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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

 

 

Chinese is usually taken as a single language alongside cultural and historical courses offered within the Faculty and across the University.

Because of the demanding nature of the course, you will not usually be able to combine Chinese with another language. It is occasionally possible to combine Japanese and Chinese, if you can show an appropriate level of aptitude and commitment. If you are interested in combining Chinese and Japanese, please speak with us.

It is not possible to combine Chinese with Middle Eastern languages or courses from the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. 

The details of each course are given below. Some are core courses which everybody studying Chinese must complete. From Part IB onwards, you will have a choice of options alongside these.

  • Part IA: you will be expected to complete all courses listed below.
  • Part IB: you will be expected to complete C.4, C.5, C.6 and C.O alongside the following options:
    • Either C.7 or C.8
    • One out of C.7, C.8, J.6, J.8, J.9, J.10, AMES.1 or X.3
  • Before starting Part II, you will spend at least eight months in China during your year abroad
  • Part II: you will be expected to complete C.11, C.12 and C.O alongside:
    • Two out of C.13, C.14, C.15, C.16, C.17, C.18, C.19, C.20, C.21, subject to availability
    • Dissertation on a subject approved by our Faculty Board

 

 

Courses below are correct for 2020 / 2021

 

The year abroad

Lecturers

Professor Chau teaches courses on Chinese culture and social anthropology


I teach undergraduate and graduate classes on Chinese history, literature, and religion, as well as Classical Chinese.


Dr Inwood teaches undergraduate courses on modern Chinese literature and film. This ties in closely with her research into contemporary Chinese culture.


Classical and Literary Chinese, pre-modern Chinese history, Chinese thought


Prof van de Ven teaches undergraduate courses in Chinese history


Hsiaoching teaches Chinese language at all levels to undergraduates.

C.2 Text and Practice (1A)

CO Chinese Oral (1A, 1B, II)

CO Chinese Aural (II)

C.4 Chinese Writing (1B)

C.5 Texts and Practice (1B)

C.11 Chinese Writing (II)


Ms Wu teaches Chinese language at all levels to undergraduates.


Lucy teaches and directs the modern Chinese language programme at the undergraduate level.


C7 History of Dynastic China (co-taught with Dr Ganany and Dr Imre Galambos)

C15 Chinese Art and Material Culture (Paper 21/22 for History of Art Department)


As a teacher, I have taught at both public and private universities in Europe and America. At AMES, I teach courses on Chinese culture and history. 


I have been supervising and teaching courses at the Department of Chinese, University of Cambridge, since 2016. During the 2022-23 academic year, I will teach and supervise Classical Chinese (first and second year), Chinese Art and Material Culture, and Chinese Dynastic History.