Chinese Politics Mini-Conference

Organizers: Denise van der Kamp (University of Oxford), May Farid (Stanford University), William Hurst (University of Cambridge), Dongshu Liu (City University of Hong Kong), Shuxian Luo (U.S. Naval War College), Jack Zhang (University of Kansas)


Since its inception in 2016, the Chinese Politics Mini-Conference has facilitated connections and community building across the Chinese politics field. In this 2023 mini-conference, we build on this existing tradition by featuring a set of theoretically and methodologically diverse papers, presented by scholars across ranks and global academic affiliations. The research presented at this conference will examine issues in both domestic politics and international relations, drawing on historical, contemporary, and emerging phenomenon to make sense of Chinese politics today.

The mini-conference will also include a lunch session featuring a keynote speech by Professor Kevin O’Brien on "Cooptation, Agency and Hope," as well as a post-conference reception to allow scholars to form professional relationships and foster new intellectual connections. We anticipate the sponsoring universities for these activities to include the home institutions of this year’s organizers: City University of Hong Kong, Stanford University, the University of Cambridge, the University of Kansas, the University of Oxford and U.S. Naval War College, as well as sponsorship from UC San Diego’s 21st Century China Center.