Each April we host a regional Undergraduate Research Paper Symposium in Asian Studies on Mom’s Weekend. This gives students an opportunity to present their own original research in public and to discuss their ideas and insights with faculty, other student researchers, and the public over a catered lunch.
View the 2018 symposium schedule
View the 2018 call for papers (submission deadline was Sunday, March 25)
This signature event in our annual calendar brings guest speakers and Asia Program faculty together with students for an interdisciplinary exploration of a larger topic, in a lecture and workshop format. The spring 2018 symposium will explore local and global issues surrounding immigration.
Also Available as a One-Credit DIVR Course!
Students may enroll in the symposium as a one-credit course, ASIA 301: East Meets West [DIVR] (SLN 05103). Since themes and topics change each semester, ASIA 301 can be taken up to three times for credit.
The class consists of three days of lectures and activities. Students receive a letter grade based primarily on … » More …
Photo Credits
All colleges participate in one ceremony. Line-up begins at 9:30 a.m. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, see the WSU Commencement website.
Faculty and students will visit Kam Wah Chung Historical Site in John Day, Oregon, Sept. 29 through Oct. 1. This well-preserved home for a practitioner of Chinese medicine also served as a community center for the Chinese immigrant mining community in the area. We will have access to the archives and to mining camps in the area. Based on this visit and their own research, our students will design digital material that may be useful to further promote the site online.
For more information, contact Lydia Gerber, director of the Asia Program, at asia@wsu.edu.
No classes will be held this week. University offices will remain closed Thursday and Friday only.
All-university holiday. No classes will be held, and university offices will remain closed.
All-university holiday. No classes will be held, and university offices will remain closed.
Film Screening: American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (2013)
A film on the life of Chinese American civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs.
Director Grace Lee; producers Grace Lee, Caroline Libresco, and Austin Wilkin.
82 Minutes. Transcript available.
What does it mean to be an American revolutionary today? Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese American woman in Detroit, who died in October 2015 at 100 years old, has a surprising vision of revolution. A writer, activist, and philosopher rooted for more than seventy years in the African American movement, she devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompassed the contradictions of … » More …
Dr. Katy Fry (History) will present “In Our Own Backyard: Japanese Internment during WWII.”
Part of East Meets West — Asia Program Lecture Series
Our fall lecture series will feature seven public lectures and one documentary exploring the theme of “Resilience” from multiple regional and disciplinary perspectives. All events are free and open to the public. Except as noted, presentations will be held from 4:30–6:00 p.m. on Tuesdays in Todd Hall 276.
Sept. 5: Film: American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (2013) on the life of Chinese American civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs. Director Grace Lee; producers Grace Lee, Caroline Libresco, and … » More …