The Second International Conference on Geographical Higher Education, Research and Application in China and Germany
21.-22.11.2009, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Program
20th Nov 2009 | Registration |
21st Nov 2009 | Morning session: Opening and Keynote speeches Afternoon session: Geographical Higher Education in China and Germany; Geographical Research in China and Germany |
22nd Nov 2009 | Morning session: Geographical Research in China and Germany; Application of Geographical Sciences in China and Germany, Concluding remarks Afternoon session: Fieldtrips |
Call for Papers
Deadline for abstract submission: 30th October 2009
Papers will be selected based on submitted abstracts, full papers are not required
Registration fee: 150 USD (or 1000 RMB)
Contact
Dr. HE Shenjing (heshenj@mail.sysu.edu.cn) or
Ms. GUAN Jingwen (guan8822@126.com),
Fax:86-20-84038145
Background
In 1989, the first international conference on the Development and Education of Geography in China and Germany was held in the Department of Geography, Sun Yat-Sen University. Professor HUANG Bingwei from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor LIN Chao from Beijing University, and Professor Manfred Domroes from Mainz University extended their great support to the conference.
Scholars and experts from 41 Chinese universities, research institutes, and publishing houses, together with nine professors from different German universities, as well as scholars from Hong Kong and the Netherlands participated in the conference. This successful conference greatly promoted the communication and development of Geography Departments in Chinese and German universities.
Twenty years on, we now announce with great pleasure that the Second International Conference on Geographical Higher Education, Research and Application in China and Germany will be held in the School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University again. This is of special significance. Back in 1929, the very first geography Department in Chinese universities was established in Sun Yat-Sen University. Professor Wilhelm Credner and Professor Wolfgang Panzer from Germany were the first and second head of the Department. A number of first-rate geographers, including several academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor HUANG Bingwei, Professor Zhou Tingru, and Professor ZHOU Lisan, were graduated from Sun Yat-Sen University during that time. Since then, the Department of Geography (now the School of Geography and Planning) at Sun Yat-Sen University has been actively and constantly contributing to the development of Geographical education and research in China. Over the three decades of economic reform, communication and exchange activities between Chinese and German universities are becoming more and more frequent and diverse, particularly after the launch of a series activities of “Germany and China Moving ahead together” under the joint patronage of Germany’s federal president Horst Köhler and China’s president Hu Jintao, and the sponsorship from DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst). Against this backdrop, this conference will provide a platform for further communication and mutual-learning between Chinese and German Geographers. It is also a ceremony for the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Geography Department at Sun Yat-Sen University.
Conference themes
This conference has three themes, geographical higher education, geographical research, and the application of geographical sciences in China and Germany. It also aims to create further opportunities to develop long-term cooperation and exchange programs between geography departments/schools in China and Germany.
Principal organizers
- Chinese Geographical Society
- German Geographical Society
- Sun Yat-Sen University
- University of Cologne
Organizers
- School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Geography, University of Cologne
Advisory board
- Professor ZHENG Du
- Professor LU Dadao
- Professor XU Xueqiang
- Professor Dietrich Soyez
- Professor Joerg Stadelbauer
- Professor Manfred Domroes
- Professor YU Xiaogan
- Professor ZHANG Guoyou
- Professor FAN Jie
- Professor ZENG Gang
Organizing committee
- Professor BAO Jigang (Chair)
- Mr. ZHANG Yuanxun
- Professor DONG Yuxiang
- Professor ZHOU Chunshan
- Professor Frauke Kraas
- Professor XUE Desheng
- Professor LIU Zufa
Secretaries
- Professor XUE Desheng (Chair)
- Dr. ZHOU Suhong
- Dr. LIU Yungang
- Dr. LI Zhigang
- Dr. HE Shenjing