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Asia Inside Out: Connected Places (Harvard University Press)

Professors Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen Siu, and Peter C. Perdue publish second volume of “Asia Inside Out: Connected Places” (Harvard University Press, June 2015).

April 10, 2015
The Council on East Asian Studies would like to congratulate Professors Eric Tagliacozzo (History, Cornell University), Helen Siu (Anthropology,...

A Conversation between Maxine Hong Kingston and Jing Tsu, Chair, Council on East Asian Studies

April 9, 2015
On Wednesday, April 29th at 11:00 AM in the Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, Jing Tsu (Chair, Council on East Asian Studies) will hold a...

Fabian Drixler Wins John Whitney Hall Book Prize for Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950

March 30, 2015
The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University extends warmest congratulations to Fabian Drixler! Professor Drixler (Associate Professor,...

Book: Samurai and the Culture of Japan’s Great Peace

March 9, 2015
Samurai and the Culture of Japan’s Great Peace Fabian Drixler, associate professor of history; William D. Fleming, assistant professor of East Asian...

Assistant Director of Global Initiatives at Asia Society (and Yale Alumn) to Visit Tokyo and Hiroshima to Meet with Top Japanese Officials

March 5, 2015
Yoshie Ito, Assistant Director of Global Initiatives at Asia Society in New York, will travel to Japan from March 7 to 14 as a member of the 2015...
Rebalancing between Washington and Beijing: Thai Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing (top); US diplomat Daniel Russel criticized Thailand and privately met deposed premier Yingluck Shinawatra

Thai Coup Alienates US Giving China New Opening

March 5, 2015
The US pressures Thai generals to plan elections, despite rocky transition and royal succession BANGKOK: Throughout US global wars against communism...

Talk will focus on challenges to rule of law and judicial independence in Hong Kong

February 12, 2015
Hong Kong barrister and former legislative council member Margaret Ng will deliver the inaugural Hong Friends of Yale Fund Lecture on Monday, Feb. 16...

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