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Introduction

Welcome to the website of the China Postgraduate Network.

The China Postgraduate Network (CPN) provides a forum for the growing number of postgraduates, young scholars and research fellows engaged in all aspects of Chinese Studies at British universities.

This website provides space to share information regarding forthcoming conferences and job opportunities, arrange meetings and provide mutual support for research. The continued success of the CPN depends upon the active involvement of its members in fostering a vibrant community for Chinese Studies in the UK. We actively encourage you to use the facilities on this website, and hope that the CPN will become one of your first ports of call for information and advice, as well as allowing you to connect with others working in your field.

The CPN is affiliated to the British Association of Chinese Studies (BACS), a non-political organisation whose members are drawn from the academic community and also industry, the media and government. Details of its activities, including information concerning funding opportunities and its own annual conference, may be found at http://www.bacsuk.org.uk/index.html.

The CPN has support from the British Inter-University China Centre, which has kindly agreed to host our web pages.

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding membership or the activities of the CPN, please feel free to contact Daniel Roberts (d.w.roberts [at] LSE.ac.uk).

Please also consider joining our free mailing list (details below), and thank you for visiting our website.

 

Who We Are

Daniel Roberts is Convenor of the China Postgraduate Network. After completing a Masters degree at St Andrews, he joined the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics. His doctoral research is concerned with change and continuity in Chinese family life during the twentieth century, drawing on long-term fieldwork in rural Zhejiang province. He has also written articles on memory and the state in East Asia, the morality of contemporary kinship relations and internal migration.

Lina Chun is the Advisor. Lina is a D.Phil. student from Hong Kong. Her research interest focuses on environmental issues in China, especially water.

Astrid Nordin is the Communicator. Astrid is a PhD student at the University of Manchester and studying international politics in the UK and Hong Kong.

Isabella Jackson is the Membership Secretary. She is undertaking her PhD at Bristol, studying the history of Shanghai.

Tehyun Ma is Web Editor for the China Postgraduate Network.

 

Mailing List

The CPN has an active mailing list for members to post relevant news items. To subscribe, make amendments to your subscription and view previous postings go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cpn.html.

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CFP CHINA POSTGRADUATE NETWORK 4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, London School of Economics 30 June - 1 July 2011
The Annual Conference provides an opportunity for participants to present their research and receive feedback, listen to keynote speeches by leading experts and network with colleagues from across the UK. There is no guiding theme for the conference, and proposals are invited for panels or individual papers on any topic relating to the study of China. Presenters will speak for approximately twenty minutes and may present work in progress, dissertations and thesis chapters or papers for publication.A ccommodation within walking distance of the London School of Economics will be provided on the nights of June 29 and June 30 for those travelling from outside London and presenting papers or chairing sessions. Please complete te application form and return by 4 May, 5pm. For all queries, please email Daniel Roberts <mail@dwroberts.com>.

PGCE for Teachers of Mandarin Chinese at the Institute of Education, Univ of London
The course will begin in September 2011. For course prospectus, please click here. Details for training bursary can be found here.

CFP 24th Annual ACPS Conference "100 Years after the Chinese Revolution", King's College, London, 17-19 June 2011
The theme of this year's Association of Chinese Political Studies Conference is "100 Years after the Chinese Revolution: Reflections and Forecasts". Deadline for proposals is 6 March 2011. For more details, please click here

CFP ISHEASTM Conference on the History of Science in East Asia, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, PRC, 25-29 July 2011
The theme for the International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine international conference will be "Science and Cultural Heritage." Deadline for abstracts 1 May 2011.  For more information, please click here.

 POSITION Research Assistant, Human Rights Law Centre, School of Law, Univ of Nottingham
Applications are invited for the post to assist research on defamation in China. For more further details, please click here. Closing date 17 March 2011

POSITION Doctoral Fellowships, Heidelberg University, Cluster of Excellence: "Asia and Europe in a Global Context"
Heidelberg University welcomes applications for eight doctoral scholarships. For more information about the Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies and the scholarships please click here. Deadline for applications 31 March 2011.

Conference "Chinese Investment and African Agency", Oxford University, 11-12 March 2011
This ESRC funded Conference, hosted  by the Department of Politics and International Relations, will bring together academics, policy makers, NGO workers and business people from Europe, China and Africa to discuss environmental and labour issues, Sino-African energy policy and debates around trade, investment and aid. For more details and registration information, please click here.

APPLY The BISA PGN Conference/Workshop Funding Competition 2011
The British International Studies Association Postgraduate Network have funding available to support events that enhance the development of the postgraduate international studies research community. For more information please click here. Applications should be completed and returned by 5pm on 9 March 2011.

CFP The United States and China: Past, Present and Future Interactions
The Political Perspectives is a peer-reviewed electronic journal for postgrad research in political studies by grad students at the Univ of Manchester. The journal's primary aim is to engender intellectual conversations across politics and facilitate graduate students on their pathway to publication. A forthcoming issue of Political Perspectives focuses on the US and China. Contributions (6,000-8,000 words in length) related to this topic from postgrad researchers are welcomed. Deadline for submissions is 22 April 2011. For more information please click here.


CPF Journal of Chinese Military History
Editors of this new journal invite article submissions on Chinese military history from any period (from Yao to Mao and even beyond, and do not have to pertain exclusively to China). Deadline for submissions to the first issue is 10 Jan 2011. For more information please contact David Curtis Wright, Univ of Calgary <wrightd@ucalgary.ca>.

CFP Taking Control, SOAS, University of London, 12 March 2011
This conference is concerned with control. On what it means today under globalised late capitalism to take or be in control of institutions, whether political, economic, or academic.Conference website.

CFP CHINA POSTGRADUATE NETWORK 4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, London School of Economics 30 June - 1 July 2011
The Annual Conference provides an opportunity for participants to present their research and receive feedback, listen to keynote speeches by leading experts and network with colleagues from across the UK. There is no guiding theme for the conference, and proposals are invited for panels or individual papers on any topic relating to the study of China. Presenters will speak for approximately twenty minutes and may present work in progress, dissertations and thesis chapters or papers for publication.A ccommodation within walking distance of the London School of Economics will be provided on the nights of June 29 and June 30 for those travelling from outside London and presenting papers or chairing sessions. Please complete te application form and return by 4 May, 5pm. For all queries, please email Daniel Roberts <mail@dwroberts.com>.

PGCE for Teachers of Mandarin Chinese at the Institute of Education, Univ of London
The course will begin in September 2011. For course prospectus, please click here. Details for training bursary can be found here.

CFP 24th Annual ACPS Conference "100 Years after the Chinese Revolution", King's College, London, 17-19 June 2011
The theme of this year's Association of Chinese Political Studies Conference is "100 Years after the Chinese Revolution: Reflections and Forecasts". Deadline for proposals is 6 March 2011. For more details, please click here

CFP ISHEASTM Conference on the History of Science in East Asia, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, PRC, 25-29 July 2011
The theme for the International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine international conference will be "Science and Cultural Heritage." Deadline for abstracts 1 May 2011.  For more information, please click here.

 POSITION Research Assistant, Human Rights Law Centre, School of Law, Univ of Nottingham
Applications are invited for the post to assist research on defamation in China. For more further details, please click here. Closing date 17 March 2011

POSITION Doctoral Fellowships, Heidelberg University, Cluster of Excellence: "Asia and Europe in a Global Context"
Heidelberg University welcomes applications for eight doctoral scholarships. For more information about the Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies and the scholarships please click here. Deadline for applications 31 March 2011.

Conference "Chinese Investment and African Agency", Oxford University, 11-12 March 2011
This ESRC funded Conference, hosted  by the Department of Politics and International Relations, will bring together academics, policy makers, NGO workers and business people from Europe, China and Africa to discuss environmental and labour issues, Sino-African energy policy and debates around trade, investment and aid. For more details and registration information, please click here.

APPLY The BISA PGN Conference/Workshop Funding Competition 2011
The British International Studies Association Postgraduate Network have funding available to support events that enhance the development of the postgraduate international studies research community. For more information please click here. Applications should be completed and returned by 5pm on 9 March 2011.

CFP The United States and China: Past, Present and Future Interactions
The Political Perspectives is a peer-reviewed electronic journal for postgrad research in political studies by grad students at the Univ of Manchester. The journal's primary aim is to engender intellectual conversations across politics and facilitate graduate students on their pathway to publication. A forthcoming issue of Political Perspectives focuses on the US and China. Contributions (6,000-8,000 words in length) related to this topic from postgrad researchers are welcomed. Deadline for submissions is 22 April 2011. For more information please click here.


CPF Journal of Chinese Military History
Editors of this new journal invite article submissions on Chinese military history from any period (from Yao to Mao and even beyond, and do not have to pertain exclusively to China). Deadline for submissions to the first issue is 10 Jan 2011. For more information please contact David Curtis Wright, Univ of Calgary <wrightd@ucalgary.ca>.

CFP Taking Control, SOAS, University of London, 12 March 2011
This conference is concerned with control. On what it means today under globalised late capitalism to take or be in control of institutions, whether political, economic, or academic.Conference website.

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Following is a short list of links on various aspects of China and Chinese studies. Please feel free to send me as many links as you can find.

General

 

http://www.sinologic.com/ChinaLinks.html

http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/

A vast number of sites on many aspects of China on both these links, although some of the sites may no longer work.

http://www.wreac.org/

White Rose East Asia Centre, based at Leeds and Sheffield.

http://www.wagnet.ox.ac.uk/

Women and Gender in Chinese Studies Network.

 

Foreign Policy/International Relations

 

http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/research/asia/

Chatham house is a foreign policy think tank, and has links with BACS. If you are interested in getting involved, the under-35’s forum provides a platform for debate and networking. Apologies to those older postgraduates.

 

Electronic Resources

 

http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/
China History Forum.

http://chp.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/

A growing collection of Historical Photographs of China from the team at the University of Bristol.

http://virtualshanghai.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/

Photos, maps, bibliography, articles... anything you could want on old Shanghai.

http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/

Digital silk roads project. Includes access to archives, maps and information.

http://www.bc.edu/research/chinagateway/culthist/libArch.html

Link to major archives in China and Taiwan.

http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chinesehistory/chinese_archives.htm

List of local archives in China. Adjunct to Esherick’s book on the subject.

http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/chinesehistory/pgp/index.html
Useful reviews and essays on modern Chinese historiography.
http://www.cadal.zju.edu.cn/Index.action
Digital library, searchable in English or Chinese.

Sites/Blogs on Contemporary China

 

http://www.thechinabeat.org/
A blog led by Jeffrey Wasserstrom with some good quality academic contributions.

http://www.froginawell.net/china/
Academic blog on aspects of Chinese history

http://www.danwei.org/

Media and PR, with its own internet TV show. Some good stuff.

http://www.chinadialogue.net/

Environmental issues in English and Chinese.

http://www.zonaeuropa.com/weblog.htm

Translates items of interest from the Chinese media.

http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com/

Good source of news on NGOs in Beijing.

http://www.slmagazine.co.uk/index.php
New bilingual magazine Shanghai-London.
http://www.chinadigitaltimes.net/
Site run by Berkeley collecting various articles on contemporary China.

 

Language


http://www.chinesespeakers.org/
Association for Speakers of Chinese as a Second Language website.

http://www.chinesetutor.net/

Online Chinese lessons.

http://www.imandarinpod.com/

Online Chinese lessons.

http://www.chinesepod.com/

Online Chinese lessons.

http://cn.wordmind.com/

Chinese-english dictionary.

http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/

Japanese English dictionary.

Funding

http://www.gbcc.org.uk/grants.htm

 

 

 

 

Last updated 6  March 2011

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