UCLA-Shanghai Jiaotong University Summer Text and Research Methodology Workshop
UCLA-Shanghai Jiaotong University
Summer Text and Research Methodology Workshop
New Materials and Inter-disciplinary Methods
of Studying Twentieth-century Chinese History
July 6-12, 2015, SJTU, Shanghai
Jointly sponsored by The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
The UCLA Asia Institute invites applications by students from all disciplines who are interested in using newly available county-level archival materials from the mid-20th century to study the formation and implementation of government policies in local situations. An ever increasing amount of new archival material on Chinese history, especially post-1949 history, is being amassed by scholars in China. In the second annual SJTU-UCLA Text and Research Methodology Workshop, participants will undertake intensive reading and study of a selection of such new materials collected by faculty and students at SJTU for which new scholarship in Chinese has begun to emerge. While reading archival sources is essential to historical research, these Chinese county-level materials should also be useful to anthropology, economics, political science and sociology students as well as those pursuing cultural studies in other disciplines who choose to examine the interface between discourse and political practice. An important goal of the workshop is to develop international cohorts of young scholars. Applicants for this workshop may also apply for SJTU’s environmental history and GIS workshop that will immediately follow.
This six-day intensive summer reading and translation workshop will be held at Shanghai Jiaotong University and led jointly by Cao Shuji, Professor of History at SJTU and R. Bin Wong,Distinguished Professor of History at UCLA. The workshop is intended to serve students developing dissertation topics in an environment that brings together International and Chinese-based graduate students. Sessions will be conducted in a combination of Chinese and English languages. Professor Cao will lead the morning sessions on archival reading and Professor Wong will lead afternoon sessions on research methodologies.The schedule will consist of four days of morning reading and afternoon discussion; two days of group work and presentations; and a final one-day field trip.
The topic areas to be considered will include:
Local implementation of early 1950s Chinese Communist political campaigns.
Property rights changes regarding rural land before and after 1949 (in order to put current property rights issues into a longer temporal perspective).
Personnel and organization of local government and their major activities both pre and post 1949.
The professors will attempt to make some of the document selections based on the research interests of students selected for the workshop. They will suggest the broader social science literatures relevant to the materials selected. For the topics suggested above, these literatures would be those on collective action & social movements; property rights literature in institutional economics; and public policy and development studies literatures on local governance issues, respectively.
To Apply:
Applicants should submit a short statement of their research interests and how this workshop would fit into their training. Include a statement of your Chinese language background and reading level. A recommendation letter from the student’s faculty advisor is also required.
▪ Institutions outside of China: Applicants enrolled in or affiliated with institutions outside of the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, or Hong Kong must apply to the UCLA Asia Institute. Application materials should be submitted online at http://ucla.in/1yxHfX0.
▪ Mainland China or Hong Kong: Applicants enrolled in or affiliated with institutions in Mainland China or Hong Kong institutions must send application materials to Mr. Liu Shigu (刘诗古) at SJTUhistory@126.com.
▪ Taiwan: Applicants enrolled in or affiliated with institutions in Taiwan must send application materials to Mr. Jr Jie,Jang (張智傑) at the Center for GIS, RCHSS, Academia Sinica at roger@gate.sinica.edu.tw. Successful applicants in Taiwan will receive financial support from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation.
Applications due March 15, 2015
▪ Participants who wish to continue in the environmental history and GIS workshop should apply separately at http://history.sjtu.edu.cn/CN/Default.aspx.
附:中国大陆及香港申请者注意事项
1、招生对象与要求:
①凡中国大陆及香港各高等院校、研究机构从事中国当代史研究的青年学者和博士研究生均可申请。
②申请人需提交一篇以翔实史料或档案资料为基础的中国当代史研究论文,论题限于政治、经济、社会和文化等各方面,字数不少于10000字,文本、注释及引证格式参见《历史研究》技术规范。
③中国大陆及香港地区的申请者,提交申请材料的截止日期可放宽至2015年4月15日。除第二条规定的学术论文之外,申请人还需要提供一份简单的学术简历以及导师或其他教授的推荐信。主办方将邀请专家对申请人提供的材料进行评审,并于2015年5月1日前发出正式录取通知。
2、费用:
①中国大陆及香港申请者往返交通费可向上海交通大学申请资助。
②会议期间的食宿费自理。住宿统一安排在上海交通大学研究生宿舍,两人一间,每人每日费用约30元;此外,主办方会给每位学员申请交大校园卡,可自行往卡里充值,在校园内食堂就餐。
Summer Text and Research Methodology Workshop
New Materials and Inter-disciplinary Methods
of Studying Twentieth-century Chinese History
July 6-12, 2015, SJTU, Shanghai
Jointly sponsored by The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
The UCLA Asia Institute invites applications by students from all disciplines who are interested in using newly available county-level archival materials from the mid-20th century to study the formation and implementation of government policies in local situations. An ever increasing amount of new archival material on Chinese history, especially post-1949 history, is being amassed by scholars in China. In the second annual SJTU-UCLA Text and Research Methodology Workshop, participants will undertake intensive reading and study of a selection of such new materials collected by faculty and students at SJTU for which new scholarship in Chinese has begun to emerge. While reading archival sources is essential to historical research, these Chinese county-level materials should also be useful to anthropology, economics, political science and sociology students as well as those pursuing cultural studies in other disciplines who choose to examine the interface between discourse and political practice. An important goal of the workshop is to develop international cohorts of young scholars. Applicants for this workshop may also apply for SJTU’s environmental history and GIS workshop that will immediately follow.
This six-day intensive summer reading and translation workshop will be held at Shanghai Jiaotong University and led jointly by Cao Shuji, Professor of History at SJTU and R. Bin Wong,Distinguished Professor of History at UCLA. The workshop is intended to serve students developing dissertation topics in an environment that brings together International and Chinese-based graduate students. Sessions will be conducted in a combination of Chinese and English languages. Professor Cao will lead the morning sessions on archival reading and Professor Wong will lead afternoon sessions on research methodologies.The schedule will consist of four days of morning reading and afternoon discussion; two days of group work and presentations; and a final one-day field trip.
The topic areas to be considered will include:
Local implementation of early 1950s Chinese Communist political campaigns.
Property rights changes regarding rural land before and after 1949 (in order to put current property rights issues into a longer temporal perspective).
Personnel and organization of local government and their major activities both pre and post 1949.
The professors will attempt to make some of the document selections based on the research interests of students selected for the workshop. They will suggest the broader social science literatures relevant to the materials selected. For the topics suggested above, these literatures would be those on collective action & social movements; property rights literature in institutional economics; and public policy and development studies literatures on local governance issues, respectively.
To Apply:
Applicants should submit a short statement of their research interests and how this workshop would fit into their training. Include a statement of your Chinese language background and reading level. A recommendation letter from the student’s faculty advisor is also required.
▪ Institutions outside of China: Applicants enrolled in or affiliated with institutions outside of the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, or Hong Kong must apply to the UCLA Asia Institute. Application materials should be submitted online at http://ucla.in/1yxHfX0.
▪ Mainland China or Hong Kong: Applicants enrolled in or affiliated with institutions in Mainland China or Hong Kong institutions must send application materials to Mr. Liu Shigu (刘诗古) at SJTUhistory@126.com.
▪ Taiwan: Applicants enrolled in or affiliated with institutions in Taiwan must send application materials to Mr. Jr Jie,Jang (張智傑) at the Center for GIS, RCHSS, Academia Sinica at roger@gate.sinica.edu.tw. Successful applicants in Taiwan will receive financial support from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation.
Applications due March 15, 2015
▪ Participants who wish to continue in the environmental history and GIS workshop should apply separately at http://history.sjtu.edu.cn/CN/Default.aspx.
附:中国大陆及香港申请者注意事项
1、招生对象与要求:
①凡中国大陆及香港各高等院校、研究机构从事中国当代史研究的青年学者和博士研究生均可申请。
②申请人需提交一篇以翔实史料或档案资料为基础的中国当代史研究论文,论题限于政治、经济、社会和文化等各方面,字数不少于10000字,文本、注释及引证格式参见《历史研究》技术规范。
③中国大陆及香港地区的申请者,提交申请材料的截止日期可放宽至2015年4月15日。除第二条规定的学术论文之外,申请人还需要提供一份简单的学术简历以及导师或其他教授的推荐信。主办方将邀请专家对申请人提供的材料进行评审,并于2015年5月1日前发出正式录取通知。
2、费用:
①中国大陆及香港申请者往返交通费可向上海交通大学申请资助。
②会议期间的食宿费自理。住宿统一安排在上海交通大学研究生宿舍,两人一间,每人每日费用约30元;此外,主办方会给每位学员申请交大校园卡,可自行往卡里充值,在校园内食堂就餐。
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