Call for Paper Proposals: Young Scholars’ Forum in Chinese Studies 2024
Co-organized by CUHK-CCK Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies
and Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
May 22 – May 24, 2024
The Chinese University of Hong Kong-Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies and the Institute of Chinese Studies are thrilled to announce the Young Scholars‘ Forum 2024 (YSF 2024) on the theme „Chinese Studies across Disciplines: Nature, Culture, and Social Life“.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Forum gathers young scholars from around the world, including past YSF participants, to share their latest research, engage in intellectual dialogue, and foster interdisciplinary networks in the field of Chinese Studies.
Ph.D. students (after completing qualifying examination) or Ph.D. graduates with less than five years of work experience (including postdoctoral fellows) are invited to submit proposals on any aspect of Chinese studies. Proposals related to the theme of Chinese Studies across Disciplines: Nature, Culture, and Social Life are preferable. Topics of interest include but are not restricted to the following: 1. Nature and environment in Chinese socio-cultural life; 2. Sustainability and Chinese Studies; 3. Chinese thought and its global influences; 4. Nature in Chinese literature, art, philosophy, and so on.; 5. The impact of science and technology on Chinese Studies;6. The relationship between disciplines and Chinese Studies; 7. Chinese perspectives and approaches to the Anthropocene, and to the ideas of posthumanism, object-oriented ontology, ecocriticism, etc.; 8. The everyday and the mundane in the Chinese world.
The Forum will only cover expenses for lodging and round-trip transportation (economy class) for the participants*. The organizer will provide maximum subsidy of 1,000 USD (subject to approval) in transportation. Forum registration is free.
Deadline: Online application due January 8, 2024.
For application, please click here.
For details, please refer to our website at www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics/general/forum. For inquiries, please contact Asia-Pacific Centre (apc.cckf@cuhk.edu.hk).
