RSEA Announcements
* 2008 ALUMNI RECEPTION & PANELS *

Alumni and friends of RSEA
are cordially invited to attend the

RSEA New Student and Alumni Reception

on
Friday, April 4, 2008
in the CGIS South Building, First Floor
from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

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RSEA welcomes you to join us for our

ALUMNI PANEL

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

in the CGIS South Building, Room S050

10:00-12:00  Academic Panel

Lunch Break

2:00-4:00 Non-Academic Panel

Reception

All are welcome to come hear about the exciting careers RSEA students have pursued post-graduation. We will be welcoming back alumni engaged in careers ranging from academia, to journalism, the arts, the United Nations, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

We acknowledge the generous support of the Committee on Regional Studies—East Asia, Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard Asia Center, the Korea Institute, the Graduate Student Council, and the Harvard East Asia Society.

 
* CALL FOR ABSTRACTS *


The Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) invites graduate students from all fields
to present at the

11th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student
Conference

The HEAS Graduate Student Conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum
for the exchange of ideas and the discussion of current research on East Asia.
The conference is an opportunity for young scholars to present their research
to both their peers and eminent scholars in East Asian Studies. All panels will
be moderated by Harvard University faculty. Submissions from all disciplines are
welcome.

11th Annual HEAS Graduate Student Conference
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Friday, February 29 - Sunday, March 2, 2008

Application Guidelines:

1. Applicants must be enrolled in a program of graduate study.
2. Paper or research must be related to the East Asia region (including Inner Asia).
3. Abstract limit: 500 words
4. Abstract submission deadline: December 2, 2007
5. Submit your abstract and application at:
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~heas/conference/

For more information about the conference, please visit:
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~heas/conference

Please direct any questions to the HEAS Conference Committee at:
heasconference@gmail.com

 
* The 2007 Joseph Fletcher Memorial Awards *
 

The Committee on Regional Studies—East Asia
is pleased to announce the award of
The 2007
Joseph Fletcher Memorial Awards

for excellence in an A.M. thesis.

On June 7, 2007, awards were accorded to the following recipients:

 

Jessica Crewe
for her paper entitled:
 “Gained In Translation: Narratives of the Self in Meiji and Taishô Personal Fictions”

Dmitry Mironenko
for his paper entitled:
 “The Role of Animation in the System of Ideological Education of North Korea”

Kevin Michael O’Keefe
for his paper entitled:
 “’Execute Infrequently and Execute Cautiously’: Capital Punishment and Legality in China”

Guillermo Ruiz Stovel
for his paper entitled:
 “A Bloody Prelude: Chinese Uprisings in Spanish Manila, 1603 – 1689”

John D. Wong
for his paper entitled:
 “It Comes With the Territory: The Changing Meaning of Spatial and Territorial Descriptions During the Warring States and the Han Dynasty”

 

Honorable Mention was accorded to:

Scott Stephen Thomas Berkland
for his paper entitled:
  “Academic Corruption in China: Examples, Causes, and Remedies”

Yuko Hara
for her paper entitled:
  “Understanding Married College-educated Japanese Women’s Career Decisions and Changing Career Ambitions – A Qualitative Sociological Study”

Har Ye Kan
for her paper entitled:
  “The Evolving ‘Faces’ of Chinese Nationalism: Nationalism, Modern Architecture and Urbanism in Shanghai”

Jonathan Landon Krause
for his paper entitled:
  “Ancient Lines: An Analysis of Chu Guodian Writing and Its Relation to the Korean Alphabet”

Anka Lee
for his paper entitled:
  “Trapped in a Colony: Hong Kong and the Cold War in the 1960s”

Calvin Chi Toa Lee
for his paper entitled:
  “Minority Matters: Engineering Civil Institutions and Economic Modernization in China’s Stock Markets”

Joanne Shilin Teh
for her paper entitled:
  “Experiencing God in China: An Analysis and Evaluation of the Factors Affecting Conversion, Commitment, and Church Growth Within a Pentecostal Framework”

Yi Wonwoo
for his paper entitled:
  “’You Say You Want a Revolution’: China’s Attack on Jinmen in 1958 and the Cold War Order”