CURRICULUM VITAE

Allen Chen 陳重光

M.A. Candidate, Department of Asian Studies
Teaching Assistant, Department of History
University of British Columbia

Asian Centre, 403-1871 West Mall

Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z2
E-Mail: allenckchen@gmail.com

Education

09/2009 – Present M.A., Asian Studies, University of British Columba (Vancouver, Canada)

05/2009 – 06/2010 UBC – NUS University Scholars Exchange Program (Vancouver, Canada
Special Program on urban development strategies of and Singapore)
Chinatowns in Vancouver and Singapore

09/2004 – 05/2009 B.A., University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)

Double Major in History and Asian Area Studies

01/2007 – 06/2007 Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (Lyon, France)

Academic Exchange Program, French language

Scholarships and Awards

2011 Student Councillor of the Year, Alma Mater Society, Student Society of UBC
2009 – 2010 UBC Faculty of Arts Graduate Scholarship
2009 , 2010 Recognized as an outstanding Student Leader by the President of UBC
2009 UBC–NUS Lee Foundation Student Exchange Award
2009 Recognized by the Dean of Arts as a Graduating Student Leader
2007 UBC Go Global Student Award
2004 Province of British Columbia Passport to Education Award

Work Experience
09/2009 – Current Teaching Assistant, Department of History, University of British Columbia
05/2009 – Current Research Assistant, Department Asian Studies, University of British Columbia
05/2010 – 08/2010 Assistant, International Association of Tibetan Studies Conference,
Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia
05/2009 – 11/2009 Research Assistant, Department of History, University of British Columbia
09/2007 – 05/2008 Student Coordinator, UBC Go Global Student Exchange Learning Program
05/2003 – 10/2009 Financial Services Representative, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union

Service and Volunteer

03/2010 – Current Graduate Student Representative, UBC AMS Student Society Council
03/2010 – Current Asian Studies Representative, UBC Graduate Students Society Council

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05/2009 – 04/2010 Co-Chairperson, Pride UBC: Resource Group for the GLBTQ Community
04/2008 – 05/2009 History Representative, Arts Undergraduate Society
04/2008 – 05/2009 Arts Representative, UBC History Students Association
10/2008 Conference Assistant, UBC Conference on Daoist Studies
03/2008 Assistant, Annual Conference of the Medieval Academy of America
09/2007 – 05/2009 Peer Advisor, UBC Go Global Student Exchange Learning Program
09/2007 Orientation Leader, UBC Orientations
08/2007 – 05/2008 International Students Peer Advisor, UBC Student Development
10/2005 – 12/2006 Director, Volunteer Richmond Information Services
10/2005 – 03/2006 Member, City of Richmond, BC: Volunteer Strategy Steering Committee

Conference Presentations

01/2011 “Mythical Sage-King Demystified: Contemporary Scholarship and Ancient Chinese Political
Ideals”
36th Annual Qualicum Student-Faculty History Conference, University of Victoria
01/2010 “Authority and Legitimacy: the Sage-King in Early Chinese Political Thought”
35th Annual Qualicum Student-Faculty History Conference, University of Victoria
01/2009 “Total War and Total Power: Warfare and the Centralized State in Warring States China”
Northwestern Undergraduate History Conference, Thompson Rivers University

Research Interests

Primary interests: Warring States (5th-3rd c. BCE) Chinese thought; early Chinese intellectual, legal, and
political history; state formation and theories of rulership in early China.

Other interests: trans-Pacific migration issues, oral history and folklore, history of the Overseas Chinese
diaspora, urban (re)development and its effects on the historical preservation of Chinatown, also
immigration and social justice issues in Canada.

Research Languages

Fluent in English, modern Mandarin Chinese, French, and Taiwanese (Hokkien)

Advanced knowledge of Classical Literary Chinese
Working knowledge of academic Japanese
Basic knowledge of Cantonese

Updated February, 2011