The University of Oxford China Centre is a new hub for various academic activities related to China at the University of Oxford, located on the premises of St Hugh’s College in the magnificent Dickson Poon Building. By bringing together superb academics and researchers from a broad range of disciplines, the China Centre will foster innovative collaborative initiatives and ensure that Oxford’s research on China produces even more substantial impact, both domestically and abroad.
Latest News
Message from new Director
Greetings! I am writing to introduce myself as the new Director of the University of Oxford China Centre. It is my extreme fortune to be …Read More »New Director for University of Oxford China Centre: Todd Hall takes up post
It has been an honour to serve as Director of the University of Oxford China Centre for the past seven years. It was a particular …Read More »
‘Meanwhile in Beijing’ – new BBC Radio 4 series presented by Rana Mitter
Rana Mitter presents ‘Meanwhile in Beijing’, a new look at China’s global role and the impact of COVID-19. This new BBC Radio 4 series starts …Read More »
Rana Mitter will receive the 2020 Norton Medlicott Medal
Rana Mitter will receive the 2020 Norton Medlicott Medal awarded by the Historical Association (HA) for outstanding services and current contributions to History. See here …Read More »
JP Park wins book award
JP Park has won the Charles Rufus Morey Book Award of the College Art Association for his book A New Middle Kingdom: Painting and Cultural …Read More »
Research Highlights
Anna High wins the 2020 ALSA Distinguished Book Award
The 2020 ALSA Distinguished Book Award Committee has unanimously decided to award the 2020 ALSA Distinguished Book Award to Anna High, for her book Non-Governmental Orphan …Read More »
Margaret Hillenbrand awarded British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship and a Leverhulme Research Fellowship
Margaret Hillenbrand has been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship and a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for her new research project, which explores the impact of …Read More »
Rachel Murphy’s book, The Children of China’s Great Migration, published by Cambridge University Press
The Children of China’s Great Migration In China in 2018 over 200 million rural migrants worked away from their home villages, fuelling the country’s rapid …Read More »
‘China, Law and Development’ project publishes new Research Briefs
The China, Law and Development (CLD) research project is a 5-year, ERC-funded project which focuses on the legal and regulatory challenges to Chinese outbound capital in developing …Read More »
Miriam Driessen publishes article on Ethiopian-Chinese pidgin
Miriam Driessen recently published an article, entitled ‘Pidgin play: linguistic subversion on Chinese-run construction sites in Ethiopia’, in African Affairs. Abstract: The Chinese-run construction sites that have …Read More »