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European Association for
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d’études chinoises
EACS Newsletter
No. 36, June, 2006
EACS addresses and newsletter............................. 2
Letter of the president ............................................. 3
Announcement from the treasurer …………......... 4
A note from the editor ............................................ 4
Nomination for election to office for president .... 5
Nominations for election of the board .................. 5
Venue for the 2010 conference ............................ 5
Young scholar award ............................................. 6
Conference announcements ............................... 7
Conference reports ................................................. 9
Project announcement ........................................ 10
CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant ................. 11
New publications ................................................... 14
EACS payment form .............................................. 15
EACS Homepage: http://www.soas.ac.uk/eacs
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President Please remember to check your copy
Brunhild Staiger, Institute of Asian carefully before sending it. Workshop
Affairs, Rothenbaumchaussee 32, and conference reports should not
20148 Hamburg, Germany exceed 600 words. Calls for papers
Tel. +49 40 4288740 should not exceed 100 words.
Fax +49 40 410 7945 Remember to include all relevant
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Olga Lomová, Institute of East Asian in non-Latin script such as Cyrillic are
welcome provided that the author’s
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LETTER OF THE PRESIDENT library visits. This year thanks to the
generosity of the Foundation we shall
Dear Colleagues and Friends, again be in a position to give grants to
a limited number of applicants. So far 5
Our next conference to be held in applications have been selected.
Ljubljana is approaching, and
preparations are in full swing. They Last year we established the EACS
started last September with our board database which after several
meeting in Ljubljana and since then complications seems to work now. I
have been in safe hands with Mitja Saje thank all those members who already
and his Conference Team. The have entered their data into the
refereeing process of the submitted database and appeal to those who have
paper proposals has been concluded in not yet done so to register as well and
April and the submitters have been to keep their data up to date. We are
informed by the organizers whether very glad that the database greatly
their papers have been accepted. facilitated changes or corrections to the
Altogether there will be presented membership data, checking of
some 180 papers. I am sure the membership fees and applications for
conference will be as interesting and membership. The growing number of
instructive and of the same quality as new young members using online
the last ones. We are in contact with a application is a good indication of the
British publisher contemplating the usefulness of this convenient tool
possibilities of publishing a conference encouraging us to make wider use of it.
volume with selected papers.
I take the opportunity of this letter to
At this year’s conference for the second inform you that I would be prepared to
time we shall be able to honour a continue the office of president for
young scholar with the EACS Young another two years in case I shall be re-
Scholar Award. The deadline for the elected. At the same time, however, I
submission of papers was 30 April; should like to encourage you to think
however it was extended for one of other candidates and to send your
month, because there were several nominations to the secretary general.
enquiries about possible late
submission. Since the competition I also take this opportunity to thank the
takes place only once in two years, we Conference Team and the referees who
decided to postpone the deadline in evaluated the paper proposals for their
order to receive as many qualified efforts to make the conference a
papers as possible. success. I hope to see many of you in
Ljubljana!
During the last two years, our Library
Travel Programme supported by the
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation has May 10, 2006 Brunhild Staiger
successfully been carried out. Last year
11 young scholars were granted travel
expenses and per diem allowances for
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ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE The completion of the entries in the
TREASURER database will also be vital in the future
for distributing the newsletter.
The upcoming conference has brought Applicants for membership please note
about an increase in membership as a that the requirement to name a sponsor
result both of a fair number of new does not imply any financial support by
applications and of some renewals of the sponsor, but merely that you name
membership. As already announced in an EACS member who could, if
the last newsletter and on the website, necessary, confirm your scholarly
all membership affairs will from now interest in China. This regulation has
on be managed by means of a database. been reintroduced on account of some
I would like to thank all members who applications by persons who apparently
have already completed their data for desire membership in the EACS for
their cooperation. At the same time, on reasons unrelated to the aims of the
behalf of the board I would like to ask Association.
all others to kindly contact me (e-mail: The assets of the Association are in
matthias.richter@uni-hamburg.de) to good shape. I will report on the
get the necessary login information and situation to the general assembly at the
then complete their entry in the conference and in the autumn
database. If you remember when you newsletter. Invoices to members who
joined EACS, please include this have not yet paid this year’s dues will
information so that I can enter it in the be sent along with this newsletter.
part of the database only accessible to
the administrators. Matthias Richter
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
I hear that in some cases there have
been technical problems with database
access. I will be happy to help as much It is the aim of the newsletter to
as I can to solve these problems. provide information of all kinds on the
Should some members not be able to sinological world, including on
surmount the technical obstacles, I will activities, publications, scholarships,
also provide a conventional survey and other issues of interest to the field.
form and then enter the data myself. I would like to thank those of you
who have sent me their contributions
After discussing this matter in the for this issue of the newsletter. I am
previous board and also in the current convinced, however, that much more is
one, we are firmly convinced that the going on in the sinological world that
database will make communication did not reach my mailbox! Just let me
between all members easier and will know so that the news can be spread.
thus be of benefit to everybody. That is I also would like to thank Tim
why we ask you to go through this Wright (University of Sheffield) for his
procedure, despite the inconvenience friendly and efficient assistance in the
especially for those who have already English redaction of the newsletter
registered in the past using other forms. contributions.
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Please remember that all relevant representation from different European
information of interest to a wider countries should be guaranteed by
academic audience is very welcome. I including no more than three residents
hope that with your help the newsletter of any single country in the Board (in
can remain an important medium for this case the President counts as one of
EACS members. the three). It is also stipulated that one
Board member cannot serve more than
Ann Heirman three terms (which means 6
consecutive years). In accordance with
this regulation, this year at least six
NOMINATION FOR ELECTION Board members will step down.
TO OFFICE FOR PRESIDENT Given the approaching biennial
conference and General Assembly, I
All members of EACS are invited to want to encourage all the EACS
nominate candidates for the position of members to nominate their candidates
the President of the Association. for the new Board. I especially appeal
According to the article 10 of our to those outgoing Board members who
constitution, the President is elected for are the only representatives of their
a period of 2 years (and may be re- country on the Board, to try to
elected for two further consecutive nominate a new Board member from
terms of office). Article 9 of the among their colleagues. At the same
constitution provides for direct election time, in the case of countries with large
of the President by the General numbers of EACS members, it is
Assembly and requires nominations for advisable to discuss your
this election, signed by two Ordinary representatives in the Board in advance
Members, to be in the hands of the in order to avoid too many candidates
Secretary at least two months before from one country, while only three may
the date of the General Assembly. be included in the Board. Candidates
The Board proposes Brunhild Staiger, for membership of the Board, please
Senior Research Fellow at the apply formally to the Secretary before
Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg. the date of the General Assembly. (Do
Brunhild Staiger has agreed to continue so either in advance using my e-mail:
for another two years. olga.lomova@ff.cuni.cz, or inform me
in person on the first day of the
conference in Ljubljana.)
NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTION
OF THE BOARD Olga Lomova
Secretary General
According to article 9 of our
Constitution, the Board is made up of VENUE FOR THE 2010
twenty-four members, including the CONFERENCE
President, and is elected by the General
Assembly every two years at the time During the General Assembly in
of the biennial conference. According Ljubljana we will also be discussing
to the same article, a balanced where to hold the EACS Conference in
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2010 (after Lund 2008). This will be second YSA to be awarded in
then decided at the General Assembly Ljubljana. The original deadline of
by vote. If you would like to suggest April 30 2006 has been extended to
that the conference be held in your May 31. I hope we can still manage to
country or institution, we kindly ask inform the nominees about the decision
you to prepare a proposal that can be of the jury to invite them to Ljubljana
presented to the General before June 30.
Assembly. Please make sure that the The papers submitted for the
proposal includes basic information 2006 YSA will be judged in the same
about the institution as well as about way as in 2004. The Board meeting
the plans for organizing the conference, held in Ljubljana in September 2005
including details about the voted for a jury consisting of four
accommodation and other facilities. EACS Board members plus a member
of the organizing committee of the
Olga Lomova biennial conference. These are as
follows (in alphabetical order): Joel
YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD Bellasen, Brunhild Staiger, Stefania
Stafutti, Jana Rosker and Tim Wright.
In 2004 EACS established the Young According to the topics of the
Scholar Award with the aim of submitted papers external reviewers
encouraging young scholars under of will be invited to judge the quality of
the age of 35 years. The award receives individual papers. On the basis of the
financial support from the Taipei based preliminary evaluation the jury will
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for select three nominees to be invited to
International Scholarly Exchange, thus come to Ljubljana and present the
building on the continuing and fruitful results of their research in a special
cooperation between the foundation session. EACS will cover the travel
and EACS. expenses of the nominees. The final
In 2004, out of 11 papers decision on the award will be made by
submitted for the first YSA, three the jury at the conference in Ljubljana
nominees were selected and invited to and the results will be announced
present the results of their research at during the General Assembly.
the biennial conference in Heidelberg.
Given the equally high quality of their Olga Lomova
papers, two winners were selected to
share the YSA: Chao-Jan Chen
(Université Paris VII) with a paper
entitled “Character-Sense Association:
A Study on Automatic Sense
Determination for Chinese V-V
Compounds”, and Xavier Paules
(Lyon), with a paper entitled “A Study
of Canton Opium Smokers in the
1930’s”.
We announced in 2005 the
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organized in August 2006. This TSTT
CONFERENCE conference is aimed at further
ANNOUNCEMENTS promoting the application of
terminology to various business
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFER- activities and at strengthening world
ENCE ON TERMINOLOGY，STAN- wide cooperation relating to
DARDIZATION AND TECHNOL- terminology.
OGY TRANSFER (TSTT 2006) For more information, please consult:
25-26 August 2006, Beijing，People’s www.tstt2006.org
Republic of China
***
The theme for TSTT’2006 is
“Terminology in the information 16th INTERNATIONAL CONFER-
society, for the emerging knowledge ENCE ON CHINA, CHINESE
society”. CIVILIZATION AND THE WORLD:
The TSTT Conference is China’s most HISTORY, MODERNITY AND
important event in the field of FUTURE PROSPECTS
terminology standardization. The goal
is to promote the development of The RAS Academic Council on
terminology and its application in Comprehensive Studies of Modern
business, scientific research and China, together with the RAS Institute
education, and to intensify cooperation of Far Eastern Studies and the Russian
among related organizations intra- and Association of Sinologists will hold the
inter-regionally. 16th International Conference on
The first TSTT conference was held in China, Chinese Civilization and the
1991, which marked the beginning of World: History, Modernity and Future
full scale cooperation between China Prospects. The conference takes place
and the outside world in the field of in Moscow on October 25-27, 2006.
terminology standardization. In 1997 The conference focuses on
the second TSTT conference interrelations between Russia and
demonstrated the flourishing China: Mutual Perceptions (Past,
development of terminology in China Present and the Future). The
with the rapid growth of the IT conference coincides with the 50th
industry. jubilee of the RAS Institute of Far
Now China is becoming more and Eastern Studies, and will summarize
more involved in the world global the results of the fifty-year research
economy, and work on terminology has activities of the Institute.
reached a higher stage. Chinese experts Apart from the two Plenary Sessions,
are beginning to undertake real tasks in the following panels will be organized:
order to develop ISO standards in
terminology. To meet the challenge of 1. Economic Aspects of Russia-
the new developments in technology China Cooperation;
and the wide demand for knowledge 2. Russia-China Mutual Perception
management, the third TSTT in the Context of Globalization
conference, i.e. TSTT’2006, will be and International Relations;
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3. Historical and Political Aspects Conference Venue: RAS Institute of
of Russia-China Interaction; Far Eastern Studies No. 32,
4. Cross-Civilization Dialogue of Nakhimovskiy Ave., Moscow 117997,
Russia and China: A Road to Russia.
Mutual Understanding; Mikhail L. Titarenko
Director, RAS Institute of Far Eastern
During the conference, a round-table Studies
discussion on Russia and China, Chairman, RAS Academic Council on
entitled Mutual Perceptions, is Comprehensive Studies of Modern
planned. It will focus on the contexts China
and prerequisites for positive image-
making between Russia and China, as ***
well as on the reasons for negative
phenomena appearing in the two ASIAN STUDIES AT A TURNING
nations’ public perception of each POINT – TANDEM WALK OR
other. BOXING MATCH BETWEEN
The invitation to take part in the SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
conference is extended to Sinologists in HUMANITIES?
Russia, CIS countries, PR China, India,
Korea, Japan, United States, Europe On November 6 and 7 2006, the Centre
and other countries. for East Asian Studies, University of
Conference paper abstracts in Russian, Turku and the Nordic Institute of Asian
English or Chinese should be Studies, Copenhagen are organizing a
forwarded by an e-mail, entitled conference for academic dialogue on
October Conference Abstracts to: current methodological and
karganova@ifes-ras.ru . The abstract paradigmatic topics in Asian studies
should be under 8000 characters, across disciplinary and regional
spaces included. It should be sent in boundaries. The conference will be
RTF format, and should contain the held at the University of Turku.
author’s name, affiliation and degree in
the upper right corner of the front page. The keynote speakers include: Richard
Please use endnotes rather than Baum (UCLA), Prasenjit Duara
footnotes. For publication in the (University of Chicago), Joseph Cheng
conference proceedings volume, the (City University of Hong Kong) and
abstracts should be sent to the Barbara Andaya (University of
Organizers by May 10, 2006 at the Hawaii).
latest. Abstracts sent after that date
may be distributed among conference For further information, please consult
participants in other than published the following website:
forms. asianstudies.niasconferences.dk
The Organizing Committee includes:
Dr. Roustam Aslanov, IFES Deputy- Lauri Paltemaa (laupalt@utu.fi)
Director (Chairman); Tamara Senior Research Fellow, Centre for
Karganova, Head of International Ties East Asian Studies
Dpt. (e-mail: karganova@ifes-ras.ru). University of Turku
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CONFERENCE REPORTS and Hangzhou; but it has also
developed certain characteristics that
WORKSHOP ON LIFESTYLE AND are quite unique to it. The city’s very
ENTERTAINMENT In YANGZHOU rich cultural history offers
October 20–22, 2005, Yangzhou, opportunities for scientific research
China from numerous angles, and indeed,
during recent years, Yangzhou has
The city of Yangzhou (Jiangsu attracted an increasing amount of
province) on the northern shore of the scholarly interest. Two European
Yangzi river, is certainly not among the scholars who were aware of this fact,
locations of China that strike tourists as Vibeke Børdahl (Nordic Institute of
an absolute “must” on their itineraries. Asian Studies, Copenhagen) und Lucie
Its relatively peripheral position in the Olivova (Palacký University,
present national context is indicated, Olomouc), established the “Yangzhou
for example, by its inadequate Club” to serve as a cross-disciplinary
connection to the modern transport platform for scholarly exchange and
networks, although a recently cooperation. As the first major activity
established railway connection and a of this informal group, they organized
bridge crossing the Yangzi at the “Workshop on Lifestyle and
Zhenjiang are signs of a new turn of Entertainment in Yangzhou” which
development. However, from the Tang was held in Yangzhou itself, from the
(8th/9th centuries) through the mid-Qing 20th to the 22nd October 2005. It was
(18th century), Yangzhou was the two organizers’ basic idea to
considered a central place in the convene a workshop right in situ, in
empire, for it was located at the order to combine the discussion of
junction of the two main axis of results from individual research with
transportation, the Grand Canal and the the experience of the specific local
Yangzi river. Commerce, and most of atmosphere, the study of material
all, the salt monopoly trade, was of the culture and intellectual exchange with
utmost importance to the city’s local scholars and artists. The
economic development. Yangzhou’s workshop was funded by the
history has also been marked by sharp Norwegian Research Council (Oslo)
ruptures as it was repeatedly hit by and the Nordic Institute of Asian
large-scale destruction and human loss Studies. Two local colleagues, Huang
through warfare. But it was only during Ying (Yangzhou University) and Fei Li
the 19th century that the old cultural (Yangzhou Performed Literature
town of Yangzhou submerged into Society), provided indispensable
relative insignificance. support to the preparation work.
What then made, and perhaps still ***
makes, Yangzhou so special? It is true
that the city has a number of parallels
and commonalities with other major
cities of great cultural-historical
significance, such as Suzhou, Nanjing,
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WRITING AND RITUAL IN THE influence of writing and ritual practice
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF in the process of cultural transmission.
ASIA AND AMERICA Cultural anthropologists argued that
orality plays an important role in
From 5 to 7 October 2005, the Institute traditional life and ritual performance.
of Sinology of the University of Evidence from their own fieldwork in
Munich and the Institute of Ethnology Han villages of Southern China and in
and Ancient American Studies of the Kazak settlements in Xinjiang were
University of Bonn in cooperation with presented to prove their arguments.
the Institute of Socio- and Cultural Other topics concerned the history of
Anthropology of Xinjiang Normal research into possible Transpacific
University organized an international diffusion and methods of cultural
symposium on writing and ritual comparison.
practices in the ancient civilizations of The languages of the conference
Asia and America at Tongji University were English, Chinese and German. A
in Shanghai. It was financed by the second conference focusing on social
Volkswagen Foundation through its memory and cultural identity in China
Tandem project Writing, Ritual and and Mesoamerica will be held during
Cultural Memory in Ancient China and the second half of 2007 in Germany.
Mesoamerica (2005-2008), which is
directed by Xiaobing Wang-Riese and For further information, see the
Daniel Graña-Behrens. following website: www.fak12.uni-
About thirty experts from China, muenchen.de/sin/projekte/meso/meso-
Germany, Japan, Mexico and the index.html
U.S.A. representing different
disciplines discussed how and why Xiaobing Wang-Riese
writing and ritual constitute important Universität München
mechanisms for the transmission of
cultural knowledge and how this
occurred in ancient cultures of Asia and PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT
America. Linguists and experts on
writing systems, art and literary Monies, Markets, and Finance in China
historians, Sinologists, and East Asia, 1600-1900: Local,
Mesoamericanists and ethnologists Regional, National, and International
presented papers on various early and Dimensions
recent writing systems, e.g. Chinese
oracle-bone inscriptions, “Women’s The research carried out within the
Writing”, the Naxi and Yao scripts as above project concentrates on the
well as Maya hieroglyphic writing and copper-based monies of Qing China,
Central Mexican iconography and Tokugawa Japan, and late Choseon
writing. Important aspects included the Korea. The focus is on the concrete
cultural functions of writing, the conditions of coin production, starting
relationship between icon and writing from the mining and smelting of mint
and between writing and language, the metals, their transport to the mints, to
form and use of books, and the mutual the casting of coins on the one hand,
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and on problems related to the of the production and transport of mint
functions and exchange rates of metals and coin output, the project will
different means of payment, the attempt to evaluate the organizational
structures of the financial systems as capacity and flexibility of early modern
well as the cultural meanings of money Asian states, illuminate the structures
on the other. On the basis of selected of cooperation and cooptation between
case studies these topics will be the state and the private economy, and
highlighted in their local, regional, analyse perceptions of money, wealth,
national and international dimensions and poverty in East Asian and Western
and interdependencies. The research civilisations.
group is composed of scholars in This project has benefitted from the
Chinese studies, Japanese studies, and generous support of the Ministry of
geography from the universities of Science, Research and Art of the State
Tübingen, Heidelberg and Bochum, in of Baden-Württemberg through its
close association with colleagues in programme for the promotion of
economic history and comparative research.
literature. The members of the research The research project will last for six
group, together with the numerous years. More information can be found
national and international collaborators, at the following website:
will utilise methods from a variety of http://www.monieseastasia.uni-
disciplines, such as social and tuebingen.de.
economic history, history of
technology, history of literature and art, Hans Ulrich Vogel
numismatics, geography, and Universität Tübingen
econometrics.
In the course of the research work,
massive bodies of mostly unpublished CHIANG CHING-KUO
archival documents will provide a FOUNDATION LIBRARY
substantial and largely new empirical TRAVEL GRANT
foundation. These consist primarily of
Qing government reports concerning In 2006 the Chiang Ching-kuo
minting and mint metal transport, and Foundation continues its generous
documents from Japanese mines and support to the EACS to support one-
Korean local archives. A variety of week visits for specialised research in
other types of sources will also be Sinological libraries in Cambridge,
consulted and analysed, such as coins, Heidelberg, Leiden, London, Oxford,
illustrations and maps, fiction, drama, Paris or Munich.
poems and jottings, travel reports,
newspaper articles, and religious texts. The next deadline is 20 October
The research group aims at 2006.
contributing a new, empirically A response will be sent within three
founded perspective on East Asian weeks of the deadline.
monetary history, supplementing the
existing research on silver. Besides the Applicants should be Sinologists
quantitative and qualitative dimensions based permanently in Europe and
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preferably paid-up members of the 6) in the case of Ph.D. students, a letter
EACS. Applications from non- of recommendation from their
members will be considered, however, supervisor;
especially in case of students and 7) in the case of non-members, a letter
young scholars (up to 35 years), if of recommendation from an EACS
accompanied by a recommendation member;
letter from an EACS member. 8) address for correspondence,
including fax and e-mail where
possible.
PRIORITIES for the applicants are as
follows:
a. Students from Central and Eastern APPLICATIONS should be sent by
Europe mail or fax to the secretary general
b. Students from Western Europe (Prof. Olga Lomová, Institute of East
c. Scholars from Central and Eastern Asian Studies, Charles University,
Europe Celetna 20, Prague 1, Czech Republic;
d. Scholars from Western Europe fax: +420 224491423; e-mail:
lom@ruk.cuni.cz) and to one of the
following:
APPLICATIONS must include: 1) for research on pre-modern China
1) a letter stating the library to be (i.e. before 1840) to Dr. Bernhard
visited and intended dates of travel; Fuehrer, School of Oriental and
2) a statement of purpose, with a short African Studies, London, Thornhaugh
description of the research project, Street, Russell Square, London WC1H
including precise indication of the OXG, United Kingdom. Fax: +44 (0)
sources and material to be used (the 20 7898 4239. E-mail: bf3@soas.ac.uk
easiest way to obtain this information
is to go to electronic catalogues of the 2) for research on modern China (i.e.
respective libraries accessible also from 1840) to Prof. Guido Samarani,
through the EACS website at Universita Ca' Foscari di Venezia,
www.soas.ac.uk/eacs); Department of East Asian Studies,
3) a written statement obtained from Palazzo Vendramin, Dorsoduro 3462,
the Librarian of the institution where 30123 Venezia, Italy. Tel. +39 041
the proposed visit is to take place 2349511, Fax: +39 041 2349596.
confirming that the research materials E-mail: samarani@helios.unive.it
that are required are available for
consultation; 3) for research, which straddles the
4) a one-page curriculum vitae with a 1840 limit: either to Prof. Fuehrer or to
list of main publications (in case of Prof. Samarani.
more advanced scholars);
5) a statement of travel and living It is advisable to apply at least three
expenses (Apex economy airfare or months before the visit is planned to
2nd class rail fare, and reasonably take place.
priced accommodation), including a
note of other sources of funding.
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PAYMENT OF GRANTS delphine.spicq@college-de-france.fr
1) If applications are approved, grants GERMANY: Ms A. Labitzky-Wagner,
will be made to include travel expenses Institut für Sinologie, Universität
and a per diem allowance, which will Heidelberg, Akademiestrasse 4-8, D-
vary from place to place. 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
2) The grants will be paid on Fax: +49-6221-54 24 39. E-mail:
completion of the visit only. alw@sino.uni-heidelberg.de
3) In special cases when the applicant
has valid reasons for needing to receive Ms. Renate Stephan, Bavarian State
the grant in advance, please indicate Library, Section East Asia,
those reasons in the application. Fax + 49-89-28636-2805. E-mail:
4) On completion of their visit, all stephan-bahle@bsb-muenchen.de
scholars should obtain a letter signed
by the Librarian, certifying that the NETHERLANDS: Hanno Lecher
visit has been made and specifying the M.A., Sinologisch Instituut,
dates when it began and ended. Arsenaalstraat 1, 2311CT, Leiden, The
5) All scholars should send the Netherlands. Fax: +31-71-27 226 15.
Librarian’s letter directly to the EACS E-mail: bibchin@let.leidenuniv.nl
President, Prof. Brunhild STAIGER
who is in charge of the financial UNITED KINGDOM: Charles Aylmer,
administration of the grant: Institut für Chinese Section, University Library,
Asienkunde Rothenbaum-chaussee 32, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR,
D-20148 Hamburg, Germany. E-mail: United Kingdom.
staiger@giga-hamburg.de Fax: +44-1223-333 160. E-mail:
6) Upon completion of the visit, a brief caa@ula.cam.ac.uk
report should be sent to Prof. Olga
Lomová (see her address above). Any Sue Small, School of Oriental &
publication using material collected African Studies, University of London,
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