Tenth Annual Symposium of the Consortium for Asian and African Studies (CAAS) Cultural Expression at the Age of Globalization SHISU ( Shanghai), October 19th and 20th, 2019 CALL FOR PAPERS The theme of the conference in 2019 is about cultural expression. Since cultural exchange is one of the important driving forces for the development of human civilization. … [Read more...]
Tues. Feb. 5th “The Worldliest Minority: Chinese Muslims and the Global History of Guomindang Nation-Building, 1927-1949”
Brown Bag Lecture Featuring: John Chen, Lecturer and Wm. Theodore de Bary Postdoctoral Fellow, Heyman Center for the Humanities and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University Moderated by Eugenia Lean, Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Associate Professor of Chinese history, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia … [Read more...]
Thurs. Feb. 7th Book Talk hosted by CKR: “Heroes and Toilers: Work as Life in Postwar North Korea, 1953-1961”
Book Talk hosted by Center for Korean Research Featuring: Cheehyung Harrison Kim, Assistant Professor, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Visit WEAI's book series page for more about the book, found here. Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building 918 Registration not required. Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian … [Read more...]
Mon. March 11th: “A Note from Japan on Contemporary Tibet: The CCP’s Religious Policies and the Emergence of Religious Space in Eastern Tibet”
Brown Bag Lecture Featuring: Susumu Kawata, Professor of Asian Area Studies, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan Moderated by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures 4:10 PM-6:00 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. For press … [Read more...]
Tues. April 9th: “Garu Lobzang Sherap: A Tibetan Painter at the Qing Court”
Featuring: Tsangwang Gendun Tenpa, Director and Chief Curator of the Chengdu Dargye Himalayan Art and Culture Museum Moderated by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures Drawing on a range of Tibetan and Chinese historical sources, as well as images of several important Tibetan thangka … [Read more...]
