Hopkins-Nanjing Center Blog

Brandy Darling, HNC Certificate '20 + SAIS MA '21, had the opportunity to interview HNC professor Dr. Paul Dottin, who recently led a mini course on the Black Lives Matter movement. Dr. Dottin’s mini course titled Black Lives Matter in Social Movement Theory explored the origin and or ganization of the Black Lives Matter movement, important actors and strategies, as well as the movement’s international  manifestations and intended outcomes. This extracurricular course engaged students from all three campuses in academic study and critical discussion of this global movement for equality. Tell me about your journey in crafting this course and its impact across all three SAIS campuses.  Given the speed and scale of racial unrest sparked by George Floyd’s murder, Dr. Webb [HNC American Co-Director] and I wanted to create a course that would examine the BLM movement critically. What was conceived as a mini-course for HNC students in Nanjing quickly graduated into a four-country aff...

Lauren Gloudeman, HNC Certificate '12 + SAIS MA '13, is an Associate Director at Rhodium Group’s China Practice, where she  focuses on China’s trade dynamics and US-China trade policy, its economic reform agenda and implementation, and its macroeconomy and industrial activity.  How did you become interested in China and end up at the HNC? I've always loved language study, and during undergrad, I signed up for Chinese language on a whim. I did an intensive summer course in Shanghai and made Chinese language and literature my second major (the first was philosophy) upon my return. After years of bopping back and forth to China, I received a scholarship to study Chinese linguistics at Nanjing University after college, and was living at the dorms next to the HNC, not realizing that the program existed. When I learned about the HNC, I applied and started studying there the following year. How did your experience at the HNC and SAIS DC together prepare you for your current positi...

Nick Kaufman, Certificate '21, had an opportunity to speak with Professor Hua Tao, who teaches Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Society (少数民族与中国社会 ) and Social Issues of China’s Modernization (中国现代化中的社会问题) at the HNC. This year, the Hopkins-Nanjing Center celebrates its 35th anniversary as a center for study, research, and cultural exchange. The HNC hosts a large array of international and Chinese faculty, with many professors leaving long-lasting influence on their students.  One professor who has left his mark on generations of HNC students—both in the classroom and in the broader HNC community—is Professor Hua Tao.   Professor Hua first arrived at the HNC in 1994. Having previously researched Turkic ethnic groups on the medieval Mongolian steppe at Nanjing University, the first class he taught at the HNC examined Chinese ethnic minorities. 27 years later, he is still teaching a version of that class today: Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Society.  Professor Hua believes ...