The 2nd edition of China Platform Academic Forum – CPAF 2022

In September 2012, the Ghent University China Platform launched the “China Platform Lecture Café" and is delighted to invite you to participate in its 2022 edition where they will address the following interesting topics.

Last year, the China Platform in cooperation with Mr. Zhang Chi from the Ghent University representative office in Beijing took the initiative to organize the first edition of the CPAF on the occasion of the Ghent University China Platform's 15th anniversary. The aim of this initiative was to promote cooperation in scientific research between Ghent University and its partner institutions in China, to create opportunities for researchers to exchange academic thoughts, and to provide a platform for alumni to interact with each other as well as with their former professors and colleagues at Ghent University.

Because of its huge success, the China Platform decided to make it into an annual event. And for this 2nd edition of CPAF 2022, the number of participating webinar hosts has doubled.

If you wish to obtain the programs of the 17 seminars, please contact chinaplatform@ugent.be.

These 4 lecture sessions will also be live-streamed.

Agenda

Tuesday 18 October: 11:00 – 13:00 CET: "Cross-Strait Relations – A Historical Overview under a Taiwanese Perspective" by Dr. Jasper Roctus, doctor in Oriental Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

Tuesday 25 October: 13:00 – 15:00 CET: “China’s Geo-economic Gambit: Technology, Interdependence, and the Future of the Global Economy” by Dr. Tobias Gehrke, Research Fellow – Europe in the World, Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations

Wednesday 22 November: 14:30 – 16:30 CET: “China, the Great Powers, and the War in Ukraine: Still the Middle Kingdom?” by Prof. Sven Biscop, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Ghent University and Director of the Europe in the World Programme at the Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels

Tuesday 13 December: 12:00 – 14:00 CET: “How Confucianism became a world religion” by Prof. Bart Dessein, Department of Oriental Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

Register HERE for one or more webinar.