Language and Culture for the New Generation of Leading Researchers in East Asian Studies: Networks, Internships and Knowledge Exchange.

在第一阶段的资助之后，WREAC继续在第二阶段建设以语言为基础的领域研究的国家能力，开发其PGR/ECR中日研究的语言和培训课程，扩大其与英国国内外其他学术机构以及用户和利益攸关方的伙伴关系，并利用其不断扩大的知识交流网络来交流和传播其研究和培训方案，以提高其研究的影响。其第二阶段的工作有三个方面：(1)东亚的身份和文化：重点是(A)通过与世界电影中心(利兹)和白玫瑰混合电影网络的合作，以及与电影、艺术组织和国际电影节的接触，以及发展包括澳大利亚、丹麦、日本、中国、香港、台湾、韩国和新西兰的网络，重点关注日本、中国、台湾和韩国的电影和媒体的文化背景；(B)《在全球舞台上表演中国》，通过发展一个以实践为导向的全球汉学和文化与表演研究网络(与利兹表演和文化产业学院、联合国伙伴大学、专业剧院和世界各地的40个其他合作伙伴合作)，研究戏剧在中国身上的创作过程和社会角色。最近由利兹牵头的两个项目增加了扩大中国戏剧学术和从业者接触的机会：欧洲文化合作项目(2008年至2010年)，重点是中国戏曲，涵盖高等教育、专业实践和文化产业；以及曹禺百年展览、电影制作和讲座计划，庆祝20世纪最杰出的中国剧作家的作品。(2)跨文化接触和全球化：建立在国际化、中日关系和东亚内部变革领域的研究和培训的基础上，以及这些过程对英国和欧盟的影响。有三个项目：(A)使用中文和日语访问数据，并将实习生安置在WREAC和中文和日语环境中，以建立一个数据库，记录在英国投资的中国和日本公司、东亚国际化的历史和文化层面，以及英国和欧盟东亚公司行为的变化轨迹；(B)利用实习、国际网络以及与日本和英国公共机构的联系，比较人口减少对韩国和英国等国家的影响，研究日本日益缩小的地区的社区福祉和联系；(C)通过举办一系列主题会议和讲习班，将中日研究学者和日本研究专家汇聚一堂，举办以亚太地区第二次世界大战的历史和记忆、英日和解和亚日和解为重点的会议和讲习班，并让对战争与和解感兴趣的非政府组织参与进来。(3)汉语和日语网络：(A)发展汉语作为第二语言教学的国际督导员网络，以交流指导经验，讨论、发展和协调教与学的最佳做法，并促进汉语语言学的发展；(B)建立以母语/非母语为母语的人对共同努力的日语网络，以提高彼此的语言技能，交流他们与目标语言领域的学术界接触的工作目的，并实现职业发展的机会；(C)研究日本和中国最近的文化变化如何改变了日本和中国谈判代表的谈判预期和做法，以及这如何为在东亚工作的西方商业和公共政策制定从业者提供信息。

Following its first phase of funding, WREAC continues to build national capacity in Language-Based Area Studies in the second phase by developing its PGR/ECR language and training provision in Chinese and Japanese Studies, extending its partnerships with other academic institutions within and beyond the UK and with users and stakeholders, and deploying its expanding networks of knowledge exchange to communicate and disseminate its research and training programmes in order to enhance the impacts of its research. There are three strands in its second phase of work: (1) Identities and Cultures in East Asia: focuses on (a) the cultural context of film and the media in Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea through collaboration with the Centre for World Cinemas (Leeds) and the White Rose Mixed Cinema Network (MCN) and engagement with film, art organisations and international festivals, and the development of networks embracing Australia, Denmark, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and New Zealand; (b) 'Performing China on the Global Stage' which examines creative processes and the social roles of theatre in China through the development of a global practice-led network in Sinology and Cultural and Performance Studies (in collaboration with the Leeds School for Performance and Cultural Industries, WUN partner universities, professional theatres, and 40 other partners worldwide). The opportunities to widen scholarly and practitioner access to Chinese theatre have been enhanced by two recent Leeds-led projects; the European Cultural Co-operation Project (2008-10) which focused on Chinese opera, covering higher education, professional practice and cultural industries, and the Cao Yu centenary exhibition, film production and lecture programme which celebrated the work of the most distinguished Chinese playwright of the twentieth century.(2) Cross-cultural Encounters and Globalisation: builds on research and training in the fields of internationalisation, Sino-Japanese relations and transformations within East Asia, and the impacts of these processes on the UK and the EU. There are three projects: (a) to use Chinese and Japanese language in accessing data and to place interns in WREAC and in Chinese and Japanese-speaking environments, in order to develop a database of Chinese and Japanese companies investing in the UK, the historical and cultural dimensions of East Asian internationalisation, and the changing trajectories of East Asian company behaviour in the UK and the EU; (b) to use internships, international networks and links with Japanese and British public bodies, in examining community well-being and connectedness in Japan's shrinking regions with comparison of the effects of depopulation on such countries as Korea and the UK; (c) to build on initiatives bringing together scholars and PGRs in Sino-Japanese Studies through a series of themed conferences and workshops focusing on the history and memory of World War Two in the Asia Pacific, as well as Anglo-Japanese and Asia-Japanese reconciliation, and engaging NGOs with interests in war and reconciliation. (3) Networks in Chinese and Japanese Language: (a) develops an international network of Supervisors in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language to exchange experience of supervision, discuss, develop and coordinate best practice in learning and teaching, and promote the development of Chinese linguistics; (b) establish a tandem Japanese network where native/non-native speaker-pairs work together to improve each other's language skills, communicate the purposes of their work in engaging with the academic community of their target language area, and realise opportunities for career development; (c) examine how recent cultural changes in Japan and China have altered negotiation expectations and practices among Japanese and Chinese negotiators and how this can inform Western business and public policy-making practitioners working in East Asia.