SinB-2020: Sinologists in Bydgoszcz: The 1st International Conference on Chinese Languages, Literature, and Culture Main Library of UKW (Karola Szymanowskiego 3, 85-074 Bydgoszcz, Poland) Bydgoszcz, Poland, May 15-16, 2020 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sinb2020 |
Abstract registration deadline | January 31, 2020 |
Submission deadline | January 31, 2020 |
We are tremendously excited to announce Sinologists in Bydgoszcz: The 1st International Conference on Chinese Languages, Literature, and Culture (SinB-2020), which will be held in Casimir the Great University in Bydgoszcz, Poland during May 15-16, 2020. Organized by the Department of Oriental Linguistics at Casimir the Great University, SinB-2020 aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for scholars, practitioners, teachers, and students to exchange ideas, share preliminary results, and discuss findings about all aspects of studies in Chinese languages, literature, culture, and related areas in a truly warm and welcoming atmosphere. This year, SinB-2020 will be organized in cooperation with the Department of Applied Chinese and Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Taiwan.
SinB-2020 will be held in Bydgoszcz, a modern and vibrant city situated in northern Poland, which is right on the Brda and Vistula rivers. As an architecturally-rich city, Bydgoszcz has earned itself a nickname of “Little Berlin” due to its neo-gothic, neo-baroque, and neoclassicist styles. We believe that while you meet and network with international scholars, experts, and peers at SinB-2020, you can also greatly enjoy the beauty of the city at the same time.
The theme of SinB-2020 is Chinese Linguistics and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language: Theories and Applications. A series of six lectures will be conducted in the conference, for which the aims and objectives are to ensure that young scholars who have just begun their research career will enter the field with a solid foundation in Chinese linguistics and will be well versed in how to apply modern Chinese linguistic theories to their teaching of the Chinese languages. The lecture series covers topics on Syntax, Phonetics, Semantics, Morphology, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, and Sociolinguistics, in an attempt to address how these linguistic disciplines can be applied to Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language.
Submission Guidelines
We welcome submissions from various perspectives on Chinese studies, including Chinese languages and linguistics, literature, and culture. An author may submit a maximum of two abstracts, but only one of them may be first- or sole-authored. The accepted abstracts are invited for oral presentations. The official language is English and Chinese. All submissions should be made in English or in Chinese. Each paper will be allocated up to 20 minutes for presentation, followed by 5 minutes for questions and comments, and 5 minutes for changeover. Abstracts of up to 350 words (excluding title and references) should be submitted using the EasyChair system by January 31, 2020. All abstracts will be subjected to peer review by an international Scientific Committee. Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated via email by February 17, 2020. Conference fees should be paid via bank transfer by March 31, 2020.
List of Topics
- Chinese Languages and Linguistics
- Chinese Literature and Culture
- Chinese Societies and Cultures
- Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
Committees
Honorary Chair
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Prof. Norbert Kordek (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
Executive Members of Organizing committee
- Dr. Li-Chi Lee Chen (Conference Chair, Casimir the Great University, Poland)
- Anna Sroka-Grądziel, M.A. (Conference Chair, Casimir the Great University, Poland)
- Fu-Lan Lee, M.A. (Casimir the Great University, Poland)
- Eryk Hajndrych, M.A. (Casimir the Great University, Poland)
Invited Speakers
- Prof. Chinfa Lien (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
- Dr. Chiarung Lu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
- Dr. Chingya Chao (Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Taiwan)
- Dr. Grace Chen-Hsiu Kuo (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
- Dr. Ting-Ting Christina Hsu (Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan)
- Dr. I-Chun Chen (National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, Taiwan)
Publication
If you wish to submit a full paper to be considered for inclusion in an edited volume (Bydgoszcz Studies on Chinese Languages, Literature, and Culture) to be published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, please submit your manuscript to us no later than June 30, 2020. Each submission will be reviewed by our editorial board. Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated via email by July 31, 2020. Note that all full papers should be written in English. Manuscripts are only accepted in both WORD and PDF documents. The final paper guidelines and a sample page will be announced on our official website. Make sure that you have formatted your paper correctly before submission.
Venue
SinB-2020 will be held in the main library of UKW (Karola Szymanowskiego 3, 85-074 Bydgoszcz, Poland).
Contact
For more information about the conference, please contact us at: SinB.Conference@gmail.com.