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1. What is the deadline?
The deadline for receipt of your application by email is midnight on April 1 every year.

2. Can I send in my application electronically or by mail?
Please complete and submit the google form and upload all the required files.

3. Can I apply for more than one award?
 Yes. You may apply for multiple awards. However, you may receive only one award from CCS.

4. What if my budget is larger than the fellowship I am applying for?
 Please submit an accurate budget. CCS...

PKU Summer Program Route 2

Route Two: From July 5 to July 19, 2025, the second cohort will visit Beijing, Yinchuan and Zhongwei (in Ningxia Province), Xi’an (in Shaanxi Province), and Chengdu (in Sichuan Province)

Participants should plan to arrive at PKU on July 5, 2025.

Program Highlights

Beijing

Lectures by PKU professors on China’...

PKU Summer Program Route 1

Route One: From June 26 to July 10, 2025, the first cohort will visit Beijing, Suzhou (in Jiangsu Province), Hangzhou (in Zhejiang Province), and Shanghai

Participants should plan to arrive at PKU on June 26, 2025.

Program Highlights

Beijing

Lectures by PKU professors on China’s development and globalization.

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The application for the 2025 Graduate Student Conference in Modern Chinese Humanities is now OPEN!

October 15, 2024

The application for the 2025 Graduate Student Conference in Modern Chinese Humanities is now OPEN. Interested students from all institutions within the U.S. and abroad must complete the online application form below, which contains a description of the paper topic and its significance (up to 250 words) and a short bio (up to 100 words including current institutional affiliation). Please note that proposals should address primary sources and current scholarship related to their paper topic. Applicants are welcome to present papers associated with ongoing or projected...

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Xiaojie Ma

Program Director
Center for Chinese Studies

Xiaojie Ma (马晓洁) manages the Center for Chinese Studies' programs, lectures and conferences and administrative matters. She holds a B.A. in English from University of International Business and Economics, and a Master's Degree in Pacific International Affairs from University of California, San Diego, with a career track of International Management. Prior to joining the CCS team, she served as the Program Manager from 2008-2012, and Assistant Director from 2013-2018 at the UCLA Confucius Institute, working on connecting the dots, filling the gaps and tapping into the tremendous resources...

Professor of Chinese Politics and former Chair of Center for Chinese Studies (1979-1983) Lowell Dittmer passed away on April 15, 2024.

April 17, 2024

Lowell Dittmer, professor of Chinese Politics and former Chair of the Center for Chinese Studies (1979-1983), died April 15th, 2024. He was a member of the Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley from 1978 until his retirement in 2022. He remained an active scholar and most recently published an edited volume, "China's Political Economy in the Xi Jinping Epoch." A memorial service is scheduled for Friday, April 26 at 1:00pm at Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit Street, Oakland 94609.

https://ieas.berkeley.edu/people/lowell-dittmer