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Sharon Shi (EALC Ph.D graduate student) will present her paper at the University of Colorado, Boulder's Colorado University East Asian Graduate Association (CUEAGA) conference held on April 11th and 12th. Her paper, entitled When "Child Bearer" Meets "Free Labor": A Study of Neo-Confucianism, China's Imaginary Capitalism and Overseas Chinese Women after the 1990s, is essentially built upon a feminist perspective. This paper adopts a theoretical framework of "patriarchic social norms in capitalism" and examines the situation of Chinese women with higher education in North America from early 1990s up till present. She presents the history of Chinese Diaspora after the 1990s from an unconventional source - that of personal narratives and analyze various socio-historical and cultural causes of overseas Chinese women's dilemma. The question about the place for personal/private narratives in history on the part of scholars is also addressed in this paper.
Emily Yu (EALC '09 BA), a recipient of the McNair Scholarship, will travel to Botswana in summer 2008 as part of a volunter organization.The Botswana program is USC’s A.L.I.V.E. (Always Living in View of the Environment) and The Volunteer Center's first service trip and documentary film project at USC! In July 2008, 12 students will travel to The Okavango Delta in Botswana to work with children and experience the work of conservation up close. They will visit and create a documentary film about the Botswana Predator Conservation Program, spending time out at their research camp in the Delta, as well as helping to run their annual Football For Life program for the children of Botswana.
The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program encourages low-income and first-generation college students, and students from historically underrepresented ethnic groups to expand their opportunities by enrolling in a Ph.D. program and ultimately pursue an academic career. McNair students work with a USC Mentor to research a topic of choice.
In the fall of 2006, Peter Winter (EALC '08 BA) set off for a year of study at Peking University in Beijing, China. During his time abroad, Winter had the opportunity to work as a photojournalist, sending him throughout the country and chronicling his travels. He was a photojournalist for both the San Gabriel Valley News Group & the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. Join Peter through his travel blog and enjoy photos from across China!
http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/TrojanTraveler/ (blog)
http://www.pbase.com/curlypete (photos)
Congratulations to Yanhong Zhu, doctoral candidate, for winning the first EALC Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in spring 2006.
Patrick Ddiba, having just finished a minor in EALC, now teaches about Korea at the University High School, LA: Overview of Korea: "The Land of the Morning Calm".
Amanda Weiss, EALC '06 BA, currently studies at the Beijing Film Academy on a Fulbright scholarship.
Erica Jehling recently returned from an extended Chinese language study-abroad program and has many fascinating pictures and stories to share!
