Union Responses to Gender-based Violence in Cambodia’s Construction Sector. Gender-based violence and harassment at work (workplace GBVH) is a global, complex and intractable issue that impacts millions of workers' lives. In Cambodia, unions - both local and international - have also attempted to influence policy, promote law reform and strengthen law enforcement, and raise awareness […]
Japan’s Role in International Cooperation and Development” with Monica Weller of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. This event is co-sponsored by the International Studies Program.
"Politics, Gender, and the Asia Critique" Please join us for a conversation with historians Suzy Kim (Among Women Across Worlds, 2023) and Tani Barlow (In the Event of Women, 2022) as they share insights on new approaches to Asia scholarship, through theoretical, philosophical, historical, and critical methods and perspectives. As the founding editor of the […]
Mr. Evan M. Wright will talk about Science and Technology policy in East Asia and showcase how his EAS specialization and knowledge of Japanese helped him in his career. Mr. Wright is a Science Policy Fellow with the Science and Technology Policy Institute and the Institute for Defense Analyses. He is also a non-resident Fellow […]
What was “revolutionary” about Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement in 2019? This talk assesses the breakthroughs and limits of the historic uprising, against an entrenched colonial hegemony co-produced by British and Chinese rules. Specifically, we shall review four salient elements of this hegemony that have long defined the boundaries of the “political” in Hong Kong. To […]