Profile
Arianna Ponzini
The Historian
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Education:
2007-2011 BA Modern languages, University of Milan. 2011-2014, MA China studies, University of Turin. 2012-2013 MA China studies, Zhejiang University. 2014- Ph.D Oriental studies, Oxford University
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Qualifications:
Chinese and English teacher
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Work History:
Main jobs: Xue Hanyu Chinese language school. Wall Street English. Chinese-Italian mediator in hospitals in Milan.
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Current Job:
Mercury school: tourism, language learning and culture exchange for Chinese groups.
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Employer:
I am the owner
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About Me
Italian-American, in love with China.
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I live in Oxford with my husband. I come from Milan and love everything that is arty and creative, so I like to keep up with the latest fashion and make-up trends. On my spare time I make things, like simple jewelry and other crafts. I am also a decent cook, I like to borrow interesting recipes from other countries and try my best to reproduce them at home! I travel as often as I can and I love to watch TV shows and movies, both Western and Asian. I am a big fan of How I Met Your Mother, btw.
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My work
I’m a researcher in Contemporary China Studies
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I am a researcher at Oxford University and I am interested in contemporary China, especially Chinese society. I am writing a book on how Chinese families adapt to the big city of Shanghai from a perspective that no one has considered before! This is why being a researcher is so exciting, because you are always discovering new things.
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My Typical Day
Reading, writing, keeping up with my Chinese and meeting new people :)
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My typical routine includes reading material, writing papers and my thesis, and sometimes going to Shanghai to meet with Chinese families and listen to their stories. Thanks to my work, I spent two years in China and met a lot of new people. Sometimes professors from China come to Oxford and I get to welcome them and take them around the city.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Warm, creative, encouraging
What's the best thing you've done as a researcher?
Making a contribution to my field of study
What did you want to be after you left school?
A language teacher
If you weren't a researcher, what would you be?
A language teacher, English or Chinese.
What is the most fun thing you've done?
Spending a night in a tree house in Laos. That was a few years ago, when my husband and I went traveling for nearly two months in South East Asia with only a backpack on our shoulders. Well, I probably had more than one..
Tell us a joke.
A: My plants die all the time! B: Oh, do you ever talk to them? A: Sure, I talk to them all day! B: Ok, that’s why….
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