Following the success of The Middle Period Chinese Studies Conference held in 2014 at Harvard University, we welcome paper proposals for the second conference of this kind to be held at Leiden University, September 14-17, 2017.

Continuing the innovative format of the 2014 conference, we will organize sessions around various dimensions: time period, theme, and method. Every paper will be discussed in at least three of these sessions. Every participant will submit a full paper two months before the conference and will be asked to comment on at least two other papers. Papers should cover unpublished material. We hope this format will provide all presenters with a variety of opportunities to get feedback on their work from researchers working on different yet overlapping periods and areas of interest and lead to new publications.