Past Member
Janet Y. Chen
Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship funded by the American Council of Learned Societies
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History of Modern China
From
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Janet Chen’s current research focuses on the creation of a spoken national language in China and Taiwan. Her project explores how ordinary people learned to speak “Mandarin” and how the multiple realities of a national language intersected with their lives.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Yale University
Ph.D.
2006