Chinese Studies

Researchers in Modern Languages and Cultures are actively engaged in projects across a broad range of subjects, including linguistics and translation studies, film, visual arts, and literary culture.

Our research-active academic staff, supported by a team of language teachers which includes native-speaker teachers, are highly successful in winning prestigious research awards from funding bodies including the AHRC, British Academy, EU, Leverhulme, and Marie-Curie.

Research overview:
- Chinese art and culture and European exchanges, 17th-18th centuries

- Chinese literature in translation

- Chinese modern intellectual history

- 19th-20th-century history of international relations

Please visit the Chinese staff profiles on our website for more information about individual research interests.

To learn more about modules, assessment methods, facilities and our staff research expertise please visit our course page.