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> Call for papers: 2011 Melbourne Conference on China The City, the
> Countryside and the World Chinas urban and rural transformations and
> their global connections, August 6-7. 2011, University of Melbourne
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> 2011 Melbourne Conference on China The City, the Countryside and the World
> Chinas urban and rural transformations and their global connections
>
> Location: Australia
> Conference Date: 2011-08-06
> Date Submitted: 2011-01-24
> Announcement ID: 182406
>
> Announcement and Call for Papers
> 2011 Melbourne Conference on China
> The City, the Countryside and the World Chinas urban and rural
> transformations and their global connections
>
> Date: Saturday, 6 August and Sunday, 7 August 2011 Venue: The University
> of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Organiser: Asia Institute, Faculty of
> Arts, the University of Melbourne
>
> Background
>
> The Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne is pleased to announce
> the 2011 Melbourne Conference on China, to be held at the University of
> Melbourne on Saturday, 6 August and Sunday, 7 August 2011. We invite
> researchers, policy makers and advisers, educators, industry
> representatives, representatives of professional and other bodies, and
> independent scholars and experts working anywhere in the world and in any
> area of China studies to meet in Melbourne - the New Gold Mountain for
> Chinese settlers in the 1850s, and now Australias capital of culture - to
> consider the complex developments (both contemporary and historical) in
> Chinas cities and countryside and in Chinas wider global setting, and to
> explore the interactions between these different domains.
>
> Context
>
> The changes that have taken place in China in the past few decades are
> widely acknowledged as being amongst the most rapid, far-reaching and
> momentous in human history. At the core of these changes are two major
> transformations: a closer and transformed relationship between the cities
> and the countryside, and a fundamentally altered relationship between
> China and the outside world. What happens in China's rural and urban areas
> now has a direct effect on almost every part of the planet, while the
> growing impact of global processes can now be felt even in the most remote
> parts of China's countryside. Some previous accounts of China's mid-20th
> century political upheavals have interpreted the success of the Chinese
> revolution as the product of two factors: the successful mobilisation of
> rural grievances, and nationalist resentment at China's subordinated
> position in the worlds political and economic order. One current
> interpretation of the contemporary Chinese state is that the state derives
> its legitimacy from its success in transforming the Chinese economy from a
> predominantly agricultural economy to a predominately urban and industrial
> one, and from integrating China into the global economy.
>
> Theme
>
> This conference will engage with current research on rural and urban
> social, political, economic, cultural, environmental and other conditions
> in China and on the relationship between China and the rest of the world.
> It seeks to unite specific studies on particular aspects - rural, urban,
> or global - with examination of the interrelationships between them. The
> organisers welcome empirical studies on any aspect of this broad topic,
> and also look forward to receiving proposals that situate recent
> developments within a longer historical perspective, to explore how the
> current ordering of these relationships might be seen not so much as a
> radical break with the past but as a successor to much older patterns of
> interaction between the cities and the countryside and between China and
> the outside world.
>
> The conference takes a multi-disciplinary approach. It seeks to bring
> together researchers from the humanities and social sciences and from
> areas such as economics, law, education, health, logistics, engineering,
> architecture and planning, and environmental studies. The key objective of
> the 2011 Melbourne Conference on China is to explore the interplay between
> rural, urban and global phenomena from a plurality of perspectives so as
> to integrate diverse forms of analysis in a productive dialogue. It is
> expected that a selection of the conference papers will be published.
>
> Suggested Topics
>
> The issues to be discussed include, but are not limited to, the following:
>
> 1. New developments in urban and rural China and their world contexts
> Socio-economic transformations occurring in Chinas urban, rural and
> global environments, and the interrelationships between them
> China's massive engineering projects and their impacts on rural, urban
> and global social and physical environments
> The impact of modern technologies and the promotion of science education
> on Chinese society in urban, rural and global settings
>
> 2. Planning, architecture and built environments in the city and the
> country and beyond
> New urban and rural planning concepts, approaches and problems, and new
> architectural styles that evoke the dream of an age of Pax Sinica
> Cultural and philosophical dimensions of the Chinese built environment in
> Chinas modern history and during its most recent transformations
> Spatial, formal and symbolic characteristics of the new Chinese built
> environment, from the countryside to the cities
>
> 3. Rural, urban and global governance and institutions
> Institutional changes and new public policies resulting from
> industrialisation, urbanisation, economic growth, and other forms of
> commercialisation and their effects in the countryside, the cities and in
> the wider world
> New systems of law and governance - in particular a stronger awareness of
> rights in urban and rural China -as well as the impact of these systems on
> Chinas engagement with the world
> Connections and disconnections between regional systems and regional
> development strategies, socio-cultural development, urbanisation and
> eco-environmental protection
>
> 4. Health - rural, urban and global dimensions
> Urban, rural and global health issues, especially the health effects of
> Chinas rapidly growing and massive cities in both a domestic and a global
> context
> Large-scale epidemics, such as the emerging risk of HIV/AIDS epidemics,
> in the countryside, the cities and their global implications
>
> 5. Environmental sustainability as an urban, rural and global question
> Environment as a local, national and global concern and its impact on
> Chinas socio-political stability
> Chinas low carbon development, especially the development of Chinas low
> carbon cities and low carbon economy, and the concept of low carbon life
>
> 6. Mobility, migration, ethnic and diaspora issues from the country to
> the city to the world:
> Emerging trends in and patterns of internal migration, international
> migration and other demographic aspects of Chinas urban and rural and
> global realities
> Ethnic minorities in urban and rural China and in the international
> diaspora, especially the development of ethnically-defined economies,
> ethnic entrepreneurship, ethnic education, and the protection of ethnic
> and linguistic heritage
> Brain-drain phenomena domestically and internationally, and their impact
> on human resource development and on structures of human, cultural and
> intellectual capital
> Education and its role as an upward social mobility mechanism in the
> cities and the countryside and as a cause of urbanisation and global
> mobility
> Transnational marriages and the formation of Western, African, and Asian
> minority communities in China
>
> 7. Media and Chinese perceptions of others world contexts and local
> realties
> The changing nature of Chinas mass media, social media and media use in
> rural, urban, national and international settings
> Urban and rural Chinese peoples perceptions of their neighbouring
> countries, big and small, rich and poor
> Information technologies, and their impacts on rural and urban lives in
> China and global linkages
>
> 8. Culture, religion and gender from the villages to the cities to the
> world stage
> The revival of the Confucian tradition at local, regional, national and
> international levels and its relationship to other social phenomena
> Chinese traditional and popular culture in rural, urban, national and
> international settings
> Religious activities in cities, the countryside and the diaspora, and
> their relationship to Chinese secularism
> Gender and sexuality in urban and rural areas, and changing attitudes to
> gender-related issues
>
> Papers or presentations examining any other aspect of these broad themes
> from any other perspective not mentioned above are also welcome.
>
> Leading scholars and policy advisers from Australia, China, the United
> Kingdom, the United States and other parts of Asia have been invited to
> address the conference.
>
> Expressions of Interest
> Please submit an abstract of up to 500 words, no later than Friday, 20 May
> 2010, to the following email address: Conference-on-China@unimelb.edu.au
>
> The abstract must be in English and must contain the proposed title of the
> paper, the authors name and home institution and a brief bio of no more
> than 150 words, along with contact details, including postal address in
> English (or Chinese if applicable). All submissions will be acknowledged
> in writing upon receipt via email. Other inquiries may also be sent to the
> above email address, or to the contact people listed below.
>
> Each presentation will be for 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for
> discussion. The conference will be conducted in English, but a few
> sessions will be bilingual and conducted in both English and Chinese.
>
> Venue and Accommodation
>
> All sessions will be held on the University of Melbourne campus on
> Saturday, 6 August 2011 and Sunday, 7 August 2011.
>
> Those attending the conference will be responsible for organising their
> own travel and accommodation, and some meals. The Conference Organising
> Committee will soon post more information about hotels located within a 15
> minute walking distance of the University of Melbourne.
>
> Deadlines: Submission of abstracts: Friday, 20 May 2011 Notification of
> acceptance: Friday, 27 May 2011 Conference programme: Friday, 10 June 2011
> Standard registration: Friday, 24 June 2011
>
> Registration: All attendees should send a completed registration form (by
> email contact person to be advised) after receiving notification of
> acceptance.
>
> A standard conference fee of AU$100 is payable when you register.
> Postgraduate students are entitled to a discount of 50% on their
> registration fee.
>
> More information about the registration form and fee, as well as hotels
> located within walking distance of the University of Melbourne, will be
> available in February 2011 on the official Asia Institute website at:
> http://www.chinastudies.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/2011/index.html
>
> Contacts: Conference Organising Committee, Asia Institute, the University
> of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. Email
> Conference-on-China@unimelb.edu.au
>
> If you have questions about the conference, feel free to email Dr Gao Jia
> at jia@unimelb.edu.au or Dr Lewis Mayo at lmayo@unimelb.edu.au
> Program and Website:
>
> The Programme: Please visit the conference website for updates. The first
> draft program is expected after Friday, 10 June 2011.
> Information relating to this conference may be found on various websites,
> but the official Asia Institute website provides the most up-to-date
> source: http://www.chinastudies.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/2011/index.html
> Dr Gao Jia at jia@unimelb.edu.au or
> Dr Lewis Mayo at lmayo@unimelb.edu.au
>
> Asia Institute
> The University of Melbourne
> Victoria 3010, Australia
> Email: conference-on-china@unimelb.edu.au
> Visit the website at
> http://www.chinastudies.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/2011/index.html
>
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