Reading Time: 9 minutesAfter sharing that I came to Yichun for my dissertation research on forestry history of the People’s Republic of China, I was told that I came to the wrong place.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
Author: Kyuhyun Han
Dr. Kyuhyun Han (she/her) recentely obtained her PhD in History at UC Santa Cruz. Her dissertation focused on the bureaucratic management of forestry, wildlife conservation, and center-periphery relations in Northeast China from 1949 to present, viewing the forest as a site of complicated relationships between the central government, the local government, local ethnic minorities, and the indigenous environment.