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Founding of the Society of Sinophone Studies (May 4, 2019)

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    Brian Bernards
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    May 4, 2019

    Founding the Society of Sinophone Studies

    Following the successful “Sinophone Studies” conference held in April of this year at the University of California, Los Angeles, we announce the formation of the Society of Sinophone Studies to promote the study of Sinitic-language communities and cultures around the world. The Society seeks to provide support for scholars with an interest in Sinophone studies and welcomes any regional, disciplinary, and topical expertise. More details about the Society will follow; please contact Howard Chiang (hhchiang@ucdavis.edu) for preliminary inquiries.

    Inaugural Governing Board

    Chair: Howard Chiang, University of California, Davis

    Vice Chair: E.K. Tan, Stony Brook University

    Secretary-Treasurer: Rebecca Ehrenwirth, New York University Shanghai

    Program Director: Brian Bernards, University of Southern California

    Communications Director: Lily Wong, American University

    This topic was also posted in: East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900, LLC East Asian, LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese, TC Postcolonial Studies, TC Race and Ethnicity Studies, CLCS Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian Diasporic.
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