2021 Dissertation Workshop: Research Redesign in the Covid Context
February 24-26, 2021
Indiana University East Asian Studies Center and University of Illinois Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, with support from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant, are pleased to announce the jointly organized online Dissertation Workshop, Research redesign in the Covid Context, February 24-26, 2021. This workshop will bring together 12 doctoral students from a broad array of disciplines and working on a wide variety of materials and in various regions of Asia. Workshop participants will work closely with the following four faculty mentors:
- Nergis Canefe, Associate Professor, Politics, Public Policy and Law, York University
- Xinyuan Dai, Professor, Political Science, University of Illinois
- Taylor Easum, Professor, History, Indiana State University
- Jessica Li, Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois
This workshop will also include a special session on library research with Dr. Steve Witt and Dr. Shuyong Jiang of the International and Area Studies Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Workshop Schedule
DAY 1: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 5-8 pm US Central Time
- 5:00-5:10 pm | Introduction
Misumi Sadler (Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois); Michael Brose (East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University)
- 5:10-5:35 pm | Session 1
Hang Wu (Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University)
Visual Effects, Animation, and the Experience of the More-Than-Human in Chinese Media
- 5:35-6:00 pm | Session 2
Shu Wan (Department of History, University at Buffalo)
American Professional Missionaries and Application of Anthropometry in Early 20th Century China
- 6:00-6:25 pm | Session 3
Wenqi Yang (Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Re-understanding Domestic Violence: Family, Gender and the State in a Changing China
- 6:25-6:50 pm | Session 4
Hyo-Won Shin (Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
The Role of Out-Group Trust in Voting Behavior in Ethnically Salient Context
- 6:50-7:15 pm | Session 5
Maria Pilar Lorenzo (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences - Centre for Higher Education Governance Ghent/Interdisciplinary, Ghent University)
Understanding Southeast Asian Regionalisation: A Study of Philippine Higher Education
- 7:15-8:00 pm Library Workshop
Steve Witt and Shuyong Jiang (International & Area Studies Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
DAY 2: Thursday, February 24, 2021, 5-8 pm US Central Time
- 5:00-5:05 pm | Introduction
- 5:05-5:30 pm | Session 6
Bhawana Sharma (Department of Political Science, Mahatma Gandhi Central University Bihar)
Good Governance in Multicultural Context of India (with Special Study of Developmental programmes & Public policies)
- 5:30-5:55 pm | Session 7
Binoy Bhushan Agarwal (Department of English, University of Delhi)
Women on Sea: British Female Seafarers, Travel and Mobile Identities
- 5:55-6:20 pm | Session 8
Jeongeun Park (Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
“Chaoxian" in China and Ethnic tourism: A residents' perspective
- 6:20-6:45 pm | Session 9
Taoyu Yang (Department of History, University of California, Irvine)
Entangled Colonialisms: Multi-Imperial Relations in Treaty-Port China, 1860s--1930s
- 6:45-7:10 pm | Session 10
Allison Darmody (Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University Bloomington)
Paying and Praying: Votive Objects, Identity, and Religiosity in Contemporary Japan
- 7:10-7:35 pm | Session 11
Susan Su (Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Chicago)
Online and Offline: Tibetan literature and publishing in the new millennium, 2000-2012
- 7:35-8:00 pm | Session 12
Jordan Lynton (Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington)
Diasporic Identities in the Age of Rising China: Chinese Ethnic Associations as Mediators in Caribbean Belt and Road Initiatives
DAY 3: Friday, February 26, 2021, 5-6 pm US Central Time
- 5:00-6:00 pm | Open Discussion & Evaluation
This workshop is open to accepted participants only. (The call for application for the 2021 dissertation workshop has ended. The next call for application for the 2022 workshop will be announced in Fall 2021.
Hosted by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Stuies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University with support from the Department of Education Titlve VI grant.
