Center for Chinese Studies at UC Berkeley

01/30/2026

🎓Attention, scholars! Check out the IEAS Undergraduate Research Award program!
✏️This program supports juniors and sophomores who are interested in pursuing research opportunities related to East Asia and Southeast Asia with a particular focus on Humanities and Social Science, such as in preparation for a senior thesis or other major capstone project. Award recipients will be required to submit a full paper (10-15 pages, double spaced) on their proposed research topic on or before April 1, 2027.
❗️Apply before March 1st, 2026!
For more details regarding the program: https://ieas.berkeley.edu/ieas-undergraduate-research-award-program

01/30/2026

📣Calling all interested students to the PKU program!
🌺Hosted by Peking University (PKU), the Academic Explorers in China Program, the two-week program will feature lectures on the PKU campus and guided excursions in and around Beijing. Students from PKU will also join the program, fostering mutual understanding of cultures and values.
❗️Due tomorrow 5PM!
For more details regarding the program: https://ieas.berkeley.edu/news/apply-now-academic-explorers-china-program-undergraduates-summer-2026

11/07/2025

🌊In what ways are environments imagined and perceived in Ming and Qing fiction?
🚢How did depictions of geography inform the understanding of early modernity?

Join us in Professor S.E. Kile's special lecture: Sea and Sky as Media in Early Modern Chinese Fiction! This talk will cover novels such as 海遊記 and 常言道, the terms they use to describe travel by sky and by sea, and how this relates to the conception of the earth in early modern Chinese thought.
For more details regarding the lecture: https://conta.cc/3LOkIU0

📍Thursday, November 13, 4-5:30PM, 370 Dwinelle Hall

10/11/2025

🙈The fantastical adventures of the trickster Monkey have a long history in the Chinese performing arts – but how does one resolve the many challenges of telling Monkey’s story on the operatic stage?
👑Please join us for a CCS featured event, Composing The Monkey King: Huang Ruo in Conversation with Mary Ann Smart, on Monday, November 24, from 5-7pm in the Goldman Theater. RSVP to attend!

10/06/2025

📣Calling all interested scholars to join us for a lecture by Professor Emily Wilcox! The lecture will take place on Thursday, 10/9, from 4-5:30pm in Dwinelle 370. RSVP is not required!
🔥Black Liberation on the Chinese Stage: Transnational Dialogue and Inter-Racial Solidarity in the 1964 Dance Drama Fires of Fury are Burning/Nuhuo zai ranshao, featuring the Chinese military dance drama and its portrayal of the philosophy and practice of armed self-defense for African Americans.
For more details regarding the lecture: https://conta.cc/46U41NX

09/20/2025

📚Curious about the East Asian Library's Chinese Collections?
🧐Wondering where to access primary materials for research?

Join Jianye He, the Librarian for Chinese Collections, for a special undergraduate research workshop on how you can use multimedia sources to enrich your research project. 🎥
Come explore the East Asian Library's vast compilation of manuscripts, artifacts, photos, newspapers, letters and more exciting pieces! 📜

📍Friday, September 26, 3-4:30PM, C. V. Starr East Asian Library's Art History Seminar Room

03/11/2021

Big Give is live! Help us support students by donating today! https://ieas.berkeley.edu/biggive
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02/23/2021

It's that time of year again! CCS is participating in (3/11) to raise funds for student awards & fellowships. Visit https://ieas.berkeley.edu/biggive to learn more about how you can contribute!

01/27/2021

Ready for another remote semester? 😷 CCS is back with a full line up of virtual events, coming soon to a home office near you! Check out our upcoming event schedule below and don't forget to RSVP: https://conta.cc/2M9iWOY
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Spring 2021 Events Calendar All events are free and open to the public via Zoom Webinar unless otherwise listed. New events may be added at a later time. You may also download a printable PDF documen

01/14/2021

Congrats to Jianye! Jianye has always been a huge help to CCS, be it our grad students, faculty, staff, or visiting scholars! Those of you who know Jianye know she is more than deserving of this honor, but check out her nomination below to learn more about how Jianye has gone above and beyond for the research community at Berkeley.

He is one of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award winners.