Reminder: Applications for the 2019 Graduate Workshop on China in the Urban Age close on Monday 8 October
This is a friendly reminder that the China Studies Centre’s 2019 Graduate Workshop on China in the Urban Age will close for applications on Monday 8 October 2018. The workshop will be devoted to “China’s Environmental Challenge and Eco-civilisation: a multidisciplinary approach to the Anthropocene”.
There is no enrollment fee for the graduate workshop. Participants will receive free accommodation. A number of scholarships will be available to help cover the cost of transport to Sydney (up to AUD 1500), relative to country of residence.
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Wen Chen <wen.chen@sydney.edu.au>
Call for Applications: 2019 Graduate Workshop on China in the Urban Age
The University of Sydney is organising the inaugural graduate workshop of the China Studies Centre’s recently launched multidisciplinary research program on China in the Urban Age. It will be devoted to “China’s Environmental Challenge and Eco-civilisation: a multidisciplinary approach to the Anthropocene”. The deadline for applications is 8 October.
This is an initiative of the China Studies Centre and the Planetary Health Platform at the University of Sydney.
Dates and location
The Graduate Workshop will be held at the University of Sydney from 14 to 18 January, 2019.
Fees and scholarships
There is no enrollment fee for the graduate workshop. Participants will receive free accommodation. A number of scholarships will be available to help cover the cost of transport to Sydney (up to AUD 1500), relative to country of residence.
Eligibility
Graduate research students and early-career researchers (up to five years post-PhD) whose interests broadly relate to the issue of sustainability in China.
Speakers
Confirmed speakers include:
- Tony Capon Professor of Planetary Health, University of Sydney
- Peng Gong Professor and Chair, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University; Professor Emeritus, University of California Berkeley
- Olivier Krischer Art historian, Deputy director of the China Studies Centre, University of Sydney
- Pierre Landry Professor of Government and Public Administration, Director of the University Service Centre, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Selina Lo Senior global health professional, Consulting editor for The Lancet; CEO of Doctors for the Environment Australia
- Anna Lora-Wainwright Professor, School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford
- Sarah Swider Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
- Luigi Tomba Professor of Chinese Politics, Director of the China Studies Centre, University of Sydney
- Emily Yeh Professor of Geography, University of Colorado
How to apply
Please visit our website to submit your online application by 11.59pm (EST) on 8 October 2018.
Enquiries
Please contact Ms. Wen Chen at chinastudies.centre@sydney.edu.au.