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  Research Centers and Institutes | Keio University
The central aim of the Institute is to meet contemporary academic demands connected with the study of human language, through studies of the languages and cultures of various parts of the world in different periods of history.
The Institute was founded in 1984 as the Keio Center for Area Studies, as part of the project commemorating the 125th anniversary of the founding of Keio University.
The institute promotes the creation of contextual digital content, and is engaged in the development of research, the advancement of international distribution, and the cultivation of personnel resources in conjunction with other institutions.
www.keio.ac.jp /english/research/resaorg.html   (2210 words)

  
 Study Abroad Programs & Study Abroad Advisor Information — IIEPassport.org
To get started, you can either search for a study abroad program, or go to our study abroad student center for a variety of helpful articles, our study abroad student guide, and many other resources that can help you decide what country might be right for you.
Study abroad for a semester, summer, or year with NYU at one of our signature centers in Africa, Asia, or Europe.
Study abroad on a semester, year, or short-term CEA program in countries such as Spain, France, Italy, the UK, Australia and more.
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  SMM1078L Lecturer/Associate Professor in Contemporary Chinese Studies - Vacancies - Human Resources Department - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Applications are invited for the above post based in the Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies, available from 1 May 2007 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Applications are particularly welcome from candidates with research interests in at least one of the following areas: political economy of contemporary reforms, the institutional dimensions of Chinese social and economic restructuring, politics and international relations, business studies or international trade, urban and regional planning, and health, welfare or science and innovation policy.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the development of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching on contemporary China broadly conceived and should be able to contribute to a range of other Chinese studies courses.
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk /SMM1078L   (292 words)

  
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 Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies is located at the University of Nottingham, England.
It is an interdisciplinary institute studying the commerce, culture, and society of China, and promoting links with that country.
Ma Zhengang, the Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Institute_of_Contemporary_Chinese_Studies   (137 words)

  
 China to become worlds largest economy by 2038 - 26-Mar-07: China Macro Various article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Professor Yao holds the chair in Chinese Economics and Sustainable Development at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies and the China Policy Institute at The University of Nottingham.
The new School was established on January 1, to incorporate the previous Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies and house the China Policy Institute, a thinktank on China established in 2003 to raise the level of understanding of China in the UK.
He is now head of The University of Nottingham's new School of Contemporary Chinese Studies — the first of its kind in the UK to focus solely on the study of contemporary China.
www.supplychain.cn /en/art/?1635   (701 words)

  
 School of Contemporary Chinese Studies - School of Contemporary Chinese Studies - The University of Nottingham
School of Contemporary Chinese Studies - School of Contemporary Chinese Studies - The University of Nottingham
The School of Contemporary Chinese Studies is recognised as a national leader in the provision of high quality, discipline-based degree programmes which incorporate the study of China.
Two new courses: MSc Management in Contemporary China and MA Contemporary Chinese Studies are announced..
www.nottingham.ac.uk /chinese-studies   (94 words)

  
 Welcome To ICS : Institute Of Chinese Studies ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Honorary Fellows   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sreemati Chakrabarti is Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chinese Studies, CSDS, Delhi.
Tan Chung (b.1929) is an Emeritus Fellow of the Institute of Chinese Studies.
Tan Yun-shan (1898-1983) of Santiniketan who was a pioneer of Chinese studies in India and Sino-Indian studies, and contributed to the building up of the Chinese studies programmes in Delhi Universtiy and Jawaharlal Nehru University from 1964 up till 1994 when he finally retired from JNU as Professor of Chinese.
www.icsin.org /fellows.html   (2010 words)

  
 Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is one of the premier institutions for the study of East Asia in the United States.
The Institute and its regional centers sponsor a wide variety of activities including academic seminars and colloquia series, public lectures, cultural events, and other programs that facilitate appreciation of the multifaceted Pacific Rim.
It is the mission of the Institute to foster interaction among the academic, business, and professional communities on issues related to East Asia.
ieas.berkeley.edu   (214 words)

  
 Welcome to the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University
Collections of Chinese artefacts are in the Ashmolean Museum, the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Museum of the History of Science.
The nerve-centre of the present teaching programme is the Institute for Chinese Studies, which stands in the heart of central Oxford.
A special unit within the Institute, the Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, is developing new multimedia language-teaching materials in modern Chinese.
www.orinst.ox.ac.uk /ea/chinese   (690 words)

  
 Asia Institute : Programs : Chinese Language and Studies
Undergraduate students may choose to complement their study of the Chinese language with a wide range of subjects on Chinese culture and society, acquiring not only a solid basis for language competence in later professional life but also the wherewithal for advancing their social and cultural literacy.
Research on Chinese language teaching is pursued by Diane Manwaring, while Gao Jia pursues a range of topics on the sociology of contemporary China and the overseas Chinese.
A key feature of the Chinese language program is advanced-level subjects like Chinese Legal Documents and Chinese Economic Documents, which provide students with experience in applying their Chinese language skills to areas of major professional interest.
www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au /programs/chinese.html   (1132 words)

  
 Center for East Asian Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ancient Chinese writers considered sexual activity to be an essential component of humanity, and the study of human sexuality to be essential to the study of human history.
Study of tombs and tomb decoration of emperors and officials in China, Korea, and Japan from the pre-Buddhist era through the 19th century.
We begin with the Song Dynasty transformation: the rise of gentry society and imperial absolutism, the institution of Confucian orthodoxy, the shift of the population and the economic center of gravity to the south, the commercialization of the economy, and change in the relative status of women and men.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /ceas/eacourses.html   (14778 words)

  
 University of Nottingham: Chair   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This post will be held jointly in the Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies and the China Policy Institute currently located in China House on the main University Park campus.
At an appropriate point in the future, the successful candidate will be expected to assume the Directorship of the Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr A Marton, Director, Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies tel: 0115 846 6322 or Elizabeth Wright, Executive Chair, China Policy Institute, tel: 0115 846 7769.
www.jobs.ac.uk /jobfiles/SD699.html   (315 words)

  
 China
This institute is staffed with some extremely competent people, including ex-ambassadors, but few are dedicated to arms control and non-proliferation as a primary area of study.
The number of individual factories, schools, research institutes, and marketing organizations under the industrial ministries and corporations is in the thousands, and their degree of autonomy from central control seems to be changing as they become more financially and politically independent of central resources.
This material is produced independently for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents.
nti.org /db/china/part2b.htm   (616 words)

  
 Narrative and Metanarrative in Chinese Painting Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Reasons include the prominence of museums, with their growing collections, as centers for this study, and exhibitions and associated symposia as generating much of it.
It is in this historic context that the verbal/visual controversy in the study of Chinese painting plays a key role, indicating a new direction in contemporary Chinese academia.
Chinese Painting, like all books (or works of art), is a product of its time, editorial circumstances, and surrounding discursive environment.
www.arthistory-archaeology.umd.edu /events/ConferenceChinesePaintingStudies.htm   (1202 words)

  
 Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley
The Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) is the largest and most active research unit within the Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS).
Established in 1957 with funding from the Ford Foundation and the State of California, the Center's mission was to coordinate and support the study of contemporary China on the Berkeley campus.
As materials from and about the People's Republic of China and Chinese Communist Party history became plentiful, the reading room was transformed into the Center for Chinese Studies Library and a full-time librarian was hired to build its collection and serve its growing number of faculty, students, and scholar patrons.
ieas.berkeley.edu /ccs   (441 words)

  
 Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies : Asia Link Project - Durham University
The Asia Link Programme was launched at the beginning of 2002 as an initiative by the European Union (EU) to foster regional and multilateral networking between higher education institutions in European Union Member States and South Asia, Southeast Asia and China.
In particular, the study of contemporary China has taken on an increased importance due to China's rapid economic growth and expanding political and cultural influence.
The main objective of the project is to broaden and deepen the study of contemporary Asia in both Europe and China, through an expansion of existing ties between Durham, Renmin University of China, and the Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB).
www.dur.ac.uk /china.studies/asia   (435 words)

  
 Department of East Asian Studies -- New York University
Established 1926, China Institute in America is a nonprofit, non-partisan educational and cultural institution that promotes the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of traditional and contemporary Chinese civilization, culture and heritage, and provides the cultural and historical context for understanding contemporary China.
The Institute carries out their mission through classroom teaching and seminars, art exhibitions, public programs for children and adults, teacher education and curriculum development, lectures and symposia and business programming.
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library: an authoritative, continuously updated hypertext guide and access tool to scholarly information resources about the Asian continent as a whole, as well as with individual Asian regions, countries, and territories.
www.nyu.edu /pages/east.asian.studies/resources.html   (1006 words)

  
 One Million Days in China - Links
Chinese Students and Scholars Association of Glasgow (GCSSA) is a non-profit, non-political, social organization of Chinese students and scholars in Glasgow city.
A Chinese style garden with a pavilion and fountain is to be built in the rear yard of the newly acquired Chinese Elderly Centre premises on Hill Street, Garnethill.
CARP (Chinese Art Research into Provenance) is a compilation of sources for provenance research of Chinese works of art, for use by institutions and researchers.
www.glasgowmuseums.com /onemilliondaysinchina/links   (2331 words)

  
 IGCS - Academic Institutions (Europe) (China WWW VL - Internet Guide for Chinese Studies)
Institutes and Professors of Sinology at German, Austrian and Swiss Universities (1945-1997) (Thomas Kampen, Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies, Lund University)
Oslo: Institutt for østeuropeiske og orientalske studier - Kinesisk (Institute for East-European and Oriental Studies - Chinese) (University of Oslo, Norway)
Now the Institute is the largest research centre in Russia for the study of languages and literature, history and culture, economics and politics of Asian and North African countries.
sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de /igcs/iginsteu.htm   (6659 words)

  
 Bradshaw and Whelan British - porcelain books, ceramic books, pottery books, marks   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A wonderful cultural and scientific travelogue on the development of Chinese hard paste porcelains and its subsequent impact on the West.
Offers an in-depth study of the cultural, socio-economic, religious, political, and technological history that defined the British Empire in the 19th century.
This illustrated guide is the first serious attempt to research and identify Minton's early printed wares, and follows ten years of painstaking research by the author at the Minton archives in Stoke.
www.ceramicbooks.com /british.htm   (8042 words)

  
 (Inter)disciplining Women:
Most of the writing by Chinese women on Women's Studies in China is happening in the urban centers on the east coast and in the north by a relatively small and homogeneous group of women.
Finally, Chun notes the historical absence of a Chinese linguistic counterpart to the concept of "gender." She is hopeful that the recent introduction of this concept ("shehui-xingbie" or literally "social sex") into the lexicon of Chinese women’s studies scholars will challenge traditional notions of "natural woman" in China.
She is interested in answering the "question why Women’s Studies should have emerged in China in recent years against the background of the political emancipation of women brought about by the Chinese Communist Revolution and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.
www.library.wisc.edu /libraries/WomensStudies/bibliogs/chinaws.html   (15957 words)

  
 China Spectrum Travel - Institute for Chinese Studies
Jim Yu Born and raised in Jiangxi Province in Southeast China, Dr. Yu received a BA from Jiangxi University, a MA in Communication from the University of Hawaii, and a Ph.D. in International Communication from the University of Florida.
He did advanced studies at Fudan University, Shanghai, and was a Parvin Fellow at the Institute of Culture and Communication at the East-West Center in Honolulu.
He is a Director and former vice president of the Orlando Chinese Professional Association, and is a permanent member of the US-China People's Friendship Association.
www.chinaspectrumtravel.com /institute.php   (642 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Table tennis champ is crowned new master   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A university ceremony in Nottingham is to be beamed across Chinese television as the country's equivalent of David Beckham receives her latest academic accolade.
The table-tennis sensation, who was voted female athlete of the 20th Century in China, has gained her MA in Contemporary Chinese Studies.
She took the three year course at the University of Nottingham after arriving in the city to study English when she retired from competition at the age of 24 in 1996.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2568621.stm   (266 words)

  
 Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
The first aim of the Chinese Department is to develop students' ability in using practical Chinese, so from the 1st year oral Chinese to 4th year teaching Chinese courses are conducted only in Chinese.In order to learn more about modern China, we have independently compiled a book called Chinese Selection of Reading.
Many students participate in this program to further their study of Chinese culture and language and use it as a second language.
Every autumn, students show the fruit of their hard work in Speech Contest.3rd year students continued to be encouraged to study abroad and further their knowledge of Chinese culture and language.
www-e.nufs.ac.jp /dept/foreign/chinese   (242 words)

  
 UCLA Asia Institute: Language Study Programs - CHINESE
This culture/area studies component is designed to promote interest in and facilitate the learning of Chinese language and civilization.
Chinese proficiency is determined by transcripts and teacher references.
The semester and academic year programs focus on the study of the Chinese language and culture at the intermediate and advanced levels.
www.isop.ucla.edu /eas/asianlangstudy/chinese.htm   (3689 words)

  
 Center for Chinese Studies Library, UC Berkeley
Beginning as a reading room in the early 1960s, the Center for Chinese Studies Library (CCSL) has grown to become one of the premier research collections on contemporary mainland Chinese affairs in the United States.
The collection is comprised primarily of Chinese and English-language materials, and is focused on social science subjects such as history, geography, politics, economics, law, and film studies.
CCSL is an important part of the Chinese studies community at UC Berkeley, which includes the Institute of East Asian Studies and the Center for Chinese Studies.
www.lib.berkeley.edu /CCSL   (151 words)

  
 AALL: Chinese: Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Literacy in Chinese (CHN035/036), is designed for students whose Chinese oral proficiency is close to that of Chinese native speakers, but who have little or no reading and writing skills in Chinese.
Students who are interested in taking a Chinese language course for the first time at Duke are required to read Guidelines for Self-placement for the Chinese language courses and make an appointment by email with the program coordinator, Carolyn Lee, to set up a placement test and proficiency interview.
Outside of the classroom, the Chinese Program at Duke is active with extra-curricular activities, such as the language partner program in the International House, Chinese language table with residents from Chinese Hall, and outreach workshops through Asian Pacific Studies Institute.
www.duke.edu /web/aall/chinese/index.html   (426 words)

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