Written by Dr. Chang Lu 張露 The Church of San Simeone Piccolo, located opposite Santa Lucia Railway Station. Its neoclassical façade and portico, inspired by Rome's Pantheon, provide many travelers with their first glimpse of Venice. (Photo by the author) Venice: A Historic Hub of Chinese Studies in Italy The 26th Biennial Conference [...]
Written by Dr. Chang Lu 張露 Ca’ Foscari Palace, Venice. (Image courtesy of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.) From July 21 to 25, 2026, the 26th Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS)—one of the most important academic gatherings in the field of Chinese Studies in Europe—was held at Università Ca’ [...]
The 28th Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) was held on July 4–5, 2026, at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. Invited as an exhibitor, United Digital Publications (UDP) showcased its Lumen AI Search technology together with four major digital humanities collections, including Colonial Taiwan, Democratic Asia, and the Chinese Character Cultural Sphere. Through in-depth discussions conducted [...]
Showcasing Multilingual Retrieval Technology: Bringing Cultural Knowledge to Life From September 10 to 12, 2025, United Digital Publications (UDP) was honored to participate in the European Association of Sinological Librarians (EASL) Annual Conference in London. The event gathered leading scholars and librarians from across Europe, offering a unique platform to highlight the evolving role of [...]
UDP’s Mission: Sourcing Emerging Asian Journals Held June 1–4 in Kathmandu, the 2025 AAS-in-Asia Conference brought together over 1,400 scholars from 50 countries. UDP, one of the few exhibitors from Asia, attended to invite underrepresented Humanities and Social Science journals to the Taiwan Academic Classics (TAC) platform. More than 30 universities and research institutions approached [...]
The triennial World Congress of Taiwan Studies was held in grand form at Academia Sinica, Taipei, from May 21 to 23, 2025. United Digital Publications (UDP) was honored to be invited as an exhibitor and offered its congratulations with a floral tribute and a traditional eight-character couplet. Island and the World: Multiple Connections Amidst today’s [...]
From August 26 to 30, 2024, UDP participated as an exhibitor in the 25th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), held at Tallinn University, a prestigious institution in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn. Established in 1975 in Paris, EACS aims to “promote and advance academic development in Chinese studies in Europe [...]
The 8th World Association for Chinese Studies (WACS) Forum 2024 will be held in Poznań, Poland, and Prague, Czech Republic, from July 20th to July 22nd. “United Digital Publications” is the only on-site exhibitor. The conference topics are diverse and comprehensive, including modern Chinese history, Chinese literature research, linguistics, intellectual history, and even the application [...]
The 2024 AAS-in-Asia (Association for Asian Studies) conference was held from July 9 to 11 at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Indonesia, with the keynote theme “Revisiting Freedom versus Harmony […]
The 2024 “Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ)” had been held on July 6-7 at Sophia University in Tokyo, where UDP stands out as the only non-Japanese exhibitor. Founded in 1997, the conference predominantly attracts scholars from Japan or those researching in Japan, followed by North American and European academics, with a small percentage from Korea, [...]
