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The British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS) holds an annual conference at a different British centre for Chinese Studies each year. The BACS Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held in conjunction with the annual conference.The BACS Annual Conference welcomes international and UK-based participants, including BACS members and non-members. BACS members are eligible for a discounted registration fee. Typically, the conference includes distinguished keynote speakers in plenary sessions and specialist panels. We welcome both panel and individual paper submissions.  Information on past conferences is available on our previous conferences page.BACS Annual Conference, University of Glasgow, 7-9 September 2017Click here to downlaod the call for papers in PDF format.Keynote Speakers: Professor Sebastian Heilmann, President of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin, and Professor of the Political Economy of China, University of Trier Professor May Bo Ching, Professor of History, City University of Hong KongCall for Papers:The Scottish Centre for China Research is pleased to announce the Annual Conference of the British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS), to be held at the University of Glasgow from 7 to 9 September, 2017. The BACS Annual Conference is open to BACS members and non-members alike, and we welcome participants from all countries. Panels and individual papers are invited across the full range of disciplines within the humanities and social sciences on themes and issues in Chinese Studies and relating to the Greater China region.Submission of Abstracts:Panel proposals should include: names, affiliations and contact details (email addresses) of all proposed presenters and proposed panel chair and/or discussant, where applicable; titles of individual papers; and an abstract for each paper (max 250 words). Proposals for individual papers should include: name, affiliation and contact details (email address), title of paper and abstract of max 250 words. Individual papers will be assigned to panels by the organising committee.Abstracts for panels and individual papers should be submitted by 18th April 2017 to bacs2017@glasgow.ac.uk.Panels and papers will be selected by the organising committee, and notification of acceptance will be made by 30 May 2017.The British Association for Chinese Studies has an online peer-reviewed journal (JBACS), and presenters are invited to submit their papers for consideration by the journal editors following the meeting.Key Dates:Call for Papers: 20 January 2017Deadline for submission of abstracts (250 words): 18 April 2017Notification of acceptance: by 30 May 2017Draft Programme: 16 June 2017Early Bird Online Registration: by 30 June 2017Standard Online Registration: by 1 August 2017Final Programme: late August 2017BACS members are eligible for a reduced conference registration fee. Please visit here for information on how to become a BACS member, or to renew your membership. Further information in the conference will be posted on the website in due course.Please direct all enquiries related to the BACS Annual Conference 2017 to bacs2017@glasgow.ac.uk.