Beijing
Meet the Beijing Faculty
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Classes at the Beijing Program are taught by faculty from Peking University (PKU), the Center Director, and by one Stanford Faculty-in-Residence per quarter. The PKU faculty, many of whom hold graduate degrees from U.S. institutions, teach all Stanford courses in English.
The Chinese language classes are taught by instructors from PKU. Language teachers specialize in teaching Chinese to native speakers of English and coursework is designed in collaboration with the Stanford Language Center and Stanford’s Department of Asian Languages.
Upcoming Faculty-in-Residence
| QUARTER | PROFESSOR | DEPARTMENT |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn 2007-08 | Pamela Hinds | Management Science & Engineering |
| Spring 2007-08 | Michael Klausner | School of Law |
| Autumn 2008-09 | Jean Oi Andrew Walder |
Political Science |
| Spring 2008-09 | Scott Rozelle | Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies |
Local Faculty
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- Chen Li
- 2nd Year Language Instructor
Peking University - Hello! My name is Chen Li. I have worked as a Chinese instructor at Peking University since 1994. I was awarded an M.A. in linguistics from Peking University in 1994 and a B.A. in Chinese language and literature from Renmin University in 1991. My field of specialization is the grammar of Modern Chinese. I'm also interested in Chinese culture, especially Buddhism.
- The first time I taught for Stanford was in 2001, for the summer Chinese program. I have also previously taught with BOSP. I like Stanford's beautiful campus and the nice weather, but what impressed me most were my students. They were very diligent and cooperative. They are always prepared well for class, and I really appreciate that. The Chinese classes I have taught at Stanford will live forever in my memory.
- Li Haiyan
- 3rd Year Language Instructor, Peking University
- I was born in Anhui province, and from a young age took an interest in Chinese history and literature. In 1988, I was admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University, majoring in ancient documents. After graduating, I decided that my dream was to teach others about Chinese language and culture. So, in 1995 I got an M.A. from PKU's Chinese Language Institute, after which I stayed at the Institute, taking a position as a Chinese teacher.
- My interests include Chinese opera, especially Peking Opera and Kunju Opera. I'd like to invite all those who are interested in Chinese opera to talk with me and to possibly attend a performance.
- Dr. Jason D. Patent
- Jason D. Patent is the inaugural director of Overseas Studies' Beijing center. He received his Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2003, and holds a master's degree from Stanford and bachelor's degree from Harvard in East Asian Studies. His academic interests revolve around language, culture, and cognition, specifically how categories do or don't "translate" cross-linguistically and cross-culturally. At the Stanford center, Dr. Patent teaches a course on language and culture whose aim is to provide students with intellectual tools to understand and analyze cultural differences between the United States and China.
- Dr. Zhu Tianbiao
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- Zhu Tianbiao is Associate Professor and Associate Dean (for Graduate Studies) in the School of Government at Peking University, and currently serves as the Head of the Department of Political Economy in the School. He received a Bachelor of Economics (Social Sciences with Honors) from the University of Sydney, a M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.
- Before joining Peking University in early 2003, Dr. Zhu did post-doctoral work in the Department of International Relations of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, and then taught in the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University. His main research interest is international and comparative political economy, and he is currently conducting research on the political economy of development in Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Students voted Dr. Zhu as a Top-Ten Teacher of PKU in 2004.
- Ren Dingcheng
- The main instructor for OSP Beijing's course, "History of Science and Technology in China," Ren Dingcheng received his Ph.D. in philosophy of science from Peking University. He is a professor at PKU's Center for Social Studies of Science and has been a research fellow and guest professor in Tokyo and Taiwan. Professor Ren's specialties are the history of chemistry, science, and society in modern China, and philosophy of science.
- Sun Xiaochun
- Sun Xiaochun co-teaches OSP Beijing’s “History of Science and Technology in China” course. His Ph.D. in the history of science is a joint degree from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. Currently a professor at CASS’s Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Professor Sun also serves as a research professor at PKU’s Center for the History of Medicine and editor-in-chief of the Chinese Journal of the History of Science and Technology.
- Xue Jingjing
- Xue Jingjing received her M.A. in modern Chinese language from Guangxi University in China. She specializes in educational psychology and second-language grammar acquisition. At the Stanford program in Beijing, Professor Xue teaches second-year Chinese.
- Zhang Daqing
- Zhang Daqing co-teaches OSP Beijing’s “History of Science and Technology in China” course. His Ph.D., from Beijing Medical University, is in the history of medicine, and he is now both professor and director of Peking University’s Center for the History of Medicine. He has been a visiting scholar at Yale University’s History of Medicine Department and specializes in history of medicine and medicine and society.
- Zhang Qi
- Zhang Qi is an associate professor at the Peking University Law School. He received his Ph.D. in jurisprudence in 1997 from Peking University and has been a visiting scholar at Harvard, Yale, and numerous other universities the world over. Professor Zhang’s course at the Stanford center in Beijing compares the Chinese and American legal systems and includes field trips to a law firm and a Beijing courthouse.
- Zhao Dongmei, Ph.D.
- Instructor for Discovering Modern Chinese History in Beijing (Spring 2007)
Associate Professor, History Department, Peking University - Prof. Zhao received her degrees from Peking University (B.A. in history in 1992, M.A. in history in 1995, Ph.D. in history in 1998). From 1998 on, she has been teaching and studying at Peking University. Her one-year's absence was spent as a Senior Associate Member of St. Antony's College of Oxford University in 2004-2005.
- Prof. Zhao specializes in the history of China from the Late Tang dynasty to the early Song (late 9th Century to mid-11th Century). Her focus is on the fate of military groups determined by the specific political and cultural structure during the Tang-Song transformation.
- Her publications include: The Absence of Heroism: the Military Recruitment Examination and the Military Schools in Chinese History (Beijing: Jiefangjun Press, 2000), a series of papers, and two translations: Branches of Heaven: A History of Sung Imperial Clan (by John Chaffee, Nanjing: Jiangsu Renmin Press, 2005) and China Turning Inward: The Intellectual and Political Changes in the 12th Century (By James T. C. Liu, Nanjing: Jiangsu Renmin Press, 2002).
- Prof. Zhao's course offerings at Peking University include: A Survey of Chinese History, Daily Life in Ancient China, Intensive Reading of the Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government (in Chinese), and Understanding Contemporary China (in English, for students from Skidmore College, N.Y.)
- Prof. Zhao looks forward to working with excellent students from Stanford.