Saturday, May 20
9：00 – 9:20 Welcome and Introductions
9:20 – 10:30 Defining the Chinese City – Ancient and Contemporary Perspectives 确定中国城市：古代与当代之角度 – Presentations
Moderator: Lik Hang Tsui 徐力恒 (Harvard University)
Gwen Bennett (McGill University), “The Archaeological Study of Cities in East Asia”
Chin-Yin Tseng 曾庆盈 (Dunhuang Academy), “Pingcheng of the Tuoba Northern Wei: The Mobile Court as a Variant of the Chinese Capital City”
Plácido González Martínez (Tongji University), “Urban Authenticity in China and History in the Making: Theoretical Questions and Practice in Beijing and Shanghai”
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:30 Defining the Chinese City – Ancient and Contemporary Perspectives 确定中国城市：古代与当代之角度 – Comments and Discussion
11:30 – 12:10 Keynote Presentation
李培德（香港大学），“十九世纪日本的城市现代化和香港”
12:10 – 1:45 Lunch
2:00 – 3:10 Cities through Dynasties and Crises 通过朝代转变与危机之城市 – Presentations
Moderator: Daniel Knorr (University of Chicago)
Hang Lin 林航 (Hangzhou Normal University), “From Closed Capital to Open Metropolis: Transformation of the Capital City in Tang and Song China, ca. 700-1100”
Lik Hang Tsui 徐力恒 (Harvard University), “Ouyang Xiu in the City: Urban Problems and Urbanization in the Eleventh Century”
罗晓翔 （南京大学）, ““国都记忆”与晚明南京形象之建构：兼论明清时期的城市观”
3:10 – 3:55 Cities through Dynasties and Crises 通过朝代转变与危机之城市 – Comments and Discussion
Moderator: 刘迎胜（南京大学）
3:55 – 4:10 Break
4:10 – 5:20 Imperialism and the Modern City 帝国主义下之近代城市 – Presentations
Moderator: 刘家峰 （山东大学）
John Carroll (University of Hong Kong), “The Entrance of Pandemonium: The British and Pre-Opium War Canton (Guangzhou)”
(Unfortunately, Prof. Carroll is unable to join us for the conference.)
Daniel Knorr (University of Chicago), “From fanjiao to kaibu: Trajectories of Modernity and Imperialism in Late Qing Jinan”
Hong Zhang 张泓 (University of Central Florida), “Internal Dynamics and External Forces at Work: Political, Economic and Cultural Changes Undergone by Tianjin during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries”
朱明（华东师范大学）, “法兰西帝国的全球城市网络”
5:20 – 6:05 Imperialism and the Modern City 帝国主义下之近代城市 – Comments and Discussion
6:15 Dinner
Sunday, May 21
9:00 – 10:10 The Politics of Urban Space 城市空间之权术 – Presentations
Moderator: 李培德（香港大学）
汤开建 （澳门大学），“直街、前地和堂区：澳门早期城市建设的几个问题”
侯庆斌 (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon)，“晚清上海城市治理中的法律移植与司法实践：以法租界中的违警罪为例”
谭刚（西南大学）, “城市广场的政治空间建构与政治动员——以重庆都邮街“精神堡垒”广场为中心（1937-1945）”
10:10 – 10:55 The Politics of Urban Space 城市空间之权术 – Comments and Discussion
10:55 – 11:10 Break
11:10 – 11:50 General Discussion
Moderators: 刘家峰 （山东大学）and Daniel Knorr (University of Chicago)
11:50 – 12:00 Closing Remarks