The European Association for Chinese Studies (simplified Chinese: 欧洲汉学学会; traditional Chinese: 歐洲漢學學會; pinyin: Ōuzhōu Hànxué Xuéhuì; EACS) is an international scholarly association representing China scholars from Europe. It was founded in 1975 and is registered in Paris. The Association is governed by a Board and its daily activities are managed by its president, secretary-general, and treasurer.
EACS Conferences
Conferences have been held biennially since 1976.[1] The EACS holds a four-day conference devoted to planned programs of scholarly papers, roundtable discussions, workshops, and panel sessions on a wide range of issues in research and teaching.With over 600 presenting participants in over 150 panels in Leipzig in 2021,[2] it is one of the greatest conferences on Chinese Studies worldwide.
- 2024 (scheduled) - 25th biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Tallinn
- 2022 - 24th biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Olomouc[3]
- 2021[4] - 23rd biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Leipzig[5]
- 2018 - 22nd biennial conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Glasgow[6]
- 2016 - 21st EACS Conference, St Petersburg[7]
- 2014 - 20th EACS Conference, Braga[8]
- 2012 - 19th EACS Conference, Paris[9]
- 2010 - 18th EACS Conference, Riga ("Culture is a Crowded Bridge")
- 2008 - 17th EACS Conference, Lund[10]
- 2006 - 16th EACS Conference, Ljubiljana
- 2004 - 15th EACS Conference, Heidelberg
- 2002 - 14th EACS Conference, Moscow: “Chinese Traditional Civilization and the Contemporary World”
- 2000 - 13th EACS Conference, Turin (Torino): “The Spirit of the Metropolis”
- 1998 - 12th EACS Conference, Edinburgh: “Festivals - the Chinese at Work and at Play”
- 1996 - 11th EACS Conference, Barcelona: “China and the Outer world”
- 1994 - 10th EACS Conference, Prague (Praha): “Genius loci: Place, Region, and Chinese Region-alism”
- 1992 - 9th EACS Conference, Paris: “Change-ment et idées de changement en Chine”
- 1990 - 8th EACS Conference, Leiden
- 1988 - 7th EACS Conference, Weimar
- 1986 - 6th EACS Conference, Turin (Torino)
- 1984 - 5th EACS Conference, Tübingen: “China - Present and Past“
- 1982 - 4th EACS Conference, Cambridge
- 1980 - 3rd EACS Conference, Zürich: “China: Continuity and Change”
- 1978 - 2nd EACS Conference, Ortisei - St. Ulrich: “Understanding Modern China: Problems and Methods”
- 1976 - 1st EACS Conference, Paris: “Popular and Official Traditions in China”
The conferences replaced the annual Junior Sinologues Conferences that had been taking place since 1948:
- 1972 - 24th JS Conference, Leiden (Noordwijkerhout)
- 1971 - 23rd JS Conference, Oxford
- 1970 - 22nd JS Conference, Stockholm
- 1969 - 21st JS Conference, Senegallia / Marcerata
- 1968 - 20th JS Conference, Prague [cancelled]
- 1967 - 19th JS Conference, Bochum
- 1966 - 18th JS Conference, Copenhagen-Humblebaek
- 1965 - 17th JS Conference, Leeds
- 1964 - 16th JS Conference, Bordeaux
- 1963 - 15th JS Conference, Torino
- 1962 - 14th JS Conference, Breukelen-Nijenrode
- 1961 - 13th JS Conference, Hamburg
- 1960- Moscow [cancelled]
- 1959 - 12th JS Conference, Cambridge
- 1958 - 11th JS Conference, Padua and Venice
- 1957 - 10th JS Conference, Marburg
- 1956 - 9th JS Conference, Paris
- 1955 - 8th JS Conference, Leiden (Oud-Poelgeest)
- 1954 - 7th JS Conference, Durham
- 1953 - 6th JS Conference, Rome
- 1952 - 5th JS Conference, Cologne (Köln-Wahn)
- 1951 - 4th JS Conference, Paris
- 1950 - 3rd JS Conference, London
- 1949 - 2nd JS Conference, Leiden
- 1948 - 1st JS Conference, Cambridge, London, and Oxford
Journal
Since 2020, the Association has published a scholarly journal annually. The Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies is an "open-access and peer-reviewed journal that fosters academic discussion and exchange on China- and Chinese-related topics. It is organized and financed by the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS)".[11]
