Seán Golden, a member of the Inter-Asia research group, was the keynote speaker at the Summer School in Chinese Studies organised by the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS) at the Università Ca'Foscari Venezia in collaboration with the Dipartamento di Studi sull'Asia e sull'Africa Mediterranea (DSAAM) of Ca'Foscari and the Istituto Confucio presso l'Università Ca'Foscari Venezia from 2-6 September 2013.
The EACS Summer School in Chinese Studies 2013 was dedicated to History and Historiography in Imperial China and the Encounter with the West. Seán Golden spoke on The Role and Meaning of Imperial History in Contemporary China.