Center for Chinese Studies

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...

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

In Memoriam - CCS

Peking Opera Artist Wei Hai-Min's Public Lecture is Available on YouTube!

January 23, 2024
Wei Hai-Min and Her Personae: Jingju in Our Time Friday, October 27, 2023 Goldman Theater, David Brower Center, Berkeley Interpretation: Bi-qi Beatrice Lei Wei Hai Min traveled to North America as a 2023 Asian Cultural Council Fellow. This event was co-sponsored by Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, UC Berkeley.

Lecture and Demo: "Wei Hai-Min and Her Personae: Jingju in Our Time" drew a crowd in Berkeley.

November 7, 2023

World Journal

https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121368/7552507?from=wj_catelistnews

Cyril Birch

Professor Cyril Birch, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature, died in Albany, California, on May 19, 2023. He was 98 years old.

John Jamieson

John Jamieson received his BA, MA and Ph.D. at Berkeley. Professor of Oriental Languages, he also lived abroad for long periods of time, serving as the Director of the Stanford University Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies, and as academic advisor to the United States Embassy in Beijing, China, In 1971, he participated in what was then known as "Ping...

Pang-hsin Ting

Agassiz Professor of Chinese emeritus Pang-hsin Ting 丁邦新 passed away on January 30, 2023. Professor Ting, an internationally renowned linguist, was professor of Chinese linguistics at UC Berkeley from 1989 until 1994. He then moved to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he served as Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.Professor Ting's research made lasting contributions to historical tonal reconstruction as well as the classification of Chinese dialects. His works on Sino-Tibetan linguistics and Austronesian languages remain major references for scholars...

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