Since 2006, our Center has been located on the west campus of Beijing Foreign Studies University near BFSU’s library, gym, and Olympic-sized swimming pool. The Center is in Beijing’s northwestern district of Haidian, home to more than 20 universities and serves as Beijing’s largest residential district.
Features include:
17 language classrooms for small classes of six
Seminar room for small area studies classes and group meetings
Lecture room for area studies classes of 25 or less and speakers in our guest lecture series
Multifunctional activity room for film viewing, group gatherings, yoga class, etc.
3,000 volume library with seating and study space for 25
Housing for 45 students with Chinese roommates
Multiple student lounges
Administrative offices
High-speed wireless Internet and printer access
Center staff:
Jeremiah Jenne IES Abroad Director
Jeremiah Jenne is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of California, Davis. He specializes in 19th-century Qing history and is currently researching anti-foreignism and colonialism in the coastal ('treaty port') cities of the Qing Empire. He previously served as the Associate Director for China Studies at IES Abroad Beijing. Other research interests include the Qing as an imperial(ist) power, the construction of identity during the Qing Dynasty, nationalism in modern China, and gender and the family in Late Imperial China. His essays have appeared in China in 2008: A Year of Great Significance and The Insiders Guide to Beijing, 2009 Edition.
IES Abroad Staff
Ning Zhao Associate Director
Xiaomeng Lin Academic and Internship Coordinator
Jiasui "Josie" Wang Student Affairs and Customized Program Coordinator
Chuantao Xiang Office Assistant
Jijiao Zhang Accountant
Language Faculty
IES Abroad language faculty are experienced Chinese language instructors from the Beijing Foreign Studies University and other universities such as Peking University, Qinghua
University, and the Beijing Normal University. IES provides regular training in Western second language teaching methods.
Area Studies Faculty
IES area studies faculty typically hold advanced degrees from prestigious Chinese or Western universities,have studied or taught at Western universities, have published in China and abroad, and currently old positions at universities such as Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, People's University, and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Many have been Fulbright scholars and in addition to their teaching responsibilities are editors of journals, chairs of departments, and directors of research institutes.
IES Abroad Beijing
Since 2006, our Center has been located on the west campus of Beijing Foreign Studies University near BFSU’s library, gym, and Olympic-sized swimming pool. The Center is in Beijing’s northwestern district of Haidian, home to more than 20 universities and serves as Beijing’s largest residential district.
Features include:
Jeremiah Jenne
IES Abroad Director
Jeremiah Jenne is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of California, Davis. He specializes in 19th-century Qing history and is currently researching anti-foreignism and colonialism in the coastal ('treaty port') cities of the Qing Empire. He previously served as the Associate Director for China Studies at IES Abroad Beijing. Other research interests include the Qing as an imperial(ist) power, the construction of identity during the Qing Dynasty, nationalism in modern China, and gender and the family in Late Imperial China. His essays have appeared in China in 2008: A Year of Great Significance and The Insiders Guide to Beijing, 2009 Edition.
IES Abroad Staff
Ning Zhao
Associate Director
Xiaomeng Lin
Academic and Internship Coordinator
Jiasui "Josie" Wang
Student Affairs and Customized Program Coordinator
Chuantao Xiang
Office Assistant
Jijiao Zhang
Accountant
Language Faculty
IES Abroad language faculty are experienced Chinese language instructors from the Beijing Foreign Studies University and other universities such as Peking University, Qinghua
University, and the Beijing Normal University. IES provides regular training in Western second language teaching methods.
Area Studies Faculty
IES area studies faculty typically hold advanced degrees from prestigious Chinese or Western universities,have studied or taught at Western universities, have published in China and abroad, and currently old positions at universities such as Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, People's University, and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Many have been Fulbright scholars and in addition to their teaching responsibilities are editors of journals, chairs of departments, and directors of research institutes.