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From: William Callahan [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: 19 March 2007 12:10
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Subject: MA+PhD studentship on 'Global China' - 1 May deadline


Dear BACS colleagues,

The British Inter-university China Centre has one 1+3 studentship on
'Global China' to be held at the Univerity of Manchester.

Please inform any suitable final year or MA students who are interested
in studying 'Global China' from the perspective of cultural studies,
anthropology, sociology, or history.

the deadline is 1 May.

I have pasted the general information below, and you can see further
information and application forms at the website:

for applications and information please see the website:

http://bicc.banksidesystems.net/Studentships/tabid/294/Default.aspx

thanks,

Bill

Professor William A. Callahan
Chair in International Politics
Co-Director, British Inter-University China Centre

Politics Department, School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UNITED KINGDOM
tel: +44 (0)161 275 4771
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All applications for this studentship should be submitted to Dan
Holloway at the address below by midday on 1 May 2007.

Postgradute studentship on 'Global China' at the University of
Manchester

PhD Supervisors

Prof Hong LIU (Manchester)

Dr Frank Pieke (Oxford)

The student first will take a one year foundational 'MA in China in a
Comparative Perspective' where they will study Mandarin Chinese language
and area studies courses on China. After the MA, the student will
continue studying Mandarin, including intensive language training at a
Chinese partner university such as Renmin University of China, as part
of a 3 year PhD programme.

After the MA, the PhD research will examine how the integration of China
into global society over the last twenty-five years has impacted our
understanding of contemporary China. There are many dimensions in this
multi-faceted process of globalization, including an unprecedented scale
and rapid pace of Chinese corporations investing abroad, the
multi-directional flows of Chinese population both inside and outside
China, and the formation of new political and cultural identities that
have to be interpreted beyond the conventional framework guided by the
nation-state. The PhD research would examine the nature and
characteristics of transnational flows of capital, culture, ideas, and
human capital in the Chinese-speaking world whose center of gravity is
increasingly geared toward the mainland.

Using interviews with Chinese public intellectuals and policy-makers, an
interpretive analysis of academic books/articles and popular media
products, and archival research of official documents, the thesis would
consider issues such as:

How does the Chinese diaspora, especially those born in the PRC who have
emigrated overseas since 1978, contribute to the globalizing process of
China?

What are the new patterns of interaction that can be conceptualized
differently from the "Cultural China" or "Greater China" paradigms?

In what way can a transnational approach be used to understand the
changing dynamics of the PRC, the broader Chinese-speaking world, and
relations with major powers such as the USA, EU and Japan?



The first year of the PhD programme would be spent in Manchester
developing the research proposal, while also continuing research methods
training and language training. The second year would be spent on
research, including a three month period of fieldwork in China. The
final year of study would be for writing up the thesis.




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Professor William A. Callahan
Chair in International Politics
Co-Director, British Inter-University China Centre

Politics Department, School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UNITED KINGDOM
tel: +44 (0)161 275 4771
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-- 
Professor William A. Callahan
Chair in International Politics
Co-Director, British Inter-University China Centre

Politics Department, School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UNITED KINGDOM
tel: +44 (0)161 275 4771
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