The march towards Q.E. Week 11

 Check-up:

1. Do notes for Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought  CONTINUING
2. Read Beth Roy - Some Trouble with Cows and write a response DONE
3. Read Phillip Clart - Religion in Modern Taiwan DONE
4. Read Mircea Eliade - Patterns in Comparative Religion DONE
5. Read David Jordan - Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors DONE
6. Read Herman and Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent
7. Attend to internationalization duties (including NCCU-UST Forum). DONE  
8. Attend to A Different View.  DONE
9. Rewatch old BLs related to study.  DONE

Objectives for next week:

1. Do notes for Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought  
2. Read and write response for Aram Hur - Naratives of Civic Duty
3. Read and do notes for David Grusky Social Stratification
4. Read and do notes for Hsiao - East Asian Middle Classes
5. Read and do notes for Leach - Political Systems of Highland Burma
6. Read and do notes for Castells - The Rise of the Network Society
7. Read and do notes for Harvey - The Condition of Post Modernity
8. Attend to internationalization duties (including NCCU-UST Forum).  
9. Attend to A Different View.  
10. Rewatch old BLs related to study. 

The march towards Q.E. Week 10

Check-up:

1. Do notes for Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought  CONTINUING
2. Read Sahlins - Culture and Preactical Reason DONE
3. Read Political Sociology Readings and Write Response DONE.
4. Attend to internationalization duties (including NCCU-UST Forum). DONE 
5. Attend to A Different View.  DONE
6. Rewatch old BLs related to study. DONE

Objectives for next week:

1. Do notes for Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought  
2. Read Beth Roy - Some Trouble with Cows and write a response 
3. Read Phillip Clart - Religion in Modern Taiwan
4. Read Mircea Eliade - Patterns in Comparative Religion
5. Read David Jordan - Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors
6. Attend to internationalization duties (including NCCU-UST Forum).  
7. Attend to A Different View.  
8. Rewatch old BLs related to study. 

The march towards Q.E. Week 8

    Check-up:

1. Do notes for Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought  CONTINUING
2. Read Malinowski - Argonauts of the Western Pacific DONE
3. Read Political Sociology Readings and Write Response. DONE
4. Write Finals Paper for Political Sociology DONE
5. Write Research Note from Political Sociology Paper for submission to ADV. DONE
6. Attend to internationalization duties (including NCCU-UST Forum).  DONE
7. Attend to A Different View.  DONE
8. Rewatch old BLs related to study. DONE

I received no replies from the Dept of Lit professors. I'm planing to reach out to them in person but I've also checked out professors at the Dept of Communications.

Objectives for next week:

1. Do notes for Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought 
2. Read Sahlins - Culture and Preactical Reason
3. Read Political Sociology Readings and Write Response.
4. Attend to internationalization duties (including NCCU-UST Forum).  
5. Attend to A Different View.  
6. Rewatch old BLs related to study. 

The march towards Q.E. Week 7

   Check-up:

1. Reminder, send LGBT readings list to Dr. Holm after the holidays. DONE
2. Reminder, email the profs in Literature after the holidays. DONE
3. Do notes for Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought  CONTINUING
4. Revise paper for the book chapter. DONE
5. Write finals paper on pol soc. Remember to focus on the anbstract. CONTINUING
6. Attend to internationalization duties (including NCCU-UST Forum).  DONE
7. Attend to A Different View.  DONE
8. Rewatch old BLs related to study. DONE 

I received no replies from the Dept of Lit professors. I'm planing to reach out to them in person but I've also checked out professors at the Dept of Communications.

Objectives for next week:

1. Do notes for Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought 
2. Read Malinowski - Argonauts of the Western Pacific
3. Read Political Sociology Readings and Write Response.
4. Write Finals Paper for Political Sociology
5. Write Research Note from Political Sociology Paper for submission to ADV.
6. Write finals paper on pol soc. Remember to focus on the anbstract.
7. Attend to internationalization duties (including NCCU-UST Forum).  
8. Attend to A Different View.  
9. Rewatch old BLs related to study. 

The march towards Q.E. Week 6

  Check-up:

1. Update Dr. Work on Dissertation Plans` DONE
2. Follow-up w Dr. Tsai re: Examiners DONE
3. Follow-up w Dean and Dr. Wei re: committee membership DONE
4. Do notes for Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought CONTINUING 
5. Read Kalyvas "Rise of Christian Democracy in Europe" and write a response.  DONE
6. Read Russell "Research Methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches" DONE
7. Read Reagin and Beccker "What Is a Case?" DONE
8. Read Burawoy - The Extended Case Method ADDED AND DONE
9. Read Liberson - Making it Count ADDED AND DONE
10. Read Douglas - Natural Symbols ADDED AND DONE
11. Input new QE sources to Mendeley. DONE
12. Attend to internationalization duties (including NCCU-UST Forum).  DONE
13. Attend to A Different View.  DONE
14. Rewatch old BLs related to study DONE. 

I've met with Dr. Wei and secured her as a member of my dissertation committee. However, my meeting with Dr. Work revealed that our research interests, however, that we're both interested, do not complement our niches. Hence, I've searched for one at the Dept of Chinese Literature and at the Graduate Institute of Chinese Literature. Both yielded good results. The former has a full professor who does literary anthro -Dr. Li Feng-Kao, she can be the third committee member. The latter has Dr. Ta Wei-Chi, who specializes in LGBT literature, I believe he is the best choice for an adviser.

Since it's a holiday here this week, I will defer meeting them to next week. For this week, I'll finalize my final paper for Political Sociology and also do my revisions for the book chapter.

Objectives for next week:

1. Reminder, send LGBT readings list to Dr. Holm after the holidays.
2. Reminder, email the profs in Literature after the holidays.
3. Do notes for Swingewood A Short History of Sociological Thought 
4. Revise paper for the book chapter.
5. Write finals paper on pol soc. Remember to focus on the anbstract.
6. Attend to internationalization duties (including NCCU-UST Forum).  
7. Attend to A Different View.  
8. Rewatch old BLs related to study.