Call for applications: Graduate Workshop
‘Research Training in Old Chinese Philosophy and Palaeography’
Funded by AHRC & BICC



Collaborate Research Training in Old Chinese (by Dirk Meyer, University of Oxford)

We invite applications from graduate students (at any level) for participation in a graduate workshop Research Training in Old Chinese Philosophy and Palaeography, to be held in Oxford from 25 August to 03 September. For UK-based graduate students, we cover travel expenses, accommodation and board. For this workshop, we accept up to 20 participants, 10 of which from the UK.

The Oxford workshop is the second of a series of five workshops on different aspects of Early China and Old Chinese. This meeting will to a comparatively large extent have the structure of a taught class. The specialists of this meeting are William H. Baxter (Michigan), world leading expert in Old Chinese Phonology, and Chén Jiàn 陳劍 (Shànghǎi), world leading expert in Old Chinese Palaeography. Large parts of this workshop will be held in Chinese.

Applications should include a brief CV, detailing gender, university and departmental affiliation (no longer than one page), proficiency in English and Chinese as well as a brief letter stating your interest in participating (no longer than one page). Letters of recommendation are welcome but not obligatory. The deadline for applications is 26 July 2009. Successful candidates will be informed soon thereafter.

The workshop is especially geared towards masters’ and doctoral students of Old Chinese in the UK, but it should also appeal to post-doctoral researchers. To facilitate student participation, this programme covers travel expenses, food and board for each meeting. Students from abroad are also welcome to participate, as this programme should be a platform that enables UK graduate students to build up international connections, which can be vital for carrying out further research. Overseas students will be expected to meet their own costs, or have their institutions do so.

Applications for the workshop Old Chinese Phonology and Palaeography (to be held in Oxford, 25.08-03.09.2009) should go to

Dr Dirk Meyer
The Queen’s College
High Street
Oxford, OX1 4AW

dirk.meyer@orinst.ox.ac.uk