School Overview & Development History
The MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures was founded in 1952. It is one of the oldest schools in Minzu University of China. There are more than 1,500 teachers and students of various nationalities. The school is comprised of several departments. There is a Department of Southern Minority Languages and Literatures, a Department of Mongolian Language and Literature, a Department of Korean Language and Literature, a Department of Uyghur Language and Literature, a Department of Kazakh Language and Literature, and Department of Tibetan Language and Literature. It is the largest Chinese ethnic minority language and literature teaching and research unit in the world, complete with facilities for the research and development of ethnic language traditions and more.
The teaching and research fields of the college involve four secondary disciplines, including Chinese Minority Language and Literature, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Chinese Classical Philology, Comparative Literature, and World Literature covering topics involving Tibet, the Altai, South Asia, and Indo-Europe, etc. There are five major language families directly researched by the school under which there are more than 100 languages related to more than 30 ethnic groups. The school also engages in research of literature and documents encompassing more than 50 ethnic groups. The school possesses good traditional academic advantages and comprehensive comparative research advantages. In the past, the school has managed more than 40 ethnic minority language majors. It is well-known in China and abroad for its single-ethnic and comprehensive teaching and research in ethnic minority languages and literature.
At present, the college has a doctoral degree authorization point for the first-level discipline of Chinese language and literature (2005) and a post-doctoral mobile station for Chinese language and literature (2002). It is a base for training and scientific research (Chinese minority language and literature) of basic humanities by the Ministry of Education (1986 Years). It has both national-level and Beijing-level characteristic majors (2008). It has also been designated as an experimental innovation zone under the Ministry of Education's talent training model (2008). Moreover, it was declared a National Minority Commission Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Base-China Minority Language Research Base (2014). The school has a solid foundation for discipline development in many facets and has many second-level discipline offerings under its first-level discipline designation of Chinese Language and Literature. The school represents one of the only two national key disciplines currently found at MUC. The school has also been designated as a key construction discipline under the "Double First-Class" initiative.
Areas of Research
Sub-Deparment Set Up
Research Facility Organization
Undergraduate Programs (4-Year Programs)
- Chinese Minorities' Languages and Literatures
- Chinese Classical Philology
- Mongolian Language and Literature
- Uyghur Language and Literature
- Kazakh Language and Literature
- Korean Language and Literature
- Tibetan Language and Literature
Academic Master's Programs (3-Year Programs)
- Southern Minorities' Language and Literature
- Mongolian Language and Literature
- Uyghur Language and Literature
- Kazakh Language and Literature
- Korean Language and Literature
- Tibetan Language and Literature
- Comparative Literature and World Literature
- Chinese Classical Philology
- Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Doctoral Programs (4-6 Year Programs)
- Chinese Minorities' Language and Literature
- Chinese Classical Philology
- Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
- Comparative Literature and World Literature
Post-Doctoral Programs
- Chinese Language and Literature (Since 2002)
Other Specialized Coursework (Program Durations Vary)
- Periodic Specialized Chinese Language Coursework
School Focus, Beliefs & Development Objectives
At present, all instructors, students, and staff of the college aim to strengthen the Chinese national community's consciousness and help move forward the school's "double first-class" initiative development. They are united and diligent and strive to build the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures into a distinctive and powerful national outstanding talent training base and scientific research platform.
Our Talent
The leadership committee of the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures includes the following ten faculty members：
Zhong Jinwen
Dean and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee
(School-Wide Coordinator)
Geriletu
Secretary of the Party Committee
(Leading the Work of the Party Committee of the School)
Elken Arezi
Deputy Dean
(Assisting the Dean in charge of discipline development)
Alimu Tohti
Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee
(Responsible for the supervision and safety and stability of the School Disciplinary Committee)
Yuan Chenxia
Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee Responsible for College Party Affairs
(Leader of graduate education management/labor unions and instructor congress)
Jin Qinglong
Vice Dean
(Responsible for the undergraduate teaching work of the school)
Nurba Khan Karilekhan
Vice Dean
(Responsible for international exchanges, scientific research and library work_
Sgalatu
Deputy Dean
(Responsible for the teaching and scientific research of graduate students of the school)
Wang Liping
Vice Dean
(Responsible for the administrative work of the school)
Ren Naijie
Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee
(Responsible for the school's undergraduate education management, league studies and the ongoing development of the counselor team)
Academic Exchanges and Cooperation at Home and Abroad
The school has engaged in international exchange initiatives for decades. Because of the specialized research topics encompassing cross-border languages found in northwest China, the school has welcomed visiting faculty from neighboring Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. At the same time, many of the school's faculty have served as visiting professors and participated in forums in neighboring countries and more.
AllProfessors of the School
Abuliqimu (Abulikmu / 阿不力奇木简历), (Uyghur)
Doctoral Tutor, Professor
Ph.d. Linguistics
About
Abuliqimu, Ph.D. (Abulikmu) is of the Uyghur nationality. He is an associate professor and doctoral tutor of the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures. He is concurrently a distinguished researcher of Shanghai Foreign Studies University and a Visiting Associate Professor at Sichuan University.
Research Interests & Activity
His research direction is Chinese minority language and literature. He is specifically engaged in the teaching and research of Uyghur folk literature, literary history, Turkish language, literature, and Central Asia-Western Asia folklore.
Key Projects
Representative Publications
"Research on Uyghur Folk Dastan and Its Tradition" (Foreign Monograph)
"Study on Uyghur Folk Dastan: Warrior Qin-Tiemuer" (Foreign monograph)
"Uyghur Folk Dastan-III" (Foreign Language-edited)
"Turkish Grammar" (Compilation)
"Lecture Notes on Rhetoric" (Compilation)
Aliken Awuhari (阿力肯·阿吾哈力), (Kazakh Ethnicity)
Professor of Kazakh Language
Ph.D, Doctoral Advisor
About
Aliken Awuhari is of the Kazakh nationality. He is a professor and a doctoral tutor. He graduated from the Kazakh language major in 1978 at MUC. He stayed on as an instructor at what is currently the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures until present. He also received a master's degree in 1985 from MUC.
Research Interests & Activity
Visiting scholar of Leningrad University (1989) in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Visiting professor at the Kazakhstan-Turkey University (1995)
Key Projects
Prof. Awuhari won the first prize of provincial and ministerial papers, Kazakhstan "Kazakh Language Research Achievement Award." Completed one national major project sub-project, participated in five ministerial and foreign projects, and now presides over one national key project;
Representative Publications
Courses
He made a major contribution to help initiate more than 20 courses that were opened pertaining to Kazakh language and the Kazakh literature professional system, including topics encompassing ancient language, literature, language history, history of Kazakh language studies, foreign Kazakh language, a Turkic language, and comparative Altaic history.
Erken Arezi (艾尔肯·阿热孜), (Uyghur Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D. Linguistics
About
Erken Arezi is of the Uyghur nationality and is from Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. He is a professor and Ph.D. supervisor. He is currently the Deputy Dean of the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures, and concurrently the Deputy Director of the National Language Translation Committee of the China Translation Association. Between 1981 and 1988, he obtained a bachelor's and master's degree in literature from what is currently the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures, and since 1988, he has been instructing at the school.
Research Interests & Activity
He is mainly engaged in teaching and research in the fields of Uyghur language as well as Chinese-Uyghur contrast and translation.
Key Projects
Presided over one undergraduate teaching reform and quality construction research project of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission
One general project of the National Social Science Fund
One provincial and ministerial scientific research project
Representative Publications
Ekbal Kader (艾克拜尔·卡德尔), (Uyghur Ethnicity)
Professor
Ph.D. Linguistics
About
Ekbal Kader is of the Uyghur nationality. He is a Professor and graduated from the Chinese Language Department of Xinjiang University. He worked in Xinjiang Yili Normal University between 1989 and 2011 and then worked in the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures since 2011.
Research Interests & Activity
He is mainly engaged in teaching and research in the field of Uyghur literature and literary criticism.
Key Projects
Member of Chinese Writers Association
Member of Chinese Minority Writers Association
Member of Xinjiang Writers Association
Representative Publications
Baolash (包拉什), (Kazakh Ethnicity)
Prof. and Master Tutor
Ph.D.
About
Baolash was born in 1962 in Tuoli County of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. He is of the Kazakh nationality. He is a professor as well as master degree student advisor. He graduated from the Chinese Language Department of Xinjiang Normal University in 1984.
Research Interests & Activity
Between 1984 to 2007, he was engaged in translation work at the Chinese National Language Translation Center. From 2007, he started to work in the Chinese Academy of Minority Languages and Literatures. From 2001 to 2002, he studied at the School of History, Geography and Literature in Ankara University in Turkey.
Key Projects
Representative Publications
Main Translation Works
"Introduction to Aesthetics"
"Criminal Law Dismantling and Utilization"
"The Party's Basic Lines - Popular Reader"
"Public Security Management Course"
"High School Geography Guidance Textbook"
"Eternal Grassland"
"The Art of War by Sun Tzu"
"Learn from Me Chinese" (Two Volume Series)
Bao Manliang (包满亮), (Mongolian Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D. Linguistics
About
Bao Manliang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. Between 1984 and 1988, she studied for a bachelor's degree at the Mongolian Language and Literature Department of Inner Mongolia Normal University. Between 1992 and 1995, she studied for a master's degree in the formerly existing independent MUC School of Mongolian Language and Literature Department. Between 2001 from 2002, she went to Gifu Seitoku Gakuen University in Japan for additional studies. Between 2003 and 2007, she studied for a PhD in the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures.
Research Interests & Activity
Her research direction is Mongolian and its dialects, Mongolian languages as well as Altaic languages. She is currently the Vice President of the Chinese Mongolian Language and Literature Association and the Vice President of the Language and Culture Professional Committee of the China Mongolian Language and Literature Association.
Representative Publications
"Research on Mongolian Language Morphology" (Monograph)
"Comparative Study of Mongolian and Japanese Language" (Monograph)
"Current Situation of Mongolian Language Usage in Mongolia" (Editor-in-Chief)
"Mongolian Spoken Grammar" "(Associate Editor)
Tsering Thar (才让太), ( Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D. Philosophy
About
Tsering Thar (Tsering Thar) is a Tibetan born in 1958. He is a Professor and PhD Supervisor of the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures. He earned a master of Arts from Qinghai University for Nationalities, and a Doctorate degree in Philosophy from the Graduate School of Comprehensive Studies in Japan.
Research Interests & Activity
He is mainly engaged in research and instruction of the history of Tibetan Bon religion as well as the history of ancient civilization on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and ancient Tibetan philology.
Key Projects
A member of the National Committee of Experts on the Protection of Ancient Books, a project administered by the P.R.C. Ministry of Culture
A director of the International Tibetan Society (IATS)
Vice Chairperson of the International Society of Bon Studies (IABR-AIRB)
Member of the Rural Social Undertaking Expert Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Director of the Chinese Religious Society
Representative Publications
Dushanna Abdulasim (杜山那里·阿不都拉西木), (Kazakh Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D. Literature
About
Dushanna Abdulasim is a professor with a Ph.D. in Literature. Since 2002, he has been working in the Department of Kazakh Language and Literature of the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures. He is a Doctoral Supervisor and a candidate of the Young Talents Training Program of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission (2018).
Degree Work
1993-1995, Bachelor of the Minzu University Second Language Department
1995-1998, Bachelor of Linguistics, Minzu University of China (Liberal Arts Base Class)
1998-2001, Master's degree in Ancient Kazakh at the Vihako Language and Literature Department of Minzu University of China
2005-2006, studied at the Graduate School of International Language and Culture in Nagoya University, Japan
2006-2010, Ph.D. in History and Culture, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Japan.
Research Interests & Activity
He is a foreign doctoral supervisor at the Kazakhstan Eurasian University and a member of the editorial board of the university's journal. He is also a member of the Special Committee of the 6th MUC Teachers' Congress (Democratic Appraisal). His research direction is ancient Kazakh language, Kazakh literature research, Chagatai language and literature research, Central Asian history and culture as well as Kazakh history and culture. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Asian-African History, Language and Culture, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan between 2016 and 2017.
Representative Publications
"Study on Kazakh Written (Document) Language" (National Publishing House, published in 2015)
"Research on Qing Dynasty Kazakh Documents in China's First Historical Archives" (National Publishing House, published in 2016)
Courses
Gan Mugun (干木滚), ( Tibetan Ethnicity)
Professor
MA Tibetan Studies
About
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Guan Xinqiu (关辛秋), (Manchu Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D
About
Guan Xinqiu is a third-level professor. She is a Ph.D.supervisor at the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures.She mainly focuses on the study of bilingualphenomenasof Chinese ethnic minorities as well as language contact (Chinese and Manchu) research. She is also engaged in teaching and research of Chinese as a second language (mainly reading teaching). She was recognized as one of the "Top Ten Teachers" of Minzu University of China (2007-2008). She was a visiting scholar at Oxford University between 2006 and 2007. Moreover, she was named as a scholar in the SACS - Canada Special Research Award) in 2011.
Representative Publications
Jiang Rongze (姜镕泽), (Korean Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D
About
Jiang Rongze is of the Korean ethnicity. He is a third-level professor and doctoral supervisor.He has a bachelor and master of Korean Literature from Yanbian University and a Ph.D. from Kim Il Sung University. He is also the Executive Vice President of the Chinese Korean Language Association, the Vice Chairman of the China Korean Language Standardization Committee, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Minority Bilingual Teaching Research Association.
Research Interests & Activity
Research fields include Korean (Korean) language studies and Chinese-Korean language comparison.
Key Projects
He has presided over the domestic and foreign topics such as the key project of the National Social Science Fund "The Study of the Map of Korean Dialects in China".
Representative Publications
"Middle Age Korean Language Stylistic Research"
"Research on the Development and Change of Chinese Korean Language after Reform and Opening Up"
"Comparative Study of Jin Suyue and Zhao Jichuan's Poetic Language Style"
20+ other essays
Jin Chenglan (金成兰), (Korean Ethnicity)
Professor
Ph.D
About
Jin Chenglan is of the Korean ethnicity. She was born in 1972. From 1992 to 1996, she earned a bachelor's degree in the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Yanbian University. Between 1998 and 2004, she studied for a master's degree and a doctorate degree in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Sangmyung University in South Korea. Between March 2004 and now, she has been teaching in the Korean Language Department of the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures.
Research Interests & Activity
Her main research direction is Korean grammar and Korean language education.
Key Projects
Representative Publications
Courses
Comprehensive Korean
Advanced Korean
Korean grammar
Jin Mingshu (金明淑), (Korean Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D
About
Jin Mingshu is of the Korean ethnicity and is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. She obtained a bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctor's degree from MUC. She is a part-time permanent Director at the China Korean Korean Literature Research Association, Research Director of Korean Chinese Humanities Research Association and a project evaluation expert at the National Social Science Fund.
Research Interests & Activity
Her areas of research interest include the comparative study of Chinese, Korean and Korean literature, Oriental Literature and the history of Korean modern literary criticism. She was invited to visit Kim Il Sung University, Seoul University and Asia University to give academic lectures.
Key Projects
Representative Publications
7 monographs
40+ academic articles
Miao Dongxia (苗东霞), (Han Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D Linguisitics
About
Miao Dongxia is of the Han nationality and is from Yining, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. She has a PhD in linguistics. She is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. She is a key expert in the Chinese Language Resources Protection Project. At present, she is the director of Donggan Institute of Minzu University of China, Vice Director of National Common Language and National Language Informatization Research Center, and Director of the Chinese National Language Association. In 2019, she was selected as an high-level outstanding talent at MUC.
Research Interests & Activity
Her areas of interest are Turkic languages, Chinese Uyghur comparison, language contact and Bilingual teaching research.
Key Projects
9 national level projects ,
Currently in charge of the National Social Science Fund's major project titled "Interdisciplinary Research on Hexi Corridor's Ethnic Languages"
Representative Publications
Courses
Shi Defu (石德富), (Miao Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D
About
Shi Defu was born 1963. He is of the H'mong (Miao) ethnicity. He is from Kaili in Guizhou Province. He is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor and is also the Director of the Chinese Ethnic Language Association.
Research Interests & Activity
He is interested in research regarding historical-comparative linguistics of the Miao Yao language. He is interested in the historical evolution of lexical semantics (including grammaticalization). Moreover, he is interested in the description of various languages in Miao-Yao language group as well as word formation within Taiwan's South Island language group (especially regarding the Peinan language).
Representative Publications
1 article regarding Languages & AMP
16 articles inLanguageScience,NationalLanguage,Journal of the MUC, andLanguageResearchIndependently
Co-author of 2 papers
2 academic monographs
Wang Yuanxin (王远新), (Han Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D of Literature
About
Wang Yuanxin is a doctor of literature and a second-level Professor as well as a doctoral supervisor in sociolinguistics. He is also a Professor of the National Ethnic Minority Research Center of the key research base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education. He is also a part-time or Visiting Professor in many domestic universities and a member of the editorial board of various linguistic journals or university journals. He has won many titles or awards, such as the Beijing Distinguished Teacher Award, the Beijing Youth Discipline Leadership Award, the Baosteel Education Award for Excellent Instructors and more.
Key Projects
He has presided over a number of major, key and general subjects such as those administered by the National Social Science Foundation, the Ministry of education and Beijing Municipality.
Research Interests & Activity
Study of linguistics theory, sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics and Turkic linguistics research.
Representative Publications
Published 20 academic books
Edited 20 thesis collections
Published more than 300 papers
Wei Jingyun (韦景云), (Zhuang Ethnicity)
Professor
About
Wei Jingyun is of the Zhuang nationality and is from Wuming District in Nanning City, Guangxi Province. He is a professor at the school.
Research Interests & Activity
His research interests include a comprehensive study of the Zhuang language and culture related to the Zhuang-Dong language group.
Key Projects
He participated in the National Social Science Fund's key project "Luoyue Fangguo Research" (Project #13AZS019), and won the first prize of Guangxi's 15th Excellent Social Science Achievement Award in 2018. At present. He has presided over the general project of the National Social Science Fund, namely, the study of Zhuang dialect in Zuojiang River Basin in Guangxi from the perspective of geolinguistics (Project #16BYY171).
Representative Publications
He has published dozens of papers, published "Yan Qi Zhuang Language Reference Grammar", "Wuming Zhuang Vocabulary Research" and other works.
Courses
Yang Chun(杨春), (Lahu Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Master Degree of Literature
About
Yang Chun is of the Lahu ethnicity. He is a professor and master tutor. In 1985, he received a bachelor's degree in literature from MUC and, thereafter a master's degree in 2009. He is the Executive Director and Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Ethnic Literature Association, Vice Chairman of the Lahu Research Committee of the Yunnan Nationalities Association, and Director of the Institute of Chinese Minority Literature of MUC.
Research Interests & Activity
His main interest is in the research of Chinese minority literature.
Representative Publications
He has published such monographs as the history of contemporary Chinese minority literature, the history of Chinese minority literature, the volume of prose, an introduction to modern prose of Chinese ethnic minorities, Chinese Lahu People, and 366 conversational sentences in Lahu language. He has also published profound materials regarding ethnic cultural foundations, high level of Chinese cultural cultivation, ethnic origin and ethnic literature, and a brief discussion on the discipline construction of ethnic minority literature in China and more than 20 articles.
Yerda (叶尔达), (Mongolian Ethnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D.
About
Yerda is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor and is mainly engaged in studies of Mongolian literature.
Research Interests & Activity
Vice President of the Chinese Mongolian History Society
Director of the Weilat Tuote Study Center of the National College of Renmin University of China
Director of the International Mongolian Literature Research Center of Inner Mongolia Normal University
Part-time Professor of Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities and Northwest University for Nationalities
Key Projects
Representative Publications
Zhaba(扎巴), (TibetanEthnicity)
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
Ph.D.
About
Zhaba is a Tibetan born in 1963 in Gonghe County of Qinghai Province. He is now a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the MUC School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures. He is mainly engaged in literary creation and academic research. In 2013, he was awarded the title of "Beijing Excellent Teacher, " and in 2014, he was nominated for the special Baosteel Excellent Teacher Award.
Research Interests & Activity
He is mainly engaged in literary creation and academic research.
Representative Publications
He has published more than 100 novels, poems, essays and academic papers. He has published twenty-one Zhuoma. The noveletteSeeing theGhost and Toad'sMouthwon the first "Youth Literature Award" of Qinghai Province, "Yin'e Shenshan and Shencheng Lhasa" and other works won the 3rd Zhangqial Literature Award and the 7th Zhangchar Literature Award. His work, the novella collection "LonelyWhirlwind," won the 10th National Minority Literature creation "Horse Award."
Zong Jinwen(钟进文), (YugurEthnicity)
Professor
Ph.D Literature
About
Zhong Jinwen is of the Yugur ethnicity and was born in 1963 in Sunan, Gansu Province. He has a doctor of literature and is a second-class professor at MUC. Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow at Kyoto University in Japan. Moreover, he is currently the President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the College of Chinese Minority Languages and Literature, and Vice President of the Chinese Ethnic Minority Literature Society. He was awarded the title of "Famous Instructor of the National People's Commission" and "Leading Talent of the National People's Commission." He has been awarded a prize by the "Huo Yingdong Education Fund," "Japan Academic Promotion Association" (JSPS) fund and more.
Research Interests & Activity
He is mainly engaged in Chinese minority literature and Yugur Language and literature research.
Representative Publications
He has published the description of Yugur language in Western China and other works, and presided over a major project of the National Social Science Fund.
School Slogan
"Simple Diligence"
In the past seventy years, the Chinese Academy of Minority Languages and Literatures has trained many outstanding graduates who understand both ethnic minority languages and the Chinese language. They are distributed throughout the motherland, engaged in teaching, scientific research, translation, press and publishing, radio and television, administration, justice, etc. Some of them are also involved with literary creation and other works with solid foundations, with simple style and diligent work. They have made great contributions to the social development and cultural construction of China's ethnic minority regions.
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