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The 10th International Conference on Han Characters Education and Research (2021)

Date: 13/11/2020
Conference

第十屆漢字與漢字教育國際研討會

The 10th International Conference on Han Characters Education and Research

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Conference Date: 18 ~ 22 Aug. 2021 (Wed ~ Sun)

Conference Venue: Shaanxi Normal University, China

 

*** In view of the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mainland China, the organizer confirmed to change the conference to ONLINE MODE and it will be conducted on August 19 (Thu) and 20 (Fri). The program rundown will be announced asap via email to all participants once ready. Sorry for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding. For details, please visit the conference website:  http://www.han-character.education/IHER/. ***

 

Objectives

Han-characters shared in a variety of forms among a number of Asian languages constitute a unique linguistic phenomenon. Hanja is taught in Korea, kanji in Japan, Chinese in Mainland China and Singapore learn simplified hanzi while Chinese in Taiwan and Hong Kong learn the traditional Chinese. This Conference aims to bring together scholars, researchers and practitioners from different Asian countries to foster international knowledge exchange and research collaboration on Han-characters education and research. Building upon accomplishments and successes of the first nine conferences, the tenth one will be held in China, Shaanxi, on 20~21 August 2021.

Themes

(1) Han-character education: including theoretical frameworks, teaching and learning materials, pedagogical strategies, information technology in Han character education; classical or literary Chinese among others.

(2) Research on Han-characters: including history, philology, theoretical studies, annotation, graphemic analysis, etc.

(3) Other related areas: research on Chinese language teaching and Chinese linguistics.

Program 

The organizer confirmed to change the conference to ONLINE MODE and it will be conducted on August 19 (Thu) and 20 (Fri).

The program rundown will be announced asap via email to all participants once ready.

 

 

Important Dates & Procedure of Abstract Submission

Extended to 

30 December 2020

Abstract submission deadline

  • Abstracts (including title and keywords) should be written in English or Chinese within 600 – 800 words.
  • If it is written in other language(s), please also submit a version in English or Chinese.
  • The abstract should summarize the purpose of the study, methods, major findings with evidence/examples.
  • Please submit the abstract through our online system for review by the submission deadline.
  • Online system URL:

http://www.han-character.education/IHER/index.php/submission/

20 February 2021

Notification of abstract acceptance

20 April 2021* –

30 May 2021

Online registration

20 June 2021

Sending out invitations

20 July 2021

Deadline of submission of revised abstracts

* We will have a final decision on 20 April 2021 to confirm whether the conference will be required to switch to an online mode due to latest development of the COVID-19 situation.

** Submission of the final abstract is compulsory, but the submission of full paper is optional. The paper should be your original work and it has not been previously published.

Presentation session plan

  • Parallel sessions will include
    • Oral presentations and
    • Postgraduate Student Forum
  • Oral presentation: 30minutes for each presenter

Presentation Languages

  • Presentations will be conducted mainly in Chinese (Mandarin) and may be supplemented by English.

· The Conference Organizer will not provide interpretation service. Presenters may arrange their interpreters on their own if so wish. The whole presentation, including interpretation, if any, should be finished within the time limit.

  • Powerpoint files (PPT) which are prepared in English/Korean/Japanese/Vietnamese should be supplemented by Chinese for reference.

Registration Fee

  • USD 140 each participant (including Conference program, Conference proceedings, tea reception, two conference lunches and welcoming banquet)

  • Special offer for:
    • Students: USD 70#
    • Accompanying guests: USD 100

Remarks:

# Once your online registration has been completed, please send a scanned copy of your Student ID Card or any other materials to iher_dku@outlook.com for verification.

## Accommodation and traveling expenses must be at your own expenses. 

Accommodation Arrangement

  • Participants have to arrange their accommodation on their own.
  • The Organizer will provide the hotel information on conference website later.

Inquiry

  • Organizing Institute

           Shaanxi Normal University, PRC (hanziyanjiu@outlook.com)

  • General Secretary

           Dr. Chul HEO, Ji Yeon CHOI, Institute for Han-Character Education Research, Dankook University, South Korea

           Ms. Vivian CHAU, CACLER, The University of Hong Kong

           Email: iher_dku@outlook.com

 

The Conference is co-hosted by:

Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences Shaanxi Normal University, China

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research (CACLER), Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, China

Ethnic Research Centre for Folklore, Classics and Chinese Characters, Beijing Normal University, China

Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second / Foreign Language, Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan

Department of Applied Chinese and graduate institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Taiwan

Institute for Sinographic Literature and Philology, Korea University, South Korea

Institute for Han-Character Education Research, Dankook University, South Korea

Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Vietnam