Lilian Kong

PhD Candidate

Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

About

Experience

  • Chinese Language Assistant at University of Chicago East Asian Languages and Cultures Department
    Oct 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Worked part-time as a language assistant for around 17-20 first and second year Chinese students every quarter at the University of Chicago. Primarily offered guidance and tutoring for pronunciation, vocabulary, and conversational skills. Participated in the grading process of students.

  • Research Assistant at University of Chicago East Asian Studies Department
    May 2018 - Jul 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Assisted in course materials for the fall 2019 class EALC 10512 Topics in EALC: East Asian Cinema.

  • Organizer of Film Screening at Masters in the Humanities Program (MAPH) at University of Chicago
    Feb 2019 - May 2019 · 4 mos

    Worked under the guidance of Professor Paola Iovene of the University of Chicago East Asian Studies Department to organize a screening and panel discussion of Sundance-Film-Festival-selected film Dead Pigs (海上浮城), directed by Cathy Yan. Panelists included PhD student David Wilson, Professor Daniel Morgan (UChicago Cinema and Media Studies Chair), Professor Jason McGrath (University of Minnesota Asian Languages and Literatures), and Professor Paola Iovene. Event kindly sponsored by MAPH and the UChicago Center of East Asian Studies.

  • Presenter at Art and Politics in East Asia Workshop
    Nov 2018 - Nov 2018 · 1 mo

    Presented paper in progress on Chinese contemporary main melody film Wolf Warrior II.

  • Co President at Forum for American Chinese Exchange at Stanford
    Apr 2017 - Jun 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos