 In May 2002 Peggy McIntosh , co-director of the Centers’ National
S.E.E.D. Project on Inclusive Curriculum, visited four Asian
universities. At Chinese University of Hong Kong, hosted by the Gender
Studies program, she lectured on “Coming to See Privilege Systems of
Gender and Race.” At Hong Kong Institute of Education, she met with
Professor Betty Eng and colleagues, including the dean of the
Institute. Dr. Eng co-led S.E.E.D. seminars for several years at Hong
Kong International School before joining the Institute of Education. In
China, at Peking University in Beijing, Peggy lectured on Sylvia Plath
to students in the English department, and met with deputy director
Professor Tao Jie and others connected with the Center for Research on
Women. Peggy traveled with Professor Tao Jie and Professor Zhu Hong of
Boston University to China’s Dalian University to do presentations and
hold discussions at a three-day conference, “Culture, Language, and
Women,” hosted by Professor Li Xiao Jiang, and attended by scholars
from many parts of China.
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