一起认识香港中文大学的八位文学硕士毕业生

　　今天香港留学网（http://www.study.hk.cn）带大家来认识一些香港中文大学（http://school.liuxue360.com/hk/cuhk）的文学硕士毕业生。

　　简咏娴

　　Nancy Kan Wing Han

　　Home town： Hong Kong

　　BA (Hons) in English， City University of Hong Kong， 1994.

　　MA in Anthropology， CUHK， 2008.

　　“工作十多年之后，重返校园，像时光倒流一样，到图书馆找资料，影印，交功课，考试，百份百投入学校的生活。除了书本上的知识，在教授带领下曾到福建、南京、上海、潮州、马来西亚游学，令我大开眼界。两年所学的东西是活的是终身受用的。

　　石甜

　　Shi Tian

　　Home town： Chongqing

　　BA in Linguistics and Literature ， Guizhou Normal University， 2006.

　　MA in Anthropology， CUHK， 2008.

　　大家好，我是石甜，香港中文大学人类学系MA课程的学生，我于2008年5月毕业，现在在重庆社会科学院工作，主要负责《重庆社会科学》期刊的编辑工作。MA课程一年的训练不仅让我接触了人类学领域的基本概念、理论、方法和民族志，还让我接受了基本的学术训练，为将来的学习和研究打下坚实的基础。我非常愿意与各位分享我的收获，如果有任何问题，请发邮件给我，我很乐意认识更多新朋友。我的邮箱地址是：shitianchina”at“hotmail.com

　　I graduated in May 2008 and am now with the Chongqing Academy of Social Sciences。

　　麦英达

　　Y.T. Mak

　　Home town： Hong Kong

　　Ph.D. in Chemical Pathology， CUHK， 1996.

　　MA in Anthropology， CUHK， 2007.

　　“The MA study in Anthropology reshaped my worldview，enabling me to reinterpret everyday life for meanings beyond my empirical perspective。”

　　蓝天云

　　Lum Tin Wan

　　Home town： Hong Kong

　　B.Sc.(Hons) in Biology， CUHK， 1974.

　　MA in Anthropology， CUHK， 2008.

　　Through the challenging courses of Anthropology， I now know that people are very creative， constructing concepts such as ‘gender’， ‘ethnicity’， ‘nature’， ‘identity’， ‘human nature’， ‘worldview’….and even ‘reality’ to interpret everyday life. These social and cultural constructions are often disguised and represented as natural and unchangeable.

　　As an early retired secondary school principal， I regret not having enrolled in this stimulating program in an earlier stage of my career.

　　“I come， I study， I renew.”

　　After completing the M.A. program of Anthropology， I do have a feeling of renewal. The program is really demanding but surely rewarding！

　　宋黎昀

　　Song Liyun(Leona)

　　Home Town： Sichuan

　　BA in Archaeology， Sichuan University， 2007

　　MA in Anthropology， CUHK， 2008

　　人类学对我来说是一扇真正向我开启学术之路的大门. 透过它，我的思想和人生都开始进入到了一个崭新的阶段.香港中文大学人类学系为期一年的MA学习，也为我迈向更深更远的学术道路铺下了坚厚的基石，现在我继续在香港中文大学的人类学系攻读人类学哲学硕士学位 ( M. Phil.). 对我而言， 人类学所给我的是一个全面而深刻的训练. 在人类学里面， 你要学会的不仅是怎样读书，怎样写作，怎样表达； 更要学会的是如何去思考问题，如何去看待跟你的生活经验完全不同的人和事， 怎样去跟各式各样不同的人打交道. 这些经验，我想不管将来是否继续从事学术研究，都将成为一个人一辈子受用的东西。

　　刘影翠

　　Janice Lau

　　“My journey of exploration in anthropology started in 2004， when I was enrolled in the MA Programme. The learning experience went beyond my expectation： it allowed me to understand the world from different angles and equipped me to go further， and enter the M. Phil Research Programme in the following year. My husband and my closest friends have found that I have gone through many positive changes in the way I think， and truly， I need to express my gratitude for all the effort spent by all the professors in this department！

　　To my friends’ surprise， I have switched my career path after graduation from the M.Phil Programme， and am currently working as an Education Officer in the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong， promoting sexuality education in the community. The knowledge that I gained from anthropology is applicable to my work and to my life， helping to fill my working experience with excitement and enthusiasm！”

　　Debra Mckeown

　　Home Town： USA

　　BA in Anthropology， University of South Florida， 1996

　　MA in Anthropology， CUHK， 2008

　　I was a unique student at CUHK‘s MA program in Anthropology， but ask around： everyone in the program has a unique situation. The diversity in the cohort is one of the strengths of the program. I have a background in Anthro， but it had been so long since I studied it， I needed a refresher. Since I am an older student (mid-30’s， with plenty of similar aged people in my cohort to talk to！) wanting to continue my education through to a PhD， I needed to see if I could return to being a student successfully. As a professional teacher， I was accustomed to being in the front of the classroom， but in the Anthropology program， I found that I could be just as happy learning as teaching. Not only did I get that “refresher” in Anthro， I learned so much that I never knew！ I was exposed to classic texts as well as modern ethnographies. Most importantly， I learned to “think anthropologically”. These critical thinking skills should be foundational to every education， but I can attest — it‘s never to late to learn them！

　　Now， I am entering a PhD program at Vanderbilt University in the US， the top ranked school for my program in Education where I will use Anthropological methodology to study international education issues. I was admitted to nine of the ten schools to which I applied， including Columbia and Stanford. I have no doubt that my time in CUHK’s MA program is what led to my admission success. If you want to have your choice of top ranked and ivy league schools， this program is a great step towards that goal. You will learn to think in new ways and get support from professors who graduated from those universities. Most importantly， it‘s a year spent having clarifying and critical discussions with a group of people with widely varying perspectives about theoretical and practical issues related to life. Regardless of your future ambitions， this program will enrich your life.

　　Matthew West

　　魏仲然

　　Home town： Boston， USA

　　BA， Davidson College.

　　MA in Anthropology， CUHK， 2004.

　　MPhil in Anthropology， CUHK， 2006.

　　Matthew West married Lucia Huwy-min Liu (刘慧敏) from Taiwan in 2008. They were both MA and MPhil students in the CUHK Anthropology Department from 2003 to 2006. Lucia is now studying her Ph.D. in anthropology at Boston University.

　　I graduated from the MA program at CUHK in 2004 and， after two years in the anthropology department’s MPhil program， I am now at Columbia University in New York studying for a PhD (in anthropology as well). The MA program was a great opportunity for me because it offered a chance to learn about Chinese language and cultures both in school and through its larger setting in Hong Kong‘s New Territories. It is rare to find an anthropology department with so many professors who all study the same region (East Asia)； the program is unique in the multi-faceted perspective it provides. In addition to professors， I benefited enormously from the discussions I had with other students (in my year we had people from Hong Kong， China， Taiwan， New Zealand， and the USA (me)) who brought their wide variety of working and studying experiences to our class making the discussions that much richer. I believe that my time at CUHK prepared me well (both in readings and in research experience in the MPhil program) for PhD work and a future career in teaching the anthropology of Chinese cultures。

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