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Asia Program 2018spring

Columbia Basin Undergraduate Research Paper Symposium in Asian Studies

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)

ASPAC Proposals: Extended Application Deadline

Call for Proposals
Envisioning Global Asia
ASPAC 2018 Conference, June 8-10, 2018

The Asia Program at WSU invites college and university faculty, K–12 schoolteachers, independent scholars, and graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in Asian or Asian diaspora studies to submit proposals for organized panels, roundtable discussions, individual papers, or poster presentations on historical or contemporary topics in the humanities, arts, social sciences, education, health, law, business, environmental sciences, or other disciplines related to East, South, or Southeast Asia and their diasporas. We especially welcome proposals that connect theory, method, or practice to contemporary or historical questions of urbanization, migration, … » More …

Symposium: “Revitalizing Rural Environments”

REVITALIZING RURAL ENVIRONMENTS SYMPOSIUM: REGIONAL TO GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
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Massive migration from rural lands to urban centers is destabilizing small villages and towns all over the world. At a time when information technology has the potential to distribute knowledge and resources in more egalitarian ways than ever before, it is ironic that today’s unsustainable urban congestion often recalls the problems of the Industrial Revolution more than two centuries ago: pollution, lack of medical care, squatter housing, overburdened infrastructure, tensions between demographic groups, to name a few.

These events are open to the public.

Thursday, March 29

12:00–1:00 p.m. | Spark G45» More …

Deadline for Submissions: Columbia Basin Undergraduate Research Symposium

Call for papers

Undergraduates are invited to submit papers for presentation at the Columbia Basin Undergraduate Research Symposium in Asian Studies, to be held on the WSU Pullman campus Saturday, April 7, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Honors Hall 142.

Individual research papers (based on secondary and primary sources, minimum of 10–12 pages) and panel proposals (3–4 papers) are encouraged. Individual papers will be organized into panels of four similarly themed papers. Each paper presentation will be approximately 10–15 minutes. Papers from all regions of Asia (East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East) and on all … » More …

ASPAC Proposals: Regular Application Deadline

Call for Proposals
Envisioning Global Asia
ASPAC 2018 Conference, June 8-10, 2018

The Asia Program at WSU invites college and university faculty, K–12 schoolteachers, independent scholars, and graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in Asian or Asian diaspora studies to submit proposals for organized panels, roundtable discussions, individual papers, or poster presentations on historical or contemporary topics in the humanities, arts, social sciences, education, health, law, business, environmental sciences, or other disciplines related to East, South, or Southeast Asia and their diasporas. We especially welcome proposals that connect theory, method, or practice to contemporary or historical questions of urbanization, migration, … » More …

East Meets West Symposium: “Immigration”

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 …