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RSEA alum Evan Dawley's book published by HUP

July 15, 2019

Congratulations to Evan N. Dawley (AM '98, PhD '06) on the recent publication of his book "Becoming Taiwanese: Ethnogenesis in a Colonial City, 1880s-1950s" as Harvard East Asian Monographs 420 by Harvard University Press, April 2019. Evan Dawley is currently Associate Professor of History at Goucher College in Maryland. Read more about RSEA alum Evan Dawley's book published by HUP

Chloe Yan's commentary published in Lianhe Zaobao

June 11, 2019

RSEA student Chloe Yan wrote a commentary about the 2019 New York Met Gala and its theme of "Camp: Notes on Fashion". Her piece appeared in the May 20, 2019 edition of Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Read more about Chloe Yan's commentary published in Lianhe Zaobao

Carroll Bogert (RSEA AM'86) awarded Harvard GSAS Centennial Medal

June 5, 2019

At a GSAS ceremony on May 29, RSEA Alumna Carroll Bogert (AM '86) was presented with a Centennial Medal in recognition of her courageous work in journalism and advocacy for human rights.

The Centennial Medal is the highest award bestowed by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Established in 1989 on the occasion of the school's 100th anniversary, the Centennial Medal honors distinguished alumni who have made lasting contributions to society that emerged from their graduate study at Harvard.

Carroll Bogert is President of the Marshall Project, a Pulitzer-Prize-...

Congratulations to the graduating RSEA Class of 2019!

May 23, 2019

Twenty students are set to graduate with a well-earned AM in Regional Studies - East Asia. Graduands will celebrate at the RSEA Reception on May 29th and receive their diploma on Harvard Commencement Day, May 30th.

Congratulations to the Class of 2019:

Joa Alexander...

Japan Times op-ed co-authored by RSEA students

May 23, 2019

Jia Yao Kuek (graduating RSEA AM'19) and Jason Jia-Xi Wu (current RSEA student) had their op-ed "Risks of Unilateral Governance of Digital Trade" published in the May 21 Japan Times. Congratulations to the co-authors on this thought-provoking piece! Read more about Japan Times op-ed co-authored by RSEA students

Graduating RSEA student Da In Choi selected as Commencement Marshal

May 9, 2019

Da In Choi, RSEA Class of 2019, has been chosen by a committee of fellow graduate students to be a Commencement Marshal on May 30.

Each year, eight graduating students from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) are selected to represent the graduating class as Commencement Marshals. On the morning of Commencement, these students help the GSAS deans organize the procession from the GSAS Breakfast to Harvard Yard. They walk at the head the procession, proudly carrying the banners of GSAS, SEAS, and Dudley House, and lead the graduating class into...

Published play translation by Junjie Jiang, RSEA '18

May 9, 2019

Congratulations to RSEA alum Junjie Jiang (AM'18) on the publication of her English translation of the contemporary Chinese drama Toilet in the peer-reviewed journal The Mercurian: A Theatrical Translation Review, April 2019.

Toilet: A Play in Three Acts (2004) is the first play in the contemporary Chinese playwright Guo Shixing’s (1952– ) “Dignity Trilogy,” followed by Crematory (2007) and Homecoming (2011). Jiang's is the first translation of this play into English.

Read Jiang's introduction to and translation of...

RSEA students establish HGWISSH, a new GSAS group for women in social sciences and humanities

March 19, 2019

Amy Grantham and Yihao Niu, both their first year of the RSEA AM program, are excited to announce the new graduate student group they have set up, named HGWISSH.

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RSEA students organize successful 2019 HEAS Conference

March 12, 2019

Congratulations to the RSEA students who worked together for several months to plan the annual HEAS (Harvard East Asia Society) Conference, held February 8th-9th. HEAS co-chairs Casey Stevens and Jalem Towler organized the conference with the help of other RSEA students. This year's HEAS Conference on the theme of Voice and Silence: Memory in East Asia attracted... Read more about RSEA students organize successful 2019 HEAS Conference

RSEA students co-author an op-ed in The Business Times

February 26, 2019

Students Jia Yao Kuek and Jason Jia-Xi Wu joined the RSEA program in fall 2018. Their opinion piece "US, China headed for equilibrium in innovation" appeared in The Business Times on February 22. Read more about RSEA students co-author an op-ed in The Business Times

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