Message posted on 09/06/2019

Three phd and three postdoc positions for ERC project ChinaWhite

Dear all,

I am recruiting three phd students and three postdoc researchers for my ChinaWhite research project. Please find detailed information below:

With the rise of China=E2=80=99s economy, more and more westerners are mov= ing to China for business and job opportunities. One consequence of this reverse migration is the transformation of whiteness from a majority identity in western countries to a minority identity in China. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being white in China=E2=80=99s thriving market economy= and consumer culture? How is whiteness racialized in relation to blackness and other immigrant identities in various social domains and in different regions in China? How are multiple versions of whiteness negotiated and performed through daily life interactions between white migrants and Chinese in various social and personal settings?

ChinaWhite, with its full project title =E2=80=9CThe reconfiguration of w= hiteness in China: Privileges, precariousness, and racialized performances,=E2=80=9D= is a five-year research project (2019-2024) funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant. The project is led by Dr. Shanshan Lan from the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Multi-sited and multi-scalar ethnographic research will be conducted on daily life encounters between various groups of white migrants and Chinese in five domains: (1) state policy regarding international migrants in China; (2) the ESL industry (teaching English as a second language); (3) the media, fashion, and entertainment industries; (4) transnational business and entrepreneurship; and (5) interracial romance. This project contributes to a new line of research on white racial formation in East Asia by creatively integrating theories in whiteness studies and migration studies. It also expands the geographical scope of research on white expatriates from global cities in coastal areas to second-tier cities in inland China.

Ad for three phd positions

https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2019/06/19-373-three-phd-candidates= -in-race-and-migration-in-china.html?origin=3DK7hS2NfyRDC7jR6LKRx6Bg

Ad for three post-doc positions

https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2019/06/19-372-three-postdoctoral-r= esearchers-in-race-and-migration-in-china.html?origin=3DK7hS2NfyRDC7jR6LKRx= 6Bg%2CdxuSI3bDRY2CW7N9J3yPlw

Please feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested.

Best

Shanshan

--=20 Shanshan Lan

Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology The University of Amsterdam www.uva.nl/profile/s.lan

Nieuwe Achtergracht 166 Room B 5.06, PO Box 15508 1018 WV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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