Author: Elizabeth D Amrien
Innovative Health Care for the Poor: Comparing China and India
On Monday, February 13, the Center for the Study of Asia and the East Asian Studies Program at Boston University cosponsored a talk by Prof. Tarun Khanna on “Innovative Provision of Health Care to the Poor in India and China.” Prof. Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Leman Professor at Harvard Business School and the Director of […]
Embassy of Japan Summer Intern Program
The Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) at the Embassy of Japan in Washington DC is happy to announce that the application period for the Summer 2012 JICC Intern Program will open Monday, February 13th. For detailed information on the program and how to apply, please visit the website. If you have any questions, please […]
Humanistic Buddhist Monastic Life Program in Taiwan
The Woodenfish Project’s tenth year of the “Humanistic Buddhist Monastic Life Program” (HBMLP) in Taiwan will run from July 15th to August 12th, 2012. Over the past nine years, the Woodenfish Project has offered undergraduate and graduate students the rare opportunity to extend their learning beyond the classroom, by experiencing authentic monastic life at Fo […]
Call for Applications: Religious Violence Summer Program at Columbia University
The Hertog Global Strategy Initiative seeks talented undergraduate and graduate students for its 2012 seminar on the History and Future of Religious Violence and Apocalyptic Movements. The seminar will take place over ten weeks, from May 29 through August 2, 2012, at Columbia University. It begins with two weeks of “total immersion” training on global […]
Wharton Asia Economic Review: Call for Submissions
The Wharton Asia Economic Review i (WAER) s now seeking submissions for the Spring 2012 issue. Please view the call for submissions here. The Wharton Asia Economic Review is an undergraduate academic journal of the Wharton China Business Society at the University of Pennsylvania. WAER is committed to providing thoughtful analyses of how social, economic, […]
Michigan Journal of Asian Studies Call for Submissions
The Michigan Journal of Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed, general interest, scholarly journal that aims to provide graduate and undergraduate students around the world with a venue for publication of research, analytical papers, and book reviews from all academic disciplines in the social sciences and humanities pertaining to South, Southeast, Inner, and East Asia. The journal […]
International Student Conferences
The Korea-America Student Conference (KASC) and Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) are recruiting bright and adventurous college (and grad) students for summer 2012. JASC is the oldest student-run exchange between the U.S. and Japan, founded in 1934. KASC launched in 2008, answering the call for closer ties between students in the U.S. and Korea. Application Deadline: […]
Liberty and Security in a Time of Global Re-ordering
A number of BUCSA faculty will be participating in an international conference on human security at Boston University on March 5 and 6, 2012. The two-day event is organized by the Center for the Study of Europe at Boston University – in cooperation with the Center for the Study of Asia and the Center for […]
Spring 2012 Geddes Japanese Movie Series
The Dept. of MLCL, Boston University Center for the Study of Asia, the Boston University’s Geddes Language Center, and the Japanese House are pleased to present the Spring 2012 Japanese Film Series. Films will be screened at the Geddes Center on the fifth floor of CAS starting at 6:00 p.m on Monday evenings. All films […]