Center for Chinese Studies

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...

Postdoctoral Fellow Application Instructions

Postdoctoral Fellows (CCS)

Chinese Studies Capstone Workshop for Undergraduates - Apply Now!

September 9, 2022

chinese_studies_capstone_workshop_call for proposals.pdf

CCS Working Group Applications due by January 23, 2023

November 17, 2022

The Center for Chinese Studies is currently accepting new applications for the working group program in the AY2022-23 in support of research in the humanities and the social sciences. This program will provide opportunities for smaller groups of Berkeley faculty and advanced graduate students to share their research in progress, garner thoughtful and detailed feedback on papers or grants, brainstorm new projects, and discuss the latest published research...

https://ieas.berkeley.edu/ccs-working-groups

Aihwa Ong (Emerita)

Anthropology

Global technologies, modes of governing, technoscientific assemblages, and citizenship in particular Asian contexts of emergence.