Young Scholars' Forum in Chinese Studies 2018, jointly organised by CUHK–Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies (APC) and Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) (24–26 May 2018)

The 2018 Young Scholars' Forum in Chinese Studies, organised by The Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) and CCK–APC, will take place on 24–26 May 2018 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The forum aims to nurture young scholars in Chinese Studies and strengthen the networks they can utilise in the future.

The theme of the 2018 forum is "Culture and Society of Middle Period China and Beyond". A total of 35 young scholars will be participating in this year's Young Scholars' Forum. Conference papers are divided into 11 panels scheduled over a period of three days. The panels are categorised according to the themes and the research areas as follows:

1. Literature, Culture and Society of the Song-Yuan Period
2. The Classics in Middle Period China and Beyond: Circulation and Transformation
3. Cultural Symbols in Middle Period China and Beyond: Imagery and Meaning
4. Legal Institutions and Historiography in Middle Period China and Beyond
5. Women and Society in Middle Period China and Beyond
6. Poetry and Culture in Middle Period China and Beyond
7. Political Space in Middle Period China and Beyond: Construction and Imagination
8. Craft and Communication in Middle Period China and Beyond
9. Painting and Iconography in Middle Period China and Beyond
10. Medicine and Culture in Middle Period China and Beyond
11. Religious Institutions and Practices in Middle Period China and Beyond

All are welcome to attend the above discussion panels, please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics/general/forum/program.html for the latest information.

"The Fourth Inter-Regional Forum on Dialectal Grammar" organised by T. T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre (15–16 June 2018)

The Inter-Regional Forum on Chinese Dialectal Grammar (IRF) was initiated by The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-sen University in 2015. This partnership was extended in 2017 to include Fudan University. The forum has become an academic event organised rotationally by these three institutions as a platform for fostering research on dialectal grammar under a comparative approach focusing on southeastern Chinese dialects like Yue and Wu dialects, promoting inter-regional studies, and strengthening intellectual exchange and dialogue among researchers from different regions.

The Fourth Inter-Regional Forum on Dialectal Grammar organised by the T. T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre will be held on 15–16 June 2018 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. For details of the forum, please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ics/clrc/irf/2018/.