April 2013: Guangdong Delegation Visits Stanford and Signs Agreement of Cooperation

A delegation from Guangdong universities and the provincial government visited Stanford, and Yuan Ding, Sun Yat-sen University, signed an agreement of cooperation between the Project and the Guangdong Overseas Chinese History Program. Guangdong delegation included: Professor Zhang Guoxiong (张国雄): 五邑大学副校长( Vice-Chancellor of Wu Yi University), Professor Zhang Yinglong(张应龙): 暨南大学华人华侨研究院副院长(Associate Dean »

November 2012: Dongfang Shao and Qiu Qi visit China to establish research collaboration

Dongfang Shao and Qiu Qi visited the Guangdong Overseas Research Center, Wuyi University, Jiangmen Museum and Jiangmen Wuyi Museum of Overseas Chinese, and Sun Yat-sen University Libraries, School of Asian and Pacific Studies of Sun Yat-sen University on research collaboration. Prof. Zhang Quoxiong, vice-president of WuYi University, signed an Intention »

September 2012: Project Participants Gather at Stanford

Participants in the Project from Asia and North America gathered at Stanford to share research on the railroad workers and to discuss prospects for future collaboration. The group included professors of American Studies, History, Literature, Anthropology/Archaeology, and translations studies, as well as community historians, artists, and independent scholars.  They came from »