Conference Programme CIRC16: Modes of Connection

The Leiden Asia Centre, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, and Leiden Law School welcome scholars from the area studies, social sciences, law, humanities, computer sciences, and from multi-disciplinary backgrounds to the 16th annual Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC16), to be held in Leiden, the Netherlands, on 22-23 May 2018. CIRC16 will explore the theme ‘modes of connection’, across social, economic, and political fields. Please see the following programme for the full schedule, and feel free to click on the session titles for additional details.

A pdf version of the programme is available for downloading.

We have also asked our conference contributors to respond to four questions related to their research of the Chinese internet. These questions were:

• In one sentence, how would you define the ‘Chinese internet’?
• In your opinion, what is currently the single most pressing question about the Chinese internet?
• What methods do you mainly use for studying the Chinese internet?
• In your opinion, what is the single greatest challenge that scholars of the Chinese internet face today?

If you are interested in the responses, we’ve compiled the answers in the following (anonymized) pdf document to inspire discussion during and after the conference.

Note that conference registration through the website of the Leiden Asia Centre has now closed.

PROGRAMME DAY 1: 22 MAY 2018

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PROGRAMME DAY 2: 23 MAY 2018

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Partners & Sponsors

The organisation of CIRC 16 has been kindly sponsored by:

• The Leiden Asia Centre,
• Leiden Global,
• The Leiden University Faculty of Law,
• The Leiden University Fund / Mr. J.J. van Walsem Fonds,
• The Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, and
• The Leiden University research trajectory Asian Modernities and Traditions.