The Third International Symposium on the Culture of Chinese Characters and Language

The Third International Symposium on the Culture of Chinese Characters and Language will be held on November3-5, 2017, atTufts University (Boston, USA). The theme of the conference will be on the research of the culture of Chinese characters and language, as well as other issues related to the teaching and studying of Chinese characters and language.The purpose of the symposium is to facilitate international exchanges among scholars on the culture of Chinese characters and language, strengthen and broaden its research and improve the standard in teaching and learning of Chinese characters and language.

The sponsoring organizations are School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University (BNU), School of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University (TU),and College of Arts and Sciences, the University of Oklahoma (OU). The symposium is organized by the Institute of Chinese Character and Chinese Information at Beijing Normal University and the Confucius Institute at Tufts University. Madam WANG Ning, senior professor at Beijing Normal University, will be the academic moderator.

The working languages are Chinese and English.

The symposium is calling for proposals. Please submit an abstract with 1000 - 1500 characters/words (both in Chinese and English) through email before July 31, 2017. Abstracts will be reviewed by five anonymous experts. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by August 31, 2017.