Zhongping Chen, University of Victoria

Research

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Latest funding

Human-Environment Interactions in the Yangzi Delta and Rural China's Transition during the Little Ice Age, 1400-1900
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$78,385
Human-Environment Interactions in the Yangzi Delta and Rural China's Transition during the Little Ice Age, 1400-1900
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$88,483
Reform and revolution in the Chinese diaspora: the Transpacific politics of Canadian Chinatowns, 1884-1924
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$56,178

All 5 grants and awards

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Human-Environment Interactions in the Yangzi Delta and Rural China's Transition during the Little Ice Age, 1400-1900

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chen, Zhongping

Keywords: Yangzi Delta; China; rural commercialization; climate change; little ice age; human-environment interactions

$78,385

Human-Environment Interactions in the Yangzi Delta and Rural China's Transition during the Little Ice Age, 1400-1900

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chen, Zhongping

Keywords: Yangzi Delta; China; rural commercialization; climate change; little ice age; human-environment interactions

$88,483

Reform and revolution in the Chinese diaspora: the Transpacific politics of Canadian Chinatowns, 1884-1924

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Chen, Zhongping

Keywords: Chinese diaspora; Canadian Chinatowns; reform; revolution; Transpacific politics

$56,178

The Indian Ocean world: the making of the first global economy in the context of human-environment interaction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Campbell, Gwyn R.

Keywords: Indian Ocean world; global economy; history; environment; climate change; labour; migration; disease

$2,500,000

Elite associations, social networks and political changes in Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta, 1895-1915

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Chen, Zhongping

Keywords: Late Imperial China; Republican China; Yangzi Delta; elite association; social networks; political change; Chinese democracy; Chinese state and society; civil society; public sphere

$39,371

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Chen, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Human-Environment Interactions in the Yangzi Delta and Rural China's Transition during the Little Ice Age, 1400-1900" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]