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- ↑ Summer School Application Form 2010 [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ October Conference 2010 [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ June 2008, Conference, Chinese-American Scholars Association, Cracow, Poland
- ↑ Cracow Summer School Workshop 2009 [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ GRU Members Conference October 2009 [ permanent dead link ]