Immediate Opening: Undergraduate Elliott School student for a research assistant position

Professors Robert Shepherd of the Anthropology Department and Larry Yu of the School of Business require a short-term research assistant for a book project that examines the current state of heritage policies in the PRC. This will be published by Springer Press in a heritage management series sponsored by ICOMOS, the International Council on Monuments and Sites. They seek a research assistant who has a strong reading ability in Chinese to do archival research, both on-line and in the DC area, such as the Library of Congress. The RA will search for Chinese language source materials that describe, discuss and/or analyze state policies, regulations, projects and surveys of archeological and cultural heritage sites in the PRC, as well as current cultural resource management, archeological heritage management, and exhibition practices in China and how these intersect with economic development goals.

This position is funded through the end of the spring semester. The research assistant must be an ESIA-declared major, have a strong reading ability in Chinese, and have experience using Chinese language data bases. The research assistant will be recognized and acknowledged in the final manuscript.

Contact rshepher@gwu.edu