Call for Papers:
For the 1,600th Anniversary of the Tong-wan City(统万城)
An International Conference to be Held at Jingbian County, in Shaanxi Province of China, June 13-16, 2013
Co-Sponsored by :
The College for Historical Environment and Socio-Economic Development in Northwest China & Chinese Historical Geography Research Institute,Shaanxi Normal University;
Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology;
CPC Jingbian Committee & People’s Government of Jingbian County
In the year of 413 AD, the leader of T’ie-fo Hsiun-nu( Huns ) named Helian-bobo(赫连勃勃) who rose abruptly in the chaos of the Sixteen States period, established a new country named by the title of “Great Xia Kingdom”, and commanded his peoples to construct the capital city which was named “Tong-wan”. Time has gone so fast and now we are stepping into the year of 2013 AD. As one of the National Key Cultural-relics Protection Units of China, Tong-wan City will see its 1,600 anniversary. To call attention to the importance of this famous ruins, Chinese academia and the local government of Jingbian County decide to organize an international conference as a commemoration.
Topics of the conference:
Now we earnestly inform all scholars who have been keeping close attention to the Ruins of Tong-wan City, and sincerely inviting them to join this conference. We hope more scholars than expected come to reconsider and discuss such problems as the ancient culture, the environment, the tourism resources about this famous ancient ruins, and support the application job for “Cultural Heritage of the World”. We encourage scholars from all related disciplines to submit articles on such fields as follow:
1, Historical studies of the Tong-wan City;
2, Archaeological studies of the Tong-wan City;
3, Historical environment around the Tong-wan City;
4, Targeted technology and methods about how to protect the Ruins of the Tong-wan City;
5, Feasibility and the best solution for the “Cultural Heritage of the World” application of the Tong-wan City;
6, Design plans of the tourism program at Jingbian County, even including the entire north part of the Shaanxi Province (Tong-wan City is always regarded as the core element).
Schedule of the conference:
June 13 (Thursday): Register at the reception (from 11am to 11pm).
June 14 (Friday): Field and indoor investigations ( including the Ruins of Tong-wan City, ancient cultural relics of the entire Jingbian County, the Danxia landform scenic spot in Jingbian and some representatives of non-material cultural heritage in north part of Shaanxi Province).
June 15 (Saturday): Conference of scholarship.
June 16 (Sunday): The end of the meeting.
Reception and expense:
The organizers will arrange the matters of reception, investigation and hotel for all the delegates and guests. We do not charge for any fee. We will also afford all delegates’ traffic casts of coming and returning (not including the casts of international travel; if you take flight, please choose the planes of Air China when it is possible).
Requirements for applicants:
We request each applicant to submit at least 1 article to obtain his (her) quota as a delegate.
Each article text should have a title and an abstract, and not have been published at any other place yet. The organizers encourage the using of tables and figures in the articles. After the conference, accepted articles will appear in conference proceedings published by the Commercial Press (Beijing).
If you are interested of this conference, please fill the table below and send it to us at the email address: twch1600@gmail.com. The deadline for consideration is April 30, 2013. We will contact authors of successful proposals in 3 working days by email, and send invitations to them. The detailed arrangements (about the conference and traffic ) will be told in the attachment of each invitation.
If you want to send your article to us, or have any other question, also please contact the conference preparation group by the mentioned email address:twch1600@gmail.com.
Organizers in charge of scholarship:
Professor You-jian Hou(侯甬坚) of Shaanxi Normal University;
Professor Fu-lai Xing(邢福来) of Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology;
Professor Hui Deng(邓辉) of Peking University;
Professor Jie-sheng An(安介生) of Fudan University;
Professor Shi-ren Chen(陈识仁) of Fu Jen Catholic University.
Organizers in charge of reception:
Bo Liu (刘波,Vice-chairman of People’s Government of Jingbian County);
Hao-fei Jia (贾浩飞,Office Director of People’s Government of Jingbian County);
Li-ge Ren (任利戈,Director-general of Cultural Project Bureau of Jingbian County).
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