MCLC: BACS 2014--cfp

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The British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS)
Annual Conference
Newcastle University
3 - 5 September, 2014

The School of Modern Languages and the Confucius Institute at Newcastle
University are pleased to announce the Annual Conference of the British
Association for Chinese Studies (BACS), to be held at Newcastle University
from 3 to 5 September, 2014.

The BACS annual conference is open to BACS members and non-members alike,
and we welcome participants from all countries.

Panels and individual papers are invited across the full range of
disciplines within the humanities and social sciences on themes and issues
pertaining to Chinese Studies and the Greater China region.

Abstracts for panels and individual papers should be submitted by 30th
April 2014 to 

Joanne Smith Finley at: bacs2014 at ncl.ac.uk

See below for more details.

The British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS) Annual Conference
Newcastle University
3 - 5 September, 2014

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Professor David Goodman
- ‘Middle Class China: Dreams and Aspirations’
David S G Goodman is Professor of Chinese Politics at the University of
Sydney, and Professor in the School of Sociology and Behavioural Sciences
at Nanjing University... His publications include (with Bryna Goodman)
Twentieth Century Colonialism and China (Routledge, 2012); (with Beatriz
Carrillo) Peasants and Workers in the Transformation of Urban China
(Edward Elgar, 2012); (with Minglu Chen) Middle Class China (Edward Elgar,
2012); and Class in Contemporary China (Polity Press, forthcoming in 2014).

CALL FOR PAPERS:
The School of Modern Languages and the Confucius Institute at Newcastle
University are pleased to announce the Annual Conference of the British
Association for Chinese Studies (BACS), to be held at Newcastle University
from 3 to 5 September, 2014.

The BACS annual conference is open to BACS members and non-members alike,
and we welcome participants from all countries.

Panels and individual papers are invited across the full range of
disciplines within the humanities and social sciences on themes and issues
pertaining to Chinese Studies and the Greater China region.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:

Panel proposals should include: names, affiliations and contact details
(email addresses) of all proposed presenters and proposed panel chair
and/or discussant, where applicable; titles of individual papers; and an
abstract for each paper (max  250 words).

Proposals for individual papers should include: name, affiliation and
contact details (email address), title of paper and abstract of max 250
words.

Abstracts for panels and individual papers should be submitted by 30th
April 2014 to Joanne Smith Finley at: bacs2014 at ncl.ac.uk

Panels and papers will be selected by the organising committee, and
notification of acceptance will be made by 30 May 2014. Abstracts from
past conferences can be seen here:

http://www.bacsuk.org.uk/BACS_CONFERENCES.php

The British Association for Chinese Studies has an online peer-reviewed
journal (JBACS) and presenters are invited to submit their papers for
consideration by the journal editors following the meeting. The journal
website may be viewed here:

http://www.bacsuk.org.uk/BACS_JOURNAL.php
 

Key dates:
Call for Papers - 10 March 2014

Submission of abstracts (200- 300 words) - 30 April 2014

Notification of acceptance - by 30 May 2014

Draft Programme - 16 June 2014

Early Bird Online Registration - by 30 June 2014

Standard Online Registration  - by 1 August 2014

Final Programme - late August 2014
 

BACS members are eligible for a reduced conference registration fee.
Please visit the BACS website at: http://www.bacsuk.org.u
<http://www.bacsuk.org.uk>k
for information on how to become a BACS member, or to renew your
membership.

Please direct all enquiries related to the BACS Annual Conference 2014 to:
bacs2014 at ncl.ac.uk