CFP:V Eurasian Research on Modern China and Eurasia Conference, December 8-9, 2023
Call for papers
Academic Conference: Eurasian Research on Modern China and Eurasia
Fifth Edition
Dates: December 8-9, 2023
This academic event is dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the Eurasian Research on Modern China and Eurasia Conference.
The Conference focuses on modern China-Eurasia studies from a multi-disciplinary social science perspective. This year it will primarily focus on the impact of the Multipolar World Order 2.0, international relations, R&D, economics, innovations, digitalization, cyberspace, security issues, the second phase of the Belt and Road Initiative, supply chains, China and the Post-Soviet Eurasian States, China and European subcontinent, Russia-China, India-China relations, China and the Middle East, colliding interests of China and other Great powers in different regions of Eurasia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, for more details please check topics.
Organizers: “China-Eurasia” Council for Political and Strategic Research, Foundation
The China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research organized four international academic conferences on this topic in partnership with the Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences in 2018, Yerevan State University in 2019, and with Russian-Armenian University in 2021, and alone in 2022. One of the main aims of the forthcoming China and Eurasia conference is to unite the international team to prepare an edited volume.
As a result of the previous conferences (2018-2019), we united team, and in 2020 we prepared China and Eurasia: Rethinking Cooperation and Contradictions in the Era of Changing World Order book (Ed. Mher Sahakyan and Heinz Gärtner), which was published by Routledge in September 2021. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003109259/china-eurasia-mher-sahakyan-heinz-g%C3%A4rtner https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003109259
It is indexed in the Web of Science:
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000863742200016
It is indexed in the SCOPUS:
https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85128447779&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f
After the 2021 conference, we united a new team, and on March 31, 2023, Routledge published China and Eurasian Powers in a Multipolar World Order 2.0: Security, Diplomacy, Economy and Cyberspace (Ed. Mher Sahakyan)book.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003352587
The Conference will be an occasion to facilitate exchanges on common research subjects, compare perspectives and methodologies and promote interdisciplinary dialogue.
The participants will present their research during thematic panels. Each speaker will deliver a paper in English. Among the different topics:
Topics
Topic 1: Multipolar World Order 2.0 on Eurasian Continent
Topic 2: Chinese and Eurasian (continent) international relations
Topic 3: Economic Relations between China and Eurasian States (Asian and European States)
Topic 4: Chinese and Eurasian, R&D, Innovations, Cyberspace
Topic 5: Military-Technical cooperation between China and Eurasian States (Asian and European States)
Topic 6: Eurasia and Belt and Road Initiative 2.0
Topic 7: Possible cooperation and contradictions between EU-China and EAEU-China.
Topic 8: Great Powers competition in Eurasia: Ukraine, South Caucasus, Middle East
Topic 9: BRICS and Eurasia
Topic 10: China and ASEAN
Topic 11: Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Eurasia
Topic 12: China and the Nordic States
Topic 13: China and Central and Eastern European States (16+1)
Topic 14: China and the Middle East
Topic 15: China and South Caucasus
Topic 16: China and Central Asia
Topic 17: China and Eurasian Mainland’s Security Issues (Cybersecurity, Nuclear proliferation, Environment, etc. )
Topic 18: China’s Digital Silk Road
Topic 19: Health Silk Road, COVID-19, China and Eurasia
Topic 20: The Eurasian Economic Union: Aims and Perspectives
Topic 21: People-to-people exchange between China and Eurasia
Topic 22: China and NATO
Who can apply?
The Conference is designed for researchers in Humanities and Social Sciences. Please note that this Conference is designed as an academic one, and non-academic applicants will be rejected.
Practical arrangements:
V China and Eurasia Conference will be held in person. Participants need to cover their air tickets and accommodation in Yerevan. There is no attendance fee for Conference participants
Registration details and schedule
1. A paper title and abstract (up to 400-1000 words) and Short Bio in English are to be sent by November 15 2023, to Dr Mher Sahakyan: info@chinastan.org and sahakyanmher@outlook.com
2. The selected participants will be notified about the organizing committee’s decision within a week after sending their applications. Selected speakers will have 10 minutes for the presentation of their papers.
3. We intend to edit, peer review, and publish the best papers of the Conference as chapters in an academic book. Invited speakers of the Conference can send their full papers for peer review in English (up to 6000-7000 words) by May 5, 2024. Please write your text in a way that correspondent and cover any concrete aspect of the main title of the book. All chapters must have Multipolar World Order 2.0 Concept and Realism theory-guided approach.
Please use The Harvard referencing system. harvard-style-sheetDownload
The author must declare that the submitted chapter is original and has not been published elsewhere or will not be republished after. Please check International standards for authors: https://publicationethics.org/files/International%20standards_authors_for%20website_11_Nov_2011.pdf
Schedule and location
China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research, Yerevan, Armenia (In person, detailed information will be provided to invited speakers).
Visa requirements for foreigners
Dates: 8-9 December 2023.
Deadline for submission of Abstracts: November 15 2023.
All audience members are required to register for the Conference. Please contact info@chinastan.org
Dr. Mher Sahakyan, Director, China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research