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...idea that Thanksgiving was such a huge holiday here,” said Professor of Chinese History Michael Szonyi, a Torontonian at the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. “In Canada, it’s just about eating... Our holidays are much more honest...

Author: By JOANNE S. WONG, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Canadian Club Celebrates Thanksgiving | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

...It’s assumed that I’m an expert on the topic,” said Professor Szonyi. “That by being Canadian, I have a political position...

Author: By JOANNE S. WONG, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Canadian Club Celebrates Thanksgiving | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

After a worldwide search for a candidate to fill Harvard’s new professorship in Chinese social history, former Associate Professor Michael Szonyi was selected to assume the post on July 1, 2009. Szonyi is a social historian who, in addition to reading historical texts, seeks to challenge historical accounts by speaking with village elders, collecting documents from villagers, and observing lineage and temple rituals in order to see history from a local perspective, he said. “It takes a very different skill set than the one we usually associate with history,” Szonyi said...

Author: By Ellie Reilly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chinese Historian Tenured | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...division of labor” approach in which he leads the first half of the class through the first two millennia and then passes the baton to a modern scholar.This spring, he collaborated with Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Michael A. Szonyi for Chinese History 126, “Cognition and Culture in Local China,” and the two of them alternated by weeks, while also participating in each other’s lectures.Bol attributes the difference in models to the more interpretative nature of the latter course.NAME OF THE GAMEWith two or more professors...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professors Score Big With Team Effort | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

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