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FINAL SINOPHONE CONFERENCE
WHAT IS HUA?
Conceptualization, Methodology and Research on Sinophone Borderlands and the Interactions on the Edges
NAMES AND GENDER
GUEST LECTURE NAMES AND GENDER DR. JANE PILCHER & DR. GIANCARLA UNSER-SCHUTZ Date & Time 19 – 20 October 2022 Location Trainee Centre 2.40, Tř. Svobody Olomouc Abstract The purpose of this workshop is to: 1) exchange ideas about current trends in naming practices with respect to gender, clarify terminology and other related issues, and 2) discuss collaboration on an organization of a workshop and a special issue of a journal dealing with this theme.…
Sinophone Borderlands Survey workshop 2022
GUEST LECTURE Sinhophone Borderlands Survey Workshop 2022 Date & Time 5 – 9 September, 2022 , HYBRID FORM Location Tř. Svobody 686/26 Abstract The main aim of the workshop is to present preliminary papers based on our survey data from the waves we at Sinophone Borderlands have been organizing (Europe 2020, IndoPacific 2022, China and Hong Kong 2022, Africa and Latin America 2022, and North America and Europe 2022). The goal of the workshop will…
Tracing Wanderwörter
in Southeast Asia
GUEST LECTURE Tracing Wanderwörter in Southeast Asia PROGRAM DOWNLOAD HERE. GALLERY Date & Time Wed & Thu 7th – 8th September 2022 Location Trainee Centre 2.40 Abstract Loanwords that are shared by multiple languages are known as Wanderwörter and their distribution usually follows trade networks. Languages throughout the Insular Southeast Asia are connected by a web of Wanderwörter which have diffused there since the antiquity along maritime trade routes, through political alliances, and shared religions.…
Mardijker People in Batavia
Their history, language and literature
GUEST LECTURE WORKSHOP Mardijker People in Batavia Their history, language and literature Date & Time Fri & Sat 9th – 10th September 2022 Location Trainee Centre 2.40, TŘ. SVOBODY 686/26 Abstract Some years ago, a lost manuscript was rediscovered in the National Library of Lisbon. It contains eleven stories from the late 17th/early 18th century in non-standard forms of Malay and Portuguese, and is written in the form of “pantuns”. The pantun is a traditional…
EACL-11
11th International Conference
of the European Association
of Chinese Linguistics
WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES EACL-1111th International Conference of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics Date & Time 1–2 July 2022 Location Umělecké centrum (Arts Centre) Palacký University Univerzitní 3, 779 00 Olomouc Speakers Sander Adelaar (Palacký University Olomouc) Huba Bartos (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics and Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary) Ziyin Mai (City University of Hong Kong) John Whitman (Cornell University) POGRAMME
Vietnamese Literature,
Politics and Propaganda
Workshop Vietnamese Literature, Politics and Propaganda Date & Time Wed & Thu 15th – 16th June 2022 Location Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Art, Palacky University Olomouc, tř. Svobody 686/26, Olomouc, Room n. 2.44 (Korea corner) & ONLINE VIA ZOOM: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/99782763744 Abstract If we look at Vietnamese modernizing and revolutionary discourses, we see ideological disputes that have been, and still are, waged in editorials, newspaper articles, short stories, and novels. Also, bibliographies, official historical…
Publishing in International Journals
Workshop Publishing in international Journals Date & Time 7th June 2022, 9 am – 3 pm Location Palacky University Olomouc, tř. Svobody 26, Olomouc & ONLINE via ZOOM https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/91370417952?pwd=MEtEYzNvZVV3dVRnS0w1L2xTUmZqdz09 Abstract This workshop will help researchers developing strategies for publishing in international peer-reviewed journals in general, but mostly in the field of politics and international relations. Discussed will be the selection of the most appropriate journals, how to deal with the editors and how to edit…
Olomouc workshop on post-coup Myanmar
Workshop Olomouc workshop on post-coup Myanmar Date & Time Tue & Wed 17th – 18th May 2022 Location Palacky University Olomouc, tř. Svobody 26, Olomouc To register, please contact Kristina Kironska at kristina.kironska@upol.cz or +421 915 513 158. We want to know the approximate number of participants so that we can prepare catering for you. Abstract The aim of the workshop is to bring together experts who specialize on Myanmar and are based in Central…
Remote Ethnography. Lessons from Tibet and Xinjiang.
Workshop WORKSHOP: Remote Ethnography. Lessons from Tibet and Xinjiang. Date & Time 7. – 8.3. 2022; 9AM – 3PM Location Trainee centre 2.40, Tř. Svobody 686/26, Olomouc This is a closed workshop. If you are interested in participating, please contact one of the organizers: rune.steenberg@upol.cz, martin.lavicka@upol.cz or mukaidaisi.muhetaer@upol.cz Abstract This workshop brings together researchers on Tibet, Xinjiang and other areas in China with highly restricted access to share their experience of research in highly restricted…
PSYCHOPY
WORKSHOP LAB FOR DATA AND TECHNOLOGY: PSYCHOPY Date & Time 08.11. 2021 2 PM – 3.30 PM Location LAB FOR DATA AND TECHNOLOGY – ROOM 2.39, Tř. Svobody 686/26, Olomouc Abstract Lab for Data and Technology offers a workshop on Psychopy (https://www.psychopy.org/), an open-access software for lab-based and field research. This software is very popular and is extremely useful for experimental research due to its simplicity in designing experiments and collecting behavioural data, graphic user interface, and possible extensions to web-based…
IMPROVISATION FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION with Sid Singh
WITH SID SINGH IMPROVISATION FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION WITH SID SINGH GUEST LECTURE IMPROVISATION FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION WITH SID SINGH Date & Time 30. 9. 2021, 1:30 PM TO 4:30 PM Location TŘÍDA SVOBODY 686/26, OLOMOUC, room will be specified Abstract In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the basics of improvisation and how improvisation skills can boost the improve spontaneity and expressiveness in verbal communication. Improvisational comedy trains collaboration, flexibility, risk-taking and communication. The…
BEYOND SAMPLE MEANS: DIGGING DEEPER INTO CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY DATA
GUEST LECTURE BEYOND SAMPLE MEANS: DIGGING DEEPER INTO CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY DATA with PETER GRIES Date & Time 15.09. 2021 1 PM – 4 PM Location Trainee Centre 2.40 & via ZOOM Abstract The statistical analysis of surveys using representative samples usually starts with computing mean scores on key variables of interest. Sample means can be of particular interest when exploring changes over time and differences across national samples. But full sample means can be misleading…
Conference of European Association of Southeast Asian Studies (EUROSEAS)
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Conference of European Association of Southeast Asian Studies (11th EuroSEAS) Date & Time 7 – 10 September 2021 Location Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic Conference website www.Euroseas2021.org Information The European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) will hold its 11th conference at the Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic from 7-10 September 2021. Covid-19 disclaimer: Under the current circumstances a physical conference cannot be guaranteed. EuroSEAS and the Organising Committee will, of…
WORKSHOP: DOCUMENTING AT SOUTHEAST ASIA
WORKSHOP WORKSHOP Documenting Southeast Asia Date & Time 7 September 2021, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Location Tř. Svobody 686, Olomouc & Online via ZOOM https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/91953484345 Abstract Southeast Asia is a dynamic space inhabited by many beautiful and interesting people, various ethnic groups, and diverse socio-political entities. At the same time, Southeast Asia is ruled by gamut of political entities and regimes who do not always welcome research into their ruling practices or consequences thereof. Such…
15th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES 15th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics Date & Time 28 June – 2 July 2021 Location Olomouc Abstract More details will be announced.
15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUSTRONESIAN LINGUISTICS
WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUSTRONESIAN LINGUISTICS – ICAL-15 Date & Time 28. 6. – 1. 7. 2021 Location ONLINE CONFERENCE VIA WHOVA Registration here. Abstract The Austronesian languages are a family of languages widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. Malagasy is a geographic outlier, which is spoken on Madagascar. Austronesian has ten primary subgroups, nine of them found in Taiwan (the Formosan…
JAN VESELÝ – ŘETĚZEC VÝSLEDKŮ (RESULTS CHAIN)
Guest lecture JAN VESELÝ ŘETĚZEC VÝSLEDKŮ – RESULTS CHAIN VIDEOPOZVÁNKA ZDE: https://youtu.be/emLyJF5CPR4 REGISTRACE NUTNÁ: https://rezervace.upol.cz/trainee%20centrum Date & Time 13. 7. 2021, 10:00 – 12:00 CEST Location ONLINE WORKSHOP VIA ZOOM Abstract Přemýšlíte nad dopadem svých aktivit? Snažíte se vyřešit nějaký společenský problém?Chcete se s ostatními v týmu sladit v tom, k čemu je ten celý nápad ve výsledku užitečný? Dozvíte se, jak lépe zachytit společenský dopad svého projektu pomocí nástroje Řetězec výsledků Budete schopni snadněji zformulovat očekávané dopady…
Workshop: Land Use in the Russian Eastern Borderlands
WORKSHOP Land Use in the Russian Eastern Borderlands Date May 20, 2021 | 9:00 AM CET Location Zoom – https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/92185009682 Abstract Social scholars are increasingly using remote sensing methods in their research. However, quantitative tradition and methodological foundations of remote sensing seem to contradict the paradigm of ethnographic immersion to which anthropologists who study changes in cultural landscapes are committed. Our seminar will bring together representatives of different disciplines to discuss how a mixture of…
Workshop call: Speaking wild plants in the languages of the global and chinese capitalism
Workshop SPEAKING WILD PLANTS IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE GLOBAL AND CHINESE CAPITALISM Program Introduction 10:00 Sayana Namsaraeva (University of Cambridge) & Natalya Ryzhova (Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic) Panel 1 – Plants and seeds in Imperial and Colonial Encounters Chair: Hedwig Waters (University of Leiden, the Netherlands) 10:15 Stephanie Ziehaus (Palacký University in Olomouc) Soybeans in transfer. Russian imperial expansion and the transfer of knowledge and seeds between Austria, Manchuria, and the…
Surveys: Running surveys in Asia
GUEST LECTURE Surveys: Running surveys in Asia: Experience sharing (Closed event) Date & Time Jan 12, 2021 09:00 AM CET Location Trainee Centre Online Abstract Introduction to the ABS/ABS Survey and Questionnaire Design Min-hua Huang and Osbern Huang Maritime Territorial Disputes and China’s Soft Power in East Asia Jason Kuo and Min-hua Huang Southeast Asians’ Perception of China Osbern Huang Feedback on Questionnaire Design/Survey Practicalities: Kai-ping Huang and Mark Weatherall
Virtual workshop: Book Talk – Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central AsiaBook Talk: Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia
Workshop Virtual workshop: Book Talk-Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia Date & Time 14. 12. 2020; 4PM Location Online via Zoom: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/6609624006 Abstract At the close of the nineteenth century, near the end of the Qing empire, Confucian revivalists from central China gained control of the Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang, or East Turkestan. There they undertook a program to transform Turkic-speaking Muslims into Chinese-speaking Confucians, seeking to bind this population and…
Virtual workshop: Xinjiang Colloquium
Workshop Virtual workshop: Xinjiang Colloquium Date & Time 13. 11. 2020; 4PM Location Online via BBB platform. This is a closed workshop. In case you are interested in joining please contact organizer Rune Steenberg (rune.steenberg@upol.cz) or Martin Lavička (martin.lavicka@upol.cz). Abstract A monthly cooloquium on Xinjiang and Uyghur related issues organized by Palacky University Olomouc and Université Libre de Bruxelles focussing on discussing and sharing relevant texts and other material. Kevin Kind, PhD candidate at John…
Virtual workshop: European attitudes towards China during the time of Covid-19
Workshop Virtual workshop: European attitudes towards China during the time of Covid-19 Date & Time 2. – 4. 11. 2020 Location Online via Zoom platform. This is a closed workshop. In case you are interested in joining please contact organizer Richard Turcsányi (richard.turcsanyi@upol.cz) Abstract China has become one of the most important – and also challenging – international partners of Europe and its individual countries. Palacky University Olomouc has coordinated a large-scale public opinion survey…
11th International Conference of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES 11th International Conference of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics Date & Time September 25 – 27, 2020 Location Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic Abstract The 11th International Conference of the European Association of Chinese linguistics (EACL) will be held in Olomouc, Czech Republic. It will be jointly organized by the EACL board, the Department of Asian Studies, the Sinofon project, the Department of English and American Studies, and the Department of General linguistics, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech…
Observing and Measuring Chinese Influence: Managing Risk and Reaction
Workshop Virtual workshop: Observing and Measuring Chinese Influence: Managing Risk and Reaction Bio Date & Time March 30, 2020 3PM Location Online workshop via Zoom. Abstract Political activities of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its supporters have led to heightened concern about threats to national security in various parts of the world. Covert and overt overseas attempts to increase its influence are in the Chinese Communist Party’s DNA, and have been intensifying under…
Virtual workshop: Close Reading of Sources from the Uyghur Homelands
Workshop Virtual workshop: Close Reading of Sources from the Uyghur Homelands Date & Time June 22-26, 2020 3PM-5PM Location Online via Big Blue Button platform. This is a closed workshop. In case you are interested in joining please contact organizer Rune Steenberg (rune.steenberg@upol.cz) Abstract The workshop brings together experts working on Xinjiang to present and conduct a close reading of original sources from the region to each other. No limitation as for language or historical…
Chinese multilateral regional initiatives in the developing world
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Chinese multilateral regional initiatives in the developing world Date & Time May 7, 2020 Location Online via Zoom Abstract There are two intellectual starting points of this research initiative. First, Chinese foreign policy attention towards the developing world has been increasing in recent years, and it might even be at the expense of the attention it pays towards the developed world. Second, the Chinese efforts in the developing world are conducted with…
Workshop on publishing in international journals
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Workshop on publishing in international journals Date & Time February 11-13, 2020 To help researchers develop strategies for publishing in international scientific journals. This includes strategies as to how to write articles and frame one’s arguments, as well as how to choose the most appropriate journal and how to deal with the editors. Location Palacký University, Vodární 6, Trainee Centre 3.40., Olomouc, Czech Republic Goal To help researchers develop strategies for publishing in international…
Southeast Asia’s and Russia’s Relations with China
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Southeast Asia’s and Russia’s Relations with China Book of Abstract Download it by clicking the button below. Download Date & Time January 29, 2020 Location Palacký University, Křižkovského 12, Room KB 2.15., Olomouc, Czech Republic Biographies Sergei Akopov is Professor at the Department of Applied Political Science at National Research University – Higher School of Economics (HSE), Campus St. Petersburg in Russia. His research interests include Political Philosophy / Political Theory, Transnational…
Gulfs and Bridges: Inter-cultural Influences and Emergence of Modern Literature in Tibet
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Gulfs and Bridges: Inter-cultural Influences and Emergence of Modern Literature in Tibet Date & Time November 23, 2019 Location Palacký University, Křižkovského 12, Room 1.12., Olomouc, Czech Republic Abstract The workshop “Gulfs and Bridges: Inter-cultural Influences and Emergence of Modern Literature in Tibet” is focusing on modern Tibetan literature approaching it from the stimuli it received from neighboring cultures and literatures. Within a larger framework of the “Sinophone borderlands” project, which scrutinizes…
Modernization in South-East Asia and Western Pacific
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Modernization in South-East Asia and Western Pacific Date & Time October 10-11, 2019 Location Palacký University, Křižkovského 12, Room 2.13 & Room 1.11., Olomouc, Czech Republic Abstract The objective of this workshop is the modernization in Southeast Asia and West Melanesia. It will be focusing on issues such as biodiversity, environmental initiatives and projects concerning the changes related with the substinence and growth of global connections. These issues are increasingly pressing in…
International workshop Peoples and languages of the Sino – Russian borderlands: Dauria
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES International workshop Peoples and languages of the Sino – Russian borderlands: Dauria Date & Time October 9-10, 2019 Location Palacký University, Křižkovského 12, Room 2.15, Olomouc, Czech Republic Abstract The region with the historical name of Dauria comprises lands around north-eastern Sino-Russian border – administratively the northernmost part of Heilongjiang, northern part of Inner Mongolian Hulunbuir, and the adjacent parts of Russia. The culture and history of the Dagurs and other peoples…
Material Culture Conference
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Material Culture Conference Date & Time September 6-7, 2019 Location Palacký University, Křižkovského 10, Room 3.05 & 2.25., Olomouc, Czech Republic Abstract The project Sinophone Borderlands – Interaction at the Edges invites to a conference on material culture from 6th to 7th of September 2019 that focuses on the perception of material culture in Asia today. The conference seeks for approaches in studying material culture and its changes due to changes of livelihoods, environments, connectivity and…
The 1st International Workshop on Cantonese Syntax
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES The 1st International Workshop on Cantonese Syntax Book of Abstract Download it by clicking the button below. Download Date & Time June 27-28, 2019 Location Palacký University, Univerzitní 3, Auditorium 225, Olomouc, Czech Republic Abstract The 1st International Workshop on Cantonese Syntax will be held on 27-28 June, 2019, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. . It aims to provide a forum for researchers to meet and discuss current development in Cantonese…
Chinese Agriculture Abroad
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Chinese Agriculture Abroad Book of Abstract Download it by clicking the button below. Download Date & Time June 7-8, 2019 Location Palacký University, Křižkovského 10, Conference room 2.25., Olomouc, Czech Republic Abstract China’s presence in neighboring countries is growing at a fast pace. One of the recent manifestations of this is Chinese “land rush” and investments in agricultural infrastructure. Mass media constantly report that Russian, Tajikistan or Kazakhstan government would lease huge…
Security and Risks of Fieldwork
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Security and Risks of Fieldwork Date & Time May 29, 2019 10:00 – 15:00 Location Palacký University, Vodární 6, Trainee centre, Olomouc, Czech Republic Abstract Aim of the workshop is to open a discussion about security and risks of anthropological fieldwork. The workshop addresses question how to protect fieldworker against risks stemming from both environmental and cultural conditions and selected topic of fieldwork. The history shows that anthropologists face many types of…
China´s Belt and Road Initiative Conference
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES China´s Belt and Road Initiative – Conference Date & Time March 20-21, 2019 Location Palacký University, Křížkovského 12, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Auditorium of Václav Havel Abstract The main aim of this two-day conference is to compare the economic and strategic impacts of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), introduced in 2013, on three different regions: Central Eastern Europe, Central and Southeast Asia. By comparing the Chinese strategies to promote and implement the…
Sinophone Borderlands Data Collection and Management Workshop
workshop & conferences Data Collection and Management Workshop Date & Time December 17-19, 2018 Location Palacký University, Křižkovského 10, block C, auditorium 3.05 & Univerzitní 3, room 225 About workshop This workshop deals with the data collection and management practices within the Sinophone Borderlands project. The aim is to present the methodologies to other project members, so that parallel data can be collected in multiple field sites, leading to interdisciplinary research within this project. The second…
Surrounded by water — Bangladesh then and now
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Surrounded by water – Bangladesh then and now Date & Time November 12, 2018 10AM – 5PM Abstract The workshop on topics around Bangladesh and the Delta of the Ganges River is aimed to spread information on Bangladesh and South Asia around in Czech academia. Current issues like climate change, changing livelihoods, Islam and society in Bangladesh, the Ganges delta as a habitat and slums in Dhaka are the topics that are…
Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies – EACS 2022 Date & Time 24.-27. August 2022 Location Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic Abstract More details will be announced.
Chinese influence in the world: Global strategy, local impacts
In case of interest, please, register here: bit.ly/Registration_Chinese_influence_in_the_world Various activities of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have led to heightened concerns about threats to national security in various parts of the world. Covert and overt overseas attempts to increase China’s influence have intensified under Xi Jinping’s leadership. While there is growing evidence of attempts of the PRC to influence the internal affairs of other countries in economic, political and societal domains, it is typically…
