From October 23 to 25, the 3rd Jiangsu Province and 2nd Yangtze River Delta Foreign Postgraduate Research Symposium was held at Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. Focusing on academic research and cultural exchange, the symposium brought together postgraduate students from universities across the Yangtze River Delta. East China Normal University (ECNU) selected four international doctoral students from different academic disciplines to participate. All four received awards.

Agata Teresa Naruszewicz, a Polish doctoral student at ECNU’s School of Politics and International Relations who is supported by the China Studies Program, won the Outstanding Prize for a paper comparing political discourse and public attitudes toward China in Poland from 2015 to 2026.

Htwe Kyi, a doctoral student from Myanmar at ECNU’s School of International Chinese Studies, won the First Prize for a paper on cultural identity negotiation among young people of Chinese descent in different regions of Myanmar.

These two studies explore cross-cultural perceptions and the ways cultural identities are negotiated, reflecting young scholars’ engagement with intercultural dialogue.

Danish Ather, a Pakistani doctoral student at ECNU’s State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (School of Marine Sciences), won the Third Prize for a paper titled “From Glaciers to the Delta: Transformation of Organic Carbon and Nutrients along the Human-Regulated Indus River Continuum.”

Nong Thi Van, a Vietnamese doctoral student at ECNU’s School of Geographic Sciences, also received an award for excellence.

 

The symposium included keynote speeches, poster presentations, and discussions among young international researchers, providing participants with opportunities to present their work and exchange ideas. The awards received by all four ECNU students reflect the university’s efforts to support international students’ academic development.

 

Source: ECNU