World Conference of Chinese Studies 9
Focusing on literature, humanities, digitalization, globalization, media design and state-capitalist Chinese society in transition with a Special Focus on Artificial Intelligence
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Join us for two exciting events in 2025:
International Conference on Sinophone Literature and Crossmedia Storytelling
July 31, 2025 in Berlin
9th World Conference of Chinese Studies
August 8-10, 2025 in Berlin and Copenhagen
Previous Conferences
Conference Reports
Website of the last conference, the 7th World Conference of Chinese Studies 2023 - 第七届世界漢學论坛網頁
Website of the 2nd last conference, the 6th World Conference of Chinese Studies 2022 - 第六届世界漢學论坛網頁
Report of the 2019 conference by participant Li Jun.
Abstracts and Proceedings of the previous conferences are available in bookstores.
Selections have been published in journals and the Association's E-Journal.
之前论坛论文集可在书店购买。
Conference Program - Panel Schedule
WACS 9 Conference Program / 第九届世界汉学论坛会议程序
World Conference of Chinese Studies - Detailed Panel Schedule
世界汉学会议 - 详细分组讨论安排
Conference Overview / 会议概览
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Academic Panels / 学术分组
67
Paper Presentations / 论文发表
3
Conference Days / 会议天数
3
Keynote Lectures / 主题演讲
International Conference on Sinophone Literature and Crossmedia Storytelling
华语文学与跨媒体故事国际研讨会
July 31, 2025 • Berlin, Germany / 2025年7月31日 • 德国柏林
Thursday, July 31, 2025 - Berlin / 2025年7月31日星期四 - 柏林
8:30 AM
Opening Ceremony
开幕式
9:00 AM
Keynote Lecture 1: Digital Narratives and Cultural Transmission
主题演讲一：数字叙事与文化传承
Keynote Speaker
10:00 AM
Panel 1: Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Visual Storytelling
第一组：当代中国电影与视觉叙事
Emptiness and Image: Rethinking Cinematic Ontology through Chinese Buddhism and King Hu's A Touch of Zen
空性與影像：通過中國佛教與《俠女》重思電影本體論
Wanshi liufang/The Everlasting Fame (1943): The 'Opium war' and the heroine narrative in wartime Chinese cinema
《萬世流芳》（1943）：戰時中國電影中的「鴉片戰爭」與女英雄敘事
Ecological and Environmental Turns: (Re)mapping China's Socioeconomic Landscape through the Lens of Ecocinema
生态与环境转向：通过生态电影重新绘制中国社会经济景观
Exploring Post-Chinese Identities: The Ghost Narrative of Sinophone Hong Kong Cinema and its Expression of Social Anxiety and Collective Memory
探索后中国身份：香港华语电影的幽灵叙事及其对社会焦虑和集体记忆的表达
11:00 AM
Panel 2: Digital Media and Transmedia Communication
第二组：数字媒体与跨媒体传播
Research on Segmented Communication Strategies of the Film Ne Zha from the Intergenerational Communication Perspective
代际传播视角下电影《哪吒》的分众传播策略
The Dynamic System and Rational Principles of Communication in the Era of Video Exchange ——Reflections on the Phenomenon of American TikTok Refugees Migrating to rednote
视频交流时代的传播动力体系与理性原则——基于美国"TIKTOK难民"涌入"小红书"现象的思考
Princess of China: The Transmedia Shaping of Princess Iron Fan in the Global Context
中国公主：铁扇公主在全球化语境中的跨媒介形塑
12:00 PM
Panel 3: Literary Adaptation and Cultural Memory
第三组：文学改编与文化记忆
The cross-cultural communication of the image of Sun Wukong and the reconstruction of narrative power
孙悟空形象的跨文化传播与叙述权力重构
"Future Poetics," Secret Agents, and the Metaverse: The Temporal Consciousness of Contemporary Chinese Poetry Based on Self-Media
"未来诗学"、特工与元宇宙——当下中国诗歌基于自媒体的时间意识
Beyond Cold War Binaries: Reassessing China's "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" through a Marxian Lens
超越冷战二元对立：从马克思视角重审中国"中国特色社会主义"
1:00 PM
Lunch Break
午餐时间
2:00 PM
Panel 4: Classical Literature and Modern Reinterpretation
第四组：古典文学与现代重释
A Reexamination of the Twelve-Volume Sanguo-Yingxiong-zhizhuan― Focusing on the Tenth Edition from Xibuquan Shanfang
十二卷本《三国英雄志传》再考——以希不全山房第十种本为主
3:00 PM
Panel 5: Poetry and Literary Expression
第五组：诗歌与文学表达
On the Similarities and Differences Between Zhang Yugu and Fang Dongshu's Views in Their Criticism of Ruan Ji's Poetry—With a Discussion on the Tongcheng School's Advancement of the Gediao School
從阮籍詩評看張玉穀、方東樹觀點之異同──兼論桐城派對格調派之推進
4:00 PM
Panel 6: Contemporary Literature and Social Issues
第六组：当代文学与社会议题
Marriage Tension in Chi Li's Writing on Family
池莉家庭题材作品中的婚姻张力
Seduction and violation in society's power discourse ——start with the novel Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise
权力话语的诱奸术探颐——从《房思琪的初恋乐园》谈起
Chastity Ideals and Women's Livehoods in Liaodong during the Middle and Late Qing Dynasty - Comparing Liaodong Difangzhi with Jiaodong Difangzhi and Local Difangzhi from other Regions in Liaoning
贞节观念与清代中晚期的辽东女性生计——辽东地区地方志与胶东和辽宁其他地区地方志的比较
5:00 PM
Panel 7: Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication
第七组：翻译与跨文化传播
Translation as Instrumentalization: Pound's China in Cathay
作为工具的中国：庞德译《华夏集》
Sketching the World of "Catkin LuXun": A Study in Memory-History Writing by Lee Weiyi, Zhu Tianxin and Zhang Guixing
擬構「華荑魯迅」的世界：李維怡、朱天心、張貴興「記憶—歷史」書寫研究
Displacement, Estrangement, and Disembodiment: Huang Jinshu's Nanyang, South, and Republic of China-Taiwan
錯位、錯別與錯體：黃錦樹的南洋、南方與民國－臺灣
5:30 PM
Annual General Meeting - German China Association
德中协会年度会员大会
Deutsche China-Gesellschaft e.V. - Members Assembly
德国中国协会 - 会员大会
6:15 PM
Conference Dinner
会议晚宴
9th World Conference of Chinese Studies
第九届世界汉学论坛
August 8-10, 2025 • Berlin & Copenhagen / 2025年8月8-10日 • 柏林与哥本哈根
Friday, August 8, 2025 - Berlin / 2025年8月8日星期五 - 柏林
8:30 AM
Opening Ceremony
开幕式
9:00 AM
Keynote Lecture 1: Global Chinese Studies in the Digital Age
主题演讲一：数字时代的全球汉学研究
Keynote Speaker
10:00 AM
Panel 8: Historical Memory and Cultural Exchange
第八组：历史记忆与文化交流
China-European Places of Memory - current and contemporary perspectives on European-Chinese cultural exchange
中欧记忆之地——欧中文化交流的当前与当代视角
The Historical Evolution of Chinese Marine Culture
中国古代海洋文化演变
11:00 AM
Panel 9: Philosophy and Religious Thought
第九组：哲学与宗教思想
Confucius's Thought on Ren and Its Three Dimensions
孔子之"仁"思想及其三重維度
Terrorizing one's own people: Laozi's critic on power and his contemporary society
恐吓百姓：老子对权力及其所处社会的批判
Biography for Female Meditators：The Chan Historical Records Describe the Enlightened Female in the Tang and Song Dynasties
為女性禪修者作傳：禪門史料對唐宋時期悟道女性的書寫
Becoming a Character in the Play: The Image of Zhuangzi in East Asian Literary World
成为剧中人：东亚文学世界的"庄子"形象塑造
12:00 PM
Panel 10: Early Modern Religious Encounters
第十组：近世宗教交流
From Opposition to Advocacy: The Attitude of Johann Adam Schall von Bell Toward European Judicial Astrology During the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties
从反对到引介：明末清初汤若望对西方占星术的态度变化及其影响
Criticism and Misinterpretation of the Catholic Eschatological Concepts in Anti-Christian Texts of the Ming and Qing Dynasties—Focusing on Poxie Ji and Budeyi
明清反教文献对天主教末世论观念的批判与误读——以《破邪集》《不得已》为中心
The Inculturation of Catholicism in Late Ming China: A Transcultural Study of "Song Nianzhu Guicheng"
晚明天主教的本土化實踐：《誦念珠規程》的跨文化改編
1:00 PM
Lunch Break
午餐时间
2:00 PM
Panel 11: Modern Chinese Political Thought
第十一组：中国近现代政治思想
Patriotism, Nationalism, and Statism: The Multiple Dimensions of Liang Qichao's Concept of the "Zhonghua Minzu" before the 1911 Revolution
爱国主义、民族主义和国家主义：辛亥革命前梁启超"中华民族"概念的多个向度
"Relying on Seeking Truth from Facts": The Success and Historical Enlightenment of the Communist Party of China's Streamlining Policy During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression
"靠实事求是吃饭"：抗战时期中国共产党精兵简政的成功之道与历史启迪
3:00 PM
Panel 12: Social History and Gender Studies
第十二组：社会史与性别研究
Helping each other: Mutual assistance among Rural people in Modern North China and Implications for Building a Community with a Shared Future
守望相助：近代华北乡村民间互助及其对构建人类命运共同体的启示
Exploring Digital Alienated Labor in the Context of Artificial Intelligence Era
人工智能时代背景下的数字异化劳动研究
Semen, Saliva, and Tears: Female Corporeality in Classical and Contemporary Chinese Tales of the Strange
精液、唾液与眼泪：中国古典与当代志怪小说中的女性身体性
4:00 PM
Panel 13: Republican Era Literature and Intellectuals
第十三组：民国文学与知识分子
The Literary and Artistic Supplement of Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu People's Daily and the "Zhao Shuli Direction"
晋冀鲁豫《人民日报》 文艺副刊与 "赵树理方向"
The mobilization of Chinese intellectuals during the Korean War: the erosion of moral standards and the dominance of class struggles
朝鲜战争期间中国知识分子的动员：道德标准的侵蚀与阶级斗争的主导
Xu Xu in Hong Kong: The Construction of 'Neo-Individualism' Literary Ideal under the Background of Diaspora and the Cold War
徐訏在香港：離散與文化冷戰中的「新個性主義」文藝觀建構
5:00 PM
Panel 14: Art History and Cultural Studies
第十四组：艺术史与文化研究
Craig Clunas' Sinology Research: Redrawing the Map of Chinese Art in the Flow of Objects and Images
《柯律格的汉学研究：在物象流转中重绘中国艺术图谱》
The Adaptation and Creation of A Dream in Red Mansions for Theatrical Performance in the Qing Dynasty China and Their Historical Evolution
清代红楼戏的编创及其历史演进
"Inner Art" (Neishuphin): Discussing the Transnational Evolution of Modern Aesthetic Education Concepts from a Vocabulary Perspective
「內術品」：從一個詞彙談近代美育概念的跨國流變
6:00 PM
Conference Dinner
会议晚宴
Saturday, August 9, 2025 - Berlin / 2025年8月9日星期六 - 柏林
9:00 AM
Keynote Lecture 2: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Chinese Studies
主题演讲二：人工智能与汉学研究的未来
Keynote Speaker
10:00 AM
Panel 15: Literary Studies and Textual Criticism
第十五组：文学研究与文本批评
Reading the Journey to the West: How Fiction Became a Sacred Scripture
小说是怎样成为了圣经：《西游记》阐释史（1592-1892年）
The Narrative Evolution of "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage" —From 《Records of the Three Kingdoms》 to 《The Storytelling of the Three Kingdoms》 and 《Romance of the Three Kingdoms》
析"三顧茅廬"敘事嬗變 ——從《三國志》、《三國志平話》到《三國演義》
Keeping Secret: Su Shih's Control on His Literature Creation and Communication Under the Political Contexts in the Northern Song Dynasty with the Focus of Letters
秘而不宣：北宋党争环境下苏轼的文学创作与控制——以尺牍为中心
11:00 AM
Panel 16: Sinology and Cross-Cultural Research
第十六组：汉学与跨文化研究
Paul Pelliot's three trips to China before his western Asia expedition and his early studies in sinology studies
伯希和西域考察前的三次中国之行及其早期汉学研究
The Contribution and Influence of French Sinologists to the Western Transmission of Chinese Literature
《法国汉学家对中国文学西传的贡献及影响》
Savior or Escapist in a turbulent era: The Spirit-Writing Cult of a Conservative Cantonese Scholar in the Early Republic of China and His Poetic Communication with Deities
乱世中的救世者还是避世者？民国早期一位广东传统文人的扶乩体验及其与神明的诗歌交流
12:00 PM
Panel 17: Comparative Literature and Linguistic Studies
第十七组：比较文学与语言研究
Bodily cognitive metaphor in Chinese and Russian writers
中俄作家笔下的身体认知隐喻
Comparative characteristics of Chinese and Russian phraseological units with core words from clothing sphere: linguocultural aspect
中俄服装类核心词熟语的对比特征：语言文化视角
The power of fear ‒ the identification of Gog and Magog with present and future China
恐惧的力量--将歌革和玛各与现在和未来的中国相提并论
Human, Nature and Politics in Xie Lingyun and Wang Wei's Poetry
谢灵运与王维诗歌中的人、自然与政治
1:00 PM
Lunch Break
午餐时间
2:00 PM
Panel 18: Dragon Culture and Cultural Symbols
第十八组：龙文化与文化符号
The Origin and Current Situation of the Dragon King Story
《龙王故事的渊源与现状》
Research on Contemporary Literary Translation and Dissemination from a Cross-Cultural Communication Perspective
跨文化传播视角下的现当代文学翻译传播研究
The Concept of Cheng: Theory and Practice
诚的概念：理论与实践
The Canonization and "Re-Canonization" of Thomas Mann's Works
托马斯·曼作品的经典化与"再经典化"
6:00 PM
Conference Dinner
会议晚宴
Sunday, August 10, 2025 - Copenhagen / 2025年8月10日星期日 - 哥本哈根
1:00 PM
Welcome Lunch in Copenhagen
哥本哈根欢迎午餐
2:00 PM
Keynote Lecture 3: Nordic-Chinese Cultural Dialogues
主题演讲三：北欧与中国的文化对话
Keynote Speaker
3:00 PM
Panel 19: Cultural Heritage and Research Traditions
第十九组：文化遗产与研究传统
Research on Yuan-Ming-Qing Poetry in Early German Histories of Chinese Literature: A Study Centered on Schott, Grube, and Wilhelm
早期德国中国文学史中的元明清诗歌研究：以肖特、格鲁伯和威廉为中心的研究
From Classic Literature to Contemporary Media: Transmedia Adaptations of Chinese Mythological Narratives
从经典文学到当代媒体：中国神话叙事的跨媒体改编
4:00 PM
Panel 20: Contemporary Economy and Global Perspectives
第二十组：当代经济与全球视野
China's Global Economic Impacts and Its Challenges in the 21st Century
中国的全球经济影响及其21世纪面临的挑战
Myth Reconfigured in Algorithmic Images: Ink Aesthetics, Computational Affect, and Daoist Interpretation in the Digital Ne Zha 2
算法图像中的神话重构：数字《哪吒2》中的水墨美学、计算情感和道家诠释
5:00 PM
Panel 21: Final Roundtable - Future Directions in Chinese Studies
第二十一组：圆桌讨论 - 汉学研究的未来方向
Synthesis and Future Perspectives
综合与未来展望
6:00 PM
Closing Dinner & Farewell
闭幕晚宴与告别
Registration
Please register by May 31, 2025 for either one or both events.
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Association Information
English name: World Association for Chinese Studies e.V.
Chinese name: 世界汉学研究会
Inaugural meeting: September 24, 2016 online
Date of Registration: Court registration certificate states: "Bylaws of Association October 26, 2016. Registration approval completed January 16, 2017".
Place of registration: Bochum, Germany