The First International Conference on Chinese Translation History
Organized by Research Centre for Translation,
Institute of Chinese Studies
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Date: 17–19 December 2015
Venue: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Sponsor: Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK
The “International Conference on Chinese Translation History” series aspires to explore Chinese translation history within the bigger framework of world civilization and human thought, and aims to lay groundwork for new models, methods, and perspectives in this innovative interdisciplinary branch of learning through detailed case studies. The conference series will be held every two years, with a different central theme for every conference, and welcomes researchers from across the world to participate.
Read MoreThird Annual Trans-Asia Graduate Student Conference
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
March 13-15, 2015
EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2015
The TAGS-C Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the third annual Trans-Asia Graduate Student Conference, encompassing Asia-related research across a wide range of fields. The aim of this conference is to facilitate greater communication among disciplines, approaching Asia from multiple viewpoints in literature, linguistics, art history, geography, anthropology, political science, religious studies, sociology, history, folklore, gender and women’s studies, performance studies, visual culture studies, and other related fields. Participants will have a valuable opportunity to share work and receive feedback from peers and professors in the UW system, as well as to gain insight into recent developments in Asia-related research across various disciplines. This year’s conference examines topics that address the state of Asian humanities and potential futures in or beyond Asian area studies. Our own University is at a crossroads: the economic and cultural climate demands that area studies programs evolve, yet what path we should take remains undecided and highly debated. We must leave behind the corpse of disciplinary knowledge structures, and ask what knowledge looks like in the afterlives of Asian area studies. This year, we are pleased to announce that in addition to individual paper submissions and panel submissions, we have reserved the evening of the 13th to showcase audio-visual projects and performances.
Read More17-18 April, 2015
Deadline for Submissions: February 13, 2015
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Peter Perdue (Department of History, Yale University)
For further information, please consult the conference website at: http://blogs.mcgill.ca/easpgsa/symposium-2015/
Or visit the conference Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1539794866296637/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
Read MoreThe Fourth Oxford Graduate Conference on Contemporary China
The Dickson Poon University of Oxford China Centre and St. Antony’s College, 22-23 May 2015
University of Oxford
Call for Papers – Deadline for Submission: 23 March 2015
The ideological landscape in China has flourished as the regime no longer rests its legitimacy on traditional socialist ideology but rather draws on a variety of ideologies as justificatory strategies. Furthermore, the problems caused by the economic reforms have reignited fierce, ideologically-avowed debates in the Party circles. Intellectuals, interest groups, internet users and citizens also have entered the debate. A vibrant and competitive ideological landscape has gradually developed in the public sphere, consisting of neo-leftism, liberalism, constitutionalism, Confucianism, Republicanism, etc. Despite the revival of ideologies, the study of ideology seems to be on the sidelines of mainstream research of contemporary China. It is also replete with methodological and conceptual challenges that are not yet satisfactorily resolved.
This conference intends to create a platform for graduate students of humanities, social sciences and area studies to share their views on the study of ideology in contemporary China through their own research. Potential papers may discuss topics such as the origin, development and influence of a particular ideology, the role of ideology in shaping political conflicts and policy debates, and the regime's ability to influence ideological debates. In addition to the presentations on their specific research questions, participants are encouraged to present how their research tackles the methodological and conceptual challenges in the study of ideology.
Read MoreIn conjunction with the first annual Critical Asian Humanities workshop at Duke University
April 3rd, 2015
Duke University will be host a select graduate student conference on April 3rd, 2015, in conjunction with its first annual Critical Asian Humanities workshop, which will run from April 3rd to April 4th. Integrating approaches and methodologies from cultural studies, critical theory, and area studies, Critical Asian Humanities is an interdisciplinary field that emphasizes humanistic inquiry while critically interrogating many of the assumptions on which the humanities have traditionally relied. The workshop’s keynote speakers will be:
Wai-yee Li (Harvard): “The Uses of Barbarians in Early China”
Lisa Yoneyama (Toronto): ”A Transpacific Critique of Cold War Knowledge Formations”
Lisa Lowe (Tufts): “John Stuart Mill in Hong Kong”
Closing remarks:
Rey Chow (Duke)
Date: March 13 & 14, 2015
Location: Harvard University
Application materials: A single-spaced 250-word paper proposal and a short bio.
Travel & lodging: Travel expenses are not covered, but lodging may be accommodated upon request.
Registration fee: $20
The Graduate Student Committee of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University invites graduate students from any university to submit abstracts for our conference, to be held on March 13 & 14, 2015. The conference is sponsored by The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Fairbank Center, and supported by the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.
Between early textual practices and the arrival of our modern sense of what constitutes literature, the concept of “wenxue” 文學 went through myriad transformations that both enrich and challenge our understanding of the literary past. At this conference, faculty discussants and graduate student presenters will explore topics including (but not limited to): the relationship between textuality and genre, the performativity of ritual and religion, reciprocity between the authorial self and community, and the impact of trauma upon agency and literary
history.