Tani Barlow, the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University speaks on, "Instinct and Society." When Li...

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...

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...

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

Deadline for submissions: August 1, 2022. The Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University wishes to announce the eighth and final Kyoko Selden...

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

What are the prospects for halting China’s mass atrocities in the Uyghur region, which are now entering their fifth year since the start in 2017? This...