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Founded in 1957, the Center for Chinese Studies is one of the most active and respected research centers in the nation. The Center puts on a full program of public activities each semester. These include lectures, colloquia, film screenings, performances, and scholarly conferences. CCS also hosts individual visiting scholars from many countries, and coordinates other China-related activities on campus. CCS provides research grants annually to Berkeley faculty in Chinese studies. The Center also provides various forms of support for graduate student research on every aspect of Chinese studies, and across many different disciplines.
Research sponsored by the Center focuses on Chinese culture and society in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other countries. Over 30 core faculty members in twenty-five departments on the Berkeley campus are affiliated with the Center. The current research and outreach agenda of the Center for Chinese Studies focuses on the humanities and social sciences.
Jerome Cohen on CCS History 1960–1963
Read an essay by Jerome Cohen about the Center for Chinese Studies from 1960 to 1963.
2019 - Current Sophie Volpp, East Asian Languages & Cultures
2014 - 2019 You-tien Hsing, Geography
2008 - 2014 Andrew Jones, East Asian Languages & Cultures
2005 - 2008 Kevin O'Brien, Political Science
2004 - 2005 Jeffrey Riegel, East Asian Languages & Cultures
2000 - 2004 Liu Xin, Anthropology
1994 - 2000 Wen-hsin Yeh, History
1990 - 1994 Tom Gold, Sociology
1988 - 1990 David Keightley, History
1983 - 1988 Joyce Kallgren, Political Science
1979 - 1983 Lowell Dittmer, Political Science
1972 - 1979 Frederic Wakeman, History
1967 - 1972 Chalmers Johnson, Political Science
1963 - 1967 Franz Schurmann, History
1961 - 1963 Choh-ming Li, Economics
1957 - 1961 Walter Galenson, Economics