To encourage academic exchange among young scholars and broaden their horizons, the Universities Service Centre for China Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and CUHK-Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies co-organize the Graduate Seminar on China (GSOC) every year.

Since the early 1960s, China scholars have been visiting the Universities Service Centre for China Studies to conduct research and writing. Its rich collection and liberal platform for intellectual exchange make the Centre a stimulating research environment (USC Home and USC online catalog) for scholars all around the world.

The Universities Service Centre for China Studies and CUHK-Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies co-organize the Graduate Seminar on China (GSOC) every year. The Eleventh GSOC will take place from January 6 to 10, 2015 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Applicants need to submit all necessary materials by August 25, 2014. Participants are welcome to stay at the Centre before and /or after the Seminar to conduct research.

The GSOC promotes research on contemporary China, encourages exchange among Chinese and young overseas scholars in the field and enhances the capability and broaden the horizon of Ph.D. students in contemporary China studies.

Please find application forms and more details at http://gsoc.usc.cuhk.edu.hk/.