Month: February 2021

By Jia Mei Webinar hosted by Dr. Emily Chan at Colorado College, Joined by five panelists: Dr. John Williams (Colorado College), Dr. Christian Sorace (Colorado College), Dr. Keisha A. Brown (Tennessee State University), Dr. Catherine Liu (University of California, Irvine), and Dr. Maria Repnikova (Georgia State University). Amidst the increasing political tensions between the United States and China—arising from both the trade war and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic—US politicians have used anti-Chinese rhetoric to suit various political agendas. These include scapegoating China to cover up the US mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of “Chinese Virus” among other anti-Chinese rhetoric has led to a climate of fear and “Othering” for Asian Americans and Chinese nationals ab...

Growing up, I never really understood why people would wear their outdoor shoes into their homes. It was even more shocking to see people wear their shoes into their rooms, a place I imagine one would want to keep clean, especially if they would walk barefoot after showering. To me, taking off our shoes and leaving them by the door was an “Asian thing” that non-Asians typically did not relate to. So why do we take off our shoes? There is a deeper historical context to this tradition across different Asian cultures, but in general, one main reason is hygiene. Our shoes have walked down many dirty roads that have been spat on, muddied, littered, and more. Invisible to our naked eye are the thousands of bacteria on the underside of our shoes. When we go home—or even to sacred places—the cu...

By Kelly Yue Dr. Yogesh Chandrani joined Colorado College in 2015 as Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology and is now Assistant Professor of Religion and Asian Studies. His academic interests include Modern South Asia, religion and secularism, colonial modernity, nationalism, violence, memory and subjectivity. Why did you decide to come to CC? I have always wanted to teach at a liberal arts college and consider myself fortunate to be here.  In 2015, my wife Nadia Guessous was appointed to a tenure track position in Feminist and Gender Studies and I was offered a visiting appointment in the Anthropology Department.  As a visiting faculty, I taught courses in Anthropology, Religion and Asian Studies and in Fall 2019, I was offered a joint-tenure track by Asian S...

By Jia Mei Rishi Ling ’18 is a CC alumnus who majored in Music. Following graduation, he worked for one year as a Paraprofessional at the Department of Music at Colorado College. He received a Princeton in Asia Fellowship ’19 to teach English at the University of Macau in Macau, S.A.R. China. He is currently supporting PiA as an intern and also working as a tech facilitator for speech communications classes at various liberal arts and community colleges in the North Shore Chicago area Why did you apply to Princeton in Asia? I applied to PiA because I was looking for ways to connect with my own Chinese heritage through service-oriented work in Asia. Ideally, I had hoped to work as a teacher in a non-profit and support communities in the eastern and southeastern regions of China...