Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Cosmopolitan China: An Intl. Conf, Univ of Manchester 17-18 May, 2012

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17-18 May, 2012

> H-ASIA
> December 23, 2011
>
> Call for papers: Cosmopolitan China: An International Conference convened
> by Centre for Chinese Stujdies Pathways to Cosmopolitan PhD
> Program Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Culture, Manchester,
> May 17-18, 2012
> ***********************************************************************
> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> Cosmopolitan China An international conference convened by Centre for
> Chinese Studies Pathways to Cosmopolitan PhD Program Research Institute
> for Cosmopolitan Culture Manchester Architecture Research Centre To be
> held at the University of Manchester
>
> Location: United Kingdom
> Call for Papers Date: 2012-05-17
> Date Submitted: 2011-12-22
> Announcement ID: 190715
>
> Cosmopolitan China
>
> An international conference convened by
> Centre for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute
> Pathways to Cosmopolitan PhD Program
> Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Culture
> Manchester Architecture Research Centre
> To be held at the University of Manchester on 17 and 18 May 2012
>
> Questions of ethnic diversity and multi-culturalism lie at the heart of
> debates on cosmopolitanism. To what extent can the case of China help to
> deepen and widen this debate? How does the case of China challenge the
> theoretical foundations of cosmopolitanism? Is there a Chinese or Asian
> kind of cosmopolitanism?
>
> Mark Lewis has called the Tang dynasty (618-906) a Cosmopolitan Empire,
> and China has variously been ruled by Jurchens (1115-1234), Mongols
> (1279-1368) and Manchus (1644-1911). The Treaty Port Era (1842-1949) was
> extraordinarily cosmopolitan as well as colonial, as China and Northeast
> and Southeast Asia were home to sizeable foreign populations of Europeans
> and Americans. In todays China, Han Chinese, themselves a multicultural,
> multilinguistic group, dominate an ethnically diverse nation-state.
> Post-Mao municipal authorities have reclaimed cities semi-colonial past to
> bring in foreign investment and drive economic development. Skyscrapers
> and Western-style shopping malls today dominate the Chinese urban
> landscape. Global and regional multimedia exchanges occur at a constant
> rate.
>
> We welcome scholars of China and Southeast and Northeast Asia to
> participate in a multi-disciplinary conference that tackles the issue of
> cosmopolitan China. Topics could focus on the following questions/issues,
> but we are open to a range of ideas:
>
> 1. Historical cosmopolitan cities, peoples, cultures and practices
>
> 2. Treaty Port / post-Mao urban re-structuring and socio-cultural
> regeneration
>
> 3. Contemporary cosmopolitan cities/peoples/cultures, new/hybridising
> trends
>
> 4. Chinese/Asian religious and popular trans-nationalism and
> internationalism
>
> 5. Comparative studies and theories on Chinese-Asian cosmopolitanism
> Inquiries and abstracts of no more than 200 words, with 5 lines of
> biographical information, should be sent to:
>
> David.Woodbridge@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk before 30 January 2012. Only
> those accepted to present at the conference will be notified by 6 February
> 2012. Accommodation and food will be provided during the conference but
> paper presenters should look for their own funding for travel.
>
>
> David.Woodbridge@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
> Centre for Chinese Studies
> Samuel Alexander Building
> University of Manchester
> Oxford Road M13 9PL
> Manchester UK
> Email: david.woodbridge@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
>
>
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