Event Calendar

Asian Studies (February 1 through April 30)

Thursday, February 15

• 5:00 PM Terms of Endearment: Love and Angst Among Indonesian Youth

Friday, February 16

• 5:00 PM Chinese New Year Culture Fair

Wednesday, February 21

• 5:00 PM Unlocking the Code: Breaking Barriers with Tech Education for Women in Afghanistan, with Fereshteh Forough

Wednesday, February 28

• 4:00 PM A Book Talk on Islam and Citizenship in Indonesia: Democracy and the Quest for an inclusive Public Ethics
• 5:30 PM Chinese Cinema Meets Digital Humanities, with Christopher Rea (U British Columbia)

Tuesday, March 5

• 5:00 PM Public Health, National Strength and Regime Legitimacy: China’s Patriotic Health Campaign

Wednesday, March 6

• 5:00 PM Custom, Religion, and the Advancement of Women's Rights in Afghanistan

Wednesday, March 20

• 5:00 PM Book Talk w/author Grant Rhode on Great Power Clashes along the Maritime Silk Road

Thursday, March 28

• 4:00 PM Tensions in the Taiwan Strait: The Role of US Allies

Tuesday, April 2

• 5:00 PM Counter-History in China: Challenging the Headline Narratives with Ian Johnson (Concil of Foreign Relations)

Wednesday, April 3

• 5:00 PM Victorian Kuniongs and Pioneer Chinese Christian Women: Gender, Christianity, and Literacy with Esther Hu (Boston University)

Thursday, April 4

• 5:00 PM Claiming the Nation: Religion and Politics in the Philippines with Jayeel Cornelio (University of Louisville)

Wednesday, April 10

• 5:00 PM Beauty Regimes: A History  of Power and Modern Empire in the Philippines, 1898-1941 with Genevieve Clutario (Wellesley College)

Tuesday, April 23

• All Day The Rise of China in the Eyes of the US and Japan: Divergence and Convergence in Threat Perceptions, with Chikako Ueki