Call-for-Papers: The 5th World Forum on China Studies
The Organizing Committee of the World Forum on China Studies is delighted to announce that the 5th Forum, themed on China in the World of the Coming Decade, will be held in Shanghai during November 9-12, 2012.
This Forum is co-sponsored by the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China and the Shanghai Municipal Government, and co-organized by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Information Office of the Shanghai Municipality. As a continuation of the previous forums, the 5th Forum aims to promote mutual understanding and academic interchange among Chinese and overseas scholars. We invite researchers to contribute original articles that cover a broad range of topics related to China and China Studies.
- Time: November 9-12, 2012
- Location: Shanghai, China
Forum Theme: “Transformation for Win-win: China in the World of the Coming Decade”
China and the rest of the world will both experience broad and deep structural and institutional transformation in the coming decade, with almost all the major countries facing tough challenges of domestic reform and sustainable development. Internationally, any zero-sum game mentality could only give rise to more crises and conflicts, while win-win cooperation may pave the way for smooth transformation and effective governance. China, with its new strategic thinking and policy options, remains committed to promoting peace and development of the Asia-Pacific region, of the world as well as of its own. Invited keynote speakers will address this most exciting theme from different perspectives in the plenary session on the morning of the first day, followed by two parallel round-table conferences in the afternoon for further discussions on the same theme.
Round-table One: “China’s Interaction with and Integration into the International System”
Building on the theme of the Forum, this round-table conference will probe into the trend of China’s full-scale interaction with, and integration into, the international system in the coming decade, with the emphasis laid on the relationship between the peaceful rise of China and the transformation of the international system. The ongoing profound changes in the global power structures, the international economic system, the international security pattern, the international governance regime, and the international ideological tendency will all have a palpable bearing on China’s evolution in the respective fields. This roundtable conference is expected to address those far-reaching developments in a prospective manner.
Round-table Two: “China’s Historical Choice of Its Pathway in the Past Hundred Years”
The past hundred years witnessed drastic changes in China’s domestic setting as well as its relations with the outside world. Such changes have always constituted a hugely interesting and perplexing topic of scholarship, both Chinese and overseas. This round-table conference will delve into such topics as (1) “the dissemination of Western learning” and the evolution of the Chinese worldview, (2) “from self-strengthening to revolution” and the mutation of the Chinese understanding of the West, (3) “the Russian road” and the Chinese acceptance and adaptation of Marxism, and (4) “reform and opening-up” and the Chinese probing for Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Panel One : “Global Economic Rebalancing and China’s Economic Transformation”
- Potentials and limits to China’s hyper economic growth
- Approaches to new type of industrialization and urbanization
- Improvement of the Chinese socialist market economic system
- RMB internationalization and the reallocation of global resources
Panel Two: “China’s Social Transformation and Innovations in State Governance”
- A new pattern of interest structures in the Chinese society
- Social development and the reincarnation of social justice
- Networking communities and new media assuming new roles
- Chinese-styled democracy and innovations in governance
Panel Three: “Worldwide Cultural Integration and the Chinese Cultural Development”
- Diffusion of Confucianism in the perspective of universal values
- Diversity and affinity of the Chinese spiritual life
- Creativity and competitiveness of the contemporary Chinese culture
- Cross-cultural exchanges and the Chinese culture “going global”
Panel Four: “New International Environment and the Reshaping of China’s Role”Chinese strategy: conventional thinking and theoretical innovations
- Changes of the international system and China’s reorientation
- Asia’s geo-structural changes and the building of common interests
- China’s international image and the recasting of its media environment
Panel Five: “China Studies: Its Development and Future Implications”
- Evolution of China Studies as a research program
- Reflections on the research paradigms of China Studies
- Inner structures and theoretical growth of China Studies
- Implications of China Studies in a broad social perspective
Requirements and Subsidies
Paper submission and active participation are requested. The organizing committee of the Forum will provide travel subsidies as well as local accommodations once the paper is officially accepted. The specific amount of travel subsidies will be notified individually in the official invitation for eligible participants.
Contact Details
The Shanghai International Base of Social Science Innovation, The Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences 1610 Zhongshan Road West, Shanghai 200235, China
TELEPHONE: 0086-21-64862266 ext. 27381
FAX: 0086-21-64860193
PROGRAM COORDINATOR:
FAN Huihui, Chinaforum@sass.org.cn
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