In the increasingly interconnected world of academia, effective networking and outreach have become crucial for career advancement, collaboration, and impactful research. However, the geographically scattered nature of academic work and the intense focus on research and teaching can sometimes hinder the development of these essential skills. Organized by the Chinese Historians in the United States (CHUS), this online workshop aims to address these challenges and provide practical strategies for academic networking and outreach.
Our three speakers, who have rich and diverse experiences in academic networking, will discuss how outreach activities can increase scholars’ visibility and influence in their field, strategies for opening new academic opportunities, and effective ways to make academic work known to a broader audience. Join us to learn how to overcome the challenges of academic isolation and develop the social skills crucial for a thriving academic career.
Sincerely,
Dr. Yi Ren
Our speakers:
Linshan Jiang is a Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian history and culture at Colby College. She was a Postdoctoral Associate of Chinese Studies at Duke University. She received her Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she also obtained a Ph.D. emphasis in Translation Studies. Her research interests include modern and contemporary literature, film, and popular culture in mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan; trauma and memory studies; gender and sexuality studies; queer studies; as well as comparative literature and translation studies. Her primary research project focuses on female writers’ war experiences and memories of the Asia-Pacific War, entitled Women Writing War Memories. Her second research project explores how queerness is performed in Sinophone queer cultural productions. She has published articles about gender studies and queer studies in literature and culture as well as translations of scholarly and popular works in Chinese and English. She has been making a podcast named Gleaners with her friends for more than ten years and she is also a host of the East Asian Studies channel for the New Books Network.
Yuan Gao, who is also known as Kevin, earned his PhD in Chinese language and literature at Washington University in St. Louis. In Fall, he will join the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at WashU as a lecturer. His interdisciplinary research spans literature, film and media studies, environmental humanities, and queer studies. Based on his dissertation, he’s working on a book manuscript, tentatively entitled Corporeal Technology: Hydraulic Engineering and the Media of Labor in China, 1952-1993. This book situates mass politics in the history of water management to reconsider the working human masses as a technological force, rather than a class-based political category. Yuan Gao has published in both academic journals and popular media platforms to discuss Chinese-language cinema, reality shows, and gender and sexuality. Prior to joining the EALC faculty, he was a fellow at the Center for the Humanities at WashU.
Dr. Jinghong Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is interested in the social and cultural history of modern China, the history of medicine, and Science and Technology Studies. She is currently working on a book manuscript tentatively titled Down to the Roots: The History of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene in Modern China, which is the very first historical monograph that examines the development of dentistry in China from the late imperial era to contemporary times. Her research has been supported by the Association for Asian Studies, the D. Kim Foundations, the Social Science Research Council, the University of California, and others.
