The Overseas Young Chinese Forum (OYCF) is pleased to announce the eight recipients of the 2026 OYCF-Chow Fellowship for Field Research in China. This fellowship supports outstanding doctoral students whose research advances the understanding of contemporary Chinese society through rigorous fieldwork.
We extend our warmest congratulations to the following scholars:
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Amanda DeMarco 艾曼雅, History, University of California, San Diego, "Renew and Reform: A Social History of Renewable Energy in Rural China Since 1979"
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Acton Jiashi Feng, Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, "Embedded Intimacy: The Embeddedness of the Marital Decision Process in Contemporary Urban China"
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Ka Shing So, History, State University of New York, Binghamton, "Shadow Economy: Smuggling, the Gold Trade, and Everyday Life in Cold War Hong Kong"
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Yiming Wang, History, Northwestern University, "Gendering Chinese Anti-Communism: Masculinities, Feminisms, and Kuomintang Propaganda, 1920s–50s"
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Qi Yi 易琦, Anthropology, University of Michigan, "Sacred Commodities in Motion: Fragmented Labor and Spiritual Access in Transnational Trade between China and Thailand"
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Hongyun Yu 于红运, Anthropology, Rice University, "Shadow Builders of Law’s Empire: An Ethnography of Legislative Expertise and the Production of Law in China"
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Heyu Zhang 张禾雨, Anthropology, Emory University, “Return to the Future: Rural Youth Return Migration and the Making of Another China”
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Zhehang Zhang 张浙航, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, “Zones of Illegibility: Capital Flows, Transnational Labor, and Development in Global China”
These fellows exemplify academic excellence, interdisciplinary inquiry, and a deep commitment to advancing field-based research in China. We look forward to the insights and contributions they will bring to the scholarly community.
