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Historian Janet Chen Researches the Experience of Poverty in Early 20th Century China
Assistant Professor Janet Chen's book project "Guilty of Indigence" explores the birth of the workhouse and the criminalization of poverty in Beijing and Shanghai in the early 20th century. Her research is based on newly discovered sources from national and local archives documenting the voices of the urban poor.
Kerim Yasar: New East Asian-Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow
Kerim Yasar, whose research focuses on contemporary Japan, will be at Princeton University 2009-2012 as one of six postdoctoral fellows with the Society of of Fellows in the Liberal Arts.
Ge Zhaoguang appointed Global Scholar for Academic Year 2009-2010
Ge Zhaoguang, a leading scholar of Chinese medieval history and religion and founding director of the National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, joined Princeton University as one of the first three Global Scholars. This program was developed as part of the University's internationalization efforts and will bring scholars to Princeton on a recurring basis to teach, conduct research, participate in ongoing workshops and give public presentations.
Research Cluster: New Directions in the Study of Early Modern Asia
In the fall of 2009, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Program in East Asian Studies launched the planning phase of the research cluster “East Asia and the Early Modern World: Fresh Perspectives on Material Culture, Social Formations, and Intellectual History, 1550–1800.” Principal investigators and coordinators of the three-year research cluster are David Howell, chair of the Department of East Asian Studies, and professors of history Benjamin Elman and Susan Naquin.
Princeton Students at 2009 Chinese Bridge Mandarin Speech Contest in New York City Win Awards
All three Princeton students who attended the 2009 Chinese Bridge Mandarin Speech Contest in New York City won awards for their performances. Randy Richardson '10 won 1st prize, Christina Ilvento '09 won 2nd, and Daniel Roberts '10 won third. About two dozen participants from colleges across the northeast participated in this contest. Prizes were given to only five students.
On April 13, Hunan Television sent a crew to interview Princeton's speech contest participants, as well as Professor C.P. Chou, Director of Princeton's Chinese Language Program. The interview was on the topic of how Princeton students learn Chinese. It was broadcast on Hunan Television in July 2009.
Pop culture, power and politics inspire Leheny’s teaching
In the span of 50 minutes, a lecture by East Asian studies professor David Leheny on Asian “soft power” begins with music from an album called “Punch the Monkey” and touches on two Korean pop sensations, an anime film, the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies, two NBA stars, “American Idol,” rice cookers, amusement parks and the top 20 animated features in the United States in 2002.