The Confucius Institutes of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) are working together to organise a workshop on European and Chinese Perspectives on International RElations Theory on the morning of 4 June 2018 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel. The workshop will be held in room D.1.07 on the VUB Etterbeek Campus. We have the pleasure to invite you to participate in this workshop. 

The draft agenda of the workshop is as follows.

Chairs of the workshop are:

• Prof. Dr. SONG Xinning, Renmin University of China & VUB
• Dr. FENG Yuan, ULB

Presentations will be given by:

• Prof. dr. Mario Telo, ULB. European Perspective on IR Theory
• Prof. dr. Yaqing QIN, China Foreign Affairs University. China’s Rise and Innovation in IR Theory
• Prof. dr. Xiaoming ZHANG, Peking University. The New Civilization Norm: China and International Norm
• Prof. dr. Zhongqiao DUAN, Renmin University of China. Marxist Studies in Chinese University
• Prof. dr. Yongjin ZHANG, University of Bristol, UK. China, Liberal Teleology and the Question of Order
• Dr. Silvia Menegazzi, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy. Understanding new initiatives in China's Foreign Policy: The Incoming Pluralism of Global Governance

Other scholars taking part in discussion:

•  Prof. Yong WU, Yanshan University
• Prof. Tianhong LUO, Renmin University of China
• Prof. Shujing ZHANG, China University of Political Science and Law
• Prof. Xing LI, University of Aalborg, Denmark