ACPS 2011 International Symposium and 24th Meeting

 

ACPS 2011 International Symposium and 24th Meeting

 

King’s College

June 17-19, 2011

 

The Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) will hold an international symposium at Kings College-London, located in one of the worlds great political, financial, and historical centers, London, United Kingdom, from June 17 to June 19, 2011.  The conference is hosted by Kings College and co-sponsored by Kings China Institute, the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Foundation, and other contributors.

Conference Theme

This year is the 100th year of the 1911 Revolution and thus an apt time to consider where China is now and where it is headed.  Then as now, the Chinese state faces numerous internal and external domestic political, economic, and social problems, which today include corruption, environmental degradation, unemployment, economic inequality, rising bank debts, fissiparous tendencies in Taiwan and Xizang (Tibet), a shaky global economy, external human rights pressures, complaints about its currency, trade, and foreign investment policies, and daunting international issues such as the South China sea dispute, uncertainties on the Korean peninsula, and frictions with Japan over territorial and maritime issues.

We invite papers that not only look not at the narrow dimensions of the aforementioned topics, but reflect, among other things, on how they are different from the stresses of 1911, the relative ability of the Chinese state to manage these challenges now versus before, the likelihood that these challenges will spur noteworthy changes internally or regarding Chinas external relations, and the likely course of these issues over the next 100 years.

Publication and Award Opportunities

Exemplary conference papers will have the opportunity to be published in any edited volumes flowing from the conference as well as to be considered for publication in the ACPSs flagship journal, the Journal of Chinese Political Science (JCPS).

Top notch papers also may be considered for the ACPS Best Paper Award (faculty) and ACPS Best Graduate Student Paper Award.

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