Events
Most East Asia Program events are part of the interdisciplinary initiatives that the program has developed over many years through the work of our faculty and students. Be sure to look at past events and activities of these initiatives.
Upcoming Events
5:00 pm
Virtual
Develop your dissertation on global issues with a toolkit of resources! The Einaudi Dissertation Proposal Development Program (DPD) supports 24 PhD students annually through seminars, workshops, mentoring sessions, and up to $2,000 for international airfare for summer research. Applicants’ research projects must…
5:00 pm
Physical Sciences Building, 120
Taiwan is at a crossroads, and its future is far from clear. Dan Blumenthal, Director of Asian Studies at AEI and former Senior Country Director for China and Taiwan, joins us for a discussion on recent Taiwanese history, Trump's ever-changing policy towards Taiwan, and what the future holds. This event will…
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Go global in summer 2027! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.
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4:30 pm
Rockefeller Hall, 374 (Asian Studies Lounge)
Speaker: Ying Qian, Associate Professor of Chinese Cinema and Media, Columbia University
Title: Michurin-Lysenkoism and the Politics of Grafting in Early PRC
Abstract: This paper is an exploration of grafting 嫁接, a technique with a long history in Chinese horticulture and further popularized in the…
3:30 pm
Rockefeller Hall, 374 (Asian Studies Lounge)
Speaker: Sukhee Lee, Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University
Title: "Cracking Administrative Documents in Classical Chinese: 'Adjudicating Lawsuits (聽訟)' in Hu Taichu's 胡太初 Pulling Down the Screen During the Daytime (晝簾緖論)"
About Cornell Classical Chinese…
1:00 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, G22
Since 2016, the China labor collection at Kheel Center in the ILR School’s Catherwood Library, has amassed a vast audio-visual archive consisting of photographs, films, brochures, oral interviews, poetry, and other materials on labor in the People’s Republic of China between the years 1993-2023. This exhibition is…
4:45 pm
Virtual
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…
12:00 am
Goldwin Smith Hall, G22
Since 2016, the China labor collection at Kheel Center in the ILR School’s Catherwood Library, has amassed a vast audio-visual archive consisting of photographs, films, brochures, oral interviews, poetry, and other materials on labor in the People’s Republic of China between the years 1993-2023. This exhibition is…
12:00 pm
Kahin Center
Speaker: Ting Hui Lau, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Singapore
Title: Decolonial Endurance: Indigenous Wellbeing Against Chinese Settler Colonialism
Abstract: Like many countries in Asia, China does not recognize the existence of Indigenous peoples within its…
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Go global in summer 2027! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.
Applications are open now.
Can’t attend? Contact…
4:30 pm
Rockefeller Hall, 374 (Asian Studies Lounge)
Speaker: Jeffrey Niedermaier, Brown University
Title: Tamenori and the “Sinographic Subaltern” of Genji-Era Japan Peasants, Prisoners, and Castaways
Abstract: Early in Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji, the titular prince overhears laborers in a down-and-out neighborhood of the Japanese capital…
3:30 pm
Rockefeller Hall, 374 (Asian Studies Lounge)
Speaker: Jeffrey Niedermaier, Brown University
Title: "Intimacies of the Guestless Guesthouse: Diplomacy with the Departed in Post-Parhae Japan."
Abstract:
Its name evoking the sonorous chamber of a great migratory bird bearing messages from afar, the Kōrokan 鴻臚館 guesthouse was a…
4:45 pm
Virtual
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports U.S. citizens to study, conduct research in any field, or teach English in more than 150 countries. The program is open to graduate students, recent graduates, and young professionals. Undergraduate students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are…
12:00 am
Virtual
October 26, 1:00-5:00, Hirsch Lecture Room, Johnson Museum
October 27, 9:00-4:00, Nevin Welcome Center, Botanic Gardens
This conference explores the cultural, religious, botanical, economic, and environmental dimensions of the global spread of Camillia Sinensus, commonly known worldwide as either tea…