Skip to main content

East Asia Program

Tracing the Chinese Crayfish Trade in Kenya

December 8, 2022

12:00 pm

Uris Hall, Einaudi Conference Room 153

In this talk, Amanda Kaminsky will present a paper that untangles the supply chain of Kenya's crayfish industry, to explore how multispecies landscapes come to manifest and shape our social and cultural norms. Amanda draws from one year of ethnographic fieldwork to analyze the historical political ecology of crayfish in Kenya and its contemporary meaning among Chinese consumers. As a nonnative species feeding a primarily Chinese market, crayfish highlight the ambiguity of foreign and native categories, as well as the ambiguous position occupied by China in the Kenyan imagination.

Amanda Kaminsky is a Ph.D. candidate in sociocultural anthropology at the University of Michigan. Amanda earned an M.S. in Environmental Policy at the University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability, and a B.A. in Chinese from Middlebury College.

This event is hosted by the Migrations initiative, and co-sponsored by the East Asia Program and Institute for African Development.

RSVP to save your spot for a vegan/vegetarian Thai lunch.

Additional Information

Program

Einaudi Center for International Studies

East Asia Program

Institute for African Development

U.S.-China Economic Ties Continue to Fray, Despite Biden-Xi Meeting

President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden shake hands in front of China and US flags
November 18, 2022

Eswar Prasad, SAP

“Xi Jinping’s clear signals about the contours of his administration’s economic policies, which will be less favorable to private enterprise, are likely to discourage U.S. investments in China and lead to continued gradual economic and financial decoupling,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy. 

Additional Information

EAP Fellowships fund the future!

A photo of Taiwan
November 30, 2022

Last year alone, EAP provided $226,000 in student funding.

EAP’s graduate fellowships and other funding programs continue to support critical graduate student research and training as well as undergraduate research internships and language study. This financial support sustains and ensures the development of emerging scholars at all levels.

Student Funding Story: Hear From Our Current Students in the Field

Yuanyuan Duan

Ph.D. Candidate in Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture & Hu Shih Fellowship Awardee

Research: Crossing Boundaries: The "Ācārya" Community in Dali and their Textual Practices, 1382-1500.

A quote from Yuanyuan about her experience:

I am currently in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province in China, conducting archival research for my dissertation project on the Buddhist community named "ācārya” in Dali (southwest China today) in the 14th-16th centuries. Due to COVID restrictions, the archives, libraries, and museums in China could be closed to the public at any time. Such indeterminacy is a big challenge to my work. But I am fortunately granted a very rare opportunity for the physical examination of the medieval Buddhist manuscripts housed in local institutions. The hands-on research on the manuscripts really excites me. For the prospective applicants of EAP fellowships, I would say specifying the purpose and work plan of your project in the proposal is important to the grant application.

This photo was taken during my brief field trip to West Yunnan (November 2022), a village known for its handcrafts of paper-making. The woman here was lifting a wooden framework from paper pulp, a crucial procedure for making paper.
This photo was taken during my brief field trip to West Yunnan (November 2022), a village known for its handcrafts of paper-making. The woman here was lifting a wooden framework from paper pulp, a crucial procedure for making paper.

Thank you Yuanyuan for sharing your story!

If you would like to join Yuanyuan and pursue your research, apply for EAP Student Funding. The graduate fellowships and Language Study Grant applications are now open and the deadline is January 26th, 2023 at midnight. For more information on current Student Funding Opportunities and how to apply, visit the East Asia Program Funding Page.

 

Additional Information

2022 Korean Noraebang Contest

December 6, 2022

7:30 pm

Goldwin Smith Hall, HEC auditorium

Are you interested in Korean Music, Dance, and Snacks? Come join the Noraebang (singing) Contest and enjoy all of these things! The Contest stars the Korean Language Program students that you can vote for, performances by Korean dance groups E.Motion and LOKO, trivia prizes for the audience, and bakery goods from Paris Baguette for all. You won't want to miss this!! Grab your friends and family, and come enjoy this wonderful celebration! Open to the public and kids friendly. This event is sponsored by the Joh Foundation.

Additional Information

Program

East Asia Program

Subscribe to East Asia Program