Funded by the European Community's 6th Framework Programme (Marie Curie Action on Conferences and Training Courses) and in collaboration with the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), the China in the World Postgraduate Research Summer School provides research training in Chinese studies for PhD students and junior researchers from EU member and associated states, China and the USA.

The focus of the Research Summer School is on Modern and Contemporary Chinese history and the analysis of Chinese Society and Politics, the most dynamic areas of academic interest of our age. It is aimed to enhance the European research capacity on Chinese society, Chinese politics and modern and contemporary Chinese history through training in research approaches, academic judgement, scholarly interaction and critique of postgraduate research students and, based on all of which, to facilitate future global collaboration and exchange in social science and modern and contemporary history of China.

2009 Summer school
2008 Summer school
2007 Summer school
2006 Summer school

last revised 5/15/2009