CfP: Sino-Foreign Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges in the New Era
1. Journal Introduction
Transcultural Studies is a comprehensive academic journal founded in 2016 and compiled by the School of Culture and Communication of Beijing International Studies University (BISU). The journal adheres to the stylistic positioning of “integrating East and West, communicating humanities”, incorporating research from multiple fields including literature, history, religion, philosophy, and language. It strives to explore the sino-foreign cultural values and engage in cultural and people-to-people exchange practices with a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary perspective and methodology. The journal seeks to facilitate the communication, dialogue and mutual learning of academic achievements in the theoretical system of cross-cultural studies, innovative ideas and practical outcomes, thus promoting the exchange and mutual enrichment of cross-cultural research.
2. Call for Papers: Themes
Transcultural Studies (Vol. 15, Issue.1 of 2024) extends a sincere invitation to scholars and colleagues worldwide to submit contributions for the theme of “Sino-foreign Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges in the New Era: Ideas and Methods”.
Cultural and people-to-people exchanges have been an important driving force throughout the development of human civilization. People of different nationalities, civilizations, countries, and beliefs, across different historical dimensions and spatial fields, have communicated, integrated, and learned from each other through constantly evolving media and technology. This dynamic interaction has not only given rise to diverse civilizations, but has also constituted a key factor enabling humanity to overcome external and internal crises and disasters. Cultural and people-to-people exchanges is undoubtedly an ongoing historical process and against the backdrop of the unprecedented changes in the current century, the world is facing significant challenges such as old and new escalating regional contradictions, the reshaping of traditional international interests and political landscapes, climate crises, and the impacts of new technologies. Cultural and people-to-people exchanges not only continue to play a crucial role in building a new order of global governance and diverse collaborative coexistence, but also face profound changes and challenges in its own practice and academic research. Taking this as a starting point, this issue’s call for papers focuses on the following questions:
What are the fundamental values and significance of building a community with a shared future for humanity in the face of global crises and the reconstruction of order? Can “Sinology”, which centered on Chinese civilization and Chinese experiences, provide ideas and methods for cultural and people-to-people exchanges in the new era? What possibilities and challenges does technological leap in the digital age bring to cultural and people-to-people exchanges?
Based on the above dimensions, this issue will explore and reflect from multiple perspectives such as strategic significance, ideological methods, and innovative experiences, especially by embedding Chinese ideas and experiences into the diverse global context, providing a variety of ideological tools and practical path references to cope with the changes in this century and for the world to understand China in the new era.
3. Specific Topics for Submission
1) Historical Study of Sino-foreign Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges from the Perspective of “A Community with a Shared Future for Mankind”
2) Study on the Interpretation of Chinese Civilization and International Communication
3) Study on the Sustainable Dynamics of Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges between Bilateral Governments and Multilateral Organizations
4) Study on the Construction of Platforms and Mechanisms for Sino-foreign Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges
5) Study on Sino-foreign Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges in Various Fields including Literature, Language, Education, Art, Philosophy, etc.
6) Study on Sino-foreign Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges in the New Era from the Perspective of Media and Technological Leap
7) Study on the New Order of Global Integration and Intercultural Dialogue
8) Studies on other relevant topics
4. Submission Guidelines
(1) Submissions should comply with academic norms, present innovative perspectives and insights, and use recent literature. The submitted articles should represent the authors’ latest research findings which have not been published elsewhere. Authors are expected to follow the academic norms and ethics, and avoid plagiarism or appropriation of others’ research.
(2) This journal adopts a double-blind peer review process, and submissions will be selected based on merit. If the author does not receive feedback within one month after the submission deadline, he or she can handle it on their own.
(3) The recommended length for submissions is between 12000 to 15000 words in English (excluding footnotes and references) or 10000 to 12000 in Chinese.
(4) Authors bear responsibility for the content of their submissions. The editorial team of this journal reserves the right to modify, edit, or revise manuscripts. Any disagreement with modifications should be indicated in the submission.
(6) Submission method:
Submission Email: kuawenhuayjy@bisu.edu.cn
Document Title: Authors’ Name – Title – Topic
Email body: Provide a brief abstract of around 300 words (in English), and an author’s brief biography
Email attachment: Please submit the manuscript in Word format
5. Deadline
(1) Submission Deadline: Sep. 1, 2024
(2) Upon publication, the copyright belongs to the editorial team of this journal (including electronic rights). The content of the submitted articles and the use of titles in the text must comply with relevant national laws and regulations.
6. Format Guidelines
Citing sources should be in footnote format, with each page renumbered and numbers in circle. The note number in the text is uniformly placed after the sentence/word/phrase containing the citation or paragraph punctuation.
Examples are shown below:
① 陈恒：《希腊化研究》，北京：商务印书馆，2006，第26页。
② 包向飞：《宽广的反讽》，载《文化与诗学》，北京：北京大学出版社，2013，第160-172页。
③ Erich Auerbach, Dante: Poet of the Secular World, trans. with an introduction by Michael Dirda (New York: New York Books, 2001), p.42(or pp.42-46).
④ William Franke, “Metaphor and the Making of Sense”, Philosophy & Rhetoric， Vol. 33, No. 2 (2002):137-153.
(5) References are placed at the end of the text, and the essentials and order are exemplified below:
包向飞：《宽广的反讽》，载《文化与诗学》，北京：北京大学出版社，2013。
陈恒：《希腊化研究》，北京：商务印书馆，2006。
Blumenberg, Hans, Höhlenausgänge (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1989).
Pavesich, Vida, “Hans Blumenberg’s Philosophical Anthropology: After Heidegger and Cassirer”, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Vol. 46, No. 3 (2008):421-448.
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