This Week: Princeton Journal of East Asian Studies call for submissions; Research Assistant opportunity with EALC Alum
Concentration Announcements
Call for paper submissions: Princeton Journal of East Asian Studies (PJEAS)
Priority deadline: September 30, 2021
Final deadline: October 20, 2021

PJEAS is a student academic journal with the official support of the East Asian Studies Program at Princeton University which publishes works of scholarship by both undergraduate and graduate students on political, economic, social, and cultural issues pertaining to the East Asian region.
 
All interested students are invited to submit their academic work for publication in the Fall 2021 Volume (XV), scheduled to be published in December 2021.
 
Students should fill out the Google submissions form at https://forms.gle/qdT9hT5TS8hb8mDd9 by September 30, 11:59PM, 2021 for the PRIORITY DEADLINE or October 20, 11:59 PM, 2021 for the FINAL DEADLINE. Articles are accepted on a rolling basis this year, so the earlier you submit your article, the likelier it will be accepted for publication. 

The AAPI COVID-19 Project is a collaborative research project that looks at how the pandemic impacts the economic, social, and political lives of Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. We are currently recruiting more participants for one-on-one interviews about experiences about work and labor, family, health, community and political advocacy. More specifically, we’re looking to hear more from people who may identify as Southeast Asian. To participate, fill out this form.
The EAS site has gotten a makeover
In order to make information about the concentration clearer and more accessible, we've changed our look and reorganized the website. Check it out!
Events
Monday, September 13

Monday, September 13, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
T.J. Pempel
, Jack M. Forcey Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Meg Rithmire, F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor of Business Administration, Business, Government, and International Economy Unit, Harvard Business School
Moderator: Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

Monday, September 13, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Michael Davidson, former U.S.-China Climate policy coordinator for the environmental nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Moderator: Henry Lee, Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Host: Rand Wentworth, Louis and Gabrielle Bacon Senior Fellow in Environmental Leadership and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy


Tuesday, September 14

Tuesday, September 14, 8:00 p.m.
Modern China Lecture Series
Jeremy Brown, Associate Professor, Department of History, Simon Fraser University

Louisa Lim, Journalist and Lecturer, University of Melbourne


Wednesday, September 15

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Thursday, September 16

Thursday, September 16, 12:15 p.m.
Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series
Sara Ann Swenson, Department of Religion, Dartmouth
In-person event, with option for virtual attendance


Friday, September 17

Friday, September 17, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Laurence Coderre, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, New York University
Work Opportunities
Research Assistant to Harvard EALC Alum
Yuting Dong (Harvard EALC PhD 2021), currently Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, is seeking a research assistant who can assist her with data input, mainly transcribing basic information data (name, address, etc.) from photos to Word and Excel. 
Requirements:
  1. Can input Chinese and Japanese information into Excel
  2. The work will be about 30 hours, can be extended depending on the situation
  3. Payment: Undergraduate $16/hour, graduate $18/hour. 
  4. Must be able to be enrolled in Harvard payroll system.
  5. Anyone interested should email yutingdong@fas.harvard.edu. Will require a test run consisting of transcription of one page. 
Data Annotator and Translator, CJK languages (hourly employment via Workforce Logiq)
Location & hours: fully remote, part-time (20+ hours/week), partial flex time
Compensation: $25/hr

Moveworks is a Series C start-up in Silicon Valley that has developed a powerful AI-based chatbot which resolves enterprise employee issues autonomously and instantly using advanced Natural Language Understanding.
 
Overview 
Data annotation entails categorizing, tagging, labeling, and evaluating textual information. This role is a blend of data annotation and translation. 
Below are typical tasks you would do in this role:

  • Grading the quality of algorithmic responses to user queries
  • Tagging salient information in user-entered text
  • Identifying mentions of common software titles and other named entities in support tickets in IT and other enterprise domains
  • Categorizing support tickets by user intent using a complex multi-dimensional taxonomy
  • Evaluating the performance of an AI chatbot
  • Giving human feedback to MT (machine translation) algorithms
  • Evaluating and commenting on the accuracy of language detection machine learning algorithms
  • Search relevance evaluation
  • Intent categorization using a complex, taxonomy of intents
  • Translation (bi-directional)!
 
Expert fluency in English and Chinese OR Japanese OR Korean is required. Appreciation for language nuances born out of bi-directional written translation experience and/or academic study is necessary for this job. We are especially interested in how you approach the level of formality in the source and the target language, as well as how attuned you are to issues surrounding the language register in translating instructions for users.
 
Some attributes of successful candidates are:
 
  • Cultural awareness
  • Passion for the study of languages with all its applications
  • Attention to detail coupled with the ability to see the big picture
  • Reliable performance on repetitive tasks (we like to think of our tasks as “non-boring and repetitive”)
  • An analytical mindset
  • The ability to form and apply mental models consistently
  • Accuracy at speed
  • Motivation to meet recurrent deadlines on rolling tasks
  • Ability to explain your thought process and decision making
  • Willingness to put yourself in the shoes of others and empathetic understanding of the needs of users
  • Proactive self-starter capable of focused independent work
  • Adept at remote collaboration (Slack, ZOOM, Google suite)
  • Excited to learn and improve
  • Curious and creative
   
Selection process: successful completion of a take-home challenge (3 exercises in Google Forms, all in English) is a prerequisite for being advanced to the interviewing stage. Interviews are conducted via ZOOM.
Hiring manager: Natasha Klein-Atlas, https://www.linkedin.com/in/klein-atlas/ - please submit your resume and cover letter to natasha@moveworks.ai with the subject “Data Annotation and Translation, CJK languages”
Events by Institution
Asia Center Virtual Programs
Experience Harvard Asia Center programming through current and archived digital exhibitions, as well as podcast talk series and author conversation videos! Click here to access virtual programs offered through the Asia Center.


Left: Photo from "Elegy to a Uyghur Dreamscape" (ongoing virtual exhibition)
Student Groups
*Please be aware that student groups may have become inactive during our time off campus. If you are aware of any updates to a group on this list, please let us know by e-mailing naia_poyer@fas.harvard.edu.