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“A Haven for the Humanities”: Research Profile
My research this year at the Huntington was profiled, along with fellow Long-Term Fellows Scott Doebler, Sandy Rodriguez, Catherine Ceniza Choy, and more. ‘… Wendy Cheng’s research on plant migration—how living collections embody layered histories of beauty, displacement, and care. By late morning Cheng, the Simon and June Li Fellow, lifts a folder from the…
Island X: Taiwan edition
The Taiwan edition of Island X is out, published by Linking Books 聯經出版 and available for purchases here. It’s a gift and honor to be able to share this work with Taiwanese readers. Thank you to Feng-en Tu for the invitation, Shuchen Huang for her editorial stewardship, Shin-hong Chen for the careful translation, and Wen…
Review of Island X in American Historical Review
By Shelley Lee “In the book Island X, Wendy Cheng offers a history of Taiwanese migrant students in the United States during the late twentieth century. More a set of unique case studies than a collective history, it is a fascinating and original work that makes major contributions to several fields. Especially salient for understanding migrations…
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