China
Faculty
- Andrea S. Goldman: Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley, 2005.
Cultural, Social, and Gender History of Early Modern and Modern China; Urban History; Performance; the Politics of Aesthetics
goldman@history.ucla.edu - Richard Von Glahn: Ph.D., Yale University, 1983.
Social, Economic, and Cultural History of China, 10th-18th Centuries; Popular Religion, Urban History, Popular Social Movements; Comparative Economic History; Global Economic Integration, 1000-1800; World History
vonglahn@history.ucla.edu - Meng Zhang:Ph.D., UCLA, 2017.
Social, Economic, and Environmental History of Late Imperial and Modern China; Political Economy and Finance; Borderland and Ethnicity; Material Culture; Oceanic History; History of Empire; Global History of Capitalism
mzhang@history.ucla.edu
Emeritus Faculty
- R. Bin Wong: Ph.D., Harvard University, 1983.
Chinese Patterns of Political, Economic and Social Change Since the Eighteenth Century; Political Economy; Asian Studies
wong@history.ucla.edu
Introduction
The faculty (Professors Goldman, von Glahn, and Zhang) together cover both pre-modern and modern Chinese history from the Song dynasty (10th-13th centuries) to the twentieth century. In addition, students may specialize in thematic subjects: socio-economic history (von Glahn and Zhang); socio-cultural and urban history (Goldman), religious culture and society (von Glahn), gender history (Goldman), environmental history (Zhang), material culture (Goldman and Zhang), borderland and ethnicity (Zhang), and oceanic history (von Glahn and Zhang). The faculty favors inter-disciplinary approaches to Chinese history, and all cross dynastic and disciplinary boundaries in their research and teaching. Professors von Glahn and Zhang also teach in the History Department’s program in World History and emphasize the importance of studying China from comparative and world-historical perspectives.
The study of Chinese history at UCLA is enhanced by the existence of strong programs in Japanese History, European History, Gender History (including the cross-field working group on Gender and Sexuality), Economic History, History of Science and Technology, and World History within the History Department, as well as excellent programs in classical and modern Chinese literature, East Asian Buddhism, and Korean history and culture in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. UCLA also has strong programs in a wide range of social science and humanities disciplines, including faculty specializing in China in Anthropology (Yunxiang Yan and Nancy Levine), Geography (Cindy Fan), Art History (Hui-shu Lee), Archaeology (Lothar von Falkenhausen and Li Min), Ethnomusicology (Helen Rees), Theater (Sean Metzger), Law (Alex Wang), and Sociology (Ching Kwan Lee and Min Zhou). The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies enhances collaboration among scholars of Chinese Studies by sponsoring visiting professors, workshops, conferences, and research projects in all areas of Chinese history, society, and culture. Graduate students are also eligible to receive fellowships and research assistantships on a competitive basis from the Center for Chinese Studies as well as the UCLA Asia Pacific Center (Title VI/FLAS competitions are administered through the Asia Pacific Center).
Applications
The Department encourages applications from highly qualified candidates in Chinese history. Successful applicants are expected to have excellent undergraduate training as evidenced by GPA, TOEFL or IELTS for international students, letters of recommendation and, when appropriate, samples of historical research. In addition, applicants who are non-native speakers of Chinese should have a firm start (at least three and preferably four years) in the Chinese language.
Program Requirements
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