Non-CAS events, job postings, funding and other opportunities

Exhibit: Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper

Feb. 1, 2022

Explore the world of Japanese paper art. Ticket purchase required for museum entry. Exhibit: Jan 29-May 15 Hosted by Longmont Museum Learn More

Event: Poetry Against Tyranny: A Reading and Conversation with Three Burmese Poets

Jan. 28, 2022

February 4, 2022|4:00pm - 5:45pm EST Speaker: Me Me Khant Speaker: Mandy Moe Pwint Tu Speaker: Edna Du (Ei Htet) Discussant: Chu May Paing Location: Virtual Event Sponsor: Harvard University Asia Center Co-sponsors: Aruna Global South, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute Born and raised in Yangon, Myanmar, Chu...

ALTEC International Film Festival

Jan. 27, 2022

Hosted by ALTEC over a period of two weeks, watch a different movie each day in its original language with English subtitles! The film screening will be followed by a conversation in English, led by a language faculty. All languages and levels are welcome. Asia-Related films: 4:30pm to 6:30pm February...

Graduate Student/Postdoc Fellowships available

Jan. 25, 2022

New Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asian Studies (for Southeast Asian nationals) https://www.asianstudies.org/grants-awards/gosling-lim-postdoctoral-fellowship-in-southeast-asian-studies/ Asian Graduate Student Fellowship, National University of Singapore (June-July 2022) https://ari.nus.edu.sg/asian-graduate-student-fellowship-2022/ Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yale Council on Southeast Asian Studies (focus on Myanmar) https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=62853

Webnar: Academics Online: Digital Harassment Across Asias

Jan. 25, 2022

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 3:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern Time This webinar, the first in the three-part series of Academics Online events, will offer lightning talks by scholars of China, Japan, India, and Hong Kong, with the aim of building knowledge and awareness of critical issues surrounding public-facing scholarship, activism,...

The AAS is pleased to invite applications to participate in “Technology in Asia”

Jan. 21, 2022

The AAS is pleased to invite applications to participate in “Technology in Asia,” the fourth workshop in its series “Emerging Fields in Asian Studies,” supported by the Henry Luce Foundation. The fourth workshop is convened by Aleksandra Kobiljski (CNRS) and will be virtually hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute...

Event: The Making of Okinawans

Jan. 13, 2022

The Center for East Asian Studies and the International House at the University of Chicago invite you to attend the 15th Annual Tetsuo Najita Distinguished Lecture in Japanese Studies. Originally scheduled to take place in-person, this event has now been moved to take place,VIRTUALLY. This year’s lecture will feature Ichirō...

Event: China's Battler Poetry and the Hypertranslatability of Zheng Xiaoqiong

Jan. 13, 2022

Join the Center for East Asian Studies, Thursday, February 3rd for a lecture featuring Leiden University’s Maghiel van Crevel. Coming from a place where poetry is a firmly rooted social practice, China’s battler poetry (dagong shige) highlights the cruelty of precarious labor regimes spawned by global capitalism. So it makes...

Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) invites applications to fill a postdoctoral fellowship

Dec. 16, 2021

The Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications to fill a postdoctoral fellowship position for the 2022-2023 academic year. The position is open to applicants from the humanities and social sciences whose work focuses on contemporary India. We welcome candidates from a...

The JASC 74 Application Closes on December 17th, 11:59 p.m. EST!

Dec. 6, 2021

The 74th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) will bring together American and Japanese university students from a variety of academic disciplines to live, travel, and conduct original peer-reviewed research together. Over the course of this academically intensive and culturally immersive conference, accepted student delegates will build lifelong friendships, develop cross-cultural communication...

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