Eric Fong教授

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 2010年9月21日，多伦多大学社会学教授Eric Fong(方伟晶) 博士应邀访问中国社科院民族所，并以“全球化背景下的北美华人民族经济”为题在三楼会议室举行了一个专题讲座。中国社会科学院研究员、国际企业人类学委员会主席张继焦博士主持了讲座。
        方伟晶教授以社会学的角度和方法研究北美族裔企业，尤其是多伦多华人及华人企业。此次讲座，方教授从族裔社区的发展、族裔企业的跨国联结和区位选择以及族裔企业文化多元化、各种规模并存等多个方面进行了阐述。在演讲中，方教授为我们展示了他在唐人街和新兴华人商业区的调查，使我们看到经济全球化正在深刻影响着北美华裔企业的发展，我们应重视经济全球化与族裔企业之间的联结。
        方伟晶教授，2007-2009年担任北美华人社会学家联合会主席；从2010年起担任加拿大人口学会副主席。其主要研究领域包括都市社会学、城市少数民族移民的经济、劳动力市场和居住模式等。参加本次讲座的有中国加拿大研究会副秘书长杜发春，中国社科院民族所加拿大研究中心张小敏、万红，中国社会科学院研究生院郭晓菲、刘萍萍等。本次讲座的主办单位为中国社会科学院民族学与人类学研究所，协办单位为国际企业人类学委员会和中国都市人类学委员会。

 Dr. Eric Fong from U. of T. lectured in IEA at CASS
On September 21th 2011, invited by the IEA at CASS, Dr. Eric Fong, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto (U of T) had a lecture in IEA titled “Ethnic Chinese Businesses in Toronto”. He analyzed the locational patterns of small and large Chinese Businesses in Toronto, how globalization impacts on the development of Chinese businesses, specifically the unprecedented changes in Chinese ethnic business due to the process of globalization. This roundtable was organized by Professor Zhang Jijiao of CASS. Professor Du Fachun, Ding Sai, Zhang Xiaomin, Wan Hong and other colleagues from CASS attended this exchange meeting.

Professor Eric Fong received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 1993, he has published extensively in the areas of racial/ethnic residential patterns and ethnic businesses. He is the current President of the North American Chinese Sociologist Association and is the board member of the Research Committee on Sociology of Migration of the International Sociological Association. Eric’s research interests including racial and ethnic residential patterns in multiethnic cities, ethnic businesses, and Immigrant adaptation in the new economy.