Sincere condolences to the family and people who knew her. Camelia
-- *Camelia Boban* *| Java EE Developer |* WikiDonne | Wikimedia Diversity Ambassador | *AffCom* M. +39 3383385545 [email protected] *Wikipedia <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Camelia.boban> **| **WikiDonne UG <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiDonne>* | *WikiDonne Project <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:WikiDonne> *| *WikiDonne APS <https://wikidonne.org>* [image: File:WDG - Wikipedia20 background Cake slim.jpg] Il giorno ven 30 lug 2021 alle ore 08:52 phoebe ayers <[email protected]> ha scritto: > Hi folks, > I am forwarding this note from MIT to share the sad news of Professor Jing > Wang's death, because in addition to being a distinguished scholar, she was > also at one time a member of the Wikimedia advisory board ( > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Advisory_Board). She was also generally a > supporter of open culture. Condolences to those who knew her. > > -- Phoebe > > > > > > *From:* L. Rafael Reif <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, July 29, 2021 11:09 AM > *To:* Phoebe Ayers <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Professor Jing Wang (1950–2021) > > > > Sharing the news of Professor Jing Wang’s passing > > View online version > <http://inj9.mjt.lu/nl2/inj9/minqh.html?m=AMwAAKqL8X0AAcrqnbAAAAA83MsAAAAAGqoAJUNBAAiQzwBhAsSMSUNopTskT0CMncxamYYExAAIIWc&b=956b4d43&e=ddf446eb&x=1fcWx36dd5hQhqYea4H_ng> > > > > [image: Letterhead for MIT President L. Rafael Reif] > > > > To the members of the MIT community, > > With great sadness, I share the news that Jing Wang, S.C. Fang Professor > of Chinese Languages & Culture and professor of Chinese media and cultural > studies, died on Sunday following a sudden health emergency. > > Professor Wang’s interests ranged from the classical literature of > premodern China – the subject of her first book, the award-winning *The > Story of Stone* – to groundbreaking work on contemporary Chinese culture, > including the role of advertising and the nuanced ways that activists use > social media to inspire societal change. > > After earning a bachelor’s degree in foreign languages and literatures > from National Taiwan University, Jing completed her education in the US, > earning her PhD in comparative literature from the University of > Massachusetts, Amherst. > > She spent 16 years on the faculty at Duke, rising to chair the Department > of Asian and African Languages and Literature and to direct the Center for > East Asian Cultural and Institutional Studies. In 1996, she published her > second solo volume, *High Culture Fever: Politics, Aesthetics, and > Ideology in Deng's China*. > > In 2001, Jing arrived at MIT, beginning with an appointment in Foreign > Languages and Literatures (now Global Languages), a group she would head > from 2005 to 2008. Intense and inspiring, Jing earned the Levitan Award for > Excellence in Teaching, the highest teaching honor in MIT’s School of > Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (SHASS), and was a relentless advocate > for women in academia. > > As she developed her ideas for two more provocative books – *Brand New > China: Advertising, Media, and Commercial Culture* (2008) and * The Other > Digital China: Nonconfrontational Activism on the Social Web* (2019) – > she found an additional intellectual home in Comparative Media > Studies/Writing (CMS/W). Since 2019, CMS/W was her primary appointment. She > also went out of her way to serve the Institute, including providing > guidance to MIT on working in China and, this summer, joining the advisory > committee to identify a new dean for SHASS. > > You can read more about her life and work > <http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AMwAAKqL8X0AAcrqnbAAAAA83MsAAAAAGqoAJUNBAAiQzwBhAsSMSUNopTskT0CMncxamYYExAAIIWc/1/uPVktsYYxVdc-DyQdsH71w/aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLm1pdC5lZHUvMjAyMS9qaW5nLXdhbmctcHJvZmVzc29yLWRpZXMtMDcyOQ> > on MIT News. > > Passionate about using knowledge to improve people’s lives, Jing founded > the MIT New Media Action Lab > <http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AMwAAKqL8X0AAcrqnbAAAAA83MsAAAAAGqoAJUNBAAiQzwBhAsSMSUNopTskT0CMncxamYYExAAIIWc/2/46t05aJDgca0uG5WIMBrSA/aHR0cHM6Ly9zaGFzcy5taXQuZWR1L25ld3MvamluZy13YW5ncy1uZXctbWVkaWEtYWN0aW9uLWxhYi1pbmNyZWFzZXMtaW1wYWN0LW5nb3MtYWNyb3NzLWNoaW5h>, > to help non-profits and communities in developing countries explore the > potential of new media, and launched NGO 2.0 > <http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AMwAAKqL8X0AAcrqnbAAAAA83MsAAAAAGqoAJUNBAAiQzwBhAsSMSUNopTskT0CMncxamYYExAAIIWc/3/jw9_PLw8uIVn64dAgbQj8Q/aHR0cHM6Ly9jbXMubWl0LmVkdS91cGRhdGUtb24tbmdvMjAv>, > an ambitious effort based in Beijing and Shenzhen to promote the use of > information communication technology to help activists achieve their social > goals. On the advisory board of the Wikimedia Foundation since 2010, she > also chaired the International Advisory Board of Creative Commons > <http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AMwAAKqL8X0AAcrqnbAAAAA83MsAAAAAGqoAJUNBAAiQzwBhAsSMSUNopTskT0CMncxamYYExAAIIWc/4/VXGnl7MKRh1iIwgFcYzyHQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvQ3JlYXRpdmVfQ29tbW9ucw> > for China. > > Having lost her daughter, Candy > <http://inj9.mjt.lu/lnk/AMwAAKqL8X0AAcrqnbAAAAA83MsAAAAAGqoAJUNBAAiQzwBhAsSMSUNopTskT0CMncxamYYExAAIIWc/5/YywrXXH3sLfXXVKFpK5TLA/aHR0cDovL2NhbmR5d2VpLm9yZy8>, > tragically two decades ago, Jing was keenly attuned to the struggles of > others. Warm, caring and generous, she was a gifted cook who made sure that > students from far away had a welcoming place to go for Thanksgiving. > > May we honor her memory by making room at our own tables – and by reaching > out now to the many friends, colleagues and students grappling with her > loss. > > With sympathy, > > L. Rafael Reif > > > > > > Massachusetts Institute of Technology > 77 Massachusetts Ave | Cambridge, MA 02139 > > This email has been sent to [email protected]. > You received this email because you are a member of MIT's faculty or > staff, or an MIT student. > Click here to unsubscribe > <http://inj9.mjt.lu/unsub2?hl=en&m=AMwAAKqL8X0AAcrqnbAAAAA83MsAAAAAGqoAJUNBAAiQzwBhAsSMSUNopTskT0CMncxamYYExAAIIWc&b=956b4d43&e=ddf446eb&x=1fcWx36dd5hQhqYea4H_ng>. > Report an issue with this email <[email protected]>. > > > > > -- > * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers > <at> gmail.com * > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/5AGQ2CYDFBVN5EOWT2NLH7NRJ3SH5RJC/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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