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About Us

The University of Oregon Confucius Institute for Global China Studies was initiated by the University of Oregon office of International Affairs in 2009 as part of a growing national and international trend to expand educational ties with China, to promote Chinese language training, and to further intercultural understanding. It was inaugurated in fall 2010. The institute is made possible with the support of our partners in China: The Chinese Language Council International (Hanban), and East China Normal University in Shanghai. Recognizing China's cultural, educational, economic, environmental, political and technological role in the world, the UO Confucius Institute highlights activities related to four themes:

Chinese culture across borders
China futures/global futures
Chinese culture on a world stage
China and global sustainability

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Our Partners

HANBAN

The executive body of the Chinese Language Council International, is organized as a non-governmental and non-profit organization, with funding from the Chinese Ministry of Education. In partnership with institutions of higher education, Hanban has launched the development of more than 288 Confucius Institutes globally, and approximately 60 in the U.S. Hanban supports these Confucius Insitutes in its effort to facilitate the development and accessibility of teaching resources for Chinese language and culture.

EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY

Our Chinese university partner in Shanghai, is one of China’s 16 prestigious original National Key Universities (designated in 1959 and reaffirmed in 1978). With two Shanghai campuses, East China Normal University is comprised of 18 schools and colleges, four advanced research insitutes, multiple interdisciplinary centers and 54 academic departments.

Advisory Board

Qun Chen, Ph.D., Vice President, East China Normal University

Dennis Galvan, Ph.D., Vice Provost of International Affairs

James Hutchison, Ph.D., Lokey-Harrington Endowed Chair in Pure and Applied Chemistry

Wendy Larson, Ph.D., Vice Provost of Portland Programs

Ada O.L. Lee, Ph.D., Business Investment Consultant and President, B&A International, Inc., Eugene Oregon

Linda Walton, Ph.D., Professor of History, Portland State University

Kyu Youm, Ph.D., Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair, School of Journalism and Communication

Academic Steering Committee

Ina Asim, Ph.D., History

Doug Blandy, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Architecture and Allied Arts

Daniel Buck, Ph.D., Geography

Mike Bullis, Ph.D., Dean, College of Education

Maram Epstein, Ph.D., Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Carl Falsgraf , Ph.D., Director, Center for Applied Second Language Studies

Contact Us

Address : 103 Gerlinger Hall, 1246 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1246
Confucius@uoregon.edu

Bryna Goodman, Executive Director
bgoodman@uoregon.edu

Lan Dai, Co-Director from East China Normal University
dailan@uoregon.edu Tel: (541) 346-8298

Cindy Nelson, Manager
cindyn@uoregon.edu Tel: (541) 346-5056