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The East Asia Program seeks to support research that expands and redirects the scope of East Asian Studies, providing more diverse, more inclusive,...
The greatest value of science fiction is not in providing answers, but rather in raising questions. Can AI help humans prevent the next global...
Tani Barlow, the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University speaks on, "Instinct and Society." When Li...

Gendering AI and Robots

Jennifer Robertson, Professor Emerita, Anthropology and History of Art, the University of Michigan. In humans, gender constitutes an array of learned...
What are we learning when we play video games from Japan? Rachael Hutchinson (University of Delaware) examines the cultural content of Japanese...

Ant Tribes (Yizu) in China's Contested Space

This lecture was given by Kimiko Suda, Ph.D. Post Doc researcher, National Discrimination and Racism Monitor (NaDiRa).  In 2009 the term "Yizu" (Ant...
How did the Cold War shape political modernity in the decolonizing world, and what do literature and literary networks reveal about such political...

Allen Carlson, CMSP/EAP/SAP

“On the world stage, China appears to be the only friend that Russia has left. But it would be a mistake to overstate the strength of such seeming...

In honor of International Women’s Day

In a March 7 webinar, coinciding with International Women’s Day, Uyghur Muslim and Xinjiang concentration camp survivor Tursunay Ziyawudun spoke on...

Allen Carlson, EAP/SAP/CMSP

“America’s abrupt and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan underscored worries as it raised questions about Washington’s commitment to its allies,”...