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Call for Papers for a special issue of Event Management:

‘Event Management in the Chinese Century’

Changes in political economy, the rise of emerging economies outside of the

traditionally USA-dominated trans-Atlantic region and the globalisation of culture enabled by

democratised technological channels, have led to profound shifts in the balance of the global

economy. Attempting to explain this geopolitical shift, commentators and academics have

introduced terms such as the ‘Chinese Century’ (Beckley, 2012; Brands, 2018; Hartley, 2008;

Hongling, 2015; Pan, 2013; Stiglitz, 2015), the ‘Pacific Century’ (Borthwick, 2018; Scott,

2008) and the ‘Asian Century’ (Atonopoulos, 2017; Morrison, 2014). Taken together, these

terms describe the move towards a world economy centred increasingly on the Asia-Pacific

region, where emerging and resurgent economies are coming to play a more assertive role in

the development of international trade, public diplomacy and security. In particular, the

People’s Republic of China (PRC) has recently become the 2nd largest economy in the world,

and is poised to become the world’s largest economy by 2030 (Kennedy, 2018).

There has been a rapid, recent growth in events management education in the Asia-

Pacific region. Large numbers of students from across this region now study abroad in the

institutions that have dominated events management research in the UK, Australia and the

USA, and competition to recruit these students is fierce. Increasing numbers of papers are

being published in international journals by academics from institutions across the Asia-

Pacific, and a new generation of events management academics from the region can now be

found working in universities all over the world.

The aim of this special issue is to consider the impact of these macro-level changes on

the events industry and research into events, and to help to address a geographical, but also an

ideological and cultural, imbalance in events management research, which has tended to focus

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on the traditionally dominant global economies of North America, Western Europe and

Australasia (Kim & Kaewnuch, 2018; Robertson et al., 2018; Spracklen & Lamond, 2016).

Recent research has begun to engage with this new context in areas as diverse as education

(Werner et al, 2018), events and public diplomacy (Wang, 2018), regional development

(Hussain, et al., 2018), the growth of the Chinese events industry (Liu & Lou, 2018) and mega

events (Liang, et al., 2016).

The implications of these, and related developments for research and practice have yet

to be comprehensively studied in events management, despite having been a focus of attention

in the related fields of tourism and hospitality, and in other academic areas. This special issue

aims to address this by becoming a reference point for future scholarship in events management

and events studies which engage with this topic.

Anticipated themes

Papers for this special issue should engage with the context of the Chinese Century, and

the implications of this for events management research and practice. Relevant, recently

published research has include the following thematic areas, suggesting that they are worthy of

further examination, although the list is not intended to be exhaustive.

• Event Management Education

• The Development of the Chinese Events Industry

• The Political Economy of Events and Public Diplomacy using Events

• Events and Regional Development

• Innovation in the Events Industry

• Events and Urban Development

• Mega-Events

Guest editors:

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James Kennell, Mingguang Liu,

Department of Marketing, Events and Zheijang International Studies University,

Tourism, University of Greenwich, 299 Liuhe Road,

London SE10 9LS Xihu District,

United Kingdom Hangzhou City,

Telephone: +44 (0)2028 331 9053 Zhejiang Province,

Email: j.s.kennell@gre.ac.uk Peoples’ Republic of China

Telephone: +86 (0)751 8821 8246

Email: lmg_001@zisu.edu.cn

Manuscript submission

Authors should submit to James Kennell (j.s.kennell@gre.ac.uk). In the first instance, authors

should submit an abstract for consideration and feedback, according to the timeframe below.

Timeframe

Call for papers: September 2019

Abstracts for consideration: 13th January 2020

Feedback on abstracts: 21st February 2020

Submission of manuscripts: 9th September 2020

Planned publication date: 2021

Peer review

This journal operates a double-blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed

by the editor for suitability for Event Management. Papers deemed suitable are then typically

sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the

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paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of

articles. The Editor’s decision is final. This journal uses double-blind review, which means the

identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa.

Manuscripts

Clearly indicate all main and subheadings. Follow the APA Publication Manual (6th edition)

guidelines for citing references in the text (see below) and for the reference list. All figures and

tables must be cited in the text in the orderin which they appear (do not incorporate figures and

tables within the body of the text; include at the end of the file, each on a separate page). The

file should be arranged as: title-only cover page, title page (following the guidelinesabove

under Title Page), abstract and 3 to 5 key words, main body text, reference list, figure legends,

tables, and figures (or provide figures in a separate file).

Reference style

References: The reference list should be arranged in alphabetical order. Follow APA

Publication Manual (6th edition) for text and reference list citations, per the examples below.

[Note: always provide citation page number(s) for quoted material.] Include in the reference

list only those cited in the text and ensure that all text citations have an entry in the reference

list.

Text citations: (Gunn, 1990) or (Fesenmaier et al., 1994; Mazanec, 1992, 1993; Uysal &

Gitelson, 1994) or (Crompton, 1979, p. 411) (for quoted material). Note that names are to be

alphabetical within the parenthetical, NOT by date order.

Journal article: Crouch, I. G. (1994). The study of international tourism demand: A review of

findings. Journal of Travel Research, 33(1), 12–23.

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Book citation: Witt, E. S., & Witt, C. A. (1992). Modeling and forecasting in tourism. London:

Academic Press.

Book chapter in edited book: Frechtling, C. D. (1994). Assessing the impacts of travel and

tourism: Measuring economic benefits. In J. R. Brent Ritchie & C. R. Goeldner (Eds.), Travel,

tourism, and hospitality research (2nd ed., pp. 367–391). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Internet Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (2009). The

impact of culture on tourism. Retrieved from http://www.oecdbookshop.org

Please note that citations such as “personal communication” should be cited parenthetically in

the text only. Do not include in the reference list.

Click on Submitting Articles tab for author guidelines.

References

Antonopoulos, P. (2017). The Kangaroo, the Bear, and the Dragon: Australia-Russia-China

Relations in the “Asian Century”. China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies,

3(03), 411-428.

Beckley, M. (2012). China's century? Why America's edge will endure. International Security,

36(3), 41-78.

Borthwick, M. (2018). Pacific century: The emergence of modern Pacific Asia. Routledge.

Brands, H. (2018). The Chinese Century? The National Interest. 19. Retrieved from

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-chinese-century-24557

Hartley, J. (2008). The Future Is An Open Future: Cultural Studies at the end of the 'Long

Twentieth Century' and the beginning of the 'Chinese Century'. Cultural Science

Journal. 1(1). DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/csci.1

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Hongling, L. (2015). The “Chinese Century” and the dynamics of knowledge in a longue durée.

Cultural Dynamics. 27(2). 227-239.

Hussain, K., Kumar, J., Kannan, S., & Nor, M. M. (2017). Investigating the Size and Economic

Value of the Business Tourist Market in Malaysia. Event Management. 21(4). 497-514.

Kennedy, S. (2018). China Will Overtake the U.S. in Less Than 15 Years, HSBC Says.

Bloomberg. Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-

25/hsbc-sees-china-economy-set-to-pass-u-s-as-number-one-by-2030

Kim, Y. H., & Kaewnuch, K. (2018). Finding the Gaps in Event Management Research: A

Descriptive Meta-Analysis. Event Management. 22(3). 453-467.

Liang, Y. W., Wang, C. H., Tsaur, S. H., Yen, C. H., & Tu, J. H. (2016). Mega-event and urban

sustainable development. International Journal of Event and Festival Management.

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Liu, Z. & Lou, J. (2018). Evaluation of the Development of China's Urban Exhibition Industry.

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Morrison, C. E. (2014). The Asia-Pacific Cooperation Agenda: Moving from Regional

Cooperation Toward Global Leadership. Asia-Pacific Issues. 116.

Pan, C. (2013). The Asian/Chinese century from the Chinese perspective, Griffith Asia

Quarterly. 1(1). 30-52.

Robertson, M., Ong, F., Lockstone-Binney, L., & Ali-Knight, J. (2018). Critical Event Studies:

Issues and Perspectives. Event Management. 22(6). 865-874.

Scott, D. (2007). The 21st century as whose century? Journal of World-Systems Research.

13(2). 96-118.

Stiglitz, J. E. (2015). The Chinese Century. Vanity Fair. Retrieved from

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/01/china-worlds-largest-economy.

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Wang, C. (2018). Historical Status of Beijing Asian Games and Historical Journey of China as

a World Sports Power. Journal of Beijing Sport University. 41(8). 41-45

Werner, K., Wang, C., & Gray, C. (2018). Comparative Global Perspectives of Event

Management Education: Lessons from a Sino-German Double Degree Event

Management Program. Event Management. 22(6). 1027-1046.

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