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EACS Newsletter No. 45, December 2010

EACS addresses and newsletter ...... 2 Report from the Outgoing President ...... 3 Greetings from the Incoming President ...... 8 Report from the Secretary ...... 9 Report from the Former Treasurer ...... 10 News from the New Treasurer ...... 12 Young Scholar Award – results 2010 ...... 13 Young scholar Award 2012 ...... 14 CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant ...... 15 Report on the XVIIIth EACS Conference, Riga, 2010 ...... 18 Report on the XVIIIth International Conference ”, Chinese Civilization and the World: Past, Present and Future”, Moscow, October 2009 ..... 19 New Publications ...... 20 EACS Membership Payment ...... 21

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Change of address information and all With the present EACS Newsletter membership payments should be sent 45, I enter my second term as your to the Treasurer. Newsletter Editor after the election of the new board on the Riga Conference President (about which more later in this Roger Greatrex, Centre for East and Newsletter). South-East Asian Studies, Lund Uni- Also in the future, the EACS News- versity, Scheelevägen 15D, 226 63 letter will be published twice a year: Lund, Sweden in spring, and in autumn. All con- Tel. +46 46 2223861 tributions should be sent to the Editor Fax +46 46 2223041 by E-mail. Please remember to check E-mail: [email protected] your copy carefully before sending it. Workshop and conference reports Secretary should not exceed 600 words. Calls Roel Sterckx, Department of East for papers should not exceed 100 Asian Studies, University of words. Remember to include all rel- Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, evant information when contributing Cambridge CB3 9DA, United new book titles (author, title, publi- Kingdom cation place, publisher, year, pp., Tel. +44 (0)1223 335137 price in EURO and ISBN). Names Fax +44 (0)1223 335110 and titles in non-Latin script such as E-mail: [email protected] Cyrillic are welcome provided that the author’s name is in transcription Treasurer and a short content summary in Eng- Michael Schimmelpfennig, Depart- lish is included. ment of Middle-Eastern and Far- Every effort is made to include all rel- Eastern Languages and Cultures – evant news, but the Editor reserves Chinese Studies, Artilleriestrasse 70, the right to edit all contributions for 91052 Erlangen, Germany publication. Tel. +49 (0) 9131 85-22482 Fax +49 (0) 9131 85-26374 Newsletter Editor E-mail: Bart Dessein, Department of Chinese [email protected] Language and Culture, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Webmaster Gent, Belgium. Luca Pisano, Dipartimento di Orien- Tel. +32 9 264 39 90 talistica – Sezione Sinologica, Via Fax +32 9 264 41 94 Giulia di Barolo 3/a, 10124 Torino, E-mail: [email protected] Italy Tel. + 39 011 6703852 NEXT COPY DEADLINE: Fax +39 011 6703858 May 1, 2011 E-mail: [email protected] Next issue: June, 2011

REPORT FROM THE The year 2008 ended with a surplus of OUTGOING PRESIDENT almost 12,500 €. The CCK Foundation kindly allowed us to keep the money (Delivered at the EACS General Assembly so that we could continue the pro- in Riga on July 17, 2010) gramme through the year 2009. In 2009, 14 grants were given; with only My report deals with EACS activities one exception (Finland) all recipients of the two years between fall 2008 and of a grant came from Central and East the first half of 2010. It consists of European countries: 4 from the Czech four parts: 1. EACS Projects and Pro- Republic, 3 from Russia, 3 from grammes, 2. Communication, 3. Ac- Latvia, and 1 each from Ukraine, tivities of the Board and the Executive Poland and . We can see that Committee, 4. Relations with other the trend of national diversification Associations. already observed in recent years con- tinued also in 2009. 1. EACS Projects and Pro- grammes Last year I submitted a new proposal to the CCK Foundation asking for the Library Travel Grants continuation of this programme. The Board is convinced of the usefulness The Library Travel Grant programme of this scheme and believes that es- was established in 1994 and since then pecially in times as these with severe has been supported by the Chiang budget cuts for libraries and depart- Ching-Kuo Foundation with a yearly ments everywhere, the Library Travel sum of 10,000 €. So far more than 160 Grants are a welcome tool for sup- postgraduates, PhD students and porting young sinologists. The Foun- young scholars mainly from East Eu- dation kindly approved of our pro- ropean countries were able to visit one posal for a new three-year cycle from of the seven sinological libraries in 2010-2012 which enables us to spend Western , that are participating 10,000 € each year. The Board agreed in this scheme. The details of the pro- to stick to the same rules as before, gramme are announced on our website which means that applications from and in our Newsletter. In 2008 we re- East and Central European countries ceived the last payment of the three- will be given priority, and that post- year cycle 2006–2008. In that year12 graduates and young scholars are our grants were given. The majority of 7 main target group. However, we will recipients of a grant came from East also consider applications from West and Central European countries, 4 European countries and from senior from Russia, 2 from Poland and 1 scholars. Let me add one other re- from the . Of the five quirement which ought to be taken for West European recipients 1 came from granted but as there have been doubts France, 1 from Denmark and 3 from about it I want to clearly stress that we Italy. only give grants to sinologists, in other words to young people who know 3

Chinese and work with Chinese-lan- papers and to participate in the com- guage materials. We generally do not petition for the best paper. This year consider applicants who only look for ten papers had been submitted. These literature in Western languages. were evaluated in anonymized form by external reviewers. Based on their The programme is run with a mini- judgment a certain number of papers mum of administration, as only two or were shortlisted for the competition. three persons are involved on the part From these the jury consisting of five of the EACS. The Board appreciates Board members has selected the three that Bernhard Fuehrer from SOAS best papers. The nominees have been continues to take care of the ap- invited to present their papers at this plications concerning pre-modern conference and after the presentation China; the applications concerning the jury has decided on the winner. I modern China are for the time being am sure that at the next conference we handled by me. As in the past, I am shall be able to report on the success- also in charge of the finances. Our sin- ful publication of the papers. cere thanks go to the librarians of the libraries involved. Without their in- As to the nominees and their papers of valuable assistance the programme 2008, I would like to give you some could not be run. They not only take feedback. All three papers are now care of the visitors but sometimes are available in scholarly publications: also bothered with handing out the money in cash to the recipients of a The winner of the Award of 2008, grant. In London where the majority Lena Henningsen published her paper of candidates want to go, we may rely “No faith in fakes. Han Han on pla- on Robert Whiteing of the SOAS Re- giarism and authenticity in the con- search Office whose kind assistance temporary Chinese literary field” as a with regard to the financial trans- chapter in her book Copyright Mat- actions we appreciate very much. Last ters: Imitation, Creativity and Authen- but not least thanks are due to the ticity in Contemporary Chinese Lit- Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for its erature (Berlin: Berliner Wissen- continued generous support of this schafts-Verlag, 2010). programme. The papers of the other two nominees Young Scholar Award were published in scholarly journals:

Our second major programme is the Kao Chen-yang’s paper entitled “The Young Scholar Award which was Cultural Revolution and the Emer- awarded here for the fourth time after gence of Pentecostal-style Protestant- Heidelberg, , and Lund. This ism in China”, in Journal of Con- scheme is also funded by the Chiang temporary Religion, 24(2), 2009, pp. Ching-kuo Foundation. Its purpose is 171-188 to encourage young scholars in Chi- nese Studies to submit high-quality 4

and Marco Fumian’s paper under the title “The Temple and the Market: The Board should like to thank all Controversial Positions in the Literary candidates of this year for their par- Field with Chinese Characteristics”, in ticipation in the competition. Our Modern Chinese Literature and Cul- sincere thanks also go to the reviewers ture, vol. 21, no. 2, Fall 2009, pp. 126- of the submitted papers; the success of 166. the competition depends on their help, therefore we appreciate very much It is not unlikely that the Award and that they readily took over the burden the nomination for the Award in one of reviewing the papers. Special way or another also played a role in thanks are due to our Secretary Gen- promoting the academic careers of eral Roel Sterckx who has been in these young scholars. At least they all charge of managing the competition. work at universities. While Lena Henningsen already had her job at the Summer Schools Chinese department of Heidelberg University, Marco Fumian now The first Summer School under the teaches Chinese at the universities of auspices of the EACS took place in Venice and Bologna and also got a 2005 at the University of Minho in grant from the University of Venice, Braga, . Its great success has and Kao Chen-yang now is a post- encouraged the Board to continue with doctoral research fellow in the Grad- this activity. We are grateful that Sun uate Institute of Religious Studies at 5Lam who already in 2005 was in National Chengchi University in charge, also organized the second Taiwan. Summer School held in Braga in September 2009. It was focused on The most important effect of the YSA cross-cultural translation and co-fi- probably is that both the winners and nanced by the Confucius Institute of the nominees get to be known in the the University of Minho and the European sinological community. This EACS. The workshop got a very pos- is what several nominees have con- itive evaluation both from the or- firmed to me. The Board therefore ob- ganizers and teachers and from the serves with great pleasure and satis- participating students. A report on the faction that the Young Scholar Award event was published in the EACS of our Association is establishing itself Newsletter, No. 43 of November as an acknowledged and desirable 2009. qualification for the academic careers of young sinologists. This should en- History of the Junior Sinologues courage us to continue with the and the EACS scheme. We shall announce the Award for the year 2012 in our next News- In my last report of 2008 I mentioned letter and already now we appeal to our initiative concerning the recollect- you to draw the attention of promising tion of the history of the EACS and its young scholars to this competition. forerunner, the Junior Sinologues. 5

This is not an established project, but any news concerning Chinese Studies an activity that depends on the com- in Europe at any time. mitment of individuals who with me are convinced that the EACS is an im- As to the website, the practical prob- portant part of the history of European lems we once had with the SOAS and that its history should server have been solved long ago and not fall into oblivion. So far only some since we have paid an annual preliminary work has been done, honorarium to the webmaster at mainly by Thomas Kampen, but more SOAS, changes on our website have cooperation and contributions are always been taken care of immediately needed. I hardly dare to hope that we and without problems. Let me take receive written recollections of past this opportunity to express our thanks conferences, board meetings, scholarly to Luca Pisano. He has been in charge projects etc. Such materials would of of the website for almost six years course be most welcome. However, it now and been very conscientious in would be of great help if former Board fulfilling his task. Therefore I am very members or those who cooperated in glad that he agreed to continue as EACS projects would send us what- webmaster. Our thanks also go to the ever materials are still in their pos- SOAS webmaster Duncan Franklin for session, so that they could be pre- his continued help in updating our served in our archives. website.

Another question is in which way we 2. Communication could improve the contents of our website. Any suggestions in this Our three most important means of respect would be welcome. communication are the Newsletter, the website and the membership database. Finally I would like to mention our The Newsletter published twice a year membership database, which has dev- is sent out to our members either elec- eloped into a convenient tool for tronically or as paper edition. In the spreading news. For practical reasons past only a few issues have carried in- the database is administered by our teresting information. It is my im- Treasurer, whereas technical problems pression that on the whole news and are taken care of in Heidelberg where information come from the Board our host server is located. Our sincere members and only very rarely from thanks are due to Matthias Richter the members. Regrettably our appeals who for the past six years in addition to provide more information, be it on to managing the finances of our Asso- institutional changes, new publications ciation has also established the mem- or the history of European sinology, bership database. have been to little or no avail. So please keep in mind that our News- letter Editor would highly welcome

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3. Activities of the Board and cussed in the Chinese internet. The Executive Committee Letter also met with response in one or two newspapers in Norway, but as far During the past term of office the as I know not anywhere else. How- present Board had two meetings in ever, we did receive many very pos- Riga, one from September 4-5, 2009, itive reactions from EACS members. the other one on July 14, 2010. Both meetings, apart from discussing or- dinary business, were dedicated to the 4. Relations with other Asso- organization of this conference and ciations this General Assembly. The list of sections and the list of referees who Since our last conference we have would evaluate the submitted paper succeeded in intensifying our relations abstracts were drawn up at the meet- with the European Association of Sin- ing last year. The Board also decided ological Libraries. In Lund Matthias that submissions of paper abstracts to Kaun as representative of EASL gave the referees should be anonymous and a report during the General Assembly, that the assembly of panels of ap- and at this conference we organized a proved speakers (except those papers roundtable on Sinological Libraries submitted as a panel) should mainly and Digital Resources. I am very glad be the responsibility of the conference that David Helliwell from the Bod- organizers. On the whole, this pro- leian Library in Oxford and Matthias cedure seems to have worked well. Kaun from the State Library in Berlin The Executive Committee consisting agreed to attend this conference and to of the Secretary, the Treasurer and the discuss with us common problems. I President, did not have an extra meet- think the more than 20 participants ing during the past term of office. agree that the roundtable was very rewarding and I hope the promising I have to mention one activity of Jan- and fruitful cooperation will continue uary this year which may seem a little in the future. unusual to some of you. I mean the Open Letter that we wrote in favour of Liu Xiaobo. The text was drawn up by our former Secretary General Olga Brunhild Staiger Lomova and after elaborate dis- cussions among the Board members was slightly modified and signed by me. The majority of the Board agreed to send the Letter to the President of the People’s Republic of China and to Xinhua News Agency. It was also sent to the German news agency dpa. Of course, there was no reaction from China, but I was told that it was dis- 7

GREETINGS FROM THE stands forth prominently, and the issue INCOMING PRESIDENT of the quest for funding at the Euro- pean level. Each of these issues has Dear EACS members, dear colleagues been addressed, success has been and friends, achieved, but further work is being done and remains to do. As the new president of the EACS I would like first of all to thank you for Glen Dudbridge in December 1998 the confidence that you have shown in commented upon the improvement me by electing me to office at the that the introduction of the euro would General Assembly held at our mem- bring to many members in remitting orable conference in Riga this sum- their subscription fees. Further im- mer. When expressing this thanks and provements were followed with the my awareness of the responsibility possibility of payments by credit card. that the office brings with it, I echo In the autumn of 2010 the Asso- my predecessors, most recently ciation’s outgoing Treasurer Matthias Brunhild Staiger, to whom the As- Richter and incoming Treasurer sociation is deeply indebted for her Michael Schimmelpfennig have been untiring work over the six years she hard at work solving problems re- was president. Thank you once again garding an improved and what we Brunhild! hope will be even easier method for credit card payment. The Associ- Once an organization has celebrated ation’s membership continues to grow its sixtieth anniversary it may be and since our conference in Riga expected to have established certain every week sees new applications for traditions, one of which is the in- membership. coming president’s address. With their incoming messages, successive pres- Alain Peyraube in 2002 reiterated the idents have identified specific topics Association’s strong relationship with to be dealt with during their terms of the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation office. Looking back at the messages that has staunchly supported our ac- from previous recent incoming pres- tivities over the years, and looked for- idents, five topics may be noted. They ward to improved relations with the are improving the efficiency of remit- European Association of Sinological ting subscription fees, the growth in Librarians (EASL), as did Brunhild size of the membership, strengthening Staiger two years later. The well-at- the Association’s web-site both for tended round-table discussion on Si- communication within the Association nological Libraries and Digital Re- and for the Association’s presence on sources, chaired by Brunhild Staiger at the international scene, improving the EACS conference in Riga in July contact with other associations among this year, that included presentations which EASL (The European Asso- by two leading members of EASL, ciation of Sinological Librarians) namely David Helliwell (Bodleian Library, Oxford) and Matthias Kaun 8

(State Library Berlin), was a major Guiheux, are all underway. I am very step in the right direction. Further grateful to the members of the strengthening of the interaction be- Association for having re-elected to tween EASL and the EACS will cer- the Board Roel Sterckx and Bart tainly be a component of our con- Dessein who have generously agreed ference in Paris in 2012. to continue as Secretary and Editor of the Newsletter, respectively, as well as In 2004 Brunhild Staiger emphasized Tiziana Lipiello who has kindly strengthening the Association’s Web- agreed to serve as Vice-President. site. The website has a vital function Continuity in the Association will thus for the Association and website dev- be ensured, and I know that we can elopment is essential both for com- count on their guidance and experi- munication with the members of the ence if and when the Association is association and as a means of in- confronted with issues in the future forming those interested of the Asso- that may be far from uncomplicated to ciation’s activities. During the coming decide upon. months, in cooperation with our Web- site editor Luca Pisano, I shall inves- tigate further measures that will serve to develop our website. REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY The fifth point, namely European level funding, remains the most elusive. Much of the administrative work that Several members have been successful sustains the operation of EACS is in receiving funding from the Euro- invisible to most of our members. The pean Science Foundation (ESF) or election of a new President and within the EU’s Sixth and Seventh Treasurer therefore are a good op- Framework Programmes (EFP). How- portunity to pay homage to the efforts ever, the Association as an organi- and energy that go into the daily run- zation has yet to submit an appli- ning of our Association. At the Riga cation. The possibilities available to conference, members thanked Brun- the Association during the remaining hild Staiger and Matthias Richter, in years of the Seventh Framework Pro- General Assembly, for their 6 years of gramme will be a matter to which I dedicated service to EACS as Pres- shall devote my attention. ident and Treasurer respectively. I would like to reinforce that gratitude In the months to come the regular ad- again. Brunhild and Matthias con- ministrative work of the Association ducted their affairs with an efficiency will continue. The ongoing Library colleagues working alongside them Travel Grant (LTG) programme, an- truly appreciated. It is heartening to nouncements for the Young Scholar’s know that they will continue to be in- Award (YSA) in 2012, and prepa- volved from the sidelines. We are ration for our Paris conference in equally confident that their successors, 2012, in the capable hands of Gilles Roger Greatrex and Michael Schim- 9

melpfennig, will prove to be worthy years, for most, is a short time in successors and thank them in advance academic writing and I hope therefore for offering to serve. you would alert new talent to the YSA ahead of time and encourage them to A new EACS Board was constituted submit their work for peer review. I in Riga that will oversee activities up wish you all a fructuous year ahead. to the Paris conference in 2012. In ad- dition to the President, who was Roel Sterckx elected unopposed, the following Secretary General colleagues were elected (with number of votes following their name): Dusan REPORT FROM THE FORMER Andrs (80), Wolfgang Behr (85), TREASURER, Autumn 2010 Anna Busquets (82), Bart Dessein (82), Isabellla Falaschi (81), Svetlana As in previous years, EACS finances Gorbunova (68), Gilles Guiheux (90), are in good condition. In the past two Barend ter Haar (68), Alison Hardie years, expenses have exceeded income (79), Maria Khayutina (73), Frank by ca. € 6,000, i.e. approximately the Kraushaar (86), Carmen Mendes (85), sum spent on supporting the 2009 Dominik Mierzejewski (81), Barbara summer school in Braga. The next Leonesi (84), Tiziana Lippiello (79), largest expense items were a total of Lucie Olivova (68), Loreta Poškaitė ca. € 5,500 in support of the 2008 con- (69), Alexey Rodionov (72), Mitja ference in Lund as well as ca. € 4,400 Saje (84), Michael Schimmelpfennig to cover travel and accommodation (83), Roman Shapiro (70), Roel costs for the 2009 board meeting in Sterckx (91), and Stig Thørgesen (70). Riga. To prevent an overdraft of the We welcome all new members and giro account, it has become necessary thank old(er) members for their con- to buy back € 3,000 form the custody tinuing service. account, which after the buyback still

stands at over € 38,000, easily al- As we enter what is traditionally the lowing for the support of further proj- quieter interlude in between two ects. The largest source of income in EACS conferences, I would like to the past two years were the mem- urge all members to encourage their bership payments of € 8,808.90 and graduate students and junior col- the substantial contribution of € 2,100 leagues to submit work for the EACS by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation. Young Scholar Award 2012. The Another estimated € 3,000 of mem- Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation has bership fees were paid, mostly during generously offered continued funding the conference, after the date reflected for the YSA. I have received a great in the balance below. As soon as I can deal of informal feedback from par- close the old EACS account, I shall ticipants who were shortlisted and/or transfer the remaining assets to the won the EACS YSA in previous years, new treasurer and provide him with insisting how helpful this platform has the final settlement of the account. been to their publishing career. Two 10

EACS Treasurer’s Report, 1 July 2010 (based on giro account statement of 31 May 10 and state of custody account of 17 June 2010)

I) Custody account, as of 17 June 2010 The total of the custody account amounted to € 39,754.68 on 8 July 2008 and has since decreased by € 1,430.03 to a total of € 38,324.65 on 17 June 2010. The decrease is due to a buyback of € 3,000.00 needed to balance expenses on the giro account. Composition of custody account, 17 June 2010: total € 38,324.65 A: Allianz Pimco Mobil-Fonds = € 18,488.11 B: Allianz Stiftungsfonds Balanced A = € 9,919.76 C: Allianz Pimco Geldmarktfonds Spezial A = € 9,916.78 A–C disposable at any time.

II) Giro account, as of 31 May 2010

EXPENDITURES 6,000.00 support for 2009 summer school in Braga 4,230.00 for 42,925.00 SEK contribution to Lund conference 1,369.37 13,245 SEK Hotel G. Malmqvist & K. Schipper 271,57 reimbursement of EASL representative for travel to Lund 2008 4,377.80 reimbursement for travel and accommodation costs for 2009 board meeting 1,050.00 Library Travel Grant expenses 1,000.00 to Duncan Franklin for website management 2008–09 624.06 ipayment fees 262.17 bank fees 231.93 postage, address labels, copies, stationery 120.00 2010 Riga conference fees for EASL representatives = 19,536.90 total expenditures

INCOME 6,808.00 membership fees (bank transfer and cash payments) 1,864.55 membership fees (Visa) 136.35 membership fees (AmEx) 2,100.50 payment from CCK Foundation 2,160.00 buyback of € 3,000 worth bonds from custody account (€840 taxes deducted) = 13,069.40 total income

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BALANCE GIRO ACCOUNT 9,881.71 old balance, 31 May 2008 + 13,069.40 total income - 19,536.90 total expenditures = 3,414.21 new balance, 31 May 2010

I would like to thank all EACS members for entrusting me with the financial affairs of the Association over the past six years.

Matthias L. Richter, Boulder, CO, 20 October 2010

NEWS FROM THE NEW One major change inaugurated by the TREASURER meeting of the board in Riga is the move from the rather difficult and costly system of credit card payment Dear members of EACS, to Pay Pal. For payment of mem- bership fees with Visa or AmEx, My name is Michael Schimmel- EACS had to have contracts with pfennig. Those who did not have a these credit card companies and an chance to attend the wonderful con- online payment service that aside from ference at Riga in July 2010 may still requiring annual fees placed the bur- not know that I have taken over the den of covering losses due to varying post of EACS treasurer from Matthias exchange rates on EACS. Besides, Richter. After six years of superb some members using the conventional commitment (i.e. database) and form of international bank transfers excellent service to our community of have been charged extra fees that scholars by Matthias it is a great res- could amount to a one-year mem- ponsibility and a challenge to succeed bership fee. him in office. I will try to do my best to replace him. Those who have news Pay Pal is an online payment system to distribute, questions regarding their used worldwide. Anyone who would membership or else, should feel free to like to send money without extra costs contact me under: can open an account that is free of charge for sending money. Of course, Pay Pal is not a charity organization. [email protected] But it only earns money when you re- Membership fees: Pay Pal replaces ceive payments from others. Once you the old Credit card payment system have opened an account you can send money via email to any person, in-

12 stitution, or shop that has a Pay Pal the cost is € 11.00), and € 11.00 per account for free. annum for student members (remem- ber to send in a student-ID). EACS now has such an account and we recommend using Pay Pal for Fee payment for up to five years is re- membership fee payment. Since commended, especially to reduce EACS has to cover fees for receiving charges when making bank transfers. money requested by Pay Pal or in- Members who are willing to pay for directly through exchange rates, we several years in advance can do so at have very modestly raised mem- reduced rates: bership fees. Please note that this in- crease of one Euro (€1.00) per annum is intended to cover money transfer membership fee reduced rate* costs and not to fill the coffers of 1 year € 21.00 € 11.00 EACS. However, if you compare these sums with the amounts charged by 2 year € 41.00 € 21.00 banks for international money tran- sfers, you will realize that many mem- 3 year € 62.00 € 31.00 bers will pay less than before, and EACS will lose less money than 4 year € 82.00 € 42.00 before. For opening an account go to www.PayPal.com or enter PayPal into 5 year € 102.00 € 52.00 your search engine. A PayPal button will soon be installed on the EACS website. * For student members and members from Russia, Baltic States, Ukraine, Moldavia, Belarus, Romania, Bul- Members living in the EURO zone garia, , Bosnia-Herzegovina, can of course continue to pay by bank Serbia, Montenegro, Former Yugoslav transfer to the new EACS account: Republic of Macedonia, Albania Post Bank Stuttgart, bank code 600

100 70, account 484 661 702. Please use standard international transfer YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD with IBAN: DE 04 6001 0070 RESULTS 2010 0484661702; SWIFT-BIC: PBNK DE FF 600. Remember to add the name of At the biannual conference of the the Treasurer when making this type EACS in Riga the EACS Young of transfer. Scholar Award was carried out for the fourth time (after Heidelberg, The new membership rates: Ljubljana and Lund). The call for participating in this competition had EACS membership fee is at present € been published in the EACS News- 21.00 per annum for individual and letters Nos. 41-43 and on the EACS corporate members (for members from website. The deadline for this year Eastern European non-EU countries was 15 January, 2010. Altogether ten

13 papers had been submitted to the We are sure that by the time of our EACS Secretary who was in charge of next biannual conference we shall be managing the competition. The papers able to report that the three excellent were evaluated in anonymized form papers will have been published in by external reviewers. Based on their scholarly journals or other pub- judgment a certain number of papers lications. were shortlisted for the competition. From these the Jury consisting of five members of the EACS Board (Bart Brunhild Staiger Dessein, Roger Greatrex, Gilles Guiheux, Maria Khayutina, Brunhild Staiger) selected the following three YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD papers: 2012

Anna Boermel (Cambridge): “’Seek- The Board of the European ing Pleasure’ and ‘Letting off Steam’: Association for Chinese Studies is Old Age, Sociality, Space and Well- pleased to announce again the EACS Being in Beijing” Young Scholar Award (YSA). The purpose of this award is to encourage Luisa Paternicó (Catania/Sicily): research in Chinese studies among “Martino Martini’s Grammar of the young scholars, especially, but not ex- : The First Gram- clusively, scholars studying and mar ever Written and Printed of Man- working at European institutions. We darin Chinese” very much welcome submissions from candidates worldwide. The Young Lena Scheen (Leiden): “Space, Place, Scholar Award is made possible and Memory in Short Stories from through generous support by the Shanghai” Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. It The authors of these three papers were was first awarded during the 2004 invited to the Riga conference. Each biennial conference in Heidelberg. Al- of them received reimbursement for most all papers submitted by short- travel and hotel expenses plus an al- listed candidates in previous com- lowance of 20 Euro per day. The petitions have now appeared as peer- nominees for the Award presented reviewed publications. The next YSA their papers in the first morning of the will be announced at the XIXth bien- conference (August 15, 2010). After nial conference in Paris, France, in the the presentation the Jury decided to summer of 2012. give the Award in the form of a certificate to Luisa Paternicó. The Jury Eligibility: members agreed that her paper means a true contribution to European Sinol- Candidates for the YSA should be 35 ogy. years of age or below AND their rank of academic employment should be below that of Associate Professor or

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Senior Lecturer or the equivalent Secretary Prof Roel Sterckx, De- ranks in other systems. The jury wel- partment of East Asian Studies, Uni- comes papers of high scholarly versity of Cambridge, Sidgwick promise engaging primary sources, Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA, United secondary scholarship, and innovative Kingdom, [email protected] research methodologies relevant to the field. Papers should be written in Applicants who encounter difficulties English; only single-authored papers in mailing the copy of their work will be accepted. Papers should pref- should contact the EACS Secretary. erably be unpublished; however, can- We very much hope you will consider didates may submit papers that are un- submitting your work! der review for publication in a scho- larly journal at the time of the 2012 Paris conference. Each applicant may submit only one paper of a maximum CCK FOUNDATION of 8000 to 8500 words (approximately LIBRARY TRAVEL GRANT 50.000 characters), with a one-page abstract. The copy should include the Thanks to the continued support of the author's full name, institution, and Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation the address. EACS also in 2011 is able to fund one-week visits for specialised re- The YSA jury hopes to nominate 3 fi- search in Sinological libraries in nalists. Nominees will be invited to Cambridge, Heidelberg, Leiden, Lon- Paris to attend the 2012 EACS con- don, Munich, Oxford or Paris. ference where their papers will be presented during a special session. Applications received before the two EACS will sponsor travel costs, per deadlines of March 20 and October diem expenses as well as the con- 20 will be considered within 3 weeks ference registration fee of all short- after receipt. listed candidates. The winner of the YSA will be announced during the Applicants should be Sinologists conference and honoured with the based permanently in Europe and award of a certificate. It is expected preferably paid-up members of the that candidates submitting papers EACS. Applications from non-mem- for the Young Scholar Award are or bers will be considered, especially in will be registered as EACS members case of students and young scholars by the time of the biennial EACS (up to 35 years), if accompanied by a conference. recommendation letter from an EACS member. The deadline for submission of both abstracts and papers is 15 January, Priorities are given to applicants as 2012. Proof of age and rank should be follows: provided at the time of submission. a. Central and Eastern Europe Please send papers and abstracts by e- students mail AND in hard-copy to the EACS b. Western Europe students

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dozens of non-European scholars from REPORT ON THE XVIIIth EACS Taiwan (17), the US (12), Mainland CONFERENCE, RIGA 2010 China (5), Hong Kong (4), Israel (3), Canada (2), Australia (1), El Savador (1), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1), New The XVIII. Biennial Conference of the Zealand (1), Singapore (1) and South European Association for Chinese Korea (1). Studies „Culture is a Crowded Bridge“ in Riga, July 14–18 2010. While the organisers’ committee, tak- ing into account the often divergent With the choice of the Center for East evaluations of between two and four Asian Studies at the University of Lat- independent referees for each of the via in Riga as host of the EACS’ seventeen sections, made the decision biennial meeting in 2010 the asso- to moderately restrict admissions of all ciation continued its commitment to applications, the general resonance support and integrate recently founded among participants who answered a and smaller institutes in areas of survey mailed in late July approved Europe where sinology emerges the average academic level of pre- without the comfortable backing of sentations and discussions. Apart from local tradition. the discussions, an amazing display of The latest list indicates two hundred recent scholarship and high-quality thirty eight registered participants book-making was achieved, first, by (members and non-members), giving the National Central Library’s book- evidence to the fact that the asso- exhibition (the largest part of was gen- ciation and its members or friends are erously donated to the Riga center not biased by reputation of only the after the conference) as well as by well-established European places and European publishers’ Brill and Rout- names. Nevertheless many represen- ledge, whose representatives attended tatives from the latter joined and in- the meeting as many times before. spired this year’s panels, round-tables, the YSA final competition and un- A minus, admittedly, were the scheduled discussions. The traditional weather-conditions, although a dream support by Taiwan’s Chiang Ching- for North-eastern Europe’s people kuo Foundation and the National accustomed to dizzy-freezy half- Central Library of the R.O.C. in summers prolonged by a somber rest- Taipei this time was truly essential to of-the-year. This gives good reason to secure the continuous preparation of the organizers to thank each par- the conference by a relatively small ticipant for endurance and inde- team of local organizers mocking the fatigability facing a heat that daily consequences of the quasi-collapse of climbed up to 28 or more degrees the national economy and the public inside the auditoria while windows household in 2009. mostly had to stay closed in order to keep low the swelling noise from Riga The richness of the programme in con- center’s traffic. The silent heroism tents was also nourished by several

18 was recompensed at least to about a About 250 scholars, experts, repre- hundred of conference-guests who senting academic institutes, scientific stayed for the trip on a steamer to centers and departments of uni- Latvia’s famed spa Jūrmala on Sun- versities, specialized on Chinese day. While leaving the ship at the studies, journalists and diplomats from landing place, passengers were almost Russia, CIS countries, the Peoples immediately dispersed by a vigorous Republic of China and Taiwan, thunderstorm. Later, some were seen Sweden, Latvia, Ukraine participated wading in flooded shopping-lanes of in the conference. The languages of Jūrmala, others bathing in the sizzling the conference were Chinese and waves of the Baltic Sea. Russian.

Hoping to see again many of you as The conference was divided into 2 participants in future scholarly events Plenary and 6 Panel sessions: “Foreign either in Riga or anywhere else, we Policy and contacts between Russia remain and China: to the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations”, “Shanghai or- The EACS Riga 2010 organizing ganization of Cooperation”, “Specifics committee of PRC Economic and Socio-political Development”, “The role of RF-PRC Trade and Economic Cooperation in The Context of Globalization and Global Financial Crisis”, “Six De- REPORT ON THE XVIIIth cades of the New China’s History”, INTERNATIONAL “Language, Literature, Culture”. The CONFERENCE “China, Chinese largest cluster of papers centred round Civilization and the World: Past, the problems of Chinese economy, Present and Future” Moscow, contemporary policy and RF-PRC October 2009 relations in different spheres, in- cluding culture. Two volumes of the The 18th International Academic abstracts were published in Russian. conference “China, Chinese Civili- zation and the World: Past, In his key note address the director of Present and Future” was held in IFES RAS, Academician M.Titarenko focused on the international meaning Moscow (Russia) in October 2009. of PRC foundation. He described the The main themes were: 60 Years of dynamic social-economic develop- the People’s Republic of China and ment of this country during the last 30 USSR/RF-PRC Diplomatic Rela- years. Wu Enyuan (The Director of tions. This conference was organized the Institute of East European, Russian by RAS Council for the Comprehen- and Central Asian Studies, CASS) an- sive Studies of Contemporary China alyzed the dramatic way of Chinese- together with the RAS and Institute Russian relations. V. Portyakov (IFES of Far Eastern Studies (IFES RAS). RAS) ascertained genesis and ob-

19 jective foundation of PRC self iden- dis-cussion of the participants on the tification as global power. Qui Wei main themes of the conference. (President, Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences, and PRC) con- S. Gorbunova. Secretary of the RAS centrated his attention on specifics of Council for The Comprehensive China’s development strategy during studies of Contemporary China last 60 years. Prof. R. Greatrex (Lund University, Sweden) examined the rapid and remarkable progress of Chi- NEW PUBLICATIONS na’s integration into the international intellectual property rights system. Th. Kampen. Chinesen in Europa – The development of China’s prep- Europäer in China: Journalisten, aration to enter the international Spione, Studenten. Ostasien Verlag. system, he said, began with the Reihe Gelbe Erde 8. 105 pp. ISBN: Provisional Regulations Governing 978-3-940527-49-3. 16,80 Euro. Trademarks enacted in 1950. A. Ostrovskiy (IFES RAS) concluded M. Titarenko (chief editor), Spiritual that PRC domestic energy resources Culture of China: Encyclopedia, market has great potential. At the vols.1-6: same time China has developed its [vol.4] History, Policy, Ideology, Law. energy cooperation with Central Asia, Moscow: RAS “Oriental Russia, , Africa and Latin Literature”,2009, pp. 935, ill. ISBN America. 978-5-02-036380-9 (in Russian) [vol.5] Science, Technology, Military The participants of the conference Thought, Medicine, Education. took part in round-table open dis- Moscow: RAS “Oriental Literature”, cussion which focused on USSR/RF- 2009, pp. 1087, ill. ISBN 978-5-02- PRC Diplomatic Relations. Ex- 036381-6 (in Russian) periences and Lessons. [vol.6] Moscow: Architecture, Calligraphy, Painting, Trade, Music, The Final Session was devoted to the Dance, Theatre, Cinema. RAS presentation of the reports by Panel “Oriental Literature”, 2010, pp.1031, Chairs and was concluded with a free ill. ISBN 978-5-02-036382-3 (in Russian)

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