Like so many other planned events also the summer camp in China has to be cancelled this year due to coronaviurs pandemic. Stay healthy!
Author: Konfuciov Inštitút
Summer Camp in China 2020
Summer Camp of Confucius Institute in China 2020 – Registration info
Deadline: 15th May, 2020
Students who have participated in years 2017-19 can register, but can participate in this year’s summer camp only in case somebody of the registered applicants cancells his/her participation suddenly, or cover all expences themselves (Eur 1200).
Participants shall buy flight tickets themselves but the pick-up and drop-off services will ONLY be provided on 18th, July and 31st, July according to the agenda. If arriving and/or departing on other day, participants shall arrange the hotel-airport ransport themselves. This year, there are two summer camps to choose from: one focused on Chinese folk music and the other focused on Chinese martial arts. You can view and download the program of both camps HERE.
The invitation letter from SUIBE and visa to China can only be applied with the international return flight ticket. Please submit the copy/proof of your international flight ticket BEFORE 31st May, 2020.
Participants shall cover the expense of the international flights, travel insurance, visa application fee and preparatory language course fee. During the summer camp, local transportation costs and accommodation in China will be covered by the Chinese partner university. Breakfast is included and there will be a free group lunch or dinner organized by the Chinese partner university every day.
The preparatory language course will take place from May 18 till June 29, once per week, 30 classes in total. It will mainly focus on spoken Chinese, traveling Chinese language and Chinese culture according to the agenda. The course will be delivered by experienced Chinese teachers. The fee of this course for students registered in Confucius Institute is Eur 90 while for non-registered students the fee is Eur 120.
Participants shall be aged between 15 to 60 years (both ages included). Participants who are under the age of 18 shall be accompanied by registered family member/s (meeting all camp requirements). Participants who are above the age of 50 shall provide a health certificate while registering. If interested, please REGISTER BY FILLING IN AND SUBMITTING an ON-LINE APPLICATION FORM here. Please note that in order to submit the application you will need data from your passport.
Please be informed that depending on the situation in China, it is possible that the summer camp will take place in different term or may eventually be cancelled this year.
Spring Festival – Chinese New Year 2020 Celebration – the Year of the Rat
Chinese New Year – the Year of the Rat starts on January 25, 2020. The Confucius Institute organised a Chinese New Year celebration on January 18, 2020 in DK Zrkadlový háj, Bratislava. The show cconsists of performances by dance group from Fudan University, traditional Chinese music and dance group from Suibe University in Shanghai and School of Kungfu and Taiji in Bratislava.
The Night of Chinese Martial Arts
Being one of the sponsors of the event, the Confucius Institute invites you to the Night of Chinese Martial Arts, taking place on October 5, 2019 starting at 18.00 o’clock at DK Zrkadlový háj. The ticket can be purchased through ticketportal.sk
Program:
Part 1
1. Dragon
2. Welcome and Opening speech by his Excellency Lin Lin, the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to SK
3. Opening – students of Slovak WUSHU Association & Chengdu sport’s team
4. Flag show
5. Demonstration of South wushu styles
6. Chengdu sport’s team
7. WUSHU – basic movements
8. Taiji sword
9. The art of sword
Performances on traditional Chinese Instruments:
„hulusi“ flute performance by Li Jin
„erhu“ string instrument performance by Tang Li
Part 2
10. Taiji fan
11. The art of wooden stick
12. Demonstration of different wushu styles
13. the art of sabre
14. Chengdu sport’s team
15. Taiji quan
16. Demonstration of different wushu styles
17. The art of spear – Master Wang Yingshen
18. Chengdu sport’s team
19. Lions
20. End
Short video making and essay writing – contest announcement
The contest topic is: 70th Anniversary of Chinese-Slovak Diplomatic Relations – China from my point of view.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Slovak Republic. The contest is announced by the Chinese Embassy in Slovak Republic – more information can be found on the embassy’s website via this link
Memorial Conference on the May Fourth Movement
COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA
Confucius Institute
Department of East Asian Studies
斯洛伐克布拉迪斯拉发考门斯基大学孔子学院斯洛伐克布拉迪斯拉發考門斯基大學東亞研究室
100 Years Anniversary of The May Fourth Movement 1919 in China:
The Influence of The May Fourth Movement on Modern Chinese Language and Modern or Contemporary Chinese Literature
May 2 – 3, 2019
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2
The May Fourth Movement has played a central role in shaping the contemporary China in all respects of the Chinese society including the Chinese language, literature, and thought.
With approaching the 100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement, the Confucius Institute of Comenius University in Bratislava, in conjunction with the Department of East Asian Studies of Comenius University in Bratislava, will organize a memorial conference on the May Fourth Movement.
The conference is expected to gather scholars from all over the world with four research foci: Modern Chinese, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Modern Chinese Literature and Contemporary Chinese Thought.
It is our pleasure to announce the following plenary speakers:
Chinese Linguistics: Danqing Liu (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Joël Bellassen (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales)
Modern &Contemporary Chinese Literature: Jeffrey C. Kinkley (St. John’s University, New York City); Marián Gálik (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Modern Chinese Thought: Guy Salvatore Alitto (University of Chicago); Suoqiao Qian (Newcastle University)
Conference Chair: Jana Benická (Comenius University)
Co-chair: YE Rong (Shanghai University of International Business and Economics)
Conference Secretary: Wei-lun LU (Masaryk University and Comenius University)
For inquiry and submission: Shuang LU at <conferencemay4th100@gmail.com >
Conference Committee (in alphabetic order):
Joël Bellassen (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales)
Marián Gálik (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Imre Hamar (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
Jeffrey C. Kinkley (St. John’s University, New York City)
Danqing Liu (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Suoqiao Qian (Newcastle University)
David Sehnal (University of Heidelberg)
David Uher (Palacký University Olomouc)
纪念五四运动一百周年现代汉语暨中国现当代文学国际学术研讨会
发端于一个世纪前的五四运动对现当代中国影响深远，在思想、文学传统、文化、语言、甚至社会生活与政治层面，都为现当代中国社会的演进，导引了一条决定性的道路。
值此五四运动百年之际，斯洛伐克共和国考门斯基大学孔子学院拟联合考门斯基大学东亚研究学系，举办纪念五四运动一百周年现代汉语暨中国现当代文学国际学术研讨会。此次会议拟依靠斯洛伐克汉语教学专家及中国文学研究资深学者，向全球著名学者发出邀请，组织一个高端的国际学术讨论会议，于海外纪念五四运动及现代汉语和新文学文化发展。
大会分四个讨论组：现代汉语研究，汉语教学研究，现当代文学研究，中国现当代思想史研究。
我们很荣幸特邀到下列学者做大会主旨演讲：
现代汉语研究：刘丹青教授（中国社会科学院语言研究所）
汉语教学研究:白乐桑教授（法国国立东方语言文化学院）
现当代文学研究：金介甫教授（美国纽约圣若望大学）高利克教授（斯洛伐克科学院）
中国现当代思想史研究 :艾恺教授（美国芝加哥大学）钱琐桥教授（英国纽卡斯尔大学）
会议日期：2019年5月2-3日
联系及投稿：conferencemay4th100@gmail.com 联系人：卢双老师
会议主席：贝雅娜Jana Benická（考门斯基大学）
会议副主席：叶蓉（上海对外经贸大学）
会议秘书：吕维伦（马萨里克大学、考门斯基大学）
学术委员会成员：（按照姓氏字母表排序）
白乐桑Joël Bellassen (法国国立东方语言文化学院)
高利克Marián Gálik (斯洛伐克科学院)
郝清新Imre Hamar (匈牙利罗兰大学)
金介甫Jeffrey C. Kinkley (美国纽约圣若望大学)
刘丹青Danqing Liu (中国社会科学院语言研究所)
钱琐桥Suoqiao Qian (英国纽卡斯尔大学)
戴维David Sehnal (德国海德堡大学)
吴大伟David Uher (捷克帕拉茨基大学)
Slovak WUSHU Championship 2019
We invite those interested in Chinese martial arts to to the Slovak Wushu Championship 2019, which will take place on May 4, 2019 in the Elán sports hall, Bajkalská 7 in Bratislava.
The opening ceremony will take place at the beginning of the competitions – at 9:30 in the morning.
There will be about 300 starts and the competition will be attended by gymnasts from Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine, Belarus and of course Slovakia.
My Trip to China 3 – invitation to a photography exhibition
The Confucius Institute at Comenius University in Bratislava
invites you to the opening of a photography exhibition
„My Trip to China 3“
– photographs from educational trips to China in 2018
Opening takes place on March 5, 2019 at 6.00 p.m.
at K UMELKA art club, Dostojevského rad 2, Bratislava.
The exhibition is open and accessible between March 5 – April 3, 2019, each day between 4.30 p.m. – 01.00 a.m. except for Sunday (closed).
Teaching, Translating and Interpreting Chinese Language – Conference
When: February 24, 2019 (Sunday), 9.00 a.m.—1.00 p.m.
Where: Confucius Institute at Comenius University in Bratislava, room No. N318, Múzejná 6, Bratislava
Language: Slovak, Czech
Conference Program:
09.00-09.05 Opening
09.05-09.20 Prof. Mgr. Jana Benická, PhD: Interpreting of Select Chinese Terms in Literary Fiction
09.20-09.35 Mgr. Ľuboš Gajdoš, PhD: Chinese Linguistic Corpus
09.35-09.50 Mgr. Kristýna Han: Chinese Language with First graders and Beginners
09.50-10.05 Mgr. Milan Ivan: My Experience Interpreting into Chinese Language
10.05-10.20 Mgr. Petr Janda: Teaching and Evaluation of Translation Excercises
10.20-10.35 Mgr. Jana Krajčiová: Teaching Chinese Language at Primary and Secondary School while Focusing on Characters and Tones
10.35-10.50 Mgr. Tereza Slaměníková, PhD: On Teaching Phonological System of Modern Chinese
10.50-11.05 Doc. Mgr. David Uher, PhD: Why Writing Textbooks of Chinese?
11.05-11.20 Mgr. Stanislav Vavrovský: Practice in Translating/Interpreting into Chinese
11.20-11.35 Mgr. Daniela Zhang, PhD: Translating Contemporary Chinese Poetry
11.30-12.45 Discussion
12.45-13.00 Closing
Teaching Chinese Language in Slovakia and Czechia (formerly Czecho-Slovakia) has long tradition. In Slovakia, systematic academic study of Chinese language and culture is possible at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University as of 1988. Since that time, the Department of East Asian Studies produced dozens of graduates – competent interpreters, translator or teachers of Chinese language.
The conference is a meeting of teachers, university pedagogues, translators and interpreters of Chinese language, who can share their pedagogical, translating or interpreting experience. The aim of the conference is to share knowledge and exchange know-how in order to improve Chinese language education on all levels, be it in language schools, primary or secondary schools, as well as university level or courses organised by the Confucius Institute. In addition to this, the exchange of knowledge and know-how shall improve the quality of translation and interpretation into/from Chinese language.
Memorial Conference on the May Fourth Movement
COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA
Confucius Institute
Department of East Asian Studies
斯洛伐克布拉迪斯拉发考门斯基大学孔子学院
斯洛伐克布拉迪斯拉發考門斯基大學東亞研究室
Gondova 2, P.O.Box 32, SK-814 99 Bratislava 1, Slovakia
100 Years Anniversary of The May Fourth Movement 1919 in China: The Influence of The May Fourth Movement on Modern Chinese Language and Modern or Contemporary Chinese Literature
First Call for Papers
The May Fourth Movement has played a central role in shaping the contemporary China in all respects of the Chinese society including the Chinese language, literature, and thought.
With approaching the 100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement, the Confucius Institute of Comenius University in Bratislava, in conjunction with the Department of East Asian Studies of Comenius University in Bratislava, will organize a memorial conference on the May Fourth Movement.
The conference is expected to gather scholars from all over the world with four research foci: Modern Chinese, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Modern Chinese Literature and Contemporary Chinese Thought.
We invite scholars all over the world to submit an abstract (in English or Chinese) for review. Selected presentation proposals will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation (in English or Chinese), followed by a 10 minute Q&A session.
We plan to publish selected papers in Studia Orientalia Slovaca (Scopus-indexed).
It is our pleasure to announce the following plenary speakers:
Chinese Linguistics: Danqing Liu (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Joël Bellassen (Institut National des Langues et CivilisationsOrientales)
Modern & Contemporary Chinese Literature: Jeffrey C. Kinkley (St. John’s University, New York City);
Marián Gálik (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Modern Chinese Thought: Guy Salvatore Alitto (University of Chicago); Suoqiao Qian (Newcastle University)
Conference dates: 2-3 May, 2019 (arrival and registration on 1st May)
Abstract submission deadline: 31.10.2018
Notification of results: 30.11.2018
For inquiry and submission: Shuang LU at < conferencemay4th100@gmail.com >.
Conference Chair: Jana Benická (Comenius University)
Co-chair: YE Rong (Shanghai University of International Business and Economics)
Conference Secretary: LU Wei-lun (Masaryk University and Comenius University)
Conference Scientific Committee (in alphabetic order):
Joël Bellassen (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales)
Marián Gálik (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Imre Hamar (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
Jeffrey C. Kinkley (St. John’s University, New York City)
Danqing Liu (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Suoqiao Qian (Newcastle University)
David Sehnal (University of Heidelberg)
David Uher (Palacký University Olomouc)
纪念五四运动一百周年现代汉语暨中国现当代文学国际学术研讨会
第一号征文通知
发端于一个世纪前的五四运动对现当代中国影响深远，在思想、文学传统、文化、语 言、甚至社会生活与政治层面，都为现当代中国社会的演进，导引了一条决定性的道路。
值此五四运动百年之际，斯洛伐克共和国考门斯基大学孔子学院拟联合考门斯基大学 东亚研究学系，举办纪念五四运动一百周年现代汉语暨中国现当代文学国际学术研讨会。此 次会议拟依靠斯洛伐克汉语教学专家及中国文学研究资深学者，向全球著名学者发出邀请， 组织一个高端的国际学术讨论会议，于海外纪念五四运动及现代汉语和新文学文化发展。
大会分四个讨论组：现代汉语研究，汉语教学研究，现当代文学研究，中国现当代思 想史研究。优秀会议论文将推荐刊登于斯洛伐克东方研究期刊（Scopus 检索）及大会学术 委员会推荐的其他高水平学术期刊。有意与会者，请寄送一份摘要（中英文皆可），我们将
送交评审并通知结果。通过评审的论文将有二十分钟的宣读时间（中英文皆可），另加十分 钟的问答讨论。
我们很荣幸特邀到下列学者做大会主旨演讲：
现代汉语研究：刘丹青教授（中国社会科学院语言研究所）
汉语教学研究：白乐桑教授（法国国立东方语言文化学院）
现当代文学研究：金介甫教授（美国纽约圣若望大学）高利克教授（斯洛伐克科学 院）
中国现当代思想史研究：艾恺教授（美国芝加哥大学）钱琐桥教授（英国纽卡斯尔大 学）
会议日期：2019 年5 月2-3 日（5 月1 日会议注册及入住）
摘要投稿截止日期：2018 年10 月31 日
审查结果通知日期：2018 年11 月30 日
联系及投稿：conferencemay4th100@gmail.com 联系人：卢双老师
会议主席：贝雅娜Jana Benická（考门斯基大学）
会议副主席：叶蓉（上海对外经贸大学）
会议秘书：吕维伦（马萨里克大学、考门斯基大学）
学术委员会成员：（按照姓氏字母表排序）
白乐桑Joël Bellassen (法国国立东方语言文化学院)
高利克Marián Gálik (斯洛伐克科学院)
郝清新Imre Hamar (匈牙利罗兰大学)
金介甫Jeffrey C. Kinkley (美国纽约圣若望大学)
刘丹青Danqing Liu (中国社会科学院语言研究所)
钱琐桥Suoqiao Qian (英国纽卡斯尔大学)
戴维David Sehnal (德国海德堡大学)
吴大伟David Uher (捷克帕拉茨基大学)