Chinese Studies in
North America
Project Update
Haihui Zhang
March 27, 2009
Background
Book Structure
Chapter Contributors
Progress and Project Results
Background
Development of Chinese Studies in N. America
-- Rapid development since 80s
-- Extended research disciplines and new
developments
-- Significant research accomplishments
-- Key issues, puzzles, debates, and challenges
Background (cont.)
Needs from Chinese scholars
-- Centers of Chinese studies abroad in
China
-- Publications on China studies abroad
-- Translations of English academic
works
-- Expectations for scholarly exchanges
and cooperation
Background (cont.)
The project aims at:
-- conducting a comprehensive academic
review on Chinese studies in North America
on the past decades
-- assessing the scholarship of Chinese
studies in North America
-- discussing future trends
-- opening up academic cooperative
opportunities
-- reviewing and presenting unique sources on
Chinese studies in N. America
Book Structure
北美中国学研究 - 学术、教学与文献资源
Chinese Studies in North America: Research,
Teaching and Resources
Part one: Academic
Part two: Teaching and programs
Part three: Resources
Appendices
Book Structure (cont.)
How the structure is formed
-- literature review
-- faculty recommendations
-- cooperative opportunity between
scholars and librarians
-- publisher’s inputs
Chapter Contributors
Editorial team
Haihui Zhang (University of Pittsburgh)
Zhaohui Xue (Stanford University)
Shuyong Jiang (University of Illinois at
Urbana Champaign)
Chapter Contributor (cont.)
Preface one
Cho-yun Hsu, Professor Emeritus,
Department of History, U. of Pittsburgh
Preface two
Eugene Wu, Librarian Emeritus, HarvardYenching Library, Harvard University
Part one: Academic
Anthropology
Dru Gladney (Pacific Basin Institute, Pomona College)
Art
- Art history
Cary Liu (Princeton U.)
- Modern art
Minglu Gao (U.of Pittsburgh)
China classics studies
Dongfang Shao (Stanford U.)
Drama
Min Tian (U. of Iowa)
Economics
- Pre-modern
Christopher Isett (U. of Minnesota)
- Modern and contemporary
Thomas Rawski (U. of Pittsburgh)
Education
Xuelan Rong (U. of N. Carolina Chapel Hill)
History
- Early China
Paul Goldin (U. of Penn)
- Early Medieval China
Cynthia Chennault (U. of Florida)
- Tang studies
Lu Yang (U. of Kansas)
- Song and Yuan studies
Hilde De Weerdt (U. of Oxford)
- Ming studies
Martin Heijdra (Princeton U.)
- Qing studies
- 20th century
- City history
Evelyn Rawski (U. of Pittsburgh)
Win-hsin Yeh (UC Berkeley)
Liping Wang (U. of Minnesota)
Law
- Legal history of Qing and Minguo
Matthew Sommer (Stanford U.)
- Chinese law studies Wei Luo (Washington U.)
Linguistics
Victor Mair (U. of Penn)
Literature
- Early China
- Middle period
- Song-Yuan
- Ming-Qing
- Modern
Music
Martin Kern (Princeton U.)
Tian Xiaofei (Harvard U.)
Ron Egan (UCSB)
Wilt Idema (Harvard U.)
Wang Ban (Stanford U.)
Bell Yung (U. of Pittsburgh)
Political science
- China politics
Wenfang Tang (U.of Pittsburgh)
- China's foreign and security policies
David Shambaugh (George Washington U.)
Religious studies
- Buddhism
Huaiyu Chen (Arizona State U.)
- Popular religion and Daoism
Shin-yi Chao (Rutgers U.)
Science history
Sociology
Women studies
Benjamin Elman (Princeton U.)
Xueguang Zhou (Stanford U.)
Lu Weijing (UCSD)
Part two: Teaching and Program
Chinese language courses in U.S.
T.C. Yao and K.T. Yao (U. of Hawaii)
Survey on Chinese studies programs in N. America
Hong Xu (U. of Pittsburgh)
Part three: Resources
A Short History of the Chinese Libraries in N. America
Tai-loi Ma (Princeton U.)
Resources on Buddhism studies in U.S.
Chi-wah Chan (Yale U.)
Resources on Daoism studies in U.S.
Li Wang (Brown U.)
Observation on Research and Resources of Modern Chinese Social,
Economic and Cultural History in North America Hong Cheng (UCLA)
An Overview of Research Resources in North America for Studies of
Modern and Contemporary Chinese history Yuan Zhou (U. of Chicago)
Resources on Ancient Asia History in N. America Xiaohe Ma (Harvard U.)
Study of China’s Minorities in North America: Survey of
Programs and Resources
Grace Weirsma (Fairbank Center for
Chinese Studies, Harvard U.)
Chinese Local History and Research Resources
Zhijia Shen (U. of Washington)
Resources on Chinese Immigration to N. America
Liren Zheng (Cornell U.)
Review and Summary on Resources of Chinese Immigration to S. America
Xiuying Zou (U. of Pittsburgh)
Guide to U.S. Resources on Missionaries in China
M .Y. Poon (Library of Congress)
Materials on Chinese YWCA Held in N. America
Su Chen (U. of Minnesota)
Resources on Chinese Women Studies in N. America
Karen Wei (U. of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
Introduction to China Law Collections and Resources in the United States
Nongji Zhang (Harvard U.)
A Content Analysis of Research on Chinese Education (1990-2007)
Chengzhi Wang (Columbia U.)
Zao Liu(Texas A&M U.)
Resources on History and Criticism of Chinese Literature
Shuyong Jiang (U.of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
Chinese Linguistics in the United States: A Literature Analysis
Peter Zhou (UC Berkeley)
Translation of Chinese Classic and Modern Literature in the US
Guoqing Li (Ohio State U.)
Independent Thought, Independent Camera, and Independent
Record-Chinese Independent Film and Its Collections in North America
Jim Cheng (UCSD)
Resources on Chinese Art History in North America
Min Xu (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY)
Electronic Resources and Chinese Studies in North America: Application
and Impact
Jidong Yang (U. of Michigan)
Chinese Rare Book Project in Princeton University
Soren Edgren (Princeton U.)
An Introduction to China Data Center and the Data Resources on
Population, Economy and Environment of China
Shuming Bao (U. of Michigan)
Scholarly Communications on Chinese Studies: An Analysis of English
Serial Publications 1977-2007
Su Chen (U. of Minnesota)
Chengzhi Wang (U. of Columbia)
The Development of Chinese Studies in the U.S. in the Perspective
of Dissertation Resources
Tao Yang (Rutgers U.)
Analysis of Reference Books on Chinese Studies in N. America
Xian Wu (Cornell U.)
Review on Two Publications about Chinese Studies Scholars
in N. America
Haihui Zhang (U. of Pittsburgh)
Appendix:
Zhaohui Xue (Stanford U.)
Directory of Chinese studies institutes in N. America
List of academic journals for Chinese studies in N. America
Progress and Project Results
One book
北美中国学研究: 学术、教学与
文献资源
Chinese Studies in North America - Research,
Teaching and Resources
北京
中华书局
2010
Progress and Project Results (cont.)
Two related conferences
国家图书馆2009年中国学文献信息典藏、研究
与服务学术研讨会
2009年9月7-9日
co-organized by
East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh
Center for China Studies Abroad, Chinese Academy of Social Science
Center for Chinese Studies abroad, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Progress and Project Results (cont.)
北美中国学研究国际学术讨论会
International Conference for Chinese
Studies in North America
（Summer, 2010)
Host
Center for Chinese Studies Abroad
East China Normal University
Co-host
Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh
Thank You!
谢谢