Samples of Research Projects
International Conference on Country-specific
Chinese Teaching Materials
(Lening Liu, 2011)
Workshop on Chinese Legal History
(Madelaine Zelin, 2011)
Literature, Media, and Social Transformation in
Contemporary China
(James Cheng and Lydia Liu, 2013)
International Conference and Exhibition on Robert
Capa
(Lydia Liu, 2013)
Chinese Film Festival at Lincoln Center
(2014)
International Conference on Teaching Chinese in
the Age of Globalization
(Zhang Ying of Peking University, Lening Liu, 2015)
Redistricting and Changing Notions of Citizenship
and Rights in China
(Kay Shimizu and Xiaobo Lu, 2015)
A Study of the Formation of States on the
Jiaodong Peninsula in Late Bronze-Age China, 1000-500
BCE
(Li Feng, 2015)
Court Theater and Court Culture in the Qing
Dynasty
(Wei Shang, 2015, 2016)
International Conference on Sino-American Media
(Emma Wang, 2015)
Workshop on Teaching Chinese Grammar at
Elementary Level
(Chaofen Sun of Stanford University, 2015)
Workshop on Language Variations and Language
Changes
(Zhongwei Shen of The University of Massachusetts at
Amherst, Baoya Chen of Peking University, Lening Liu,
2015)
Workshop on Chinese Prosodic Grammar
(Shengli Feng of The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
2015)
Lu Xun and Hu Shi: A Dialogue between Chi-pin
Chou and Sun Yu
(Chi-ping Chou of Princeton University and Sun Yu of
Renmin of China, 2015)
Exhibition on Chinese Calligraphy
(Jim Cheng, 2015)
International Conference and Exhibition on Sound
and Image of Chinese Poetry
(Lydia Liu, 2016)
Projects Submission and Selection
All research projects must be sponsored by faculty of either The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures or The Weatherhead Institute for East Asia at Columbia University. Projects concerning teaching Chinese as second language, Chinese culture, modern China, or the interaction between China and other East Asian countries are welcome. Project proposal must include a list of participants, detailed budget and time table. The selection of the projects is made by the Faculty Steering Committee of the institute. The committee is appointed by the Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and consists of five professors of the EALAC department or The Weatherhead East Asia Institute. The current chair of the committee is Professor Shang Wei. All proposals should be submitted to Prof. Shang no later than Oct. 15th.
