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Li Ma asked to disseminate the following call for papers:
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to inform you of the international conference «The
Forbiden City, Imperial Palaces and Royal Courts: Symbols of Imperial
and Monarchical Power in the East and west Compared».
Venue : Boulogne-sur-mer (France).
Date : 25th-28th September 2013.
Organization: Université du Littoral Côte d?Opale, in collaboration
with the GRSL (Group Societies, Religions, Secularism), EPHE-CNRS,
France, and with colleagues from the Palaces Museum, Beijing, China.
Conference languages: French, English or Chinese
Web site: http://www.symbolspower2013.org
A Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 April 2013 (to : [log in to unmask])
The organisers of the conference welcome contributions on the following
themes, around the Symbols of Chinese Imperial Power (for example, the
Forbidden City Studies), and the Symbols of Imperial Power and
Monarchical Power Compared: State power and imperial/royal power:
similarities, differences, changes; Politics and religion at the
imperial and royal court; Political forces and factions at the imperial
and royal court with respect to reforms; Imperial and royal marriages
and their political implications; Questions of succession; "Sex" and
"power" in the palaces and their political consequences; The struggles
of courtesans at the court: Empresses and concubines; Queens and royal
mistresses; The imperial and royal historical writings and the control
of power; Orientations of cultural life in the courts and imperial/royal
financial management; Art and literature at the court; Court customs and
fashions and their changes: dress, food, cooking, games; Change in court
architect!
ure, craft production, gardening, furniture, material culture; Court
institutions, rites, ritual ceremonies, festivities; Norms and codes of
behaviour in the palaces and the various psychological influences;
Names, titles, appellations, interpretations, languages and forms of
politeness, sociability and psychology; Imperial palaces, royal courts,
princely palaces: changes and links; Structure and system of
organization of the imperial and royal court in the West and in the
East: similarities and differences; Comparison of Eastern and Western
palaces: architecture, appellation, sign, symbol, etc.;
We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to
join us in September 2013.
Li Ma,
For the Organizing committee
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Dr. MA Li
Maître de conférences/associate professor
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale
Tél: 03.21.30.66.50 / 06.22.37.75.28
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http://www.iccwww1.org/Conference-2010
http://www.symbolspower2013.org
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Dr Sarah Dauncey
Lecturer in Chinese Studies
Careers, Alumni and Marketing
School of East Asian Studies
University of Sheffield (Times Higher Education University of the Year)
http://www.shef.ac.uk/seas/
Honorary Secretary, British Association for Chinese Studies
Commissioning Editor of JBACS
http://www.bacsuk.org.uk/
6-8 Shearwood Road
Sheffield, S10 2TD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)114 22 28436
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