MaP

MaP 
Centro di Ricerca Marco Polo - Centre for Global Europe-Asia Connections

Call for applications - EACS 2026 MaP panel sponsorship

The Marco Polo Centre for Global Europe-Asia Connections (MaP) will sponsor up to two panels for the 26th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), to be held in Venice, July 21-25, 2026. Selected panels may receive up to €1,500 in funding, along with waived conference fees and partial reimbursement of travel and/or accommodation costs. Applications are particularly encouraged from PhD students and early-career researchers. Panel proposals should address transregional interactions and exchanges between the Sinitic world, Asia, and Europe.

  • Application deadline: January 31, 2026
  • Notification of results: by end of March 2026

Full details and submission guidelines are available on the official EACS 2026 conference website.


Book presentation: People and Plants in Southwest China 3,000 Years of Agriculture from the First Villages to the Han Conquest

Rita Dal Martello (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

October 20th, 2:15 pm (CEST)
Onsite and online

Discussant: Robert N. Spengler III (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena)

Aula B, Ca’ Bottacin
Dorsoduro 3911, Calle Crosera
30123 Venice

Participate online on zoom
Meeting ID: 724 1855 6900
Password: 7pd9LY

MaP Centre

MAP - Centro di Ricerca Marco Polo sulle connessioni globali Europa-Asia - Marco Polo Centre for Global Europe-Asia Connections

The MaP Centre's mission is to foster collaborative scientific research and networking for the study of cultural, social, political, economic, and religious interactions across Europe, the Mediterranean region, and Asia.

It aims at developing international scientific cooperation on topics such as new religious identities, social and political institutions, and the history of relations in an innovative, transcultural perspective.

The scope of MaP’s activities covers also cross-cutting issues such as migration and climate change.

Activities

Networking

Joint seminars and lectures, in collaboration with national and international visiting scholars

Research

In-residence post-doctoral fellowships on research topics related the Centre’s mission

Teaching

International summer schools, focused on historical processes and emerging trends in politics, governance, economics, and socio-cultural changes between Europe, the Mediterranean region, and Asia