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Friday, March 29

BPHIL/IAS Global Studies Defense: Rural-Urban Gendered Migration Pathways and Desires under Neoliberalism Socioeconomic Reform in Contemporary China
Time:
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Presenter:
Silang Huang
Location:
4217 Posvar
Sponsored by:
Global Studies Center
Contact:
Elaine Linn
Contact Email:
eel58@pitt.edu

SiLang Huang (senior, Politics and Philosophy, BPHIL/IAS Global Studies) will defend her thesis on changes that have taken place under China's neoliberal reform since the 1980s with regard to migratory opportunities, gender roles and social hierarchies, documenting a Chinese migrant family from rural Hunan Province.