SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES CENTRE OF CHINESE STUDIES ANU E N AL R VIEW Issue No 1 ~ 2009 / 2010 September 2009 - August 2010 SOAS The School of Oriental and African Studies STUDYING AT SOAS (SOAS) is a college of the University of London CSONTENT and the only Higher Education institution in The international environment and the UK specialising in the study of Asia, Africa cosmopolitan character of the School make 3 Letter from the Chair and the Near and Middle East. student life a challenging, rewarding and exciting experience. We welcome students 4 Centre Members SOAS is a remarkable institution. Uniquely from more than 100 countries, and more than 6 Members News combining language scholarship, disciplinary 35% of them are from outside the UK. 10 Announcements/ News expertise and regional focus, it has the largest concentration in Europe of academic staff 11 Academic Event Listings 2009-10 concerned with Africa, Asia and the Middle 15 Honorary Appointments East. 18 Research Students On the one hand, this means that 19 Join the Centre SOAS remains a guardian of specialised knowledge in languages and periods and regions not available anywhere else in the UK. On the other hand, it means that SOAS scholars grapple with pressing issues - democracy, development, human rights, identity, legal systems, poverty, religion, social change - confronting two-thirds of humankind. This makes SOAS synonymous with The SOAS Library has more than 1.2 million intellectual excitement and achievement. items and extensive electronic resources. 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In academic year 2009-2010, the CCS focused 究、人文学科和社会科学各个领域。秉承 its activities on research and knowledge dis- 亚非学院的传统，本中心在国际学术界中 The CCS is a leading academic establishment semination whilst exploring the possibil- 向以知识创新和发展成果著称。 in the area of Chinese studies in the UK and ity of enhancing its profile on the enterprise indeed in Europe as a whole. The Centre has side. The Centre’s regular series of research 在 2009-2010 学年，本中心专注于学术研 more than 40 full-time members of academic seminars are a well- established platform for 究和成果传播活动，同时探索为社会提供 SOAS and external scholars to present their 知识服务的各种可能性。中心的每周讲座 research work to the academic community. 系列，为学院和校外学术人员提供了一个 高水平的研究成果交流平台。中心的年度 The Centre’s Annual Lecture is given 公开演讲，向来是特邀国际学术界前沿学 by distinguished invited speakers of interna- 者主讲；本年度的讲者是剑桥大学的 Peter tional standing, on topics that are of interest Nolan 教授，其讲题是“中国面对全球化挑 to specialist scholars as well as to the gen- 战”。此外，在本学年中，中心还举办了一 eral public. And this year the Annual Lecture 系列的讲座、研讨会和公开论坛。 was delivered by Professor Peter Nolan of Cambridge University, on the topic ‘China’s 可以预期，中心在2010-2011学年中所举办 globalisation challenge’. The Centre also or- 的学术活动，将会同样有意义并吸引相关 ganized a number of lectures, symposia and 的校内外学者积极参与。 public forums in the academic year. 卢荻 We have a similarly interesting programme of 经济学高级讲师 activities to look forward to for academic year 中国研究中心主任，2009-2012 2010-2011. Dr Dic LO Chair, Centre of Chinese Studies CCS ANNUAL REVIEW 2009-2010 3 CENTRE MEMBERS Professor Robert F ASH Dr Dafydd FELL Dr Mark W H HSIAO Professor of Economics with reference to Senior Lecturer in Taiwanese Studies Lecturer in Financial Law China and Taiwan Department of Financial and Department of Financial and Director of the Centre of Taiwan Studies Management Studies Management Studies Department of Economics [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dr Rossella FERRARI Dr Andrea JANKU Professor Timothy H BARRETT Lecturer in Modern Chinese Culture Senior Lecturer in the History of China Professor of East Asian History and Language Department of History Department of the Study of Religions Department of the Languages and Cultures [email protected] [email protected] of China and Inner Asia [email protected] Dr Jakob KLEIN Dr Hong BO Lecturer in Social Anthropology Senior Lecturer in Chinese Business Professor Bernhard FUEHRER Department of Anthropology and Sociology and Management Professor of Sinology [email protected] Department of Financial and Department of the Languages and Cultures Management Studies of China and Inner Asia Dr Yuka KOBAYASHI [email protected] [email protected] Lecturer in Chinese Politics Department of Politics and International Studies Dr Valentina BORETTI Ms Wan Li GAO [email protected] British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Senior Lector in Chinese Department of History Department of the Languages and Cultures Dr Lars LAAMANN [email protected] of China and Inner Asia Lecturer in the History of China [email protected] Department of History Dr Cosima BRUNO [email protected] Mellon Lecturer in Chinese Studies Dr Rachel HARRIS Department of the Languages and Cultures Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology Dr George LANE of China and Inner Asia Department of Music Teaching Fellow [email protected] [email protected] Department of History [email protected] Dr Wynn CHAO Dr Nathan HILL Lecturer in Linguistics Senior Lector in Tibetan Dr Kevin LATHAM Department of Linguistics Department of the Languages and Cultures Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology [email protected] of China and Inner Asia Department of Anthropology and Sociology [email protected] [email protected] Ms Yan CUI Senior Lector in Chinese Professor Michel HOCKX Dr Andrew H-B LO Department of the Languages and Cultures Professor of Chinese Senior Lecturer in Chinese of China and Inner Asia Department of the Languages and Cultures Department of the Languages and Cultures [email protected] of China and Inner Asia of China and Inner Asia [email protected] [email protected] Professor Frank DIKÖTTER Professor of Modern Chinese History Department of History [email protected] 4 CCS ANNUAL REVIEW 2009-2010 CENTRE MEMBERS Dr Dic LO Dr Stacey PIERSON Dr Tian Yuan TAN Senior Lecturer in Economics Lecturer in Chinese Ceramics Lecturer in Traditional Chinese Literature Chair, Centre of Chinese Studies Department of the History of Art and Culture Department of Economics and Archaeology Department of the Languages and Cultures [email protected] [email protected] of China and Inner Asia [email protected] Dr Mary MAZZILLI Ms Sue Swee Chin SMALL Teaching Assistant in Chinese Film Librarian (China and East Asia) Dr Damian TOBIN and Theatre Library and Information Services Lecturer in Chinese Business Department of the Languages and Cultures [email protected] and Management of China and Inner Asia Department of Financial and [email protected] Dr Lianyi SONG Management Studies Principal Teaching Fellow [email protected] Dr Shane MCCAUSLAND Department of the Languages and Cultures Senior Lecturer in the History of Chinese Art of China and Inner Asia Dr Tao WANG Department of the History of Art [email protected] Senior Lecturer in Chinese Archaeology and Archaeology Department of the History of Art [email protected] Dr Julia C STRAUSS and Archaeology Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics [email protected] Mr Lukas NICKEL Department of Politics and International Studies Lecturer in