Call for Papers - The Middle without Boundaries? The Fourth Middle-Period China Humanities Conference
Building on a growing international conversation about China’s middle period (220–1600) and the success of the previous three Middle-Period China Humanities conferences, we are pleased to invite proposals for The Middle without Boundaries? The Fourth Middle-Period China Humanities Conference, to be held May 28–31, 2026, at City University of Hong Kong in Kowloon, Hong Kong. This marks the first time the conference series will be held in Asia, and we are excited to take this step together with you.
Three years after scholars gathered at Yale University to ask whether we are “Stuck in the Middle,” this conference seeks to continue those rich intellectual exchanges and to move beyond conventional boundaries—chronological, disciplinary, and geographical—in order to explore fresh approaches to this long and diverse era.