Call for Abstracts
Overview
The Young Scholar Forum was established by the Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law (CCCL) to provide junior scholars with a platform to present on topics related to Chinese Law, Comparative Law or International Lawdiscuss their work with peers and receive feedback on their research from the City University of Hong Kong law faculty.?The Forum aims to connect participants with similar research interests to facilitate fruitful collaborations.
Schedules
The Young Scholar Forum hosts four sessions per year at the following times. The sessions will be held virtually on Zoom.? There will be one speaker per session. The speaker will present for 45 minutes, followed by a 15 minutes discussion.
Sessions |
17:30 – 18:30 (HKT), Last Thursday in March every year |
17:30 – 18:30 (HKT), Last Thursday in June every year |
17:30 – 18:30 (HKT), Last Thursday in September every year |
17:30 – 18:30 (HKT), Last Thursday in December every year |
*The times of the sessions may be subject to change.
Eligibility
Submissions are invited from junior scholars on any topic that relates to Chinese Law, Comparative Law or International Law.?Junior scholars are encouraged to submit an abstract of an unpublished work, but we consider abstracts of recently published work too.?There is NO requirement to submit a complete paper to the CCCL before or after the presentation.
Eligible applicants should be doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and full-time academic staffs (teaching and/or research) who have not held an academic position for more than 6 years.??
Submission
The Call for Abstracts for the Young Scholar Forum is currently open.? We accept submissions on a rolling basis.
To apply to the Forum, please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words reflecting the work that you wish to present and a copy of your CV here.
If you have any questions, please contact us at cccl@cityu.edu.hk
About the Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law
The Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law (CCCL) was established in 1994 as an interdisciplinary research institute in affiliation with the School of Law of City University of Hong Kong (CityU Law). As one of the world’s oldest research centres on Chinese and comparative legal studies as a discipline, it is devoted to research in both fundamental and cutting-edge issues in the relevant areas.? The Centre is blessed by its location in Hong Kong which is an international financial and legal hub under the “One Country, Two Systems”.
List of Speaker
Session |
Speaker |
| June 2025 | Peicheng WU (Zhejiang University 100 Young Professor, Zhejiang University) |
| March 2025 | Shuchen LIU (PhD Candidate, Renmin University) |
December 2024 |
Yi TANG (PhD Candidate, University of Hong Kong) |
September 2024 |
Xueji SU (Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong) |
June 2024 |
Victor CROCHET (PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge) |
March 2024 |
Massimo LANDO (Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University) |
December 2023 |
Teng LI (Postdoctoral Fellow, National University of Singapore) |
September 2023 |
Hui JING (Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong) |
June 2023 |
Xiaobin HUO (PhD Candidate, City University of Hong Kong) |
March 2023 |
Yueming YAN (Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
December 2022 |
Yizhi WANG (PhD Candidate, Queen Marry University of London) |
September 2022 |
Sinchit Lai (Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong) |
