Past Events 2021-2022
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Tuesday, Nov. 30th, 2021 Nuns, Relic Theft, and Power in Medieval Japan Julia Cross - Postdoctoral Associate in East Asian Studies and Lecturer in Religious Studies |
Lecture Japan |
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Thursday, Nov. 18th, 2021 Diasporic Routes and Nappy Tales in Okinawa: Reflections on Reading and Writing the Black Pacific Mitzi Uehara Carter - Assistant Teaching Professor of East Asian Studies and Anthropology, Florida International University |
Lecture Japan |
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Tuesday, Nov. 16th, 2021 Not Seeing Like an Emperor: The Ambiguity of Trust in Early China Trenton Wilson - Postdoctoral Associate in East Asian Studies and Lecturer in History |
Lecture China |
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Monday, Nov. 15th, 2021 Why did Hideyoshi invade Korea in 1592? Nam-lin Hur - Professor of Asian Studies, The University of British Columbia |
Lecture China, Japan, Korea |
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Thursday, Nov. 11th, 2021 Between hierarchy and patriarchy: The duality of Chinese bureaucracy in history Xueguang Zhou - Professor of Sociology; Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Economic Development and FSI Senior Fellow, Stanford University |
Lecture China |
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Wednesday, Nov. 10th, 2021 The Historian’s Ink: Writing and Reading Histories of Koryŏ in the Chosŏn (1392–1910) Graeme R. Reynolds - Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in East Asian Studies |
Lecture Korea |
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Tuesday, Nov. 9th, 2021 Decoupling: Gender Injustice in China’s Divorce Courts Ethan Michelson - Professor of Sociology and Law, Indiana University |
Lecture China |
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Thursday, Nov. 4th, 2021 Conceptualizing Robotic Agency: Social Robots in Elder Care in Contemporary Japan Anne Aronsson - Sumitomo Postdoctoral Associate in Japanese Studies and Lecturer in Anthropology |
Lecture Japan |
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Wednesday, Nov. 3rd, 2021 EALL & EAST Major Information Session |
Special Event China, Japan, Korea, Transregional |
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Wednesday, Nov. 3rd, 2021 Chinese Whispers? (Disappearing) Communications in People's Republic of China Xuenan Cao - Postdoctoral Associate in East Asian Studies and Lecturer in East Asian Languages & Literatures |
Lecture China |
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Wednesday, Oct. 27th, 2021 Criminalizing a culture and a race — the Uyghurs’ struggle to survive China’s concentration camps and prison state Rayhan Asat - The Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program, Jackson Institute; American Turkic International Lawyers Association |
Lecture China, Transregional |
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Tuesday, Oct. 26th, 2021 “Prosperity and Stability” meets “Democracy and Freedom”: Contention of Legitimacy to Govern Hong Kong John D. Wong - Associate Professor of Hong Kong Studies, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong |
Lecture China, Hong Kong |
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Thursday, Oct. 14th, 2021 National Identity, External Threat, and Online Communication: The Case of Territorial Disputes in Japan Gento Kato - Japan Foundation CGP Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer in East Asian Studies |
Lecture Japan |
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Friday, Oct. 1st, 2021 Workshop on "A Song Everlasting" Ha Jin - Author |
Special Event China |
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Thursday, Aug. 12th, 2021 Academic Jobs Outside the U.S. Moderated by: Emily Baum (Associate Professor of History, UC Irvine) and Denise Y. Ho (Assistant Professor of History, Yale University) |
Special Event China |
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Monday, Jul. 19th, 2021 Archives, Libraries, and Databases in Taiwan Moderated by: Emily Baum (Associate Professor of History, UC Irvine); Denise Y. Ho (Assistant Professor of History, Yale University); David Cheng Chang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
Special Event China, Taiwan |
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Monday, Jun. 28th, 2021 Pivoting to a New Research Topic Moderated by: Emily Baum (Associate Professor of History, UC Irvine) and Denise Y. Ho (Assistant Professor of History, Yale University) |
Special Event China |