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AY23-24 CCAS Visiting Scholars (A-Z)

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Alessia Pattaro

Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Turin, Italy

Project: Features and Possible Modulation of "Immature" Neurons in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology

Hyo-On Nam

Principal Researcher at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)

Project: Physics Modeling on Fuel Cycle Options

Sponsored by the Department of History

Marco Schwarz

Ph.D. Researcher at the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) at the University of Düsseldorf

Project: Technological Progress, Networks, Industrial Organization, and Optimal Information and Project Acquisition

Sponsored by the Department of Economics

Menghan Yi

Professor of Statistics at East China National University

Project: Distribution-Free Predictions for Missing Clustered Data

Sponsored by the Department of Statistics

Nataliya Chaban

Professor & Director of a UC Research Centre Public Diplomacy and Political Communication Forum at the
University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Project: Public Diplomacy in Times of Conflict and Crises

Sponsored by the Institute of Public Diplomacy and Global Communication

Pampa Panwar

Professor at the Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD)

Project: Quilt Narratives of India and the US – Nine Folds of Material Stories

Sponsored by Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Fulbright Scholar

Sixi Cheng

Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Heritage & Museology, Fudan University, China

Project: Research on State-owned Museum Performance Evaluation

Sponsored by the Museum Studies Program, Corcoran School of Arts & Design

Sylvia Ikomi

Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Greenwich, U.K.

Project: Adultification and Black Girls in State Care: An Exploration of Perspectives

Sponsored by the Department of Sociology

Yiwei Tang

Researcher at the Fudan University, China

Project: High-Dimensional Extreme Quantile Regression

Sponsored by the Department of Statistics

Yunjong Eo

Professor of Economics at the Korea University

Project: Structural Instability in Macroeconomic Variables

Sponsored by the Department of Economics

Zhenzhen Li

Lecturer at the College of Philosophy and History Culture, Xiangtan University

Project: Research on the Diplomatic Choice and Foreign Policy Shifts in the Late Soviet Union (1985-1991)

Sponsored by the Department of History and International Affairs

Zhenzhu Xiao

Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Zürich, Switzerland

Project: Evolutionary Genomics of Goldenrod Gall Fly

Sponsored by the Department of Biological Sciences

2023 CCAS International Visiting Scholars Reception

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The CCAS International Visiting Scholars hosted their Annual Lunch and Networking Reception on Thursday, March 30th from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm at the Myer’s Room of GW Textile Museum.

The event began with registration and networking, followed by welcome remarks from Paul Wahlbeck, the Dean of Columbian College of Arts & Sciences at GW. Following this, visiting scholars Laura Lazzari, from the Dept. of Romance, German & Slavic Languages & Literatures, talked about her current research on narratives of motherhood in contemporary society and culture in Switzerland, Italy, and North America, while Johannes Harrer, an International Visiting Scholar from the Dept. of Political Science, talks about his current research on political apocalypticism in the USA in the 18th and 19th centuries, and his home institution, the University of the Federal Armed Forces, Germany.

At the end of the event, concluding remarks were given by Taoran Sun, Executive Director of the Global Initiative department, followed by a guided tour of “Anne Lindberg: what color is divine light?”

2021 GW Mid-Autumn Festival Virtual Celebration 1

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The George Washington University is pleased to present the 2021 Mid-Autumn Festival Virtual Celebration in special partnership with the GW Asian and Pacific Islander Alumni Network., GW Chinese American Student Association (CASA), and Omotesenke Japanese Tea Ceremony. Grab a few mooncakes and a cup of tea this lunch break and ZOOM into our celebration of the largest Asian holiday in the fall! This Mid-Autumn Festival, we will learn about how GW students celebrate this large traditional holiday as well as have the treat of seeing them showcase their talent.

This free virtual event will be held in English and is open to the public.

The program begins at 12:00pm EDT on Friday, September 24th. Check your local time by selecting the event date and your time zone. Registered guests will receive an email with instructions for joining the webinar prior to the event. Registration closes at 12:00pm EDT on September 23rd, 24 hours before the event begins. Media inquiries must be sent to gwmedia@gwu.edu in advance. If you need specific accommodations, please contact gsigur@gwu.edu with at least 3 business days' notice.

This event will be jointly hosted by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, CCAS Global Initiatives, the GW Institute for Korean Studies, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, and the East Asia National Resource Cent{"type":"block","srcClientIds":["2e556835-ad3d-4513-b5c7-0dd98669d1ee"],"srcRootClientId":"b46ff959-24b2-4310-b9ca-77937680f9f4"}er.

Program Lineup

- Opening Remarks by Patrick Realiza, Chair of the GW Asian and Pacific Islander Alumni Network
- Korean Presentation by Prof. Immanuel Kim, The Korea Foundation and Kim-Renaud Associate Professor of Korean Literature and Culture Studies
- Chinese Presentation by Gabriel Young, Chair of the GW Chinese American Student Association
- Japanese Presentation by Jennifer Swanson, Practitioner of Omotesenke Japanese Tea Ceremony for 8 years

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