Hopkins-Nanjing Center Blog

Cady Deck, Certificate ‘19 + SAIS MA ’20, shares her experience participating in the Taiwan Election Study Trip sponsored by SAIS and the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Students visited the Election Counting and Information Center in Taipei as votes were reported Every four years SAIS sends a group of 12 students to Taiwan to watch and analyze the presidential elections. This year, I was one of the 12 students who participated in the action-packed week of meetings, campaign rallies, and watch parties. Almost half of us were current or former Hopkins-Nanjing Center students and an additional few were Tsinghua-SAIS dual degree students. I didn’t think I would have an opportunity to go back to Asia so soon after leaving the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, but I was wrong. I applied immediately! One SAIS class in particular sparked my interest in Taiwan’s 2020 elections. Last semester I took Professor David Keegan’s class called “The Turbulent Triangle: Taiwan, China, and th...

Student blogger, Brandy Darling, describes a typical day at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. 8:00am I woke up earlier than usual to prepare for my presentation on the Rwandan Genocide for my Injustices, Discrimination, and Group Identity class in the study room on the first floor of the dorm building. Since it was so early, the room was empty and quiet enough for me to practice a couple of times without disturbance. 9:00am My friend and I went across the street to Momo’s ( a walk-up restaurant that serves bagels and burgers) to eat egg and ham bagels. The location is convenient and the food is so delicious that it was the best way to start my day. Other nearby spots include my other  breakfast  favorites, such as baozi ( 包子 ) and jianbing ( 煎饼 ) . Brandy enjoys a ham and egg bagel from Momo's 9:50am We began my Injustices, Discrimination, and Group Identity class planning our course research trips. I will be participating in a research trip to Guangzhou ove...