Gender & Sexuality Knowledge, Culture & Power Work, Economy & Globalization Culture and markets; inequality; gender; consumption; service work; China. Consumption and inequality in China, culture and social change in Chinese marketplaces.
B.A. Princeton University M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Work, Social Inequality, Gender, Economy, Culture.
Chinese language and literature
modern Chinese-speaking world laughter and comedy, celebrities, swindlers, print culture, cultural entrepreneurs, literary cosmopolitanism, and the scholar-writers Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang Modern Chinese literature and drama Late Qing (1895-1911) and Republican era (1912-1949) print culture Cinema, cartoons, manhua, and visual culture Translation Cultures of comedy and laughter Stories of s...
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University A.B., Dartmouth College
Chinese popular thought, religion and culture. Popular religious sects of the late traditional and modern periods and their texts, and local rituals and beliefs practiced in villages To come to a deeper understanding of traditional Chinese culture through approaching it from the popular level. To understand the historical development of Chinese religions, their interactions, beliefs and practic...
Westmar College, Le Mars, Iowa (Also did undergraduate work at the University of Cincinnati and Wheaton College.), B.A. Biology, 1953–57 Evangelical Theological Seminary Naperville, Illinois, B.D. Church History, 1960 University of Chicago, M.A. History of Religions, 1966 University of Chicago, Ph.D. Chinese Religions, 1971 Interuniversity Program for Chinese Language Studies (administered by S...
Proctor and Gamble Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, Lab technician, 1957 Evangelical United Brethren Church, Chicago, Near North Side, Pastor, 1960–64 Chicago Commission on Human Relations, City of Chicago, (part-time while attending University of Chicago), Director, New Resident's Services Division, 1964–67 Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, Dept. of Religion, (part of salary paid by East Asian Stu...
(a) Areas of special interest and accomplishments Courses in Chinese religion and philosophy, undergraduate and graduate. (b) Courses Taught at UBC1989–1995, 1998–2000 Chinese 400, Classical Chinese II Asian Studies 325 (Phil.323), History of Chinese Thought (now Asia 371 and 372) Asian Studies 509, Aspects of Chinese Popular Thought and Religion Asian Studies 365, Daoist Religion and its Philo...
Applied Linguistics Sociolinguistics Multilingualism Second Language Acquisition Heritage language Teaching and Learning Language Socialization Research Methodology Technology in Language Teaching Language Teaching Material Development Chinese Applied Linguistics
森舸澜Edward Gilman Slingerland III
Warring States (5th-3rd c. B.C.E.) Chinese thought, religious studies (comparative religion, cognitive science and evolution of religion), cognitive linguistics (blending and conceptual metaphor theory), ethics (virtue ethics, moral psychology), cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, the relationship between the humanities and the natural sciences, and the classical Chinese language.
09/94–08/98 Ph.D., Religious Studies, Stanford University (1998) Area of Specialization: Early Chinese thought， Fields: Virtue ethics, hermeneutics 09/91–06/94 M.A., East Asian Languages (classical Chinese), UC Berkeley 09/88–06/91 B.A., with Distinction, Stanford University, Asian Languages (Chinese) Phi Beta Kappa 12/88–12/89 Chinese Language Center, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC...
Director, Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium (CERC) (2012-2018) Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (2015-16) Early Career Scholar (Senior), Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (2008-2009) Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition (2005-2015)
Aboriginal Forestry, Business Management, Climate Change, Economics, Genomics, International Trade, Modelling
Chinese Applied Linguistics grounded in the intersection of Chinese pedagogical studies, international education, and socio-cultural anthropology
Ph.D., International and Comparative Education, Indiana University M.A., Chinese Language Pedagogy, Indiana University M.A., Educational Psychology, Indiana University
taught courses in international and comparative education at Indiana University (2010-2011), Chinese language courses from beginning to advanced levels at Indiana University (2011-2015) the University of Virginia (2015-2017). served as Chinese intensive course developer and level coordinator for the Flagship Chinese Institute in the US (2014-2015) as academic advisor and field director in the U...
Cantonese Language program and the Hong Kong Studies Initiative
MLS from the University of Washington Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Policy Studies from UBC
East Asian Buddhism
January 1992-November 1997: McMaster University; Ph.D degree conferred in November 1997 with a dissertation titled “The Formation of Esoteric Buddhism in Japan: A Study of Three Japanese Esoteric Apocrypha” (supervised by K. Shinohara, R. Sharf and P. Granoff) (degree certificate dated Nov. 7, 1997). September 1990-December 1991: Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; doctor...
July 2001-present: Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia: Assistant Professor (July 2001-June 2006), Associate Professor (July 2006-June 2011), Full Professor (July, 2011-); July 2001- June 2011: Canada Research Chair in East Asian Buddhism; April-June, 2012: Shinnyo-en Visiting Professor, Stanford University May–June, 2008: Foreigner researcher in the Institute of Researc...
Multilingualism and globalism Second language acquisition Chinese/English Language Studies Professional development of teachers TESOL and LOTE teaching methodology
BA, Sichuan Foreign Languages Institute, China, 1982 MA, Nanjing University, China, 1990 PhD, RMIT, Australia, 2000
Second language acquisition Chinese Language Studies Chinese Language Teaching Methodology English Language Studies TESOL teaching methodology Culture and Learning Styles Language Learning Strategies Language and Business Language and Politics
Evidence-based public health research Randomised controlled trial Systematic review and meta-analysis Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Smoking cessation
Contemporary Chinese society The New Chinese migrant community in Australia Applied social psychological and sociological studies of post-1978 Chinese society, with a focus on public opinion and socio-political dynamics, social stratification, elite dominance and ideology in post-Mao China.
PhD in human geography at the University of Melbourne Bachelor of Arts (honours) Renmin University of China
Lecturer in social psychology and sociology at Renmin University of China, and he was also in charge of a number of research programs there before coming to Australia in 1988
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne Master of Education La Trobe University Bachelor of Arts Beijing Normal University Master of Education La Trobe University Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy University of British Columbia Master of Science Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, CAS Bachelor of Science Shanxi Teachers' University
Chinese folklore
PG Diploma Master of Arts Beijing Normal University Bachelor of Arts Beijing Normal University Master of Education La Trobe University Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne
China and its policy behaviour towards "sovereignty," with particular attention to China-HKSAR and China-Taiwan relations China's foreign relations, policy discourses, State-Party relations,central-local relations, nationalism and identity, politics in Taiwan and the HKSAR, elite politics and leadership succession. East Asia's regional institutions and approaches to regionalism, the role of inf...
PhD in Politics and International Studies University of Warwick Master of Arts (International Relations) Australian National University Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) National University of Singapore Links ORCID
China's rural changes The Chinese 'go-out' The technopolitics of (water) infrastructure Political economy of development
Doctor of Philosophy: Geography University of Melbourne Master of Management Science Hohai University Bachelor of Engineering Hohai University International Summer School in Forced Migration University of Oxford
Chinese Business History Shanghai History Maritime History Australian Chinese Everyday Life in Modern China Chinese Social History
PhD, University of California Master of Arts, New Asia Research Institute
Chinese History, Business History, Chinese Women History Modern Shanghai
BA, Jinan University PhD, The University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney Bachelor of Applied Science, The University of Sydney Bachelor of Science (Agriculture), The University of Sydney HDA, Hawkesbury Agricultural College
Translation and interpreting studies Pedagogy of translation and interpreting
PhD, The University of Queensland MA, Xiamen University
Pragmatics Intercultural communication Applied linguistics
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Griffith University. 2013
Master of Arts, Deakin University
Ruminant livestock economics Beef, wool, mutton, cashmere and dairy – in pastoral, cropping and forage systems Agricultural research methodologies Farm management, value chain analysis, policy analysis, participatory and action research Economic development China especially Western China; Southeast Asia especially Indonesia and East Timor; the Pacific especially Vanuatu International agricultur...
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Griffith University Bachelor of International Business Relations, Griffith University Graduated from the Nanjing-Hopkins Centre for Advanced Chinese and American Studies
Chinese translation studies literary translation Literary theory
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Chinese, University of London
Worked in Beijing at the British Embassy
Cross-cultural and international management Cross-cultural investigation of business relationship and networking patterns based on both universal and culture-specifics dimensions; examining of the interaction of culture and institutional dynamics of internationalization in Chinese and developed countries; developing Chinese management theories (e.g., based on Confucian wisdom and guanxi (networ...
Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University - International Business Communication Masters of Arts, Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine College Bachelor of Arts, Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine College
Design and Art Aesthetics
Chinese Language
PhD MA Liege BA BLCU (China)
Interaction between religious groups, civic organisations and local state agencies in contemporary Chinese society and overseas Chinese communities
DPhil (Oxon.) MPhil (Cantab.) BA (Peking)
Senior Lecturer & Course Leader in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Central Lancashire, 2016-17 Lecturer in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Central Lancashire, 2014-16 College Tutor in Contemporary Chinese Politics and Society, St Peter's College, University of Oxford, 2012-2014 College Tutor in Chinese for Academic Purpose, King's College, University of Cambridge, 2009-10
Welcomes proposals for doctoral research on contemporary Chinese society and politics, ideally with an emphasis on state-society relations.
Early Buddhism in India Contemporary Buddhism in Asian societies and the West Comparative studies of the Pali and Chinese versions of the early Buddhist canon (including fragmentary Sanskrit texts), particularly, the Samyutta/Samyukta collection
BA in Buddhist Studies (Komazawa, Tokyo) MA in Studies in Religion (Queensland) PhD in Buddhist Studies (Queensland)
Buddhism: A History Chinese and Japanese Religion: A History Meditation in Eastern Religions Introduction to World Religions
International relations theory and comparative politics with special reference to China and Russia Great power politics China-Russia-US relations in East and Southeast Asia
MA in International Relations from Nankai University, Zhou Enlai School of Government (2009) PhD in Political Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2012)
Assistant Professor of Political Science in the School of Asian Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow (2012-2015) Research Fellow in the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the National University Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (2015-2018).
Women and gender in China and Asia
BA from Auckland University BA (hons) from Murdoch University PhD from Griffith University
Taught at a number of universities: The University of Hong Kong, University of Technology Sydney, Australian National University, Australian Catholic University and the University of Queensland
Chinese literature Theatre and performance Film studies The politics of culture and performance across the Chinese communities in East and Southeast Asia Theatrical performances complicate national or ethno-cultural discourse The interplay between theatre and politics, cultural identity and artistic expression.
Ph.D. in Asian Literature, Religion and Culture at Cornell. M.A. in East Asian Studies at Princeton M.St. in Chinese Studies at Oxford B.A. (Hons 1) in Chinese Literature and Theatre and Performance Studies here
Served in a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Chinese at Bard College, a liberal arts college in New York state
Educational history, sociology and philosophy - Sociology of education Educational systems: administration, management and leadership - Higher education - International and comparative education Social structures, inequalities and social justice - Social change
M.A. and Ph. D. at the University of London
Chinese and comparative contract law Chinese civil law Public international law
LLB (Peking) LLM (Mich)
Professor and founding member of the Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Introduction to Chinese Law Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems Public International Law Contracts
China and Chinese musical cultures, especially the music of China’s minority groups Collaborative ethnomusicological research methods Fieldwork incorporating digital technology; sustainable digital archiving; and cross-cultural collaborative archive management Gendered music-making and sociocultural change Intangible cultural heritage Linguistics and music – especially the music of tonal-langua...
BMus(Hons) PhD Melb Dip Ed La Trobe
Empirical translation studies, especially data-driven multilingual corpus analyses Empirical language research (frequentist statistics, Bayesian statistics, machine learning) Corpus Statistics Multilingual Translation Environmental Linguistics Health/Medical Linguistics Terminology and Lexicography
The emergence of China’s private enterprise sector More recently the global expansion of Chinese enterprise activity, including their investment in Australia and the wider region. Institutional analysis with a focus on informal and formal institutions and government enterprise interaction and institutional infrastructure under China’s decentralised local governance Theoretical approaches from I...
MA, PhD Bochum University
Business institutions from an enterprise perspective The embeddedness of Chinese entrepreneurship in formal and informal institutions
Chinese defence and foreign policy Asia-Pacific security (with a focus on Northeast Asia and South China Sea) Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament American Asia policy Shanghai Cooperation Organization
BA Xi'an MA Carleton PhD Queen's
Was Associate Professor of International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Modern Japanese Art since Meiji Chinese academic painting and the avant-garde The problems of modernity in art beyond Euramerica Art in China and Thailand of the 1980s and 1990s Biennales and contemporary Asian art Re-defining 'The Asian Modern'
FAHA CIHA PhD
Contemporary xiqu in the Chinese World Contemporary Sinophone Fiction and Poetry Theatre and Performance of Chinese Communities Abroad Sino-Indonesian Literature, Performance and Culture Chinese Translation Studies Global Reception of Chinese Theatre
PhD in Chinese Theatre from Nanjing University. M.A. from the University of British Columbia B.A. from Harvard College
Contemporary xiqu Contemporary Fiction and Poetry in the Chinese World Chinese Culture in Southeast Asia Chinese-English Literary Translation Internationalisation of Chinese Theatre
Women’s history in China Chinese women’s literature Wei-Jin literature and history
PhD (Sydney) MLS (Atlanta) BA (Nanyang)
Chinese musical culture, specializing in the music and history of the pipa
Modern Chinese intellectual history and literature 2000 Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian 1999 (Italian) Flaiano Poetry Prize winner Yang Lian
BA Honours I, Chinese Studies (1962), University of Sydney. thesis title, “Chang Chien: An Industrialist in Late-Ch’ing China.” a.” PhD in Chinese Studies (1966), University of Sydney: thesis title, “The Exalt Commerce Movement of Late-Ch’ing China.”
Teaching academic & head of school at the University of Sydney (January 1967–January 2000): Postgraduate research supervision of MA and PhD theses. —1991–1993: Head of the School of Asian Studies (Studies in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asia, Sanskrit, Hindi, Thai). (1) Secured 5- year Korea Foundation senior lectureship for Korean Studies. (2) Secured US$85,000 per year for three years...
Languages of Greater Mainland Southeast Asia: Austro-Tai languages, Sinitic languages, Trans-Himalayan/Tibeto-Burman languages (especially in the Eastern Himalaya) Austroasiatic languages, Asian language isolates Descriptive and documentary linguistics: fieldwork methodologies and technologies, lexicography, grammatology, language maintenance and revitalisation Anthropological and evolutionary ...
PhD (LaTrobe) MA (Oregon) BA Hons (Wesleyan)
Teaching: LNGS3700 Language Diversity and Universals LNGS4116/LNGS7503 Language and the Law LNGS3613 Advanced Morphology and Syntax LNGS7507 Language and Communities Supervision: Phonological and/or grammatical descriptions of minority languages, especially of Mainland Asia Functional and/or diachronic analyses of grammatical phenomena, especially in languages of Asia Computer-assisted analysis...
The History of China The History of Chinese Philosophy The History of Chinese Political Thought The History of Confucianism The Philosophy of Kang Youwei (1858-1927) The Philosophy of Dai Zhen (1724-1777)
PHD Chinese Studies at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), Paris
ASNS2613 Chinese Thought ASNS3618 Popular China CHNS3641 Readings in Early Chinese Thought ASNS1601 Introduction to Asian Cultures ASNS1602 Modernity in Asia