The international conference to be held at University of Wrocław

21-23 October 2009

 

This interdisciplinary conference invites abstracts for papers examining:

 

- early Sino-Western cultural contact and exchange in the Second and First Millennium BC.

 

- Greek and Latin accounts of China and Far East (Serica);

- ancient China knowledge of the Western countries (Da Qin);

- history of Sino-Roman relations.

 

- the land and sea routes of the Silk Road;

- cultural exchanges on the Silk Road;

- Chinese artefacts in the West and Western artefacts in China;

- Eurasian nomads as transmitters;

- Chinese and Western influence on the civilisations along the Silk Road.

 

- Mongol era;

- Europe reaching China by sea;

- Latin and other European accounts of Medieval and Early Modern China.

 

5. Knowledge of Europe in Medieval and Early Modern China:

- attitudes towards Europeans in China;

- accounts of Western countries in Medieval and Early Modern China.

 

6. Chinese thought in the West and Western thought in China:

- Confucius and Confucianism in Early Modern Europe;

- attitudes towards Chinese civilisation in Early Modern Europe;

- influence of the Western philosophy on Chinese thought;

 

 

Our aim is to create a focus for international and interdisciplinary scholarship, by bringing together scholars from across the world and from across the full range of academic disciplines whose research interests intersect at this Sino-Western nexus, including  disciplines such as classical studies, Sinology, other Oriental studies, medieval and early modern literature, archaeology, history, art history, anthropology, philosophy and theology.

There will be three plenary sessions for lectures, which should last no longer than 30 minutes, and parallel sessions for communications (no longer than 20 minutes). We hope to publish a substantial proportion of them. Lectures and communications in English are preferred, but they may be delivered in French, German, Italian or Spanish. Title of lectures or communications and a brief outline should be sent on the form provided by 30 June 2009:

 

E-mail: konferencja.ik@uni.wroc.pl

 

All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings. The editors will be dr hab. Gościwit Malinowski (Institute of Classics), prof. Zhang Lilong (Confucius Institute at the University of Wrocław) and dr Aleksander Paroń (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch) assisted by an editorial committee.

 

$100 for participant with accepted paper

§80 for participant without paper

The fees include the conference proceedings, dinners, and coffee breaks.

 

 

In recognition of the high costs of travel to Poland faced by participants coming from Central Asia or Eastern Europe, the Academic Committee is offering a limited number of bursaries....

Accommodation offer

The conference organizers have arranged accommodation in the following hotels in different categories (and prices). All hotels are conveniently located, close to the conference venue. The offer is presented in the booking form.

To book a place at this conference, please complete the attached booking form and return it to the conference administrators:

 

E-mail: konferencja.ik@uni.wroc.pl

 

Dr Agnieszka Kotlińska-Toma

and Ms. Wei Xin

Confucius Institute at the University of Wrocław

Księcia Witolda 47 street

50-202 Wrocław

Poland