3rd Young Scholars’ Forum
Goethe University Frankfurt 27-28 April, 2018
Call for Paper
We are delighted to announce that the Sinology Department at the GoetheUniversity, Confucius Institute Frankfurt, and Fudan University will co-host a Young Scholars’ Forum for German and Chinese doctoral students specialized in China Studies, humanities and social sciences in particular, from 27-28 April, 2018.This biennial forum is known for its friendly and inspiring atmosphere as well asthe depth of discussion. It provides a platform for fledging scholars to present theirworks to an international audience and to communicate with their peers in otheruniversities. Domestic travel and accommodation costs (max. 3 nights) forsuccessful applicants will be covered.
Eligibility: Domestic (Germany) doctoral students, Chinese exchange doctoralstudents affiliated with a university in German-speaking areas, Fudan doctoralstudents.
Application: please send a short English abstract (ca. 300 words), together withyour name, institution, year of study, dissertation title, and contact information toMarkus Wegner (mw@konfuzius-institut-frankfurt.de) by 17 February, 2018.Seventeen to eighteen successful applicants will be selected by 10 March, 2018,and a paper of around 6,000-7,000 English words (ca. 15 pages) is due on 13 April,2018.
Presentation: each speaker is given 25 minutes to present his/her paper, followed by5 minutes of comments from the discussant and then 10-15 minutes of generaldiscussion. Discussants will be professors of Chinese studies from China andGermany.
We are looking forward to welcoming you at Frankfurt, a city of communicationand innovation!
