Archives for the ‘China’ Category

As with everything, it’s best to start at the beginning…

By dbhusb • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: China, General Technology, Monroe, Research, intro, message politics

“It’s hard to start a blog.”
That was my first thought, after staring at the blinking cursor in MS Word for about five minutes, trying to figure out how to introduce myself, what I am researching, and make whoever is reading this immediately feel compelled to shout, “Look at this awesome blog I’ve found!”
So, […]



William Shakespeare: Visionary Marxist?

By meammi • Jul 24th, 2008 • Category: China, Chinese Language, Comparative literature, Cultural Revolution, General Technology, Mao, Marxism, Research, Shakespeare, Tiananmen Square, performance studies, translation

In this post I’m going to attempt to summarize the brief chronology of Shakespeare in Mainland China before and after Mao’s presidency.
The idea that one of the greatest English writers of all time is being simultaneously praised as a Marxist is astounding to most Western critics. However the technique of retrospectively varnishing philosophies onto Shakespeare […]



Introduction to 莎士比亚 (William Shakespeare)

By meammi • Jul 20th, 2008 • Category: , China, Chinese Language, Comparative literature, General Technology, Research, Shakespeare, performance studies, translation

Hello! My name is Megan and I am very excited to contribute to the exciting blogs already publishing information about undergraduate research. In this post I hope to give a brief overview of my project and the questions it usually raises.
I am an English and Theater major entering my junior year at William & […]



A Thesis in Search of an Adviser

By madness • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Adviser, Charles Center, China, General Technology, Research, Thesis, William and Mary, advising

All my plans were disrupted by my year abroad in China. I had taken the Junior Honors Seminar in spring 07, with a plan to write my thesis during the 07-08 school year. I had an adviser lined up who was interested in and knowledgeable about my project. But then China came and no thesis […]