500 Main Hall
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19383
(610)436-2201
http://www.wcupa.edu/
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Department of History
500 Main Hall West Chester, Pennsylvania 19383 |
(610)436-2201
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Cecilia L. Chien
Associate Professor of History
Cecilia Chien is an Associate Professor and Assistant Chairperson of the Department of History at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Before coming to WCU in 2005, she taught at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in colonial and post-colonial Hong Kong from 1994-2005. Dr. Chien received her BA degree in History with French and Russian minors from Central Michigan University in 1980. She received her MA and PhD degrees in History from Harvard University in 1985 and 1994 respectively. She studied for two years in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, on an International Rotary Graduate Fellowship from 1982-1984. In addition to living in Hong Kong for ten years, she has traveled extensively in the mainland of China as well as to Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, and South Korea. She serves on the Executive Board of the Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies. As an “ABC” born in Washington, DC, Dr. Chien’s life commitment is building bridges between East and West.
Dr. Chien teaches upper-division and graduate courses in pre-modern and modern East Asian history as well as general education sections of World Civilization. Her course offerings thus far include History of Civilization I, Chinese Civilization, Modern China, History of East Asia, The Rise of Industrial East Asia, China’s Economic Miracle in Historical Perspective, History and Culture of East Asia, and Reading East Asia through Film. She mentors students in opportunities for study and teaching in East Asia. She is currently developing new courses in Asian-American history and contemporary Chinese, Japanese, and Korean-language film. She is the co-advisor to the Asian Students Association and a member of the Ethnic Studies Steering Committee.
Dr. Chien has published a book, Salt and State (University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies, 2004), on the political economy of imperial China focusing on the government monopoly of the salt industry in the Song dynasty (970-1279). Her current research interests include the following: the regional history of middle-imperial China; kinship and genealogy in China; global tourism theory and Chinese tourism as connected to development, nation-building, heritage, and the environment; and Chinese TV and historical drama.
TV series subtitles commissioned: Translation of 28-part historical drama Wuyue Qianwang 吴越钱王 [King Qian of the Wuyue kingdom (907-978)]. On DVD, Huawen Film Co., 2009.
Article accepted: "Binzhou xiaocheng jiapu yanjiu 2" 宾州小城家谱研究记 （二）[Genealogical research at the Mormon Family History Library, Salt Lake City, USA]. Accepted for publication in Wuyue Qianshi No. 3, 2010.
Article: "Binzhou xiaocheng jiapu yanjiu 1" 宾州小城家谱研究记 （一）[Professional genealogical research in Pennsylvania, USA]. Wuyue Qianshi No. 2, 2009, pp. 46-48.
Book: Salt and State: An Annotated Translation of the Song Salt Monopoly Treatise. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Center for Chinese Studies, 2004.
Conference Paper: “The Chinese Model of Tourism: Case of the Southeast” Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009
Annual Conference, Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies, Villanova University.
Table Poster: “3,000 Years of a Chinese Family” Apr 14, 2009
8th Annual Research Day, WCUPA.
Conference Paper: “Tourism in China” Mar 5-7, 2009
15th Annual National Conference, Asian Studies Development Program, Philadelphia.
Presentation: “Chinese Calligraphy—Theory, Practice, and Hands-on Workshop” Dec 4, 2008
Green Library Seminar, WCUPA.
Conference Paper: “Development in the Yangzi Delta in the Five Dynasties” Oct 24-26, 2008
Annual Conference, Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies, Rutgers University.
Presentation: “Kinship and Genealogy in China” Sept 16, 2008
Diversity Lecture Series, Office of Social Equity, WCUPA.
Presentation: “Roots and Diaspora: 1,000 Years of a Chinese Family” Apr 16, 2008
Ethnic Studies Seminar, WCUPA.
Wall-mount poster session: “Ancestors, Tourism, & State in the Yangzi Delta Today” Mar 27, 2008
7th Annual Research Day, WCUPA.
Conference Paper: “Dreams of a King: Qian Liu & the Wuyue Kingdom (907-978)” Oct 26-28, 2007
Annual Conference, Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies, U of Maryland.
Panel Discussant: “Teachers Studying Abroad” Oct 26-28, 2007
Annual Conference, Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies, U of Maryland.
Report: “Civility and Exhortations in China Today” Sept 19, 2007
Faculty Staff Development Abroad Initiative--China 2007 Report Session, WCUPA.
Conference Paper: “Family History: Context, Memory, and Identity” May 18-20, 2007
WCU/FSDAI Internat’l Conference on Global Perspectives in Higher Education, Guiyang, China.
Commentator: “Daughter from Danang and Woman is the Future of Man” Nov 28, 2006
Contemporary Issues/SSI Foreign Film Festival, WCUPA.
Panel Discussant: “Issues in Culture, Research, and Pedagogy” Oct 27-29, 2006
Annual Conference of Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies, Seton Hall U.
Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
American Historical Association (AHA)
Chester County Historical Society (CCHS)
Qian Liu Research Society of Zhejiang, China
Association of Chinese Historians in the US (CHUS)
Association of Chinese Professionals of the Social Sciences (ACPSS)
Executive Committee, Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies (MARAAS)