Spending time with my dissertation chair in Shanghai. Bye Richard Madsen!
how many people get to see their dissertation advisor when they are in the field! Not many!
I arrived in Shanghai from Wuhan and spent the night at Judy and Richard Madsen’s place. Richard Madsen has been teaching a class on China and Religion for 1 year at Fudan University. They are moving in two days back to the states - so it worked out perfectly to see richard and give him an upate on my work in Wuhan.
We talked about recent changes in migration. It was amazing to see him after rethinking my dissertation topic. i feel very prepared for Beijing now!
I want to emphasize to everyone how important it is to chose a great dissertation advisor who will support your work and also be an emotional cheerleader through the grad school process. I still don’t know why this damn Phd road can be so intense and unpredictable - it should be relatively luxurious - spend time reading- theorizing - building - but somehow it can be a very stressful time period. Richard - thank you for being the best advisor ever! You always inspire me to see life in a new way.
City Street Conference: Nov. 18-20th in Lebanon, by Nortre Dame University Louaize-Lebanon’s Faculty of Architecture, Art and Design
“City streets are the places where more than half of the world’s population dwell,communicate, exchange and interact. At the turn of the millennium, the “City Street” conference issues the most vivid and established part of the wold’s cities, the street,and proposes a (re)reading and a (re)thinking about its people, physicality, image and virtuality and questions the street’s multi scalar dimensions, disciplines, textuality and structure.
The millennium’s culture, technology and manifestations (from political and economical to philosophical, artistic and media manifestations) become part of the street’s discussion.
Upon the request of many who would like to participate in the City Street Conference, the organizing committee has decided to extend the deadline for accepting abstracts until July 21, 2009. Please send you abstract, between 300-500 words, to Dina Baroud at citystreet09@ndu.edu.lb See Call for papers for abstract template.”
