European Association for Chinese Studies

The European Association for Chinese Studies (simplified Chinese: 欧洲汉学学会; traditional Chinese: 歐洲漢學學會; pinyin: Ōuzhōu Hànxué Xuéhuì; EACS) is an international scholarly association representing China scholars from Europe. It was founded in 1975 and is registered in Paris. The Association is governed by a Board and its daily activities are managed by its president, secretary-general, and treasurer.

EACS Conferences

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Conferences have been held biennially since 1976.[1] The EACS holds a four-day conference devoted to planned programs of scholarly papers, roundtable discussions, workshops, and panel sessions on a wide range of issues in research and teaching.With over 600 presenting participants in over 150 panels in Leipzig in 2021,[2] it is one of the greatest conferences on Chinese Studies worldwide.

  • 2024 (scheduled) - 25th biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Tallinn
  • 2022 - 24th biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Olomouc[3]
  • 2021[4] - 23rd biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Leipzig[5]
  • 2018 - 22nd biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Glasgow[6]
  • 2016 - 21st EACS Conference, St Petersburg[7]
  • 2014 - 20th EACS Conference, Braga[8]
  • 2012 - 19th EACS Conference, Paris[9]
  • 2010 - 18th EACS Conference, Riga ("Culture is a Crowded Bridge")
  • 2008 - 17th EACS Conference, Lund[10]
  • 2006 - 16th EACS Conference, Ljubiljana
  • 2004 - 15th EACS Conference, Heidelberg
  • 2002 - 14th EACS Conference, Moscow: “Chinese Traditional Civilization and the Contemporary World”
  • 2000 - 13th EACS Conference, Turin (Torino): “The Spirit of the Metropolis”
  • 1998 - 12th EACS Conference, Edinburgh: “Festivals - the Chinese at Work and at Play”
  • 1996 - 11th EACS Conference, Barcelona: “China and the Outer world”
  • 1994 - 10th EACS Conference, Prague (Praha): “Genius loci: Place, Region, and Chinese Region-alism”
  • 1992 - 9th EACS Conference, Paris: “Change-ment et idées de changement en Chine”
  • 1990 - 8th EACS Conference, Leiden
  • 1988 - 7th EACS Conference, Weimar
  • 1986 - 6th EACS Conference, Turin (Torino)
  • 1984 - 5th EACS Conference, Tübingen: “China - Present and Past“
  • 1982 - 4th EACS Conference, Cambridge
  • 1980 - 3rd EACS Conference, Zürich: “China: Continuity and Change”
  • 1978 - 2nd EACS Conference, Ortisei - St. Ulrich: “Understanding Modern China: Problems and Methods”
  • 1976 - 1st EACS Conference, Paris: “Popular and Official Traditions in China”

The conferences replaced the annual Junior Sinologues Conferences that had been taking place since 1948:

  • 1972 - 24th JS Conference, Leiden (Noordwijkerhout)
  • 1971 - 23rd JS Conference, Oxford
  • 1970 - 22nd JS Conference, Stockholm
  • 1969 - 21st JS Conference, Senegallia / Marcerata
  • 1968 - 20th JS Conference, Prague [cancelled]
  • 1967 - 19th JS Conference, Bochum
  • 1966 - 18th JS Conference, Copenhagen-Humblebaek
  • 1965 - 17th JS Conference, Leeds
  • 1964 - 16th JS Conference, Bordeaux
  • 1963 - 15th JS Conference, Torino
  • 1962 - 14th JS Conference, Breukelen-Nijenrode
  • 1961 - 13th JS Conference, Hamburg
  • 1960- Moscow [cancelled]
  • 1959 - 12th JS Conference, Cambridge
  • 1958 - 11th JS Conference, Padua and Venice
  • 1957 - 10th JS Conference, Marburg
  • 1956 - 9th JS Conference, Paris
  • 1955 - 8th JS Conference, Leiden (Oud-Poelgeest)
  • 1954 - 7th JS Conference, Durham
  • 1953 - 6th JS Conference, Rome
  • 1952 - 5th JS Conference, Cologne (Köln-Wahn)
  • 1951 - 4th JS Conference, Paris
  • 1950 - 3rd JS Conference, London
  • 1949 - 2nd JS Conference, Leiden
  • 1948 - 1st JS Conference, Cambridge, London, and Oxford

Journal

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Since 2020, the Association has published a scholarly journal annually. The Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies is an "open-access and peer-reviewed journal that fosters academic discussion and exchange on China- and Chinese-related topics. It is organized and financed by the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS)".[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Conferences and Publications of the Junior Sinologues (1948–1972) and the European Association for Chinese Studies (1975–2004), in EACS Newsletter No. 32, June, 2004
  2. ^ "EACS 2021: 23rd Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies | LEIPZIG, AUGUST 24–27" (PDF). p. 23.
  3. ^ "24th biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) Olomouc Czech Republic". eacs.upol.cz/. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  4. ^ Postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. ^ "EACS 2021 – 23rd Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) • August 24–28, 2021 • Leipzig, Germany". Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ https://eacs2018.glasgow.ac.uk/
  7. ^ "21st biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies". www.eacs2016.spbu.ru. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  8. ^ "20th Biennial Conference of the EACS 2014 – European Association for Chinese Studies".
  9. ^ "XIXth EACS CONFERENCE – European Association for Chinese Studies". chinesestudies.eu. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. ^ "XVII EACS Conference". www.ace.lu.se. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  11. ^ "The Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies". journals.univie.ac.at. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
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