Asia 301: East Meets West [DIVR] [K] is a one-credit class and research symposium offered by the WSU Asia Program. Since themes and topics change, it can be taken up to three times for credit. All presentations are open to the public.
This fall’s program will include:
- Tuesday, September 8: Dr. Lipi Turner-Rahman on Bollywood
- Tuesday, September 15: Dr. Julia Cassaniti on Buddhism in Thailand
- Thursday, September 17: Film: “Friends in High Places”
- Tuesday, September 22: Dr. Charles Weller on Islam in world history
- Tuesday, September 29: Dr. Robert Snyder (Uof I) on poetry and prose in Islam
- Monday, October 5: China Town Hall: Chinese investment in the United States / China and Africa (guest lectures)
- Tuesday, October 13: Dr. Shawna Herzog on human trafficking and Asia
- Thursday, October 15: Dr. Ed Slack (EWU) on the Chinese global diaspora
- Tuesday, October 20: Dr. Keri McCarthy on music in Southeast Asia
- Tuesday, October 27: Dr. Cheryl Gunselman on the MASC Leynse collection and Leynse’s film “Out There, a Lone Island”
- Thursday, October 29: Liz Lee, licensed acupuncturist, on Chinese medicine
- Tuesday, November 3: Dr. William Brecher on Japanese culture
For more information, please contact Asia Program Director Dr. Lydia Gerber at asia@wsu.edu or 509-335-7425.