Who we are – What we want – What we are planning

The German Association of Chinese Studies (DVCS), based in Ber­lin, was found­ed at the Hum­boldt Uni­ver­si­ty of Ber­lin by schol­ars of Chi­nese stud­ies from the Ger­man De­mo­cra­tic Re­pub­lic and the Fe­de­ral Re­pub­lic of Ger­ma­ny in spring 1990, with the aim of pro­mot­ing Chi­nese Stud­ies in Ger­many, fol­low­ing the abo­lish­ment of the in­ner Ger­man bor­der, through joint schol­ar­ly ac­ti­vi­ties and aca­dem­ic ex­changes. The an­nual DVCS con­fe­ren­ces help to achie­ve this aim by ser­ving as a plat­form for the pre­sen­ta­tion of new re­search re­sults and for aca­dem­ic dis­cus­sions, not only for mem­bers of the as­so­ci­a­tion but also for all who are in­ter­es­ted in Chi­na. The DVCS at­taches spe­cial im­por­tance to pro­vid­ing a dis­cus­sion fo­rum for young Si­no­lo­gists, an or­ga­ni­za­tio­nal roof for re­search pro­jects, and op­por­tu­ni­ties for pub­li­ca­tion. As a rec­og­nized non-prof­it or­gan­iza­tion, the DVCS acts al­tru­is­ti­cal­ly and does not pur­sue e­con­o­mic or par­ty-po­lit­i­cal ob­jec­tives. [Ap­pli­ca­tion for mem­ber­ship | By-laws]