This lecture explores the emergent Chinese exceptionalism in order to search for a possible research agenda from interdisciplinary approaches. It will focus on modern times from Mao to the present, especially the ideological formations of Sinicization of Marxism (Chinese Marxism or Mao Zedong Thought), and “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” (from Deng to Xi). To begin the […]

Due to the great interest in learning Chinese as a foreign language (CFL), over the past two decades there has been an increased number of Studies related to Second Language Acquisition in Chinese (SLAC). Though the research field has not yet been fully established with a framework and more specific guidelines, there have been some […]

This talk attempts to read Max Weber's treatise on Chinese Confucianism and Taoism, contained in his magnum opus Wirtschaftsethik der Weltreligionen, as a critique of a rationalism that Weber sees as the core component of Christian puritanism and as the foundational force for the rise of capitalism in Europe and America. This talk is cautious about understanding Weber's theoretical effort as a […]

摘要：互联网给中国语言生活带来的是“升级”还是“革命”？是“升级”，是交际方式的升级；是“革命”，是一场深刻的语言观的变革。互联网带来的这些变化，需要重新审视我们的价值观。 Is the internet “improving” or “revolutionizing” the Chinese language situation? If this change is considered as an “improvement”, it would be an “improvement” of the means of communication; if this change is considered as a “revolution”, it would be a profound change of our views of language. In conclusion, the changes brought about by […]

This talk will explore some less widely researched topics related to the learning and use of Hanzi and Pinyin in learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language. First, we will look at how the interword spacing conventions of CFL learners’ first languages affect their Chinese word awareness and their reading of Hanzi sentences and texts. […]