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ANNUAL REVIEW

2013 - 2014


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From the Director

I am delighted to present to you the
first annual report of the SOAS China
Institute (SGI)•丁he SGI represents the
collective expertise of one of the largest
communities of China scholars in the
Western world. It brings together 50
China experts with extensive knowledge
and experience of the country developed
across the humanities and social sciences.

China has changed tremendously since I first set foot
there in 1986. Domestically it is a very complex country,
in a constant state of flux yet seeking to achieve some
form of social harmony. Internationally it is a major
political and economic power, increasingly demanding
to be understood on its own terms. More than ever
before, critical understanding of China requires a team
effort by experts across a range of disciplines, it requires
genuine fluency in Chinese and genuine sensitivity

to Chinese culture, and it needs direct and frequent

interaction with partners in China itself. Moreover, what
is needed is communication and dialogue between
China experts working in different sectors and observing
China from different angles or for different purposes.

SGI research has huge contemporary relevance; we
have established an advanced, bilingual teaching
programme in Chinese Studies; we organise events
and roundtables on topics of interest to academics,
students, and the wider public; we are a unique resource
of knowledge and opinion for media, government
and business; we actively engage with our alumni,
research and consultancy networks throughout
East Asia and with academic partners in China.

The SCI does not believe in simple answers when it
comes to China, but we do believe in answers. The
unique quantity and variety of voices represented by
our scholars and students will work towards providing
those answers, and will do so in dialogues that will
extend far beyond the walls of the university.

The following pages will show you who we are,
what we do, and where we are headed. We
have done a lot in our first year and we are very
pleased to share with you the highlights.

Michel Hockx

Director, SOAS China Institute


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CHINA: the landscape

where Chinese experts across government, arts
organisations, media, NGOs, business and academia
can work together to make an impact on important
global conversations. He said: M丁oday the largest
community of China scholars in Europe joins the global
conversation with and about China... Big questions
facing China are global questions - at SOAS we have
some of the answers - and we know we can find some
of the other answers with support and with partners.”

All the speakers emphasised the need for a deeper
understanding of the country, its domestic situation
and its economic, political, diplomatic and cultural
ties with the rest of the world. The speakers
congratulated the Chinese Studies community at
SOAS with the timely establishment of the China
Institute, which they agreed is ideally positioned to
contribute to global debates involving China.

An audience of well over 200 people from across
the worlds of academia, government business and
media attended the event. A video recording of
the event is available on the SCI website at http://
www.soas.ac.uk/china-institute/events/launch/ â– 

• Stephen Lillie, Director of Asia Pacific at the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

• Simon Robey, Chairman of Atlas Capital and
Chairman of the Royal Opera House

• Wenguang Shao, Managing Director of Phoenix
Chinese News b Entertainment Limited

In his opening speech, SCI Director Michel Hockx
talked of the importance of providing a platform

Making an impact on global conversations.

SOAS China Institute formal launch
event, 28 April 2014.

The significance of China in todays world and the
need for a deeper understanding of the country were
acknowledged by senior diplomatic, business and
academic figures at the formal launch of the SOAS
China Institute.

The launch was marked by the first event of the new
SOAS China Institute Lecture series, which will present
original and valuable perspectives on Ghina that cut
across business, media, government and academia.

At the inaugural event, China: The Landscape, four senior
China experts from different sectors offered their views
on the their personal and professional interaction with
Chinese economic, political, social and cultural reality.

The speakers were:

• Rosemary Foot, Professor of International Relations
at Oxford


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SOAS China Institute Research themes

As the largest community of China scholars
in Europe, we optimise our expertise
through interdisciplinary collaboration
around the following eight themes:

1. CHINA in Asia, Africa and the Middle East

SOAS is the worlds leading institution for the study of
Asia, Africa and t:he Middle East This theme leverages
the School's regional expertise to better understand
the global context of China, outside of the typical
US-China relationship. It considers China as a nation
that explores and expands, through trade, soft power,
and potentially through military power, including
both contemporary and historical perspectives.

2. CHINA: Population and Change

Fundamental demographic changes are taking
place in China and their impact on specific groups
differs according to many factors, including
gender, age, ethnicity and urban or rural location.
Looking through the lens of changes in family life
and related cultural values and traditions is one
of the areas focused on within this theme.

3. CHINA: Education and Censorship

This research area examines both the control of
information and the dissemination of knowledge
within state-driven sectors. Censorship in all its aspects
is strongly in need of unbiased and level-headed
research approaches. China is often criticised for its
censorship practices, yet at the same time Chinese
schools have been receiving worldwide praise for
the high academic standards of their pupils. The role
of the Internet and the global creative industries will
also be prominently addressed under this theme.

4. CHINA: Health, Water and Food Security

Bringing together the economic, medical, and cultural
aspects of food, water and health in China, and
linking them to crucial questions of domestic and
international security provides greater understanding
of how China sustains itself as it continues to
experience unprecedented economic growth.
Environmental aspects related to food and water in
China are also an integral part of this research area.

5. CHINA: Images and Imagination

Working with visual material, ranging from art to
advertising, from journalism to propaganda, we explore
innovative methods to visualise how China imagines
itself, and how it is imagined elsewhere. Whilst focusing
on art and culture this theme resonates across all
disciplines, and produces new-style scholarly outputs
that move beyond traditional books and articles.

6. CHINA: Energy and Climate

Moving beyond routine observations of China’s
energy demands and air pollution challenges, this
policy-focused research area encourages scholarly
analysis of Chinafs current and future energy use, as
well as informed discussions of China s responses
to climate change at both national and regional
levels. Proposals formulated in this research area
are supported by SOASfs expertise in cultural and
historical aspects of China*s use of energy resources,
as well as by the expertise of our dedicated Centre
for Development Environment and Policy (CEDEP).

7. CHINA: Justice and Rights

Human rights and social justice are highly contested
terms framing much of the debate about China in
other countries. By examining the practical implications
of social, political and economic inequality in China,
as well as cultural and theoretical understandings
of rights and justice from a Chinese perspective,
we aim to contribute independent, informed
viewpoints to an often highly polarised debate.

8. CHINA: Beliefs and Communities

Questions about how religion, ideology and other
belief systems provide social cohesion but also
produce tensions between different communities
lie at the core of this highly complex and
interdisciplinary research area•丁opics wiU range
from examination of China’s governance of ethnic
minorities to the historical changes in the ruling
party*s own belief system, and from fieldwork among
religious groups in China to investigations into
the culture of Chinese communities overseas.


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MA Advanced Chinese Studies

The two-year MA Advanced Chinese Studies offers
comprehensive language-based training across
a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and
social sciences. The programme is aimed at students
pursuing careers in the academic world, business,
government and the media that require a skill set which
encompasses disciplinary rigour, comprehensive area
knowledge and cultural and linguistic fluencies.

Programme structure:

Students on the programme take four taught
courses at SOAS during their first year, including
a team-taught core course provided by a range
of SOAS China experts as well as a textreading
seminar allowing students to integrate their Chinese
reading skills into their disciplinary studies.

Further courses can be selected from available disciplines
including Anthropology, Art and Archaeology, Cinema,
Cultural and Regional Studies, Economics, History, Law,
Literature, Music, Politics, and Study of Religions. In their
second year, students will undertake an extended period
of study at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, where they
will follow a tailor-made bilingual programme in Chinese
Studies. Options for short-term internships with local
companies will be made available. The second half of
the second year will be taken up with the writing of the
dissertation under dose supervision back in London.

Start of programme:

September intake only.

Mode of attendance:

Full time.

Course requirements:

Applicants should have at least intermediate-level
proficiency in modern Chinese (HSK Level 4). The
language element of the training will be tailored
to meet the needs of students1 existing language
skills. Alternative elements are available for
applicants not in need of further Chinese language
training, such as native speakers of Chinese.

SOAS China Institute:

The SOAS China Institute aims to be one of
the world-leading centres for China expertise
and pre-eminent in London. The Institute
delivers interdisciplinary research seminars
and workshops; organises high profile lecture
events; facilitates roundtable meetings on current
affairs; and provides specialist briefings, short
courses and bespoke training opportunities.

Contact:

Student Recruitment Office, SOAS,

University of London, Thornhaugh Street
London, WC1H OXG, UK. '

T； +44 (〇)2〇 7898 4034
E: study(asoas.ac.uk.

www.soas.ac.uk/sci/ma-advanced-chinese-studies


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Recent Achievements by SCI Scholars

Dr Christopher Daily

Publications

Daily, Christopher A (2013), Robert
Morrison and the Protestant Plan
for China. Hong Kong: Hong
Kong University Press; Columbia
University Press. (Royal Asiatic
Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Dr Dafydd Fell

Publications

1. Fell, Dafydd and Chiu, Kuei-
fen and Lin, Ping, eds. (2013)
Migration to and From Taiwan.
London: Routiedge.

2. Fell, Dafydd and Cheng , Isabelle
and Tseng , Yu-chin (2013) The
politics of the mainland spouses1
rights movement in Taiwan/ In:

Fell, Dafydd and Chiu, Kuei-fen
and Lin, Ping, (eds.), Migration to
and From Taiwan.pp. 205-226.

3. Felt Dafydd (2013) Migration
through the lens of political
advertising: How Taiwanese parties
discuss migration/ In: Migration to
and From Taiwan, pp. 125-134.

4. Fell, Dafydd and Sullivan,
Jonathan and Sapir, Eliyahu (2013)
'Party Candidate Selection before
and after the Change of Ruling
Parties: A Study of the 2005 and
2009 Local Executive Elections

in Taiwan/ Taiwan Journal of
Democracy, 9 (2). pp. 55-77.

5. Dafydd published: Should I Stay
or Should I Go? Patterns of Party
Switching in Multiparty Taiwan,

Journal of East Asian Studies
Volume 14: 31-52, Jan 2014.

6. In January Dafydd published,
’Measuring and Explaining the
Electoral Fortunes of Small Parties
in Taiwan’s Party Politics.’ Issues and
Studies. An International Quarterly
on China, Taiwan, and East Asian
Affairs, 50 (1). (2014) pp. 153-188.

Dr Rachel Harris

Publications

In 2013 Rachel Harris published an
edited volume: Gender in Chinese
Music, Rachel Harris, Rowan Pease
b Shzr Ee Tan eds. Rochester:
University of Rochester Press,
which includes an introduction
co-authored with Rowan Pease,
and her solo authored chapter:
'Doing Satan's Business: Negotiating
gendered concepts of music
and ritual in rural Xinjiang1.

She also published a chapter:
'Harmonizing Islam in Xinjiang:
sound and meaning in rural Uyghur
religious practice1, in Beller-Hann
and Brox eds. On the Fringes of
the Harmonious Society: Tibetans
and Uyghurs in Socialist China.
Copenhagen: NIAS Press, pp293-317.

She produced a CD by a prominent
Uyghur singer: ’ArziT by Sanubar
Tursun. Felmay Records, and won
the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for
sleeve notes written for 'Borderlands1
(Smithsonian Folkways 2012).

Dr Nathan Hill

In February 2014, as part of an
interdisciplinary team of researchers,
Dr Nathan Hill, together with
colleagues Dr Michael Willis at the
British Museum and Dr Sam van
Schaik at the å·³ritish Library, were
awarded a €7 million European
Research Council (ERC) Synergy
Grant, for a project 'Beyond
Boundaries: Religion, Region,
Language and the State’. The
project will explore the interlocking
kingdoms in Asia and their
interactions between South, South
East and Central Asia, focusing
on the literary, economic and
「e[igi〇us developments of the
fourth and fifth centuries CE, a
crucial period of cultural formation

and international exchange. Dr
Hill will be focusing on Burma
and South East Asia, and, working
alongside a research associate, will
be deciphering the Pyu language.

Together with SOAS linguistics PhD
candidate Thomas Owen-Smith,
Nathan published the edited volume
Trans-Himalayan Linguistics (Berlin:
Mouton, 2014), the proceedings of
a conference held at SOAS in 2010.

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Dr Andrea Janku

Publications

Janku, Andrea (2014) #Guoji rendao
zhuyi zai Zhongguo: cong 20 shiji
chu de zaizhen tanqi.1 Shixue
yuekan, 2014 (4). pp. 15-19.

Janku, Andrea (2013) The
Internationalisation of Disaster
Relief in Early Twentieth-century
China/ Berliner Chinahefte/Chinese
History and Society (43). pp. 6-28.

Janku, Andrea (2014) "’New
Methods to Nourish the People11:

Late Qing Encyclopaedic Writings
on Political Economy/ In:
Dolezelova-Velingerova, Milena
and Wagner, Rudolf G„ (eds.),
Chinese Encyclopaedias of New
Global Knowledge (1870-1920):
Changing Chinese Ways of Thought.
Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 329-366.


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Dr Jacob Klein

Publications

Klein, Jakob A. (2013) "There is
no such thing as Dian cuisine!”

Food and local identity in urban
Southwest China’，Food and
History 11

Klein, Jakob A. (2013) 'Everyday
approaches to food safety
in Kunming’，The China
Quarterly 214: 376-393.

Klein, Jakob A. (2014) 'Connecting
with the countryside? "Alternative"
food movements with Chinese
characteristics’，in Yuson Jung, Jakob
A. Klein and Melissa Caldwell (eds),
Ethical Eating in the Postsocialist and
Socialist World. Berkeley: University
of California Press, pp. 116-43.

Oxfeld, Ellen (2014) The moral
significance of food in reform-era
rural China’，in Yuson Jung, Jakob
A. Klein and Melissa Caldwell (eds),
Ethical Eating in the Postsocialist and
Socialist World. Berkeley: University
of California Press, pp. 44-68.

Watson, James L (2014) 'Meat:

A cultural biography in (South)

China1, in Jakob A. Klein and Anne
Murcott (eds), Food Consumption
in Global Perspective: Essays
in the Anthropology of Food in
Honour of Jack Goody. New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 25-44.

Sabban, Frangoise (2014) The taste
for milk in modern China (1865-
1937)’，in Jakob A. Klein and Anne
Murcott (eds), Food Consumption
in Global Perspective: Essays
in the Anthropology of Food in
Honour of Jack Goody. New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 182-208.

Dr Lars Laamann

Dr Lars Laamann pursued new
avenues in research and publishing
whilst on sabbatical during this
academic year. The unscheduled
highlight of the year became the first
week in June, during which events
were organised to commemorate
the 25th anniversary of the
demonstrations and subsequent
massacre centred on Tiananmen
Square. Dr Laamann was able to
present an eye-witness account
at the SOAS colloquium devoted
to the event later published

as "Tiananmen Square is being
Cleansed with Blood" for the
online journal The Conversation
and an interview for Sky TV."

Publications

Re-launching the Central Asiatic
Journal (ISSN 0008 - 9192), each
issue now featuring a regional
focus. The first volume under new
editorship was published in the
spring (issue 56), with the Mongols
as its special subject. Issue 57 will
be completely devoted to the
Tanguts, based on articles which
evolved out of a conference
organised by Dr Nathan Hill last year,
as well as on new contributions
by Chinese/Asian researchers.

Dr Jieyu Liu

Dr Jieyu Liu joined the SOAS China
Institute in January 2014, having
previously taught at Sussex (Gender
Studies and Sociology), Glasgow
(Sociology) and Leeds (East Asian
Studies). As a feminist sociologist,
she specialises in sociology of
gender with a regional focus on
China and other East Asian societies.

On 9 June 2014, she presented a
paper entitled 'Changing Family
Relations in Rural China*, at the
Gender and Sexuality Research
Symposium: Masculinities, Modernity
and Heteronormativity in the UK and
China, held at the University of York.
On 24 June 2014, she presented a
paper entitled Ageing and Migration
in Rural China1, at the International
Conference of Sustainable
Development Environmental Public
Participation and Social Quality, held
at the Zhejiang University, China.

Publications

Liu, Jieyu (2014) ’Ageing, Migration
and Familial Support in Rural
China’，Geoforum, 51: 305-312.

Liu, Jieyu (ed) (2014) Social
Transformation in China,
London: Routledge.

Dr Shane McCausland

Publications

Shane McCausland and Yin Hwang,
eds, On Telling Images of China:
Essays in Narrative Painting and
Visual Culture (Hong Kong: Hong
Kong University Press, 2014).

Dr Antonello Palumbo

Publications

Antonello Palumbo, An Early Chinese
commentary on the Ekottarika-
agama: The Fenbie gongde lun and
the History of the Translation of
the Zengyi ahan jing . Taipei: Fagu
Wenhua - Dharma Drum, 2013,
xiv + 424 pp. ISBN 9789575986377

Ms Zhaoxia Pang
SOAS at The International
Conference on TCFL
in Higher Education

On 9 July 2014 The 12th
International Conference on
Teaching Chinese as a Foreign
Language in Higher Education
opened at Regents University
London. This is an annual event
organised by British Chinese
Language Teaching Society (BCLTS),
which was established in 1997 and
has since developed into a leading
organisation of Chinese Language
teachers in the UK universities.

During the conference, about 130
scholars and teachers from 12
countries came to the meeting to
present and share their research
findings; discuss and debate the
current issues in this field.

Scholars and teachers from SOAS
played an active role in the great
success of this conference. Professor
Michel Hockx, Director of SOAS


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China Institute, was invited as the
first keynote speaker to present his
view on the key issues of the study of
China, Chinese culture and Chinese
language. His speech was warmly
welcomed and accompanied by
several applauses from the audience;

Another Record Year
for SOAS in Chinese
Bridge Competition

At the 13th Chinese Bridge
Competition UK held on 22nd
March 2014, all three contestants
from SOAS achieved brilliant results.
Frederic Gelati-Meinert (coached
by Wanli Gao) who was in his 4th
year studies of BA Chinese was
awarded the second place.

Arianna Guarnieri (coached by
Zhaoxia Pang) and Anna Zech
(coached by Dr. Lianyi Song) both of
whom learned Chinese at SOAS as
their degree modules won the third
prize. All three of these contestants
from SOAS were invited to go to
China to join the Grand Competition
on behalf of UK university students.

Dr. Yan Cui, Senior Lector of
Department of China and Inner Asia
presented her paper on Localization
of Teaching Materials Development;
Ms. Zhaoxia Pang, Lector of
Department of China and Inner
Asia chaired the session on Essay
Writing and she was also elected
as a committee member of BCLTS.
Last but not least, Dr. Lianyi Song,
Principle Lector of Department of
China and Inner Asia was nominated
as senior advisor of BCLTS which is
going to be formally confirmed.

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Since the Chinese Bridge
Competition started 13 years ago,
it has become the most challenging
competition in the world in terms
of Chinese language proficiency
for university students who learn
Chinese as a foreign language. In
all of the 13 competitions, SOAS
has maintained its unique record
in that at least one contestant
from SOAS has been selected in
the top two places to go China
for the final grand competition
on behalf of the UK region.

The success of these contestants
is also directly attributable to the
great skills and professional efforts
of their personal coaches who all
work in the department of China
and Inner Asia at SOAS and are also
members of SOAS China institute.

Dr Tim Pringle

Publications

Pringle, Tim (2013) Trade
Unions in China: The Challenge
of Labour Unrest (Routiedge
Contemporary China) Paperback

Dr Damian Tobin

Publications

Tobin, Damian (2013) ’Renminbi
internationalisation: precedents
and implications/ Journal of
Chinese Economic b Business
Studies, 11 (2). pp. 81-99.

Tobin, Damian (2013) The
renminbi as an international
currency: the next instalment
of China’s economic reforms’

Journal of Chinese Economic
b Business Studies, 11 (2). 79.

Dr Ulrich Volz

Publications

Volz, Ulrich (2014) 'RMB
Internationalisation and Currency
Co-operation in East Asia/ In:

Hilpert, Hanns Gunther and
Rovekamp, Frank, (eds.), Currency
Cooperation in East Asia. Heidelberg
and New York: Springer, pp. 57-81.

Volz, Ulrich (2014) *All Politics is
Local: The Renminbis Prospects
as a Future Global Currency/ In:
Armijo, Leslie and Katada, Saori,

(eds.). The Financial Statecraft
of Emerging Powers. London:
Routiedge, pp. 103-137. Ito, Hiro and
Volz, Ulrich (2013) 'China and Global
Imbalances from a View of Sectorial
Reforms/ Review of International
Economics, 21 (1). pp. 57-71.

Volz, Ulrich (2014) 'Comment on
'Lessons for China from Financial
Liberalization in Scandinavia” Asian
Economic Papers, 13 (1). pp. 48-50.

And these are shorter pieces:

Ito, Hiro and Volz, Ulrich (2013)
^3o「「ecting Ghi门a's Macroeconomic
Imbalances/ East Asia Forum .

Ito, Hiro and Volz, Ulrich (2013)
Rebalancing the Chinese Economy/
China Forex . pp. 20-21.


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SOAS CHINA Institute in the Media

A global platform for academics and the wider world.

• The SOAS China Institute offers nearly
50 experts from a range of disciplines -
from finance, politics, languages and culture.
SOAS is also home to The China Quarterly -
one of the most cited area studies journals
in the world.

• SOAS China Instituted academic staff members
have provided expert commentary on a wide
range of issues. SCI Director Professor Michel
Hockx frequently provides commentary on
languages, in particular on teaching and
learning Mandarin in UK schools. He has
published articles in The Conversation on this
subject and provided commentary on Voice
of Russia. He is also an expert on Chinese
cultural policy and media censorship and
comments frequently on those topics.

History

Professor Hockx and Dr Lars Laamann provided
commentary on the 25th anniversary of the 1989
peopled movement. This was featured on Sky News
and in The Conversation. Dr Laamanns eye-witness
account in particular, in The Conversation, proved
extremely popular with readers. Art historian Dr Shane
McCausland described the first paper money under
the rule of Kublai Khan in China for a BBC World
Service programme on the history of money.

Politics and economics

The political impact of science and technology was
covered by Dr Enze Han commenting on the China
moon landing on ITV News. Dr Hong Bo was a guest
on CNBC, providing political insight on the significance
of the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to the UK. Dr
Tim Pringle, Professor Hockx and Dr Han provided
commentary and analysis on the Hong Kong protests
across S/cy /Vevvs, Deutsche 77?e (Ton厂sat/on

and Monocle Radio. During the Sunflower protests in
"Taiwan in March and April, Dr Dafydd FeU was frequently
quoted in the Taiwanese media. He published two pieces
of analysis on the movement: Occupy Taiwan and the
Red Shirts Movement/ Nottingham China Policy Institute
Blog (2014), and Importance of social movements
in Taiwan/ Taipei Times (2014). A Chinese version of
the latter piece was published in Wealth Magazine.

Contemporary society

SCI Deputy Director Dr Jieyu Liu consistently offers
insight on culture and society. The topics she has
covered include the grieving process in China, stress
level among Chinese school pupils and sexuality in
China, as featured in BBC Radio 4, Times Educational
Supplement and BBC China respectively. In addition,
Dr Liu has been interviewed by the BBC The World
Tonight (on the impact of Malaysian Airline tragedy
upon Chinese families), Danish Broadcasting
Corporation (on gender inequality at work) and
The Guardian (on Chinese middle class and food
consumption). Professor Hockx has also provided
in-depth analysis on internet culture and censorship
in China, publishing articles in Chinafile and in The
Conversation. As the Director of the SOAS China
Institute, he is also the spokesperson for the Instituted
mission and was interviewed by The Economist, as
well as by Propeller TV, the premium channel for the
UK-China community which is broadcast on Sky.


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Bespoke Training

The SOAS China Institute works together
with the SOAS Enterprise Office to provide
bespoke training programmes related
to China which have been specifically
designed for particular clients according
to their requirements or bid specifications.
The enterprise team liaises closely with the
client throughout preparation and delivery
to ensure programmes are of a high
standard whilst the institute is responsible
for identifying and coordinating the most
suitable expertise fora particular request.

The duration, content and delivery
style of these programmes are wide-
ranging. A couple of recent programmes
are provided to illustrate the range
of expertise available at SOAS.

Tailored Programme for senior
managers from Chinese
art auction houses

Client: Chinese Association of Auctioneers (CAA)
Regional focus Asia/UK
Background and Requirements

The main objectives of the programme were to
find out more about the business side of running
an auction house and to learn about best practice
from leading auction houses in the UK.

Approach

The course was a combination of classroom-based
lectures, discussion groups and visits to museums
and auction houses, including the opportunity to
participate in live auctions. Sessions were delivered
by academics and auction house practitioners,
giving participants a real insight into the subject area
rather than a purely theoretical approach. As most
of the group did not speak English, all sessions were
delivered via simultaneous translation equipment.

The course at SOAS concluded with presentations
from some of the Chinese auction houses to an
invited audience. The group then went on to do a
sightseeing tour of the UK, which included visits
to country auction houses, antique
markets and famous sights.

Outcomes and Benefits

Participants benefitted from the opportunity to
exchange ideas and to study with colleagues
from other auction houses in China, whilst
also being able to engage with, and learn from,
some of the leading experts in the UK.

"The event provided our auction
houses with an excellent
opportunity. I suggest that
after our return to China, we
should have a meeting to
share our experiences and
learning in London, in order
to get a better understanding
of the rules and policies of
Sotheby's and Christies".

"The whole event organised by
the team led by Dr. Tao Wang
(from the Professors to the
PhD students) made our study
trip very impressive. I hope in
the future, we can have more
communications with British
counterparts, and welcome
them to visit China as well."


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Chinese University of Hong
Kong (CUHK) - 2 week Summer
Leadership Programme
Client: Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Background and Requirements
Each year SOAS provides a 2-week study
programme for participants on the CUHK
Leadership Development Programme which
was established to nurture the leadership
potential of selected students. The course
focuses on london as a global city1 and is part
of a two-year credit-bearing programme at
CUHK. The partnership with SOAS; University
of London is aimed at promoting globalisation
and contemporary social change.

Approach

The programme combines lectures on topics
such as urban regeneration, creative industries,
immigration and multiculturalism with visits to a
wide range of locations such as the Olympics site,
Kew Gardens, the East End and Brixton as well
as a day trip to Bristol where participants attend
a graffiti workshop. The itinerary is designed to
provide important synergy with the emerging
themes of global awareness and community
engagement in other components of the
programme. Students look at how globalisation
has transformed the politics, economy,
and culture of London and by considering
urban development in the capital they are
encouraged to assess the future challenges and
opportunities of Hong Kong as a world city.

Outcomes and Benefits

Staff and students are able to experience
London from many different perspectives
and interact with a wide range of people
from academics to practitioners, Members of
Parliament and students. Having reflected on the
programme one of the students wrote 7 got to
truly appreciate how diverse London is as a city,
and how globalised and different Londoners
could be from one another. It was like seeing a
mini globalised world with all its interactions".

CUHK students attending a graffiti workshop

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12 I SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE

Alumni Report

SOAS

CHINA

INSTITUTE

亚非学院
中国研究院

To find out more about how you can get involved
with SOAS" global alumni network, please contact
Zeba Salman on z.salmanè´Ÿsoas.ac.uk or
call +44 (0)20 7898 4138.

’SOAS

University of London
中國研究院China Institute

Working with SOAS alumni and excellent partners
in China and the surrounding region, the SOAS
Ghiria Institute (SGI) has been actively engaging in
raising SOASf profile in East Asia and fostering global
relationships. Professor Michel Hockx visited Singapore,
Hong Kong, Shanghai and Hangzhou in December
2013, as part of building strong links with alumni in
the region, and promoting the work of the SCI.

With networking events in the four cities, SOAS alumni
were treated to talks by Hockx, Professor of Chinese
at SOAS and a specialist in Modern Chinese literature.
His talk, entitled Inside the Great Firewall: Internet
Culture in the Peoples Republic of China1 gave alumni
a critical perspective on internet censorship in China.

Zeba Salman, Head of Alumni Relations, who was
part of the delegation, said: "This visit was a great
opportunity to reconnect our international alumni-
body with current academics and with each other,
and to hear about important developments at SOAS.

We are working to grow and enhance our worldwide
network of alumni and friends, and its with thanks
to their generosity and support that we are able to
bring multiple benefits to the life and work of the
School - such as creating additional learning resources,
enhancing academic and social facilities and providing
scholarships to ensure that we continue to attract
the most talented students from all backgrounds."

In Singapore, Hockx was joined by Carol Tan (Professor
of Law at SOAS) and alumnus Dr Farish Noor of
Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, who
graduated from SOAS with an MA South East Asian
Studies. A Malaysian political scientist and historian,

Noor spoke about the impact of his SOAS studies and
said: MSOAS is an institution of higher learning that is
unique in the gallery of institutions of higher learning
in the UK, and its history is inevitably intertwined
with that of empire, colonialism, anti-colonialism,
postcolonialism and the postmodern present. Living as
we do in this postmodern age marked by our incredulity
towards meta-narratives, perhaps we ought to accept
that SOAS is likewise a contested signifier that has many
meanings to many people; and as an institution of
some historical weight and standing, perhaps the time
has come for a complex accounting of itself as well."

Recent developments have underscored the
importance of SOASf work in the wider region,
building on its expertise in the languages, civilisations
and societies of the region. The new SOAS China
Institute was established earlier in the autumn, and
the third Indonesia Kontemporer was staged at
SOASf campus in Londons central district of learning
and heritage. In October the School received an
extraordinary £20 million donation to support the
study and preservation of Southeast Asian art.


ANNUAL REVIEW I 13

China Quarterly

Editor: Professor Chris Bramall

The China Quarterly is the leading source for serious
scholarship on contemporary China and Taiwan.
Rigorously peer-reviewed and edited to the highest
standards, the journal publishes timely, in-depth,
accurate and comprehensive research. International in
scholarship, The China Quarterly provides readers with
an indispensable aid to understanding modern China,
through articles, research reports and book reviews.

The China Quarterly is published
for SOAS, University of London
by Cambridge University Press.

https://www.soas.ac.uk/research/

publications/journals/chinaq/

The China Quarterly, SOAS, University of London,
University of London, Thornhaugh Street,

Russell Square London WC1H OXG

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7898 4063
Fax: +44 (0)20 7898 4849

SOAS

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AC Graham Memorial Lectures

' .'测:啊⑶

2014 AC GRAHAM MEMORIAL

LECTURES

Roger T, Ames
liverslty of Hawair

The annual AC Graham Memorial Lectures
commemorate the scholarly contributions of
Professor Angus Graham (1919-1991), who taught
classical Chinese philosophy and language at
SOAS from 1950-1984 and was widely seen as
one of the worlds greatest authorities on
Confucianism and Daoism. The Memorial
Lectures, which have been held since 2010,
each year bring a renowned academic expert
on Chinese philosophy to SOAS to deliver two
public lectures and teach a "master class" for
MA and PhD students. They form a highlight
in the events calendar for all those interested
in classical and premodern Chinese culture.

In 2014, the Memorial Lectures were delivered
by Professor Roger Ames from the University
of Hawaii Professor Ames is a world-leading
figure in the study of Chinese philosophy,
known especially for his unrivalled ability to
make Confucianism accessible and relevant
in todayfs global context. His well-attended
lectures focused on Confucian role ethics,
conceptions of human nature and religiousness,
and featured extensive and passionate discussion.

SOAS Online Radio has made available a
feature profile of Professor Angus Graham
and recordings of previous AC Graham
Memorial Lectures, at http://soasradio.org/
angus-graham-memorial-lectures.


SOAS China Institute

2013-2014 was an exciting period for SOAS China Institute. The
Centre continued to build its profile internally and externally with
its events programme with some lectures attracting audiences
of close to a hundred people, including many from the wider
business, media, and diplomatic community. Our regular seminar
series commenced in October 2013 and included talks by:

Paul Pickowicz (University of California)
MThe Tangled Dynamics of Independent
Filmmaking in Contemporary China"

Maria Menshikova (State Hermitage
Museum, St Petersburg) "Date,
history, and restoration of a ceramic
Lohan sculpture from Yizhou"

John Garnaut (Fairfax Media)
MThe Rise of Xi Jinping and the
Destruction of Bo Xilai"

Manjari Chatterjee Miller (Boston
University) "Wronged by Empire:
Wronged by Empire: Colonial
Memories and Victimhood in India’s
and China’s Foreign Policy Today"

William A. Callahan
(London School of Economics)
"Citizen Ai: Warrior, Jester
and Middleman"

Roger T. Ames (University of
Hawai’i) "Everyone can Become
a Sage:M A Revisionist Reading of
the Mencius on 'Human Nature'

Kathrine Morton (Australian National
University) "China’s Rise and Global
and Future of Global Governance”

Susanne Y P Choi (Chinese University
of Hong Kong) "Patriarchy Unbound:
Male Rural-to-Urban Migrants
Negotiating Marital Power in China"

Michel Hockx (SOAS), Andrea Janku
(SOAS), Lars Laamann (SOAS),
Patricia Thorton (Oxford) "June
Fourth 1989: An Overview”

Prof Jeff Wasserstrom (University of
California, Irvine) and Ms Isabel Hilton
(chinadialogue) "Ways of Writing about
China for Different Audiences”

Professor Bruce Dickson
(George Washington University)
MCan China Be Governed?"


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SOAS China Experts

Anthropology and
Sociology

Dr Jakob KLEIN

Lecturer in Social Anthropology

Expertise: Food and eating,
culinary traditions,
consumption; China (South)

jk2^soas.ac.uk

Dr Kevin LATHAM
Senior Lecturer in
Social Anthropology

Expertise: Chinese theatre, popular
culture, television and media;

Hong Kong and Guangdong
Province (PRC)
fdl@soas.ac.uk

Development Studies

Dr Tim PRINGLE

Lecturer in Labour, Social
Movements and Develompent

Expertise: East Asia, labour relations
in China and Vietnam, trade union
reform in China and Vietnam,
labour and social movements in
China, labour migration in China
tp21 奐 soas.ac.uk

Economics

Professor
Robert FASH
Professor of Economics with
reference to China and Taiwan

Expertise: China’s economic
development in the 20th and 21st
centuries (especially agricultural
and rural change, demographic and
employment issues, consumption
and living standards); evolution
of 'Greater China’； economic
development of Taiwan and
cross-Strait: economic relations
ra2 è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

Professor Christopher BRAMALL

Professor of Economics

Expertise: Economic growth;
income inequality; famine and
agricultural development in modern
China; the political economy of
Maoism; the development of the
contemporary Chinese empire
cb81^soas.ac.uk

Dr Die LO

Reader in Economics

Expertise: China: industry and trade
in China; late industrialisation;
the Soviet-type economic
system and transformation
dll è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

Dr Ulrich VOLZ

Senior Lecturer in Development

Economics

Expertise: International Finance,
Open Economy Macroeconomics,
Financial Market Development
and Stability, Development and
Transition Economics, Global
Economic Governance< East
Asian Financial Markets
uvl^soas.ac.uk

Financia[ and
Management Studies
Dr Hong BO

Reader in Finance and Management

Expertise: Firm investment
decisions under uncertainty; capital
market imperfections; corporate
finance; corporate governance;
financial economics; China
hb22@soas.ac.uk

Yueqin DONG

Teaching Fellow

Expertise:

yd4@soas.ac.uk

Dr Eunsuk HONG

Lecturer in International Business b

Management (China)

Expertise: Internationalisation
strategy of MNEs from developing
economies; Chinese economy and
Chinese business management;
Comparative economics; Applied
econometrics with an emphasis
on spatial dependence
ehl9@soas.ac.uk

Dr Huanguang QIU

Newton International Fellow

Expertise:

运 soas.ac.uk

Dr Gerhard Kling

Professor of International Business

and Management

Expertise: Mergers b Acquisitions,
International Business, Corporate
Finance, Corporate Governance,
Mathematical b Statistical Modelling
gkl7(Qsoas.ac. uk

Dr Damian TOBIN

Lecturer in Chinese Business and

Management

Expertise: The reform of corporate
governance practices in Chinafs
state-owned enterprises with
particular reference to the banking,
oil and telecommunications sectors;
the size of Chinas state sector;
p「e-reform economic relations
between Hong Kong and Mainland
China; and global production chains
dt29@soas.ac.uk

History

Dr Andrea JANKU
Senior Lecturer in the
History of China

Expertise: China, social and
cultural history; the early press
and the history of communication;
environmental history

aj7@soas.ac.uk

Dr Lars LAAMANN

Lecturer in the History of China

Expertise: Popular religions in early
modern China (16th-20th cc);
Christianity in China (18th-20th cc);
opium and other narcotics
(18th-20th cc); Manchu
history (16th-20th cc)
lllO@soas.ac.uk

Dr George LANE

Senior Teaching Fellow

Expertise: Specialisation the
llkhanate, interested in lranfs
relations with Yuan China and
development of Toluid Mongol rule
gll è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk


ANNUAL REVIEW 117

History of Art and
Archaeology

Dr Shane MCCAUSLAND
Reader in the History of Art of China

Expertise: Pictorial arts of China -
especially painting and calligraphy;
East Asian narrative art; canons,
collecting and connoisseurship;
Chinese art and modernity
sm80@soas.ac.uk

Dr Lukas NICKEL

Reader in Chinese Art History and

Archaeology

Expertise: Archaeology in Ghina;
early Buddhist art; traditional
architecture of China and Japan
ln2@soas.ac.uk

Dr Stacey PIERSON

Senior Lecturer in Chinese Ceramics

Expertise: History and production of
Chinese ceramics; history and theory
of collecting; history of art history
spl7(asoas.ac.uk

Language Pedagogy

DrYanCUl

Senior Lector in Chinese

Expertise: Modern Chinese
language and language
pedagogy; literary stylistics
yc2^soas.ac.uk

Ms Wan Li GAO
Senior Lector in Chinese

Expertise: Modern Chinese
language and language pedagogy
wg^soas.ac.uk

Ms Zhaoxia PANG

Lector in Chinese

Expertise: Teaching Chinese
as a foreign language; norms
and practice in translation

zpl@soas.ac.uk

Dr Lianyi SONG

Principal Teaching Fellow

Expertise: Modern Chinese
language and language pedagogy
ls2@soas.ac.uk

Ms LikSUEN

Principal Lector in Chinese

Expertise: Modern Chinese
languages and language
pedagogy; Cantonese
lx@soas.ac.uk

Linguistics

Dr Wynn CHAO

Senior Lecturer in Linguistics

Expertise: Syntax-semantics
interface; language universals and
typology; psycholinguistics; Chinese

wc@soas.ac.uk

Dr Nathan HILL

Lecturer in Tibetan and Linguistics

Expertise: Tibetan language from
old Tibetan to modern standard
Tibetan; Tibetan historical and
biographical literature; Central
Asian languages, in particular
Mongolian; Ghinese minorities
nh36^soas.ac.uk

Dr Justin Watkins

Senior Lecturer in the Languages

and Linguistics of South East Asia

Expertise: Linguistics of
minority Chinese languages,
particularly Yunnan

Jw2@soas.ac.uk

Law

Mr Ernest CALDWELL

Lecturer in Chinese Law

Expertise: Comparative
methodologies and interdisci planary
approaches to the study of law;
Asian constitutionalism; East Asian
perspectives on legal order
ec24@soas.ac.uk

Dr Carol TAN

Reader in Law

Expertise: Contract; legal history;
British overseas rule and the law
especially in relation to the leased
territory of Weihaiwei and ethnic
Chinese communities in Hong
Kong and SE Asia; law and society
in SE Asia; traditional Chinese law
ct9 è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

DrSanzhuZHU
Senior Lecturer in Chinese
Commercial Law

Expertise: Chinese law;
comparative commercial law
sz8 è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

Library and Information
Services

Ms WaiHing TSE
Subject Librarian
(China b Inner Asia)

Expertise:

wtl^soas.ac.uk

Literary and Cultural Studies

Dr Cosima BRUNO

Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies

Expertise: Contemporary Chinese
poetry; translation studies
cb65 è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

Dr Rossella FERRARI
Senior Lecturer in Chinese and
Theatre Studies

Expertise: Contemporary Chinese
drama and film; theory and
practice of the avant-garde;
transnational Chinese Culture
rf24@soas.ac.uk

Professor Bernhard FUEHRER

Professor of Sinology

Expertise: Classical Chinese
philology, rhetoric, philosophy and
literature; the history of Sinology in
Europe; reception of the canon with
specific reference to the Analects
bf3 è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

Professor Michel HOCKX

Professor of Chinese

Expertise: Modern Chinese literature
and language; Chinese writers and
writings from the late imperial and
republican periods, with emphasis on
modern poetry and on the sociology
of modern Chinese literature
mhl7@soas.ac.uk


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Professor Andrew H-B LO

Professor in Chinese

Expertise: Ghinese [anguage
(Cantonese and Mandarin);
fiction and prose from the Ming-
Qing periods; cultural activities
of Ming and Qing scholars,
especially games; Chinese export
watercolours, botanical culture
al3 迈 soas.ac.uk

Dr Xiaoning LU

Lecturer in Modern Chinese Culture
and Language

Expertise: Modern Chinese
film and literature; socialist
culture; popular culture

xll è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

DrTian YuanTAN

Reader in Chinese Studies

Expertise: Traditional Chinese
literature and culture, with
emphasis on drama, songs, and
fiction in the later dynasties
tt26@soas.ac.uk

Media Studies

Dr Jaeho KANG
Lecturer in Critical Media and
Cultural Studies

Expertise: East Asia; Korea, China
and Japan; critical theory; media
theory; East Asian cultural studies;
political communication; media and
urban spaces in East Asian cities;

New media and democracy; media
spectacle and global mega events
jk71^soas.ac.uk

Music

Dr Rachel HARRIS

Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology

Expertise: Ethnomusicology; musics
of China and Central Asia, especially
Uyghur; recorded music; music and
ritual, music, identity and politics

rh@soas.ac.uk

Dr Hwee-San Tan

Research Associate

Expertise: Ethnomusicology;

Buddhist music in China, Taiwan;
diaspora studies; intangible cultural
heritage preservation; music
in Singapore and Malaysia.
ht5@s〇ds.ac.uk

Political and
International Studies
Dr Dafydd FELL

Reader in Comparative Politics with
reference to Taiwan

Expertise: Taiwan: democratisation,
election campaigning, party
politics, candidate selection, social
movements and political corruption

df2 è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

Dr Enze HAN

Lecturer in the International
Security of East Asia

Expertise: Ethnic politics in China and
Chinas foreign relations, especially
with Southeast Asian politics
eh22 è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

DrYuka KOBAYASHI

Lecturer in Chinese Politics

Expertise: China and international
politics; WTO; environment
and human rights

yk37^soas.ac.uk

Dr Tat Yan KONG

Reader in Comparative Politics and

Development Studies

Expertise: Korea and Taiwan:
government-business relations;
comparative political economyMate
industrialisation; development theory
yk2@soas.ac.uk

Dr Julia C STRAUSS

Professor of Chinese Politics

Expertise: China and Taiwan: public
administration and civil service,
regulation, state and society, and
environmental politics in China
jsll è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

Dr Konstantinos TSIMONIS

Teaching Fellow

Expertise: Political Representation
and Mass Organisations in
the People’s Republic of
China: Chinese Youth and the
Communist Youth League
ktl3@soas.ac.uk

Sociology and
Gender Studies
Dr Jieyu Liu

Deputy Director SOAS China
Institute

Expertise: Gender, sexuality
and socio-economic
development in China
jl92@soas.ac.uk

Study of Religions

Professor Timothy H BARRETT
Research Professor of East Asian
History

Expertise: History of Chinese
religion, notably Taoism and
Buddhism; pre-modern Chinese
history, especially the Tang period
tb2@soas.ac.uk

Dr Christopher DAILY

Post Doctoral Research Fellow in

Chinese Religions

Expertise: History of Chinese
Religions, especially Chinese
Christianity; the beginnings of
Protestant Missions in China;

Early Christian Missions in the
South Pacific, particularly Tahiti
and Hawaii; Critical Theory
and the Study of Religions
cd8@soas.ac.uk

Dr Ulrich PAGEL

Reader in Language and Religion in

Tibet and Middle Asia

Expertise: Tibetan language and
literature; Buddhism in Central
Asia; Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
upl è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

Dr Antonello PALUMBO
Lecturer in Chinese Religions

Expertise: Ideological history of pre-
modern China; Chinese religions,
notably Taoism and Buddhism;
Manichaeism and Eastern Christianity
in medieval China; Chinese cultural
relations with Central Asia
ap47@soas.ac.uk


ANNUAL REVIEW 119

Professor Renzo CAVALIERI

Research Expertise: Chinese
contemporary law, Chinese
foreign trade and investment
law, East Asian legal history

rc50 è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

Professor Anthony DICKS

Research Expertise: QC Laws
of the Peoples Republic of
China; traditional Chinese
law, international law;
commercial law; legal
history; laws of Hong Kong

Professor Stefan
FEUCHTWANG

Research Expertise: Ritual
and religion in China;
transmission of the Great Leap
famine; making place and
the urbanisation of villages

Professor Michael PALMER

Research Expertise: Dispute
resolution and civil procedure;
Chinese law (traditional and
modern); conflict of laws;
comparative family law
mp ❷ soas.ac.uk

Professor R G TIEDEMANN

Research Expertise: History of
the Boxer War in China and its
consequences, 1900-1902
rt25@soas.ac.uk

Professorial Research Associates

Research Associates

Dr Xiangqun CHANG

Research Expertise: Contemporary
China Studies; Chinese women and
gender studies; personal, institutional
and social relationships; reciprocity
and social networks; social creativity;
social support and welfare;
local identity and culture; village
autonomy; rural development;
global civil society; fieldwork
methodology; Marxist sociology.
xcl00@soas.ac.uk

Mr Jonathan FENBY

Research Expertise: History of
modern China: end of the 19th
century up to the present day.

Mr JohnGITTINGS

Research Expertise: Comparative
study of the perception of peace and
war in ancient China and Greece
jg40 è´Ÿ soas.ac.uk

Dr lanSECKINGTON

Research Expertise: Elite
politics, social change in
China, political reform

DrTaoWANG

Research Expertise: Archaeology
of China; excavated texts of the
Bronze Age in China; paleography,
epigraphy and calligraphy; early
Chinese language and religion
wt^soas.ac.uk

Dr Frances WOOD

Research Expertise: Dunhuang
studies, Chinese export
paintings, Chinese domestic
architecture, Chinese history,

Chinese bibliography

Dr Chao XI

Research Expertise: Chinese
law; comparative corporate law
and governance; comparative
securities regulation, law
and political economy
cx2@soas.ac.uk

Visiting Scholars

Dr Shengrong GAO

Shaanxi Normal University

5 March 2014-4 March 2015
Research Expertise: Chinese
environmental history, Chinese
agricultural history

Dr JieGUO

University of South Carolina

16 May 2014-15 July 2014
Research Expertise: Comparative
literature; gender theory; the history
of sexuality; postcolonial studies

Dr Zhen Tong

Xiangtan University

1 July 2014-31 December 2014
Research Expertise: Literature

zt4@soas.ac.uk

Dr Fengxia WANG

Guangzhou University

15 November 2013-
14 November 2014
Research Expertise: Theater;
comparative literature.

fw5@soas.ac.uk

Dr Huanxiang WANG

Jiaxing University

24 March 2014-23 March 2015

Research Expertise: Theory and
Methodology of Institutional and
Evolutionary Political Economy

DrShih-Pe WANG

National Chung Cheng University

(CCU)

28 January 2014-28 August 2014
Research Expertise: Chinese Classical
Drama and Theatre, Premodern
Literature, Contemporary Classical
Drama and Theatre in Taiwan

Dr Quan Wei

East China Normal University

1 May 2014-31 October 2014

Research Expertise: Modern
Chinese Literature, Old-styled
poems and essays of the literati
during the 19th to 20th century


20 I SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE

Events Listing

Conference

5-6 September 2013
The Weber Group of the British
Sociological Association and
University of Bonn Kate Hamburger
Centre for Advanced Studies Taw
as CulturefMax Weber and China:
Culture, Law and Capitalism

Workshop

27 September 2013
The Fu Manchu Complex and
Representations of East Asians in
the Contemporary Arts and Media

Daniel York, Jennifer Lim and Justin
Audibert: author, creative producer
and director of The Fu Manchu
Complex, Sir Christopher Frayling
(Professor Emeritus, Royal College
of Art), Dr Adele Lee (University of
Greenwich), Dr Emma Mawdsley
(University of Cambridge), Dr Amy
Ng, writer and historian, Dr Amanda
Rogers (University of Swansea)
and Dr Ashley Thorpe (Royal
Holloway, University of London)

Lecture

AGM

20 November 2013
Universities China Committee
The Funding in the UK for Higer
Level Academic Exchange, Study and
Research Between the UK and Ghina
Ms Tracey Fallon (University
of Nottingham)

Course

25-29 November 2013
Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation
International (JSBCI)

Lecture

9 January 2014
Head-Wagging and Obscene
Music: Conflicts over Sound on
the Qing-Muslim Frontiers

Jonathan Lipman

Conference

10 January 2014

Islamic Soundscapes in China

Lecture

23 January 2014

Women, Literature and Obscenity:
The Regulation of "Harmful
Fiction1 in Modern China

Michel Hockx

Reception

27 January 2014
Chinese New Year

Visit

11 February 2014
Zhejiang University Delegate


ANNUAL REVIEW I 21

Lecture

17 February 2014
Confucian Role Ethics:
Overcoming an Asymmetry
in Cultural Comparisons

Roger T. Ames

Lecture

21 February 2014

The Zhongyong and Confucian

A-theistic Religiousness

Roger T. Ames

Book Launch

11 March 2014
Gender in Chinese Music

Delegation

20 March 2014

Visit of Chinese delegation from
China Tibetology Research Center

Launch - Panel Debate

28 April 2014
4 speakers

Workshop

16 May 2014

Graduate Student Master Class

David Wang

Workshop

5-6 June 2014

National Chung Cheng University,
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Brave New Theatres: 1616
in China and England

Training

23 June 2014

Training date for Chinese Delegate

Professor Hockx and members of the SOAS Tibetan Studies community
meeting with a delegation from the China Tibetology Research Center.

Seminar Series

14 October 2013
Professor Paul Pickowicz
(University of California)

The Tangled Dynamics of
Independent Filmmaking in
Contemporary China

12 November 2013
Long-distance seminar

Trial session

25 November 2013

Prof Joshua Fogel (York University)

Long-distance seminar

13 January 2014
John Garnaut

The Rise of Xi Jinping and the
Destruction of Bo Xilai

20 January 2014

William A. Callahan

Professor of International Relations,

London School of Economics

Citizen Ai: Warrior, Jester
and Middleman

19 February 2014
Roger T. Ames

’Everyone can Become a Sage:
A Revisionist Reading of the
Mencius on ^uman Nature1

3 March 2014

Kathrine Morton (Associate Dean
Research College of Asia and
the Pacific, and Senior Fellow,
Department of International
Relations, School of International,
Political b Strategic Studies)

Chinas Rise and Global and
Future of Global Governance

7 March 2014

Professor Bruce Dickson (George
Washington University)

Can China Be Governed?

14 March 2014
Maria Menshikova

Date, history, and restoration
of a ceramic Lohan
sculpture from Yizhou

30 April 2014

Manjari Chatterjee Miller

Wronged by Empire: Wronged
by Empire: Colonial Memories
and Victimhood in India’s and
China’s Foreign Policy Today

12 May 2014
Susanne Y P CHOI

Patriarchy Unbound: Male Rural-
to-Urban Migrants Negotiating
Marital Power in China


22 I SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE

Join the SOAS China Institute

The SOAS China Institute welcomes people with an interest in Chinese Studies who
would like to get involved with our activities. Our offices are located on the first floor of
the Brunei Gallery and we welcome visitors by appointment.

Our website: www.soas.ac.uk/sci

Address:

The SOAS China Institute

Brunei Gallery
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London WC1H OXG

There are many ways of getting involved with the SCI:

• As a Student: The SCI runs its own MA programme
in Advanced Chinese Studies and a new MSc
programme in Contemporary China Studies. Our
Members also supervise up to 100 Phd Students
workirmpn China related matters. We also regularly
hold seminars and workshops specifically for students

• As a Public Member: Our free event series, which is
held regularly on Monday evenings is open tcxthe
wider]ublic.

• As a Visiting Scholar/Fellow: The SCI welcomes
applications from Visiting Scholars.

• As a Volunteer: The SCI occasionally hosts big
events for which we are always happy to welcome
volunteer^H


SCI key staff

SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE | 23

"The largest community of China
scholars in Europe joins the global
conversation with and about China...”

Michel Hockx at the SCI launch 2014

Michel Hockx (Director)

Michel Hockx is one of the world's foremost experts on
the study of modern and contemporary Chinese literary
communities and the way they organize themselves,
their relation to the state, and the technologies they
employ to distribute their work. He currently holds the
Chair of Chinese in the University of London and is
the Founding Director of the SOAS China Institute.

Jieyu Liu (Deputy Director)

Jieyu Lius path-breaking research explores gender,
sexuality and socio-economic development in China.
She is a specialist in the sociology of gender with a
regional focus on China and other East Asian societies.

Robert Ash (Professorial Fellow)

Robert Ash has for many years been at the forefront
of social science research on China. His research
interests include sustainable development,

China’s regional economic development, food
security, energy, population and employment
consumption, and social welfare issues.

Li-Sa Whittington (Executive Officer)

Li-Sa Whittington holds a BA in Chinese Studies
from the University of Sheffield and has many years
working experience, both in China and in the UK, in
the areas of office administration, events management
marketing, social media, and external relations.

Lucy Driver (Project Co-ordinator
and Administrative Officer)

Lucy Driver holds a BA in Spanish and Psychology
from the University of Exeter and has experience of
working in university administration, both in the UK
and China. She previously worked at the University of
Oxford where she was responsible for administering
the MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies.

The SCI would like to thank Dr Seng Tee Lee and
the Lee Foundation for their generous support.

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2 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE ANNUAL REVIEW | 3From the DirectorChina has changed tremendously since I rst set foot there in 1986. Domestically it is a very complex country, in a constant state of ux yet seeking to achieve some form of social harmony. Internationally it is a major political and economic power, increasingly demanding to be understood on its own terms. More than ever before, critical understanding of China requires a team eort by experts across a range of disciplines, it requires genuine uency in Chinese and genuine sensitivity to Chinese culture, and it needs direct and frequent interaction with partners in China itself. Moreover, what is needed is communication and dialogue between China experts working in dierent sectors and observing China from dierent angles or for dierent purposes. SCI research has huge contemporary relevance; we have established an advanced, bilingual teaching programme in Chinese Studies; we organise events and roundtables on topics of interest to academics, students, and the wider public; we are a unique resource of knowledge and opinion for media, government, and business; we actively engage with our alumni, research and consultancy networks throughout East Asia and with academic partners in China. The SCI does not believe in simple answers when it comes to China, but we do believe in answers. The unique quantity and variety of voices represented by our scholars and students will work towards providing those answers, and will do so in dialogues that will extend far beyond the walls of the university. The following pages will show you who we are, what we do, and where we are headed. We have done a lot in our rst year and we are very pleased to share with you the highlights.Michel Hockx Director, SOAS China Institute I am delighted to present to you the rst annual report of the SOAS China Institute (SCI). The SCI represents the collective expertise of one of the largest communities of China scholars in the Western world. It brings together 50 China experts with extensive knowledge and experience of the country developed across the humanities and social sciences. CHINA: the landscape Making an impact on global conversations. SOAS China Institute formal launch event, 28 April 2014.The signicance of China in today’s world and the need for a deeper understanding of the country were acknowledged by senior diplomatic, business and academic gures at the formal launch of the SOAS China Institute. The launch was marked by the rst event of the new SOAS China Institute Lecture series, which will present original and valuable perspectives on China that cut across business, media, government and academia. At the inaugural event, China: The Landscape, four senior China experts from dierent sectors oered their views on the their personal and professional interaction with Chinese economic, political, social and cultural reality. The speakers were: • Rosemary Foot, Professor of International Relations at Oxford • Stephen Lillie, Director of Asia Pacic at the Foreign and Commonwealth Oce • Simon Robey, Chairman of Atlas Capital and Chairman of the Royal Opera House • Wenguang Shao, Managing Director of Phoenix Chinese News & Entertainment Limited In his opening speech, SCI Director Michel Hockx talked of the importance of providing a platform where Chinese experts across government, arts organisations, media, NGOs, business and academia can work together to make an impact on important global conversations. He said: “Today the largest community of China scholars in Europe joins the global conversation with and about China Big questions facing China are global questions – at SOAS we have some of the answers – and we know we can nd some of the other answers with support and with partners.” All the speakers emphasised the need for a deeper understanding of the country, its domestic situation and its economic, political, diplomatic and cultural ties with the rest of the world. The speakers congratulated the Chinese Studies community at SOAS with the timely establishment of the China Institute, which they agreed is ideally positioned to contribute to global debates involving China. An audience of well over 200 people from across the worlds of academia, government, business and media attended the event. A video recording of the event is available on the SCI website at http:// www.soas.ac.uk/china-institute/events/launch/ .From left to right: Prof Rosemary Foot, Mr Stephen Lillie, Mr Simon Robey, Dr Wenguang Shao and Prof Michel Hockx.

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As the largest community of China scholars in Europe, we optimise our expertise through interdisciplinary collaboration around the following eight themes: 1. CHINA in Asia, Africa and the Middle EastSOAS is the world’s leading institution for the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. This theme leverages the School’s regional expertise to better understand the global context of China, outside of the typical US-China relationship. It considers China as a nation that explores and expands, through trade, soft power, and potentially through military power, including both contemporary and historical perspectives.2. CHINA: Population and ChangeFundamental demographic changes are taking place in China and their impact on specic groups diers according to many factors, including gender, age, ethnicity and urban or rural location. Looking through the lens of changes in family life and related cultural values and traditions is one of the areas focused on within this theme.3. CHINA: Education and CensorshipThis research area examines both the control of information and the dissemination of knowledge within state-driven sectors. Censorship in all its aspects is strongly in need of unbiased and level-headed research approaches. China is often criticised for its censorship practices, yet at the same time Chinese schools have been receiving worldwide praise for the high academic standards of their pupils. The role of the Internet and the global creative industries will also be prominently addressed under this theme.4. CHINA: Health, Water and Food SecurityBringing together the economic, medical, and cultural aspects of food, water and health in China, and linking them to crucial questions of domestic and international security provides greater understanding of how China sustains itself as it continues to experience unprecedented economic growth. Environmental aspects related to food and water in China are also an integral part of this research area.5. CHINA: Images and ImaginationWorking with visual material, ranging from art to advertising, from journalism to propaganda, we explore innovative methods to visualise how China imagines itself, and how it is imagined elsewhere. Whilst focusing on art and culture this theme resonates across all disciplines, and produces new-style scholarly outputs that move beyond traditional books and articles.6. CHINA: Energy and ClimateMoving beyond routine observations of China’s energy demands and air pollution challenges, this policy-focused research area encourages scholarly analysis of China’s current and future energy use, as well as informed discussions of China’s responses to climate change at both national and regional levels. Proposals formulated in this research area are supported by SOAS’s expertise in cultural and historical aspects of China’s use of energy resources, as well as by the expertise of our dedicated Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CEDEP).7. CHINA: Justice and RightsHuman rights and social justice are highly contested terms framing much of the debate about China in other countries. By examining the practical implications of social, political and economic inequality in China, as well as cultural and theoretical understandings of rights and justice from a Chinese perspective, we aim to contribute independent, informed viewpoints to an often highly polarised debate.8. CHINA: Beliefs and CommunitiesQuestions about how religion, ideology and other belief systems provide social cohesion but also produce tensions between dierent communities lie at the core of this highly complex and interdisciplinary research area. Topics will range from examination of China’s governance of ethnic minorities to the historical changes in the ruling party’s own belief system, and from eldwork among religious groups in China to investigations into the culture of Chinese communities overseas. 4 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE ANNUAL REVIEW | 5SOAS China Institute Research themes The two-year MA Advanced Chinese Studies oers comprehensive language-based training across a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The programme is aimed at students pursuing careers in the academic world, business, government and the media that require a skill set which encompasses disciplinary rigour, comprehensive area knowledge and cultural and linguistic uencies.Programme structure:Students on the programme take four taught courses at SOAS during their rst year, including a team-taught core course provided by a range of SOAS China experts as well as a textreading seminar allowing students to integrate their Chinese reading skills into their disciplinary studies. Further courses can be selected from available disciplines including Anthropology, Art and Archaeology, Cinema, Cultural and Regional Studies, Economics, History, Law, Literature, Music, Politics, and Study of Religions. In their second year, students will undertake an extended period of study at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, where they will follow a tailor-made bilingual programme in Chinese Studies. Options for short-term internships with local companies will be made available. The second half of the second year will be taken up with the writing of the dissertation under close supervision back in London. MA Advanced Chinese Studies Start of programme:September intake only.Mode of attendance:Full time.Course requirements:Applicants should have at least intermediate-level prociency in modern Chinese (HSK Level 4). The language element of the training will be tailored to meet the needs of students’ existing language skills. Alternative elements are available for applicants not in need of further Chinese language training, such as native speakers of Chinese. SOAS China Institute:The SOAS China Institute aims to be one of the world-leading centres for China expertise and pre-eminent in London. The Institute delivers interdisciplinary research seminars and workshops; organises high prole lecture events; facilitates roundtable meetings on current aairs; and provides specialist briengs, short courses and bespoke training opportunities.Contact:Student Recruitment Oce, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H 0XG, UK. T: +44 (0)20 7898 4034 E: study@soas.ac.uk. www.soas.ac.uk/sci/ma-advanced-chinese-studies

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6 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE ANNUAL REVIEW | 7Recent Achievements by SCI Scholars Journal of East Asian Studies Volume 14: 31-52, Jan 2014. 6. In January Dafydd published, ‘Measuring and Explaining the Electoral Fortunes of Small Parties in Taiwan’s Party Politics.’ Issues and Studies. An International Quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian Aairs, 50 (1). (2014) pp. 153-188.Dr Rachel HarrisPublicationsIn 2013 Rachel Harris published an edited volume: Gender in Chinese Music, Rachel Harris, Rowan Pease & Shzr Ee Tan eds. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, which includes an introduction co-authored with Rowan Pease, and her solo authored chapter: ‘Doing Satan’s Business: Negotiating gendered concepts of music and ritual in rural Xinjiang’. She also published a chapter: ‘Harmonizing Islam in Xinjiang: sound and meaning in rural Uyghur religious practice’, in Bellr-Hann and Brox eds. On the Fringes of the Harmonious Society: Tibetans and Uyghurs in Socialist China. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, pp293-317. She produced a CD by a prominent Uyghur singer: ‘Arzu’ by Sanubar Tursun. Felmay Records, and won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for sleeve notes written for ‘Borderlands’ (Smithsonian Folkways 2012).Dr Nathan HillIn February 2014, as part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, Dr Nathan Hill, together with colleagues Dr Michael Willis at the British Museum and Dr Sam van Schaik at the British Library, were awarded a million European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant, for a project ‘Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State’. The project will explore the interlocking kingdoms in Asia and their interactions between South, South East and Central Asia, focusing on the literary, economic and religious developments of the fourth and fth centuries CE, a crucial period of cultural formation and international exchange. Dr Hill will be focusing on Burma and South East Asia, and, working alongside a research associate, will be deciphering the Pyu language. Together with SOAS linguistics PhD candidate Thomas Owen-Smith, Nathan published the edited volume Trans-Himalayan Linguistics (Berlin: Mouton, 2014), the proceedings of a conference held at SOAS in 2010.Dr Andrea JankuPublicationsJanku, Andrea (2014) ‘Guoji rendao zhuyi zai Zhongguo: cong 20 shiji chu de zaizhen tanqi.’ Shixue yuekan, 2014 (4). pp. 15-19. Janku, Andrea (2013) ‘The Internationalisation of Disaster Relief in Early Twentieth-century China.’ Berliner Chinahefte/Chinese History and Society (43). pp. 6-28. Janku, Andrea (2014) ‘“New Methods to Nourish the People”: Late Qing Encyclopaedic Writings on Political Economy.’ In: Doleelov-Velingerov, Milena and Wagner, Rudolf G., (eds.), Chinese Encyclopaedias of New Global Knowledge (1870-1920): Changing Chinese Ways of Thought. Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 329-366.Dr Christopher DailyPublicationsDaily, Christopher A (2013), Robert Morrison and the Protestant Plan for China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press; Columbia University Press. (Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)Dr Dafydd FellPublications1. Fell, Dafydd and Chiu, Kueifen and Lin, Ping, eds. (2013) Migration to and From Taiwan. London: Routledge. 2. Fell, Dafydd and Cheng , Isabelle and Tseng , Yu-chin (2013) ‘The politics of the mainland spouses’ rights movement in Taiwan.’ In: Fell, Dafydd and Chiu, Kuei-fen and Lin, Ping, (eds.), Migration to and From Taiwan.pp. 205-226. 3. Fell, Dafydd (2013) ‘Migration through the lens of political advertising: How Taiwanese parties discuss migration.’ In: Migration to and From Taiwan. pp. 125-134. 4. Fell, Dafydd and Sullivan, Jonathan and Sapir, Eliyahu (2013) ‘Party Candidate Selection before and after the Change of Ruling Parties: A Study of the 2005 and 2009 Local Executive Elections in Taiwan.’ Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 9 (2). pp. 55-77. 5. Dafydd published: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Patterns of Party Switching in Multiparty Taiwan, as “Tiananmen Square is being Cleansed with Blood” for the online journal The Conversation and an interview for Sky TV.”PublicationsRe-launching the Central Asiatic Journal (ISSN 0008 9192), each issue now featuring a regional focus. The rst volume under new editorship was published in the spring (issue 56), with the Mongols as its special subject. Issue 57 will be completely devoted to the Tanguts, based on articles which evolved out of a conference organised by Dr Nathan Hill last year, as well as on new contributions by Chinese/Asian researchers.Dr Jieyu LiuDr Jieyu Liu joined the SOAS China Institute in January 2014, having previously taught at Sussex (Gender Studies and Sociology), Glasgow (Sociology) and Leeds (East Asian Studies). As a feminist sociologist, she specialises in sociology of gender with a regional focus on China and other East Asian societies. On 9 June 2014, she presented a paper entitled ‘Changing Family Relations in Rural China’, at the Gender and Sexuality Research Symposium: Masculinities, Modernity and Heteronormativity in the UK and China, held at the University of York. On 24 June 2014, she presented a paper entitled ‘Ageing and Migration in Rural China’, at the International Conference of Sustainable Development, Environmental Public Participation and Social Quality, held at the Zhejiang University, China.PublicationsLiu, Jieyu (2014) ‘Ageing, Migration and Familial Support in Rural China’, Geoforum, 51: 305-312. Liu, Jieyu (ed) (2014) Social Transformation in China, London: Routledge.Dr Shane McCauslandPublicationsShane McCausland and Yin Hwang, eds, On Telling Images of China: Essays in Narrative Painting and Visual Culture (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2014).Dr Antonello PalumboPublicationsAntonello Palumbo, An Early Chinese commentary on the Ekottarikagama: The Fenbie gongde lun and the History of the Translation of the Zengyi ahan jing . Taipei: Fagu Wenhua – Dharma Drum, 2013, xiv + 424 pp. ISBN 9789575986377Ms Zhaoxia PangSOAS at The International Conference on TCFL in Higher EducationOn 9 July 2014 The 12th International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in Higher Education opened at Regent’s University London. This is an annual event organised by British Chinese Language Teaching Society (BCLTS), which was established in 1997 and has since developed into a leading organisation of Chinese Language teachers in the UK universities. During the conference, about 130 scholars and teachers from 12 countries came to the meeting to present and share their research ndings; discuss and debate the current issues in this eld. Scholars and teachers from SOAS played an active role in the great success of this conference. Professor Michel Hockx, Director of SOAS Dr Jacob KleinPublicationsKlein, Jakob A. (2013) “There is no such thing as Dian cuisine!” Food and local identity in urban Southwest China’, Food and History 11 (1): 203-225. Klein, Jakob A. (2013) ‘Everyday approaches to food safety in Kunming’, The China Quarterly 214: 376-393. Klein, Jakob A. (2014) ‘Connecting with the countryside? “Alternative” food movements with Chinese characteristics’, in Yuson Jung, Jakob A. Klein and Melissa Caldwell (eds), Ethical Eating in the Postsocialist and Socialist World. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 116-43. Oxfeld, Ellen (2014) ‘The moral signicance of food in reform-era rural China’, in Yuson Jung, Jakob A. Klein and Melissa Caldwell (eds), Ethical Eating in the Postsocialist and Socialist World. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 44-68. Watson, James L (2014) ‘Meat: A cultural biography in (South) China’, in Jakob A. Klein and Anne Murcott (eds), Food Consumption in Global Perspective: Essays in the Anthropology of Food in Honour of Jack Goody. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 25-44. Sabban, Franoise (2014) ‘The taste for milk in modern China (18651937)’, in Jakob A. Klein and Anne Murcott (eds), Food Consumption in Global Perspective: Essays in the Anthropology of Food in Honour of Jack Goody. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 182-208.Dr Lars LaamannDr Lars Laamann pursued new avenues in research and publishing whilst on sabbatical during this academic year. The unscheduled highlight of the year became the rst week in June, during which events were organised to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the demonstrations and subsequent massacre centred on Tiananmen Square. Dr Laamann was able to present an eye-witness account at the SOAS colloquium devoted to the event, later published

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8 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE ANNUAL REVIEW | 9 Since the Chinese Bridge Competition started 13 years ago, it has become the most challenging competition in the world in terms of Chinese language prociency for university students who learn Chinese as a foreign language. In all of the 13 competitions, SOAS has maintained its unique record in that at least one contestant from SOAS has been selected in the top two places to go China for the nal grand competition on behalf of the UK region. The success of these contestants is also directly attributable to the great skills and professional eorts of their personal coaches who all work in the department of China and Inner Asia at SOAS and are also members of SOAS China institute. Dr Tim PringlePublicationsPringle, Tim (2013) Trade Unions in China: The Challenge of Labour Unrest (Routledge Contemporary China) Paperback Dr Damian TobinPublicationsTobin, Damian (2013) ‘Renminbi internationalisation: precedents and implications.’ Journal of Chinese Economic & Business Studies, 11 (2). pp. 81-99. Tobin, Damian (2013) ‘The renminbi as an international currency: the next instalment of China’s economic reforms’ Journal of Chinese Economic & Business Studies, 11 (2). 79.Dr Ulrich VolzPublicationsVolz, Ulrich (2014) ‘RMB Internationalisation and Currency Co-operation in East Asia.’ In: Hilpert, Hanns Gnther and Rvekamp, Frank, (eds.), Currency Cooperation in East Asia. Heidelberg and New York: Springer, pp. 57-81. Volz, Ulrich (2014) ‘All Politics is Local: The Renminbi’s Prospects as a Future Global Currency.’ In: Armijo, Leslie and Katada, Saori, (eds.), The Financial Statecraft of Emerging Powers. London: Routledge, pp. 103-137. Ito, Hiro and Volz, Ulrich (2013) ‘China and Global Imbalances from a View of Sectorial Reforms.’ Review of International Economics, 21 (1). pp. 57-71. Volz, Ulrich (2014) ‘Comment on ‘Lessons for China from Financial Liberalization in Scandinavia’.’ Asian Economic Papers, 13 (1). pp. 48-50. And these are shorter pieces: Ito, Hiro and Volz, Ulrich (2013) ‘Correcting China’s Macroeconomic Imbalances.’ East Asia Forum . Ito, Hiro and Volz, Ulrich (2013) ‘Rebalancing the Chinese Economy.’ China Forex . pp. 20-21. China Institute, was invited as the rst keynote speaker to present his view on the key issues of the study of China, Chinese culture and Chinese language. His speech was warmly welcomed and accompanied by several applauses from the audience; Dr. Yan Cui, Senior Lector of Department of China and Inner Asia presented her paper on Localization of Teaching Materials Development; Ms. Zhaoxia Pang, Lector of Department of China and Inner Asia chaired the session on Essay Writing and she was also elected as a committee member of BCLTS. Last but not least, Dr. Lianyi Song, Principle Lector of Department of China and Inner Asia was nominated as senior advisor of BCLTS which is going to be formally conrmed. Another Record Year for SOAS in Chinese Bridge CompetitionAt the 13th Chinese Bridge Competition UK held on 22nd March 2014, all three contestants from SOAS achieved brilliant results. Frederic Gelati-Meinert (coached by Wanli Gao) who was in his 4th year studies of BA Chinese was awarded the second place. Arianna Guarnieri (coached by Zhaoxia Pang) and Anna Zech (coached by Dr. Lianyi Song) both of whom learned Chinese at SOAS as their degree modules won the third prize. All three of these contestants from SOAS were invited to go to China to join the Grand Competition on behalf of UK university students. A global platform for academics and the wider world.SOAS CHINA Institute in the Media• The SOAS China Institute oers nearly 50 experts from a range of disciplines – from nance, politics, languages and culture. SOAS is also home to The China Quarterly – one of the most cited area studies journals in the world. • SOAS China Institute’s academic sta members have provided expert commentary on a wide range of issues. SCI Director Professor Michel Hockx frequently provides commentary on languages, in particular on teaching and learning Mandarin in UK schools. He has published articles in The Conversation on this subject and provided commentary on Voice of Russia. He is also an expert on Chinese cultural policy and media censorship and comments frequently on those topics.HistoryProfessor Hockx and Dr Lars Laamann provided commentary on the 25th anniversary of the 1989 people’s movement. This was featured on Sky News and in The Conversation. Dr Laamann’s eye-witness account, in particular, in The Conversation, proved extremely popular with readers. Art historian Dr Shane McCausland described the rst paper money under the rule of Kublai Khan in China for a BBC World Service programme on the history of money.Politics and economicsThe political impact of science and technology was covered by Dr Enze Han commenting on the China moon landing on ITV News. Dr Hong Bo was a guest on CNBC, providing political insight on the signicance of the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to the UK. Dr Tim Pringle, Professor Hockx and Dr Han provided commentary and analysis on the Hong Kong protests across Sky News, Deutsche Welle, The Conversation and Monocle Radio. During the Sunower protests in Taiwan in March and April, Dr Dafydd Fell was frequently quoted in the Taiwanese media. He published two pieces of analysis on the movement: ‘Occupy Taiwan and the Red Shirts Movement.’ Nottingham China Policy Institute Blog (2014), and ‘Importance of social movements in Taiwan.’ Taipei Times (2014). A Chinese version of the latter piece was published in Wealth Magazine.Contemporary societySCI Deputy Director Dr Jieyu Liu consistently oers insight on culture and society. The topics she has covered include the grieving process in China, stress level among Chinese school pupils and sexuality in China, as featured in BBC Radio 4, Times Educational Supplement and BBC China respectively. In addition, Dr Liu has been interviewed by the BBC The World Tonight (on the impact of Malaysian Airline tragedy upon Chinese families), Danish Broadcasting Corporation (on gender inequality at work) and The Guardian (on Chinese middle class and food consumption). Professor Hockx has also provided in-depth analysis on internet culture and censorship in China, publishing articles in Chinale and in The Conversation. As the Director of the SOAS China Institute, he is also the spokesperson for the Institute’s mission and was interviewed by The Economist, as well as by Propeller TV, the premium channel for the UK-China community which is broadcast on Sky.

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The SOAS China Institute works together with the SOAS Enterprise Oce to provide bespoke training programmes related to China which have been specically designed for particular clients according to their requirements or bid specications. The enterprise team liaises closely with the client throughout preparation and delivery to ensure programmes are of a high standard whilst the institute is responsible for identifying and coordinating the most suitable expertise for a particular request. The duration, content and delivery style of these programmes are wideranging. A couple of recent programmes are provided to illustrate the range of expertise available at SOAS. 10 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE ANNUAL REVIEW | 11Bespoke TrainingTailored Programme for senior managers from Chinese art auction housesClient: Chinese Association of Auctioneers (CAA) Regional focus Asia/UK Background and Requirements The main objectives of the programme were to nd out more about the business side of running an auction house and to learn about best practice from leading auction houses in the UK. Approach The course was a combination of classroom-based lectures, discussion groups and visits to museums and auction houses, including the opportunity to participate in live auctions. Sessions were delivered by academics and auction house practitioners, giving participants a real insight into the subject area rather than a purely theoretical approach. As most of the group did not speak English, all sessions were delivered via simultaneous translation equipment. The course at SOAS concluded with presentations from some of the Chinese auction houses to an invited audience. The group then went on to do a sightseeing tour of the UK, which included visits to country auction houses, antique markets and famous sights. Outcomes and Benets Participants benetted from the opportunity to exchange ideas and to study with colleagues from other auction houses in China, whilst also being able to engage with, and learn from, some of the leading experts in the UK. “The event provided our auction houses with an excellent opportunity. I suggest that after our return to China, we should have a meeting to share our experiences and learning in London, in order to get a better understanding of the rules and policies of Sotheby’s and Christies”. “The whole event organised by the team led by Dr. Tao Wang (from the Professors to the PhD students) made our study trip very impressive. I hope in the future, we can have more communications with British counterparts, and welcome them to visit China as well.” Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) – 2 week Summer Leadership Programme Client: Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Background and Requirements Each year SOAS provides a 2-week study programme for participants on the CUHK Leadership Development Programme which was established to nurture the leadership potential of selected students. The course focuses on ‘London as a global city’ and is part of a two-year credit-bearing programme at CUHK. The partnership with SOAS, University of London is aimed at promoting globalisation and contemporary social change. Approach The programme combines lectures on topics such as urban regeneration, creative industries, immigration and multiculturalism with visits to a wide range of locations such as the Olympics site, Kew Gardens, the East End and Brixton as well as a day trip to Bristol where participants attend a grati workshop. The itinerary is designed to provide important synergy with the emerging themes of global awareness and community engagement in other components of the programme. Students look at how globalisation has transformed the politics, economy, and culture of London and by considering urban development in the capital they are encouraged to assess the future challenges and opportunities of Hong Kong as a world city. Outcomes and Benets Sta and students are able to experience London from many dierent perspectives and interact with a wide range of people from academics to practitioners, Members of Parliament and students. Having reected on the programme one of the students wrote “I got to truly appreciate how diverse London is as a city, and how globalised and dierent Londoners could be from one another. It was like seeing a mini globalised world with all its interactions”. CUHK students attending a grati workshop

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Working with SOAS alumni and excellent partners in China and the surrounding region, the SOAS China Institute (SCI) has been actively engaging in raising SOAS’ prole in East Asia and fostering global relationships. Professor Michel Hockx visited Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Hangzhou in December 2013, as part of building strong links with alumni in the region, and promoting the work of the SCI. With networking events in the four cities, SOAS alumni were treated to talks by Hockx, Professor of Chinese at SOAS and a specialist in Modern Chinese literature. His talk, entitled ‘Inside the Great Firewall: Internet Culture in the People’s Republic of China’ gave alumni a critical perspective on internet censorship in China. In Singapore, Hockx was joined by Carol Tan (Professor of Law at SOAS) and alumnus Dr Farish Noor of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, who graduated from SOAS with an MA South East Asian Studies. A Malaysian political scientist and historian, Noor spoke about the impact of his SOAS studies and said: “SOAS is an institution of higher learning that is unique in the gallery of institutions of higher learning in the UK, and its history is inevitably intertwined with that of empire, colonialism, anti-colonialism, postcolonialism and the postmodern present. Living as we do in this postmodern age marked by our incredulity towards meta-narratives, perhaps we ought to accept that SOAS is likewise a contested signier that has many meanings to many people; and as an institution of some historical weight and standing, perhaps the time has come for a complex accounting of itself as well.” Recent developments have underscored the importance of SOAS’ work in the wider region, building on its expertise in the languages, civilisations and societies of the region. The new SOAS China Institute was established earlier in the autumn, and the third Indonesia Kontemporer was staged at SOAS’ campus in London’s central district of learning and heritage. In October the School received an extraordinary million donation to support the study and preservation of Southeast Asian art. Zeba Salman, Head of Alumni Relations, who was part of the delegation, said: “This visit was a great opportunity to reconnect our international alumnibody with current academics and with each other, and to hear about important developments at SOAS. We are working to grow and enhance our worldwide network of alumni and friends, and it’s with thanks to their generosity and support that we are able to bring multiple benets to the life and work of the School such as creating additional learning resources, enhancing academic and social facilities and providing scholarships to ensure that we continue to attract the most talented students from all backgrounds.” To nd out more about how you can get involved with SOAS’ global alumni network, please contact Zeba Salman on z.salman@soas.ac.uk or call +44 (0)20 7898 4138. 12 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE ANNUAL REVIEW | 13Alumni Report Editor: Professor Chris BramallThe China Quarterly is the leading source for serious scholarship on contemporary China and Taiwan. Rigorously peer-reviewed and edited to the highest standards, the journal publishes timely, in-depth, accurate and comprehensive research. International in scholarship, The China Quarterly provides readers with an indispensable aid to understanding modern China, through articles, research reports and book reviews.China QuarterlyThe China Quarterly is published for SOAS, University of London by Cambridge University Press. https://www.soas.ac.uk/research/ publications/journals/chinaq/ The China Quarterly, SOAS, University of London, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square London WC1H 0XG Telephone: +44 (0)20 7898 4063 Fax: +44 (0)20 7898 4849

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The annual AC Graham Memorial Lectures commemorate the scholarly contributions of Professor Angus Graham (1919-1991), who taught classical Chinese philosophy and language at SOAS from 1950-1984 and was widely seen as one of the world’s greatest authorities on Confucianism and Daoism. The Memorial Lectures, which have been held since 2010, each year bring a renowned academic expert on Chinese philosophy to SOAS to deliver two public lectures and teach a “master class” for MA and PhD students. They form a highlight in the events calendar for all those interested in classical and premodern Chinese culture. In 2014, the Memorial Lectures were delivered by Professor Roger Ames from the University of Hawai’i. Professor Ames is a world-leading gure in the study of Chinese philosophy, known especially for his unrivalled ability to make Confucianism accessible and relevant in today’s global context. His well-attended lectures focused on Confucian role ethics, conceptions of human nature and religiousness, and featured extensive and passionate discussion. SOAS Online Radio has made available a feature prole of Professor Angus Graham and recordings of previous AC Graham Memorial Lectures, at http://soasradio.org/ angus-graham-memorial-lectures . 14 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE ANNUAL REVIEW | 15AC Graham Memorial Lectures 2013-2014 was an exciting period for SOAS China Institute. The Centre continued to build its prole internally and externally with its events programme with some lectures attracting audiences of close to a hundred people, including many from the wider business, media, and diplomatic community. Our regular seminar series commenced in October 2013 and included talks by:SOAS China Institute Paul Pickowicz (University of California) “The Tangled Dynamics of Independent Filmmaking in Contemporary China” John Garnaut (Fairfax Media) “The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Destruction of Bo Xilai” William A. Callahan (London School of Economics) “Citizen Ai: Warrior, Jester and Middleman” Roger T. Ames (University of Hawai’i) “Everyone can Become a Sage:” A Revisionist Reading of the Mencius on ‘Human Nature’ Kathrine Morton (Australian National University) “China’s Rise and Global and Future of Global Governance” Professor Bruce Dickson (George Washington University) “Can China Be Governed?” Maria Menshikova (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg) “Date, history, and restoration of a ceramic Lohan sculpture from Yizhou” Manjari Chatterjee Miller (Boston University) “Wronged by Empire: Wronged by Empire: Colonial Memories and Victimhood in India’s and China’s Foreign Policy Today” Susanne Y P Choi (Chinese University of Hong Kong) “Patriarchy Unbound: Male Rural-to-Urban Migrants Negotiating Marital Power in China” Michel Hockx (SOAS), Andrea Janku (SOAS), Lars Laamann (SOAS), Patricia Thorton (Oxford) “June Fourth 1989: An Overview” Prof Je Wasserstrom (University of California, Irvine) and Ms Isabel Hilton (chinadialogue) “Ways of Writing about China for Dierent Audiences”

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Anthropology and SociologyDr Jakob KLEINLecturer in Social Anthropology Expertise: Food and eating, culinary traditions, consumption; China (South) jk2@soas.ac.ukDr Kevin LATHAMSenior Lecturer in Social Anthropology Expertise: Chinese theatre, popular culture, television and media; Hong Kong and Guangdong Province (PRC) kl1@soas.ac.ukDevelopment StudiesDr Tim PRINGLELecturer in Labour, Social Movements and Develompent Expertise: East Asia, labour relations in China and Vietnam, trade union reform in China and Vietnam, labour and social movements in China, labour migration in China tp21@soas.ac.ukEconomicsProfessor Robert F ASHProfessor of Economics with reference to China and Taiwan Expertise: China’s economic development in the 20th and 21st centuries (especially agricultural and rural change, demographic and employment issues, consumption and living standards); evolution of ‘Greater China’; economic development of Taiwan and cross-Strait economic relations ra2@soas.ac.ukProfessor Christopher BRAMALLProfessor of Economics Expertise: Economic growth; income inequality; famine and agricultural development in modern China; the political economy of Maoism; the development of the contemporary Chinese empire cb81@soas.ac.ukDr Dic LOReader in Economics Expertise: China: industry and trade in China; late industrialisation; the Soviet-type economic system and transformation dl1@soas.ac.ukDr Ulrich VOLZSenior Lecturer in Development Economics Expertise: International Finance, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Financial Market Development and Stability, Development and Transition Economics, Global Economic Governance, East Asian Financial Markets uv1@soas.ac.ukFinancial and Management StudiesDr Hong BOReader in Finance and Management Expertise: Firm investment decisions under uncertainty; capital market imperfections; corporate nance; corporate governance; nancial economics; China hb22@soas.ac.ukYueqin DONGTeaching Fellow Expertise: yd4@soas.ac.ukDr Eunsuk HONGLecturer in International Business & Management (China) Expertise: Internationalisation strategy of MNEs from developing economies; Chinese economy and Chinese business management; Comparative economics; Applied econometrics with an emphasis on spatial dependence eh19@soas.ac.ukDr Huanguang QIUNewton International Fellow Expertise: @soas.ac.ukDr Gerhard KlingProfessor of International Business and Management Expertise: Mergers & Acquisitions, International Business, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Mathematical & Statistical Modelling gk17@soas.ac.ukDr Damian TOBINLecturer in Chinese Business and Management Expertise: The reform of corporate governance practices in China’s state-owned enterprises with particular reference to the banking, oil and telecommunications sectors; the size of China’s state sector; pre-reform economic relations between Hong Kong and Mainland China; and global production chains dt29@soas.ac.ukHistoryDr Andrea JANKUSenior Lecturer in the History of China Expertise: China, social and cultural history; the early press and the history of communication; environmental history aj7@soas.ac.ukDr Lars LAAMANNLecturer in the History of China Expertise: Popular religions in early modern China (16th-20th cc); Christianity in China (18th-20th cc); opium and other narcotics (18th-20th cc); Manchu history (16th-20th cc) ll10@soas.ac.ukDr George LANESenior Teaching Fellow Expertise: Specialisation the Ilkhanate, interested in Iran’s relations with Yuan China and development of Toluid Mongol rule gl1@soas.ac.uk 16 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE ANNUAL REVIEW | 17SOAS China ExpertsHistory of Art and ArchaeologyDr Shane MCCAUSLANDReader in the History of Art of China Expertise: Pictorial arts of China especially painting and calligraphy; East Asian narrative art; canons, collecting and connoisseurship; Chinese art and modernity sm80@soas.ac.ukDr Lukas NICKELReader in Chinese Art History and Archaeology Expertise: Archaeology in China; early Buddhist art; traditional architecture of China and Japan ln2@soas.ac.ukDr Stacey PIERSONSenior Lecturer in Chinese Ceramics Expertise: History and production of Chinese ceramics; history and theory of collecting; history of art history sp17@soas.ac.ukLanguage PedagogyDr Yan CUISenior Lector in Chinese Expertise: Modern Chinese language and language pedagogy; literary stylistics yc2@soas.ac.ukMs Wan Li GAOSenior Lector in Chinese Expertise: Modern Chinese language and language pedagogy wg@soas.ac.ukMs Zhaoxia PANGLector in Chinese Expertise: Teaching Chinese as a foreign language; norms and practice in translation zp1@soas.ac.ukDr Lianyi SONGPrincipal Teaching Fellow Expertise: Modern Chinese language and language pedagogy ls2@soas.ac.ukMs Lik SUENPrincipal Lector in Chinese Expertise: Modern Chinese languages and language pedagogy; Cantonese lx@soas.ac.ukLinguisticsDr Wynn CHAOSenior Lecturer in Linguistics Expertise: Syntax-semantics interface; language universals and typology; psycholinguistics; Chinese wc@soas.ac.ukDr Nathan HILLLecturer in Tibetan and Linguistics Expertise: Tibetan language from old Tibetan to modern standard TIbetan; Tibetan historical and biographical literature; Central Asian languages, in particular Mongolian; Chinese minorities nh36@soas.ac.ukDr Justin WatkinsSenior Lecturer in the Languages and Linguistics of South East Asia Expertise: Linguistics of minority Chinese languages, particularly Yunnan Jw2@soas.ac.ukLawMr Ernest CALDWELLLecturer in Chinese Law Expertise: Comparative methodologies and interdisciplanary approaches to the study of law; Asian constitutionalism; East Asian perspectives on legal order ec24@soas.ac.ukDr Carol TANReader in Law Expertise: Contract; legal history; British overseas rule and the law especially in relation to the leased territory of Weihaiwei and ethnic Chinese communities in Hong Kong and SE Asia; law and society in SE Asia; traditional Chinese law ct9@soas.ac.ukDr Sanzhu ZHUSenior Lecturer in Chinese Commercial Law Expertise: Chinese law; comparative commercial law sz8@soas.ac.ukLibrary and Information ServicesMs Wai Hing TSESubject Librarian (China & Inner Asia) Expertise: wt1@soas.ac.ukLiterary and Cultural StudiesDr Cosima BRUNOSenior Lecturer in Chinese Studies Expertise: Contemporary Chinese poetry; translation studies cb65@soas.ac.ukDr Rossella FERRARISenior Lecturer in Chinese and Theatre Studies Expertise: Contemporary Chinese drama and lm; theory and practice of the avant-garde; transnational Chinese Culture rf24@soas.ac.ukProfessor Bernhard FUEHRERProfessor of Sinology Expertise: Classical Chinese philology, rhetoric, philosophy and literature; the history of Sinology in Europe; reception of the canon with specic reference to the Analects bf3@soas.ac.ukProfessor Michel HOCKXProfessor of Chinese Expertise: Modern Chinese literature and language; Chinese writers and writings from the late imperial and republican periods, with emphasis on modern poetry and on the sociology of modern Chinese literature mh17@soas.ac.uk

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Professor Andrew H-B LOProfessor in Chinese Expertise: Chinese language (Cantonese and Mandarin); ction and prose from the MingQing periods; cultural activities of Ming and Qing scholars, especially games; Chinese export watercolours, botanical culture al3@soas.ac.ukDr Xiaoning LULecturer in Modern Chinese Culture and Language Expertise: Modern Chinese lm and literature; socialist culture; popular culture xl1@soas.ac.ukDr Tian Yuan TANReader in Chinese Studies Expertise: Traditional Chinese literature and culture, with emphasis on drama, songs, and ction in the later dynasties tt26@soas.ac.ukMedia StudiesDr Jaeho KANGLecturer in Critical Media and Cultural Studies Expertise: East Asia; Korea, China and Japan; critical theory; media theory; East Asian cultural studies; political communication; media and urban spaces in East Asian cities; New media and democracy; media spectacle and global mega events jk71@soas.ac.ukMusicDr Rachel HARRISSenior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology Expertise: Ethnomusicology; musics of China and Central Asia, especially Uyghur; recorded music; music and ritual, music, identity and politics rh@soas.ac.ukDr Hwee-San TanResearch Associate Expertise: Ethnomusicology; Buddhist music in China, Taiwan; diaspora studies; intangible cultural heritage preservation; music in Singapore and Malaysia. ht5@soas.ac.ukPolitical and International StudiesDr Dafydd FELLReader in Comparative Politics with reference to Taiwan Expertise: Taiwan: democratisation, election campaigning, party politics, candidate selection, social movements and political corruption df2@soas.ac.ukDr Enze HANLecturer in the International Security of East Asia Expertise: Ethnic politics in China and China’s foreign relations, especially with Southeast Asian politics eh22@soas.ac.ukDr Yuka KOBAYASHILecturer in Chinese Politics Expertise: China and international politics; WTO; environment and human rights yk37@soas.ac.ukDr Tat Yan KONGReader in Comparative Politics and Development Studies Expertise: Korea and Taiwan: government-business relations; comparative political economy; late industrialisation; development theory yk2@soas.ac.ukDr Julia C STRAUSSProfessor of Chinese Politics Expertise: China and Taiwan: public administration and civil service, regulation, state and society, and environmental politics in China js11@soas.ac.ukDr Konstantinos TSIMONISTeaching Fellow Expertise: Political Representation and Mass Organisations in the People’s Republic of China: Chinese Youth and the Communist Youth League kt13@soas.ac.ukSociology and Gender StudiesDr Jieyu LiuDeputy Director SOAS China Institute Expertise: Gender, sexuality and socio-economic development in China jl92@soas.ac.ukStudy of ReligionsProfessor Timothy H BARRETTResearch Professor of East Asian History Expertise: History of Chinese religion, notably Taoism and Buddhism; pre-modern Chinese history, especially the Tang period tb2@soas.ac.ukDr Christopher DAILYPost Doctoral Research Fellow in Chinese Religions Expertise: History of Chinese Religions, especially Chinese Christianity; the beginnings of Protestant Missions in China; Early Christian Missions in the South Pacic, particularly Tahiti and Hawaii; Critical Theory and the Study of Religions cd8@soas.ac.ukDr Ulrich PAGELReader in Language and Religion in Tibet and Middle Asia Expertise: Tibetan language and literature; Buddhism in Central Asia; Indo-Tibetan Buddhism up1@soas.ac.ukDr Antonello PALUMBOLecturer in Chinese Religions Expertise: Ideological history of premodern China; Chinese religions, notably Taoism and Buddhism; Manichaeism and Eastern Christianity in medieval China; Chinese cultural relations with Central Asia ap47@soas.ac.uk 18 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE ANNUAL REVIEW | 19 Professor Renzo CAVALIERIResearch Expertise: Chinese contemporary law, Chinese foreign trade and investment law, East Asian legal history rc50@soas.ac.ukProfessor Anthony DICKSResearch Expertise: QC Laws of the People’s Republic of China; traditional Chinese law, international law; commercial law; legal history; laws of Hong KongProfessor Stefan FEUCHTWANGResearch Expertise: Ritual and religion in China; transmission of the Great Leap famine; making place and the urbanisation of villagesProfessor Michael PALMERResearch Expertise: Dispute resolution and civil procedure; Chinese law (traditional and modern); conict of laws; comparative family law mp@soas.ac.ukProfessor R G TIEDEMANNResearch Expertise: History of the Boxer War in China and its consequences, 1900-1902 rt25@soas.ac.ukProfessorial Research AssociatesResearch AssociatesDr Xiangqun CHANGResearch Expertise: Contemporary China Studies; Chinese women and gender studies; personal, institutional and social relationships; reciprocity and social networks; social creativity; social support and welfare; local identity and culture; village autonomy; rural development; global civil society; eldwork methodology; Marxist sociology. xc100@soas.ac.ukMr Jonathan FENBYResearch Expertise: History of modern China: end of the 19th century up to the present day.Mr John GITTINGSResearch Expertise: Comparative study of the perception of peace and war in ancient China and Greece jg40@soas.ac.ukDr Ian SECKINGTONResearch Expertise: Elite politics, social change in China, political reformDr Tao WANGResearch Expertise: Archaeology of China; excavated texts of the Bronze Age in China; paleography, epigraphy and calligraphy; early Chinese language and religion wt@soas.ac.ukDr Frances WOODResearch Expertise: Dunhuang studies, Chinese export paintings, Chinese domestic architecture, Chinese history, Chinese bibliographyDr Chao XIResearch Expertise: Chinese law; comparative corporate law and governance; comparative securities regulation, law and political economy cx2@soas.ac.ukVisiting ScholarsDr Shengrong GAOShaanxi Normal University 5 March 2014-4 March 2015 Research Expertise: Chinese environmental history, Chinese agricultural historyDr Jie GUOUniversity of South Carolina 16 May 2014-15 July 2014 Research Expertise: Comparative literature; gender theory; the history of sexuality; postcolonial studiesDr Zhen TongXiangtan University 1 July 2014-31 December 2014 Research Expertise: Literature zt4@soas.ac.ukDr Fengxia WANGGuangzhou University 15 November 201314 November 2014 Research Expertise: Theater; comparative literature. fw5@soas.ac.ukDr Huanxiang WANGJiaxing University 24 March 2014-23 March 2015 Research Expertise: Theory and Methodology of Institutional and Evolutionary Political EconomyDr Shih-Pe WANGNational Chung Cheng University (CCU) 28 January 2014-28 August 2014 Research Expertise: Chinese Classical Drama and Theatre, Premodern Literature, Contemporary Classical Drama and Theatre in TaiwanDr Quan WeiEast China Normal University 1 May 2014-31 October 2014 Research Expertise: Modern Chinese Literature, Old-styled poems and essays of the literati during the 19th to 20th century

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20 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE ANNUAL REVIEW | 21 Conference 5-6 September 2013 The Weber Group of the British Sociological Association and University of Bonn Kte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Studies ‘Law as Culture’Max Weber and China: Culture, Law and Capitalism Workshop 27 September 2013 The Fu Manchu Complex and Representations of East Asians in the Contemporary Arts and Media Daniel York, Jennifer Lim and Justin Audibert: author, creative producer and director of The Fu Manchu Complex, Sir Christopher Frayling (Professor Emeritus, Royal College of Art), Dr Adele Lee (University of Greenwich), Dr Emma Mawdsley (University of Cambridge), Dr Amy Ng, writer and historian, Dr Amanda Rogers (University of Swansea) and Dr Ashley Thorpe (Royal Holloway, University of London) Lecture AGM 20 November 2013 Universities China Committee The Funding in the UK for Higer Level Academic Exchange, Study and Research Between the UK and China Ms Tracey Fallon (University of Nottingham) Course 25-29 November 2013 Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation International (JSBCI) Lecture 9 January 2014 Head-Wagging and Obscene Music: Conicts over Sound on the Qing-Muslim Frontiers Jonathan Lipman Conference 10 January 2014 Islamic Soundscapes in China Lecture 23 January 2014 Women, Literature and Obscenity: The Regulation of ‘Harmful Fiction’ in Modern China Michel Hockx Reception 27 January 2014 Chinese New Year Visit 11 February 2014 Zhejiang University Delegate Events Listing Participants in the Weber conference Lecture 17 February 2014 Confucian Role Ethics: Overcoming an Asymmetry in Cultural Comparisons Roger T. Ames Lecture 21 February 2014 The Zhongyong and Confucian A-theistic Religiousness Roger T. Ames Book Launch 11 March 2014 Gender in Chinese Music Delegation 20 March 2014 Visit of Chinese delegation from China Tibetology Research Center Launch Panel Debate 28 April 2014 4 speakers Workshop 16 May 2014 Graduate Student Master Class David Wang Workshop 5-6 June 2014 National Chung Cheng University, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Brave New Theatres: 1616 in China and England Training 23 June 2014 Training date for Chinese Delegate Seminar Series 14 October 2013 Professor Paul Pickowicz (University of California) The Tangled Dynamics of Independent Filmmaking in Contemporary China 12 November 2013 Long-distance seminar Trial session 25 November 2013 Prof Joshua Fogel (York University) Long-distance seminar 13 January 2014 John Garnaut The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Destruction of Bo Xilai 20 January 2014 William A. Callahan Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics Citizen Ai: Warrior, Jester and Middleman 19 February 2014 Roger T. Ames ‘Everyone can Become a Sage:’ A Revisionist Reading of the Mencius on ‘Human Nature’ 3 March 2014 Kathrine Morton (Associate Dean Research College of Asia and the Pacic, and Senior Fellow, Department of International Relations, School of International, Political & Strategic Studies) China’s Rise and Global and Future of Global Governance 7 March 2014 Professor Bruce Dickson (George Washington University) Can China Be Governed? 14 March 2014 Maria Menshikova Date, history, and restoration of a ceramic Lohan sculpture from Yizhou 30 April 2014 Manjari Chatterjee Miller Wronged by Empire: Wronged by Empire: Colonial Memories and Victimhood in India’s and China’s Foreign Policy Today 12 May 2014 Susanne Y P CHOI Patriarchy Unbound: Male Ruralto-Urban Migrants Negotiating Marital Power in China Professor Hockx and members of the SOAS Tibetan Studies community meeting with a delegation from the China Tibetology Research Center.

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There are many ways of getting involved with the SCI: • As a Student: The SCI runs its own MA programme in Advanced Chinese Studies and a new MSc programme in Contemporary China Studies. Our Members also supervise up to 100 Phd Students working on China related matters. We also regularly hold seminars and workshops specically for students • As a Public Member: Our free event series, which is held regularly on Monday evenings is open to the wider public. • As a Visiting Scholar/Fellow: The SCI welcomes applications from Visiting Scholars. • As a Volunteer: The SCI occasionally hosts big events for which we are always happy to welcome volunteers. Join the SOAS China InstituteThe SOAS China Institute welcomes people with an interest in Chinese Studies who would like to get involved with our activities. Our oces are located on the rst oor of the Brunei Gallery and we welcome visitors by appointment. To get in touch: Email: Join us by email to receive regular event information by writing to sci@soas.ac.uk Like us on Facebook and join our vibrant community: www.facebook.com/China.SOAS Follow and interact with us on Twitter: @soas_ci Our website: www.soas.ac.uk/sci Address: The SOAS China Institute Brunei Gallery SOAS, University of London Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square London WC1H 0XG 22 | SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE Michel Hockx (Director)Michel Hockx is one of the world’s foremost experts on the study of modern and contemporary Chinese literary communities and the way they organize themselves, their relation to the state, and the technologies they employ to distribute their work. He currently holds the Chair of Chinese in the University of London and is the Founding Director of the SOAS China Institute. Jieyu Liu (Deputy Director)Jieyu Liu’s path-breaking research explores gender, sexuality and socio-economic development in China. She is a specialist in the sociology of gender with a regional focus on China and other East Asian societies.Robert Ash (Professorial Fellow)Robert Ash has for many years been at the forefront of social science research on China. His research interests include sustainable development, China’s regional economic development, food security, energy, population and employment, consumption, and social welfare issues.Li-Sa Whittington (Executive Ocer)Li-Sa Whittington holds a BA in Chinese Studies from the University of Sheeld and has many years working experience, both in China and in the UK, in the areas of oce administration, events management, marketing, social media, and external relations. Lucy Driver (Project Co-ordinator and Administrative Ocer)Lucy Driver holds a BA in Spanish and Psychology from the University of Exeter and has experience of working in university administration, both in the UK and China. She previously worked at the University of Oxford where she was responsible for administering the MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies. SOAS CHINA INSTITUTE | 23SCI key sta The SCI would like to thank Dr Seng Tee Lee and the Lee Foundation for their generous support. Michel Hockx Jieyu Liu Robert ASH“The largest community of China scholars in Europe joins the global conversation with and about China”Michel Hockx at the SCI launch 2014 Li-Sa Whittington