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Li-Ting Chang Awarded Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Fellowship

Posted on | by Thomas Mazanec

EALCS doctoral candidate Li-Ting Chang’s proposal, “Dear Darling”: The Love Letter as a New Cultural Sensation in Early Twentieth-Century China (親愛的愛人：二十世紀初中國情書文化熱潮), has been officially funded by the Board of Directors of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for a one-year fellowship (2026–2027). It examines the interplay between romantic love and the love letter, both of which underwent profound transformations from the 1910s to the 1930s. Focusing on the communicative genre of the love letter, her study aims to enrich our understanding of the literary and cultural histories of love by analyzing how literary discourse and romantic sentiment were channeled through everyday communication.

 

Text describing a course, over an image of several hands holding chopsticks, grabbing food from shared dishes. The text at top reads: EACS 181 A: Transnational East Asian Cinema and Food Culture. Dr. Beth Tsai (EALCS)." Text on bottom reads: "Fall 2021. This course examines how food an the related socio-political issues have been represented in East Asian cinemas. Students will explore narrative, visual, and symbolic uses of food in the context of popular culture and transnationalism. No prior knowledge of film studies is required. All films are subtitled. For more information, email bethtsai@ucsb.edu."

Two New Courses for Fall 2021

Posted on | by Thomas Mazanec

This fall, we will be introducing two new courses, both of which are taught by our new colleague, Dr. Beth Tsai (Visiting Assistant Professor of Taiwan Studies).

  • EACS 181A: Transnational East Asian Cinema and Food Culture
  • CHIN 126A: Reading Taiwan Literature

Please see the flyers below for more details.Text describing a course, over an image of several hands holding chopsticks, grabbing food from shared dishes. The text at top reads: EACS 181 A: Transnational East Asian Cinema and Food Culture. Dr. Beth Tsai (EALCS)." Text on bottom reads: "Fall 2021. This course examines how food an the related socio-political issues have been represented in East Asian cinemas. Students will explore narrative, visual, and symbolic uses of food in the context of popular culture and transnationalism. No prior knowledge of film studies is required. All films are subtitled. For more information, email bethtsai@ucsb.edu."

Gold border, red background. Image of a woman standing, facing away, holding a basket and looking at a village. Text at top reads: "CHIN 126 A: Reading Taiwan Literature. Dr. Beth Tsai (EALCS). Several lines in Chinese that give the title and author of a book. Text at bottom reads: "Fall 2021. This course offers an in-depth study of modern Taiwanese literature. We'll look at select authors' work from the late 60s to early 80s, exploring nativist literature (xiang-tu) and local consciousness, literary modernism, female writers, and violence against women in a patriarchal society. For more information, email bethtsai@ucsb.edu."