Conference News

July 17 — Additional information about the sunday's boat trip added.

July 13 — Changes in the programme due to last-minute-cancellations:
Julia Schneider moved from G3 into G2.
Eva Sternfeld moved to M2, M1 cancelled.

July 12 — Weather forecast for this week — sunny, +32°C / +90°F

July 7Programme / attendee list updated

July 1 — Information on Chinese Movie Night is now available

Film Red Awn (Hongse Kangbaiyin, 2007) will be demonstrated, followed by discussion and a traditional Chinese game night.

June 30 — Registration for the banquet in the Small Guild Hall

June 29Programme / attendee list updated

May 31Abstracts of conference presentations are now online

May 29Programme / attendee list updated

May 15 — Information on Chinese Studies Book Exhibition is available:

Books in following topics will be shown:

  • Philosophy, thought, classical studies
  • History, geography
  • Religion, social customs, ethnology
  • Sociology, education, economics, politics, law, foreign relations
  • Linguistics, literature, drama
  • Art, music, architecture, archaeology
  • Classic titles

This exhibition is sponsored by:
Center for Chinese Studies, National Central Library
The Research, Development and Evaluation Commission,
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarity Exchange
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

The publishing houses Brill (Leiden), Routlege (London) and Cambridge University Press (Cambridge) are participating in the book exhibition each with a broad scale of recent publications. Other European publishers — Harrasowitz, Peter Lang, Tate Publishing — present their new catalogues.

You can visit the exhibition during the conference days in the Small Hall of the University of Latvia.

April 2 — Preliminary conference programme is now available

April 1 — Conference attendee list is now available

March 20 — The conference poster is now available.

You can get your own copy at the conference registration desk for a nominal fee 3 Euro / 2 Lats.