I. Introductions
II. Appointment to EALC positions
Graduate representative…………………………… Ting Ting, Hisaaki
Admission representative……………………………….. Adrian, Kevin
East Asian Studies workshop…………………………. Chenshu, Jeff
CTL Liaison……………………………………………………….. Robin
Blogmaster…………………………………………………………. Gabe
Librarian……………………………………………………………. Brian
Social chairs…………………………………………… Luciana, Amber
East Asian Studies workshops
Jeff explained the general objectives of EALC workshops.
Chenshu described the three events planned for this Fall 2011 quarter.
- Jason McGrath, “Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Realism”
- Andrew Jones, Developmental Fairy Tales
- Peter Flueckiger, Imagining Harmony: Poetry, Empathy, and Community in Mid-Tokugawa Confucianism and Nativism
Center for Teaching and Learning
Robin is the CTL Liaison for this quarter, and will periodically forward workshop announcements to us. CTL provides resources for current TAs, and organizes teaching statement workshops (usually are FREE, and OFTEN PROVIDE FOOD).
EALC graduate student blog
Gabe explained how the blog originally started from a grant acquired by Joanna Sturiano, which Aragorn and others used during Spring 2011 quarter toward establishing a graduate student blog.
Go to ealc.stanford.edu, click on “Graduate program”
On the right side of the webpage (below Kevin’s statement), is a link to the “Graduate student blog”
Gabe will send out a mass email later to all EALC students detailing blog webpage info. Email Gabe to acquire a username and temporary password to login. This is NOT to be shared with students outside of the department.
POSSIBLE BLOG POSTS: kenkyukai notes; meeting agendas; program requirements; TA work (responsibilities, mentoring experiences, teaching materials, advice); info about qualifying exams, reading lists; info on course offerings; housing info. No official language, but consider that half of your readers do not read Chinese, and another half of them do not read Japanese.
COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS: teaching materials must be posted after receiving permissions; if it includes copyrighted images, please REMOVE. (See fairuse.stanford.edu, but if in doubt, ASK GABE)
Explanation of responsibilities
Kevin explained the responsibilities attached to the remaining unassigned positions.
The librarian will work with Connie to organize the Department Library and establish a system of borrowing materials.
The social chairs will be in charge of the department credit card (some restrictions may apply); suggestions for activities should be forwarded to them.
III. Revisions to online graduate student profiles
Owing to the fact that there is NO WEBMASTER, the existing EALC website cannot be modified to include profiles. However, every student at Stanford is assigned their own homepage to which they can upload .html files.
Students who are interested may potentially use pre-existing templates to upload their own profiles.
(For more info, go to: https://itservices.stanford.edu/service/web )
IV. Other announcements
Writing Center dissertation boot camp
Gabe explained what exactly the dissertation boot camp is, and called for students interested in attending. Any students who will be working on an MA or Ph.D. thesis this year are welcome. Required to put in a $100 deposit (which you will lose if you don’t attend the boot camp!). Gabe will send out a mass email explaining further details.
Requirements template
Robin has put together a Japanese program “requirements template” which can assist students with gauging their degree progress. Gabe will post this online on the blog. It was suggested that having a Chinese program “requirements template” would be wonderful as well.
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