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Rosenberg Institute 2018-2019 (FY19) Annual Report
Introduction.
Summer 2019 marks completion of the tenth year of full operations for the
Rosenberg Institute, and also ten years since I joined Suffolk University to be
Director of the Institute. It is an appropriate time to reflect on our work in the ten
years that have passed.
During this past decade, the Institute has cooperated widely with departments
and with all the schools at Suffolk. From the College of Arts and Sciences we
have had joint activities with the Center for Community Engagement (CCE),
Center for Teaching and Scholarly Excellence (CTSE), Center for Urban Ecology
and Sustainability (CUES), departments of Communication and Journalism,
Economics, English, Engineering, Environmental Studies, the Ford Hall Forum,
Government, History, Philosophy, World Languages and Cultures. From the
Sawyer Business School we have had joint activities with Accounting, Finance,
Global MBA, Marketing, Strategy and International Business. From the Law
School we have co-sponsored programs with the Harry H. Dow Memorial
Scholarship and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
(APALSA). Faculty associated with all of these programs have brought their
students to Institute activities. We have also cooperated with our many Asiarelated student organizations on campus, which includes the Asian-American
Association, China Students and Scholars Association, Japan Student Association,
Korean Culture Club, South Asia Association, Taiwanese Students Association,
Vietnamese Students Association. In fact, I have acted as faculty advisor for
several of these student clubs.
The Rosenberg Institute has organized many lectures for our campus community
over this time. Speakers from local institutions have come from Boston College,
Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Yale, Smith College, as well as
our own Suffolk faculty. International speakers who have presented on campus
were from Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam. The Consuls-General of the relevant
diplomatic offices in Boston have all spoken on campus under the auspices of the
Rosenberg Institute: Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Community organizations with which the Rosenberg Institute has cooperated
during the past decade have included the Asian American Commission (organized
by the governor’s office), Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK),
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Boston Chinatown Community Center (BCNC), Brookline High School China
Exchange Program, Children’s Museum of Boston, Chinese Historical Society of
New England (CHSNE), National Committee on United States China Relations
(NCUSCR), Primary Source (for public school teachers interested in Asia),
WorldBoston (member of the World Affairs Councils).
Suffolk University has a strong leadership team in place. Chairman of the
Board of Trustees Bob Lamb and President Marisa Kelly fully understand the work
of the Rosenberg Institute. President Kelly has submitted a Strategic Plan for
Suffolk so the Rosenberg Institute will be aligning our programming to
complement the goals of that Plan. We report to Maria Toyoda, Dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences and also have the benefit of our Advisory Council which
includes members from many academic departments. The Council consists of
Micky Lee, Communication and Journalism, Chair of the Council; Audrey
Goldstein, Chair of the New England School of Art and Design (NESAD); Pat
Hogan, Chair of the Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability; Kathy Sparaco,
Executive Director of the INTO Program (preparing international students for
study at Suffolk); Jane Zhu, Marketing, Sawyer Business School.
The Rosenberg Institute sent eleven students for study abroad in Asia at one of
Suffolk’s partner schools during the FY19 academic year on the Rosenberg Asian
Studies Scholarships. In addition, the Institute funded partial travel costs for
three Suffolk faculty who were presenting papers at the 2nd International
Workshop on Urban Ecological Security and Sustainability (UESS) held at Fudan
University in Shanghai 24 to 27 June 2019 as described later in this Annual Report.
My work with the Institute has been possible because of our benefactors, Barbara
and Richard M. Rosenberg. I am extremely grateful for our benefator’s continued
support and wise council throughout these past ten years.
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Activities of the Rosenberg Institute 2018-2019
Rosenberg Institute assisted in showing “Maineland,” a new documentary
film about Chinese Students Studying in the US. The film depicts Chinese
students who spent their sophomore-senior years at the Fryeburg Academy in
Maine. They were embedded in an American learning environment while at the
same time going through the growing process of their teenage years. The
documentary showing was put on by Primary Source, a non-profit based in
Watertown, MA. It was shown at the popular Kendall Square Cinema in
Cambridge on 24 July 2918 and was attended by many secondary school educators
from the Boston area. Director Miao Wang was there to answer questions about the
film and the process of making it. The content of the film addresses questions
about where China is headed in the next generation. The film is visually attractive
and has an evocative sound track. The Rosenberg Institute received compliments
from many in the audience for our work in promoting an interest in Asia.
The Empress of China Exhibition was held at the Peabody Essex Museum in
Salem from August 2018 to February 2019. Daisy Wang, Curator of Chinese and
East Asian Art asked the Rosenberg Institute to help spread the word about the
Exhibition. Dr. Suleski was invited and attended the Opening Reception at the
Museum in September 2018 as were several of our list-serve colleagues, including
faculty from Harvard.
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The Asian American Commission was set up by the Governor’s Office of the
State of Massachusetts. It works to represent the Asian American communities in
our area. The Rosenberg Institute joined in announcing their Asian American
CommissionAAPI (Asian American & Pacific Islander) Scholarship.
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Asian American Commission’s 7th Annual Young Leaders Symposium
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2018
India Day Festival. The celebration took place on 19 August 2918 at the Boston
City Hall Plaza. The event was FREE entry for all. Many of our Rosenberg
Institute colleagues interested in India or who had visited India were happy to
participate. Sponsored by the Indian Association of Greater Boston.
Suffolk Professor Elizabeth Robinson took six Suffolk students to Vietnam as
part of Alternative Spring Break in the Spring 2018 semester.
The students were in the TESOL (Teachers of English to Students of Other
Languages) program and all were working to earn the TESOL Certificate. The
Vietnamese students were eager to learn from native English speakers, so the
experience was a win-win situation. The Rosenberg Institute helped to subsidize
the cost of this project.
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TESOL students and Professor Elizabeth Robinson (third from left) visited the Ho
Chi Minh Mausoleum (Photo: Elie Crief)
The Rosenberg Institue Arranged for Suffolk Students get jobs as mentors in
the VietAID after school program. August-September 2018. They worked with
Vietnamese-American children in the Dorchester area of Boston in a supervised
learning environment. This was the third year in a row involving Suffolk student
sin the program.
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Children in the Vietaid Program in Dorchester
Author Deborah Fellows spoke about Dreaming in Chinese. She talked about
her experience living in China from 2006 to 2010. The talk was sponsored by
Rosenberg Institute Community Outreach Partner Primary Source, on 2 October
2018 at Newton South High School. The talk was based on her books Dreaming in
Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language and her new book Our
Towns (written with husband James Fallows)
The Rosenberg Institute again Sponsored a China Town Hall. Held on 9
October 2918 the closed webcast featured Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State in
the George W. Bush administration. Joining us at Suffolk University as a
moderator for our local audience in the Sargent Building was Professor Joseph
Fewsmith, a specialist in Chinese elite politics. The meeting was organized by the
National Committee on United States-China Relations. The local co-sponsors
were WorldBoston (a member of the World Affairs Council) and the Rosenberg
Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk University.
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CHINA Town Hall:
Local Connections, National Reflections
Tuesday, October 9
5:30—7:30 pm
Faculty Dining
Room #495
Suffolk University
120 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02108
Featuring on-site
discussion with
And a national
webcast led by
The Honorable
Condoleezza Rice
Joseph Fewsmith
Professor of International
Relations & Political Science,
Boston University
Former Secretary of State
and National Security Advisor
China's rapid development and Sino-American relations
have a direct impact on the lives of just about everyone in the
United States. CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National
Reflections, is a national day of programming designed to
provide Americans across the United States and beyond the
opportunity to discuss issues in the relationship with leading
experts.
CHINA Town Hall is a national conversation on China
taking place in 95+ communities in the U.S.
Admission is free, RSVP encouraged at
www.worldboston.org/events-calendar
Refreshments will be available.
Special thanks to our partner, the Barbara and Richard M.
Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies .
The Silk Road. Nations Unknown Even to Trade? Knowledge Transfer and
the Silk Trade between the Mediterranean and Asia in Antiquity. This was the
topic at an evening session of the East Asian Archaeology Forum (EAAF) Lecture
held at Boston University. The featured speaker was Dr. Berit Hildebrandt, of the
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Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning and Creativity, Jamtli Museum, Östersund,
Sweden, and Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany. Dr. Suleski took two
Suffolk students with him to the talk.
A gathering of Taiwan Student Leaders was held at Suffolk on 25 September
2018. Participants were composed of presidents and vice presidents of
Taiwanese Student Associations from across New England, including the
Taiwanese Students Association at Suffolk. The meeting, held annually, was
organized by the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
(TECO) in Boston. The Rosenberg Institute acted as a co-sponsor of the event. A
group photo of the smiling student leaders appears below.
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Taiwan Student Leaders and Suffolk students, gather at Suffolk University.
Our colleagues at the India Discovery Center once again held an all-day seminar,
on the Hindu Period of India’s history. Several of our colleagues have attended
these seminars in the past, and all have reported them as rewarding experiences.
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Diwali Night was held 6 November 2018 at Suffolk. This is the annual festival
in India where families get together to celebrate family and community. It is the
Hindu festival of lights, symbolizing the spiritual victory of light over darkness.
This is one of the most popular festivals in India. It was sponsored by the South
Asian Student Association at Suffolk.
Cultural Exchange Asian Night. Suffolk Students gathered to promote cultural
exchange with Asia on 8 November 2918. They did it in the form of a party with
food and fun, held in the Smith Café of the Somerset Building (in 2019 re-named
the Samia Academic Center). It was organized by the Japan Student Association
and the Taiwanese Student Association. Several of Dr. Suleski’s students were
involved in organizing and promoting the event, along with help from the
Rosenberg Institute.
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Challenging Family Separation in Court: Reunification & the Right to Seek
Asylum was the 5th Harry Dow Lecture Series on Immigration Law. The
speaker was Sirine Shebaya, senior staff attorney for Muslim Advocates. In
addition, the Harry H. Dow Memorial Scholarship Award was presented to student
Kelly Bae, a second year student at Suffolk Law.
Among the speakers were Leah C. Grinvald, Associate Dean of Suffolk University
Law School; Ragini Shah, Professor of Suffolk University Law School; Patrick
Shin, Associate Dean of Suffolk University Law School. The program was
organized by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA).
The sponsors of this program included: the Moakley Archive and Institute, the
Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts, the Immigration Law
Association, the Black Law Student Association, the Professional & Career
Development Office, and the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk.
Learning a New Language. Suffolk International Students Organized a Language
Learning Party. This was held on 13 November 2018 by students enrolled in the
INTO Program, designed to prepare international students for study at Suffolk. In
this activity students from various countries gave sample language lessons about
their native languages, as part of International Education Week. The event was
well attended and the students all seemed eager to try out all the new languages.
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The Association for Asian Studies held its regional New England meeting on 6
October 2018 at Brandeis University. The Rosenberg Institute covered the
conference fee for Suffolk faculty attending the meeting. Suffolk faculty also
organized two panel sessions. Among the faculty giving talks were Amy Fisher
(Philosophy), Jonathan Haughton (Economics), Micky Lee (Communication and
Journalism/Asian Studies Committee Director), Ronald Suleski
(History/Rosenberg Institute), Weiqi Zhang (Government), Da Zheng (English).
In addition the Rosenberg Institute covered the conference fee for three Suffolk
students attending the conference: Nigel Dabare, Leah Nicole Magno, and Liam
Martin. It was their first time to attend a professional academic conference.
All of the Suffolk attendees were supported by the Rosenberg Institute, which
covered the cost of conference registration.
Some of the Suffolk faculty attending the AAS Regional Conference at Brandeis. L
to R: Da Zheng (English); Ronald Suleski (History/Rosenberg Institute); Amy
Fisher (Philosophy); Micky Lee (Communication and Journalism, Asian Studies
Committee); Jonathan Haughton (Economics).
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Delegation of Faculty from China Visit Suffolk Hosted by the Rosenberg
Institute. The delegation was welcomed from Xi’an Polytechnical University 西
安工業大學, Xi’an, China. This is a top-rated research university in China, and
the visitors were from the School of Foreign Studies. The delegation was
composed of: Ms. Zhang Yi 张奕 , Associate Dean and Professor; Ms. Gao Min 高
敏 , Associate Dean; Ms. Zhao Xueai 赵雪爱, Professor; Mr. Deng Tao 邓涛’,
Associate Professor and Course Coordinator; Ms. Gao Jie 高絜, Lecturer.
This visit was co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Scholarly
Excellence (CTSE) and the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. Both
co-sponsors received enthusiastic support from Suffolk to make this a successful
visit. The delegation was greeted by President Kelly, Acting Provost Royo, CAS
Dean Maria Toyoda, and Associate Dean Lisa Celovsky. They met many program
chairs including Pat Hogan, Chair of the Center for Urban Ecology and
Sustainability; Kathy Sparaco, Executive Director of INTO Suffolk; Linda
Bruenjes, Director of CTSE; Micky Lee, Director of the Asian Studies Program
and Chair of the Rosenberg Institute Advisory Council; Elizabeth Robinson,
Director of the TESL Program; Alina Choo, Managing Director of the Division of
Student Success; Viviana Leyva, CIPS, Division of Student Success, and CTSE
staff. The delegation was introduced to Suffolk through Da Zheng of English and
the Asian Studies Program, and was organized by Ronald Suleski.
At the end of the visit, Dean Zhang from Xi’an expressed her grateful thanks for
the efforts of all the Suffolk people to provide them with an informative and
comprehensive visit to our school.
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Suffolk faculty and some of our visitors from China. Left to Right: Da Zheng, Gao
Min, Zhang Yi, Ronald Suleski, Pat Hogan, Zhao Xuiai, Gao Jie, Deng Tao.
Taiwan Today: Perspectives from Taipei was the title of the roundtable-style
conference. Dr. Suleski of the Rosenberg Institute was invited to attend the
conference organized by WorldBoston and Boston University. Suffolk’s Acting
Provost Sebastian Royo also attended, as did the newly appointed Director-General
of the Taipei Educational and Cultural Office (TECO), Douglas Hsu. The event
was held on 15 January 2019.
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The Last Boat Out of Shanghai. This is the Epic Story of the Chinese Who
Fled Mao’s Revolution, a book by Helen Zia. She spoke at the Pao Arts Center
located in Boston’s Chinatown district. The book reading was organized by the
Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) and the Pao Arts Center on
12 February 2019. Several friends of the Rosenberg Institute were present.
Chinese Nationality Laws & Asian-American Identity. Dr. Norman Ho visited
Suffolk at the invitation of the Rosenberg Institute to speak before a large audience
of Suffolk faculty, students, and administrators on 4 February 2019
Dr. Ho is Associate Professor of Law at Peking University School of Transnational
Law. He is a graduate of Harvard and the NYU School of Law. His topic was
Chinese Nationality Laws & Asian-American Identity. Why is this topic
important? Recently the Chinese government arrested a Chinese-American visiting
China, who had been born in the United States. Because he had Chinese blood,
they assumed they could treat him as if he were a Chinese citizen. How do AsianAmericans feel about this? Do Asian-Americans feel at home in the United States,
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the country where they were born and raised? These and other questions were
discussed at the talk.
The lecture was sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Law Students
Association (APALSA), the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk funded by the Lowell
Society, and by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk.
Two Films from Thailand. The Rosenberg Institute was asked to assist in
drawing an audience to these two films by the program organizers, the Film Study
Center, the Visual and Environmental Studies Department, and the Thai Studies
Program at the Asia Center at Harvard University present. The program was titled
An Evening with noted director Anocha Suwichakornpong.
The two films shown were By the Time It Gets Dark (Dao khanong, Thailand
2016) and Nightfall (Singapore 2016). Held on 7 February 2019, many in the
audience were interested in recent Thai politics as portrayed in the films, along
with the movie buffs interested in the director’s career. The director Anocha
Suwichakornpong, a visiting scholar of the Visual and Environmental Studies
program at Harvard, carried on a dialogue with the audience.
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Daily Life for the Common People of China, 1850 to 1950 is the title of my new
book, published by Brill Publishers. The publisher has been issuing academic
studies about Asia and the Orient since the 1683, first in Leiden. Holland and now
with a US Office in Boston. The book came out in November 2018. I was invited
to give a talk on the book by the Asian Studies Program at Suffolk, and the History
Department. We had the talk on 13 February 2018 and filled up the Poetry Center
with Suffolk faculty and students, plus some researchers from other academic
institutions in the Boston area.
My book uses a new category of source materials. These are hand-written booklets
prepared by the common people of China from 1850 to 1950. They were used to
tell fortunes, to chase away troublesome ghosts, to use herbs to make medicine, to
decide how to pick a mate for their children, and for all the everyday questions
people had. Many were written by people with a poor education because many
people were minimally literate at that time. Most of these booklets had been
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thrown away by the families that kept them. I have located these at antique and
junk stores in China.
Suffolk Faculty, Administrators, and Students Visited Cambodia and
Myanmar in January 2019. This was part of the Alternative Winter Break
program. The twenty students worked to help farmers build basic housing, to
repair elementary school properties, and to give classes in basic English
conversation.
The delegation was organized by Roberto Dominguez, professor in the
Government Department. It was headed by Assistant Dean of Students Shawn
Newton. The two chaperons were the directors of the Center for Community
Engagement, one of the sponsors of the Alternative Winter Break Program, Adam
Westbrook and Dennis Harkins.
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After returning to Suffolk, the students and faculty had a Reunion and Rosenberg
Appreciation Open House on 13 February 2019 to show slides from the visit and
for the students to talk about their experiences. The Rosenberg Institute was
pleased to once again help subsidize this trip and keep the costs down for each
participant. The Government Department was behind this activity, as was the
Center for Community Engagement.
China’s Belt and Road in Europe. Several speakers were organized by the
Pardee School for Global Studies at Boston University to speak about how China is
extending its trade and economic power into Europe. The event was held on 21
February 2919. Among the speakers was Grant Rhode (Naval War College) who
has been active with the Rosenberg Institute. The symposium was co-sponsored by
the BU Center for the Study of Asia which asked the Rosenberg Institute to help
promote the seminar.
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Asian Perspectives on Health and Work is a course offered at Suffolk in Fall
2019. Our colleague Dr. Sukanya Ray of the Psychology Department turned to the
Rosenberg Institute to help advertise this course in Asia-related classes. We
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Going Global: The People’s Navy in a Time of Strategic Transformation. This
conference was organized by the China Maritime Studies Institute at the US Naval
War College and was held in May 2019. The Rosenberg Institute had responses
and interest from six of our colleagues, some of whom were invited to join this
conference. The organizers at the Naval War College were appreciative of our
ability to draw in audience members to their event.
Suffolk’s Asian American Association and Vietnamese Student Association
teamed up to have a party for all students to welcome spring. Together with
all the attending students they made spring rolls. Ingredients were supplied by
SODEXO the Suffolk food service, and the program was co-sponsored by the
Office of Off-Campus Housing Commuter Ambassadors. The turnout of students
was larger than expected, but in the end everyone was able to eat freshly-prepared
spring rolls. The activity was held on 28 March 2019.
Suffolk Welcomed Visiting Scholar Peichi Chung (鍾珮琦) of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong to be on our campus until the end of 2019. She
received her Ph.D. from the Department of Telecommunication, Indiana
University-Bloomington. Her teaching and research interests include new media
and digital culture. She examines issues related to new media production and
cultural policy in sub-regional locations within Asia. She is currently completing
her longitudinal ethnographic work on Asian game industries in East and Southeast
Asia.
Our Suffolk students who are particularly interested in e-gaming, creation,
marketing, and impact, are especially interested in learning of her work. She is
hosted by the Department of Communication and Journalism, and also by Micky
Lee, Director of the Asian Studies Program and Chair of the Rosenberg Institute
Advisory Council.
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A new student club at Suffolk. In April 2019 we welcomed the Southeast Asian
Association (SEAA). The President is Joseph Effendy, majoring in information
systems and operations management. He was born in Indonesia, grew up in
Singapore, and proudly says his grandparents came from China. The VicePresident is Dalton Ryan, a student who has been active in helping to send students
on service trips abroad. The Secretary is Leah Mango, a student from the
Philippines, and the club Treasurer is student Shane Camania. The faculty advisor
is Professor Roberto Dominguez of the Government Department.
President Joseph Effendy and Secretary Leah Mango of the Southeast Asian
Association, a new student club at Suffolk.
Chinatown Boston Began an Archeological Dig. The site has been occupied
since the 1840s. In 1929 it became a fancy Chinese restaurant called Ruby Foo’s
Den. The dig will have some trained archaeologists and will also rely on
volunteers to do the sifting of gathered earth looking for hidden treasures. At the
opening of the dig in early July 2019 there were some people with long Suffolk
association, including Justina Chu who is a fan of the Rosenberg Institute and who
recently retired after decades of work at the Suffolk Law School. She’s in a photo
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below. A number of competent organizations teamed up together to carry out this
project, headed by our Community Outreach Partner the Chinese Historical Society
of New England (CHSNE), and also including the City of Boston Archaeology
Department, Friends of Archaeology, Chinese American Citizen’s Alliance –
Boston Lodge, Chinese American Heritage Foundation.
This photo shows people from the groups that have come together to carry out the
dig. They are from the Chinatown Historical Society of New England (CHSNE),
the City of Boston Archaeology Department, Friends of Archaeology, Chinese
American Citizen’s Alliance – Boston Lodge, Chinese American Heritage
Foundation, and some volunteers.
Justina Chu is in the red shirt practicing to become an
archaeologist.
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The 2nd International Workshop on Urban Ecological Security and
Sustainability (UESS 2019) was held at Fudan University in Shanghai, China
from 24 to 27 June 2019. The Rosenberg Institute has been one of the major
supporters of this international collaboration. The partnership between the
Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability (CUES) at Suffolk University and
Fudan University was established to (1) foster research collaborations between
Chinese and American researchers, (2) to create courses that could be taught
between the two campuses for students from both institutions, and to (3) promote
exchanges of both faculty and students across campuses. Examples of possible
collaboration areas that were presented at UESS 2019 include coastal systems and
invasive species, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), modeling
techniques and environmental policy.
A delegation of faculty from Suffolk, supported in part by the Rosenberg
Institute, attended UESS 2019 to give short, twenty-minute presentations on their
efforts since UESS 2018 (held at Suffolk University). Among faculty members
attending from Suffolk were CUES faculty —Dr. Hayley Schiebel and Mr. Scott
Lussier—who chaired the graduate paper competition and provided a keynote
presentation, respectively. Carlos Rufin, Chair of the Strategy and International
Business Department of the Sawyer Business School, presented as did Sean Solley,
Director of the Interior Architecture and Design Program in the College of Art and
Sciences. Dean Maria Toyoda of the School of Arts and Sciences was also on hand
to give a closing speech to the body of international attendees. In addition to
Suffolk University faculty, American researchers from Northeastern University
and the University of Massachusetts Boston, who had attended UESS 2018 in
Boston, also attended UESS 2019.
Xiangrong Wang, PhD, Director of the Centre for Urban Eco-planning and Design
and co-founder of the partnership between Fudan University and CUES, attended
UESS 2018 as well. Other Fudan University attendees included Xiaojiang Gao,
Dean of Environmental Science and Engineering at Fudan and Yin Ren from the
Institute of Urban Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In addition to
attendees from Fudan University, specialists from East China Normal University,
Nanjing Forestry University, and other schools in China gave the same type of oral
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presentation as the American delegates in efforts to forge research collaborations
moving forward.
Many faculty and students from Fudan University crowded into the lecture
sessions showing their interest and enthusiasm for the partnership. The Suffolk
delegation was impressed with the modern facilities available at Fudan University
and by the friendship displayed by their Chinese hosts at every turn. Tours of the
two Fudan University campuses, shared lunches and dinners, and a field trip to a
sponge city outside of Shanghai were a few of the activities included in the agenda
that encouraged not only collaboration opportunities, but also friendships. The
third in this series of international workshops –UESS 2020—will be held at
Suffolk University in June 2020.
A group photo from the UESS 2019 conference held at Fudan University.
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Dr. Xiangrong Wang from the Department of Environmental Science and
Engineering of Fudan University, gave the opening speech.
Suffolk’s own Pat Hogan Chair of the Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability
(CUES), who initiated these joint workshops between Fudan and Suffolk, was also
at the gathering.
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Introduction.
Summer 2019 marks completion of the tenth year of full operations for the
Rosenberg Institute, and also ten years since I joined Suffolk University to be
Director of the Institute. It is an appropriate time to reflect on our work in the ten
years that have passed.
During this past decade, the Institute has cooperated widely with departments
and with all the schools at Suffolk. From the College of Arts and Sciences we
have had joint activities with the Center for Community Engagement (CCE),
Center for Teaching and Scholarly Excellence (CTSE), Center for Urban Ecology
and Sustainability (CUES), departments of Communication and Journalism,
Economics, English, Engineering, Environmental Studies, the Ford Hall Forum,
Government, History, Philosophy, World Languages and Cultures. From the
Sawyer Business School we have had joint activities with Accounting, Finance,
Global MBA, Marketing, Strategy and International Business. From the Law
School we have co-sponsored programs with the Harry H. Dow Memorial
Scholarship and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
(APALSA). Faculty associated with all of these programs have brought their
students to Institute activities. We have also cooperated with our many Asiarelated student organizations on campus, which includes the Asian-American
Association, China Students and Scholars Association, Japan Student Association,
Korean Culture Club, South Asia Association, Taiwanese Students Association,
Vietnamese Students Association. In fact, I have acted as faculty advisor for
several of these student clubs.
The Rosenberg Institute has organized many lectures for our campus community
over this time. Speakers from local institutions have come from Boston College,
Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Yale, Smith College, as well as
our own Suffolk faculty. International speakers who have presented on campus
were from Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam. The Consuls-General of the relevant
diplomatic offices in Boston have all spoken on campus under the auspices of the
Rosenberg Institute: Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Community organizations with which the Rosenberg Institute has cooperated
during the past decade have included the Asian American Commission (organized
by the governor’s office), Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK),
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Boston Chinatown Community Center (BCNC), Brookline High School China
Exchange Program, Children’s Museum of Boston, Chinese Historical Society of
New England (CHSNE), National Committee on United States China Relations
(NCUSCR), Primary Source (for public school teachers interested in Asia),
WorldBoston (member of the World Affairs Councils).
Suffolk University has a strong leadership team in place. Chairman of the
Board of Trustees Bob Lamb and President Marisa Kelly fully understand the work
of the Rosenberg Institute. President Kelly has submitted a Strategic Plan for
Suffolk so the Rosenberg Institute will be aligning our programming to
complement the goals of that Plan. We report to Maria Toyoda, Dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences and also have the benefit of our Advisory Council which
includes members from many academic departments. The Council consists of
Micky Lee, Communication and Journalism, Chair of the Council; Audrey
Goldstein, Chair of the New England School of Art and Design (NESAD); Pat
Hogan, Chair of the Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability; Kathy Sparaco,
Executive Director of the INTO Program (preparing international students for
study at Suffolk); Jane Zhu, Marketing, Sawyer Business School.
The Rosenberg Institute sent eleven students for study abroad in Asia at one of
Suffolk’s partner schools during the FY19 academic year on the Rosenberg Asian
Studies Scholarships. In addition, the Institute funded partial travel costs for
three Suffolk faculty who were presenting papers at the 2nd International
Workshop on Urban Ecological Security and Sustainability (UESS) held at Fudan
University in Shanghai 24 to 27 June 2019 as described later in this Annual Report.
My work with the Institute has been possible because of our benefactors, Barbara
and Richard M. Rosenberg. I am extremely grateful for our benefator’s continued
support and wise council throughout these past ten years.
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Activities of the Rosenberg Institute 2018-2019
Rosenberg Institute assisted in showing “Maineland,” a new documentary
film about Chinese Students Studying in the US. The film depicts Chinese
students who spent their sophomore-senior years at the Fryeburg Academy in
Maine. They were embedded in an American learning environment while at the
same time going through the growing process of their teenage years. The
documentary showing was put on by Primary Source, a non-profit based in
Watertown, MA. It was shown at the popular Kendall Square Cinema in
Cambridge on 24 July 2918 and was attended by many secondary school educators
from the Boston area. Director Miao Wang was there to answer questions about the
film and the process of making it. The content of the film addresses questions
about where China is headed in the next generation. The film is visually attractive
and has an evocative sound track. The Rosenberg Institute received compliments
from many in the audience for our work in promoting an interest in Asia.
The Empress of China Exhibition was held at the Peabody Essex Museum in
Salem from August 2018 to February 2019. Daisy Wang, Curator of Chinese and
East Asian Art asked the Rosenberg Institute to help spread the word about the
Exhibition. Dr. Suleski was invited and attended the Opening Reception at the
Museum in September 2018 as were several of our list-serve colleagues, including
faculty from Harvard.
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The Asian American Commission was set up by the Governor’s Office of the
State of Massachusetts. It works to represent the Asian American communities in
our area. The Rosenberg Institute joined in announcing their Asian American
CommissionAAPI (Asian American & Pacific Islander) Scholarship.
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Asian American Commission’s 7th Annual Young Leaders Symposium
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2018
India Day Festival. The celebration took place on 19 August 2918 at the Boston
City Hall Plaza. The event was FREE entry for all. Many of our Rosenberg
Institute colleagues interested in India or who had visited India were happy to
participate. Sponsored by the Indian Association of Greater Boston.
Suffolk Professor Elizabeth Robinson took six Suffolk students to Vietnam as
part of Alternative Spring Break in the Spring 2018 semester.
The students were in the TESOL (Teachers of English to Students of Other
Languages) program and all were working to earn the TESOL Certificate. The
Vietnamese students were eager to learn from native English speakers, so the
experience was a win-win situation. The Rosenberg Institute helped to subsidize
the cost of this project.
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TESOL students and Professor Elizabeth Robinson (third from left) visited the Ho
Chi Minh Mausoleum (Photo: Elie Crief)
The Rosenberg Institue Arranged for Suffolk Students get jobs as mentors in
the VietAID after school program. August-September 2018. They worked with
Vietnamese-American children in the Dorchester area of Boston in a supervised
learning environment. This was the third year in a row involving Suffolk student
sin the program.
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Children in the Vietaid Program in Dorchester
Author Deborah Fellows spoke about Dreaming in Chinese. She talked about
her experience living in China from 2006 to 2010. The talk was sponsored by
Rosenberg Institute Community Outreach Partner Primary Source, on 2 October
2018 at Newton South High School. The talk was based on her books Dreaming in
Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language and her new book Our
Towns (written with husband James Fallows)
The Rosenberg Institute again Sponsored a China Town Hall. Held on 9
October 2918 the closed webcast featured Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State in
the George W. Bush administration. Joining us at Suffolk University as a
moderator for our local audience in the Sargent Building was Professor Joseph
Fewsmith, a specialist in Chinese elite politics. The meeting was organized by the
National Committee on United States-China Relations. The local co-sponsors
were WorldBoston (a member of the World Affairs Council) and the Rosenberg
Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk University.
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CHINA Town Hall:
Local Connections, National Reflections
Tuesday, October 9
5:30—7:30 pm
Faculty Dining
Room #495
Suffolk University
120 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02108
Featuring on-site
discussion with
And a national
webcast led by
The Honorable
Condoleezza Rice
Joseph Fewsmith
Professor of International
Relations & Political Science,
Boston University
Former Secretary of State
and National Security Advisor
China's rapid development and Sino-American relations
have a direct impact on the lives of just about everyone in the
United States. CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National
Reflections, is a national day of programming designed to
provide Americans across the United States and beyond the
opportunity to discuss issues in the relationship with leading
experts.
CHINA Town Hall is a national conversation on China
taking place in 95+ communities in the U.S.
Admission is free, RSVP encouraged at
www.worldboston.org/events-calendar
Refreshments will be available.
Special thanks to our partner, the Barbara and Richard M.
Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies .
The Silk Road. Nations Unknown Even to Trade? Knowledge Transfer and
the Silk Trade between the Mediterranean and Asia in Antiquity. This was the
topic at an evening session of the East Asian Archaeology Forum (EAAF) Lecture
held at Boston University. The featured speaker was Dr. Berit Hildebrandt, of the
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Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning and Creativity, Jamtli Museum, Östersund,
Sweden, and Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany. Dr. Suleski took two
Suffolk students with him to the talk.
A gathering of Taiwan Student Leaders was held at Suffolk on 25 September
2018. Participants were composed of presidents and vice presidents of
Taiwanese Student Associations from across New England, including the
Taiwanese Students Association at Suffolk. The meeting, held annually, was
organized by the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
(TECO) in Boston. The Rosenberg Institute acted as a co-sponsor of the event. A
group photo of the smiling student leaders appears below.
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Taiwan Student Leaders and Suffolk students, gather at Suffolk University.
Our colleagues at the India Discovery Center once again held an all-day seminar,
on the Hindu Period of India’s history. Several of our colleagues have attended
these seminars in the past, and all have reported them as rewarding experiences.
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Diwali Night was held 6 November 2018 at Suffolk. This is the annual festival
in India where families get together to celebrate family and community. It is the
Hindu festival of lights, symbolizing the spiritual victory of light over darkness.
This is one of the most popular festivals in India. It was sponsored by the South
Asian Student Association at Suffolk.
Cultural Exchange Asian Night. Suffolk Students gathered to promote cultural
exchange with Asia on 8 November 2918. They did it in the form of a party with
food and fun, held in the Smith Café of the Somerset Building (in 2019 re-named
the Samia Academic Center). It was organized by the Japan Student Association
and the Taiwanese Student Association. Several of Dr. Suleski’s students were
involved in organizing and promoting the event, along with help from the
Rosenberg Institute.
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Challenging Family Separation in Court: Reunification & the Right to Seek
Asylum was the 5th Harry Dow Lecture Series on Immigration Law. The
speaker was Sirine Shebaya, senior staff attorney for Muslim Advocates. In
addition, the Harry H. Dow Memorial Scholarship Award was presented to student
Kelly Bae, a second year student at Suffolk Law.
Among the speakers were Leah C. Grinvald, Associate Dean of Suffolk University
Law School; Ragini Shah, Professor of Suffolk University Law School; Patrick
Shin, Associate Dean of Suffolk University Law School. The program was
organized by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA).
The sponsors of this program included: the Moakley Archive and Institute, the
Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts, the Immigration Law
Association, the Black Law Student Association, the Professional & Career
Development Office, and the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk.
Learning a New Language. Suffolk International Students Organized a Language
Learning Party. This was held on 13 November 2018 by students enrolled in the
INTO Program, designed to prepare international students for study at Suffolk. In
this activity students from various countries gave sample language lessons about
their native languages, as part of International Education Week. The event was
well attended and the students all seemed eager to try out all the new languages.
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The Association for Asian Studies held its regional New England meeting on 6
October 2018 at Brandeis University. The Rosenberg Institute covered the
conference fee for Suffolk faculty attending the meeting. Suffolk faculty also
organized two panel sessions. Among the faculty giving talks were Amy Fisher
(Philosophy), Jonathan Haughton (Economics), Micky Lee (Communication and
Journalism/Asian Studies Committee Director), Ronald Suleski
(History/Rosenberg Institute), Weiqi Zhang (Government), Da Zheng (English).
In addition the Rosenberg Institute covered the conference fee for three Suffolk
students attending the conference: Nigel Dabare, Leah Nicole Magno, and Liam
Martin. It was their first time to attend a professional academic conference.
All of the Suffolk attendees were supported by the Rosenberg Institute, which
covered the cost of conference registration.
Some of the Suffolk faculty attending the AAS Regional Conference at Brandeis. L
to R: Da Zheng (English); Ronald Suleski (History/Rosenberg Institute); Amy
Fisher (Philosophy); Micky Lee (Communication and Journalism, Asian Studies
Committee); Jonathan Haughton (Economics).
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Delegation of Faculty from China Visit Suffolk Hosted by the Rosenberg
Institute. The delegation was welcomed from Xi’an Polytechnical University 西
安工業大學, Xi’an, China. This is a top-rated research university in China, and
the visitors were from the School of Foreign Studies. The delegation was
composed of: Ms. Zhang Yi 张奕 , Associate Dean and Professor; Ms. Gao Min 高
敏 , Associate Dean; Ms. Zhao Xueai 赵雪爱, Professor; Mr. Deng Tao 邓涛’,
Associate Professor and Course Coordinator; Ms. Gao Jie 高絜, Lecturer.
This visit was co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Scholarly
Excellence (CTSE) and the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. Both
co-sponsors received enthusiastic support from Suffolk to make this a successful
visit. The delegation was greeted by President Kelly, Acting Provost Royo, CAS
Dean Maria Toyoda, and Associate Dean Lisa Celovsky. They met many program
chairs including Pat Hogan, Chair of the Center for Urban Ecology and
Sustainability; Kathy Sparaco, Executive Director of INTO Suffolk; Linda
Bruenjes, Director of CTSE; Micky Lee, Director of the Asian Studies Program
and Chair of the Rosenberg Institute Advisory Council; Elizabeth Robinson,
Director of the TESL Program; Alina Choo, Managing Director of the Division of
Student Success; Viviana Leyva, CIPS, Division of Student Success, and CTSE
staff. The delegation was introduced to Suffolk through Da Zheng of English and
the Asian Studies Program, and was organized by Ronald Suleski.
At the end of the visit, Dean Zhang from Xi’an expressed her grateful thanks for
the efforts of all the Suffolk people to provide them with an informative and
comprehensive visit to our school.
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Suffolk faculty and some of our visitors from China. Left to Right: Da Zheng, Gao
Min, Zhang Yi, Ronald Suleski, Pat Hogan, Zhao Xuiai, Gao Jie, Deng Tao.
Taiwan Today: Perspectives from Taipei was the title of the roundtable-style
conference. Dr. Suleski of the Rosenberg Institute was invited to attend the
conference organized by WorldBoston and Boston University. Suffolk’s Acting
Provost Sebastian Royo also attended, as did the newly appointed Director-General
of the Taipei Educational and Cultural Office (TECO), Douglas Hsu. The event
was held on 15 January 2019.
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The Last Boat Out of Shanghai. This is the Epic Story of the Chinese Who
Fled Mao’s Revolution, a book by Helen Zia. She spoke at the Pao Arts Center
located in Boston’s Chinatown district. The book reading was organized by the
Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) and the Pao Arts Center on
12 February 2019. Several friends of the Rosenberg Institute were present.
Chinese Nationality Laws & Asian-American Identity. Dr. Norman Ho visited
Suffolk at the invitation of the Rosenberg Institute to speak before a large audience
of Suffolk faculty, students, and administrators on 4 February 2019
Dr. Ho is Associate Professor of Law at Peking University School of Transnational
Law. He is a graduate of Harvard and the NYU School of Law. His topic was
Chinese Nationality Laws & Asian-American Identity. Why is this topic
important? Recently the Chinese government arrested a Chinese-American visiting
China, who had been born in the United States. Because he had Chinese blood,
they assumed they could treat him as if he were a Chinese citizen. How do AsianAmericans feel about this? Do Asian-Americans feel at home in the United States,
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the country where they were born and raised? These and other questions were
discussed at the talk.
The lecture was sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Law Students
Association (APALSA), the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk funded by the Lowell
Society, and by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk.
Two Films from Thailand. The Rosenberg Institute was asked to assist in
drawing an audience to these two films by the program organizers, the Film Study
Center, the Visual and Environmental Studies Department, and the Thai Studies
Program at the Asia Center at Harvard University present. The program was titled
An Evening with noted director Anocha Suwichakornpong.
The two films shown were By the Time It Gets Dark (Dao khanong, Thailand
2016) and Nightfall (Singapore 2016). Held on 7 February 2019, many in the
audience were interested in recent Thai politics as portrayed in the films, along
with the movie buffs interested in the director’s career. The director Anocha
Suwichakornpong, a visiting scholar of the Visual and Environmental Studies
program at Harvard, carried on a dialogue with the audience.
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Daily Life for the Common People of China, 1850 to 1950 is the title of my new
book, published by Brill Publishers. The publisher has been issuing academic
studies about Asia and the Orient since the 1683, first in Leiden. Holland and now
with a US Office in Boston. The book came out in November 2018. I was invited
to give a talk on the book by the Asian Studies Program at Suffolk, and the History
Department. We had the talk on 13 February 2018 and filled up the Poetry Center
with Suffolk faculty and students, plus some researchers from other academic
institutions in the Boston area.
My book uses a new category of source materials. These are hand-written booklets
prepared by the common people of China from 1850 to 1950. They were used to
tell fortunes, to chase away troublesome ghosts, to use herbs to make medicine, to
decide how to pick a mate for their children, and for all the everyday questions
people had. Many were written by people with a poor education because many
people were minimally literate at that time. Most of these booklets had been
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thrown away by the families that kept them. I have located these at antique and
junk stores in China.
Suffolk Faculty, Administrators, and Students Visited Cambodia and
Myanmar in January 2019. This was part of the Alternative Winter Break
program. The twenty students worked to help farmers build basic housing, to
repair elementary school properties, and to give classes in basic English
conversation.
The delegation was organized by Roberto Dominguez, professor in the
Government Department. It was headed by Assistant Dean of Students Shawn
Newton. The two chaperons were the directors of the Center for Community
Engagement, one of the sponsors of the Alternative Winter Break Program, Adam
Westbrook and Dennis Harkins.
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After returning to Suffolk, the students and faculty had a Reunion and Rosenberg
Appreciation Open House on 13 February 2019 to show slides from the visit and
for the students to talk about their experiences. The Rosenberg Institute was
pleased to once again help subsidize this trip and keep the costs down for each
participant. The Government Department was behind this activity, as was the
Center for Community Engagement.
China’s Belt and Road in Europe. Several speakers were organized by the
Pardee School for Global Studies at Boston University to speak about how China is
extending its trade and economic power into Europe. The event was held on 21
February 2919. Among the speakers was Grant Rhode (Naval War College) who
has been active with the Rosenberg Institute. The symposium was co-sponsored by
the BU Center for the Study of Asia which asked the Rosenberg Institute to help
promote the seminar.
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Asian Perspectives on Health and Work is a course offered at Suffolk in Fall
2019. Our colleague Dr. Sukanya Ray of the Psychology Department turned to the
Rosenberg Institute to help advertise this course in Asia-related classes. We
handed out flyers in a number of courses.
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Going Global: The People’s Navy in a Time of Strategic Transformation. This
conference was organized by the China Maritime Studies Institute at the US Naval
War College and was held in May 2019. The Rosenberg Institute had responses
and interest from six of our colleagues, some of whom were invited to join this
conference. The organizers at the Naval War College were appreciative of our
ability to draw in audience members to their event.
Suffolk’s Asian American Association and Vietnamese Student Association
teamed up to have a party for all students to welcome spring. Together with
all the attending students they made spring rolls. Ingredients were supplied by
SODEXO the Suffolk food service, and the program was co-sponsored by the
Office of Off-Campus Housing Commuter Ambassadors. The turnout of students
was larger than expected, but in the end everyone was able to eat freshly-prepared
spring rolls. The activity was held on 28 March 2019.
Suffolk Welcomed Visiting Scholar Peichi Chung (鍾珮琦) of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong to be on our campus until the end of 2019. She
received her Ph.D. from the Department of Telecommunication, Indiana
University-Bloomington. Her teaching and research interests include new media
and digital culture. She examines issues related to new media production and
cultural policy in sub-regional locations within Asia. She is currently completing
her longitudinal ethnographic work on Asian game industries in East and Southeast
Asia.
Our Suffolk students who are particularly interested in e-gaming, creation,
marketing, and impact, are especially interested in learning of her work. She is
hosted by the Department of Communication and Journalism, and also by Micky
Lee, Director of the Asian Studies Program and Chair of the Rosenberg Institute
Advisory Council.
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A new student club at Suffolk. In April 2019 we welcomed the Southeast Asian
Association (SEAA). The President is Joseph Effendy, majoring in information
systems and operations management. He was born in Indonesia, grew up in
Singapore, and proudly says his grandparents came from China. The VicePresident is Dalton Ryan, a student who has been active in helping to send students
on service trips abroad. The Secretary is Leah Mango, a student from the
Philippines, and the club Treasurer is student Shane Camania. The faculty advisor
is Professor Roberto Dominguez of the Government Department.
President Joseph Effendy and Secretary Leah Mango of the Southeast Asian
Association, a new student club at Suffolk.
Chinatown Boston Began an Archeological Dig. The site has been occupied
since the 1840s. In 1929 it became a fancy Chinese restaurant called Ruby Foo’s
Den. The dig will have some trained archaeologists and will also rely on
volunteers to do the sifting of gathered earth looking for hidden treasures. At the
opening of the dig in early July 2019 there were some people with long Suffolk
association, including Justina Chu who is a fan of the Rosenberg Institute and who
recently retired after decades of work at the Suffolk Law School. She’s in a photo
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below. A number of competent organizations teamed up together to carry out this
project, headed by our Community Outreach Partner the Chinese Historical Society
of New England (CHSNE), and also including the City of Boston Archaeology
Department, Friends of Archaeology, Chinese American Citizen’s Alliance –
Boston Lodge, Chinese American Heritage Foundation.
This photo shows people from the groups that have come together to carry out the
dig. They are from the Chinatown Historical Society of New England (CHSNE),
the City of Boston Archaeology Department, Friends of Archaeology, Chinese
American Citizen’s Alliance – Boston Lodge, Chinese American Heritage
Foundation, and some volunteers.
Justina Chu is in the red shirt practicing to become an
archaeologist.
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The 2nd International Workshop on Urban Ecological Security and
Sustainability (UESS 2019) was held at Fudan University in Shanghai, China
from 24 to 27 June 2019. The Rosenberg Institute has been one of the major
supporters of this international collaboration. The partnership between the
Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability (CUES) at Suffolk University and
Fudan University was established to (1) foster research collaborations between
Chinese and American researchers, (2) to create courses that could be taught
between the two campuses for students from both institutions, and to (3) promote
exchanges of both faculty and students across campuses. Examples of possible
collaboration areas that were presented at UESS 2019 include coastal systems and
invasive species, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), modeling
techniques and environmental policy.
A delegation of faculty from Suffolk, supported in part by the Rosenberg
Institute, attended UESS 2019 to give short, twenty-minute presentations on their
efforts since UESS 2018 (held at Suffolk University). Among faculty members
attending from Suffolk were CUES faculty —Dr. Hayley Schiebel and Mr. Scott
Lussier—who chaired the graduate paper competition and provided a keynote
presentation, respectively. Carlos Rufin, Chair of the Strategy and International
Business Department of the Sawyer Business School, presented as did Sean Solley,
Director of the Interior Architecture and Design Program in the College of Art and
Sciences. Dean Maria Toyoda of the School of Arts and Sciences was also on hand
to give a closing speech to the body of international attendees. In addition to
Suffolk University faculty, American researchers from Northeastern University
and the University of Massachusetts Boston, who had attended UESS 2018 in
Boston, also attended UESS 2019.
Xiangrong Wang, PhD, Director of the Centre for Urban Eco-planning and Design
and co-founder of the partnership between Fudan University and CUES, attended
UESS 2018 as well. Other Fudan University attendees included Xiaojiang Gao,
Dean of Environmental Science and Engineering at Fudan and Yin Ren from the
Institute of Urban Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In addition to
attendees from Fudan University, specialists from East China Normal University,
Nanjing Forestry University, and other schools in China gave the same type of oral
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presentation as the American delegates in efforts to forge research collaborations
moving forward.
Many faculty and students from Fudan University crowded into the lecture
sessions showing their interest and enthusiasm for the partnership. The Suffolk
delegation was impressed with the modern facilities available at Fudan University
and by the friendship displayed by their Chinese hosts at every turn. Tours of the
two Fudan University campuses, shared lunches and dinners, and a field trip to a
sponge city outside of Shanghai were a few of the activities included in the agenda
that encouraged not only collaboration opportunities, but also friendships. The
third in this series of international workshops –UESS 2020—will be held at
Suffolk University in June 2020.
A group photo from the UESS 2019 conference held at Fudan University.
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Dr. Xiangrong Wang from the Department of Environmental Science and
Engineering of Fudan University, gave the opening speech.
Suffolk’s own Pat Hogan Chair of the Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability
(CUES), who initiated these joint workshops between Fudan and Suffolk, was also
at the gathering.
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