Monthly Archives: September 2008

September 22, 2008
10:07 pm
by: Sayaka

Passed!

I just got a certificate of Chinese language ability that should let me fulfill the department’s language requirements. To be honest, I haven’t spoken serious Chinese for three years so it was embarrassing to claim that “my Chinese is good” … Continue reading →

Posted in Languages, My Grad School Life

September 8, 2008
2:27 pm
by: Sayaka

Colonial Education in Taiwan (2) Taiwan Kyōiku journal

The main ‘research’ part of my paper looked at 12 issues of the journal 台湾教育 (Taiwan Kyōiku), published in 1940. The year 1940 was chosen out of a mere technical problem of accessibility to the materials – the Library of … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic, History, Research, Taiwan

September 7, 2008
9:13 pm
by: Sayaka

Colonial Education in Taiwan (1) Dōka Policy

Colonial education is one of the most popular research topics especially in Taiwanese academia, and I am afraid that I am very ignorant of the major literature in Taiwan. I will post a part of my term paper on colonial … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic, History, Research, Taiwan