Announcement of the 15th Annual Meetingof the Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia
The 15th International Conference of the Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia (SCIEA) will be held on
May 6, 2023 in Nankai University, China.
Ancient East Asian countries, connected by such common institutions as Chinese character, Buddhism,
Confucianism and legal system, have created brilliant eastern civilization. In modern times, with interaction andintegration with Western cultures, East Asian countries have developed rich and colorful regional cultures withdifferent characteristics. With the growing globalization in the 21st century, East Asia will definitely embrace theworld with a more open posture and make new contributions to the construction of a human community with a sharedfuture.
In view of this, the 15th East Asian Cultural Interaction Conference in 2023 will be held under the theme of“Integration and Innovation of East Asian Cultures” and will focus on the following three major topics.
(1) The mutual integration and innovation of ancient East Asian cultures;(2) The mutual integration and innovation of modern East Asian cultures;(3) The mutual integration and innovation of East Asian cultures in the era of globalization;
Nankai University, founded in 1919 and located in Tianjin, is a famous comprehensive research oriented
university in China. After more than 100 years of development, Nankai University has now three campuses including
the Balitai campus, the Jinnan campus and the Taida campus. Nankai University has formed a characteristic of its
own, viz., coordinated development of humanities and natural sciences, profound foundation, with emphasis onintergration between application and innovation. The University was selected as one of the Chinese "Double FirstClass Universities" in September 2017. Nankai University has always insisted on opening to the outside world andhas maintained academic exchanges and international cooperation with more than 320 well-known universities inmore than 40 countries and regions in the world.
The Conference will be organized under a variety of panels with respective sub-themes as follows. We lookforward to your participation.

Conference Theme this Year:
Integration and innovation of East Asian Culture

Panel Themes:
1. Chinese characters, poetry and prose as media and political diplomacy in East Asia
2. Communicating in writing and East Asian cultural Interaction
3. Confucianism, Buddhism and East Asian cultural Interaction
4. Relevant research on the history of knowledge in East Asia
5. Imperial/national/local knowledge in interaction
6. Translating and Transmitting Knowledge in Language, Literature, History and Philosophy
7. Cultural Interaction in the Arts
8. Cultural Interaction in Social Welfare Services
9. Cultural Interaction, Regional Culture and Tourism
10. Miscellaneous Topics Related to East Asian Cultural InteractionVenues：
Balitai campus of Nankai University (94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, P.R.China)

Meeting Schedule:
May 6～7 in 2023

FormatOn-site keynote speeches and some group meetings, as well as online group meetings and individualspeeches. ※The schedule may be changed on the day of the meeting depending on the policy of quarantine
authorities
Application Schedule:
Members are requested to indicate a preferred panel with their submission (see list of panels above).
Those who wish to participate and publish are requested to submit the attached application form andpublication summary (ca. 400 words) before 15th January 2023. Applications will be reviewed by theOrganizing Committee for the Conference and official certificates will only be issued after approval.

Conference Expenses:
To be determined
To apply for participation, and contact: sciea2023@outlook.com
Members of the Organizing Committee for the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cultural Interaction in
East Asia:
Head organizer:
Liu Yuzhen, Vice-President (Professor, the College of Foreign Languages of Nankai University, Director of East
Asian Cultural Research Center)

Auxiliary organizers:
Yan Guodong (Professor and Director, the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Nankai University)
Pei Jiang (Professor, the Faculty of History of Nankai University,
Director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Science of Chinese and Foreign Civilizations)
Sun Weigo (Professor, the Faculty of History of Nankai University, Director of Korean Research Center)
Liu Yuebing (Professor and Director of Japan Institute of Nankai University)
Kim Myungsoo, President (Associate Professor, Faculty of International Area Studies, Keimyung University)
Uchida Keiichi,Vice-President (Professor emeritus, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Kansai University)
Fujita Takao, Councilor (Professor, Faculty of Literature, Kansai University)
Tao De-min, Councilor (Professor emeritus, Faculty of Literature, Kansai University)
Kimura Masato, Councilor (Professor emeritus, Kanda University; Visiting Professor of Kanda University)
Secretary:Shen Guowei, Secretary General (Professor, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Kansai University)
Yu Jun (Associate Professor, the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Nankai University)
Zheng Lin (Teacher, the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Nankai University)