East Asian Studies Speaker Series – Burak Gürel (Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey)

Mergenthaler 266

Labor Unrest in Chinese-Invested Enterprises in Turkey: Local Dynamics and Global Implications. Burak Gürel is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-director of the Center for Asian Studies at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. China, once a hub for foreign manufacturing investment, has become a major investor in overseas factories and mines. Disputes at Chinese-owned […]

East Asian Studies Seminar – Xueqian Zhang

Gilman 308

Graduate student Xueqian Zhang will present on The First Year Paper for the Spring 2024 EAS Graduate Seminar Series. The EAS Seminar is primarily an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to present a pre-circulated work-in-progress. Organized by graduate students, the seminar also hosts methodology workshops, career-building workshops, and undergraduate senior theses presentations. The EAS seminar […]

East Asian Studies Seminar – Wesley Sampias

Gilman 308

Graduate student Wesley Sampias will present on Rabid Kyoto for the Spring 2024 EAS Graduate Seminar Series. The EAS Seminar is primarily an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to present a pre-circulated work-in-progress. Organized by graduate students, the seminar also hosts methodology workshops, career-building workshops, and undergraduate senior theses presentations. The EAS seminar is free […]

East Asian Studies Seminar – Kevin Kind

Gilman 308

Graduate student Kevin Kind will present on the Military Occupation and Corvee Labor in Colonial Xinjiang, 1877-1911 for the Spring 2024 EAS Graduate Seminar Series. The EAS Seminar is primarily an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to present a pre-circulated work-in-progress. Organized by graduate students, the seminar also hosts methodology workshops, career-building workshops, and undergraduate […]

East Asian Studies Seminar – Mercy An

Giman 208

Graduate student Mengqi (Mercy) An will present on “Foraging for the Root of Life: Manchurian Ginseng in Russian Literature” for the Fall 2024 EAS Seminar Series. The EAS Seminar is an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to present a pre-circulated work-in-progress. Organized by graduate students, the seminar also hosts methodology workshops, career-building workshops, and undergraduate […]

East Asian Studies Seminar – Grant Application Workshop

Gilman Hall 208

The EAS Seminar is pleased to announce a special Grant Application Workshop, featuring Professor Lan Li, Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine, as the speaker; panelists Christopher Taylor, Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Thought and Literature, Wesley Sampias, Graduate Student in History, and Jiwon Kim, Graduate Student in Anthropology; and Mengqi Mercy An, from Comparative […]

Public Health Consequences of Nuclear War: We Must Prevent What We Cannot Cure!

Ramsen Hall 101 Homewood Campus

Health Consequences of Nuclear War: We Must Prevent What We Cannot Cure!Ira Helfand, MD, Co-founder and past president of Physicians for social Responsibility. Immediate past president of international physicians for the prevention of Nuclear War Dr. Helfand will also be speaking at the JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health at noon on September 23. Link […]

A World (Almost) without Money: Demonetization and Everyday Life in Collective-Era Rural China

Mergenthaler Hall 266

Jacob Eyferth Associate Professor Departments of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago During the collective era (1956–80), China’s farmers earned an average annual cash income from collective sources of ¥15, equivalent to US $9 in terms of purchasing power. Total income was higher, since members of collectives received much of their […]

Hopkins-Nanjing Deputy Director John Urban’s Homewood Visit 

mergenthaler 252 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Hopkins-Nanjing Deputy Director John Urban will share insights about the Hopkins-Nanjing Program, the one-of-a-kind educational collaboration between a Chinese and an American University, the direct admissions process for undergraduates and answer all your questions about what this educational opportunity offers.

East Asian Studies Seminar – Dongmiao Hu

Gilman Hall 208

Visiting scholar Dongmiao Hu will present on “Transferring Land and Concentrating Power: Converting a Chinese Village into an Enterprise” for the Fall 2024 EAS Seminar Series. The EAS Seminar is an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to present a pre-circulated work-in-progress. Organized by graduate students, the seminar also hosts methodology workshops, career-building workshops, and undergraduate […]

East Asian Forum and Review Fall 2024 Issue Launch

Mergenthaler 240

Join the East Asian Studies Students Academic Council for the launch of the Fall 2024 issue of the East Asian Forum and Review Journal. You will have an opportunity to get a copy of the journal, meet the journal editors Leyra Espino-Nardi and Noah Welch, learn about how the fall issue was prepared and about […]

HOON SONG, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES

Mergenthaler 426

East Asian Studies is co-sponsoring: JHU Anthro Colloquium Series: Hoon Song (10/8) Professor Song will be hosting a discussion of his paper during this colloquium. It is therefore necessary for all participants to have read his paper beforehand. Please find the document attached to this email."The Dream in North Korea's Historiography" (Reception to follow) Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/8809236688