Gendering Robots: Robo-Sexism in Japan Public lecture by Dr. Jennifer Robertson University of Michigan Monday March 26 at 2:00 pm in Gorgas 205 Dr. Roberston is Professor of Anthropology and the History of Art at the University of Michigan and has published Robo Sapiens Japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation. While at UA […]
Former US Ambassador’s lecture
Thursday, November 2, Thomas Hubbard, former US Ambassador to the Philippines and South Korea will present the Mills lecture at 11:00 am in tenHoor 125. If you are interested in negotiations in the Korean peninsula or a career in Foreign Service, don’t miss it! For more information on Ambassador Hubbard, check the event announcement. […]
April 5: Honors Week 2017 Lecture and Reception
Join us on Wednesday, April 5 at 2:00 in the Mortar Board Room (Ferg 3107) for our annual honors week lecture and awards presentation. Dr. Sonya Pritzker in UA’s Department of Anthropology will present “Translating Practice: Chinese Medicine and the West” and the Asian Studies Research Award and Outstanding Student Award will be presented. More information […]
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March 2: Mindfulness Under (Re)Construction
Join us Thursday, March 2 for a guest lecture by Ira Helderman of Vanderbilt University. 3:30 pm in 113 ten Hoor. The lecture will consider different understanding of the relations between traditions identified as Buddhist and mindfulness practices in psychotherapy and continued debates over classifying these practices as religious or secular, medicine or science. The event […]
October 10: Roundtable on Mandarin
“In Search of Standard Mandarin in Modern China” will be a public roundtable featuring two guest scholars, Janet Chen from Princeton University and Robert Culp from Bard College. They will be discussing how textbook editors, linguists, and educators tried to standardize Mandarin when it was in the infancy of its formation. The event will be […]
Welcome Back Newsletter
Our first newsletter of this semester has been released. Check it out for details about Fulbright opportunities, Get on Board Day, and a movie screening and discussion. […]
Honors Week Lecture
2016 Honors Week Lecture and Awards Reception in Asian Studies will be April 6 at 3:00 in Ferguson Center 3111 Dr. Jo Weaver in Anthropology will present the lecture ‘”I Have Sugar”: The Social Aspects of Diabetes Management Among Urban North Indian Women.’ Join us for the lecture and celebration of the achievements of our students. including […]
Interested in a Year in Asia
The Fulbright Program provides opportunities for successful applicants to study outside the United States, including various programs in Asia. If you might be interested, the Global Cafe event at UA will include people at UA and Stillman who participated in the program in previous years, talking about the application process and their experiences in the […]
Spring 2016 Registration
It will soon be time to register for Spring 2016. Check out the list of courses being offered at UA that count towards your Asian Studies minor. If you are not a minor yet, come talk to us about what being a minor provides. […]
Japan’s Popular Culture
On Sept. 24, UA will host Dr. Jolyon Thomas, who researches popular culture in Japan, including anime. At 7:00 pm in Smith 205, he will present a lecture that investigates the interplay between animated music videos, figurines, and other merchandise with the vitality of temples commonly identified as Buddhist. In addition to his evening lecture, […]