Language and Culture for the New Generation of Leading Researchers in East Asian Studies: Partnerships, Networks and Training

在AHRC资助的第一阶段活动的基础上，WREAC继续在第二阶段，通过开发其PGR/ECR语言和方法培训提供，巩固其与英国内外其他学术机构的伙伴关系，包括与其他LBAS中心更密切的合作，建立，培养和维持基于地理的区域研究的国家能力，发展新的研究网络和知识交流伙伴关系，更加重视艺术和人文学科，以传播其研究成果，并加强其研究成果的影响。世界戏剧与表演艺术中心的活动将分为三个部分：（1）东亚的身份认同与文化：重点是（a）中国戏剧与表演：在这个国际性的、以实践为基础的网络工作的基础上，该项目将进一步建设PGR的能力，在网络活动中传播研究成果，并开发一个主要的电子资源，包括一系列中国戏剧和作品的电影、摄影和录像，（B）中国作者、作者身份和权威：通过一个研究中国不同历史时期作者身份概念的新的研究人员网络，该项目对以欧洲为中心的作者身份叙述提出质疑，并将为研究人员、学生和从业作者提供一个动态的在线资源;以及（c）东亚（及其他地区）记忆问题国际（和跨LBAS）网络将侧重于社区如何利用文本、物质文化、公共活动和表演作为调解混乱的过去或快速社会变革的手段。(2)跨文化接触和全球化：在文化外交/软实力的广泛标签下，这一链的一个元素考虑了东亚国际关系中的非正式角色，而另一个考虑了中国，日本和韩国软实力的各个方面及其在世界其他地区的影响力。亚洲宗教主题是另一个组成部分，通过与BICC合作建立一个网络，探讨在社会变革背景下亚洲宗教权威形式的变化。(3)汉语和日语语言和文化培训网络：这一部分以我们提供的培训内容为基础，进一步扩大汉语作为第二语言教学研究生导师的国际网络，一方面是导师国际会议，另一方面是学生主导的研讨会;此外，重要的产出是教学和培训资源，以及一本反映对外汉语领域前沿研究成果的编辑本。在日语培训方面，我们将为PGT/PGR学生收集在线材料，通过数字材料和新的学习工具，促进向自我指导，自我激励学习的过渡。“中国舞台”和“中国写作”项目还将包括大量的语言和文化培训元素，以在线双语资源的形式提供，在这两种情况下，针对高级汉语学习者以及非学术用户。

Building upon the activities of the first phase of AHRC funding, WREAC continues, in the second phase, to build, nurture and sustain national capacity in Language-Based Area Studies by developing its PGR/ECR language and methods training provision, consolidating its partnerships with other academic institutions within and beyond the UK, including closer collaboration with other LBAS centres, and developing new research networks and knowledge exchange partnerships with a greater renewed focus on the arts and humanities to disseminate its research, as well as enhance the impacts of its research. WREAC's activities will be organised under three strands: (1) Identities and Cultures in East Asia: focuses on (a) Chinese theatre and performance: building on the work of this international, practice-based network, the project will build further PGR capacity, disseminate research findings at network events, and develop a major electronic resource including film, photography and video of a series of Chinese plays and productions, critical commentary, and archival material from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts (Beijing); (b) Chinese authors, authorship and authority: through a new network of researchers working on concepts of authorship in China across different historical timeframes, the project questions the Eurocentric narrative on authorship and will provide a dynamic online resource for researchers, students and practising authors; and (c) an international (and cross-LBAS) network on memory in East Asia (and beyond) will focus on how communities use texts, material cultures, public events and performances as a means of mediating troubled pasts or rapid social change.(2) Cross-cultural Encounters and Globalisation: under the broad label of cultural diplomacy/soft power, one element of this strand considers the role of informal actors in East Asian international relations, while another considers various aspects of Chinese, Japanese and Korean soft power and its influence in other parts of the world. The theme of religions in Asia forms another element, through collaboration with BICC on a network which explores changing forms of religious authority in Asia against a backdrop of social change. (3) Networks in Chinese and Japanese language and cultural training: this strand builds on the training element of our provision by expanding further the international network of supervisors of research students in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (TCSL), with an international conference for supervisors on the one hand, and a student-led symposium on the other; in addition, resources for teaching and training purposes, and an edited volume representing cutting-edge research in the field of TCSL will be important outputs. In Japanese language training, we will build up our collection of online materials for PGT/PGR students, facilitating the transition to self-directed, self-motivated study with the inclusion of digital materials and new learning tools. The Staging China and Writing Chinese projects will also include substantial language and cultural training elements in the form of online, bilingual resources aimed, in both cases, at advanced learners of Chinese, as well as non-academic users.