Dr. Elizabeth W. Son

Associate Professor at Northwestern University and Author of Embodied Reckonings: "Comfort Women," Performance, and Transpacific Redress

[Dr. Elizabeth W. Son @ElizabethWSon]

Happy to share this guide on how to train and mentor grad students to do publicly engaged work. Contributed an essay with Jessica Friedman on teaching public humanities in practice.

[ACLS @ACLS1919]

We are excited to share “Preparing Publicly Engaged Scholars: A Guide for Innovation in Doctoral Education,” a new report that offers insights and recommendations for supporting graduate students in conducting publicly-engaged research in the humanities: https://t.co/OqniJnKZP8

[Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @BuffettInst]

Attention @NorthwesternU graduate students: Apply for a @BuffettInst International Conference Travel Grant, which funds students traveling to present their research at a professional academic conference outside the US.

🗓 Apply by Jan. 15, 2025: https://t.co/N9WinDKbwr

[Dr. Elizabeth W. Son @ElizabethWSon]

@AndyKimNJ How beautiful! Your parents are radiating joy and pride. Congratulations!

[Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @BuffettInst]

The @BuffettInst is pleased to welcome our cohort of eight non-residential faculty fellowships for the 2024–25 academic year. These fellowships support @NorthwesternU faculty who conduct research outside the contiguous US. Learn more about our fellows: https://t.co/AKZ1d68cz7

[Dr. Elizabeth W. Son @ElizabethWSon]

@micheleweldon @NU_SoC @TheOpEdProject @NorthwesternU Thank you, Michele!!

[NU School of Comm @NU_SoC]

Congrats to Elizabeth W. Son, associate Theatre professor, and Ozge Samanci, associate RTVF professor, on their recent acceptance to the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs cohort of non-residential faculty fellowships for 2024–25! 📚more here: https://t.co/9I8sZcvrUa.

[Dr. Elizabeth W. Son @ElizabethWSon]

@LBiggie16 @NorthwesternU You were fabulous, Lisa!

[Dr. Elizabeth W. Son @ElizabethWSon]

@yuridoolan Congrats, Yuri! Can’t wait to read it!

[Dr. Elizabeth W. Son @ElizabethWSon]

@ProfKapadia Happy birthday, Ronak!!

[Dr. Elizabeth W. Son @ElizabethWSon]

@ProfKori Gorgeous chair!

[NYU SCA @SCAatNYU]

Please find information about the position at this link: https://t.co/l3aiNVGDT0

[ASTR @ASTRtweets]

ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship Program will offer 21 two-year fellowships with mission-driven nonprofits for recent humanities and interpretive social sciences PhDs. Applications are due Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT. https://t.co/S1TCu0bYy2

[NU School of Comm @NU_SoC]

Join us for a panel to celebrate the publication of "Liberal Lives and Activist Repertoires: Political Performance and Victorian Social Reform" with author and #NUSoC's own, Prof. Tracy Davis. A reception will follow the panel. RSVP by 2/10: https://t.co/Y7lYfrrhZW.

[Dr. Elizabeth W. Son @ElizabethWSon]

Looking forward to our session today! #NHC23IN @HumanitiesAll

[ACLS @ACLS1919]

Are you attending the National Humanities Conference in Indianapolis this week? Join ACLS on Thursday, 10/26 at 12:45 PM for our panel "Making Pathways Meet: Promising Directions for Publicly Engaged Doctoral Training" in the Lincoln Room!

#NHC23IN @HumanitiesAll

[Dr. Elizabeth W. Son @ElizabethWSon]

@sherwinkbryant Congratulations, Sherwin!

[Mellon Foundation @MellonFdn]

“We have an ever-changing composition of our population. But we don’t have monumental forms that speak to that.” https://t.co/L8NwEdVbbP

[Mellon Foundation @MellonFdn]

Los Angeles is reckoning with one of the deadliest mass killings in its history through public art. #MonumentsSummer https://t.co/5b5eAbVMmD

[ACLS @ACLS1919]

ACLS is accepting applications for our ACLS Fellowships, which this year are designated for early career, non-tenured scholars who earned PhDs on or after Sept 29, 2015. Awards of $30-60k + research funds for NTT scholars. Apply by Sept. 28, 9PM EDT: https://t.co/hb9NzzZhpJ

[Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpacheco]

Speaking of tenure letters and since it's TL writing season, here is a folder with freely accessible materials I found and downloaded that may help you in crafting a solid letter for promotion and tenure for a candidate.

https://t.co/TitftUq3VH

[ACLS @ACLS1919]

"Embodied Reckonings: 'Comfort Women,' Performance, and Transpacific Redress" (@UofMPress) by @ElizabethWSon F’19, F’10 examines the political and cultural aspects of contemporary performances that have grappled with the history of the “comfort women." #APAHM