1999

Hello, ’99s! I hope you were able to make the most of summer and that autumn is off to a goodstart. We have lots of news to share. First, Matthew Erie writes that he is moving to

England to start a new role as associate professor at the University of Oxford. Matthew completed his Ph.D. in anthropology at Cornell University and J.D. at University of Pennsylvania after gradu- ating from Dartmouth. Most recently, following a detour through a corporate legal practice in New York City, Matthew was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University. He and his wife, Yaeji Regina Park, will miss the Jersey shore, where they have been surfing, but are eager to check out Cornwall and other parts of England. 

Jennifer Anderson also has a big move ahead. Jennifer will be leaving Washington, D.C., where she has lived for several years, on August 1 to start a new life in Seattle. Jennifer will continue her work with Save the Children, but will be working remotely. She looks forward to a different pace of life out on the West Coast and to catching up with Dartmouth alumni in the Seattle area.

In other news Lydia Garcia married Todd Coolidge on May 8 in Groton, Massachusetts. Several ’99s joined Lydia on her big day, includ- ing Monica Wilkins, James Gallo, Manisha Shah Bugaj, Fatema Wachob, Brenda Godoy Martin, Lindsey Stern- berg Pierce, Kyle Roderick and Michelle Carlucci Sears (whose sons were the ring bearers). Lydia adds that she and Todd saw Jorge Valcarcel in Lima, Peru, where he is currently living, before they took a four-day hike to Machu Picchu. They also had a chance to meet Jorge’s beautiful daughter, Alessia, who was born last October. Congratula- tions, Lydia!

Finally, I’m pleased to write that we have new authors in our midst. Christopher Warren has written Literature and the Law of Nations, 1580- 1680, which was published by Oxford University Press. In this book he argues that most of the basic principles around international law today can be traced back to debates about global legal order that took place in the literature of the early modern period. Christopher is an assistant professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University. Christopher Rea, an associate professor in Asian studies at the University of British Columbia, has written three books this year that give readers a deeper understanding of Chinese history and culture. These are The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China (University of California Press), The Business of Culture: Cultural Entre- preneurs in China and Southeast Asia, 1900-1960 (University of British Press and Hong Kong Uni- versity Press) and China’s Literary Cosmopoli- tans: Qian Zhongshu, Yang Jiang, and the World of Letters (Brill).

That’s all the news for now. I wish you all the best this autumn and look forward to sharing more updates with you soon!

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