Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:12:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Howard Hastings <hhasting-AT-osf1.gmu.edu> Subject: PLC: China? As I write this, my wife, Mary, is wending her way down the Yangtze river towards Shanghai. She is in China for a month conducting voice master classes at Chengdou, Shanghai, and Beijing universities. So far she has impressed her hosts, who want her back next year, if possible. She has enjoyed this trip so much that we have been discussing (via fax) the possibility of teaching for six months or a year in China. I would, of course, teach literature and cultural studies, not voice. And I would love to learn more about Chinese culture, while mediating American culture to Chinese. Though I am no expert on China, I am very interested comparative cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and Marxism, and would probably learn a lot there, making my teaching activities relevant to my CS field. But I am also wondering how this sort of adventure would help or hinder my efforts to get an academic job in the U.S.--e.g. with an English dept. somewhere. Has anyone out there in Phillitcrit land ever taught or lived in China? If so, I would appreciate hearing about the experience. Also I wouldn't mind hearing from those who have not been to China but have some idea of how teaching there might be regarded by a search committee here in the states. I fear it might not be highly regarded at all by people looking to fulfill a more traditional position, though it might be a plus where familiarity with cultural studies or multicultural issues is desired. (I am assuming here that I would actually be teaching a subject in a university with some kind of rank, and not just, say, tutoring students in English or something.) hh PS Of course, I would not do this until after I got my PhD. ..................................................................... --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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