EACS-2016. Book of Abstracts

The European Association for Chinese Studies The European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) is an international organization representing China scholars from all over Europe. Currently it has more than 700 members. It was founded in 1975 and is registered in Paris. It is a non-profit orga- nization not engaging in any political activity. The purpose of the Association is to promote and foster, by every possible means, scholarly activities related to Chinese Studies in Europe. The EACS serves not only as the scholarly rep- resentative of Chinese Studies in Europe but also as contact or- ganization for academic matters in this field. One of the Association’s major activities are the biennial con- ferences hosted by various centres of Chinese Studies in diffe­ rent European countries. The papers presented at these confer- ences comprise all fields from traditional Sinology to studies of modern China. In addition, summer schools and workshops are organized under the auspices of the EACS. The Association car- ries out scholarly projects on an irregular basis. Since 1995 the EACS has provided Library Travel Grants to support short visits for research in major sinological libraries in Western Europe. The scheme is funded by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation and destined for PhD students and young scholars, primarily fromEastern European countries. The EACS furthers the careers of young scholars by awarding a Young Scholar Award for outstanding research. A jury selects the best three of the submitted papers, which are then presented at the next bi-an- nual conference. This scheme is also supported by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation. The EACS issues a Newsletter. It publishes, among other items such as internal EACS affairs or conference announcements, sur- veys of Chinese Studies in various European countries as well as the results of scholarly projects and conference proceedings. The EACS is governed by a Board consisting of 24 members. These are elected by the members at the General Assembly held during the bi-annual conferences. The day-to-day administra- tion is done by an Executive Committee made up of the Presi- dent, the Secretary General, and the Treasurer. Officers of the EACS for 2014–2016: • President — Roger Greatrex (University of Lund); • Vice-President — Alexey Rodionov (St. Petersburg State University); • Secretary General — Tian Yuan Tan (SOAS, University of London); • Treasurer —Michael Schimmelpfennig (ANU); • Newsletter editor—YuliaDreyzis (MoscowStateUniversity); • Webmaster — Holger Schneider (University of Erlangen). Find more at www.chinesestudies.eu.