Call for Papers —the 6th International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA) Annual Conference

he International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA) is pleased to announce to hold its 6th Annual Conference in Philadelphia, USA. from August 17 to 18, 2023 (Eastern Standard Time). The conference will be co-organized by the ICSA and Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania. 

The conference’s theme is“Rebuilding the Post-pandemic World: Opportunities and Challenges”. The conference will be held ina face-to-face format.

Since December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the globe sparing no continents, no countries. To date, the virus is estimated to have caused 675.7 million confirmed cases and 6.9 million deaths around the world. This public health crisis has exerted unprecedented disruptions on major social institutions - brought the global economy to its knees, causing a near-universal school closure for periods, lockdown or social distancing that forced most adults to work from home and children to have home-based care and learning.…