UBC undergraduate students are invited to submit abstracts for the UBC Undergraduate Conference of Chinese Studies 3-Minute Thesis Competition 2025, taking place at UBC from February to March 2025. This conference offers a valuable platform for students to present their research to UBC faculty and peers, fostering academic growth and collaboration. We welcome submissions from students exploring all fields of Chinese Studies. While proposals may be grounded in areas such as language, literature, theatre, cinema, art, history, and pop culture, we especially encourage interdisciplinary works that open new avenues for understanding Chinese Studies.
“UBC UCCS 3MT 2025”，暨2025年UBC漢學論壇，将于2025年2-3月举行。作为由UBC漢學社承办的汉学学术研讨大会，漢學論壇旨在展示与交流汉学领域的本科生学术研究作品，涵盖语言学、文学、戏剧、电影、艺术、历史和流行文化等多个领域。论坛采用“三分钟学术演讲（3-Minute Thesis Presentation）”的形式展开讨论。UBC漢學社诚邀UBC的学生积极参与、踊跃报名，提交论文摘要，与广大师生分享研究成果并开展交流活动。
Theme: Weaving Memories
In an old Chinese story, a young girl sits at her loom, weaving day after day, but by nightfall, her work disappears without a trace. Her endless labor becomes a symbol of the fleeting nature of our efforts, where what we create seems to vanish as quickly as it comes into being.
Memories are much the same, woven from the threads of time, only to slip through our fingers, leaving behind incomplete traces. Whether through words or images, we seek to capture and hold onto them, though they remain ever-shifting.
Literature, like memory, is a tapestry of many threads. All literary forms—poetry, fiction, drama, cinema, and art—stretch across history, binding us together in a shared fabric of experience. But even as we create, we are always at risk of losing. What remains, and what fades? Do we truly preserve the wisdom of the past, or are we left with only fragments?
Just as the woven fabric disappears with each passing day, the texts we read seem to vanish once absorbed. Yet, in reading, we weave memories of our own, reconstructing and reinterpreting what has come before.
We invite you to join us in exploring this endless weaving: to pull apart the threads of Chinese literature and culture, to unravel its myths and texture, and to ponder the ways in which memory, tradition, and the act of reading shape one another.
本届漢學論壇将围绕“編織記憶”的主题展开——
在古老的中国传说中，有一位织女终日辛勤劳作，然而，每当日暮时分，她织出的布帛却神秘地消失。这一故事成为人类努力易逝性之深刻隐喻，创造与消亡往往并存。
记忆亦如是，随时间的流转，宛如丝线织就，时而显现，时而消散，化作扑朔迷离的图案。文字与形象，明明是人类捕捉记忆的织网，却瞬息万变。
文艺，亦如一幅精美的织锦，由多重媒介交织而成：诗歌，小说，戏剧、电影、艺术。这些媒介如同经纬，缕缕编织出记忆的织物，为心灵披上华丽的衣裳。然而，记忆可能如同一副空荡荡的机杼，看似繁复，实则虚无。那记忆的飞梭，是否真正穿引古往今来的真知灼见，抑或仅是留下空洞的回响？
历历在目的文字与形象，何尝不是机杼上稍纵即逝的幻影，随时变化无端。然而，正是不懈的阅读，参与着记忆的永续编织，不断重构个人与集体记忆的无尽丝缕。
我们诚邀您阅读中国文学与文化这幅未完的织锦，梳理纵横经纬之间的彩丝灰线，揭示其中的奥妙与纹理，以崭新的读法补缀那亘古编织不息的记忆之网。
Submission Guidelines
Applicants should submit a 200-character (Chinese) or 150-word (English) abstract via the Self-nomination Link by January 15, 2025. Submissions will be reviewed for theoretical clarity, structure, contribution to the field, and alignment with the conference theme. Accepted proposals will proceed with instructions for submitting a 3-minute video presentation for the semi-finals.
欢迎各位同学踊跃投稿参与本届漢學論壇（报名链接），并向筹委会提交约200汉字的中文摘要或150单词的英文摘要。投稿作品不受专业限制，研究方向可以包括语言学、文学、戏剧、电影、艺术、历史、流行文化研究，以及其他广泛学科或跨学科领域的研究作品。所有投稿作品将会依据理论清晰度、提案结构、对相关领域的贡献等标准进行评审。入围结果将以电子邮件的形式通知。有关提交演讲录像的具体方式及初赛的详细安排，将在通知邮件中具体说明。
Competition Format
UCCS 3MT 2025 consists of two stages:
1. Virtual Competition (Semi-finals): Presenters will share their pre-recorded 3-minute video presentations on the conference’s Canvas site. The semi-finals run from February 1-28, 2025.
2. In-person Competition (Final): The top 10 finalists will each deliver a 3-minute presentation based on their academic paper, without a Q&A session. The final round will be held on March 28, 2025, at UBC Nest.
本届漢學論壇将分为两个阶段的比赛。线上初赛将于2025年2月1日至28日在UCCS的UBC Canvas平台上进行，届时参赛选手的演讲视频将在平台上发布。最终入围决赛的10位选手将于2025年3月28日齐聚UBC Nest，进行线下决赛。决赛中，选手们将围绕各自的学术课题，进行3分钟的现场学术演讲，向师生展示研究成果。诚邀同学们踊跃投稿，让2025年UBC漢學論壇听到你的声音！
You may also scan the following QR code to submit your abstract via smartphone.
扫描下方二维码亦可在智能手机上报名、投稿。
