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 …
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Dr. Shawna Herzog (History) will present “A Taste of Home: Food as a Form of Diasporic Resilience.”
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.
Dr. Marina Tolmacheva (History) will present “Building Nationhood in the Post-Soviet Era.”
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.
Dr. Caitlin Bletscher (Center for Transformational Learning and Leadership) will present “Community in a Global Migration Crisis: US-Resettled Burmese and Iraqi Refugees.”
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.
Dr. Julia Cassaniti (Anthropology) and Dr. Lydia Gerber (Asian Studies) will present “Mindfulness: East and West.”
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.
Dr. David Wang (Architecture) will present “Patterns of Resilience: An Aesthetics of Chinese Urban Environments.”
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.
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.
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 …
Asia 301 is a course consisting of a series of lectures by instructors from various disciplines, perspectives, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as feature films and documentaries and interactive panels with international students.
All lectures and workshops are open to the public and will be held in Todd Hall 276.
Spring 2017 Lecture Series – “World War II Connections”
Thursday, Feb. 23 | 6:00–9:15 p.m.
6:00 — Introduction to the Course / Lydia Gerber 6:15 — Remembrance, Repression, Reconciliation(?): The Memory Politics of the Asia-Pacific War / Raymond Sun 7:10 — “Winning the Peace” – Experiences of Japanese American Soldiers in Post-WWII … » More …
