Rui Guo

Institutional Affiliation:

Swiss Research Centre for Chinese Guizhou Normal University

Education

2011 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Ethnic Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

2006 Doctor of Law in anthropology and sociology, Central University for Nationalities, Beijing, China

Selected Publications:

Monographs:

2022 Has Switzerland abandoned the principle of neutrality? [Swiss Studies]

Original Economist on Politics and Diplomacy 2022-04-22

2015 The Series of Approaching the Minorities in China· Wa people, Liaoning People's Press, in August 2015.

2014 Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Series of Chinese Minorities Dictionary· Wa People Volume, Yunnan Ethnic Publishing House, in May 2014

2009​ Cultural Interlinks of Wa Wood Drum,Yunnan University Press, in May 2009 .

2009​ The Field Investigation Report on JinPing Zhemi LaHu people (Ku Chong

​​people), Yunnan People's Publishing House , in August 2009.

National Research Project

Theory and Practice of National State Construction and National Integration——the moving frontier project in 2012.

Film and television works of anthropology:

October,2019, A Oral Film of the Wood Drum Dance of the Wa People, National intangible cultural heritage project.

August,2019, A Teaching Film of the Wood Drum Dance of the Wa People, National intangible cultural heritage project.

June,2019, A Practice Film of the Wood Drum Dance of the Wa People, National intangible cultural heritage project.

March 2019, A Review Film of the Wood Drum Dance of the Wa People, National intangible cultural heritage project.

September-October 2006, The Second Burial Practice of the Miao in Southern Sichuan.       

May-July 2005, Wa Township, Wa Culture Series of Wa-Wa in Burma.

Research Interests

Since 2003, he has mainly focused on the study of the social development and cultural adaptation of the Mon-khmer ethnic groups in southwest China and Southeast Asia. It includes a comparative study of the local knowledge of the WA people in China and Burma, a study of the interaction between ethnic groups at the southern end of the Tibetan-yi corridor, and a study of the modern discourse of the Mongol-khmer ethnic group's belief society, the Society of transnational ethnic groups is presented in comparative study. In recent years, he has focused on the study of Swiss political culture, ethnic relations and the interaction between neighboring countries.

Research Project: comparative study of Wa communities in China and Myanmar  

Co-professor: Tim Oakes interim Faculty Director Professor of Geography

Term at CU

November 2024-December 2025