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Research visits to China: Past Awards
For information on these schemes, see Joint Projects with Partner Academies or Individual Research visits to Partner Academies
Agreements with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) and the Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SiASS) provide support for individual research visits and joint projects to China.
Please note: Awards are arranged alphabetically by surname of the grant recipient. The institution is that given at the time of application.
- Individual Visits: 2009-10 | 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 | 2000-01 | 1999-2000 | 1998-99 | 1997-98 | 1996-97
- Joint Projects: 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2002-03 | 2001-02
- Small Research Grants: 2005-06 (Owing to severe pressure on the research grants budget, a selection of Chinese Small Research Grants were supported by International Relations' funds)
2009-10
Dr E Barabantseva
(University of Manchester)
Mobility, Ethnicity, and Development in China’s Border Region: Overseas Chinese Ethnic Minorities in Guangxi
One month
Professor B Hooper
(Independent scholar)
Chinese Government policies towards Western residents, 1949-1965
One month
Professor R Sterckx
(University of Cambridge)
A Cultural Ecology of Early China
Three weeks
Dr A Moore
(University of Manchester)
What Can Be Said: The Diaries of Children and Adolescents from the Second World War
Two months
Dr H Nie
(University of Oxford)
Gaming, Nationalism and Patriotic Education: Online Games Based on China's Resistance War against Japan (1937-1945)
Three weeks
2008-09
Professor C Clunas
(University of Oxford)
Art and archaeology of the regional courts of Ming China (1368-1644)
1 month
Dr M Johnson
(University of Oxford)
Before soft power: Cultural exchange and the Cold War construction of China's national image
Three weeks
Dr A Moore
(University of Oxford)
The peril of self-discipline: Chinese, Japanese, and American servicemen record the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire, 1937-1945
1 month
Professor Dame J Rawson, FBA
(University of Oxford)
An archaeological perspective in the interaction of the Zhou period states with the peoples on the borders, c.1000-650 BC
Three weeks
Professor T Wright
(University of Sheffield)
Natural disasters and the Republican economy: the case of the 1932 and 1934 floods in north-east China
Six weeks
2007-08
Professor G Browning
(Oxford Brookes University)
Global Political Theory from Kant Hardt and Negri
SASS
2 weeks in quota year 2007-08
Dr H De Weerdt
(University of Oxford)
A Sense of Empire: Information and Place in Song Times (10th-13h C.)
CASS & SASS
1 month in quota year 2008-09
Dr F Ferlanti
(University of Oxford)
New Life Movement, civilian mobilisation, and state-building during the War of Resistance (1937-1945)
CASS & SASS
1 month in quota year 2008-09
Professor L Floridi
(University of Hertfordshire)
The Philosophy of Information and the Development of IT in China
CASS
2 weeks in quota year 2008-09
Dr W Tsai
(Royal Holloway, University of London)
Getting the message: first land route and the beginnings of postal modernisation in China, 1871-1900
5 weeks from mid-March 2008
2006-07
(a) Individual Research
Dr G Bhattacharyya
(University of Birmingham)
The emergence of a distinctively Asian culture of globalisation
2 weeks in quota year 2006-07
Professor W Callahan
(University of Manchester)
Identity and security in Sino-Japanese relations
CASS
4 weeks in quota year 2006-07
Professor F Christiansen
(University of Leeds)
New social diversity in China
CASS
8 weeks in quota year 2006-07
2005-06
(a) Individual Research
Dr W Hurst
(University of Oxford)
Having one's day in court in contemporary China: The micro-politics of the Chinese justice system under reform
SiASS
4 weeks in quota year 2005-06
Dr R Mitter
(University of Oxford)
The Sino-Japanese war in Chinese political culture, 1931 to the present
CASS and SASS
3 weeks in quota year 2005-06
Dr C Szusterman
(University of Westminster)
China-Latin America relations at the beginning of the 21st century
CASS
2 weeks in quota year 2005-06
(b) Joint Project
Dr J O'Connor
(Manchester Metropolitan University)
Creative cities and creative industries in China: The case of Shanghai
SASS
Professor Li Wuwei (SASS)
£5,000
Dr D Kerr
(University of Durham)
International conference: The International Politics of EU-China Relations (20-21 April 2006)
CASS
Professor Liu Fei (Institute of European Studies, CASS)
(c) Chinese Small Research Grants
Professor C Berry
(Goldsmith's College, London)
Stanley Kwan's Lan Yu - queer Asian cinema as transnational culture
£3,148
Dr D Buck
(University of Oxford)
Emerging Commodity Chains and the Industrialisation of Agriculture in China
£7,392
Dr B Garcia
(University of Glasgow)
Towards London 2012: Non-accredited media, cultural discourses, and Olympic host city identity
£7,474
Dr R Harris
(School of African & Oriental Studies)
The impact of canonisation process on rural traditions of Uyghur Muqam
£4,750
Dr J A Klein
(School of African & Oriental Studies)
China’s organic food movement
£1,200
Professor K Matthews
(Cardiff University)
The measurement and determination of managerial performance in Chinese banks
£6,998
Dr F Pirie
(University of Oxford)
Law, conflict and justice in eastern Tibet
£6,520
Dr P Rayson
(University of Lancaster)
Building an English-Chinese domain-comparable corpus
£7,485
Dr I Taylor
(University of St Andrews)
China’s expansion into Africa: Political and economic implications
£4,950
Professor S Thornham
(University of Sussex)
New femininities and popular culture in contemporary China
£2,845
Dr Wang Chengqi
(University of Leeds)
Regional spillover effects of openness through foreign direct investment and trade
£7,304
Dr Yang Keming
(University of Reading)
Entrepreneurship in China’s economic reforms
£1,499
2004-05
(a) Individual Research
Dr R Sterckx
(University of Cambridge)
A study of sacrificial religion in pre-Buddhist China
CASS and SASS
8 weeks in quota year 2004-05
Dr N Swain
(University of Liverpool)
Rural transition: China and the CEECs compared
CASS
2 weeks in quota year 2004-05
Professor T Wright
(University of Sheffield)
The political economy of the Chinese coal industry
CASS
8 weeks in quota year 2004-05
Dr J Gamble
(Royal Holloway, University of London)
Consumers and consumption in China's transitional economy
SiASS and SASS
10 weeks in quota year 2005-06
(b) Joint Project
Professor A Power
(London School of Economics)
An International workshop on the enabling role of the public sector in urban housing development: converging and diverging experiences in Asia and Europe
CASS
Professor Yang Tuan (Centre for Social Policy Studies, CASS)
£2,650
Dr Kun-chin Lin
(University of Oxford)
Highway construction and rural development in China: the political economy of intra-governmental coordination for public goods provision
CASS
Professor Li Renqing (Rural Development Institute, CASS)
£3,550
Dr B Weekes
(University of Sussex)
Dyslexia in Chinese: a twin study
CAS
Dr Yin Wengang (Institute of Pyschology, CAS)
£1,900
Ms E Wright
(University of Nottingham)
The CASS-Nottingham Environmental Infrastructure Policy Project: Phase One: The challenges and options for sustainable urban environmental management in China
CASS
Professor Pan Jiahua (Sustainable Development Research Centre, CASS)
£6,000
2003-04
Individual Research
Dr H K Harrison
(University of Leeds)
The History of Catholicism in Shanxi
CASS
4 weeks in quota year 2003-04
Dr R O'Leary
(The Queen's University Belfast)
Modernisation and Development of Christianity in Twentieth Century China
CASS and SASS
5 weeks in quota year 2003-04
2002-03
(a) Individual Research
Professor R J Benewick
(University of Sussex)
Community construction in China
CASS and SASS
3 weeks in quota year 2003-04
Professor J S Henley
(University of Edinburgh)
Promoting foreign direct investment in China
SASS
3 weeks in quota year 2003-04
Dr Xiaoling Hu
(University of Gloucestershire)
Insurance liberalisation and Insurance Distribution Channels in China
CASS and SASS
5 weeks in quota year 2003-04
Dr Laura Newby
(University of Oxford)
The tea trade between the Empire and the border regions of Xinjiang, Mongolia and Tibet during the mid-late Qing
CASS
2 months in quota year 2003-04
Dr Caroline Rose
(University of Leeds)
World War II compensation cases and reconciliation in Sino-Japanese relations
CASS and SASS
5 weeks in quota year 2003-04
(b) Joint Projects
Dr E Fieldhouse
(University of Manchester)
Developing census and survey data for academic and policy research: learning from British experience
SASS
Professor Lu Hanlong (Institute of Sociology, SASS)
£4,475
Dr Maozu Lu
(University of Southampton)
An empirical econometric evaluation of economic policy on Chinese economy and financial markets
CASS
Professor Wang Tongsan (Institute of Quantitative and Technical Economics, CASS)
£3,650
2001-02
(a) Individual Research
Prof J S Henley
(University of Edinburgh)
Local government/foreign investor relations: Sichuan province and Chongqing
SiASS
3 weeks in quota year 2002-03
Dr D Priestland
(University of Oxford)
Soviet and Chinese debates on ‘party construction', 1949-1976
CASS and SASS
18 days in quota year 2001-02
Professor J Rawson FBA
(University of Oxford)
The origins and development of the Chinese ornamental tradition
CASS
3 weeks in quota year 2002-03
(b) Joint Projects
Professor R Williams and Dr S Xiaobai
(University of Edinburgh)
Sino-European social shaping of technology: conference in Beijing
CASS
September 20-25, 2002
2000-01
Dr Robert Bickers
(University of Bristol)
Shanghai municipal police and life in the empire world, 1898-1943/ Colonialism's Chinese face: treaty port Shanghai, 1842-1957
CASS
2 weeks in quota year 2001-02
Dr M Dillon
(University of Durham)
Islamic communities in China: China's relations with Central Asia
CASS
3 weeks in quota year 2001-02
Dr Peter Garside
(University of Kingston)
Exploring the connections between western ‘new regionalism' and eastern economic restructuring: institutional networks and structural reform in Beijing
CAS
4 weeks in quota year 2001-02
Professor S A Smith
(University of Essex)
Campaigns against superstition in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1965
CASS
3 weeks in quota year 2001-02
Dr Hongxing Zhang
(University of Edinburgh)
Biography of Liu Kaizhi's Admonition scroll in the court of the 19th century
CASS
3 weeks in quota year 2000-01
1999-2000
Dr P Bailey
(University of Edinburgh)
The recruitment of Chinese workers for war-related work in France during World War I
CASS
1 month in quota year 2000-01
Professor D Davin
(University of Leeds)
The current debate on marriage and divorce legislation in the People's Republic of China
CASS
1 month in quota year 2000-01
Mr P Keller
(King's College London)
Media law and regulation in China
CASS
17 days in quota year 2001-02
Dr Rana Mitter
(University of Warwick)
Nationalism, memory and the Second World War in Chinese political culture, 1931-1999
CASS
1 month in quota year 2000-01
1998-99
Dr H K Harrison
(University of Oxford)
The Man Awakened from Dreams: Power, Status and Changing Morality in Rural Shanxi 1850-1950
CASS
1 month in quota year 1999-2000
Dr Jessica Rawson FBA
Research on Han Dynasty tombs and later Buddhist stone carvings
CASS
17 days in quota year 1999-2000
Dr J C Strauss
(School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Natural resources, public goods, and regulation: contemporary reform in China's forestry administration
SiASS
56 days in quota year 1999-2000
1997-98
Dr N J Chang
(University of Cambridge)
The egg industry in China: a case study of the international export company, 1919-37
CASS and SASS
9 weeks in quota year 1998-99
Mr P Keller
(King's College London)
The regulation of global media
CASS
2 weeks in quota year 1998-99
Dr R Sterckx
(University of Oxford)
A study of the perception of animals in Warring States, Qin and Han texts
CASS
6 weeks in quota year 1998-99
Dr C N Milwertz
(University of Oxford)
The role of women's studies and women's organizations in China
CASS
3 weeks in quota year 1998-99
Dr M Dryburgh
(Univeristy of Sheffield)
Identity and integration: North China, 1927 - 1937
CASS
8 weeks in quota year 1998-99
Dr J A Howell
(University of East Anglia)
Village governance from a gender perspective
CASS and SiASS
4 weeks in quota year 1998-99
1996-97
Dr N Baker
(Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)
Professor D Drakakis-Smith
(Department of Geography, University of Liverpool)
Dr M Warner
(Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London)
Three scholars to attend international symposium on urban development and protection of the ecological environment
in quota year 1997-98
Dr R L Edmonds
(School of Oriental and African Studies)
Arid land degradation in China: processes and implications
CAS
4 weeks in quota year 1997-98
Dr D Faure
(University of Oxford)
The Shanxi banks in the nineteenth century
CASS
2 weeks in quota year 1997-98
Dr H K Harrison
(University of Oxford)
The diary of Mr Liu Dapeng: life in a Shanxi village, 1850 - 1950
CASS
8 weeks in quota year 1997-98
Dr J A Howell
(University of East Anglia)
Institutionalising gender policy in the People's Republic of China
CASS
3 weeks in quota year 1997-98
Dr C N Milwertz
(University of Oxford)
The role of women's studies and women's organizations in China
CASS and SASS
7 weeks and 1 week respectively in quota year 1997-98
Dr R S R Mitter
(University of Oxford)
Nationalism and memory in contemporary China: the uses of war
CASS
4 weeks in quota year 1997-98
Dr J C Strauss
(School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Bureaucracy, civil service and the 20th century Chinese state
CASS and SASS
8 weeks and 1 week respectively in quota year 1997-98