The Centre for Chinese Studies is a dedicated research institution that has a global outreach. The CCS recruits young, creative and dynamic graduates that have graduated with academic excellence from leading universities across the world. The Centre considers applications from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds.
Permanent Careers
The CCS is a dynamic institution that is on the cutting edge of analysing China-African relations. Being the only such organization in sub-Saharan Africa offering expert knowledge on China's deepening engagements with Africa, the Centre is continually evolving its research base. As a result, the Centre offers enthusiastic and innovative individuals seeking to expand and develop an expertise on China-African relations the opportunity to do so. Please consult our website for job opportunities as they emerge.
Visiting Research Scholars
The Centre for Chinese Studies Visiting Scholar Program brings a number of international scholars to the Centre every year. Scholars have the opportunity to spend up to one year conducting their own research in South Africa, whilst working side by side with established Fellows and contributing to the ideas and intellectual debate surrounding China’s engagement with Africa. Generally, our Visiting Scholars are Masters or PhD students whose research falls within the Centre’s active programs.
The Program is provided in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch, which provides access to the University library and its facilities. The Centre for Chinese Studies provides a desk, chair, computer access as well as individualized research assistance and support from Fellows.
In order to apply, please email a current resume, a brief statement of your research project including duration of stay, to Hayley Herman at hherman@sun.ac.za.
Past Visiting Scholars
Chris Colley
Chris Colley was a Research Associate at the Centre for Chinese Studies. Chris has been living, studying and traveling in China since 2002. After graduating from Moravian College with a degree in Political Science, Chris taught at an international high school in Shanghai for two years and studied Mandarin at Beijing Language and Culture University.
In 2006 he entered a Masters Degree program in contemporary Chinese studies at China’s People’s University in Beijing. With an emphasis on Chinese foreign policy and emerging civil society, he is currently working on his Master’s thesis entitled “China’s Future Blue Water Navy and its Implications for the United States” and is co-authoring a comparative study on Chinese and American environmental regulations.
While at People’s University, Chris lectured on China’s international relations at undergraduate and graduate level. In 2006 he taught a semester on Sino/ U.S. relations to IR undergraduates and was responsible for China Development Brief’s directory of International NGO’s in China until July 2007.
Chris was an organizer and participant in “China’s role in the Global South” conference held in Shanghai in May 2007 and has traveled extensively throughout China and Asia, visiting all of China’s provinces and administrative zones. He is currently writing and conducting research for Reuters in Beijing. |
Sylvia Croese
Sylvia Croese was an Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies. She obtained a BA and MA in international relations at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. During her studies, she took part in an exchange programme with the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
As part of her Master’s degree, Sylvia did an internship at the African Economic Research Consortium in Nairobi, Kenya. She wrote her final thesis on ‘Sino-African relations in the 21st century: a dependency perspective’. Prior to joining the CCS, she worked at The Agency for International Business and Cooperation (EVD), part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs.
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