Month: July 2018
Summer 2018 Field Research Fellow: Past and Present IDPs in Northern Myanmar
Tens of thousands of Myanmar citizens today are internally displaced. It is estimated that there are about 100,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kachin State and northern Shan State alone. Some estimates go as high as 120,000. These estimates are unlikely to include IDPs who have left the camps…
Summer 2018 Language Fellow – First Weeks in Beijing
Hello everyone! 大家好! I’m Kelly Alesio, this summer I have the opportunity to study Mandarin with Hamilton College’s Associated Colleges in China (ACC) program, so I’ll be living and attending classes at Minzu University of China, in Beijing’s Haidian District. This program is an intensive one, recommended by the university’s…