BERKELEY-STANFORD GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE IN MODERN CHINESE HUMANITIES

Initiated in 2010,the annual Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Student Conference in Modern Chinese Humanities brings together current graduate students from across the U.S. and around the world to present innovative research on any aspect of modern Chinese cultural production in the humanistic disciplines. 

The conference provides a window into current research in Chinese studies, and serves as a platform for fostering interaction among budding scholars of geographically disparate institutions, facilitating their exchange of ideas and interests. Specifically, the organizing committee hopes that this conference will encourage interdisciplinary scholarship within and between literary and cultural studies, cultural history, art history, film and media studies, musicology and sound studies, as well as the interpretative social sciences.

Each year the conference also features a keynote address from a prominent Chinese studies scholar, chosen by the student organizing committee.

Applications are due in the fall of each year for the conference taking place the following spring. Currently-enrolled graduate students at any institution are encouraged to apply. Conference registration is free. Presenters will be provided with shared lodging, Friday dinner, and Saturday lunch. Partial travel assistance available.

APPLICATION DEADLINE & SUBMISSION

Proposals/bios due: November 17, 2014 (5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time)

Notification of acceptance by: December 31, 2014

Full papers due: March 31, 2015

Conference: April 17-18, 2015

To apply, submit a single-spaced 300-word paper proposal and one-page bio via the
online submission system.