Chinese Law , University of British Columbia
A comparative study of Chinese Law, emphasizing the role of law in the People's Republic of China.
courses.students.ubc.ca/cs/main?pname=subjarea&tname=subjareas&req=3&dept=LAW&course=336C - August 5, 2004

Ideology and Social Change in Contemporary China , University of California, Los Angeles
Introduction to sociocultural changes in China from 1949 to the present. Topics include ideology and politics in everyday life, social stratification and mobility, cultural construction of socialist person, changes in courtship, marriage, and family, and political economy of reforms in post-Mao era.
www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/catalog.asp?sa=ANTHRO+&funsel=3 - August 6, 2004

Modern Chinese Society , University of Victoria
This course traces the various attempts by China at economic development and socialist transformation since 1949. Particular emphasis will be placed on the impact of these policies on village life and the response of rural inhabitants in China.
web.uvic.ca/calendar2004/CDs/PACI/319B.html - August 6, 2004

A Deserving Entry for Taiwan in WHO's Who , Government Information Office
This online publication covers three topic areas:Ê "A Happier, Healthier Society: Public Health in the Republic of China (Taiwan);" "Taiwan, Human Rights, and the WHO -- Foundation of Medical Professionals Alliance in Taiwan;" and "Taiwan's Medical NGOs: An Important Link in World Health."Ê All sections are accompanied with colorful pictures and a thorough overview of each topic.
www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/health/ - December 2, 2004

Abramson, Daniel , University of Washington
Prof. Abramson's research focuses on transnational comparative aspects of urban design, historic preservation and neighborhood planning, as well as particular problems in the physical, social and cultural transformation of Chinese cities. He is the leading faculty member in a multi-university collaboration to research and consult on a Ford Foundation-funded community-based preservation and revitalization planning project in the city of Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and has led numerous field studios for planning and architecture students in China
www.caup.washington.edu/udp/Abramson.html - November 5, 2004

Anagnost, Ann , University of Washington
Dr. Ann Anagnost is a specialist in the ethnography of the state; politics of reproduction; late capitalist transformations of childhood. Her teaching specializations include: peasant society; mass culture; nationalism; anthropology of the body; and childhood. Dr. Anagnost's field experience includes the CSCPRC (National Academy of Sciences) Fellowship for Advanced Study in China, 1990-91.
jsis.artsci.washington.edu/cv/faccv/a-e/anagnost.html - November 5, 2004

Asian Studies , Hamilton College
The Asian Studies Program offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the histories, cultures, languages, politics, philosophies and religions of several Asian societies. A concentration in Asian studies consists of nine courses distributed among at least three departments.
www.hamilton.edu/academics/Asian/default.html - August 26, 2004

Asian Studies Proseminar: China , University of Hawaii at Manoa
Note: In order to access the course description, select the course from the list. Designed for incoming MA students concentrating on China, this seminar provides an interdisciplinary overview of the current state of Chinese Studies, both overall and in particular here at the University of Hawaii. Via selected readings, discussions, lectures by disciplinary specialists, and a major research project conducted by each student, we will develop significant expertise in three areas: 1) broad-based content knowledge about China, 2) discipline-based methodological approaches to research on China, and 3) available resources to support study and research in the China field.
www.hawaii.edu/shaps/asia/courses_next_sem.html - January 13, 2005

Barlow, Tani E. , University of Washington
Professor Barlow has been a member of the Women Studies faculty since 1994. She is the Founding Senior Editor of positions: east asia cultures critique, Director of the Project for Critical Asian Studies from 2000-2001, and Co-Director of the Project for Critical Asian Studies from 1995-2000. Dr. Barlow's research interests includeÊmodern Chinese gender history and international feminism.
depts.washington.edu/webwomen/People/barlow.htm - November 5, 2004

Benedict, Carol A. , Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Carol A. Benedict is an expert in 20th century Chinese history; social history of Chinese medicine and disease; and history of public health. Her current project is a social and cultural history of tobacco consumption in China from its introduction in the mid-sixteenth century to the present. She seeks to analyze the historical and cultural factors that have shaped Chinese tobacco use over the longue durée.
wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?topic_id=1462&fuseaction=topics.profile&person_id=87552 - October 21, 2004

Bibliography and Research Methods in Chinese Studies , University of Southern California
An introduction to reference works and research methods in all fields of sinology. Works in Chinese, Japanese and western languages.
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - October 2, 2004

Bibliography and Research Methods in Chinese Studies , University of Southern California
An introduction to reference works and research methods in all fields of sinology. Works in Chinese, Japanese and western languages
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - January 17, 2005

Braester, Yomi , University of Washington
Dr. Yomi Braester is an associate professor at the University of Washington as well as an adjunct associate professor in the department of Asian Languages and Literature.Ê Dr. Braester is also a book review editor for "Modern Chinese Literature and Culture," "Modern Languages Quarterly," and others. He is a member of the China Studies Program and of the Project for Critical Asian Studies.Ê His current project isÊa Lecture Series on Chinese Cities sponored by the China Program at the UW.
faculty.washington.edu/yomi/about.html - November 5, 2004

Brown, Ronald C. , Center for Chinese Studies
Professor Brown is the Director of the Center for Chinese Studies for the 2000-2006 academic year. He has been involved in a variety of China activities including teaching at Peking University Law Department, and establishing and conducting exchange programs and legal and judicial training programs for Chinese lawyers and justices with the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court of the PRC, respectively. He has written and lectured on legal topics regarding China and Asia, chaired the Hawai\'i State Bar Committee on the Development of International Law Practice, directed the Law School Pacific Asia Law Studies Program and its Summer Program, and serves as president of the US–Asia Law Institute, which coordinates educational exchanges with the PRC and Asian and American lawyers and judges. He also acts as consultant with the World Bank on Chinese labor law projects. His current research concerns Chinese and Asian labor law.
www.chinesestudies.hawaii.edu/community/faculty/brown_ronald.html - November 5, 2004

Brown, Shana , Center for Chinese Studies
Professor Brown’s interests include questions of social and political modernity, visual representation, and popular culture in twentieth-century China. Future research projects include the history of photography in modern China and the politics of material culture in the People’s Republic.
www.chinesestudies.hawaii.edu/community/faculty/brown_shana.html - November 5, 2004

Center for Chinese Studies , University of Hawaii at Manoa
The Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Hawai'i aims broadly at an increased understanding of contemporary China in light of its civilization and its hopes for the future. The Center pursues this goal through instruction, research, publications, community outreach, conferences, and national and international linkages. 
www.hawaii.edu/shaps/enter/chinese.html - February 15, 2005

Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley , University of California, Berkeley
The Center focuses not only on the People's Republic of China but on the Chinese societies of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia as well. As the Chinese faculty community at Berkeley grew during the 1960's, the mission of the Center expanded to support scholarly activities in the full range of China's historical experience. Faculty and emeritus faculty in Chinese studies are present in more than fifteen departments on the Berkeley campus, ranging from Anthropology to Sociology. This site includes events, faculty, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, Wuliu Society, awards, programs, libraries, publications, links, and a mailing list.
ieas.berkeley.edu/ccs/ - October 2, 2004

Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan , Center for Chinese Studies
The Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan was founded in 1961 and has maintained its leading position among centers nationwide for more than 40 years. The Center’s thirty-plus faculty forms an intellectual community fostering collaboration among humanists, professionals, and social scientists, in an environment appreciative of the interdependency of past and present. Situated within the International Institute, the mission of the Center is to provide students, specialists and the public at large with expert resources and a deeper understanding of issues ranging from today’s headlines to time-honored questions of value and meaning. CCS collaborative projects, outreach initiatives, and the M.A. Program all make full use of the multiple disciplines and analytical perspectives promoted by the Center.
www.umich.edu/~iinet/ccs/ - October 29, 2004

Chan, Kam Wing , University of Washington
Dr. Kim Wing Chan is a professor in the Department of Geography and in the Jackson School of International Studies, Chinese Studies programs. Dr.Chan's research interests include urban and economic geography; migration; labor market, urban finance; and China.
faculty.washington.edu/kwchan/ - November 5, 2004

Changes in Child Care Methods in China's Orphanages , Wang, Tingyu
This article discusses some of the progress that\'s been made concerning orphange care in China over the last 20 years.Ê However, the author also points to some of the inherent problemsÊwith the traditional attitudes and the older system of providing institutionalized care.Ê Currently, there is a shiftÊtoward care that\'s designed to provide children with a more family like settingÊand many orphanages are now focusing their efforts on providing foster care families for these children so they can grow up in healthier and happier surroundings.Ê This article also discusses the challenges with trying to makeÊsuch reforms more widespread.
www.savethechildren.org.cn/job_6_4.html - January 1, 2003

Cheek, Timothy , Institute of Asian Research
Dr. Timothy Cheek is professor at the Centre for Chinese Research of the Institute of Asian Research. His research interests include Modern Chinese history. His current projects focus on contemporary Chinese intellectuals and Chinese thought, writings of Mao Zedong (Yan'an period), and Chinese historiography. Dr. Cheek has published extensively on issues concerned with Chinese Modern History.
www.iar.ubc.ca/introduction/cheek.html - October 22, 2004

Children's Participation in China , West, Andy
Quoted from author: \"This report looks at children’s participation in China from the experience of Save the Children UK, but draws on experience of work with partner and other agencies. For example in the first National China Children’s Forum held in 2001, in partnerships with the All China Women’s Federation, and with UNICEF and Plan International.Ê There are other Alliance members funding work in China, such as Save the Children Hong Kong and Save the Children Korea, and there has not been time to gather experiences from them, but it would seem that Save the Children UK is the major proponent of work in this area.\"
www.savethechildren.org.cn/doc/job02.doc - January 1, 2004

China and Global Issues in the 21st Century , Lampton, David M.
The course focuses on the global opportunities and challenges arising from China's emergence as a political, economic and military power. It develops an understanding of Chinese behavior in the global system and its implications for the international community. Examines Chinese policy and behavior with respect to a wide range of issues, including international institutions, arms control, trade and investment, environment, human rights and drug trafficking. Also discusses the global significance of such regional issues as the South China Sea.
www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/asia/china/chinacourses.html - September 20, 2004

China and the Internet , University of Toronto
The course explores the history of the internet in China, studies its current and future distribution, government policies around the net, and the social implications of its spread. Hands-on exploration of sites for research on Chinese culture, politics, business and economics. Usually offered only in summer.
www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS203Y1 - January 13, 2005

China and the West , Mazumdar, Sucheta
Survey course with overview of the pre-nineteenth-century Western contacts with China (for example, the French Physiocrats and European idealization of China, early American and English trade). Focus on nineteenth-century topics such as the Opium Wars, British and French imperialism, the efforts to import western technology into China by Westerners, and twentieth-century matters such as the impact of the Russian Revolution and Euro-American foreign policy towards China, concluding with Nixon's visit to China in 1972 and the re-establishment of Sino-American foreign relations.
aas.duke.edu/reg/synopsis/view.cgi?s=01&action=display&subj=HISTORY&course=172B&sem=0980 - August 12, 2004

China and the West , Duke University
Survey course with overview of the pre-nineteenth-century Western contacts with China (for example, the French Physiocrats and European idealization of China, early American and English trade). Focus on nineteenth-century topics such as the Opium Wars, British and French imperialism, the efforts to import western technology into China by Westerners, and twentieth-century matters such as the impact of the Russian Revolution and Euro-American foreign policy towards China, concluding with Nixon's visit to China in 1972 and the re-establishment of Sino-American foreign relations. Instructor: Mazumdar
www.aas.duke.edu/reg/synopsis/view.cgi?s=01&action=display&subj=HISTORY&course=172B&sem=0980 - August 22, 2004

China and Tibet: Profiles of Tibetan Exiles , Human Rights Watch
Quoted from Human Rights Watch: "This report profiles five Tibetans living in exile in Dharamsala, India. All are in their late twenties or thirties, and all are originally from the areas known to Tibetan nationalists as Amdo and Kham. Today almost all of this territory lies in what Tibetans call "eastern Tibet" and Chinese call the Tibetan regions of Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, and Yunnan provinces. Their stories show a common pattern: all had unusual access to education; all became involved in political activities through discussions at state schools or academies; all were arrested and detained by Chinese security forces for possession or circulation of published materials about the Dalai Lama or Tibetan independence; and some were tortured. The men's stories are similar to many others we heard in Dharamsala, and while we do not claim that five cases are illustrative of a broader pattern of repression, their accounts suggest that peaceful political activity in Tibetan areas outside the Tibetan Autonomous Region (T.A.R.) and its capital, Lhasa, is no more acceptable to authorities than it is in the T.A.R."
www.hrw.org/reports/1999/tibet/ - September 1, 2000

China Country Analysis , American Military University
This course covers the strategic analysis of China. It emphasizes those major factors that have interplayed to make China what it is today, and what it is becoming. Although the focus is on the predominate political and military factors at work in contemporary China, the analysis must also relate, when and where appropriate, Chinese society, politics and policy debates, diplomatic initiatives, and evolving economic strategy to China in the larger context.
www.apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=IN - September 21, 2004

China in the 20th Century , University of Pennsylvania
This lecture course-the second of a two-part sequence-provides a broad survey of political history and social change from the fall of the imperial order to the \"market socialism\" of today, including the following themes: the interplay of new and traditional forces which made the end of one dynasty the end of a centuries-old political and social order; the political role of new social classes; the search for viable models; war with Japan, civil war, and rural revolution; socialist construction and the development of the two-line struggle; the impact of the Cold War; the Cultural Revolution; the opening to the West, economic reforms, and social ferment since the death of Mao.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - September 21, 2004

China Since 1935 , Brown University
Examines competing visions of Modern China as seen from the vantage points of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Inner Asia. Emphasizes changing relations among these places and China's contributions to the rise and fall of international socialism, feminism, decolonization, the cold war, the emergence of Asian capitalism, the growth of international exile communities, and environmentalism. Lecture with discussion.
boca.brown.edu/nontopicsdet.asp?year=2004&term=2&crsCode=HI0152&SectCode=S001 - January 12, 2005

China Studies Program , University of Washington
The China Studies Program at the University of Washington provides a broad understanding of the Chinese people and their culture, historical development, and contemporary issues. Language learning and facility are a core element of the program of study. The more than 20 faculty members in the China Studies Program provide extensive course offerings in the social sciences and humanities, and in some of the professional schools at the University of Washington. The breadth of offerings allows students to select courses to meet career goals in business, government, teaching, and other professions. Three historians focus on the premodern, late imperial, and modern eras of Chinese history, providing background and perspective for all students of China. Political science courses are provided by two specialists examining contemporary Chinese domestic and foreign policy and US-China relations. Two sociologists offer courses on China's population and social organization.
jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/easc/ChinaStudiesProgram.html - February 15, 2005

China Through the Media , Guo, Gang
The major purposes of this course are to familiarize students with the main media sources on Mainland China, including newspaper, radio, television, Internet, etc.; to help students understand political affairs on Mainland China through the media sources; to improve students' skills at analyzing news, reports, and stories from Chinese media sources. This is not a language course, and no prior language skills in Chinese are required (but are definitely helpful). The media contents utilized in this course come from a variety of sources, all of which are in English.
olemiss.edu/courses/inst310/ - August 26, 2004

China's Late Empires , Brown University
A post-nationalist perspective on history in China from 1200-1930, with emphasis on empire--formation, gender, and daily life in the Mongol Yuan, Chinese Ming, and Manchu Qing empires, as well as nationalist reconstructions of the Chinese past in the early twentieth century.
boca.brown.edu/nontopicsdet.asp?year=2004&term=1&crsCode=HI0151&SectCode=S002 - January 12, 2005

China's Post-WTO Technology Policy: Standards, Software, and the Changing Nature of Techno-Nationalism , Suttmeier, Richard P. and Yao, Xiangkui
In recent years, through administrative action, legal innovation, and increased support for research and development, China has been actively developing a new technology policy based on the promotion of its own technical standards. These activities impinge upon business decisions and raise questions about China's commitment to honor its World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations, and are thus attracting increasing attention from foreign business leaders and government officials. This study reviews the origins and motivations for China's standards strategy, places it in the context of China's accession to the WTO, and examines the operation of China's new standards regime, with particular reference to standards for wireless devices and software. We suggest that the standards strategy is best understood in terms of a neotechno-nationalsim" in which technological development in support of national economic and security interests is pursued through leveraging the opportunities presented by globalization for national advantage. Unlike older forms of techno-nationalism, China's standards strategy necessarily requires attention to international norms, cooperation with foreign partners, and a recognition of the need for new forms of public-private accommodation.
www.nbr.org/publications/special_report/SR7-China_Tech_Policy/ChinaTechPolicy.pdf - May 1, 2004

China's Two Social Revolutions , Whyte, Martin
This site displays a syllabus for Harvard University's course "China's Two Social Revolutions." 
www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~fc63/syllabus/FC63-Syllabus.pdf - August 24, 2004

China: State Control of Religion , Human Rights Watch
Quoted from Human Rights Watch: "Religion is becoming more and more important in China. In a country that remains officially atheist, conversions to Christianity have risen sharply, the country's 19 million Muslims are attracting the attention of their co-religionists elsewhere, and Buddhism is the fastest growing religion of all. The Chinese government acknowledges 100 million believers of all faiths out of a population of 1.2 billion, but it has been using the 100 million figure since the mid-1950s. In the kind of intrusive control the Chinese government exercises over religious activities, it violates the rights to freedom of association, assembly, and expression as well as freedom of religion. The only limitations that a government can impose, according to the declaration, are those necessary to secure 'due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others' and protecting 'morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.' The peaceful gathering of unregistered groups is no threat to morality, public order, or general welfare; China's onerous registration requirements are clearly an unnecessary limitation on freedom of religion, particularly when failure to register results in some of the penalties outlined above."
www.hrw.org/reports/1997/china1/ - October 1, 1997

Chinese Civilization , University of Southern California
Characteristics and aspects of Chinese civilization; interpretation of philosophy, literature, religion, art, and music.
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - October 2, 2004

Chinese Culture and Society , University of Pennsylvania
An introduction to the anthropological study of China. Topics include family structure, marriage, language, views of life and death, ritual and religion, social structure, gender roles and relations, and regional and ethnic identities. Central to our understanding are the notions of diversity and transformation: China is a changing and complexly varied place inhabited by real, physical people, not a timeless, eternal, essential mysterious locus for the imaginings of the West. We keep in mind always the question of recent and current transformations of China's social structure and culture. Lecture and discussion.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Descriptionof - September 21, 2004

Chinese Culture in Imperial Times , Hamilton College
In-depth study of late imperial Chinese cultural, intellectual and political history from the 11th through the 18th centuries. Focuses on imperial and popular religious cults; the decline of the medieval aristocracy and emergence of the Confucian gentry and civil bureaucracy in the 11th century; the civil service examination system; footbinding; and conceptions of gender.
www.hamilton.edu/applications/catalogue/catalogue_search.cfm?action=CourseDisplay&ID=3124 - August 26, 2004

Chinese Department , Augustana College
Augustana is one of the very few colleges in the country that offers four years of Chinese. The Chinese courses are designed and taught to prepareÊthe students to excel in listening, speaking, reading and writing (both complicated and simplified versions). Augustana\'s Chinese curriculum also offers students the opportunity to travel to Asia inÊan overseas term program. This program gives students who choose to join the Asian Term the basic knowledge and skills necessary for their study abroad.
www.augustana.edu/academ/chinese/ - February 17, 2005

Chinese Family and Kinship , University of California, Los Angeles
Examination of family and kinship organization in traditional Chinese society, socialist transformation of these institutions on mainland China during Maoist era, and role of familial culture in economic development of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and mainland China in post-Mao era.
www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/catalog.asp?sa=ANTHRO+&funsel=3 - August 6, 2004

Chinese for Legal ST , Duke University
"Chinese for Leagal Studies" is an introduction to the terminology and basic concepts of Chinese law. Reading and analysis of legal texts (codes, cases, contracts, wills). Communication about law and law-related issues in Chinese. Prerequisite: three semesters or equivalent of Chinese. Instructor: Yang
www.siss.duke.edu/schedule/0820/LAW/605/ - August 22, 2004

Chinese Foundations of Civilization , Vervoorn, Aat
The course examines social, political, economic and cultural developments in China to the end of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. This was the period that saw the emergence of the schools of thought, institutions, technological and artistic traditions that were to shape subsequent Chinese history and strongly influence the other societies and cultures of East Asia. Topics covered include the roles of agriculture and technology in the rise of ‘advanced’ civilization during the Shang and Zhou periods; innovation and competition among the states of the period of political division; the unification of China under the First Emperor; and the continuing influence of political, intellectual an artistic achievements of the 400 year-long Han Dynasty. Particular attention will be paid to the rise of the various schools of philosophy during the pre-Han period, including Confucianism, Moism, Daoism, and Legalism. The outstanding thinkers of this period dealt with fundamental social, moral and political issues as relevant and important now as they were 2500 years ago. The introduction of Buddhism into China, and it’s domestication there, will also be considered.
info.anu.edu.au/StudyAt/_Asian_Studies/Postgraduate/Courses/_ASIA6203.asp - January 11, 2005

Chinese Gender, Kinship and the Family , Hamilton College
Introduction to the cultural construction of gender, kinship and the family in contemporary and historical China. Emphasis on marriage practices, lineage structure, life cycle rituals, the effects of socialist collectivization and economic liberalization.
www.hamilton.edu/applications/catalogue/catalogue_search.cfm?action=CourseDisplay&ID=1815 - August 26, 2004

Chinese History , University of Calgary
Chinese history through the twentieth century; archaeological and traditional accounts to the middle of the Ming dynasty; modern China from 1500 through the Qing dynasty and the early twentieth century; the history of the Communist movement in China to the death of Mao Zedong in 1976; cultural, intellectual, political, social, diplomatic and military history of China.
www.ucalgary.ca/pubs/calendar/current/what/courses/HTST.htm - April 7, 2004

Chinese Law and Society , Duke University
"Chinese Law and Society" is a survey of Chinese legal thought and practice in the People's Republic of China. Focus on the relation of law to social ideals, to social change, and to politics. Consideration of socialist theories of law, conventional criminal and civil processes, informal and extrajudicial institutions, international law, and trade law. Prior familiarity with Chinese history or politics is unnecessary. Instructors: Gao and Ocko
www.siss.duke.edu/schedule/0820/LAW/508/ - August 22, 2004

Chinese Literature in Internation/Historical Contexts , Beloit College
The aim of this course is to place specific themes and genres of Chinese literature in various comparative perspectives. China has never existed in isolation from the rest of the world, and the consequences of this fact are clearly evident in its literature. Engaging with issues of influence, translation, and hybridity, this course may focus on topics ranging from Buddhist narrative, to European Enlightenment adaptations and translations of Chinese fiction and drama, to early Chinese science fiction. This course may be repeated for credit provided the topic differs each time. Taught in English.
www.beloit.edu/~academic/fields/majors/modern_languages_literature_courses.php - January 11, 2005

Chinese Political Thought and Institutions , University of British Columbia
A survey of the practice and theory of government in pre-modern China from the formation of the state in the 2nd millennium B.C. to the seventeenth century A.D. when China saw the founding of its last imperial dynasty, the Ch\'ing (Qing). Topics include feudalism, classical political ideas, emperor and bureaucracy, structure of the central government, local administration, foreign policies, civil service recruitment, and foreign rule.
www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

Chinese Religions , University of Iowa
This course is a general survey of Chinese religions.  It will focus on Chinese traditional religious beliefs and practices, both among the elite and the general population, and will also address recent developments in mainland China and Taiwan, as well as Chinese religions in the West.  In the course we will discuss the religious ideas of Confucianism, Daoism, and aspects of Buddhism, and we will also examine ancestor worship, cults of deities, and practices such as spirit possession, faith healing, and ghost marriages.
isis2.uiowa.edu/isis/courses/detail/039:007:AAA - January 12, 2005

Chinese Society , University of Pittsburgh
This course explores contemporary Chinese society and culture. Some of the topics to be covered include: family and kinship, marriage, community organization, social stratification and gender roles, religion and symbolic systems, ethnicity, social and cultural change, and popular culture.
www.pitt.edu/~caswww/cdesc/ds043051/anth.htm#1759Chinese%20Society - January 16, 2004

Chinese-Amer Intl Relations , Duke University
This course is a seminar designed to analyze the international law issues relating to the current play in Sino-US relations. It chiefly centers on the international law aspects of the issues in Taiwan, human rights, trade and some untraditional security problems such as protection of environment and combating international terrorism. The seminar is based on the assumption that healthy and constructive Sino-US relations in the post-Cold War era will not only benefit two great nations but will also serve as a promise for a more peaceful and prosperous world. Instructor: Li
www.siss.duke.edu/schedule/0880/LAW/711/ - August 22, 2004

Clarke, Donald C. , University of Washington
Professor Clarke joined the faculty in 1988 to teach Asian law courses. Prior to that time he taught for two years at the Law Department of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Before attending Harvard Law School, he studied for two years at Beijing and Nanjing Universities in the People's Republic of China, spent two years working in Japan, and received an M.Sc. degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. While at law school, he was a member of the editorial boards of the Harvard Law Review and the Harvard International Law Journal. From 1995 to 1998, he spent a leave of absence as an attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, where he worked primarily on China-related matters. His current research interests are Chinese legal process and Chinese commercial and economic law.
faculty.washington.edu/dclarke/ - November 5, 2004

Comparative Law: The Role of Law in Chinese Society , Harvard University
The course initially will focus upon China's rich, but much neglected, legal history. Particular attention will be paid to traditional Chinese views on the role of law in society, to the legal aspects of early Sino-Western interaction, and to efforts to introduce foreign models of law into China. The remainder of the course will center on contemporary Chinese society. Issues to be examined in this part of the course include (1) legal dimensions of Chinese "modernization"; (2) concepts of human rights and the relationship of the individual to the state (with special reference to the status of women); and (3) the place of law in China's economic development.
www.law.harvard.edu/academics/registrar/catalog/electives.html - August 24, 2004

Confucian and Communist China , Keenan, Barry
The major reforms in socialist China after 1976 raised issues of recurrent importance in China's twentieth century history. This course systematically compares the reforms that redefined Confucian institutions after 1895 with the post-Mao reforms of communist China. Common themes emerge: the repression of the radical 1898 reforms and the repression of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement; the challenge of the decentralization of state-run economics; inventing unprecedented legal and judicial protections for private enterprise; and cultural iconoclasm towards Chinese tradition. Could modernization in Confucian or communist China propel the economy forward without inducing politically revolutionary results? Could the intellectual elite relate to established political power without selling out their objectivity or inducing repression?
www.denison.edu/catalogs/EAST.html#EASTcourses - August 30, 2004

Conner, Alison , Center for Chinese Studies
Professor Conner joined the School of Law in January 1995 after nearly twelve years of teaching and research in Asia, most recently in Hong Kong. She has also worked in Singapore, Taiwan and China. Her general areas of research interest include Chinese legal history, particularly Qing and Republican period, and current legal developments in the PRC.
www.chinesestudies.hawaii.edu/community/faculty/conner_alison.html - November 5, 2004

Contemporary China Industrialization and Reform , University of Hawaii at Manoa
No course description at this site.
chinesestudies.hawaii.edu/programs/chinese_courses.html - September 18, 2004

Contemprorary China Through Film , St. Olaf College
Students study basic concepts and approaches of film analysis, while examining aesthetics, themes, and techniques of masterworks directed by Chinese Fifth Generation directors. Through readings of cinema theory and criticism and class discussions, students explore artistic merits in these films and aspects of Chinese society and culture in contemporary China, particularly the changes which occurred since 1978 with China's Four Modernizations. All readings are in English.
www.stolaf.edu/depts/asian-studies/courses/ - January 19, 2005

Cooperating to Compete , China Brief
With the increased competitive pressures that WTO will bring, many Chinese and international experts believe that Chinese agriculture will need to move towards greater regional and sectoral specialisation, with improved production, storage and processing technologies and better market information and analysis. Farmer's associations may have the potential to fill some of the gaps left by shrinking government provision, in a way that is more farmer-driven, or at any rate more responsive to farmers' needs, than an extension system traditionally geared to meeting government objectives such as increasing grain yields. However, many farmer-initiated organizations are now facing difficulties.
www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com/article.asp?art=337&sec=19&sub=1&toc=1 - December 1, 2000

Culture and Society of China , University of Alberta
No course description at this site.
www.arts.ualberta.ca/~eastasia/course_offerings.htm - September 21, 2004

Current Sinology , University of Pennsylvania
Major trends in scholarship as reflected in important recent publications. Components of a career in East Asian studies-organizing information, planning teaching and structuring formal reports of research-will be discussed by faculty members for roughly half of the meetings.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

Daniel C. Lynch, Ph.D. , Daniel C. Lynch
Professor Lynch currently is researching the international origins of democratization. He is contrasting the experiences of Taiwan and Thailand with those of China and Burma. Lynch is also researching Chinese concepts of comprehensive security and how they relate to identity formation. The courses he offers are both East Asia- and theory-based. His East Asia courses include Chinese Foreign Policy and East Asian Security Issues. His theory courses include State and Society in International Relations and Global Forces and Political Change.
usc.edu/dept/LAS/ir/faculty/g-lynch.htm - October 8, 2004

Daoism (Taoism) , Beloit College
The ultimate interdisciplinary subject. Though in China Daoism is both a philosophy and a religion, students are introduced to Daoist history, politics, poetry, painting, diet, exercise, and sexual doctrines from the 6th century B.C. to the present.
www.beloit.edu/~academic/fields/minors/asianstudies_courses.php - January 11, 2005

Development of Traditional Chinese Thought , University of British Columbia
Chinese thought from the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E.) to Wang Yangming (1472-1529) in its historical and cultural contexts. Basic Text: W.T. Chan, ed. And trans. A Sourcebook in Chinese Philosophy.
www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

Dobson, Will , Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
William Dobson is an expert in Asian politics and security; Chinese politics and economics; the World Trade Organization; and American foreign policy. William J. Dobson is the managing editor of "Foreign Policy" magazine. He is responsible for managing the editorial planning and editorial production of the magazine, as well as editing and commissioning feature articles, reviews, and essays. Prior to joining FP, he served as Newsweek International's Senior Editor for Asia and as an associate editor at "Foreign Affairs". While at "Newsweek", he supervised coverage that was honored for overall general excellence by the Society of Asia Publishers in 2003 and 2004. He has published widely on Asia and international relations and was recently named a 2004 New Asian Leader by the World Economic Forum - the only Westerner to receive such recognition. His most popular articles have appeared in the "New York Times", "Wall Street Journal", "Boston Globe", and "New Republic", among other publications.
www.carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert_id=217 - October 21, 2004

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley , University of Washington
Dr. Patricia Buckley Ebrey is a Professor of History at the University of Washington. Her recently offered Courses include: a Field Course in Chinese History to 1276, Chinese Social History, Chinese Civilization, Literati Culture in Northern Song China, State and Society in Song China Women in East Asia and Chinese Historical Sources.
faculty.washington.edu/ebrey/ - November 5, 2004

Emperors and Revolutionaries: Histories of Modern China , Louie, K.
This course explores the transformations in Chinese society and culture from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) through the tumultuous period of the early Republic (1911-1949). It aims to introduce students to key concepts in the analysis of modern Chinese history while developing the understanding of main events that led to the development of the contemporary Chinese states. Major issues include: the internal tensions developing within the prosperous Qing state, the impact of European expansion on China’s stability, the urban intellectuals’ attempts at reform, the rising influence of the youth voice, and the emancipation of women. The main historiographical theme is the exploration of the “ownership” of history (e.g. tensions between nationalist and communist versions of history, Chinese and Western histories, and imperial and republican notions of the past). English is the language for instruction and for all readings.
info.anu.edu.au/StudyAt/_Asian_Studies/Postgraduate/Courses/_ASIA6037.asp - January 11, 2005

Ethnic Chinese - Their Economy, Politics and Culture , Sakasawa Peace Foundation
Essays included in this book are various attempts at better understanding the ethnic Chinese economies by considering not only the economy itself, but also politics, society, culture and so on. This book is the academic outcome of worldwide collaboration of reseachers on ethnic Chinese.
www.spf.org/e/special/ethnic.html - November 9, 2004

Ethnology of China , University of Manitoba
This is a listing of courses offered by the University of Manitoba. Included are the course offerings for the Major and Minor programs and a link to the current 2003-2004 timetable.
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/asian_studies/program.html - August 22, 2004

Exclusionary Policies and Practices in Chinese Minority Education: The Case of Tibetan Education , Johnson, B. & Chhetri, N.
Quoted from authors: "This paper examines how the government of the People's Republic of China (hereafter referred to as China) modifies its educational policies to achieve separate and distinct regional objectives, which are linked to regional and ethnic differences. These policies often result in exclusionary practices. Using the case of the Chinese region of Tibet, this paper illustrates the dichotomy of Chinese educational policy: how to achieve universal education for all students and at the same time contain regional ethnic resistance against the communist government and maintain national unity."
www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/articles/bjnc122.pdf - April 30, 2000

Exploring the Silk Road , University of Pennsylvania
This class focuses on the history and archaeology of the infamous trade route across Asia called the Silk Road. We will explore such issues as what sparked people to begin long distance trade between China and the West - what was traded and why, and how did this trade affect the cultures along this fabled trail in Central Asia? We will read and discuss 18th and 19th c. travelerÕs accounts, current archaeological reports, and weave these into a history of the region that is returning to global importance.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

Field Study in Asia: China , University of Hawaii at Manoa
No course description at this site.
www.chinesestudies.hawaii.edu/programs/chinese_courses.html - September 18, 2004

First Steps to Literacy in Chinese classrooms , Ingulsrud, J. & Allen, K.
In a country as linguistically diverse as China, a central feature in the process of teaching children to read is the creation of a national identity which involves teaching first year children to speak the national language. In this process of acquiring literacy, children discover not only their national identity, but also identities linked to global and local contexts as well as gender identities.Ê Through textbook illustrations, children are exposed to gender-based roles that depict social realities instead of social ideals. Yet not all have access to school, particularly children in rural and minority areas, and migrant workers’ children in the cities. The authors here illustrate the ways some of the identities are represented in school textbooks. These representations indicate the enormous gap between urban children and the realities of most Chinese children who live in rural areas.
www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/articles/ka152.pdf - May 12, 2003

Foster, Lawrence C. , Center for Chinese Studies
Professor Foster was Associate Dean of the Richardson School of Law 1987-1994, and has been Dean of the University of Hawaii's School of Law since 1995. His research concentrates on contemporary PRC jurisprudence, and the development of the PRC legal system. He is currently assisting in the development of the Pacific Asian Legal Studies program at the School of Law. The most recent product of this effort has been a new course offering, Readings in Contemporary Chinese Law, in which students will read a variety of Chinese law-related materials including statutes, regulations and essays on Chinese law.
www.chinesestudies.hawaii.edu/community/faculty/foster_lawrence.html - November 8, 2004

Foundations of Chinese Thought , University of British Columbia
Chinese thought from its beginnings until the Han dynastry (206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E.) in its historical and cultural contexts. Includes, among others: Confucius; Mo Zi; the Legalists/Authoritarians; Zhuang Zi; the Lao Zi book.
www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

Frechette, Ann , Hamilton College
Frechette joined the Hamilton faculty in 2000. She was the recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for Peace and Security in a Changing World, 1994-1996, and went on to complete her Ph.D. in social anthropology at Harvard University in 1997. Frechette's teaching and research interests include economic and political anthropology, globalization, international migration, the anthropology of Tibet and the Buddhist Himalaya, Chinese gender, kinship, and the family. She was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct fieldwork in Nepal in 1995. Her first book, "Tibetans in Nepal: The Dynamics of International Assistance among a Community in Exile\" (Berghah Books, 2002), was based on that research. Frechette is currently at work on her second book, "The Invisible Red Thread: Family, Community, and Identity in the China-U.S. Adoption Process," which analyzes families created through China-US adoptions.
www.hamilton.edu/academics/faculty.html?dept=Asian%20Studies - November 4, 2004

From Rice Bowl to Safety Net: Insecurity and Social Protection during China's Transition , Cook, Sarah
Quoted from abstract: "Alongside economic growth, inequality and insecurity have increased rapidly in China. Groups formerly excluded from the security of the 'iron rice bowl' are now excluded from new forms of social assistance, often designed to compensate those losing livelihood guarantees. There is thus a need for new safety-net measures, both to assist the most vulnerable and least secure members of society throughout the transition, and to enhance their longer-term security. This article argues that compensatory arrangements can be effective only alongside a complementary set of social protection policies including increased investment in human resources. Better-designed interventions could strengthen rather than undermine existing informal safety nets, and allow an expanded role for nongovernmental organisations in social protection." This is a Blackwell Publishing paper. Blackwell Publishing charges $25.00 for this paper.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=368771 - February 12, 2003

Gender in China , Louie, K.
This course explores key concepts in the analysis of gender relations in China. It includes both historical and contemporary perspectives on the evolution of gender roles in Chinese society. It aims to present students with a broad vision of the major tensions between the genders and draws examples from a range of genres - such as literary texts, film, historical documents, newspaper articles, magazine advertisements, and poster art. The course presents a uniquely Chinese perspective on the study of gender in a global context. It facilitates an important cross-cultural comparison for those students studying gender while simultaneously providing Asian Studies students with fundamental knowledge of men-women relations, sexuality and the impact of these on social and political structures in this important East Asian culture. English is the language for instruction and for all readings.
info.anu.edu.au/StudyAt/_Asian_Studies/Postgraduate/Courses/_ASIA6035.asp - January 11, 2005

Geography of China , University of Georgia
A systematic and regional analysis of the physical and human geography of contemporary China.
uga.edu/cas/courses.html - January 20, 2005

Gladney, Dru C. , Center for Chinese Studies
Dr. Gladney is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii. A Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Washington, Seattle, Dru C. Gladney has been a Fulbright Research Scholar twice, and has conducted long-term field research in China, Central Asia, and Turkey. He has authored over 50 academic articles and chapters, many on the subject of the Muslim minority in China. His most recent book is "Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Sub-Altern Subjects" (Chicago: University of Chicago Press).
www.chinesestudies.hawaii.edu/community/faculty/gladney_dru.html - November 8, 2004

Gong, Gerrit W. , Center for Strategic and International Studies
Gerrit W. Gong is an expert in East Asian affairs; U.S.-East Asia policies; Chinese domestic and foreign policies; the Korean peninsula; Southeast Asia. Gerrit Gong is a senior associate with the CSIS Asia Program, as well as assistant to the president for planning and assessment at Brigham Young University in Utah. Previously, he held the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS and, from 1989 to 2001, directed its Asia Program. Earlier, he served in the U.S. State Department with assignments at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, in the office of the department's senior career officer, and as the under secretary for political affairs, as well as serving at the American Institute in Taiwan.
www.csis.org/experts/4gong.htm - October 21, 2004

Hannum, Emily , Center for East Asian Studies
Emily Hannum, Assistant Professor of Sociology, is affiliated with the Population Studies Center and the Graduate School of Education. She joined the Penn faculty in 2001, having taught previously at Harvard University. Hannum received her Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography in 1998 from the University of Michigan. Hannum’s research interests focus on access to education and the social and economic consequences of education in developing countries, especially China. Hannum’s past research in China includes publications about ethnic and gender stratification, labor market inequalities, and education and children’s welfare. Funded by a fellowship from the National Academy of Education, she is currently working on a book about children’s schooling experiences in rural Gansu.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/bios_hannum.html - November 5, 2004

Harris, Kristine , State University of New York at New Paltz
Associate Professor, Department of History, Director, Asian Studies Program, State University of New York Her current research explores the social and political impact of film culture in China from the 1890s through to the present, with an emphasis on the period prior to the 1949 Revolution. For this research I work with original sources in Chinese and Japanese, located in archives in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan.
www2.newpaltz.edu/~harrisk/ - January 25, 2005

Harwitt, Eric , University of Hawaii at Manoa
Associate Professor, Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa. His recent work has focused on the politics of industrial development in China. He is currently writing a book about telecommunications regulation in the PRC, a project that examines the political and social impact of the Internet as well as the spread of telecommunications to both urban and rural parts of the country. His teaching includes courses on comparative Asian development, and a new project looks at China's political and economic relations with Central Asia.
www.chinesestudies.hawaii.edu/community/faculty/harwit_eric.html - October 20, 2004

History and Memory in China , Brown University
How do societies remember? This cultural history of history and memory examines how individuals and collectivities instrumentalize the past to shape the present. Case studies are drawn from Chinese history and emphasize the history of time-keeping and temporalities, traditional Chinese historiography, ritualized memory, and monumental archives.
boca.brown.edu/nontopicsdet.asp?year=2004&term=2&crsCode=HI0097&SectCode=S015 - January 12, 2005

HIstory of China I , University of Georgia
The Traditional Order from Prehistory to the Tang Dynasty. Emphasis is on traditional Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, the primary molders of Chinese culture.
uga.edu/cas/courses.html - January 20, 2005

HIstory of China II , University of Georgia
The Transitional State from the Tang Dynasty to 1800. An examination of significant changes in Chinese culture, as well as an analysis of those forces that contributed to or inhibited modernization.
uga.edu/cas/courses.html - January 20, 2005

History of China III. The Modern Transformation from 1800 to the Present , University of Georgia
A study of China in the 20th century with the focus on the Republic of China, its disintegration, the rise of Communism, and the changes in the nature of the People's Republic of China.
uga.edu/cas/courses.html - August 26, 2004

History of China up to Modern Times , Cornell University
A survey of the principal developments in the history of China from the earliest times to the eighteenth century that also undertakes a topical introduction to Chinese culture and civilization, in part by the use of visual materials.
cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/Courses/CoScourses.phtml?college=AS&dept=History - September 27, 2004

History of China's Performing Art , University of Toronto
An historical overview of Chinese theatre, a reading of selected texts, viewing of videotaped performances and class discussions of the characteristics of this art form.
www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS233H1 - January 13, 2005

History of Chinese Civilization , University of British Columbia
The goal of this course is to give a general overview of Chinese history before modern times, from ancient times to ca. 1800, with the emphasis on the period up to C.E. 1000: how China came into being, the rise and development of her institutions and civilization, the evolution of her society before modern times. The extensive material available on such topics will be covered mainly in the form of lectures. Texts: Jacques Gernet. A History of Chinese Civilization. Wm. T. de Bary. Sources of Chinese Tradition, vol. 1.
www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

History of Hong Kong , University of Toronto
A study of political, economic, and social change in the British colony of Hong Kong from 1842 until the present day.
www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

Human Rights and the Development of Democracy in China , Thurston, Anne F.
The cource covers China's efforts to democratize both recently and in teh first half of the 20th century; theories of democratization and democratic transition in relation to analysis of the possibilities of and impediments to future democratization in China; and polictical and societal applications of the Human Rights concepts both in China and the United States.
www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/asia/asiaoverview/readinglists/chinareadinglists/HRDemocracyofChinaThurston.pdf - September 20, 2004

Hung, Veron , Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Veron Hung has in-depth experience in Chinese law, and law and politics in the Asia-Pacific region. In academia and the private sector, she has studied such areas as administrative litigation and judicial reform in China, constitutional development in Hong Kong, human rights in Cambodia, and trade with China.
www.carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert_id=144 - October 21, 2004

Ideas for Child Participation and the Exploration of New Practices , Yang, Haiyu
In 1989, the United Nation\'s Convention on the Rights of the Child provided a basic legal framework for international law concerning children\'s issues. However, each individual, each culture, each society and each country will interpret children\'s rights differently. In this article we discuss some of the ideas and problems that have arisen concerning child participation in China.
www.savethechildren.org.cn/doc/job06.doc - August 1, 2001

Idema, Wilt L. , Fairbank Center for East Asian Research
Dr. Wilt Idema is Director and Professor of Chinese Literature at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research of Harvard University. His field of specialization is Chinese vernacular literature of the imperial period. Dr. Idema came to Harvard in 2000 and is professor of Chinese literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.
www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/people/staff.html#wilt - October 22, 2004

Institute of Taiwan Studies , Institute of Taiwan Studies
The Institute of Taiwan Studies researches Taiwan's politics, economy, society, history, culture, and cross strait relations.
www.cass.net.cn/webnew/chinese/y_03/y_03_50twyjs.html - October 7, 2004

International Law: Research on Japanese Law: Seminar , Harvard University
This seminar will both introduce students to issues in Japanese industrial organization and train them to use Japanese language legal and social scientific materials. During the term, students will read a wide variety of materials on industrial organization in Japanese. Students should have at least two years of language studies or the equivalent. The class is not open to native speakers of Japanese.
www.law.harvard.edu/academics/registrar/catalog/electives.html - August 24, 2004

Introduction to Chinese Cultures , University of Pennsylvania
In this seminar we look at the diverse cultural traditions and patterns of social formations of traditional and modern China, to gain an introductionto social life in that country. We will consider basic anthropological topics in the Chinese context, including kinship, power and politics, gender, ethnicity, class and status, economic activities, ritual practicesand ceremonies, religion, expressive culture, and diaspora/transnational communities in Greater China.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005