Event Recap: China and the COVID-19 Coronavirus

The following courses on China are being offered during Fall Quarter. Links redirect to relevant time schedule.   Government and Politics of China JSIS A 408 Government and Politics of China (5) I&S  S. WHITING Post-1949 government and politics, with emphasis on problems of political change in modern China. Offered: jointly with POL S 442.

On the eve of the Class of 2019 graduation, we are thrilled to connect with a China Studies’ alumnus from the class of 2018 – Daniel Rechtschaffen.  Daniel is currently working as Government Relations Manager at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China.  Our current MA student Min Guo interviewed Daniel on his journey

University of Washington alumna Sneha Indrajit, ’18, was recently selected for the competitive Yenching Academy Scholars program at Peking University. Indrajit earned her degree with honors in international studies and is one of approximately 125 scholars from around the world selected to be in their 2019-20 cohort. The opportunity to join the Yenching Academy is

The following courses on China are being offered during Spring Quarter. Links redirect to relevant time schedule. HSTAS 211 History of Chinese Civilization (5) I&S Intensive survey of Chinese civilization from earliest times to today. Introduces all students, including East Asian history majors, to the general sweep of Chinese history. Social, cultural, and intellectual developments.

China Studies faculty across campus have been hard at work adding to the greater body of knowledge. Below are three books recently published that focus on China. Urbanization with Chinese Characteristics: The Hukou System and Migration (Published by Routledge, September 2017) Kam Wing Chan, Professor, Department of Geography Many agree that rapid urbanization in China

Prof. Loretta Kim’s latest book Ethnic Chrysalis: China’s Orochen People and the Legacy of Qing Borderland Administration is “the first book in English to cover the early modern history of the Orochen, an ethnic group that has for centuries inhabited areas now belonging to the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China” (Harvard University

This award has been established to promote and support the serious, scholarly translation into English of Chinese language texts. The award is named in honor of Yen Fu 嚴復 (1853 – 1921), one of the greatest translators and scholars of late Qing and early Republican China, and the Grandfather of the late Dr. Isabella Yen,

On January 24th, the Committee on China-U.S. Dialogue hosted the third of a six-part lecture series in the UW Law School. Dr. Nicholas R. Lardy, Anthony Solomon Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former director of the Jackson School, along with Professor David Bachman from the Jackson School, Professor Susan Whiting

We are sad to report that Margaret Jeannette Dull, longtime friend of the Jackson School and wife of Professor Jack Dull, passed away on June 4 this year at the age of 88. She is survived by her son Grant, her daughters Lynessa and Charissa, her sister Susan, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. In addition