Congratulations to China Studies M.A. candidate Daniel Rechtschaffen for his article in Forbes about Xi Jinping seeking an unprecedented third term. He references the work of new China Studies faculty member Prof. Clair Yang in his analysis. We are excited to see perspectives in class expand into the newsroom! Read the article here.

The China Studies Program is pleased to announce our two new faculty members that began teaching in the Fall 2017 Quarter.  Clair Yang earned her Ph.D. in Managerial Economics and Strategy from Northwestern University in 2016, and her B.S. in Mathematics from Peking University in Beijing, China. Dr. Yang has most recently been a Postdoctoral

The China Studies Program would like to congratulate affiliate faculty member Jeff Hou, who recently published the edited volume City Unsilenced: Urban Resistance and Public Space in the Age of Shrinking Democracy. Below is a summary of the book taken from the publisher’s website. You can read more about it here. What do the recent urban

The China Studies department is excited to announce that affiliate faculty member Luke Bergmann will publish a peer-reviewed monograph with other scholars in the field. It is titled Clear-Cutting Disease Control: Capital-led deforestation, public health austerity, and vector-borne infection. An Assistant Professor in the Geography Department, Prof. Bergmann’s research concerns new ways to map the geographies of

The China Studies department congratulates affiliated faculty Zev Handel on receiving a grant from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation to fund the Fourth Workshop on Sino-Tibetan Languages of Southwest China (STLS-2016) at the University of Washington. Below is a description of the workshop’s aims. You can read more about STLS-2016 here. Many of the Sino-Tibetan languages of

The China Studies department is very excited to announce that one of our 2015 graduates, Benjamin Lee, recently received a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research on cross-Strait relations in China and Taiwan. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for United States students to undertake international graduate study, advanced research

The China Studies department extends its sincerest congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Belinda He, who recently received the Robert HN Ho Family Foundation Greater China Research Grant. She received the largest award of the three recipients. The Robert HN Ho Family Foundation Greater China Research Grant is offered by the Asia Art Archive (AAA). The organization

This past Spring, Steve Harrell retired after a successful 30+ year career focusing on minorities in China. Here, Steve reflects on his history and development in the field of anthropology. 1. What inspired you to become a professor? What was the biggest challenge you encountered in your journey there? When I was an undergraduate, majoring

This week, the China Studies Program held a retirement reception for Professor Stevan Harrell, who has taught at the University of Washington since 1974. Holding appointments in Anthropology and Environmental and Forest Sciences, Prof. Harrell’s specialization has distinguished those departments, as well as China Studies, as leaders in global research on ethnic minorities in China.

The China Studies Program congratulates one of our affiliated Ph.D. candidates, Matthew Van Duyn, for receiving the Fulbright US-Student Program Independent Study/Research Grant to support his work in the field of modern Chinese history. The Fulbright US-Student Program Independent Study/Research Grant provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in full-time research abroad in modern foreign