Class of 2018

Yiran Dai comes from Shanghai, China, where she received her bachelor’s degree from Fudan University in 2016. She came to Yale directly afterwards in pursuit of further education in East Asian Studies, particularly Chinese literature. Last year, she published her first paper concerning urban literature and culture of modern China in Shanghai People’s Publishing House. Two years at Yale has introduced her to deeper knowledge on China from all realms including history and politics. Her academic interest has extended to Japanese culture as well. She plans to study in Yokohama after graduation.

Alexandre Hiro Honey completed a B.A. in Oriental Studies at Pembroke College, Oxford in 2016, and interned at Her Majesty’s Civil Service in Whitehall, London. At Yale, he has studied the relationship between utopia, aesthetics, and the philosophy of history. After graduating he plans to work and train in traditional crafts, before pursuing further graduate study.

Chuyue Kuang is from Jiangxi province in Southeastern China. She received her college education at Renmin University of China in Beijing as a history major with a minor in international relations. At Yale, she shifted her focus to cultural anthropology and wrote her master’s thesis on China’s nation-branding. Last summer, Chuyue interned at the Shanghai office of designaffairs, a design consultancy based in Munich, Germany. After graduation, she wishes to continue working in the design industry for a few years before pursuing a doctoral degree studying the anthropology of design.

Adam Wang received his B.A. from the University of Toronto in the field of economics and the history of international relations in 2014. He then attended Yale for an M.A. in History in 2015, after which he worked as a strategic consultant for entrepreneurial and development projects in China, the United States, and Africa. With a second M.A. from the East Asian Studies program, Adam is hoping to do further academic research on the history of Sino-Afro international relations since 1949.