CALL FOR PAPERS
The 3rd China Postgraduate Network (UK) Annual Conference
In association with
British Association of Chinese Studies
Supported by
British Inter-University China Centre
White Rose East Asia
Centre
University of Oxford Department of Sociology
8-9 April 2010
Manor Road Building,
University
of Oxford
The China Postgraduate Network (UK) is delighted to announce that it will hold its 2010 annual conference at the University of Oxford
on 8-9 April 2010.
The conference provides an environment for postgraduate students to
present their ideas or papers relating
to China
and Chinese Studies and receive feedback from other students and
scholars in the field. We are also
delighted to announce that a keynote address will be given by Prof. John Knight, Professor of Economics at Oxford.
The conference is
open to graduate students and scholars in any discipline whose work engages or relates
to China. This is a chance to present works in progress, dissertations or papers nearing completion, or anything that might
stimulate fruitful discussion among your peers. The conference will be organised into panels and we particularly
want to encourage proposals regarding their theme and content, which may be
disciplinary or inter-disciplinary. Panels will consist of three presenters and
a discussant, who will comment on the papers of that panel. After each panel
there will also be time for open questions, feedback and discussion.
You may also propose an individual paper, in which case the
organisers will try to match you up with other individual papers and place you
in a suitable panel. In order to facilitate discussion, presenters will be
asked to provide a 5000 word paper
to accompany their talk and to speak for approximately twenty minutes each.
Abstract Submission:
You are invited to submit an
abstract (please
refer to suggested panels, e.g. business) of
no longer than
300 words by 1st February
2010 by email to taichang.chen@sociology.ox.ac.uk
Venue
The
Manor Road Building
is home to several units of the Social
Sciences Division and also houses the Social Science Library. It is located just
a short walk from the centre of Oxford,
on the bank of a tributary of the River Cherwell. Designed by award-winning
architect Sir Norman Foster, the Manor
Road Building
offers an impressive modern backdrop for conferences and events. For more information, go to http://www.manor-road.ox.ac.uk/
Staying in Oxford
Accommodation at the modern Jowett Walk site
will be provided for presenters not resident in Oxford. The Jowett Walk is part of Balliol College,
one of the oldest colleges of Oxford
University, founded in 1263.
Enquiries
Questions regarding the conference
should be addressed to Taichang Chen at Taichang.chen@sociology.ox.ac.uk
Taichang Chen,
Convenor China
Postgraduate Network
Pembroke College
Oxford, OX1-1DW
UK