Upcoming PhD activities

In this short post I share news of a few upcoming activities that are in store in my second academic year.

- On November 23-4, 2026, I will give a five-minute presentation about my research at the Belgian East-Asian Symposium.
- I will also join a panel at the European Social Sciences History conference in Lyon on April 24, 2027 (see link for details on the panel). The research will be about the Sino-Belgian Boxer scholarships of the 1930s.
- After first rounds data collection and compilation this year, I decide it’s time to initiate the construction of the Chinese Overseas Education Database. Hopefully by the end of this year, I will have a good basis to expand on.

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