Panels and Speakers
​Opening Speaker
Session 1: The Ascent
East Asian economic prosperity and political movements in the last two centuries
Facilitator: Jack Huang
Jack is a high school student from Guangzhou, China. He is currently studying in the US. He has a passion for East Asian studies and hopes to encourage others to engage in discourse about it.
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Session 2: Weaving the Webs
The intellectual silk road: the history of Asian students abroad and contemporary pressures on Asian education systems
Facilitator: Jeffrey Lin
Coming from Shenzhen, China, Jeffrey is a junior at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. Extremely passionate about East Asian history, culture, literature, geopolitics, and economics, he has undertaken accredited collegiate-level research regarding East Asia and commenced a East Asian Studies Association.
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Session 3: Social Frictions
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Music During the Tumultuous Era: exploring the Chinese-Western musical conflicts during the Chinese cultural revolution; how music serves as a tool to preserve cultural heritage and how it was prone to censorship
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Suppressed but not Depressed: the heat of gender and feminism in the 20th century
Facilitator: Cassidy Dong
A second generation Chinese-American passionate advocate about political science and international diplomacy which fuels the involvement in the schools student council and model UN club.
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Session 4: Neglected Voices/ Poster Walk
Exploring untold stories of underrepresented and underappreciated East Asian communities and peoples.
Facilitator: Kristina Wang
A student athlete at Princeton Day School and a dedicated international relations enthusiast with a strong background in leadership and community service.
Topics
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Digitization of Oral Interviews Regarding Reconciliation with Memories of Ambivalent Struggles of Modern China’s Zhiqing Generation
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Digital Humanities in East Asian Studies
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Disappearing Languages in East Asia: The Yi Language as an Example