日期 : 2022-09-06

Wednesday Gender Seminar (Sept 21)

Title: Daughters’ Dilemmas: Family Strategies of Highly Educated Rural-Urban Education Migrants in Hubei Province, China

Time:12:30 - 14:00

Venue: Online via Zoom (Zoom link will be provided after registration.)

Speaker: Prof. SIER Willy (Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Utrecht University)

Moderator: Prof. SUEN Yiu-tung (Associate Professor, Gender Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Abstract: 

The increased participation of female students from rural backgrounds in China’s higher education system affects the gender dynamics in rural households. In this talk, I will discuss several case studies that illustrate the complex positioning of young women in rural households who become the first person in their family to graduate from university. How do they navigate decisions regarding career and marriage? How can they support their families while building lives they desire without treading on dominant gender ideologies? 

Speaker’s Biography:

Willy Sier is an assistant professor in the anthropology department at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She lived in China for seven years as a language student and researcher and is interested in questions of mobility and identity. Her PhD-research focused on the role of higher education in the renegotiation of rural-urban relations in China. Her articles based on this project have appeared in Gender, Place and Culture, the European Journal of Development Research, Pacific Affairs, and Modern China (co-authored with M. Driessen).

Language: English

Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13654832