I. Germany Seminar on Cultural Conceptual Theories and Research Models was held in SISU

With the joint effort of our center and Foreign Literature Studies Institute, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Seminar on Cultural Conceptual Theories and Research Models was held on SISU campus on March 24 and 25 ^th , 2007. More than 40 scholars, teachers and students from Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Fu Dan University, Shanghai International Studies University, Tianjin Foreign Studies University, Hunan Normal University, Hangzhou Normal University and Sichuan International Studies University participated in the seminar. They were all active in either delivering speeches airing out opinions or in discussing the concerned issues. With the perspective of cultural theories and cultural studies, the participants concentrated on cultural perceptional theories in cultural studies and Historical anthropology, Important model in Germen literature studies,  Relation between sensory perception and media technology (relations between visual sense, sense of hearing, writings, graphs and media techniques), transformation of perceptional issues in difference historical circumstances. The atmosphere at the seminar was exciting and enthusiastic, and the discussion was profound and thorough.    

II. The 9th China Foreign Literature Annual Conference was held in SISU

Held by China and Foreign Culture Studies Center and Foreign Language Studies Center, the 9 ^th China Foreign Literature Annual Conference was held in SISU from October 27 ^th to 29 ^th, 2007. More than 200 scholars and professionals attended the conference. Deputy-Director of the Center, Prof. Zhang Xuchun and participating scholars Prof. Shen Dan, Prof. Ye Tingfang, Prof. Wang Shouren, Prof. Liu Yading were the main speakers at the conference.

The papers submitted to the conference were accounted more than 140, and the participating institutions ranged from China Association of Foreign Literature Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University, Renmin University of China to other more than 56 universities and institutes.  

Well-famed journals as Foreign Literature Review, Foreign Literature Studies, World Literature, World Literature Recent Developments, Wenyi Bao were at the conference reporting the event. Publishers as Yilin Publishing House, Hunan Renmin Publishing House, Chongqing Publishing House were also present at the conference.

III. 2009 Chongqing Comparative Literature Association Annual Conference and Sichuan-Chongqing First Comparative Literature Seminar