FROM ACADEMICS TO ACTIVISM

After our honeymoon, Eileen and I returned to Cambridge and set up our first home in an apartment on Massachusetts Avenue, within walking distance of Harvard University. I was working on a second master’s degree that summer, before becoming a doctoral candidate in Harvard’s School of Government. My...

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Published inIn the Eye of the China Storm pp. 48 - 59
Main Authors Lin, Paul T.K, Chen Lin, Eileen
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Montreal MQUP 04.08.2011
McGill-Queen's University Press
Subjects
Academic communities
Anthropology
Armed conflict
Asian studies
Behavioral sciences
Child welfare
Chinese culture
Civil wars
College students
Communism
Democracy
East Asian studies
Education
Ethnography
Ethnology
Friendship
Government
Human societies
International politics
International relations
Interpersonal relations
Military science
Political ideologies
Political philosophy
Political regimes
Political science
Political systems
Politics
Psychology
Public welfare
Sinology
Social psychology
Social welfare
Sociology
Students
War
War theaters
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Summary:After our honeymoon, Eileen and I returned to Cambridge and set up our first home in an apartment on Massachusetts Avenue, within walking distance of Harvard University. I was working on a second master’s degree that summer, before becoming a doctoral candidate in Harvard’s School of Government. My master’s thesis explored problems in the policy of the British Commonwealth towards the Japanese Empire, between 1921 and 1936. Having taken a range of courses in the fields of international law, international relations, modern political theory, and international economics, I proposed to write my doctoral thesis on the Far Eastern policies of
ISBN:9780773538573
0773538577
DOI:10.1515/9780773585874-008