the newsletter or wish to have it re-sent, please contact the mailing list-operator Justyna
Call for Papers: The Lone Guardian. Politics, Culture, and Society in China under the Yongzheng Emperor
Nov 3, 2022
University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy6-7th Jul 2023Deadline: 31st Dec 2022 Organizers: Dr. habil. Phillip Grimberg (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg), Dr. Federico Brusadelli (University of Naples “L’Orientale”)The Yongzheng Emperor 雍正 (1678-1735) and his reign (1723-1735), overshadowed by the towering personalities of his father, Emperor Kangxi (1662-1722), and his son, Emperor Qianlong (1736-1796), remains
Call for Papers: 4th Biennal Conference of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy (EACP) “Interpretation and Reinvention”
Oct 25, 2022
Macerata, Italy16-18th Jun 2023Deadline: 31st Dec 2022 The 4th Biennal Conference of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy (EACP) will take place in Macerata (Italy) on June 16-18, 2023. The theme of the conference is “Interpretation and reinvention.” Every philosopher always has a forerunner to interpret. Any new philosophical theory is
Members’ Publications: Alison Hardie
Oct 25, 2022
Alison Hardie, An Illustrated Brief History of Chinese Gardens: People, Activities, Culture, New York & Shanghai: SCPG, 2023, 164pp., US$19.95, ISBN 978-1-93836-887-5. This book, illustrated with many images of Chinese gardens, ancient paintings, block prints, and other artefacts, is a social history of Chinese gardens, focusing on how gardens have functioned
Upcoming Conference on “Women’s transnational activism in the Twentieth Century: framing the Chinese case in a global perspective”
Oct 20, 2022
Ca’ Foscari UniversityOnline | Venice, Italy21st Oct 2022
Vacant Position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Chinese studies
Oct 17, 2022
Chapel Hill, North CarolinaReview begins 7th Nov 2022 The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (http://asianstudies.unc.edu) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Chinese studies to start July 1, 2023. Candidates should have completed Ph.D. in Chinese studies or
Members’ Publications: Merle Schatz, Thorben Pelzer
Oct 12, 2022
Dr. Merle Schatz, Dr. Thorben Pelzer, “100 Karten über China” (in German), KATAPULT Verlag 2022, 208 Seiten https://katapult-verlag.de/programm/100-karten-uber-china-9783948923426
First All-Mediterranean Chinese Studies Conference “Chinese Studies Beyond the Centre of Gravity”
Oct 12, 2022
1-3rd Feb 2023Deadline: 15th Nov 2022University of Malta The Department of Middle Eastern & Asian Languages & Cultures at the University of Malta and Confucius Institute at the University of Malta present the First All-Mediterranean Chinese Studies Conference “Chinese Studies Beyond the Centre of Gravity” The geographical location of Malta has
Vacant PhD Position in Chinese Studies (TV-L 13), Cluster of Excellence “Understanding Written Artefacts”
Oct 12, 2022
University of Hamburg, GermanyDeadline: 31 October 2022 The Cluster of Excellence “Understanding Written Artefacts” invites applications for a PhD position (“research associate”) in Chinese Studies with the focus on written artefacts from any historical period. For the full announcement and the application form, please visit the University of Hamburg website: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=f6f91e1f7f0ef4efcb6b8bf359ff05edb5c63317.
International Online Conference “Analyzing the Sinophone Narrative on the Russian Invasion in Ukraine”
Oct 6, 2022
Online | Zoom14th Oct 2022 The Ukrainian Associations of Sinologists, jointly with A. Krysmkyi Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Science of Ukrainian and Helvetica Publishing Group, is pleased to invite you to an international online conference “Analyzing the Sinophone Narrative on the Russian Invasion in Ukraine” that
Vacant Positions: 9 Doctoral Candidates at Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS)
Oct 1, 2022
Freie UniversitätBerlin, GermanyDeadline: 14th Nov 2022 Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS) at Freie Universität, Berlin, will admit up to 9 doctoral candidates to its PhD program “East Asian Studies” again, beginning October 1st, 2023. The application period starts on 15 September 2022. Deadline for submissions: 14 November 2022. GEAS
Members’ Publications: Björn Alpermann
Oct 1, 2022
Björn Alpermann, Xinjiang — China and the Uyghurs, Würzburg University Press, (open access in French and German) I am happy to announce that my book “Xinjiang — China and the Uyghurs” published last year in German (Würzburg University Press) is now also available in French. Both versions are open access. You
Call for Papers: International conference hosted by IDK “Philology: Practices of premodern cultures, global perspectives and future concepts”
Oct 1, 2022
Beyond Comparison: Towards a Connected PhilologyLudwig-Maximilians-UniversityMunich, Germany14–16th Jun 2023Deadline: 30th Nov 2022 Much of the recent work on global philology has focused on pointing out parallels between philological methods and traditions in various cultures; that is, on straightforward comparison. This conference is focused rather on identifying and examining the actual connections
Members’ Publications: Alison Hardie
Sep 29, 2022
Alison Hardie, The Many Faces of Ruan Dacheng: Poet, Playwright, Politician in Seventeenth-Century China, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2022, 320pp., HK$750, ISBN 978-988-8754-07-6.The Many Faces of Ruan Dacheng: Poet, Playwright, Politician in Seventeenth-Century China is the first monograph in English on a controversial Ming dynasty literary figure. It examines
Journal of the European Association of Chinese Studies (JEACS) Special issue: Culture and Memory
Sep 28, 2022
Deadline: 15 January 2023 This special issue welcomes scholarly papers across disciplines dealing with various aspects of culture and memory related to the pre-modern, modern, and contemporary sinophone world and its vicinities. Departing from the broad understanding that memory and culture are mutually constitutive, we are interested in papers exploring profound
Call for Papers: Current Scholarship on the Book of Changes 易經
Sep 13, 2022
Among Chinese classics, the Book of Changes (or I Ching, Yijing) has been immensely popular among Western readers because of its graphic images, its method of divination, and its philosophy of change. But the Book of Changes is notoriously difficult to read due to its complex textual body and its competing
Members’ Publications: Frank Kraushaar
Jun 28, 2022
Fern von Geschichte und verheißungsvollen Tagen. Neoklassizistische Cyberlyrik im ChinaNetz und die Schreibweise des Lizilizilizi (2000-2020) (Distant From History and Auspicious Days. Neoclassicist Cyberpoetry in the ChinaNet and the Poetic Diction of Lizilizilizi (2000-2020)) As a first attempt to explore in greater detail the contemporary phenomena of “modern verse in old
EACS ‘Ukraine Emergency Support Package’
Apr 27, 2022
Now that war has, once again, struck Europe, the vulnerability of both individual academics as well as academic communities has yet again become evident. As an academic association, the European Association for Chinese Studies stands in firm solidarity with colleagues and students in Ukraine whose personal and professional lives are deeply affected by
Vacant Position: SDAC Teaching and Research Fellow (Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in), China Studies (and/or Taiwan, Hong Kong)
Mar 20, 2022
Erlangen, GermanyDeadline: 18th Apr 2022 The Bavarian Elite Graduate Program “Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures (SDAC)” at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg is seeking to fill the following position:
Upcoming Workshop: Legacy of the Tsinghua Logic School
Mar 10, 2022
21st Apr 2022
Venue: Hybrid
The Joint Research Center for Logic, Tsinghua University
In 1926, recently graduated from Columbia University, Jin Yuelin came back to China and founded the Department of Philosophy at Tsinghua University. With new appointments of Shen Youding and Wang Xianjun in subsequent years, the logic group grew very fast and
Two Vacant Positions: University Instructors of Chinese
Feb 21, 2022
Helsinki, Finland
Deadline: 15th Mar 2022
The University of Helsinki is one of the leading multidisciplinary universities in the world. Our research and education are world-class, as shown by several indicators. We work daily to improve teaching and promote lifelong learning, and believe passionately in the power of thought to change attitudes, people
Call for Submissions – EACS Young Scholar Award 2022
Feb 13, 2022
Deadline Extended: 15th Mar 2022
The Board of the European Association for Chinese Studies is pleased to announce again the EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA). The purpose of this award is to encourage research in Chinese studies among young scholars, especially, but not exclusively, scholars studying and working at European institutions. The
JEACS, Volume 2, 2021 “Youth”
Jan 5, 2022
We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest special issue of the Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies (Volume 2, 2021), with a special issue on youth and a spotlight on Jaroslav Průšek, young Taiwanese voters, the recent German-China discourse, book reviews, and the list of PhDs
Members’ Publications: Walter Lee
Jan 5, 2022
Principles and Laws in World Politics: Classical Chinese Perspectives on Global Conflict (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2021) by Walter Lee, 524 pages The search for universal principles and laws in world politics is a colossal common task for all civilisations. It should not be monopolised by the Western liberal paradigm. Thirty
Second Call for Papers: The 34th Deutsche Orientalistentag DOT – 100th Anniversary
Dec 2, 2021
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany12–17th Sep 2022Extended Deadline: 31st Dec 2021 The 34th Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) is organized by the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft and will take place at the Freie Universität Berlin from 12th to 17th September 2022. The submission deadline for abstracts is 31.12.2021 and 01.10.2021 for panel proposals. We welcome
For EACS Members: EACS Newsletter #56, Nov 2021
Nov 21, 2021
Access to our latest newsletter (#56) is restricted to our members. If you want to apply for membership in the EACS, please fill in the registration form. If you already are an EACS member but didn’t receive the newsletter or wish to have it re-sent, please contact the mailing list-operator Lisa
Online Seminar “China’s Economy: Challenges Created by the Reform Era”
Sep 5, 2021
University of Oslo 8th Sep 2021 3:00—4:30 pm CET 21:00 Beijing, 09:00 am Washington DC Due to unforeseen circumstances this event will be postponed by one week. The new time is 8th of September 3pm Oslo time. All welcome! China’s economic reforms have caused rapid growth for a period of forty
Call for Papers: Nr. 28 Other Modernities “Words, powers and pandemics”
Sep 5, 2021
Open Access Academic Journal
To be published Nov 2022
Deadline: 15th Oct 2021
Edited by Ana María González Luna, Kim Grego, Giovanna Mapelli and Bettina Mottura
The year 2020 has witnessed the forceful emergence of the theme of pandemic worldwide, highlighting the multifaceted mechanisms of reaction put into play against it. The activation of the
Invitation to “Thinking the Republic of China: An International Symposium”
Aug 21, 2021
Online | Kaohsiung, Taiwan
23rd Aug – 6th Sep 2021
In 2015, professor Yang Rur-bin (楊儒賓) published In Praise of 1949 (1949禮讚)
Upcoming Conference: “Historical Network Research in Chinese Studies”
Jul 8, 2021
Online | Harvard Zoom
Jul 23—24th & 30—31st 2021
9:00 am — 11:30 am EDT
Network analysis is a burgeoning field in East Asian digital humanities. In recent years, the digitization of source materials, the proliferation of databases, as well as the development of digital tools, have greatly facilitated the study of networks in
Vacant Position: Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Assistant Professor in Art History
Jun 4, 2021
Hong Kong, P.R.C.
Deadline: 30th Jun 2021
Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality whole-person education by combining the best of Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions. It strives to pursue excellence in teaching, learning, scholarship and community engagement.
Research fellowship “The maritime ceramic road: Chinese ceramics in Asia and Africa”
May 31, 2021
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Deadline: 18th Jun 2021
The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road – integral part of the monumental Belt and Road Initiative, which includes a direct connection between China and Italy (through Trieste) – is a major development plan that aims to connect China with the rest of Asia, Africa and
Upcoming Lecture: Aude Lucas-Lesain “Tales of Success and Failure: Predictive Dreams of Imperial Examinations in Qing Xiaoshuo Literature”
May 26, 2021
Online | Erlangen, Germany
1st Jun 2021
6:15–7:45 pm CET
US East Coast: 12:15–1:45 pm EST
China: 0:15–1:45 am CST
Speaker: Aude Lucas-Lesain (Chinese Literature; Centre de recherche sur les civilisations d’Asie orientale, Paris; IKGF Visiting Fellow)
This lecture intends to depict the antagonistic look of the literati upon the civil service examination system through xiaoshuo and
Call for Abstracts: ‘Taiwan: A Frontline of Democracy under Threat?’
May 22, 2021
Submission deadline: 13th Jun 2021
According to the ‘Democracy Index’
Call for Position Papers: “Chinese Identity in an Age of Anti-Asian Racism and #StopAsianHate”
May 22, 2021
British Journal of Chinese Studies
Deadline: 15th Aug 2021
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, racism against Chinese and other East and Southeast Asian communities has surged globally. At the same time, Chinese communities in different parts of the world have mobilised themselves to raise awareness of and fight against Sinophobia and
Virtual International Conference “Cosmopolitan Pasts of China and the Eurasian World”
May 22, 2021
Online | Munich, Germany
11-11th & 18-19th Jun 2021
Joint Ph.D. Position “Shaping Taste, Building Knowledge: Collecting China in Scotland in the Early 20th Century” University of Glasgow & National Museum of Scotland
May 22, 2021
Deadline: 4th Jun 2021
Starting: 1st Oct 2021
Supervisors: Prof Nick Pearce and Dr Minna Törmä (University of Glasgow); Dr Qin Cao and Dr John Giblin (NMS) The presence of Chinese material culture in Scotland has grown significantly over the last 200 years, much of it during Britain’s imperial expansion. However, Scottish collecting
International Workshop: “Dynamics of knowledge transmission and linguistic transformation in Chinese textual cultures”
May 14, 2021
Online | Paris, France
10-11th Jun 2021
The circulation and the dissemination of knowledge rely in essential ways on forms of linguistics transformation, alteration and manipulation. An apparently simple act such as adding a lexical gloss next to a term can potentially reveal the complex interpretative and translational processes that are needed in
Upcoming Seminar: “Taiwan’s Opportunities and Challenges During the Pandemic: Domestic Politics, Foreign Relations, and Global Health Strategies”
May 14, 2021
Online | Helsinki, Finland
25th May 2021
10:00-12:00 Helsinki Time
9:00-11:00 Copenhagen Time
8:00-10:00 London Time
Between the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and spring 2021, Taiwan’s global visibility has increased thanks in large part to its successful handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak. It is now almost a cliché to elaborate the way in which
Upcoming Lecture: Ute Wallenböck “Tibetan Food(s) and Identity in a Global Context”
May 14, 2021
Online | Helsinki, Finland
9th Jun 2021
11:00-12:30 Helsinki Time
10:00-11:30 Prague Time
Speaker: Ute Wallenböck (Masaryk University & Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic)
My current research deals with the cultural aspects of Tibetan foods and beverages since I argue that everyday foods illustrate cultural identity: Food(s) are vehicles for expressing culture. In course of my
Upcoming Lecture: Daniel Burton-Rose “The Layman and the Spirit-Writing Altar: Peng Shaosheng (1740-96) and the Historiography of Divine Communication”
May 11, 2021
Online | Erlangen, Germany
18th May 2021
6:15 pm–7:45 pm CET
US East Coast: 12:15 pm–1:45 pm EST
China: 0:15 am–1:45 am CST
Speaker: Daniel Burton-Rose (Chinese History; IKGF Visiting Fellow). This talk is part of a series of virtual lectures hosted by the International Research Consortium “Fate, Freedom, and Prognostication” at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Research Associate: Academic Freedom, Globalised Scholarship and the Rise of Authoritarian China
May 1, 2021
London, UK
Deadline: 20th May 2020
This is a fixed term Research Associate position within the Research Project Academic Freedom, Globalised Scholarship and the Rise of Authoritarian China. This is one of two positions available, the other is based at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany).
Our AHRC and DFG-funded, collaborative German-UK research project brings together team
Summer School: EU-China Cooperation. Green Transition and Digital Economy Between National Policies and Multipolarism
Apr 20, 2021
19-24th Jul 2021
Deadline: 4th Jun 2021
Green transition and digital economy will revolutionize manufacturing, services, finance and, ultimately, our daily life. After the Covid-19 pandemic, this trend is due to accelerate, thanks to the implementation of the Next Generation EU and China’s XIV Five year plan. Will Bruxelles and Beijing’s policies lead
Call for Submissions: Sixth International Conference on Chinese Studies “The Silk Road”
Apr 13, 2021
5-6th Jun 2021
Deadline: 30th Apr 2021
The Sixth International Conference on Chinese Studies “The Silk Road”, organized by the Confucius Institute at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, will be convened ONLINE on June 4 – 5, 2021. The conference aims with the help of modern technology to continue and build on the
Call for Papers: Global Storytelling issue 2.1 – Special Issue on Serial Narrative: “Streaming and Seriality”
Apr 4, 2021
Deadline: 1st Aug 2021
Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images is a new journal founded by Editor-in-Chief Ying Zhu, hosted at Hong Kong Baptist University, and published by University of Michigan. This special issue of Global Storytelling will investigate how streaming media has impacted the production, distribution, and reception of
PhD Student Position (65%, E13 TV-L, 3 years)
Mar 28, 2021
Erlangen, Germany
Deadline: 31st May 2021
The Chair for Sinology with a focus on the Intellectual and Cultural History of China — Institute for Near Eastern and East Asian Languages and Civilizations — at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) invites applications for the position of a PhD student (f/m/d) with an interest in the global/transregional
Postdoctoral Researcher (100%, E13 TV-L, 4 years)
Mar 28, 2021
Erlangen, Germany
Deadline: 31st May 2021
The Chair for Sinology with a focus on the Intellectual and Cultural History of China — Institute for Near Eastern and East Asian Languages and Civilizations — at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) invites applications for the position of a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) with an interest in the global/transregional
“Conversations on Chinese Philosophy” – A Virtual Symposium
Mar 2, 2021
Spring Semester 2021
Organized by Federico Brusadelli, Chiara Ghidini & Lisa Indraccolo. Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” – Centre for East Asian Studies. Tallinn University – Institute of Humanities
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Vacant Position: Research Associate for the Project “Archiving Artefacts”
Mar 1, 2021
Hamburg, Germany
Deadline: Extended
As a University of Excellence, Universität Hamburg is one of the strongest research universities in Germany. As a flagship university in the greater Hamburg region, it nurtures innovative, cooperative contacts to partners within and outside academia. It also provides and promotes sustainable education, knowledge, and knowledge exchange locally, nationally,
In Memoriam Kristofer Schipper (1934–2021)
Feb 23, 2021
It is with sadness that we have to announce the decease of Kristofer Marinus Schipper in Amsterdam on 18 February 2021. Born on 23 October 1934 in Järnskog, Sweden, Kristofer Schipper grew up near Edam, Netherlands. He studied in Taiwan, where he was initiated as a priest in the Zhengyi School
EACS 2021: Call for Late-Breaking Session Submissions
Feb 7, 2021
Leipzig, Germany
24-28th Aug 2021
Deadline: 15th Mar 2021
The EACS 2021 is now accepting a limited number of late-breaking panel proposals for inclusion at the 23rd biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), which will be held in Leipzig from August 24 to August 28, 2021. Topical and timely late-breaking
PhD (or Postdoc) scholarship in a Kang Youwei project at KU Leuven, Chinese Studies, funded by Research Foundation (FWO)
Jan 8, 2021
Flanders, Belgium
Deadline: 15th Mar 2021
4 years PhD (October 2021–September 2025) or 3 years Postdoc (October 2021– September 2024)
This scholarship is offered in the context of a research project on the portrayal of Kang Youwei as an “in-between” figure in contemporary Chinese academia (for more details, see “Project” below). We are looking
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor in Museum Studies and Art History, Department of Visual Studies
Jan 8, 2021
Hong Kong, P.R.C.
Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality whole-person education by combining the best of Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions. It strives to pursue excellence in teaching, learning, scholarship and community engagement. With three academic
For EACS Members: EACS Newsletter #55, Dec 2020
Dec 14, 2020
Access to our latest newsletter (#55) is restricted to our members. If you want to apply for membership in the EACS, please
2021/22 Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme
Nov 28, 2020
Hong Kong Baptist University
Deadline: 1st Dec 2020
The Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University attaches great importance to
Call for Papers: Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies, Volume 2 (2021)
Nov 28, 2020
Deadline: 31st Mar 2021
For its second volume, the Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies invites scholars to submit papers dealing with aspects of youth in the pre-modern, modern, and contemporary Chinese world. We welcome unpublished papers that discuss the concept of youth and its impact on Chinese society especially
Upcoming online Workshop – “Wired China: Digital Media and Online Culture”
Nov 3, 2020
27-28th Nov 2020
Workshop held on Zoom
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Digital technologies have in the last
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor – Pre-modern East Asia/China
Oct 22, 2020
Toronto, Canada
Deadline: 19th Nov 2020
The Department of East Asian Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the area of Pre-modern East Asian cultural studies, with a focus on China, including the late imperial period. The appointment
EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA) 2020
Oct 22, 2020
On 19th September 2020, the three finalists of the EACS Young Scholar Award presented their lectures to an audience of EACS members and a jury of experts during an online Zoom event. The YSA jury received 32 submissions of high quality which were subsequently reviewed by both internal and external reviewers.
Call for Papers for the upcoming conference “Chinese Popular Culture in Translation and Transmission”
Oct 22, 2020
University of Leicester, UK
22–23rd Jul 2021*
Deadline: 15th Jan 2021
Popular culture is elusive to define, yet through a multitude of forms and expressions, its influences across cultural boundaries are often effective, efficient and far-reaching. The conference will bring together academics, researchers and practitioners to exchange views and ideas about Chinese popular culture
Call for Papers: The XXXI International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa
Oct 22, 2020
St. Petersburg, Russia
23-25th Jun 2021
Deadline: 31st Jan 2021
The XXXI International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa: “Russia and the East. Сommemorating Centennial of Political and Cultural Ties” The 31st biennial International Congress on Source Study and Historiography of Asian and African Countries will be held at Saint
Call for Applications: PhD program East Asian Studies at Freie Universität Berlin starting October 2021
Oct 22, 2020
Berlin, Germany
Deadline: 2nd Dec 2020
Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS) is inviting applications again for the PhD program East Asian Studies at Freie Universität Berlin starting October 2021. GEAS offers a social science-based, structured 3-year PhD program with a regional focus on East Asia (China, Japan, Korea). Doctoral dissertations at
Needham Research Institute, Cambridge: ISF/NRI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Oct 3, 2020
Cambridge, UK
Deadline: 15th Nov 2020
The Trustees of the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge (www.nri.cam.ac.uk) invite applications for a research fellowship, open to those intending to carry out research in original source materials relating to any topic within the broad field of the history of science, technology and medicine in China without limitation
Call for Papers: Art, History and Culture of the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms
Oct 3, 2020
Deadline: Jan 31st 2021
In November 2019, the International Research Centre for the History and Culture of Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms (IRC) was co-established by the Yunnan Provincial Museum in China, the Woon Brothers Foundation in Singapore and Northumbria University, UK. The aim is to improve understanding of the history, culture, and
Research Grant Program of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Aug 29, 2020
Deadline: 30th Sep 2020
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin invites international researchers to apply for a research grant in 2021 within the framework of the Grant Programme of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz. The scholarships are available for research in Berlin with the extensive collections of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, such as the holdings of the
In Memoriam: Alfredo Mario Cadonna (1948-2020)
Aug 29, 2020
On July 4, Professor Alfredo Mario Cadonna returned to the root. During the last part of the twentieth century, from the 1980s onwards, he was one of the most important figures in Italian Sinology in the field of classical literary and religious studies. The subject of his degree thesis presented in
Travel grant: Sino-Tibetan Languages: Research Methodologies and Approaches to Linguistic Field Studies and Language Documentation among Tibeto-Burman Speaking Minorities in China
Jul 20, 2020
Ghent, Belgium
26th-30th Oct 2020
Deadline: 31st Jul 2020
Thanks to the generous support of the TIANZHU FOUNDATION, we are pleased to award up to 800 Euros in travel remuneration of five international PhD students. This money can be used for travel, accommodation, and meals. To apply for this travel grant, please send a
Call for Applications: China Studies Post-doctoral Fellowship
Jul 20, 2020
Deadline: 30th Aug 2020
The China Studies Post-doctoral Fellowship, offered jointly by Ashoka University and the Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI) for recent PhDs in China Studies, is an opportunity for postdoctoral researchers to conduct a two-year study on China, extendable pending review and approval, under the guidance of established scholars and professors while
Vacant Position: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (M/W/D) „Forschungsverbund Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt“
Jul 20, 2020
Leipzig, Germany
Deadline: 30th Jul 2020
Kennziffer 137/2020, befristet bis 31. Mai 2024, 65% einer Vollbeschäftigung, vorgesehene Vergütung: Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L. Am Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe) ist ab dem 1. Januar 2021 oben genannte Stelle zu besetzen: Das bundesweit agierende Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt (FGZ), finanziert aus Mitteln des Bundesministeriums für Bildung
Call for Applications: Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants and China Travel Grants
Jul 20, 2020
Deadline: 9th/16th Oct 2020
Once a year, supported by the Peters Beer Foundation, part of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Donors’ Association for the Promotion of Humanities and Sciences in Germany), the Max Weber Foundation (MWS) confers Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants to young academics with an international focus. The travel
Call for Papers: China Sounds Abroad – Migration, Mobility, and Modernity
Jul 20, 2020
Aarhus University, DK
May 6-8th 2021
Inspired by the aural turn in the humanities and China’s recent international propaganda endeavours, this international conference aims at establishing a new and innovative research agenda in the field of China Studies: a systematic investigation of the sonic dimension of China’s modern history and rising global presence.
Fellowships at EURICS: European Institute of Chinese Studies
Jul 20, 2020
Paris, France
Deadline: 10th Sep 2020
EURICS, the European Institute of Chinese Studies (http://www.eurics.eu) which was founded last year at the initiative of President Emmanuel Macron is now looking for fellows for the coming academic year! For the spring semester of 2021 (Jan-July): application deadline is 10 September 2020. EURICS aims at deepening
Vacant Positions: Assistant Professor/Professor Positions in China Studies
Jul 12, 2020
Sonipat, Haryana, India
Deadline: 30th Aug 2020
1. Director and Professor, Centre for China Studies: Ashoka University invites applications for a full-time position as Director of a Centre for China Studies to be established at Ashoka University. The candidate will be a major scholar of China, and will also hold a full time
Call for Papers: 14th Annual Conference on Asian Studies
Jun 27, 2020
Olomouc, Czech Republic
20-21st Nov 2020
Deadline: 16th Aug 2020
Call for Papers: Ming Qing Studies 2021
Jun 27, 2020
Deadline: 30th Jun 2020
Edited by Paolo Santangelo (Sapienza University of Rome) We are glad to inform you that the new edition of Ming Qing Studies 2020 will be published by WriteUp Site before the end of this year (see table of contents below). Applicants are encouraged to submit abstracts for the
Members’ Publications: Merle Schatz and Laura De Giorgi (together with Peter Ludes)
Jun 27, 2020
The local experiences of foreigners in
Members’ Publications: Minna Törmä
Jun 14, 2020
Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects is already out as e-publication and the print version will appear June 16th.
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Chinese Historical Networks in the Journal of Historical Network Research (Spring 2021)
Jun 4, 2020
Chinese historical network research is a burgeoning academic field. In recent years, the digitization of source materials, the proliferation of databases, as well as the development of digital tools, have greatly facilitated the study of networks in Chinese history. This special issue invites scholars from all disciplines to share their research
EACS 2020 is postponed and becomes EACS 2021!
May 28, 2020
As the Corona pandemic is dragging on, the EACS has decided that conditions do not allow holding the EACS 2020 conference in the final week of August 2020. Germany has been fortunate to avoid the worst, and now that the pandemic is receding, society is gradually opening up again. However, with
Call for Papers: International Conference “Dream and Reality in Tang Poetry”
May 28, 2020
Trier, Germany
10-11 Oct 2020
Deadline: 15th Jul 2020
The dream is one of the most specific and culturally important phenomena of the human psyche. It has been a concern to humans across numerous cultures for thousands of years. Initially, interpreting the meaning of dreams was considered to be the most important perspective. Today,
Vacant Position: Postdoctoral Researcher (100%, E13 TVL)
May 2, 2020
Erlangen, Germany
Deadline: 10 Jun 2020
The Institute for Near Eastern and East Asian Languages and Civilizations—Sinology at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) invites applications for the position of a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) with an interest in modern Chinese history, global/transnational historiography and/or East Asian conceptual history of the 19-20th century. The position is part
Vacant Position: Two-year postdoctoral Research Associate in China and Globalisation (broadly conceived) commencing September 2020.
May 2, 2020
Manchester, UK
Deadline: 1st Jun 2020
The successful applicant will be based in the Lee Kai Hung Postdoctoral College at MCI, and work independently under the supervision of the MCI director. S/he will have a completed PhD in the humanities or social sciences, and possess a demonstrable ability to produce world-class research. While
Vacant Position: Lecturer in Chinese Studies
May 2, 2020
Bangor, Wales, UK
Deadline: 20th May 2020
Applications are invited for the above full-time, permanent post in the Modern Languages and Cultures section of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and inspiring lecturer, able to design, convene and teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Chinese
Vacant Position: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (M/W/D)
May 2, 2020
Leipzig, Germany
Deadline: 31st May 2020
An der Fakultät für Geschichte, Kunst- und Orientwissenschaften, Ostasiatisches Institut, Fachbereich Sinologie ist ab 1. September
2020 folgende Stelle zu besetzen:
WISSENSCHAFTLICHER MITARBEITER (M/W/D)
Befristungsdauer adäquat des Qualifizierungsziels, 50 % einer Vollbeschäftigung vorgesehene Vergütung: Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L
Die Stelle soll zur Abdeckung des Lehrangebots der Leipziger Sinologie sowie der komplementären Ergänzung
New book series “Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter”
May 2, 2020
Published by Springer (https://www.springer.com/series/15657)
The book series provides a platform for the publication of studies on sciences in the ancient worlds that bring innovative methods into play and address new theoretical issues. It is predicated on the conviction that the history of ancient sciences raises theoretical questions and requires new methodologies in
Call for Papers: International Workshop “The Other in Chinese History and Thought: Territory, Race, Culture, Philosophy, Religion”
Apr 15, 2020
by Shubhangi Mehrotra
Ghent University, Belgium
8-9th Feb 2021
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Conveners: Prof. Bart Dessein (Ghent University), Prof. Leigh K. Jenco (London School of Economics), Dr. Julia C. Schneider (University College Cork), Dr. Ady Van Den Stock (Ghent University)
The figure of the “other” (or “Other”) looms large in contemporary philosophy as well as
Vacant Position: Professor of East Asian Art History at Free University in Berlin
Apr 15, 2020
Berlin, Germany
Deadline: 23rd Apr 2020
The successful applicant will cover research and teaching in the field of East Asian Art History. Appointment requirements are governed by Article 100 of the Berlin Higher Education Act (§ 100 Berliner Hochschulgesetz). Applicants should have outstanding experience in East Asian Art History across multiple periods and
Call for Papers: Yan Lianke Studies
Apr 15, 2020
Abstract Submission Deadline: 15th May 2020
We are seeking contributions to an edited volume focusing on Yan Lianke studies. The present edited volume focuses on how Yan Lianke has been received in and beyond mainland China, whilst presenting views of how Yan Lianke has been understood, interpreted, and appreciated in Japan, the
Call for Papers “The Seamy Side of the New Silk Road: Documenting Repression in the Uyghur Region”
Apr 7, 2020
Monde Chinois Nouvelle Asie n° 63
Deadline: 30th Apr 2020
The Uyghur region has a pivotal role in Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a gigantic infrastructure project that seeks to connect China to Russia, the Middle East and Europe. Regarded as “unstable” by the Chinese regime, the Uyghur region constitutes both
ICTAM X 2021 “Life Stories” Interactive Media Competition
Apr 7, 2020
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Have you ever had an experience with traditional medicine that profoundly changed the way you practice medicine, seek treatment, think about medical theory, science, or even life? We are looking for precisely such “life stories” told in an engaging and inspiring manner. To this end, this competition invites
Notice about the new Coronavirus pandemic (Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19)
Apr 7, 2020
As of today (April 4, 2020), we are still planning for the EACS 2020 conference to go ahead as scheduled. However, the board of the European Association for Chinese Studies will continue to monitor the developing pandemic situation and will make a final decision near the end of May. This decision
Two fully funded PhD positions in East and South-East Asian Studies
Feb 20, 2020
Lund University, Sweden
Deadline: 1st Mar 2020
The Centre will start its Ph.D. programme in September 2020. The programme is four-year long (240 credits) and combines courses (60 credits) with a thesis (180 credits). East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on present-day socio-political issues and developments and can
CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant 2021
Feb 20, 2020
Deadlines: 20th Mar & 20th Oct 2020
Thanks to the support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the EACS will continue to fund in 2020, one-week visits for specialized research in Sinological libraries or for research in one of the major European museums for Chinese art, depending on the availability of funds. Applications
Call for Papers: 11th International Conference of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics (EACL-11)
Feb 2, 2020
Olomouc, Czech Republic
25-27th Sep 2020
Deadline: 20th Mar 2020
The 11th International Conference of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics (EACL) will be held in Olomouc, Czech Republic. It is jointly organized by the EACL executive committee, the Department of Asian Studies (https://kas.upol.cz/en/), the Sinofon project (http://sinofon.cz/), the Department of English and American
International Workshop “Dynamics of knowledge transmission and linguistic transformation in Chinese textual cultures”
Feb 2, 2020
Verona, Italy
17-18th Sep 2020
Deadline: 31st Mar 2020
Organised by Barbara Bisetto (University of Verona, Italy) and Rainier Lanselle (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes and CRCAO, Paris)
Location: University of Verona, Verona (Italy). The circulation and the dissemination of knowledge rely in essential ways on forms of linguistics transformation, alteration and manipulation. Historically, practices
Vacant Position: Lecturer in Social Anthropology
Feb 2, 2020
Edinburgh, UK
Deadline: 28th Feb 2020
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences sees to appoint a Social Anthropologist with a regional focus on East Asia. You will further the School’s international reputation for research in Social Anthropology and its commitment to excellence in teaching and administration. You will present a research
Vacant Position: Predoctoral Fellow, research group “China in the Global System of Science”
Feb 2, 2020
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Deadline: 28th Feb 2020
Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science” (led by Dr. Anna Lisa Ahlers), seeks 1 Predoctoral Fellow. Earliest starting date: 01 May 2020 for three years with the option of extension, with a 65% employment
Vacant Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, research group “China in the Global System of Science”
Feb 2, 2020
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Deadline: 28th Feb 2020
Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science” (led by Dr. Anna Lisa Ahlers), seeks 1 Postdoctoral Fellow. Earliest starting date: 01 May 2020, with employment contract for three years with the option of extension, working
Call for Papers: “Uses and Representations of the Environment in the Chinese World” AFEC International Colloquium
Feb 2, 2020
Paris, France
12–13th Jun 2020
Deadline: 21st Feb 2020
From the insect outbreaks documented in the Spring and Autumn Annals (722–481 BCE) to the recent earthquakes in Sichuan, the Chinese world has been regularly affected by the changing conditions of the environment. As the Himalayan peaks continue to rise, the Yellow River to change
Call for Papers: Conference “East Asian Comics”
Feb 2, 2020
Université de Paris
Campus Paris Diderot
19-21st Nov 2020
Deadline: 1st Apr 2020
In the context of the 2020 Comics Year launched by the French Ministry of Culture1, this conference focuses on a whole side of global comics through a regional approach : comics art in Eastern Asia. The aim is to look beyond American
Call for Papers: “Ukrainian Journal of Sinology Studies”
Feb 2, 2020
Deadline: 31st Mar 2020
“Ukrainian Journal of Sinology Studies” (UJSS) an international and interdisciplinary open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal publishing original research articles and significant
Call for Papers: Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies – Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung 2020 Edition
Feb 2, 2020
Deadline: 1st May 2020
The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung) is now accepting submissions in either English or German for edition 43, which is scheduled for publication in winter 2020‒21. All papers submitted will undergo double-blind peer review.
The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (BJOAF) has been
Call for Papers: International Symposium “On the Boundaries of Here and Now”
Feb 2, 2020
Ca’ Foscari University
Venice, Italy
1–2nd Oct 2020
Deadline: 30th Apr 2020
Today, more than ever before, interconnections, flows, interdependencies, crises and/or re-articulations of models and identity challenge the firmness of boundaries and the idea of homogeneity of presupposed, imagined identity communities that are predicated on these boundaries. In this instance, the academia across various
Vacant Position: Research Assistant/Associate, School of Geographical & Earth Sciences
Feb 2, 2020
Glasgow, UK
Deadline: 10th Feb 2020
Salary: Grade 6/7 £29,176 – £32,817/£35,845 – £40,322 per annum
This project builds on a partnership with the Chinese government that involved field research and Knowledge Exchange activities to improve our understanding and management of fragile critical zone ecosystems across China. As the funding for this research has
Announcement of the Charles Leslie Prize 2020
Feb 2, 2020
Deadline: 15th Apr 2020
The Charles Leslie prize seeks to honour the work of Charles Leslie and his dedication to IASTAM, and aims to encourage young scholars in the field that he helped to establish. This prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished scholarly essay on Asian medicine submitted to the
Summer School “Law and Governance in Contemporary China”
Feb 2, 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands
18th Jul-1st Aug 2020
Deadline: 1st May 2020
How would a sound ‘China Strategy’ look? Should we do business with China, or reflect instead upon its historical relationship with human rights? Is the priority of China’s President Xi Jinping to strengthen his power and position within the government, or to create and
Vacant Position: Research Engineer (M/W) for the “Chinese Human Trafficking and Slaving Database” (Claude Chevaleyre)
Feb 2, 2020
Paris, France
Expected date of employment:
15 Mar 2020
The Lyons Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO) is a center for research in human and social sciences. It brings together scholars from fields such as anthropology, law, economics, geography, history, literature, philosophy and political sciences. The primary focus of their work is East and
Sixth Biannual Ph.D. Student and Young Scholar Workshop “Text and Image in the Ancient World”
Feb 2, 2020
8–12th Jun 2020
Beijing, PRC
Deadline: 15th Mar 2020
The International Center for the Study of Ancient Text Cultures (ICSATC), hosted at Renmin University of China, holds its sixth Ph.D. Student and Young Scholar workshop on June 8-12, 2020. Four renowned scholars from the fields of Ancient Chinese, Japanese, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian Civilization will
14th International Conference on Daoist Studies (In Honor of Aleksandar Fedotov) “Daoism and Literature: Myths, Stories, Novels, Poetry”
Jan 31, 2020
Sofia, Bulgaria
9-12th Jun 2020
Deadline: 1st Apr 2020
Daoism in all its schools and dimensions has found vivid expression in literature—from the poetic format of the Daode jing through the fictional accounts in the Zhuangzi and the ecstatic poetry and mythology of the middle ages to extensive novels and alchemical poetry of late
Upcoming Conference: XIII International Research and Practice Conference «RUSSIA – CHINA: HISTORY AND CULTURE»
Jan 29, 2020
Kazan, Russia
8–10th Oct 2020
Deadline: 30th Jun 2020
We are glad to invite you to participate in the XIII International Research and Practice Conference «RUSSIA – CHINA: HISTORY AND CULTURE». This year the conference is devoted to such important historical events as: the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War
Call for Applications: Louis Frieberg Post-doctoral Fellowships
Jan 29, 2020
Deadline: 8th Mar 2020
The Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies offers post-doctoral fellowships for the 2020-2021 academic year. The post-docs are open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences specializing in East Asia, especially China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia. Fellowships are granted for one academic year or one semester.
Sinologists in Bydgoszcz: The 1st International Conference on Chinese Languages, Literature and Culture
Jan 29, 2020
Deadline: 31st Jan 2020
Vacant Position: Lecturer in Chinese Studies
Jan 29, 2020
University of Sydney
Deadline: 6th Feb 2020
Exciting research and teaching opportunity in the Department of Chinese Studies， located at our Camperdown / Darlington campus
Full-time continuing position (Academic Level B) and remuneration package $125,848 p.a which includes leave loading and up to 17% superannuation. The Department of Chinese Studies within the School of
Upcoming Conference “Radical Nationalism and Fascism in East Asia: New Approaches in Research”
Jan 29, 2020
Masaryk University, Czech Republic
25-26th Apr 2020
Extended Deadline: 14th Feb 2020
Despite intense scholarly interest in the history of radical nationalism and fascism, the connections between fascist/radical nationalist ideas and particular East Asian nationalist thinkers is an important theme that appears to have been mostly ignored by ‘Western scholars’. The European study of
Call for Applications: An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jan 9, 2020
Cambridge, MA
Deadline: 15th Jan 2020
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2020-2021 competition for the An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowships in Chinese Studies. This year the Fairbank Center is offering two fellowships to support postdoctoral participants in an interdisciplinary research group that will focus on
Call for Papers: Confuci Acadèmic Journal
Jan 9, 2020
Deadline: 15th Jan 2020
Confuci Acadèmic Journal – CAJ (ISSN 2696-1229) is a yearly, open-access, peer-reviewed journal edited by the Barcelona Confucius Institute Foundation (FICB) that publishes original research on Chinese language and culture. Its disciplinary approach covers Chinese linguistics and Chinese teaching as a foreign language, embracing (but not limited to)
International Conference “A Review of Changes. 70 years of the People’s Republic of China in an Interdisciplinary Perspective”,
Jan 8, 2020
Toruń, Poland
Mar 12–13th 2020
October 1, 2019, marks exactly 70 years since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. This year also includes many anniversaries of events that have shaped modern China in a significant degree in terms of politics, society and culture. It is an opportunity to summarize, look at
Vacant Position: Doctoral Researcher (M/W/D) Indicator 294/2019
Dec 21, 2019
Deadline: 20th Jan 2020
At the Faculty of History, Art, and Oriental Studies – East Asian Institute, the above position is to be filled from March 1, 2020, subject to the availability of funds.
The position will be filled for academic qualification within the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center “Processes of Spatialization under the
Call for Applications: ERC-Funded DPhil Studentship in Pre-Modern Chinese Literature
Dec 21, 2019
University of Oxford, UK
Deadline: 10th Jan 2020
There is an opportunity to work with Professor Tian Yuan Tan, Shaw Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford, on a doctorate in pre-modern Chinese literature as part of his newly launched research project TEXTCOURT: Linking the Textual Worlds of Chinese Court Theater, ca.
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor (Film and Media Studies) Department of Visual Studies
Dec 21, 2019
Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Review starts: Mar 2020
Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality whole-person education by combining the best of Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions. It strives to pursue excellence in teaching, learning, scholarship and community
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor – Department of Philosophy
Dec 21, 2019
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Deadline: 13th Jan 2020
The Department of Philosophy at National Taiwan University invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor. Teaching appointment is effective from August 1, 2020.
Qualification: Ph.D. in Philosophy or related fields. Specialization: 1. Pre-Qin philosophy (preferably in Confucianism; familiarity with excavated manuscripts is an advantage). 2.
Upcoming Conference: Reassessing Chinese Independent Cinema: Past, Present… and Future?
Dec 21, 2019
Newcastle University, UK
5-6th Jun 2020
If Wu Wenguang’s Bumming in Beijing (流浪北京, 1990) is considered to mark the birth of independent cinema in the People’s Republic of China (hereafter China) that cinema will be celebrating its 30th birthday in 2020. But if independence is defined as meaning production without government permission, China’s
CALL FOR PAPERS “Identity Politics in East Asian Popular Culture”
Dec 21, 2019
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Deadline: January 6th 2020
20-21st Jul 2020
East Asian Journal of Popular Culture (EAJPC)
The Journal for the East Asian Popular Culture Association
The East Asian Popular Culture Association (EAPCA) is planning its second international conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the International Center of Taiwan Studies (ITSC), College of Liberal
Call for Papers: Upcoming Conference «Issues of Far Eastern Literatures» Dedicated to the 380 th anniversary of Pu Songling
Nov 23, 2019
Saint Petersburg, Russia
27–29th Jun 2020
Call for Papers: The Seventh Young Scholars’ Forum in Chinese Studies
Nov 23, 2019
Hong Kong, P.R.China
28-30th May 2020
Deadline: 3rd Jan 2020
Vacant Position: Research Assistant Professor (PR0137/19-20)
Nov 7, 2019
Hong Kong Baptist University, Faculty of Arts
Named after Professor Jao Tsung-i, the world-renowned expert in Chinese classical studies, the Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology was established in January 2013 for the purpose of understanding and preserving Chinese cultural heritage. The Academy aims to be a leading center for interdisciplinary studies of
Call for Papers: Understanding Authenticity in China’s Cultural Heritage
Nov 7, 2019
University of Oxford, U.K.
28-30th May 2020
Deadline: 30 Nov 2019
What we deem to be genuine or fake is not an objective determination, but something that we agree upon as communities. Debates about authenticity, moreover, are often intimately bound to question who owns the past and its representation. Please join us at Oxford
Call for Papers: Policies and Reforms of State-owned Enterprises in China
Nov 7, 2019
Deadline: 31st Mar 2020
Economic and Political Studies (EPS), an ESCI and Scopus listed journal hosted by Renmin University of China and published by Taylor & Francis Group, is calling for papers for a Special Issue on “Policies and Reforms of State-owned Enterprises in China”.
In the recent US-China trade disputes, the issues
In memoriam Rolf Trauzettel
Nov 4, 2019
Rolf Trauzettel, born on 1 July 1930 passed away on 11 August 2019. He studied sinology, japanology, indology and philosophy at the universities of Leipzig and München. He obtained his PhD in 1964 from the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Münich. In 1972, he was appointed director of the sinological institute in Göttingen,
In memoriam Rudolf. G. Wagner
Nov 4, 2019
Rudolf G. Wagner, born on 3 November 1941, passed away on Friday 26 Oktober 2019. Rudolf G. Wagner obtained his PhD in 1969 at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Münich, with the dissertation entitled “Hui-yüan’s Questions to Kumârajîva”. In 1981 he received his Habilitation with the work entitled “Philology, Philosophy and Politics
Call for Papers: “East Asia and Southeast Asia in the World Literary Space,” a special issue of Archiv orientální
Oct 7, 2019
Guest-editors: Kuei-fen Chiu (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan) Táňa Dluhošová (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
Archiv orientální , an indexed, peer-reviewed academic journal (A&HCI, Scopus, and ERIH Plus) published by Oriental Institute (Czech Academy of Sciences) dedicated to the cultures and societies of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, invites
International Workshop: Elites, Knowledge, and Power in Modern China – The formation and transformation of elites in modern China
Oct 2, 2019
Aix-Marseille University, France
7-9th Oct 2019
In the century that followed China’s forced entry into the world order shaped by the advancing Western empires (1832-1949), the nature of elite groups in China experienced a tremendous and radical transformation. The ruling group that had dominated the country for a millennium — a narrow elite
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor
Sep 28, 2019
National Chengchi University
Taipei, Taiwan
One Assistant Professor level or above, full-time teaching position in any of the areas of academic expertise in 1 above. Academic Expertise: Chinese philology, Chinese thought, Chinese literature, with Chinese classical and modern literature as priority. Expected date of hire: February 1, 2020. Candidates who pass the preliminary
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor in Buddhist Studies
Sep 18, 2019
Los Angeles, California, USA
The School of Religion in the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Buddhist Studies (China) for Fall 2020. The successful candidate will be expected
Vacant Position: Faculty Positions (rank open) in Transnational Asian History
Sep 16, 2019
Kunshan, Suzhou 215316, China
Duke Kunshan University (DKU) invites applications for a faculty position in pre-18th century transnational Asian history to begin in the academic year 2020-2021. Candidates should have a demonstrated mastery over world historical topics related to China and its neighbors, including research that is transnational, transregional, or transcultural in
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor – China Since 1949 – Department of History
Sep 8, 2019
Berkeley, CA, USA
Deadline: 1st Oct 2019
The University of California at Berkeley seeks applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment at the level of assistant professor in the Department of History with an expected starting date of July 1, 2020. The position is defined as “China since 1949.” We welcome applications from
The CALA 2020 – The Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology
Sep 8, 2019
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia
5–8th Feb 2020
Call for recently defended PhDs (Chinese Studies)
Sep 8, 2019
Deadline: 31st Dec 2019
In order to better promote the academic production of young scholars from European institutions, the European Journal of Chinese Studies seeks to compile a list of recently defended PhDs. These must have been defended between 2018 and now, and must have been awarded by a European University. There
The 23rd Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS)
Sep 8, 2019
Leipzig, Germany
25-29th Aug 2020
Deadline: 6th Jan 2020
The 23rd Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) will be held at Leipzig University (Germany) from 25 August 2020 to 29 August 2020. Local organisation is provided by the Institute of East Asian Studies, Leipzig University. The EACS biennial conference is
Call for Applications: Autumn School Asia and Europe. Discourse, Circulation and Representation
Sep 8, 2019
30th Sep-4th Oct 2019
Zurich University, Switzerland
Organized by the Doctoral Program Asia & Europe
The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program Asia & Europe at Zurich University invites all interested doctoral students and early postdocs to a one-week intensive seminar program “Asia & Europe”. The program offers a stimulating and interactive learning experience, establishing an optimal
The Second International Conference of the Spanish Association for East Asian Studies “East Asian Studies during the Era of Connectivity”
Sep 8, 2019
Madrid, Spain
27-29th May 2020
Deadline: 29th Nov 2019
We are glad to announce the 2nd International Conference of the Spanish Association for East Asian Studies to be held at the Autonomous University of Madrid during 27th to 29th May 2020. This conference will be organized under the broader theme of “East Asian Studies
Workshop ‘Cultural and Intellectual Histories of Japanese-occupied China’
Sep 8, 2019
16th Sep 2019
London, UK
This one-day workshop will bring together scholars from the Europe, Asia and North America to discuss cultural production and intellectual debates in Japanese-occupied China. Papers will cover topics as diverse as painting, photography, poetry, print media, music and ideologies. A draft programme and a poster for the event
4-year PhD position in ERC project “Africa’s Infrastructure Globalities” with focus on Chinese projects in East Africa
Sep 8, 2019
Bayreuth, Germany
Deadline: 15th Sep 2019
The PhD researcher (m/f/d) will be part of INFRAGLOB, the project “AFRICA’s ‘INFRASTRUCTURE GLOBALITIES’: Rethinking the Political Geographies of Economic Hubs from the Global South” funded by the European Research Council. Under the guidance of the PI, you will conduct your main research in East Africa and
International Conference on “Methodology of researching and teaching Chinese law”
Sep 8, 2019
Saint Petersburg, Russia
18th Oct 2019
Saint Petersburg State University in collaboration with the Polish Research Center for Chinese Law and Economy, the Finnish Center of Chinese Law and Chinese Legal Culture and Sino-Russian Legal Research Center of Jilin University is PLEASED TO INVITE YOU to the: International Conference on “Methodology of researching
Upcoming Conference: “China and the World: Language, Culture, Politics”
Sep 7, 2019
Sofia University, Bulgaria
12-13th Dec 2019
Extended Deadline: 15th Sep 2019
EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA)
Aug 11, 2019
Deadline: 15th Jan 2020
The Board of the European Association for Chinese Studies is pleased to announce again the EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA). The purpose of this award is to encourage research in Chinese studies among young scholars, especially, but not exclusively, scholars studying and working at European institutions. The Young
Call for Papers: Formulaicity and idiomaticity in CFL and CSL
Aug 11, 2019
Deadline: 31st Aug 2019
The CASRI research group “Formulaic language, idioms, situation-bound utterances” is seeking contributions to a journal special issue or a monograph focused on formulaicity and idiomaticity in Chinese as a foreign or second language (CFL/CSL respectively).
A formulaic sequence is defined by Wray (2000, p. 465) as “a sequence, continuous
Upcoming Conference, Call for Panels and Paper Proposals: “Challenges to Asian Medicines”
Aug 11, 2019
Deadline: 30th Sep 2019
The next International Congress on Traditional Asian Medicines (ICTAM X) will be held on 1-5 May 2020 in Taiwan at Academia Sinica, Taipei, in alliance with ASHM 10th (the Asian Society for the History of Medicine). The theme will be “Challenges to Asian Medicines.” Further information is available
Max Weber Foundation China Travel Grants
Aug 11, 2019
China Travel Grants
Deadline: 18th Oct 2019
Since 2018, the Max Weber Foundation – German Humanities Institutes Abroad (MWS) – awards travel grants once a year (for three years to begin with), with the support of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. The grants will be awarded to scientists (doctoral and post-doctoral) from sinology or
Call for Papers: GEAS Graduate Conference 2019 “Sovereignty and Institutions in East Asia”
Aug 9, 2019
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Deadline: 22nd Nov 2019
The PhD students of the Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS) at Freie Universität Berlin invite young scholars to present their research at the 2019 Graduate Conference on the topic “Sovereignty and Institutions in East Asia”. The conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum
Travel subventions to students and young scholars from European Institutions for the conference « New Perspectives in Chinese History » sponsored by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
Aug 9, 2019
16–18th Oct 2019
Paris, France
Deadline: 26th Aug 2019
L’Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO, French School of Asian Studies) and EFEO Peking Center, the Max Weber Stiftung (MWS, Max Weber Foundation) and its Branch Office in Peking, the Ecole des hautes études en Sciences sociales, Centre d’études sur la Chine moderne et
Vacant Position: Research Assistant Professor Department of Visual Studies
Aug 8, 2019
Hong Kong, P.R.C.
Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality whole-person education by combining the best of Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions. It strives to pursue excellence in teaching, learning, scholarship and community engagement. With three academic
Call for Papers: International Workshop on China and the West: Reconsidering Chinese Reverse Glass Painting
Aug 8, 2019
Romont, Switzerland
14–16th Feb 2020
Deadline: 15th Sep 2019
The Vitrocentre and Vitromusée Romont are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for an international conference on Chinese reverse glass painting and related research fields including other media to be held at the museum in Romont, Switzerland on February 14–16, 2020.
The workshop is jointly
PhD Position: A History of Material Culture and Technology in East Asia, 1850 – 2000
Jun 16, 2019
Darmstadt, Germany
Deadline: 15th Jul 2019
Project leader: Professor Mikael Hård. Darmstadt University of Technology (TU Darmstadt), near Frankfurt, Germany, announces a three-year position for a doctoral student, beginning 1 October 2019. We welcome applications from talented and diligent students with research experience from East Asia who are willing to explore new historical
Call for Papers: International Conference – (Non) reproductive freedom. Experiences, theories, movements
Jun 16, 2019
Venice, Italy
5-6th Dec 2019
Extended Deadline: 20th Jun 2019
Within the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign promoted by the UN, the journal DEP. Deportate, esuli, profughe/DEP. Deportees, exiles, refugees is organising an international conference on the theme of women’s rights to reproductive freedom. Control of women’s fertility has ancient origins,
Call for Papers: The Third Conference of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA)
Jun 16, 2019
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
16–20th Sep 2020
Deadline: 15th Aug 2019
The Board of the EAAA is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 3rd EAAA conference to be held at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, between 16th and 20th September 2020. The conference is jointly organized by the European Association for Asian
International Workshop: Kneeling Women, Blinded Slaves International Workshop
Jun 16, 2019
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
12-13th Jul 2019
Semantic analysis based on character interpretation once formed an indispensable part of traditional Chinese lexicography and has led to many fanciful claims and speculations. Thus, the character for the word nü, “woman”, , has been argued to depict a kneeling woman, a posture that reflects women’s
Call for Papers: International conference “(Non) reproductive freedom. Experiences, theories, movements”
Jun 5, 2019
Venice, Italy
5-6th Dec 2019
Deadline: 20th Jun 2019
Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies – Department of Economics Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Within the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign promoted by the UN, the journal DEP. Deportate, esuli, profughe/DEP. Deportees, exiles, refugees is organising an international conference on the
Ph.D. Summer School in Translation, Intercultural and East Asian Studies
Jun 5, 2019
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
17-21st Jun 2019
The Ph.D. Summer School is organized by the Department of Translation, Interpreting and East Asian Studies, and it will be held at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (UAB) during the week of June 17th to 21st, 2019.
Chris Berry, King’s College London
Chinese Cinema beyond National
Two Vacant Positions: Associate Professor / Assistant Professor – Department of China Studies Seminar
Jun 5, 2019
Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Deadline: 20th Jun 2019
The Department of Chinese Studies offers two positions from September 2019 or January 2020. Candidates should have Ph.D. degree in Sinology or relevant discipline and have teaching and research experience in either: Modern Chinese/Sinophone literature, or: Contemporary Chinese Societies.
The selected candidate will teach in English
Utrecht Summer School: “The New Silk Road – Connecting students and universities from China and Europe”
May 31, 2019
Utrecht, Netherlands
19-23rd Aug 2019
International relations are shifting as multilateral trade and cooperation are being renegotiated by the US and UK. Meanwhile, China is launching the New Silk Road (or One Belt One Road) that could potentially span and integrate major parts of the world across the Euro-Asian continents.
Based on the UU-led
Call for Papers: “Chinese Linguistics and Sinology” The First International Conference
May 31, 2019
3-5th Oct 2019
Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
Deadline: 31st May 2019
The Oriental studies Department Institute of Linguistics RSUH in cooperation with Confucius Institute (RSUH) and the Association for the Advancement of Sinology in Russia 3 – 5 October, 2019 is holding the first international conference “Chinese Linguistics and Sinology”. The
Call For Papers: First Annual Hawai‘i International Conference on Chinese Studies
May 31, 2019
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (Honolulu)
5–9th Jan 2020
Updated Deadline: 15th Sep 2019
The Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is launching and organizing the first Hawai‘i International Conference on Chinese Studies (HICCS). This annual conference will provide a venue for scholars and educators in Chinese Studies
Call for Applications: Ph.D. fellowship on Chinese Studies
May 30, 2019
University of Verona, Italy
Deadline: 21st Jun 2019
The Ph.D programme in Foreign Literatures, Languages and Linguistics, XXXV cycle, academic year 2019-2020 of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona (Italy) is offering a Ph.D. fellowship on Chinese Studies within the curriculum on Foreign Languages and Translation Studies.
The
Call for Applications: Researcher (tenure-track in history of pre-modern China at the Department of Asian and North African Studies
May 30, 2019
Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy
Deadline: 30th May 2019
The Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice invites applications for the position of full-time researcher (tenure-track) in the history of pre-modern China.
The researcher is expected to have an expertise in the history of pre-modern China, based on
Annual Conference of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Chinastudien (DVCS)/德國漢學協會 – “Wissensorte in China”
May 30, 2019
Heidelberg, Germany
15-17th Nov 2019
Deadline: 31st Jul 2019
The annual DVCS conference will take in November at the University of Heidelberg.
Die Jahrestagung der DVCS widmet sich in diesem Jahr der Bedeutung von Orten für die Produktion, Aufbewahrung und Weitergabe von Wissen. Orte sind keine neutralen Einheiten oder leeren Bühnen, sondern ermöglichen, begünstigen oder
Master of Arts in Chinese Studies at Leipzig University
May 30, 2019
Beginning in the academic year 2019/2020, the Institute of East Asian Studies at Leipzig University will be offering an English-language MA programme in Chinese Studies.
Objectives and Target Audience
The two-year Master’s programme in Chinese Studies at Leipzig University offers a comprehensive programme of postgraduate instruction for students with a BA in Chinese
Sinophone Literature across the Strait (China and Taiwan from the 19th Century to the Contemporary Ages)
May 28, 2019
Rome, Italy
7-8th Nov 2019
Deadline: 15th Jul 2019
Organised by the Department of Foreign Languages, Literature and Culture of Roma Tre University. The Workshop addresses PhD students and postdocs.
The workshop addresses PhD students and postdoc research fellows exploring the field of modern and contemporary Sinophone Literature, and intends to promote a positive exchange
Vacant Position: Professor of China Studies in a Global Perspective
May 28, 2019
Aarhus, Denmark
Deadline: 15th Aug 2019
The School of Culture and Society, Department of Global Studies, at Aarhus University invites applications for a permanent position as a full professor of China studies in a global perspective with a focus on modern or contemporary China. The position is available to start as soon as
Economic and Political Studies (Vol. 7 No. 2, 2019) A Special Issue on the Sino-US Trade War
May 28, 2019
Economic and Political Studies (EPS) dedicates its Volume 7 Number 2, 2019 to scholarly discussion on the Sino-US trade war. You may be interested in viewing the article abstracts as follows. Their fulltexts are available online at www.tandfonline.com/reps.
Introduction
Terence Tai-leung Chong
Abstract
The Sino-US trade war reflects the long-standing conflicts between the two countries
Call for Papers: Workshop “Exploring Sinophone Polyphony – Voices of Modern Literature in Taiwan”
May 28, 2019
Trier, Germany
20-21st Sep 2019
Deadline: 30th Jun 2019
A conflux of several cultures –Chinese (both as national culture and very diverse local cultures), Austronesian indigenous, Japanese, and Western –modern Taiwan is a very fascinating setting for a literary community. Taiwanese authors explore this lifeworld from a multitude of perspectives in their works, nativist,
Upcoming Conference: Within and without “China”: Changing identities between collective and individual self
May 15, 2019
London, UK
8th Jun 2019
Call for Papers: Ming Qing yanjiu 24.1 2020 – Special Issue “Collecting, Collections, and Collectors”
May 15, 2019
Deadline (abstracts): 31 May 2019
MING QING YANJIU, founded in 1992, is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated primarily to advanced studies of pre-modern China. This journal provides a forum for scholars from a variety of fields related to late imperial and early republican period that aim to have a cross-disciplinary discourse. Contributions in
Upcoming Workshop: “How to Become a Philosopher: The Many Lives of Yang Zhu 杨朱.”
May 15, 2019
KU Leuven, Belgium
30th May – 2nd Jun 2019
Vacant Position: Teaching and Research Assistant (Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in), 66% FTE
May 15, 2019
Bochum, Germany
Deadline: 1st May 2019
The Section for Chinese History at the Faculty of East Asian Studies of Ruhr-University Bochum invites applications for the position of a teaching and research assistant (Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in), 66% FTE (26,28 hours/week, pay scale TV-L 13) for a duration of three years, beginning on 1 September 2019.
Applicants
Workshop “Tracing Language Evolution in Ancient Chinese Texts”
May 7, 2019
Oxford, UK
8–10th Jul 2019
Oxford University China Centre, Merton College and The Queen’s College are accepting applications for the Ancient Chinese Workshop with Professor George Starostin “Tracing Language Evolution in Ancient Chinese Texts”, which will be held on 8–10 July 2019.
It is generally recognized that “Old Chinese” is essentially a blanket term,
Call for Papers: Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforsch – 2019 Edition
Apr 9, 2019
Deadline: 1st Aug 2019
The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasien-forschung) is now accepting submissions in either English or German for edition 42, which is scheduled for publication in winter 2019‒20. All papers submitted will undergo double-blind peer review. The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (BJOAF) has
Upcoming Conference: “Chinese Language: Topical Issues of the Chinese linguistics and Translation Studies, Pedagogy of Teaching Chinese”
Apr 3, 2019
18th Apr 2019
Moscow, Russia
We invite you to participate in the First International Scientific and Practical Conference “Chinese Language: Topical Issues of the Chinese linguistics and Translation Studies, Pedagogy of Teaching Chinese”, which will be held on April 18, 2019 at MGIMO University. The purpose of the conference: sharing of the results
Call for Applications: Summer School “Uncovering Pathways of Change along the Belt and Road”
Apr 3, 2019
Venice, San Servolo Island, Italia
1-7th Sep 2019
Deadline: 30th Apr 2019
Marco Polo (MaP) – Centre for Global Europe-Asia Connections. Our purpose is training young scholars and practitioners for a critical and ethically grounded study of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The School draws from the concept of cosmopolitanism and its vision
Call for Papers: PhD and Post-Doc Assembly: Contesting Modernity: the Left, China and the West
Apr 3, 2019
Wuhan University, P.R. China
15-17th Nov 2019
Deadline: 3rd Jun 2019
The period spanning from 1991 to 2008 represents in many ways the “Golden Age
Call for Papers – Upcoming Conference: ”Perceptions of China’s Transformation in the Past Four Decades”
Mar 26, 2019
Department of Sinology Faculty of Oriental Studies Warsaw University
Warsaw, Poland
10th Jul 2019
Deadline:8th May 2019
The Department of Sinology at the University of Warsaw would like to kindly invite scholars of all related fields to participation and submitting paper proposals for a conference scheduled for July 10, 2019. The main theme of the
New M.A. programme in English in the heart of Europa “China and the Dynamics of Globalisation (16th to 19th Centuries)”, Department of Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen
Mar 25, 2019
Tübingen, Germany
15th July 2019
The Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Tübingen invites applications for a new M.A. programme in Chinese Studies to be taught through the medium of English. This two-year programme focuses on the late imperial period with an emphasis on the ways in which China shaped and
Upcoming Conference: Transfer of Scientific and Technical Knowledge between Europe and China during the Early Modern Period – Sino-German Center for Research Promotion
Mar 25, 2019
Beijing, P.R.China
30th Mar – 1st Apr 2019
The history of scientific, technical and medical exchange between Europe and China during the early modern period (16th to 19th centuries) is an important topic of research undertaken on a global level, but so far, much attention has been paid to special fields like astronomy,
Open Call for Lecturers – Center for Cultural Studies on Science and Technology in China, CCST) at Technische Universität Berlin
Mar 25, 2019
Berlin, Germany
Deadline: 12th Apr 2019
In order to widen the scope of its courses, the China Center (Center for Cultural Studies on Science and Technology in China, CCST) at Technische Universität Berlin seeks to appoint lecturers for the winter semester of 2019-2020 for the following fields: History / cultural studies of China,
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor – Department of Chinese Literature
Mar 25, 2019
Deadline: 12th Apr 2019
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
The Department of Chinese Literature at National Chengchi University, Taiwan, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of (1) Chinese Philology (priority), (2) Chinese Thought, (3) Chinese Literature at the rank of Assistant Professor, but exceptionally qualified candidates may be considered at
(10th Annual Meeting of Academy for International Communication of Chinese Culture) China and the World: The Reach and Influence of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Mar 25, 2019
Beijing Normal University, P.R.China
30th Nov 2019
Deadline: 30th Jun 2019
The 10th Annual Meeting of Academy for International Communication of Chinese Culture will be held on Friday, November 29, 2019, at Beijing Normal University. We now would like to invite you to our forum, and would greatly appreciate your contribution to the international
Call for Papers: Locality and Geographical Knowledge in Imperial China
Mar 19, 2019
Workshop at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Department III, Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
14-15th May 2020
Deadline: 15th May 2019
Conveners: Shih-Pei Chen, Masato Hasegawa, and Alexis Lycas
For over two millennia of Chinese imperial history, geography played an integral role not only in local and state administration, but also in
Vacant Position: Assistant Curator, East Asia Collections Review Project
Mar 19, 2019
Edinburgh, Scotland
Deadline: 2019.03.26
National Museums Scotland is one of the leading museum groups in Europe. With one of the largest and most diverse collections in the world, we are responsible for the acquisition, preservation and display of a substantial part of Scotland’s cultural, historic and national heritage.
Millions of local and international visitors
Ghent Database of Medieval Chinese
Mar 15, 2019
by Ben Van
The Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies is proud to announce the first public Beta version of its Database of Medieval Chinese Texts. It is the result of two projects and more than four years of work in each project, a collaboration between Ghent University, Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal
2nd Call for papers: ‘Contrasts in Chinese Music’ 22nd CHIME meeting
Mar 15, 2019
Beijing, P.R. China
19-22nd Sept 2019
Deadline: 31st Mar 2019
European Foundation for Chinese Music Research CHIME
Chinese Music Research Institute, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing
We would like to remind you of the upcoming CHIME meeting in September in Beijing, our first gathering in the People’s Republic since the very memorable CHIME meeting held in
Summer School on Modern Asian Literatures and Cultures at the Palacký University Olomouc
Mar 14, 2019
Olomouc, Czech Republic
8-12th Jul 2019
Deadline: 26th May 2019
Organized by the Department of Asian Studies, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic and the European Association for Chinese Studies
This summer school is dedicated to the modern Asian cultural record. For the purpose of this summer school, we include literature, film, music and art, focussing
Registration open – International Conference: Taiwan’s Cultural Diplomacy – A Decade of Intercultural Discovery
Mar 8, 2019
25-27th Oct 2019, University of Vienna, Campus, Austria
Deadline: 20 Oct 2019
Marking the 10th anniversary of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies
Visit the website of this announcement at: External Link…
Postdoc Change in Transnational Social / Security Standards
Mar 8, 2019
Groningen, Netherlands
Deadline: 11th Mar 2019
The Faculty of Arts is a large, dynamic faculty in the heart of the historic city of Groningen, in the North of the Netherlands. It has more than 5000 students and 700 staff members. The Faculty offers a wide range of degree programmes: 15 bachelor’s programmes and
PhD position China/Africa – Africa’s Infrastructure Globalities
Mar 8, 2019
Groningen, Netherlands
Deadline: 11th Mar 2019
The Faculty of Arts is a large, dynamic faculty in the heart of the historic city of Groningen, in the North of the Netherlands. It has more than 5000 students and 700 staff members. The Faculty offers a wide range of degree programmes: 15 bachelor’s programmes and
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Studies
Mar 8, 2019
Hong Kong, P.R. China
Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality whole-person education by combining the best of Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions. It strives to pursue excellence in teaching, learning, scholarship and community engagement. With three
Call for Applications: 2019 International Summer Program of Lecture Series, Conference, Forum, and Fieldwork on Buddhism & East Asian Cultures
Feb 25, 2019
2-10th Aug 2019
Xi’an 西安, China
Deadline: 30th Apr 2019
The Association for the Promotion of Xuanzang-associated Culture 玄奘文化促進會in Xi’an 西安, Shaanxi province, the From the Ground Up project based at the University of British Columbia (www.frogbear.org), Guiyuan Monastery 歸元寺 in Xi’an, Shaanxi, and the Jintai Academy 金臺書院, Shaanxi, cordially invite applications for a
Call for papers: SPECIAL ISSUE OF Deportees, Exiles, Refugees Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Feb 22, 2019
Deadline: 30th Jun 2019
The online journal of studies on women’s memory “Deportees, Exiles, Refugees” (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) announces a call for papers for a special issue focused on “Domestic violence against women in East Asian and South East Asian Countries: a multidisciplinary research” [provisional title]. The journal, published since
Vacant Position: Full Professorship (W3) in Sinology
Feb 22, 2019
Erlangen, Germany
Deadline: 22nd Mar 2019
The Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in Sinology with a focus on the Intellectual and Cultural History of China at the Department of Classical World and Asian Cultures at the Institute of Languages and
Upcoming Fifth Biannual Ph.D. Student and Young Scholar Workshop: “Authorship and Authority in the Ancient World”
Feb 16, 2019
Renmin University of China, Beijing, PRC
17–21st Jun 2019
Deadline: 15th Mar 2019
The International Center for the Study of Ancient Text Cultures (ICSATC), hosted at Renmin University of China, holds its fifth Ph.D. Student and Young Scholar workshop on June 17-21, 2019. Four renowned scholars from the fields of Ancient Chinese, Greek, and
Vacant Position: Associate, or Full Professorship at Yuelu Academy (嶽麓書院)
Feb 16, 2019
Hunan University, PRC
Hunan University is a public Chinese university located in Changsha, China. It is listed in the “Project 985”, “Project 211” and the “Double First-Class Initiative” by the Chinese government. The Yuelu Academy of Hunan University consists of the history, philosophy and archaeology departments. Its staff includes renowned and innovative
Louis Frieberg Post-doctoral Fellowships
Feb 15, 2019
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Deadline: 4th Mar 2019
The Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies offers post-doctoral fellowships for the 2019-2020 academic year. The post-docs are open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences specializing in East Asia, especially China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia.
Fellowships are granted for one academic year
Call for Papers: International Conference “Taiwanese Philosophy and the Preservation of Confucian Tradition”
Feb 14, 2019
Ljubljana, Slovenia
10-12th Oct 2019
Deadline: 28th Feb 2019
Organized by University of Ljubljana, EARL Ljubljana, and TRCCS (Taiwan Research Center for Chinese Studies) in Taipei. Although the philosophical currents in modern and contemporary Taiwan belong to the most influential and important streams of thought in contemporary East Asian theory, they are still unrecognized
PhD studentship: Mining ‘realms of memory’ for alternative histories of Mao’s China
Feb 13, 2019
SOAS University of London, UK
Deadline: 14 Mar 2019
In recent years the history of the early decades of the PRC has attracted considerable attention in both Chinese and Western-language historiographies. Standard accounts of ‘liberation’ and the subsequent building of the New China on the one hand and violent coercion and subsequent failed
Call for Papers: Housing Markets in the Greater China Area – Economic and Political Studies (EPS)
Feb 12, 2019
Deadline: 1st Jun 2019
Economic and Political Studies (EPS, http://www.tandfonline.com/REPS), an ESCI and Scopus listed journal hosted by Renmin University of China and published by Taylor & Francis Group, calls for papers for a special issue on “Housing Markets in the Greater China Area”.
The seemingly perennial surge in property prices has been
Call for Papers, International Conference: “Confucianism and World Disharmony – The Quest for Harmony in Difference”
Feb 12, 2019
Bond University, Queensland, Australia
28-30th Aug 2019
Deadline: 5th Apr 2019
The international conference ‘Confucianism and World Disharmony: The Quest for Harmony in Difference’ will be held from Wednesday 28th August to Friday 30th August 2019 at Bond University on the Gold Coast, Australia.
The Ho Peng Yoke Fellowship in the History of Science and Technology in China (2019-2020)
Feb 12, 2019
Cambridge, UK
Deadline: 31st Mar 2019
A visiting fellowship in memory of Professor Ho Peng Yoke 何丙郁 (1926-2014) tenable at the Needham Research Institute in Cambridge, UK is offered to scholars of any nationality researching the history of science and technology in China. Preference will be given to those working on a subject
International and Intensive Program on Buddhism at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO)
Feb 11, 2019
Paris, France
Deadline: 5th Apr 2019
With the assistance from UBC’s SSHRC-sponsored international and interdisciplinary project on Buddhism and East Asian Religions (www.frogbear.org), the Tianzhu Global Network for the Study of Buddhist Cultures (tianzhubuddhistnetwork.org), whose founding members include UBC, McMaster, UC Berkeley, and Harvard in North America, and Ghent and INALCO in Europe,
Vacant Position: Research Fellow – Middle Period Chinese Studies
Feb 11, 2019
Edinburgh, Scotland
Deadline: 12th Feb 2019
The University of Edinburgh – School of History, Classics and Archaeology is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow who specialises in Chinese intellectual and/or cultural history, with background in the history of education and classicising learning in the Tang/Song period. The Research Fellow should have strong interest
Symposiom: Rethinking Early Chinese Historiography
Feb 10, 2019
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
12-16th May 2019
The Chinese empire was renowned for high cultural prestige and exceptional productivity of history writing.
CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant 2019
Jan 26, 2019
Deadlines: 20th Mar & Oct 2019
Thanks to the continued support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation the EACS also in 2019 is able to fund one-week visits for specialised research in Sinological libraries in Cambridge, Heidelberg, Leiden, London, Munich, Oxford or Paris.
Applications received before the two deadlines of March 20 and October
Call for Papers – International conference: Researching and Communicating Taiwan’s Cultural Diplomacy
Dec 15, 2018
Vienna, Austria
25–26th Oct 2019
Deadline: 11th Jan 2019
A Decade of Intercultural Discovery – Marking the tenth anniversary of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies
Taiwan Studies Centers are among those institutions attempting to both analyze Taiwan and make the country better known internationally and academically. The Centers are the result of years, even
Vacant Position: The Chong Hua Professorship of Chinese Development
Dec 15, 2018
Cambridge, UK
Deadline: 31st Jan 2019
The Board of Electors to the Chong Hua Professorship of Chinese Development invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship to take up appointment on 1 September 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Candidates will have an outstanding
Vacant Position: Postdoctoral Researcher in 17th and/or 18th Century East Asian History (China)
Dec 15, 2018
Barcelona, Spain
Deadline: 17th Feb 2019
Applications are invited from outstanding candidates for a four-year postdoctoral position in 17th and/or 18th century Chinese history as part of the European Research Council funded project (H2020-ERC CoG 758347), Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598, led by ICREA Professor Rebekah Clements and hosted by
論文徵集 Call for Paper Proposals: 中國文化研究青年學者論壇 Young Scholars’ Forum in Chinese Studies 2019
Dec 15, 2018
Hong Kong, PRC
23–25th May 2019
Deadline: 4th Jan 2019
Co-organized by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies and Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
主題：百年流變：再思「五四」遺產
Theme: A Century of Change: Revisiting the Legacy of May Fourth
BACKGROUND
The Sixth Young Scholars’ Forum in Chinese Studies is now open for abstract submissions
Vacant Position: University Professor of China Studies
Dec 15, 2018
Vienna, Austria
7th Jan 2019
Open to new ideas. Since 1365. As a research university with high international visibility and a wide range of degree programmes, the University of Vienna is committed to basic research open to application and research-led teaching, as well as to career development of young researchers and to the
The 4th meeting of the Mongol Empire Spring Series “The Mongols and Religion”
Dec 15, 2018
Vienna, Austria
16–17th May 2019
“The Catholic inquisitors of Europe who defended nonsense by cruelty, might have been confounded by the example of a barbarian, who anticipated the lessons of philosophy and established by his laws a system of pure theism and perfect toleration… a singular conformity may be found between the religious
Funding available – Master’s degree in Chinese Studies
Dec 15, 2018
Deadline: 1st May 2019
Dublin, Ireland
Trinity College Dublin would like to share details of funding available for applicants to the taught Master’s degree in Chinese Studies.
A range of generous support is available for 2019/20 applicants to the M.Phil. in Chinese Studies. Exceptional candidates from a strong academic background will be considered for
Upcoming Event – Symposium “Sogdians and their Funerary Monuments in Sixth to Seventh-Century China: New Thoughts and Reflections”
Dec 15, 2018
Venice, Italy 13–14th Dec 2018 The Department of Asian and North-African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and the Confucius Institute at Ca’ Foscari University, are pleased to announce the following symposium, Sogdians and their Funerary Monuments in Sixth to Seventh-Century China: New Thoughts and Reflections, which will take place on
ESRC MSc/PhD studentships (for Language-Based Area Studies)
Nov 23, 2018
Edinburgh, Scotland
Deadline: 3rd Dec 2018
Chinese Studies at the University of Edinburgh invites students to apply for the ESRC MSc/PhD studentships (for Language-Based Area Studies):
At a glance
ESRC Scottish Doctoral Training Programme MSc + PhD studentships for 2019 are available for students of Language-Based Area Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Starting date
Call For Papers: Marxism in East Asia and beyond
Nov 23, 2018
Deadline: 15th Oct 2019
Oriens Extremus invites contributions to a special section on Marxism in East Asia and beyond.
2017 and 2018 mark several anniversaries regarding Marxism-Leninism: 100 years of the October Revolution, 150 years of the Capital, 170 years of the Communist Manifesto, and Karl Marx’s 200th birthday. Despite the crisis of
Payment of EACS Membership (Correction)
Nov 20, 2018
Dear members,
The recently circulated EACS Newsletter advises members to “send payments to the EACS Treasurer Claude Chevaleyre via bank transfer or Paypal” (EACS Membership Payment, p. 17). This is a mistake. Can we please ask that members follow the instructions on the EACS website (http://chinesestudies.eu/?page_id=1210) and continue to send payments to
Call for submission for the journal “Bamboo and Silk”
Nov 8, 2018
Bamboo and Silk is a peer-reviewed academic journal sponsored by the Center of Bamboo and Silk Manuscripts of Wuhan University and published by Brill. It is co-edited by Professor Chen Wei of Wuhan University, China and Professor Edward L. Shaughnessy of the University of Chicago, USA. The journal is published in
PhD-Fellowship for a project on the history of China’s modern enterprise
Nov 8, 2018
Leuven, Belgium
Deadline: 5th Dec 2018
Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship starting October 2019 at the Sinology Unit, Faculty of Arts, University of Leuven.
The project studies China’s recent economic modernization from the point of view of the firm. In order to counterbalance the attention which most scholarship has placed on the
Post-doctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship (Chinese Language and Culture)
Nov 8, 2018
London, UK
Deadline: 20th Nov 2018
This post is full time, 35 hours per week and is fixed term until 31 December 2020
The School of Humanities seeks to employ a Post-doctoral Teaching and Research Fellow in Chinese to contribute to its wide range of teaching and research activities. These include a rich portfolio
Call for Papers: The 16th Biennial Conference of the Chinese Studies Association of Australia
Nov 8, 2018
Melbourne, Australia
1–3rd Jul 2019
Deadline: 28th Feb 2019
The Chinese Studies Association of Australia cordially invites proposals in any area of Chinese Studies for individual or joint papers or for panels. Contributions addressing the conference theme, “Engaging Chinese Scholarship: New Directions, New Challenges”, are especially welcome. We look forward to putting together a
Vacant Position: Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University
Nov 3, 2018
Taipei, Taiwan
Deadline: 2nd Jan 2019
The Department of Philosophy at National Taiwan University invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor. Teaching appointment is effective from August 1, 2019.
Qualification: Ph.D. in Philosophy or related fields. Specialization: Pre-Qin Confucian philosophy (certain familiarity with excavated texts is preferable). Other Requirements: Applicants must be competent
CfP: “Censorship and Self-censorship – China and Chinese Studies”
Nov 2, 2018
European Journal of Chinese Studies; Volume 1; No. 1, 2020
Deadline: 1st Dec 2018
For its first edition, the European Journal of Chinese Studies invites scholars to submit papers dealing with aspects of censorship and self-censorship in pre-modern, modern, and contemporary China. We welcome unpublished papers that discuss the historical continuities and discontinuities
PhD Studentships in Asian Studies
Oct 31, 2018
Northern Ireland
Deadline: 18th Jan 2018
Newcastle University, Northern Ireland and North East (NINE) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)
The Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership (NINE DTP) invites top-calibre applicants to apply to its 2019/20 doctoral studentships competition. Over fifty fully-funded doctoral studentships are available across the full range of the social
Call For Submissions – New Book Series: “Contemporary China Studies: Past, Present and Future”
Oct 31, 2018
Following a new partnership with University of Leon Press (Spain), Confucius Institute of University of Leon, Spain is pleased to announce a highly anticipated new book series with China Studies book imprint “Contemporary China Studies: Past, Present and Future”. The China Studies book imprint aims to set new standards in participatory
Call for Proposals: The Oxford International History of East Asia Research Seminar Hilary (Spring) Term 2019 –
Oct 30, 2018
Oxford, UK
Deadline: 25th Nov 2018
University of Oxford China Centre – The convenors, Mark Baker, Helena F. S. Lopes, Chinami Oka, Frances O’Morchoe, and Woody Wu invite proposals for the Hilary (Spring) Term 2019 session of the Oxford International History of East Asia Research Seminar.
11th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia SCIEA
Oct 24, 2018
Erlangen, Germany
10–13th May 2019
Deadline: 21st Dec 2018
In the past decades, the history of science has experienced a number of paradigmatic changes, ranging from the postcolonial and poststructural turn to the cultural and social turn. These changes considerably shifted our understanding of the social, political and cultural function of knowledge in a
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor, (1) Chinese Phonology （2）Innovative Interdisciplinary Research (Overseas Sinology, Digital Humanities, etc.)
Oct 23, 2018
Taipei, Taiwan
Deadline: 26th Oct 2018
Department of Chinese Literature
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
The Department of Chinese Literature at National Chengchi University, Taiwan, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of (1) Chinese Phonology （2）Innovative
Special Issue on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
Oct 22, 2018
Economic and Political Studies (EPS)
Vol. 6 No. 3, 2018
Economic and Political Studies (EPS) dedicates its Volume 6 Number 3, 2018 to academic discussion on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, also known as OBOR). You may be interested in viewing the article abstracts as follows. Their fulltexts are available online at
British Academy Conference – How Maoism was Made: Analysing Chinese Communism beyond the Totalitarian Lens, 1949-1965
Sep 28, 2018
London, UK
29–30th Nov 2018
2019 will mark the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, the world’s largest socialist society.
PhD Position – City University of Hong Kong “Yijing studies in European societies”
Sep 28, 2018
Hong Kong, PRC
Deadline: 1st Oct 2018
City University of Hong Kong香港城市大學
Supervisor: Prof. Tze-ki Hon, Department of Chinese and History
(1) Qualification
The student must have a master’s degree in History, Chinese studies or related fields.
(2) Dissertation
The student will complete a PhD dissertation on “Yijing studies in European societies” (such as translations of the Yijing
Call for Papers: The 3rd East Asian Translation Studies Conference (EATS3)
Aug 23, 2018
Venice, Italy
28–29th Jun 2019
Deadline: 30th Sep 2018
Conference Theme: “From the Local to the Global and Back. Translation as a Construction of Plural and Dialogic Identities of East Asia”
This Conference on East Asian Translation Studies (EATS) aims to provide a platform for translators and researchers working in the East Asian context (China,
Call for papers: The Journal of Asian Studies, June issue 2019 “Meaning of Images in Chinese Tomb Art”
Aug 23, 2018
Deadline: 15th Jan 2019
The June 2019 issue will be dedicated to the meaning of motifs and themes in Chinese tomb art from the Zhou till Tang Dynasties. Motifs discovered in tomb complexes – on mural paintings, relief carvings, coffins or on burial goods – often tend to be regarded in an
Vacant Position： Professor, Contemporary East Asia
Aug 23, 2018
Princeton, USA
Deadline: 3rd Oct 2018
Princeton University seeks qualified candidates for a tenured full professorship in any discipline in the humanities, social sciences, engineering and the natural sciences. In addition to their core disciplinary specialization, candidates are required to have regional competence on China, Japan, or Korea, and knowledge of relevant foreign
Call for applications: W2 Professorship for Cultural and Social Anthropology (Associate Professor)
Jul 31, 2018
Erlangen, Germany
Deadline: 30th Sep 2018
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
The Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology invites applications for a W2 Professorship for Cultural and Social Anthropology (Associate Professor)
The professorship is a full-time position which will run initially until 30 September 2022 and is to be filled by the earliest possible starting date.
Max Weber Foundation – German Humanities Institutes Abroad (MWS): Travel Grants China
Jul 16, 2018
Deadline: 12th Oct 2018
Since 2018, the Max Weber Foundation – German Humanities Institutes Abroad (MWS) – awards travel grants once a year (for three years to begin with), with the support of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. The grants will be awarded to scientists from sinology or related subjects, whose professional qualification
Call For Expressions Of Interest: Cultural Heritage along the Silk Roads – Venice and Suzhou
Jul 4, 2018
Deadline: 5th Jul 2018
The Department of Asian and North African Studies is opening a call for expressions of interest for a post‐doctoral fellowship or a one‐year scholarship
for research regarding the concept of water in pre‐modern Chinese literature with a particular focus on the “water worlds” of Suzhou.
Project: Cultural Heritage along the
Call for Proposals: The Oxford International History of East Asia Seminar
Jul 4, 2018
Deadline: 22nd Jul 2018
Autumn (Michaelmas Term) 2018 session
The convenors, Mark Baker, Helena F. S. Lopes, Chinami Oka, Frances O’Morchoe, and Woody Wu invite proposals for the autumn (Michaelmas Term) 2018 session of the Oxford International History of East Asia Research Seminar.
We invite fellow PhD students and early career researchers to submit
Call For Papers: International Conference: 40th Anniversary of China’s Reform and Opening-up: Institutional Change and Reconfigurations of China’s Political Economy
Jul 4, 2018
10–12th Oct 2018
Duisburg, Germany
Organized by IN-EAST Institute of East Asian Studies. Organization Committee: Yuan Li, Nele Noesselt, Markus Taube
IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen
The year 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the Third Plenum’s decisions on opening-up and reform (1978). The experimental integration of market elements
Call for Papers: Ming Qing Studies 2019
Jul 4, 2018
Deadline: 31st Jul 2018
edited by Paolo Santangelo (Sapienza University of Rome)
We are glad to inform you that the new edition of Ming Qing Studies 2018 will be published by Aracne Publishers before the end of the year (see contents below).
Applicants are encouraged to submit abstracts for the next issue, Ming Qing
3 PhD positions: Elites, networks, and power in modern urban China (1830-1949). Historical “big data” in modern Chinese history
Jul 4, 2018
Aix-en-Provence / Marseille, France
Deadline: 30th Jun 2019
Proposal summary: This project proposes a step-change in the study of modern China reliant upon scalable data-rich history. It will deliver precise historical information at an unprecedented scale from heretofore untapped sources – as well as reshaping the analysis of existing sources – to create
Economic and Political Studies (EPS) article abstracts of Volume 6 Number 2, 2018
Jun 2, 2018
Economic and Political Studies, a China-focussed academic journal recently published its issue 2 vol. 6, 2018
The full texts are available online at www.tandfonline.com/reps
Unpacking the patterns of corporate restructuring during China’s SOE reform
Xiaojun Li and Jean C. Oi
Abstract
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China have undergone significant restructuring since the mid-1990s. To date, scholars
Advanced Course on the relations between China and the Portuguese-Speaking Countries, at the University of Coimbra.
Jun 2, 2018
The University of Coimbra has just created a new Advanced Course on the relations between China and the Portuguese-Speaking Countries in order to satisfy the demand for knowledge and experience in this area. The aim, therefore, is to explain how the political and juridical systems function and to see how the
Call for Contributions: Crossroads-Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World Deadline: late July (for the 2018 issue); manuscripts are welcome all the time.
Jun 2, 2018
Crossroads ISSN: 2190-8796 Editor in chief: Angela Schottenhammer Published by OSTASIEN Verlag The journal Crossroads-Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World is designed as an international forum for contributions related to the history of exchange relations in the East Asian world and beyond, that means, including
International Workshop “Fourty years of Reforms in China’s long XXth century of modernization. Exploring local and foreign sources of inspiration for economic and social institutions, manufacturing and technology.”
Jun 2, 2018
22–23rd Nov 2018
Leuven, Belgium
Deadline: 30th Jun 2018
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Arts – OE East Asian and Arabic Studies, Sinology Research Unit
Academic literature has devoted great attention to China’s late-development, particularly highlighting the role of investments and technology transfer from more advanced economies, the role of the State and the relationship
Free UZH Online Course on the Learning Platform coursera.org “Asian Environmental Humanities: Landscapes in Transition”
May 28, 2018
Starting on May 28th, 2018
The free online course “Asian Environmental Humanities: in Landscapes Transition” brings together researchers from the University of Zurich and international institutions in order to introduce some of the most vibrant cultural trends addressing landscape appreciation, degradation, protection, and rehabilitation that currently circulate in the Asian hemisphere. Scrutinizing
SDCF Summer Programme
May 8, 2018
Established in 2013 by Dr Elizabeth Woo Li, SDCF is a Hong Kong-incorporated non-profit organisation with the objective to promote global awareness and knowledge of Chinese culture and civilization. Its summer programme aims at introducing Chinese Studies to scholars (including PhD students) and key opinion leaders from around the world who
Fifth edition of the Study Days on Chinese Linguistics
Apr 16, 2018
Milan, Italy
23rd Nov 2018
Extended Call Deadline: 30th Apr 2018
The Fifth edition of the Study Days on Chinese Linguistics is promoted by the Italian Association of Chinese Linguistics (AILC) , it was already held in in Venice (2014), in Milan (2015), in Rome (2016) and in Naples (2017). It is aimed at
”4 May 1919: History in Motion“ International Conference – A Political, Social and Cultural Look at a Turning Point in the History of Modern China
Apr 16, 2018
Université de Mons, Belgium
2–4th May 2019
Deadline: 15th Jul 2018
Jointly organized by:
Université de Mons (UMONS), Faculty of Translation and Interpretation (FTI-EII) and School of Human and Social Sciences (ESHS)
Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Maison des Sciences Humaines, East Asian Studies (EASt)
Organizing Committee:
Kevin HENRY (UMONS), Vanessa FRANGVILLE (ULB), Serge DERUETTE (UMONS),
Call for papers for an International Workshop ”The Invisible Within: Actors, Relationships and Activities in Chinese Migrant Families“
Apr 16, 2018
University of Central Lancashire, UK
15–16th Nov 2018
Deadline: 30th Apr 2018
The literature on Chinese families emphasises the power of the patriarchal, patrilineal and patrilocal structures and ideologies over family members, particularly women and younger generations. Reinforced by Confucian values, family members, within this patriarchal system, are expected to prioritise solidarity, filial piety,
ISCP 21st International Conference on Chinese Philosophy “Reality, Argumentation, and Persuasion: Metaphysical Explorations and Epistemological Engagements in Chinese Philosophy”
Apr 16, 2018
Berne, Switzerland
2–5th Jul 2019
Deadline: 15th Sep 2018
Chinese philosophy has since its pre-Imperial beginnings been concerned with knowledge – witness Zhuangzi’s argument with Hui Shi about knowing about the happiness of the fish. Furthermore, as this famous story makes clear, there is argument about what people
The Jangseogak Archives Short Term Fellowship Grants at the Academy of Korean Studies
Apr 3, 2018
Deadline: 30th Apr 2018
The Jangseogak Archives at the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) is accepting applications for short-term (three to six months) research fellowships for international scholars of Korean studies. The Jangseogak Archives, originally founded 100 years ago as the last royal archive of the Joseon Dynasty (朝鮮王朝, 1392 – 1910),
Conference: “Between Appropriation and Refutation – On the Significance and Reception of Max Weber in China”
Mar 13, 2018
Beijing, PRC
20–21st Mar 2018
Organizers: Max Weber Foundation / China Branch Office and the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at Peking University
Max Weber himself has dealt with China in his study on “Confucianism and Taoism” (1915/1920). However, more important for the reception in China is his famous book “The Protestant Ethic
Call for Papers: International Conference on “Zhu Xi and Zhu Xi Studies” (Zhuzi xue 朱子學)
Mar 5, 2018
Trier, Germany
13–15th Jul 2018
Deadline: 4th Apr 2018
In order to commemorate the 888th anniversary of the famous Chinese thinker Zhu Xi, the Institute of Sinology at Trier University (Germany) will host an international conference on Zhu Xi and “Zhu Xi Studies” (Zhuzi xue 朱子學). Selected scholars from Europe accepted for the conference
Call for Papers to the 3rd CERPE Workshop on “Chinese in Europe: New mobilities and developments”
Feb 21, 2018
Barcelona, Spain
22-24th Nov 2018
Deadline: 1st Apr 2018
Organised by Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, East Asian Studies & Research Centre, Spain (https://cerao.uab.cat) in cooperation with Jinan University, School of International Studies/Academy of Overseas Chinese Studies, Guangzhou, China (http://sis-aocs.jnu.edu.cn) and Aarhus University, Dep. of Global Studies, Denmark (http://cas.au.dk/en/about-the-school/departments/global-studies/), and with the collaboration of Fundacio
In Memoriam Jao Tsung-I
Feb 21, 2018
It is with great sadness that the Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology announces the passing of Professor Jao Tsung-I, on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at the age of 101 years. Professor Jao, one of the most renowned scholars and men of letters of our time, was born in Chaozhou, Guangdong in
In Memoriam Mario Sabattini
Feb 6, 2018
On 20 December 2017, Mario Sabattini, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca’ Foscari University
in Venice, passed away. Born on July 6th 1944 in Rome, he studied at La Sapienza University in Rome and was a student of Prof. Lionello Lanciotti. In 1970 he started
Call for papers: Chinese objects and their lives
Jan 26, 2018
Paris, France
Date: June 15th, 2018
Deadline: 23rd Feb 2018
Organizer: French Association for Chinese Studies – 法國漢學協會 – AFEC
Venue: Institut National des langues et civilisations orientales – Inalco, Paris
Over the last twenty years, material culture studies have occupied a growing place in the social sciences. These studies are founded on the idea that
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: ”Theorizing brokerage through China’s extraversion“
Jan 26, 2018
Oslo, Norway
Deadline: 19th Feb
The Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship:
The aim of the project is to examine and theorize transnational brokerage. In this context, transnational brokerage refers to the way in which individuals position themselves and mediate between resources and
Member’s Publication: Wenxin Duihua 文心對話
Jan 26, 2018
A Dialogue on The Literary Mind / The Core of Writing, a bilingual collection of papers discussing the Chinese literary and aesthetic tradition indelibly marked by the milestone of Wenxin Diaolong 文心雕龍. This work collects the contributions of six Chinese and Italian authors (such as Alessandra Lavagnino and Zhang Shaokang) who
Call for Papers – International Conference “Contemporary and Traditional: Impact of Chinese Culture”
Jan 26, 2018
Beijing, PRC
30th Nov 2018
Deadline: 30th Apr 2018
The 9th Annual Meeting of Academy for International Communication of Chinese Culture will be held on Friday, November 30, 2018 at Beijing Normal University. We would like to cordially invite you to our forum and share your ideas on Chinese culture’s international communication.
Theme and Sub-themes
Contemporary
Research Fellowship in Middle Period Chinese Intellectual and/or Cultural History
Jan 26, 2018
Edinburgh, Scotland
Deadline: 14th Feb 2018
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh seeks to appoint a Research Fellow who specialises in Chinese intellectual and/or cultural history, with background in the history of education and classicizing learning in the Tang/Song period. The Research Fellow should have strong
Summer Courses in Chinese Literature, Literary Translation and Language
Dec 20, 2017
Hsinchu, Republic of China
2nd Jul – 10th Aug, 2018
All courses are taught in Chinese by instructors proficient in English and capable of customizing courses to meet the levels of preparation and the interests of students. Readings available in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Each course meets for six hours a week
In Memoriam: Gerhard Schmitt
Dec 15, 2017
On 26 November 2017, Gerhard Schmitt passed away. Gerhard Schmitt was born on 28 September 1933 in Canton, where his parents were active as missionaries. Having been repatriated to Germany in 1946, he continued his education in West Germany. In 1950, he was assigned to the Institut für Orientforschung at the
Economic and Political Studies, Vol. 5 No. 4, 2017
Dec 12, 2017
Dear Colleagues, You may be interested in viewing the article abstracts of Volume 5 Number 4, 2017 of Economic and Political Studies (EPS) as follows. Their fulltexts are available online at www.tandfonline.com/reps . Grassland tenure, livelihood assets and pastoralists’ resilience: evidence and empirical analyses from western China
Shuhao Tan and Zhongchun Tan,
Call for Submissions: Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (BJOAF)
Dec 12, 2017
Deadline: 1st Mar 2018
The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung) is now accepting submissions, in either English or German, for edition 41, which is scheduled for publication in winter 2018. All papers submitted will undergo double-blind peer review. The Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies (BJOAF) has
Call For Applications: Academic Director of the Hanmun Workshop at the Jangeogak Archives, the AKS
Dec 1, 2017
Seoul, South Korea
Deadline: 14th Feb 2018
The Jangseogak Archives at the Academy of Korean Studies is seeking an academic director for the 2018 Hanmun (literary/classical Chinese) Workshop (July 2nd to July 20th 2018). The Jangseogak Archives, originally founded 100 years ago as the last royal archives of the Joseon Dynasty (1392 –
Call for Papers: 8th International Conference “Issues of Far Eastern Literatures”
Nov 27, 2017
St. Petersburg, Russia
24–28th Aug 2018
Deadline: 1st Mar 2018
St.Petersburg State University and Nankai University cordially welcome paper proposals for the 8th International Conference “Issues of Far Eastern Literatures”, dedicated to the 1250th anniversary of outstanding Chinese man of letters Han Yu (768-824). The conference will be held on August 24 – 28,
Call for Papers – Upcoming Conference: “Dynamic Asia : Shaping the Future”
Nov 21, 2017
Riga, Latvia
13–15th Apr, 2018
Deadline: 15th Dec 2017
On behalf of the Baltic Alliance for Asian studies (BAAS), Latvian Society for the Study of Religions and the Centre for Korean Studies of the University of Latvia we are pleased to welcome both junior and senior scholars from a wide range of
In Memoriam: Raoul David Findeisen (17 May 1958 – 4 November 2017)
Nov 21, 2017
The sinological community has lost a fine scholar and colleague: on 4 November 2017, Raoul David Findeisen passed away at the age of 58. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland and studied sinology, Japanese studies, Roman languages and literature, and philosophy and comparative philosophy in Berlin, Taipei, Beijing, and Bonn. He
In Memoriam of Brunhild Staiger
Nov 16, 2017
It is with sadness that the EACS has to inform her members that Brunhild Staiger died on 12 March 2017 in Hamburg. As a specialist in modern and contemporary Chinese history and culture, Brunhild Staiger worked at the universities of Tübingen and Hamburg. She was one of the founders of the
Tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in the field of Chinese History
Nov 8, 2017
UNC Charlotte, USA
Preliminary deadline: 26th Nov 2017
The Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications
for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in the field of Chinese History to begin August
2018. Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in History or a related field at the time
«Moscow International Poetry Biennale»
Nov 8, 2017
Moscow, Russia
28th Nov–2nd Dec 2017
«Moscow International Poetry Biennale» is a large-scale cultural and educational project that has started in 1999. It has become a significant part of Russian and international cultural space. Since 2001, «Moscow International Poetry Biennale» has been a member of the International Poetry Festival Association.
Poet Eugenie Bunimovich, laureate
For EACS Members: EACS Newsletter #52, Nov 2017
Nov 8, 2017
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East and West Contact and Dialogue: International Conference of Contemporary China Studies (2018) 东西方接触与对话：当代中国学研究国际研讨会
Nov 8, 2017
León, Spain
2–3rd May 2018
Deadline: 15th Mar 2018
The Confucius Institute at the University of Leon has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the international conference “East and West Contact: Current Issues in Contemporary China Studies” on 2nd-3rd May 2018. The aims of the conference are to present the latest research
Notice of Vacancies: The Department of Philosophy at National Taiwan University invites applications for the positions of Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor
Nov 8, 2017
Taipei City, Taiwan
Deadline: 18th Dec 2017
Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. The Department of Philosophy at National Taiwan University invites applications for the positions of Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor. Teaching appointment is effective from August 1, 2018. Qualification: Ph.D. in Philosophy or related fields. Specializations (Priority will be
Call for Proposals: The Oxford International History of East Asia Research Seminar
Nov 8, 2017
University of Oxford China Centre
Deadline: 3rd Dec 2017
Spring (Hilary) Term 2018 – University of Oxford China Centre
The convenors, Nelson K.H. So, Pete Millwood, Helena F.S. Lopes, Frances O’Morchoe, and Sheng Peng invite proposals for the spring (Hilary Term) 2018 session of the Oxford International History of East Asia Research Seminar.
We welcome
AREA Ruhr doctoral programme, Up to four 3-year Doctoral Stipends Available
Oct 31, 2017
Bochum and Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Deadline: 15th Dec 2017
The Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr, supported by the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR), invites applications for up to four 3-year doctoral stipends for the winter term 18/19, to study Transnational Institution Building and Transnational Identities in East Asia.
The structured three-year doctoral
International Symposium – Art and Translation: Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea
Oct 30, 2017
28-29th Oct 2017 This symposium plans to open up the discussion in art of the Post-China era in relation to both the historical and contemporary contexts of changing geo-political and cultural identities of Asian locales – Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea in particular, and the relationship of these issues to
Vacant open-rank faculty position in pre-modern Asian Studies
Oct 30, 2017
Astana, Kazakhstan
Deadline: 12th Nov 2017
The Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan invites applications for an open-rank faculty position in pre-modern Asian studies. The period and specialization are open, but preference will be given to candidates specializing
Opening Rank Positions at Yuelu Academy
Oct 26, 2017
Changsha, Hunan, PR China
Deadline: 1st Dec 2017
Yuelu Academy (嶽麓書院) at Hunan University invites applications for positions in Philosophy (Chinese and non-Chinese), Religious Studies (Chinese and non-Chinese),Chinese History, and Archaeology of China. We highly encourage applicants with various specializations.
This is an open-rank appointment of the position of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor,
Kyoto University and Heidelberg University Joint Degree Master Students Orientations
Oct 26, 2017
Deadline: 12th Nov 2017
Kyoto University and Heidelberg University invite interested students to orientations in Japan and Germany about the new international Joint Degree Master of Arts Program in Transcultural Studies (JDTS).
Building on the strengths of both institutions, this jointly conducted, research-oriented English-language graduate program offers students access to an interdisciplinary field
Final Report EACS Summer School “Hidden in Plain Sight: Materiality, Meaning and Accessibility of Chinese Objects in Local Collections” – University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Oct 25, 2017
Lampeter, UK
4–9th Sep 2017
Chinese objects often lead dormant lives in private collections and museums across Europe, especially in small institutions without specialist curators. The workshop aimed to introduce participants to the issues, both theoretical and practical, involved in researching, curating and exhibiting Chinese objects from small and medium-sized museums or private
Postdoctoral Researcher Archaeology and Material Culture of Early through Medieval China (Shang through Tang)
Oct 25, 2017
Munich, Germany
Deadline: 1st Nov 2017
Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) Munich is one of Germany’s largest and well-known universities. It offers its employees a wide variety of opportunities.
The Department of Asian Studies at Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) Munich is currently inviting applications for a non-tenure track position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the
Call for Submissions: EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA)
Oct 6, 2017
Deadline: 15th Jan 2018
The Board of the European Association for Chinese Studies is pleased to announce again the EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA). The purpose of this award is to encourage research in Chinese studies among young scholars, especially, but not exclusively, scholars studying and working at European institutions.
The Young Scholar
Lecture Series: Winter Semester 2017-18 – International Consortium for Research in the Humanities IKGF
Sep 21, 2017
Tuesdays, 6:15 – 7:45 pm
Seminar Room, International Consortium for Research in the Humanities (IKGF)
Hartmannstr. 14, Building D1, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
07.11.2017 Old Uyghur Divination Literature and Its Relationship with Chinese Tradition
Yukiyo Kasai (Turkish Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum)
3 Vacant Assistant Professorships: Modern/Early Modern Literature and Culture in Chinese/Japanese/Arabic
Sep 21, 2017
Deadline: 1st Nov 2017
Univ. of Colorado Boulder, USA
1. Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture to begin August 2018. Candidates should have a
Call for Papers: Engaging ‘China’: Perspectives from the Margins – Oxford China Humanities Graduate Conference
Sep 21, 2017
10–11th Jan 2018
Deadline: 15th Oct 2017
Keynote speakers: Peter K. Bol (Harvard), Henrietta Harrison (Oxford)
Graduate students are invited to submit abstracts for the second annual University of Oxford China Humanities Graduate Conference, which takes the
Upcoming Conference: Marco Polo Research: Past, Present, Future
Sep 15, 2017
Tübingen, Germany
10–11th Oct 2017
Tue, 10.10.2017 8:00
Welcome Address by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Tübingen, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leonhardt
Introduction, Hans Ulrich Vogel, Ulrich Theobald
Past Researches, Current Work, and Future Investigations on the Devisament du monde of Marco Polo, Philippe Ménard
1. Le Divisament dou monde: Transmission and Stylistic Issues
Call for Applications: W1 Junior Professorship for State and Society in China
Sep 15, 2017
Erlangen, Germany
Deadline: 27th Oct 2017
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
The Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology invites applications for a W1 Junior Professorship for State and Society in China at the Institute for Middle Eastern and East Asian Languages and Civilizations to be filled by the earliest possible starting date for an initial
Oxford Ancient Chinese Workshop with Christoph Harbsmeier
Sep 15, 2017
Oxford, UK
29th Nov–1st Dec 2017
Deadline: 10th Oct 2017
Oxford University China Centre, Merton College and The Queen’s College are accepting applications for the Ancient Chinese Workshop with Professor Christoph Harbsmeier, which will be held on 29 November – 1 December 2017.
Qu Leilei: A Chinese Artist in Britain
Sep 15, 2017
An exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
7 Nov 2017 until 15 Apr 2018, Gallery 11, Oxford, UK
Contemporary Chinese artist Qu Leilei (b. 1951) was a founding member of the avant-garde ‘Stars Group’ in the late 1970s, and immigrated to England in 1985. This exhibition shows his progression from
QU LEILEI: THE STARS AND AFTER – A conference at the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Sep 15, 2017
24th Nov 2017
Oxford, UK
10.30am–4.45pm, Headley Lecture Theatre
This international conference is held in conjunction with the exhibition Qu Leilei: A Chinese Artist in Britain, opening at the Ashmolean Museum in November 2017, showing the artist’s progression from calligraphic collage to an exploration of new ink language blending lively brushwork with western technique.
The
Call for Papers for a Special Issue: Economic and Political Studies Innovation, technological development and industrial restructuring in China
Sep 14, 2017
Deadline: 30th Sep 2017
Editor-in-Chief:Wei Liu Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Executive Editor: Chengsi Zhang Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Guest Editor: Abdol S. Soofi University of Wisconsin, Platteville, USA
Economic and Political Studies (ISSN 2095-4816), a peer-reviewed quarterly journal hosted by Renmin
University of China and published by Taylor & Francis, calls for
Vienna Taiwan Lecture Series – Winter Term 2017 “Taiwan’s local Culture in Literature and Film”
Sep 14, 2017
Vienna, Austria
4th Nov 2017–10th Jan 2018
The Vienna Taiwan Lectures, featuring talks by external experts, are organized by the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies. The series was established at the Department of East Asian Studies in 2012, and is supported by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation and the Taipei
XXVIII. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Vereinigung für Chinastudien (DVCS) Erinnern und Erinnerung, Gedächtnis und Gedenken: Über den Umgang mit Vergangenem in der chinesischen Kultur
Sep 14, 2017
27–29th Oct 2017
Vienna, Austria
Teile der Vergangenheit im kollektiven Bewusstsein zu halten und gezielt zu vergegenwärtigen, prägt unmittelbar auch die subjektive Wahrnehmung des
Individuums. Zu einer Kultur des Erinnerns und Gedenkens gehören gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzungen,
Call for Applications： W3 Heisenberg Professorship for the Intellectual and Cultural History of China
Sep 14, 2017
Erlangen, Germany
Deadline: 13th Oct 2017
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
The Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology invites applications for a W3 Heisenberg Professorship for the Intellectual and Cultural History of China at the Institute for Middle Eastern and East Asian Languages and Civilizations to be filled by the earliest possible starting date. The
10th Annual Nordic NIAS Council Conference Environmental Asia
Sep 13, 2017
Oslo, Norway
23–24th Nov 2017
IKOS – Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Global environmental degradation and climate change are possibly the greatest challenges of our times. They have roots in humanity’s long history of creatively making use of natural resources to generate change,
Call for Papers: 5th INTERNATIONAL STCS CONFERENCE FROM HEGEL TO MAO AND BEYOND – The Long March of Sinicizing Marxism
Sep 13, 2017
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Apr 20–22nd 2018
organized by the Department of Asian Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Venue: Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana
The main goal of the STCS (Specific Topics in Chinese Studies) conferences (organized by the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Ljubljana) is to use
Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants
Aug 2, 2017
Deadline: 13th Oct 2017
Once a year, supported by the Peters Beer Foundation, part of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Donors’ Association for the Promotion of Humanities and Sciences in Germany), the Max Weber Foundation (MWS) confers Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants to young academics with an international focus.
The travel grants
New research on the History of Chinese Gardens and Landscapes
Jul 12, 2017
Sheffield, UK
26–27th Oct 2017
Date & time: 26 & 27 October 2017
Venue: The University of Sheffield, Landscape Department (Arts Tower)
Booking required.
This two-day conference held in the Department of Landscape at the University of Sheffield will explore new research in the history of Chinese gardens and landscapes.
Organised by Dr Jan Woudstra in conjunction
The Journal of China and International Relations (JCIR) 中国与国际关系学刊, Vol 5, No 1 (2017)
Jul 12, 2017
Table of Contents
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The “Asia-Pacific Dream”: Is China Using Economic Integration Initiatives as Ideological Weapons? – On The Link Between Free Trade Agreements, Soft Power and “Universal Values”
Anke Berndzen
Xi Jinping and The Sino – Latin American Relations in The 21st Century: Facing The Beginning of A New Phase?
Diego Leiva Van
In Memoriam of Henry Rosemont Jr. (1934-2017)
Jul 12, 2017
Sad news has reached Asian studies community in Nordic-Baltic region of passing of a longtime friend, colleague, and mentor prof. Henry Rosemont, Jr. (Brown University, USA). A prominent authority in the field of Chinese philosophy, Henry has co-authored translations of Chinese classics Lunyu and Xiaojing (with Roger T. Ames), has written
Vacant Position: 1 PhD position (University assistant) University of Salzburg, Department of History
Jun 9, 2017
Salzburg, Austria
(Extended) Deadline: 22nd Jun 2017
Duties and functions: Scientific support in research and teaching in the field of Non-European and Global History; administrative functions, independent research including the writing of a PhD; after the 3rd year of employment 2 hours of teaching are required. Participation in the research project “Appraising Risk,
Upcoming Conference “Current Issues in Contemporary Chinese and Oriental Studies” organized by the Chinese Studies Program at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria, on the event of its 25-th anniversary
Jun 9, 2017
Sofia University, Bulgaria
1st Dec 2017
Deadline: 15th Jul 2017
The Chinese Studies Program at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the conference “Current Issues in Contemporary Chinese and Oriental Studies” on 01 December 2017. The academic event
Call for Contributions: Crossroads (vol. 15) 2017
Jun 9, 2017
Deadline: early August (for the 2017 issue); nonetheless, manuscripts are welcome all the time.
Crossroads ISSN: 2190-8796, Published by OSTASIEN Verlag. The journal Crossroads-Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World is designed as an international forum for contributions related to the history of exchange relations in the
New book series in Chinese Studies: Leipziger Sinologische Studien / 萊比錫漢學研究叢書
Jun 9, 2017
The editors are proud to announce the publication of a new series in Chinese Studies at the University of Leipzig (Germany). Edited by Philip Clart and Elisabeth Kaske and published by Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipziger Sinologische Studien will be devoted mostly to German-language monographs and edited volumes. The inaugural volume has just
Research position (Akademische/r Mitarbeiter/in) (doctoral fellowship) Heidelberg University, Institute of Chinese Studies
May 19, 2017
Heidelberg, Germany
Deadline: 25th Jun 2017
(limited to 3 years, 50 percent of a full-time employment), Salary: Entgeltgruppe TV-L 13, in the context of the German-Russian project “Chinese perceptions of Russia and the West during the 20th century: changes, continuities and contingencies” (financed on the German side by the DFG)
Job description:
• Collaboration in
Call for Papers: Ming Qing Studies 2018
May 14, 2017
Deadline: 30th Jun 2017
edited by Paolo Santangelo (Sapienza University of Rome)
We are glad to inform you that the new edition of Ming Qing Studies 2017 is going to be published by Aracne Publishers in Fall 2017 (see contents below).Applicants are encouraged to submit abstracts for the next issue of Ming Qing
TOChina Summer School 2017
May 14, 2017
Torino, Italy
26th Jun – 7th Jul 2017
Deadline: 26th May 2017
Torino World Affairs Institute (T.wai) is an independent, not-for-profit research centre which conducts research on the international relations of East Asia, Chinese foreign/domestic policy, and changing world politics.Each year, T.wai organizes the TOChina Summer School in partnership with the Department of Culture,
Vacant Position: Doctoral Researcher (m/f) – Chinese Legal Culture
May 14, 2017
Cologne, Germany
Deadline: 22nd May 2017
The Institute of East Asian Studies (Professor Björn Ahl) at the Arts and Humanities Faculty of the University of Cologne seeks to appoint a Doctoral Researcher (m/f) for a period of two years starting on 1st September 2017 with a weekly working time of 19,92 hours (50%
International Workshop: Challenges and Chances for Sustainable Water Management in China
May 14, 2017
Berlin, Germany
9th Jun 2017
Throughout Chinese history uneven and unreliable distribution of water has been a challenge. Providing access to sufficient water supply as well as flood control is regarded as essential for regional economic development and social stability. It is widely acknowledged that China’s technological achievements in water conservation and developing
1st World Conference for Chinese Studies and General Assembly World Association for Chinese Studies Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the German China Association
May 14, 2017
Witten, Germany
18–23rd Aug 2017
Deadline: 31st May 2017
Every participant contributes a paper, summed up in a short oral presentation. Please send your application form including a paper title until May 31, 2017 by email to the organizing committee wacs@china-studies.com . Please send the abstract (200 words, if possible also 500 Chinese characters,
Understanding Global China / summer school July 2017
May 2, 2017
Rome, Italy
24–28th Jul 2017
Deadline: 31st May 2017
Organization and collaborations: Research Center on Contemporary China (www.cscc.it), in collaboration with University of Rome Tor Vergata, with the patronage of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sponsor: ZTE, Foundation Fruttadoro Orogel, Jilitour, Città della Scienza, Location: Villa
Lecture Series Summer 2017 – International Consortium for Research in the Humanities IKGF
Apr 18, 2017
Erlangen, Germany
Tuesdays, 6:15pm – 7:45pm
The International Consortium for Research in the Humanities “Fate, Freedom and Prognostication. Strategies for Coping with the Future in East Asia and Europe” of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg is delighted to announce its series of lectures
PhD Summer School: Translation, Intercultural and East Asian Studies
Apr 18, 2017
Barcelona, Spain
26–30th Jun 2017
Deadline: 31st May 2017
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is delighted to announce a new edition of the PhD Summer School: Translation, Intercultural and East Asian Studies. The PhD Summer School is organized by the Department of Translation, Interpreting and East Asian Studies, and it will be held
11th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Commemorating October 1917: Re-thinking Marxism and the Russian Revolution in East and Southeast Asia
Apr 14, 2017
Olomouc, Czech Republic
21st Oct 2017
Deadline: 31st Jul 2017
It is undoubtable that Marxism and the Russian Revolution of 1917 changed the nature and course of the entire Russian empire. However, the revolutionary wave
Doctoral research fellowship in Modern China Studies
Apr 14, 2017
Oslo, Norway
Deadline: 8th May 2017
The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest ranked educational and research institution, with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. With its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally recognised research communities, UiO is an important contributor to society.
The Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages
Call for Papers: Workshop “Dialogues with Ethnography – The Lived Experiences of Chinese in Africa”
Apr 3, 2017
Vienna, Austria
26–27th Jun 2017
Deadline: 15th Apr 2017
Over the past decade, scholars, and especially young scholars, have been engaged in truly multi-sited and
sometimes even transregional fieldworks focusing on the everyday life experiences of Chinese individuals,
families and other groups living in African countries. We would like to critically engage with, and thoroughly
reflect on
International Summer School: “Spreading the Word: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language”
Apr 3, 2017
Olomouc, Czech Republic
22–24th May 2017
Deadline: 28th Apr 2017
With several decades of China’s economic growth and general increase in its political and cultural influence throughout the world, popularity of Chinese has been on the rise as well. The summer school titled Spreading the Word will be dealing with various aspects of teaching
Call for Papers: “Understanding and Misunderstanding between the Far East and the West: Conference on East Asian studies in Remembrance of 210th Anniversary of Dr. Rev. Robert Morrison’s Arrival at China”
Apr 3, 2017
Glasgow, Scotland
13–14th Oct 2017
Deadline: 1st May 2017
“Traditional China: a Closer Distant View” A Sinological Summer School
Mar 27, 2017
Saint Petersburg, Russia
21–25th Aug 2017
Deadline: 25th Apr 2017
Organizers: St.Petersburg University, the Hermitage Museum, Kunstkamera
The second Summer School “Traditional China: a Closer Distant View” (August 21-25, 2017) at the Faculty of Asian and African Studies of St. Petersburg State University, focuses on important matters of the present-day Chinese studies in Russia. The
PhD Fellowship in Chinese art, material culture, and archaeology at Leiden University sponsored by the Hulsewé-Wazniewski Foundation
Mar 26, 2017
Leiden, Netherlands
Deadline: 24th Apr 2017
Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies and Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society are looking for a
PhD Fellowship sponsored by the Hulsewé-Wazniewski Foundation (1,0 fte)
Vacancy number 17-084
Selection criteria
A Master’s degree in a relevant field. Candidates near completion of the degree will be considered.
An
Call for Papers for the British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies 2017 conference ” “From local to global: regional aspects of China””
Mar 26, 2017
University of Sheffield, UK
14–15th Jun 2017
Deadline: 16th Apr 2017
BPCS’s annual conference: Papers will be selected on the basis of the quality of the abstract submitted.
Our theme this year: “From local to global: regional aspects of China” We will accept topics from a wide spectrum of the Humanities and Social Sciences, including
Call for Papers: International Conference on “Confucian Canon Studies (jingxue 經學), Literary Genre and Literary Style”
Mar 26, 2017
Trier, Germany
Deadline: 6th Apr 2017
Location and Date: Trier University on July 21–23 2017.
Conference languages: Chinese and English (Chinese is preferred)
Selected scholars from Europe accepted for the conference will receive free accommodation in Trier during the conference. If funds are sufficient, a travel subsidiary may also be granted. We are mainly looking
PhD studentship – “Auditory Histories of Occupation in 20th century Asia”
Mar 26, 2017
Nottingham, UK
Deadline: 31st Mar 2017
The Department of History at the University of Nottingham invites applications from suitably-qualified candidates for a full-time studentship in Auditory Histories of Occupation in Twentieth-Century Asia. The studentship is offered through the project, Cultures of Occupation in Twentieth-Century Asia (COTCA), led by Dr Jeremy E. Taylor. The
1 PhD position and 2 post-doctoral positions – Public goods in urbanising China
Mar 26, 2017
Lausanne, Switzerland
30th Apr 2017
The Research project “Public goods in urbanising China” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, led by Anne-Christine Trémon is offering 1 PhD position (4 years) and 2 post-doctoral positions in anthropology (3 years), starting 1 October 2017, based at the Institute of Social Sciences, Université de Lausanne.
The
First Annual Graduate Student Workshop “Canonical Texts and Commentaries”
Mar 25, 2017
International Center for the Study of Ancient Text Cultures
Renmin University of China
Beijing, P.R.China
18–24th Jun 2017
Deadline: 1st May 2017
The International Center for the Study of Ancient Text Cultures (ICSATC), hosted at Renmin University of China, develops new perspectives and research opportunities for the study of all aspects of ancient textuality both in
Journal of Chinese Humanities has released Volume 3.1 on the subject “Myth and Legend in Ancient China”
Mar 25, 2017
This issue includes articles from top Chinese scholars and a piece by Early China editor Sarah Allan that responds to new findings out of China with implications for the historicity of the Xia Dynasty.
You can read abstracts on our website, www.journalofchinesehumanities.com and you can subscribe by going to our publisher’s page,
Call for Participation: BPCS Postgraduate Workshop “How to publish your first monograph or journal article on China”
Mar 25, 2017
Cambridge UK
23rd May 2017
May 23rd 2017, 14:00-16:00, St Catherine’s College, Ramsden Room, Cambridge UK
This workshop introduces current PhD candidates and early career researchers to the publishing landscape in academia, with a special focus on China Studies.
Lucy Rhymer, the Commissioning Editor of Asian Studies at Cambridge University Press, will offer tips and
International conference «Folk images and Late Imperial China»
Mar 25, 2017
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
29–30th Jun 2017
Deadline: 1st May 2017
History of Chinese studies in the capital of Russian empire Saint-Petersburg starts from the decree issued by Emperor Peter the Great (1672 -1725) about establishing the Academy of Sciences almost 300 years ago. During three centuries, with establishment of institutions for comprehensive studies of China,
Call for Lecturers: Vienna Taiwan Lectures on “Taiwan: Mirroring Society? Affecting Society? The Impact of Literature, Television and Film”
Mar 25, 2017
Vienna, Austria
The Vienna Taiwan Lectures, featuring talks by external experts, are organized by the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies.
Registration Open: EACS Summer School 2017 “Hidden in Plain Sight: Materiality, Meaning and Accessibility of Chinese Objects in Local Collections”
Mar 23, 2017
Lampeter, UK
4-8th Sep 2017
(New) Deadline: 15th May 2017
Chinese objects often lead seemingly dormant lives in private collections and museums across Europe, especially in small institutions without specialist curators. This workshop aims to introduce participants to the issues, both theoretical and practical, involved in researching, curating and exhibiting Chinese objects from small
33. Deutscher Orientalistentag “Asia, Africa and Europe” German Oriental Studies Conference (DOT)
Mar 23, 2017
Jena, Germany
18–22nd Sep 2017
Deadline: 31st Mar 2017
The Deutsche Orientalistentag (DOT) is the largest professional meeting of Oriental Studies in Germany and one of the most important scholarly Orientalist congresses in the world. The range of disciplines encompasses the Ancient and Modern Middle East, including North Africa, as well as all of
Vacant Position: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w)
Mar 20, 2017
Erlangen, Germany
Deadline: 31st Mar 2017
Das Internationale Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung (IKGF) „Schicksal, Freiheit und Prognose. Bewältigungsstrategien in Ostasien und Europa“ der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ist eines von zehn deutschlandweit vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Käte Hamburger Kollegs, an welchen auf Einladung der Kollegsleitung kontinuierlich zehn internationale Gastwissenschaftler/innen für i.d.R. ein
Vacant Position: Research and Teaching Staff
Mar 20, 2017
University of Nottingham
Ningbo, P.R.China
End of advertisement period: 28th Mar 2017
Qualifications:
Essential
PhD degree in politics, philosophy, law, history, education or related discipline of social science; CET 6 or equivalent; Strong communication skills in English; IT skills in software application, courseware production; Experience of relevant teaching work; Ability of research and innovation; Good interpersonal
Vacant Position: Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies (Language and Humanities)
Mar 20, 2017
Melbourne, Australia
Asia Institute, Faculty of Arts
Deadline: 17th Apr 2017
The Asia Institute promotes study of the rich languages, intellectual, cultural, social, political and religious traditions of Asia and of the Islamic world, and their contemporary manifestations. The Chinese Studies Program is one of six programs offered by the Asia Institute.
The Senior Lecturer
Vacant Position: Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies (Social Sciences)
Mar 20, 2017
Melbourne, Australia
Asia Institute, Faculty of Arts
Deadline: 17th April 2017
The Asia Institute promotes study of the rich languages, intellectual, cultural, social, political and religious traditions of Asia and the Islamic world, and their contemporary manifestations. The Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies (CCCS) is a major initiative of the University of Melbourne, located
Ming Qing Yanjiu XX 2016
Mar 10, 2017
MING QING YANJIU ISSN 1724-8574 Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Dept. of Asian, African and Mediterranean Studies Published by BRILL Editor Donatella Guida (Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”) Editorial Board Rüdiger Breuer (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Craig Clunas (University of Oxford), Nicola Di Cosmo (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), Maram Epstein
Summer Workshop on Ancient Chinese Palaeography and Phonology
Mar 10, 2017
Oxford, UK
3–7th Jul 2017
Deadline: 15th Mar 2017
Oxford University China Centre, The Queen’s College and its Workshop for Manuscript and Text Cultures (WMTC), and Merton College are accepting applications for the Summer Workshop on Ancient Chinese Palaeography and Phonology at Oxford, 3-7 July 2017. The workshop will be guided by two leading
Vacant Position: British Library – Head of Asian and African Collections
Mar 8, 2017
London, UK
Deadline: 31st Mar 2017
We are delighted to be working in partnership with the British Library to recruit a Head of Asian and African Collections, based in at St Pancras in Central London, to lead their collections and curation team and work on the strategic development of their renowned collections. What
Call for Papers: II International Workshop on Chinese Migration in Spain
Mar 8, 2017
Barcelona, Spain
13–14th Jul 2017
Deadline (proposals): 30th Apr 2017
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. In the last decade global and local structural shifts are triggering up transformations in migration flows, and bringing about new modes of mobilities (directions, typologies and aims) between China and Spain. These evolving realities are also reshaping translational links and
Vacant Position: Assistant Editor “Economic and Political Studies” Renmin University of China
Mar 8, 2017
Beijing, P.R. China
Deadline: 31st May 2017
Economic and Political Studies (EPS) will recruit a full-time Assistant Editor. EPS is a peer-reviewed English journal hosted by Renmin University of China and published by Taylor& Francis Group (ISSN 2095-4816, CN 10-1049/C). It is published quarterly both in print and online. The Editor-in-Chief is Professor Wei
International Summer School: “Bordering and Othering: How Inner Asian Identities Have Been Shaped”
Mar 8, 2017
Olomouc, Czech Republic
29th May – Jun 2nd 2017
Extended Deadline: 7th May 2017
Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, would like to invite you to its international summer school, titled: Bordering and Othering: how Inner Asian Identities Have Been Shaped. The main aim of this Summer
Call for Proposal Summer (Trinity Term) 2017 session – The Oxford International History of East Asia Seminar
Feb 27, 2017
Oxford, UK
Deadline: 12th Mar 2017
The convenors, Pete Millwood, Helena Ferreira Santos Lopes and Nelson K.H. So, invite proposals for the summer (Trinity Term) 2017 session of the Oxford International History of East Asia Research Seminar.
We welcome proposals for seminar presentations on any aspect of the international history of East Asia, particularly
Upcoming Conference: “Golden weeks, golden spots – Domestic and international tourism in China and East Asian countries”
Feb 27, 2017
Kraków, Poland
10–11th Apr 2017
Deadline: 5th Mar 2017
The last few decades has brought an extensive development of tourism in the world; this phenomenon is also visible in case of East Asia, where the number of both domestic and international travels has increased.
In China the touristic boom has started to gain momentum thirty
Two Positions in Digital Humanities – Max Planck Institute
Feb 26, 2017
Berlin, Germany
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), Berlin (Dept. III, Artefacts, Action, Knowledge, Director: Prof. Dagmar Schäfer) is seeking to fill two positions aimed at developing a research infrastructure for East Asian languages.
1. IT Architect (full time). The position will be for two years.
Starting date: as soon
Vacant Position, Handa Chair of Japanese – Chinese Relations
Feb 25, 2017
University of Edinburgh, Scotland Deadline: 24th Feb 2017 Applications are invited for the Handa Chair of Japanese-Chinese Relations (including the wider East Asian cultural sphere) within the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. We are seeking candidates for the role of Chair of Japanese-Chinese Relations with experience of Japanese studies to
Glen Dudbridge (1938–2017)
Feb 10, 2017
It is with sadness that the EACS has to announce that its former President, Glen Dudbridge, passed away on 5 February 2017. Trained as a sinologist at Cambridge (PhD 1967), he became Professor of Chinese at Cambridge from 1985 to 1989, and then at Oxford until 2005, where he became Shaw
Vacant Position: 3-year Studentship in Chinese Archaeology/Ceramic Analysis
Feb 7, 2017
London and Oxford, UK
Deadline: 21st Apr 2017
The British Museum and the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, are pleased to invite applications for a funded doctoral studentship awarded under the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme. This 3-year studentship is for research in Archaeology on the topic ‘Ceramic
Bi-Lateral Austrian-Taiwanese Joint Seminar: “Equality: Austria and Taiwan”
Feb 5, 2017
Vienna, Austria 27–28th Feb 2017 Organization: Prof. Dr. Andrea Komlosy, Department of Social and Economic History, University of Vienna Dr. Astrid Lipinsky, Department of East Asian Studies – Sinology, University of Vienna About the Conference: Based upon the discussion about equality at the 2016 joint seminar at National Chengchi University (NCCU),
PhD position in Mozi and Yang Zhu Studies at KU Leuven, Sinology (Belgium) (October 2017 – September 2021)
Feb 5, 2017
Leuven, Belgium This position is offered in the context of a research project on the creation of Mozi or Yang Zhu from “heretics” into “philosophers.” (for more details, see “Project” below) We are looking for a young MA student in Sinology, Chinese studies, or Chinese philosophy willing to study an epoch
国际论坛征稿通知: “当代中国文化影响力生成”
Jan 20, 2017
24–25th Nov 2017
Deadline: 30th Jun 2017
当代中国文化和经济的世界影响力存在明显的“不相称性”，针对当代中国文化，我们认为应该尊重文化自身的发展规律，围绕“生成”这一文化发展的根源问题展开讨论，博采众长，集思广益。本论坛由会林文化基金和中国文化国际传播研究院主办。
一、论坛主题：当代中国文化影响力生成
来稿可涉及但不限于：文化影响力的内涵与表现；世界文化影响力生成的关键因素；优秀文化影响力生成的案例研究；制约当代中国文化影响力的原因；等等
二、时间、地点
时间：2017年11月24日（周五）－25日（周六），地点：北京师范大学京师学堂，会议语言：中文、英语（届时有同声传译）
Call for Papers and Panels: The Making of the Humanities VI
Jan 17, 2017
University of Oxford
Somerville College, UK
September 28-30, 2017
Deadline: 15th Apr 2017
The sixth conference on the history of the humanities, ‘The Making of the Humanities VI’, will take place at the University of Oxford, Humanities Division and Somerville College, UK, from 28 till 30 September 2017.
Goal of the Making of the Humanities (MoH)
Call for Book Reviewers: Europe-Asia Studies
Jan 17, 2017
Europe-Asia Studies is the principal academic journal in the world focusing on the history and current political, social and economic affairs of the countries of the former communist blocs of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Asia. We are continually seeking to make sure that the wide scope of the journal
New Issue: Ming Qing Studies 2016
Jan 17, 2017
edited by Paolo Santangelo (Sapienza University of Rome)
We are glad to inform you that the new edition of Ming Qing Studies 2016 has been finally issued. Digital and hard copies can be purchased on-line at “Aracne Editrice” (see contents below)
Vacant Position: Professor of Asian Politics
Jan 17, 2017
University of Tartu, Estonia
Deadline: 31 Jan 2017
In cooperation with the University’s Asia Centre, the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies seeks to develop new competence in Asian politics with a special emphasis on China. Teaching will involve establishing course modules on Asian political development, governance and regional affairs. Corresponding research themes
Vacant Position: Deputy Director, China Studies Centre, Provost and Deputy Vice Chancellor
Dec 9, 2016
Syndey, Australia
Deadline: 11th Jan 2017
The University of Sydney is Australia’s first university and has an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. We employ over 7600 permanent staff, supporting over 60,000 students.
The University is seeking an energetic academic to assist the Director of the China Studies Centre in the consolidation
Summer Courses in Chinese Literature, Literary Translation and Language
Dec 9, 2016
National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan
3rd Jul – 11th Aug 2017
Courses
1.Sinophone Women Writers 華人女作家
CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant 2017
Dec 9, 2016
Deadlines: 20th Mar & Oct 2017
Thanks to the continued support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation the EACS also in 2013 is able to fund one-week visits for specialised re-search in Sinological libraries in Cambridge, Heidelberg, Leiden, London, Munich, Oxford or Paris.
Applications received before the two deadlines of March 20 and October
For EACS Members: EACS Newsletter #51, Nov 2016
Dec 1, 2016
Access to our latest newsletter (#51) 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. If you already are EACS member but didn’t receive the newsletter or wish to have it re-sent, please contact the
Call for Proposals: “The Oxford International History of East Asia Research Seminar”
Nov 5, 2016
Oxford, UK
Deadline: 20th Nov 2016
Hilary term 2017 – University of Oxford China Centre
The convenors, Pete Millwood, Helena Ferreira Santos Lopes and Nelson Kaiho So, invite proposals for the spring 2017 session of the Oxford International History of East Asia Research Seminar.
Lecture Series: Winter Semester 2016-17 – International Consortium for Research in the Humanities IKGF
Nov 5, 2016
Erlangen, Germany
Vacant Position: Librarian/Chinese Studies
Nov 5, 2016
Princeton, USA
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Library seeks a creative, energetic and service-oriented subject specialist who is excited about the possibilities Princeton offers to shape and further enrich its already excellent library collections and provide outstanding library services in the interdisciplinary field of Chinese Studies.
Vacant Position: Lecturer in Chinese
Nov 5, 2016
Univ. of Westminster, UK
Deadline: 16th Nov 2016
The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures seeks to employ a Lecturer in Chinese to contribute to its wide range of teaching and research activities. The Department delivers a rich portfolio of undergraduate combined degrees in Chinese, which now also includes a new route called
Vacant Position: Tenured Associate Professor or Advanced Tenure Track Assistant Professor, China Studies
Nov 5, 2016
Univ. of Minnesota, USA
Deadline: 31st Dec 2016
The Department of Asian Languages and Literatures will search for an advanced tenure-track or tenured position in Chinese literature/culture to begin fall semester 2017 or later. Position will be at the rank of tenure-track (probationary) assistant professor or associate professor with indefinite tenure,
Vacant Position: Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nov 5, 2016
Stanford, CA, USA
Deadline: 16th Jan 2017
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. The Center will award one fellowship every two years. The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies (HCBSS) Postdoctoral Fellowship seeks to bring outstanding young scholars to Stanford on two-year fellowships.
Vacant Position: tenure-track position in Chinese Philosophy
Nov 5, 2016
UMI, Ann Arbor, USA
Deadline: 23rd Nov 2016
The University of Michigan invites applications for a tenure-track position in Chinese Philosophy beginning September 1, 2017. This position is held jointly between the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and the Department of Philosophy.
Vacant Position: Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Literature
Nov 5, 2016
Hong Kong, PRC
Deadline: 19th Nov 2016
The Department of Chinese Language and Literature invites applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor with the expertise in Chinese Philosophy or relevant disciplines, such as Buddhism, Taoism, intellectual history, etc. The appointee is expected to (a) teach courses in traditional Chinese thoughts and culture;
Vacant Position: Professor of Chinese Language and Literature
Nov 5, 2016
Hong Kong, PRC
Deadline: 19th Nov 2016
The Department of Chinese Language and Literature invites applications for a tenure-track position of full Professor with the expertise in Chinese Linguistics or relevant disciplines, such as grammar, syntax, phonology, paleography, etc. The appointee is expected to (a) teach courses in Chinese Linguistics and related subjects;
Postdoctoral Researcher opportunity: ‘Doing Intimacy: A Multi-sited Ethnography of Modern Chinese Family Life’
Nov 5, 2016
SOAS, London, UK
Deadline: 14th Nov 2016
The SOAS China Institute is seeking to appoint one suitably qualified individual as Postdoctoral Researcher to work on a European Research Council funded project entitled ‘Doing Intimacy: A Multi-sited Ethnography of Modern Chinese Family Life’, led by the Principal Investigator, Dr Jieyu Liu.
Vacant Position: Postdoctoral Researcher opportunity: ‘Doing Intimacy: A Multi-sited Ethnography of Modern Chinese Family Life’
Nov 5, 2016
SOAS, London, UK
Deadline: 14th Nov 2016
The SOAS China Institute is seeking to appoint one suitably qualified individual as Postdoctoral Researcher to work on a European Research Council funded project entitled ‘Doing Intimacy: A Multi-sited Ethnography of Modern Chinese Family Life’, led by the Principal Investigator, Dr Jieyu Liu.
Summer School on China: A World Superpower – Myth or Reality?
Nov 5, 2016
Prague, Czech Republic
1-8th Jul 2017
Deadline: 31.1.2017
Iran’s nuclear program, North Korea, global warming, the world financial crisis, America’s budget deficit, Taiwan, oil prices and efforts to eradicate piracy near Somalia – what do all these issues have in common? The answer is that, to a lesser or greater extent, China is involved.
Vacant Position at Pembroke College: Stanley Ho Junior Research Fellowship in Chinese
Oct 30, 2016
University of Oxford, UK
Deadline: midday on 6 Jan 2017
Pembroke College, Oxford, wishes to appoint a Junior Research Fellow in Chinese Studies of any area, discipline or period from 1 September 2017 for three years.
The Stanley Ho JRF in Chinese will be expected to conduct original research in their chosen field and
Workshop: “Maritime Disputes in the South China Sea”
Oct 30, 2016
Cologne, Germany
5th Nov 2016
In July 2016, an arbitral tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea decided the case Philippines v. China. The workshop will address certain legal issues of the law of the sea that were raised by the award. The
Postgraduate Workshop: “Refracting Gender in Modern China: New Voices, New Perspectives” to be held at SOAS, University of London
Oct 30, 2016
London, UK
17-19th Feb 2017
Deadline: 30th Nov 2016
Vacant Position: Lecturer in Chinese Business and Management
Oct 12, 2016
Syndey, Australia
Deadline: 27th Oct 2016
Discipline of International Business
The University of Sydney Business School
Reference no. 1594/0916
Opportunity to contribute to world class management education and research
Academic Level B
Full-time continuing, remuneration package: $117K-$139K p.a., which includes salary, leave loading and up to 17% super (a salary supplement may also be negotiable based on qualifications
Vacant Position: Associate Professor/Assistant Professor – Modern Chinese Literature
Oct 12, 2016
Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Deadline: 10th Dec 2016
Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality whole-person education by combining the best of Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions. It strives to pursue excellence in teaching, learning, scholarship and community
Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Arts and Culture
Oct 12, 2016
Sydney, Australia
Deadline: 17th Oct 2016
Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture – The Western Sydney University is a major urban university spread over six campuses in Greater Western Sydney, a region of great opportunity, diversity, challenge and growth. The University has a strong connection to Greater Western Sydney, working with its communities
Second Conference on Middle Period Chinese Humanities
Oct 12, 2016
Leiden, the Netherlands
14-17th Sep 2017
Following the success of The Middle Period Chinese Studies Conference held in 2014 at Harvard University, we welcome paper proposals for the second conference of this kind to be held at Leiden University, September 14-17, 2017.
Continuing the innovative format of the 2014 conference, we will organize sessions
Call for Papers: (Extra)ordinary China: Practices of the Everyday
Oct 11, 2016
Oxford, UK
11-12th Jan 2017
Deadline: 1st Nov 2016
Vacant Position: Open-rank (senior or junior) position in Pre-Modern Chinese History (Tang through Qing)
Sep 12, 2016
Princeton University
Review beginning 15th Oct 2016
The Departments of East Asian Studies and History at Princeton University invite applications for an open-rank (senior or junior) position in Pre-Modern Chinese History (Tang through Qing). The appointment will be made in both East Asian Studies and History Departments. The successful candidate should have a
10th Annual Conference on Asian Studies at Palacky University: “Connecting the Old with the New”
Sep 12, 2016
Olomouc, Czech Republic:Deadline: 30th Sep 2016 Since the establishment of Asian Studies as part of the university curriculum, the discipline has faced many changes in being pushed to define and redefine itself, in the process reorienting its aims over time. As a reflection of human societies at large, disciplines and the
Upcoming Conference: “Ecologies of Art: A Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Debate”
Sep 5, 2016
SOAS, University of London, UK
23-24th Sep 2016
‘Ecologies of Art’ is a two-day conference intended to accelerate multi-vocal discussions on developments in modern and contemporary art in China in the twentieth and twentieth-first centuries. It is held in conjunction with
Members of the Board 2016-2018
Sep 5, 2016
1Altenburger, Roland (Universität Würzburg) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Institute for Cultural Studies of East and South Asia – Sinology, Am Hubland, Philosophiegebäude Bau 8, 97074 Würzburg E-mail: Roland.Altenburger@uni-wuerzburg.de Anderl, Christoph (Ghent University) Ghent University, Department for South and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Blandijnberg 2, 5th floor, B-9000 Gent, Belgium E-mail: Christoph.Anderl@ugent.be
Call for Papers: “Exploring the China Dream”
Mar 16, 2016
Stockholm University, Sweden
15-16th Aug 2016
Deadline: 25th Mar 2016
The research project “Exploring the China Dream. Trajectories
and articulations of soft power in the sinophone world”
would like to invite scholars and PhD students to the
international conference to be held at Stockholm University,
15-16 August 2016. The project started thanks to the support
of the STINT Initiation
CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant 2016
Feb 19, 2016
Deadlines: 20th Mar & Oct 2016
Thanks to the continued support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation the EACS also in 2016 is able to fund one-week visits for specialised research in Sinological libraries in Berlin, Cambridge, Heidelberg, Leiden, London, Munich, Oxford or Paris.
Applications received before the two deadlines of March 20 and
PhD Project on Chinese Historical Linguistics at Ghent University
Feb 1, 2016
Deadline: 1st Feb 2016 The Department of Languages and Cultures, Section Chinese Language and Culture, Ghent University, invites applications for a PhD project on research in Medieval Chinese. The following PhD project will be funded by BOF (Special Research Fund Flanders) for a period of four years: “A Study on Chinese
Sixth Annual Summer Workshop “Studies of Asian Arts, Religion, and History”
Feb 1, 2016
Shanghai, China
Jun 23rd – Jul 2nd 2016
Deadline: 15th May 2016
The National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Fudan University (IAHS), the East Asian Studies Department and Program of Princeton University, and the Institute for the Advanced Study of Asia of Tokyo University invite applications from
Call for Papers – Conference: CONfini, CONtatti, CONfronti (CONfines, CONtacts, CONtrasts)
Jan 31, 2016
Milan, Italy
22 – 23rd Sep 2016
Deadline: 1st Mar 2016
Department of Foreign languages and literatures, Department of Language mediation and intercultural communication, PhD programme in Linguistic, literary and intercultural studies in European and extra-European perspectives CONfini, CONtatti, CONfronti. The PhD programme
Call for Papers: Economic and Political Studies (EPS)
Jan 31, 2016
Economic and Political Studies (EPS) is a peer-reviewed journal hosted by Renmin University of China and published by Taylor & Francis Group (ISSN 2095-4816, CN 10-1049/C). It is published quarterly both in print and online (http://eps.ruc.edu.cn). With a notable focus on China, Economic and Political Studies aims to disseminate significant theoretical,
Call for Papers: “ISSUES OF FAR EASTERN LITERATURES” dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Mao Dun
Jan 26, 2016
St. Petersburg, Russia
Jun 29th – Jul 3rd 2016
Deadline: 1st Mar 2016
St.Petersburg State University and China Association of Mao Dun Studies cordially welcome paper proposals for the 7th International Conference “Issues of Far Eastern Literatures”, dedicated to the 120th anniversary of outstanding Chinese writer Mao Dun (1896-1981).
Call for Papers: Sinología Hispanica
Jan 26, 2016
Sinología Hispanica is a premier interdisciplinary journal on Chinese language and culture studies which aims to enhance international cultural communication, disseminate Chinese language, and culture studies, prosperity in Chinese social life as well as in scholarship. Its interdisciplinary approach covers a range of subjects including sinology, linguistics, culture communication, sociology; international
Call for Papers: Chinese Economic Association (Europe/UK): The 27th CEA (UK) and 8th CEA (Europe) Annual Conference
Jan 26, 2016
Duisburg, Germany
1 – 3rd Sep, 2016
Deadline: 31st Jan 2016
CHINA’S NEW WAY OF INTEGRATION WITH THE WORLD: THE NEW SILK ROAD AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY Co-organized
MARKUS Text Analysis and Reading Platform Update
Jan 21, 2016
The MARKUS platform has gone through a major update during the past few months. You can now create an account, upload content, add customized tags and comments and notes of different kinds, select which reference sites you want to display, convert Chinese to western dates, and, last but not least, import
Call for Papers: Diplomacy in the Age of Mongol Globalization
Jan 21, 2016
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
May 30 – 31st, 2016
Extended Deadline: 30th Jan 2016
The Mongols are famous for their uncompromising diplomacy. “Submit or Perish” was apparently the main message they initially addressed to others. These calls for submission were claims made by conquerors and leaders of a universal empire.
Call for Papers: Making the New World – The Arts of China’s Cultural Revolution
Jan 21, 2016
London, UK
11 – 12th Nov 2016
Deadline: 1st Feb 2016
Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Cultural Revolution, Making the New World: the Arts of China’s Cultural Revolution, is a two-day international conference programmed by the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts (CCVA) at Birmingham City University in collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery.
Call for Papers: New European Research on Contemporary China Conference (3rd Edition)
Jan 7, 2016
Beijing, PRC
4 – 6th Jul 2016
Deadline: 15th Feb 2016
This conference aims to bring together doctoral candidates, post-doctoral researchers and recent PhDs based in China, either European nationals or affiliated with European research institutions, in order to produce an overview of the emerging problematics in Chinese studies. The focus of the
Workshop: „Production and popularization of knowledge in the Russian-East Asian Context“
Jan 1, 2016
Erlangen, Germany
8 – 9th Jul 2016
Deadline: 15th Feb 2016
Organized by Prof. Dr. Marc Matten and Prof. Dr. Julia Obertreis (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) In cooperation with Prof. Dr. Andreas Renner (LMU Munich) und Dr. Frank Grüner (University of Heidelberg). The workshop addresses questions of history of knowledge and the history of science
Call for Applications: Phd Project on Chinese Historical Linguistics at Ghent University
Jan 1, 2016
Deadline: 1st Feb 2016 The Department of Languages and Cultures, Section Chinese Language and Culture, Ghent University, invites applications for a PhD project on research in Medieval Chinese. The following PhD project will be funded by BOF (Special Research Fund Flanders) for a period of four years: “A Study on Chinese
Call for Papers: The Art of Transculturality: New Frontiers in Postsocialist China’s Avant-garde and Urban Culture
Nov 21, 2015
St. Gallen, Switzerland
27-29th Jul 2016
Deadline: 15th Dec 2015
This workshop aims to explore innovative ways of looking at the dynamics of transculturality in postsocialist China’s avant-garde and urban culture by bringing together artists, writers, art curators and scholars. Avant-garde literature and art today exist at the margins
Survey: Dates for the “2017 Conference on Middle Period China”
Nov 21, 2015
Leiden, NetherlandsDeadline: 1st Dec 2015 The Institute for Area Studies at Leiden University will host the 2017 Conference on Middle Period China. Following the successful conference held at Harvard University in 2014, we hope to bring together 200-300 scholars with different levels of experience to share their ideas and research.Like last
Call For Papers: International Communication of Chinese Culture (ICCC)
Oct 4, 2015
International Communication of Chinese Culture（ICCC）is established by the Academy for International Communication of Chinese Culture, Beijing Normal University, China and the Editor-in-Chief is Professor Huilin Huang. The journal is published by Springer, one of the world’s leading STM and academic publishers. Aims and ScopeICCC is a free access cross-disciplinary journal in
Call for Papers: 21st Biennial Conference of the EACS 2016
Sep 23, 2015
St. Petersburg, Russia
22 – 28th Aug 2016
Deadline (Proposals): 15th Jan 2016
The 21st biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies will be held in St.
Petersburg, Russia on August 23-28, 2016. It is jointly organized by St. Petersburg State University, the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts RAS
Call for Chapter Proposals
Sep 18, 2015
Deadline: 20th Dec 2015 Title (tentative): Educating Chinese-Heritage Students in the Global-Local Nexus: Achievement, Challenges, and Opportunities This book aims to examine K-16 Chinese-heritage students’ conditions across the educational spectrum in various global educational contexts. Chinese heritage students are students of Chinese descent, including earlier migrant Chinese, diasporic Chinese, and current
JSS Call for Papers: Soundscapes of South-East Asia
Sep 3, 2015
Deadline: 6th Jan 2016 Music, radio, and TV broadcasts; blaring loudspeakers, public announcements, and street conversations; city sounds, sounds of progress, sounds of revolution, or sounds of change; sounds deliberately produced or emerging unintentionally, serving a disciplinary function or expressing forms of freedom; musical as well as non-musical (functional) sounds. South-East
New Journal Beginning in 2017: Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊
Jul 22, 2015
The Journal of Chinese History / 中國歷史學刊 publishes research articles, review essays, and book reviews on all periods of Chinese history and all sub-specialties of history—social, cultural, political, economic, and intellectual. The journal aims to keep its readers abreast of important trends in historical scholarship and welcomes inquiries about review essays
Call for Papers: MING QING STUDIES 2016
Jul 19, 2015
Abstract Deadline: 31st Jul 2015 EDITED BY PAOLO SANTANGELO (SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME) We are glad to inform you that the new edition of Ming Qing Studies 2015 is going to be published by Aracne Publishers in Fall 2015.Applicants are encouraged to submit abstracts for the next issue of Ming Qing
New Resource: Zhaiyi (摘译) database
Jun 29, 2015
The Institute of Chinese Studies Heidelberg holds a full run of Zhaiyi (Selected Translations). Because it will not be found in the great collections outside the PRC and is of interest for the study of Chinese literary and cultural interactions with the world at a time when such interactions were at
New Issue: Journal of Chinese Religions
Jun 19, 2015
The new issue of the Journal of Chinese Religions is now available in print and online at http://www.maneyonline.com/toc/jcr/43/1. It is a special issue on “Mutations and Adaptations of Chinese Communal Religious Structures,” edited by Paul R. Katz; it contains three research articles and eleven book reviews. ARTICLESVincent Goossaert, “The Shifting Balance
Call for Papers: Ming Qing yanjiu XIX 2015
Jun 19, 2015
Deadline: 15th Sep 2015 MING QING YANJIU ISSN 1724-8574Published by the Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” Dept. Asia, Africa and Mediterraneum MING QING YANJIU, founded in 1992, is a journal dedicated primarily to advanced studies of premodern China. This journal provides a forum for scholars from a variety of fields
Call for Papers: Emerging Identities: Contemporary and Historical Chinese Migrations – The 9th International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO)
Jun 19, 2015
Vancouver, Canada
6 – 9th Jul, 2016.
Deadline: Oct 31st 2015
Founded in 1992 by Professors Wang Gungwu, Wang Ling-Chi and a multidisciplinary group of scholars, ISSCO is a scholarly organization that seeks to promote research and understanding of the historical and contemporary experiences of Chinese migrants and their descendants living outside
Call for Papers: “Situating the Periphery – Temporal and Spatial Dimensions of Memory in contemporary China” Edited Volume. Marc A. Matten and Valentina Punzi
Jun 9, 2015
Deadline (proposal): 1st Aug 2015 The master narrative produced by the Chinese state in 20th century has — as argued by Prasenjit Duara — monopolized the nation-state as the primary or even exclusive form of political order. Since the foundation of the Republic in 1912 school textbooks, academic writings and mass
Call for Papers: The Journal Asian Studies – special issue: “Bridges between Asia and Europe: Buddhism in Contemporary Societies”
May 15, 2015
Deadline: 1st Sep 2015 The first issue in 2016 will be dedicated to the Buddhist studies. It will explore the role of Buddhism in contemporary global, especially European societies. The call for papers is especially directed towards (but not limited to) the participants of the Symposium dedicated to the same topic,
Call for Papers: European Jesuits in China (16th-18th): The Impact of Jesuits on the Development of Modern Chinese Science
Apr 17, 2015
Asian Studies Azijske študije Deadline: 30th Jun 2015 The Autumn issue 2015 will be dedicated to the work of European Jesuits in China from 16th till 18th centuries. The main purpose of this issue is to further explore the role of Jesuits on the development of modern Chinese science. More specifically,
MARKUS text analysis and reading platform–update and additional tools
Mar 21, 2015
The MARKUS text analysis and reading platform is a multi-faceted tool that allows users to access a range of online reference tools while reading texts in literary Chinese, and/or to tag and extract any kind of information of interest to them. In addition to names already present in China Biographical Databate
Lingua Sinica is accepting submissions
Jan 6, 2015
Lingua Sinica is the first Open Access international journal devoted to languages and linguistics of China, aiming to achieve the widest possible visibility and optimal international impact of its published research publishing research articles that bridge theoretical orientations, research paradigms, and linguistic traditions providing free accessibility to linguists in China and around
New association: European Association for Chinese Philosophy (EACP)
Jan 6, 2015
In October 2014, the European Association for Chinese philosophy (EACP) was established. If you are interested in our activities, please check the EACP website (http://www.ea-cp.eu/ ). We invite you to join us and to fill out your membership application form at the tab “Members”; (http://www.ea-cp.eu/members ). We are looking forward to
Call for Papers: OPERA AND TRANSLATION: EASTERN AND WESTERN PERSPECTIVES
Jan 6, 2015
Deadline: 17th Apr 2015 Edited by Adriana ŞERBAN (Paul Valéry University, Montpellier) and Kelly Kar Yue CHAN (TheOpen University of Hong Kong) “Every high C accurately struck utterly demolishes the theory that we are the irresponsible puppets of fate and chance”, wrote W.H. Auden in 1951 (p. 10). Auden, who was
Call for Papers: Edited Volume “Maoism, Art, and the New Chinese World Order”
Nov 17, 2014
Deadline: 15th Jan 2015 We are delighted to invite submissions for the first ever anthology focusing on the influence of Maoism on Eastern and Western art, provisionally titled: Maoism, Art, and the New Chinese World Order.From the Peruvian campesinos to the Californian campuses, from the large factories in the suburbs of
Call for Papers: Voluntas – International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Special Issue “Chinese Citizens’ Activities Past and Present: Continuity and Change in Civic Engagement”
Nov 17, 2014
Deadline: 31st Dec 2014 Since the caesura in 1989, a sharp increase in civic activities all over the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has taken place. Civic engagement draws on historical experiences and predecessors while at the same time developing fresh modes of mobilization and engagement and employing innovative strategies to
Call for Submissions: Lingua Sinica
Oct 6, 2014
Lingua Sinica is accepting submissions. Submit your research article now at https://www.editorialmanager.com/lisi/ Lingua Sinica is the first Open Access international journal devoted to languages and linguistics of China, aiming to achieve the widest possible visibility and optimal international impact of its published research publishing research articles that bridge theoretical orientations, research
Call for Proposals: Handbook on Asian Cinema
Sep 26, 2014
Deadline: 30th Sep 2014 Designed for Palgrave’s “handbook” series that brings together cutting-edge scholarship on key topics in film and media studies, we plan for this volume to make an intervention in ongoing debates surrounding the nature and direction of the study of Asian film. From Bollywood to Hallyu, from the
Call for Papers: Journal of China and International Relations (JCIR) 中国与国际关系学刊
Sep 16, 2014
Deadline: 15th Jan 2015The Journal of China and International Relations (JCIR) now invites contributions for its next English language edition. The deadline for manuscript submission is 15 January 2015. JCIR welcomes manuscripts from both the humanities and social sciences. Please see the attached Call for Papers for details on the journal
The “Braga Incident” – Timeline with Links to Articles and Comments
Aug 31, 2014
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Call for Papers: Ming Qing Studies 2015
Jul 7, 2014
Deadline: 31st Dec 2014 EDITED BY PAOLO SANTANGELO (SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME)We are glad to inform you that the new edition of Ming Qing Studies 2014 is going to be published by Aracne Publishers in Fall 2014.Applicants are encouraged to submit abstracts for the next issue of Ming Qing Studies 2015.
Upcoming Conference: VII International research conference «Russia – China: History and Culture»
Jun 13, 2014
Kazan, Russia
9th – 11th Oct 2014
Kazan Federal (Volga Region) University, Institute of International Relations, History and Oriental Studies; Confucius Institute of Kazan Federal (Volga Region) University; Russian Oriental Society;
The main sections of the conference:
– Actual issues of philology and methods of teaching Chinese;
– Russian-Chinese relations, foreign relations;
– History of China;
– Chinese
Call for Papers: Oriens Extremus
Jun 3, 2014
Deadline 30th Mar 2015 Oriens Extremus invites contributions to a special section on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the journal La Jeunesse (Xin Qingnian 新青年), founded in Shanghai in September 1915. We take this centennial as an occasion to discuss not only the historical and intellectual significance of La
Call for Nominations: The Oxford Bibliographies Graduate Student Article Award in Chinese Studies
Apr 28, 2014
Deadline: 29th Aug 2014The Oxford Bibliographies Graduate Student Article Award is an invitation-only annual award that oers experienced doctoral candidates an opportunity to contribute to Oxford Bibliographies. This competition oers graduate students a unique chance to draw attention to their work and to add a peer-reviewed publication to their CVs. Invitation
Call for Papers of the Economic and Political Studies
Mar 1, 2014
The Economic and Political Studies (EPS) ( ISSN: 2095 – 4816 ) is apeer-reviewed academic journal, published in both print and electronicversions. The EPS seeks to promote the studies of Economics and Politics by addressingissues concerning China and its interaction with the world, encouraging aninterdisciplinary approach, while exploring critiques from variousperspectives.
Call for Papers: “Moving across borders in China: an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Cultural Diversity in marginal areas”
Dec 20, 2013
Deadline: 31st Mar 2014 (eds.) Tommaso Previato and Alessandra Cappelletti 1. Significance and purpose: Chinese Studies are a dynamic and quickly developing research field, which evolves along with the increasingly complex Chinese society. Until the 1980s, studies on historical and contemporary China have been conducted through a few classical approaches:
Call for Papers: Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies
Nov 18, 2013
The Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies (ISSN: 2224-2716), recently included in the ProQuest™ Database System to improve its visibility, is an international peer-reviewed academic journal (in English) which is edited by the Overseas Education College of Xiamen University in China. It publishes articles and reviews on a full gamut of Chinese
Call for Submissions: Lingua Sinica
Nov 6, 2013
Lingua Sinica is a new international journal of language sciences on languages of China and language use in China to be published by Springer, one of the world’s leading publishers. The journal will be launched in 2014 with the intention to apply for inclusion in all major citation indexes immediately. Published
Call For Papers: CHINESE STUDIES, 2013 (Journal)
Oct 9, 2013
Deadline: 30th Nov 2013 “Chinese Studies” is an annual compendium of scientific papers devoted to the study of China in different fields of social sciences and humanities. It is published by the Ukrainian Association of Sinologists in association with the A. Krymskyi Institute for the Oriental Studies, the National Academy of
Call for Papers: Ming Qing Studies 2014
Aug 6, 2013
Deadline: 31st Dec 2013 EDITED BY PAOLO SANTANGELO (SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME)We are glad to inform you that the new edition of Ming Qing Studies 2013 is going to be published by Aracne Publishers in Fall 2013.Applicants are encouraged to submit abstracts for the next issue of Ming Qing Studies 2014.
Call for Drafts for the Inaugural English-language Edition of Heritage and Transition: Studies in Chinese Humanities
Jul 25, 2013
Deadline: Nov 30th 2013 Shandong University’s Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy (Wen Shi Zhe) is one of mainland China’s most well-known and well-respected academic journals. It has appeared bi-monthly for more than half a decade and has gained the highest repute among Chinese scholars. The Journal focuses on presenting scholarly
Call for Papers: Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies
Jun 10, 2013
The Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies (i.e., former Journal of Chinese Studies, ISSN: 2224-2716), recently indexed by the EBSCOhost™ database system and ProQuest™ database system to improve its visibility, is an international peer-reviewed academic journal (in English) which is edited by the Overseas Education College of Xiamen University in China. It
Call for Papers: Oriens Extremus
Jun 7, 2013
Deadline 30th Mar 2014 Oriens Extremus invites contributions to a special section on changing notions of childhood and education in East Asia. Child and youth education has been a primary concern for East Asian societies for more than two millennia. From pre-natal education to primers, “family instructions,” private tutors, and national
New English language MA in Modern China Studies
May 5, 2013
Freiburg, Germany Deadline: 15th Jul 2013 As of this autumn, Freiburg University offers an English language MA program Modern China Studies. Students will spend their 3rd semester abroad. Prospective students should hold a BA degree in Chinese Studies. Alternatively, they may have graduated from other disciplines from the
Call for papers: Ming Qing yanjiu
May 1, 2013
Deadline: 30th Nov 2013 MING QING YANJIU, founded in 1992, is a journal dedicated primarily to advanced studies of pre-modern China. This journal provides a forum for scholars from a variety of fields related to late imperial and early republican period that aim to have a cross-disciplinary discourse. Contributions in sociology,
Call for papers: International Journal of Area Studies
Apr 1, 2013
Deadline: 15th Jun 2013 Planned publication time: Oct 2013 We would like to invite proposals for articles for an open access academic English language blind peer review journal ‘International Journal of Area Studies‘ to be published in October, 2013. This issue is devoted to Chinese and Taiwanese studies.The Journal, published
Call for Submission of Manuscripts for Eurosinica Series
Mar 21, 2013
EUROSINICA is a book series for monographs of various thematic focuses, sharing the goal of studying culture and literature in contemporary or historical contexts. The series, under the imprint of Peter Lang, was founded in 1984 by the German sinologist Günther Debon (1921–2005) and the Canadian comparatist Adrian Hsia (1938–2010); so
Publications by EACS Members
Feb 24, 2013
NEWS | DIRECTORY | DEBATE | ARCHIVE Publications by EACS Members This new category collects and presents publications (books) by members of the EACS. Members are invited to send their bibliographical information (including short description, book cover image with web-permission, link to book sellers site (optional) to the webmaster. New items
Tang Dynasty and the World outside China
Oct 19, 2012
Budapest, Hungary Deadline: 15th Jan 2013 The Tang Summer School, held on July 1–7, 2013, at ELTE University (Budapest), offers an overview of the main facets of the Tang era by focusing on its relationship with the world outside China in five specific areas: history, literature, religion, science, and art.
Call for Papers for Ming Qing yanjiu
Aug 13, 2012
Deadline: 1st Nov 2012 Ming Qing yanjiu, published yearly from 1992. The theme is “Dynastic crisis in late imperial China (Ming-Qing or Qing-end of the empire)” The deadline is: November 1, 2012. For any information please contact mingqing@unior.it or myself dguida@unior.it – For previous issues and editorial norms, please refer
Call for Papers: Journal of Chinese Studies
May 2, 2012
The Journal of Chinese Studies (ISSN: 2224-2716) is a quarterly published international peer-reviewed academic journal (in English) which is edited by the Overseas Education College of Xiamen University in China. It publishes articles and reviews on a full gamut of Chinese studies which include but are not limited to Chinese
Call for Papers: Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art (TSLA)
Feb 8, 2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art (TSLA), which was initiated in 1980 and published bimonthly, is one of the most highly ranked academic journals in China that publish original research articles in arts and humanities, especially in literary theory. From 2012 year onwards, TSLA will publish original academic articles that are
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Jun 30, 2011
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