Research

The Center for Chinese Studies promotes research at UCLA by providing small grants for pilot projects; funding research assistantships; and assisting in the identification of extramural sources of funding, the writing of grant proposals, and the administration of research grants. In addition, the Center promotes the dissemination of research results by providing small publication subsidies; by providing editorial services through the UCLA Asian Pacific Monograph Series; and by electronically publishing research papers through its Occasional Papers series.

UCLA Faculty Research on China: Hongyin Tao

Professor Tao is doing pathbreaking work in Chinese linguistics and language teaching

UCLA Faculty Research on China: Professor Virginia C. Li

"Going to China is for testing methodologies, not just for projects"

UCLA Faculty Research on China: Professor C. Cindy Fan

Professor Fan (Department of Geography) explores internal migration in China

In recent years, major research projects have included:

Landscape Archaeology and Ancient Salt Production in Zhongxian (China)

Lothar von Falkenhausen, principal investigator
Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the UC Pacific Rim Research Program, and others

Social Change & Law in Qing and Republican China

Philip Huang and Kathryn Bernhardt, principal investigators
Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation

Rethinking Confucianism

Benjamin Elman, principle investigator
Funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the UC Humanities Research Institute, and the UC Pacific Rim Research Program.

Resources

Several resources available on campus to assist research efforts on campus.

• Tiananmen Archive
  Chancellor Charles E. Young, in the immediate aftermath of the Tiananmen incident of June 1989, established a university committee to create the China Democracy Movement and Tiananmen Incident Archival Project.
• Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library
  The East Asian collection is strong in Chinese archaeology, Buddhism, premodern history and classical literature, and fine arts.
• UCLA Language Materials Project
  An on-line database bibliographic database of teaching & learning materials for less commonly taught languages