MCLC: Eurosinica series call for mss

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: gamsa at post.tau.ac.il <gamsa at post.tau.ac.il>
Subject: Eurosinica series call for mss
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CALL FOR SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS FOR EUROSINICA SERIES

EUROSINICA is a book series for monographs of various thematic focuses,
sharing the goal of studying culture and literature in contemporary or
historical contexts. The series, under the imprint of Peter Lang, was
founded in 1984 by the German sinologist Günther Debon (1921–2005) and the
Canadian comparatist Adrian Hsia (1938–2010); so far, thirteen books have
been published. While the founding editors placed the emphasis on the
transfer processes of classical literary works and motifs between
cultures, the continuation of their work requires new approaches.

 
Rather than operate within the conceptual framework of “cultural dialogue”
between an East and a West viewed as distinct entities, the series editors
tend to a view of cultures in contact. EUROSINICA is accordingly open for
studies and interpretation of authors, personalities, genres and
individual works committed to an understanding of humanity as a common
source of values which, rather than be impeded by cultural, linguistic or
ethnic disparity, are being reshaped and reinvented in different settings.
 

From the basic concept the series’ founders have contributed, we will
carry on the approach to literature, the arts and history as transnational
narratives emerging out of distinct contextualization and relying on as
well as contributing to both the European and the Sinic cultural spheres.
We explicitly welcome well-argued innovative interpretations of classical
works, as we do historical and translation studies. At a time of ongoing
global changes of aesthetic and critical paradigms, EUROSINICA does not
intend to propose the East-West-paradigm as a last refuge for intellectual
cultural conservatism, but rather envisages new critical approaches to the
sporadic process of aesthetic and historical interactions (“contacts”)
between formerly allegedly “separated” cultural spheres.
 

EUROSINICA expects to publish between one and two volumes annually and
aims for a balance between studies of contemporary or ancient focus. It
thereby seeks to counter the trend of separating research on classical and
modern issues.
 

EUROSINICA will consider manuscripts in European languages. The series
editors and board members are scholars at universities in the Baltic and
Nordic countries of Europe, as well as in mainland China, Japan, Taiwan,
Hong Kong and Macao. They represent the disciplines of comparative
literature, cultural studies and history in European and East Asian
languages.
 

As a series, EUROSINICA is directed and managed by AsiaRes, the Baltic
Research Center for East Asian studies at the University of Latvia in Riga
(www.asiares.lv <http://www.asiares.lv/>) and the Department of Oriental
Studies at Stockholm University (www.orient.se <http://www.orient.se/>).
For further information, please write to eurosinica at asiares.lv or
irmy.schweiger at orient.su.se
 

Editors

Frank Kraushaar (Professor, Tallinn University/Tallinn/Estonia; AsiaRes
University of Latvia/Riga/Latvia)
Irmy Schweiger (Associate Professor, University of Stockholm/Sweden)
 

Board Members 
 

He Chengzhou (Nanjing)
 
Mark Gamsa (Tel Aviv/ Riga)
 
Sher-shiueh Li (Taibei)
 
Shu-ching Ho (Düsseldorf)
 
Lucie Berner (Macao)
 
Tatsuo Takahashi  (Tokyo)
 
Rossella Ferrari (London)