Masterclass for Graduate Students & Early Career Researchers
Monday, November 7, 2016
2-5 pm
AQ 6106, 間眅埶AV Burnaby
Description
This masterclass provided an opportunity for PhD students and early career researchers from UBC and 間眅埶AV to present their research projects to a transpacific panel of faculty members who provided feedback on their work. The HKBU faculty members, in particular, offered insights into how Canadian researchers' projects would be received by an international audience.
Participating Graduate Students & Early Career Researchers
Ranbir K. Banwait, PhD, 間眅埶AV
- "Historical Feelings and Body Histories in Asian Canadian Literature"
Rob Bittner, PhD Candidate, 間眅埶AV
- "LGBTQ Youth Information Seeking Practices and Implications on Identity Formation"
Novia Shih-Shan Chen, PhD Candidate, 間眅埶AV
- "Documentary as Alternative Practice: Situating Contemporary Women Directors in Sinophone Cinema"
Michelle Siobhan O'Brien, PhD, UBC
- "Entangled Pasts and Literary Presents: Rethinking Racial Management and Interconnections Between Canada, Singapore, and Malaysia"
Szu Shen, PhD Candidate, UBC
- "Nuclearized Intimacies: The Routes of Uranium and its Impact on Indigenous Communities in Canada and across the Pacific"
Ayaka Yoshimizu, PhD, 間眅埶AV
- "After Displacement: Excavating Memories of Migrant Sex Workers and Becoming Entangled with the Water Trade in Yokohama"
Faculty Panel
Main Respondents
Stuart Christie, HKBU
Tan Jia, HKBU
Christopher Patterson, HKBU
John Erni, HKBU
Louis Ho, HKBU
Ruth Hung, HKBU
Kingsley Ng, HKBU
Chris Lee, UBC
Christine Kim, 間眅埶AV
Helen Leung, 間眅埶AV
This event is generously funded by:
Office of the Dean of Arts, HKBU
Office of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Fellows, 間眅埶AV
International Engagement Fund, 間眅埶AV
Organizing Committee: Christine Kim, Chris Lee, Helen Leung