Past Events

Friday, Mar. 15th, 2024
Asian Studies Councils' Reception at AAS Annual Meeting
Conference, Special Event
China, Japan, Korea, Transregional, South Asia, Southeast Asia
Wednesday, Mar. 6th, 2024
When “Camera as Gun” is not a Metaphor: Violence in the Art & Life of Adachi Masao
Markus Nornes - Professor of Asian Cinema, University of Michigan
Lecture, Special Event
Japan, Transregional
Saturday, Mar. 2nd, 2024
Double Feature: Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935), Akanishi Kakita (Capricious Young Man) (1936)
Film, Special Event
Japan
Friday, Mar. 1st, 2024
Komonjo at Yale: Introducing Our New Collections of Japanese Historical Documents
Masato Takenouchi - Associate Research Scholar in East Asian Studies, Yale University; John C. D'Amico - PhD Candidate, Department of History, Yale University
Lecture
Japan
Thursday, Feb. 29th, 2024
Godzilla in the Era of Post-3.11: Everything Happens in the Conference Room
Rio Katayama - Postdoctoral Associate in East Asian Studies and Lecturer in East Asian Languages & Literatures
Lecture
Japan
Wednesday, Feb. 28th, 2024
Finding Kabukicho
Nathaniel M. Smith - Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University
Lecture
Japan
Tuesday, Feb. 27th, 2024
Sagyŏng (Buddhist sutra transcription) and Lecture
Dagil Kim Kyeong-ho - Poet, Calligrapher, Artist
Lecture, Special Event
Korea, Transregional
Tuesday, Feb. 27th, 2024
Universal Human Rights and the Nation-State: Japan in Global Perspective
Kiyoteru Tsutsui - Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor of Japanese Studies, Stanford University
Lecture
Japan, Transregional
Monday, Feb. 26th, 2024
The U.S.-Japan Alliance and the Taiwan Strait
Adam P. Liff - Visiting Japan Chair, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Lecture
China, Japan, Taiwan
Saturday, Feb. 24th, 2024
Triple Feature: Fighting Friends (1929), Singing Lovebirds (1939), Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa (1930)
Film, Special Event
Japan
Thursday, Feb. 22nd, 2024
Compacts, Cultivation, and Campaigns: Lives of the Pedagogical State in Modern China
Timothy Cheek - Professor and Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research, University of British Columbia
Lecture, Special Event
China
Wednesday, Feb. 21st, 2024
How the Song-dynasty Qingming scroll Inspired “The New Qingming Scroll"
Dai Xiang - Graphic Artist
Lecture, Special Event
China
Tuesday, Feb. 20th, 2024
Ancient Korea Lecture Series: "Managing Frontiers, Embracing Others" and "Formation of the Korean Bronze Age"
Stella Xu - John R. Turbyfill Endowed Chair & Professor of History, Roanoke College; In Uk Kang Associate Professor, Department of History, Kyunghee University
Lecture, Special Event
Korea, Transregional
Thursday, Feb. 15th, 2024
Yamashiro Chikako’s Eco-Fantasy—Toward an Ecosophy of the Island/s
Ran Ma - Associate Professor, Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies and Screen Studies, Nagoya University
Lecture
Japan
Monday, Feb. 12th, 2024
The Battle for Memory in China
Ian Johnson - Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Lecture
China
Thursday, Feb. 8th, 2024
Needled: China, the Cold War, and the Americanization of Acupuncture
Emily Baum - Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine
Lecture
China, Transregional
Tuesday, Jan. 30th, 2024
Researching China in a New Era: Academic Exchange and Collaboration
Lecture
China
Monday, Jan. 29th, 2024
The Politics of Anti-Politics in Postwar and Contemporary Japan
Nick Kapur - Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University-Camden
Lecture
Japan
Tuesday, Jan. 23rd, 2024
Researching China in a New Era: Conducting Ethnographic Research in China
Lecture
China
Friday, Jan. 19th, 2024
Sohbat-Yaji-Gathering: On the Frontier of Asian Arts
Special Event
China, Japan, Korea, Transregional
Friday, Jan. 19th, 2024
Sohbat-Yaji-Gathering: On the Frontier of Asian Arts
Special Event
China, Japan, Korea, Transregional
Tuesday, Jan. 16th, 2024
Researching China in a New Era: Conducting Archival Research in China
Lecture
China
Saturday, Dec. 16th, 2023
The 2nd International Forum on Chinese Language Education: Methodology, and Practice
Conference, Workshop
China
Tuesday, Dec. 12th, 2023
Ne Zha (2019) Film Screening
Film
China
Tuesday, Dec. 12th, 2023
A Japanese Mandala of Chinese Literary Genres: Interpreting Kūkai’s Earliest Literary Composition
Nicholas Williams - Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, Arizona State University
Lecture
China, Japan, Transregional
Friday, Dec. 8th, 2023
Project-Based Language Learning
Dr. Naiyi Xie Fincham - Specialist Faculty at University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Associate Director at National Foreign Language Resource Cetner; Assistant Director at the Language Flagship Technology Innovation Center
Workshop, Lecture
China
Friday, Dec. 8th, 2023
Bōnenkai End-of-year Celebration 2023
Special Event
Wednesday, Dec. 6th, 2023
Revolutionary Becomings: Documentary Media in Twentieth Century China
Ying Qian - Associate Professor, Chinese Cinema and Media, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
Lecture
China
Saturday, Dec. 2nd, 2023
Grass Labyrinth 草迷宮 (1979) , Dogura Magura ドグラ・マグラ (1988) Film Screening
Film
Japan
Monday, Nov. 27th, 2023
Carving a Career in Independent Media: ChinaTalk + AI as a Case Study
Jordan Schneider - Creator, ChinaTalk Podcast and Newsletter
Lecture, Special Event
China

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