February 4, 2021
The 2021 Weatherhead Center Undergraduate Associate Thesis Conference, will feature the thesis research findings of the Center’s Undergraduate Associates. The conference entails a series of panels chaired by Weatherhead Center affiliates. Clustered by regional or disciplinary themes, each presentation is followed by questions, commentary, and feedback for the enhancement of thesis work in its final stages.
Up-to-date details on the conference, including the presenters’ abstracts, can be found on the conference website.
Agenda
All times are EST.
10:00–11:30 a.m. Panel One: Participation and Protest in East Asia
Chair: Ya-Wen Lei, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.
- Chihiro Ishikawa (Sociology), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Research Fellow. “Mobilizing Social Movements in East Asia: SNS Usage and Anonymity in Japanese and Korean Feminist NGOs”
- Alice Zhang (Social Studies), Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Research Fellow. “Normative and Ethnographic Support for Freedom of Expression in Greater China”
1:00–2:30 p.m. Panel Two: Indigeneity, Identity, and Politics
Chair: Troy Vettese, William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellow, Canada Program. PhD, Department of History, New York University.
- Phoebe Lindsay (Social Studies) Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Research Fellow. “Coming of Age in a New Democracy: How Young Indo-Fijians Navigate Identity and Community”
- Andrew Mammel (History) Canada Program Fellow. “ʔakniǂkaʔnuk: The Columbia River Treaty and The Libby Dam: Transnational and Tribal Perspectives”
3:00–5:00 p.m. Panel Three: Migration, Diaspora, and Radical Politics
Chair: Killian Clarke, Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of Politics, Princeton University.
- Heide Rogers (Government and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations) Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Research Fellow. “What Drives Diasporas to Engage with Their Home Country? The Lebanese Diaspora in the US”
- Raphaelle Soffe (Social Studies) Williams/Lodge International Government and Public Affairs Research Fellow. “Forecasting Brexit: Austerity-induced Local Public Service Cuts and the Rise of the Far-Right”
- Francesco Rolando (Social Studies) Hartley Rogers Family Research Fellow. “Healthcare as a Border: Migrants’ Access to and Exclusion from Healthcare Services in Turin, Italy”