Asia at the World’s Fairs: An Online Exhibition of Cultural Exchange Monday, April 23, 2018 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m Boston University The Arrival of Asia: Asian Culture on the Stage at World’s Fairs, 1851-1939 The first modern international exhibition or “world’s fair” in 1851 in London’s spectacular “Crystal Palace” launched the idea of bringing […]
Harvard University presents Asia Center 20th Anniversary Friday, April 13, 2018 from 9:30 am – 6:30 pmS020, Belfer Case Study Room, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Schwarzman Scholars Information Session Guest: Christian Tanja, Admissions and Selection Officer Wednesday, April 4, 2018 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm The event will take place at: Rafik B. Hariri Building, Room 322 Questrom School of Business, 595 Commonwealth Ave., Boston University Register here The Office of Fellowships and Scholarships welcomes the Schwarzman Scholars program to campus for […]
Beyond the Headlines: Transnationalism and health in Asia Monday March 12, 2018, 11:45 am The event will take place at 121 Bay State Road Health and healthcare have long been thought of as tied to place. But as public health programs and medical services become increasingly global, there is an increased circulation of people, policies, and […]
Thinking Through the “Literary Chinese Cosmopolis:” Poetic Glimpses from Ninth Century Silla Korea and Heian Japan Dr. Xin Wei, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston UniversityChair/Discussant: Professor Wiebke Denecke, Professor of East Asian Literatures and Comparative Literature, Boston University Thursday, March 29, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Co-sponsored by the World Languages and Literatures Department and the Boston University Center for the […]
On February 22, 2018, Boston University Center for the Study of Asia (BUCSA), WLL Chinese Language Program, Global Programs, and Tufts University Confucius Institute organized an event to celebrate Chinese New Year. Here is a video recap, along with a collection of photographs taken from the event: 2018 春节晚会 from BUCSA on Vimeo. Thank you […]
CHINA GLOBAL RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM “What Global Aid, Trade, and Investment Networks Can Tell Us About China’s Belt and Road Initiative” Wednesday February 14, 2018, 3:00 – 4:30pm Join us on Febraury 14th and listen to Sara Sklar, Ph.D. student at Boston University on “What Global Aid, Trade, and Investment Networks Can Tell Us About China’s […]
The Journal Cross Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review (online and print journal based at UC Berkeley) published an open access issue in December 2017, co-edited by Professor Eugenio Menegon with Professors Philip Thai (Northeastern University) and Xing Hang (Brandeis University), entitled “Binding Maritime China: Control, Evasion, and Interloping.” Based on a conference with the same title organized […]
Taiwan Forum 2018: “Museums, Qing ‘Global Art,’ and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Taiwan and China Today” Friday February 2, 2018, 2:00 – 5:00pm Reception to follow The way museums and art historical research have been changing in recent years reflects on the one hand the globalization of China and its prosperity and ambition, […]
CHINA GLOBAL RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM “Policies Governing China’s Overseas Climate Finance” Wednesday February 7, 2018, 3:30 – 5:00pm The first China Colloquium in the series will take place on February 7th. Qi Qi, Ph.D. student in Economics and Public Policy under the joint supervision of faculty from the Fletcher School and the Department of Economics in Tufts’ […]