The East Asian Studies Center Presents:
"Contemplating Career Paths and Life After the East Asian Studies MA"
Paula Curtis
University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract: What am I doing next? The dreaded question. In an increasingly precarious professional environment (and world in general), it can be intimidating to plan for post-degree. This session will discuss some possibilities and practicalities of career next-steps after the East Asian Studies MA degree, with a focus on non-academic or academic-adjacent paths. Have a question or topic you know you want addressed? Drop it here!: https://bit.ly/OSU23PC
Dr. Paula R. Curtis is a historian of medieval Japan and an active participant in digital communities in and beyond East Asian Studies. She is presently the Yanai Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow and a Lecturer with the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her current book project focuses on metal caster organizations from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and their relationships with elite institutions. In addition, Dr. Curtis collaborates in several online projects, including Digital Humanities Japan; an online database for digital resources related to East Asia; and the collection and visualization of job market data in East Asian Studies. She is presently Operations Leader for Japan Past & Present, a new initiative under development to create an open-access online repository for digital resources on Japanese Studies around the world.