[Call for Abstracts] 2024 AUA Academic Conference on Maritime Trade and Cultural Transmission: Historical Archives, Port Networks and Knowledge Disseminations

The “2024 AUA Academic Conference on Maritime Trade and Cultural Transmission: Historical Archives, Port Networks and Knowledge Disseminations”, will be held by Peking University in Beijing, China, on March 9-10, 2024, is now calling for abstracts. 

Maritime trade has played a pivotal role in facilitating cultural exchange among societies. Since the sixteenth century, the advent of the Great Age of Discovery and the gradual formation of global trade networks have made the coastal regions of Asia a dynamic hubs for maritime trade. The commercial activities between China and Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, and other regions along the west coast of the Pacific, together with the trade between the Pacific and Indian Ocean, and the trade between the west coast of the Pacific and Latin America, have collectively constituted a gigantic trading network with Asia at its center. This network intersects and connects at numerous points, forming a vibrant tapestry of cultural intercommunication and mutual appreciation of civilizations between China and Asian neighbors and beyond. 

The conference convenor is Professor Wu Jiewei from the School of Foreign Languages at Peking University. The working languages of the conference will be English and Chinese. The conference is now calling for papers attuned to one or multiple aspects of the conference theme, intending to provide a platform for in-depth discussions on the economic, trade, and cultural exchanges across Asia’s coastal areas.

For more information, please contact goconference@pku.edu.cn