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BUCSA is currently planning its AY 2026-2027 program. <\/span>
\nPlease watch out for more announcements later.
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Thank you!<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Here is a list of our events in AY 2025-2026.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Spring 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Wednesday, January 28, 5 PM – 6:30 PM<\/strong><\/span>
\nRoom 220, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA<\/span>
\nMaking Sense of Japan\u2019s Defense Policy with KIRIDORI Ryo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, February 4, 1:30 PM – 3 PM EST<\/strong><\/span>
\nVia Zoom (Register for the link.)<\/span>
\nCambodia and Thailand: Conflict, Diplomacy, and Regional Power with Sophal Ear<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, February 9, 5 PM – 6:30 PM<\/strong><\/span>
\n121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nChina and the Philippines: A Connected History for our Untangling World with Phillip Guingona<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, February 11, 5 PM – 6:30 PM<\/span><\/strong>
\n121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nFrom Kakilala<\/em> to Kapamilya<\/em>: Building Connections through Filipino Language with Lady Aileen Orsal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, February 12, 4 PM – 5:30 PM<\/strong><\/span>
\n121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nLearning from Japan: Expos Past, Present, and Future with Angus Lockyer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, February 12, 4 PM – 5:30 PM
\n<\/span><\/strong>In person at 67 Bay State Road, Boston MA and via Zoom<\/span>
\n Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China with Yan Long<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, February 13, 12:30 PM – 2 PM
\n<\/strong>121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization will Survive the Decline of the West w<\/strong><\/span>ith Amitav Acharya<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, February 19, 4 PM – 5:30 PM<\/span><\/strong>
\n121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\n Ten Weeks by Ship Along the China Coast with Grant Rhode<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

CANCELED:
\nMonday. February 23, 5 PM – 6:30 PM<\/strong><\/span>
\n121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nCan China’s New Venture Capitalists\u00a0 Solve the Local Government Debt Problem with Jean Oi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, February 25, 4 PM – 5:30 PM<\/span><\/strong>
\n121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nThe Diplomacy of Gift Exchange: During the 1853-1854 Perry Expedition to Japan with Matthew C. Perry<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, February 26
\n<\/strong>CAS 533B, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
\nAlso via Zoom<\/span>
\nTerritorializing Manchuria: The Transnational Frontier and Literatures of East Asia with Mia Qiong Xie<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, March 16, 5pm – 6 PM
\n<\/b>English Room, 610 Beacon Street, Boston MA
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Taiwanese Tea Culture<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n

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Thursday, March 19, 4 PM<\/span><\/strong>
\nFriday, March 20, 9:30 AM – 8:30 PM<\/span><\/strong>
\n745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA<\/span>
\nConference: Alexander the Great and Iskandar: Dialogues on Medieval Reception<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, March 23, 11 AM \u2013 12 PM<\/strong><\/span>
\n121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nBreath, Rhythm & Music for Your Wellbeing w<\/strong>ith Igor Iwanek<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, March 26, 5 PM \u2013 6:30 PM<\/span><\/strong>
\nCAS 533B & Via Zoom, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA<\/span>
\nThe Diasporic Afterlives of Gwangju: Minor Identifications and Cathy Park Hong’s Dance Dance Revolution with Daniel Y. Kim <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, March 30, 5 PM- 6:30 PM<\/span><\/strong>
\n610 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA<\/span>
\nThe Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping with Joseph Torigian<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 31, 6PM<\/span><\/strong>
\n233 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nWhy Ghosts Matter: An Underground History of Japan with Haruo Shirane<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2
\n<\/strong>121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nInternational Workshop: From Colony to Nation: Catholicism and Christianity in Taiwan (1600-1987)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 1, 5 PM<\/span><\/strong>
\n225 Bay State Road, Boston MA (The Castle)<\/span>
\nConverging Voices: How Faith Nourished Taiwanese Music\u2014From Sacred to Secular with Kuan Yun Huang & Chen Lin Ma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 2, 9 AM – 10:30 AM
\n<\/span><\/strong>Via Zoom<\/span>
\nHealth, Knowledge, Politics: Understanding the Triad with Madhulika Banerjee <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, April 6, 2 PM – 7 PM
\n<\/span><\/strong>CDS 1750, 665 Comm Ave., Boston MA<\/span>
\nThe Joseph Fewsmith Commemorative Symposium with lecture by Evan Medeiros<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 8, 4 PM – 5:30 PM
\n<\/span><\/strong>121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nSoong Mayling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) and Her World<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 9, 6 PM – 7:30 PM
\n<\/strong>STH B23-24, 745 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Eid Celebration<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 9, 7:15 PM \u2013 9:30 PM<\/strong><\/span>
\nCFA Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA<\/span>
\nBasant Ke Rang | Colors of Spring Concert: Raga Music of North India<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, April 10, 12 PM \u2013 1:30 PM
\n<\/strong>Dahod Family Alumni Center, Music Room, 225 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nRethinking Debt Sustainability Analysis through New Structural Economics and China’s Practice with Meibo Huang<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, April 13, 4 PM \u2013 5:30 PM<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Rajan Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering,<\/span>
\n610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>China’s Modernization: Path and Implications with\u00a0Justin Yifu Lin<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 16, 5 PM – 6:30 PM
\n<\/span><\/strong>121 Bay State Road, Boston MA<\/span>
\nThe Migration Workshop, Author-Meets-Critics Book Panel with<\/strong> Prema A. Kurien<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 23, 5 PM – 6:30 PM<\/span><\/strong>
\n121 Bay State Room, Boston MA<\/span>
\nWorkshop on Gender and Performance in Chinese Theater<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 29, 5 PM – 6:30 PM<\/span><\/strong>
\n121 Bay State Room, Boston MA
\nAsia at the World\u2019s Fairs\u2019 Website Launch<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fall 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Tuesday, September 9, <\/strong>4 PM – 6 PM
\n<\/strong>121 Bay State Road, Boston MA
\nBUCSA Fall Reception<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, September 18, <\/strong>4 PM – 5:30 PM
\n<\/strong>75 Bay State Road, Boston MA
\nDevelopment, Dispossession, and Desires in Jeju with Youjeong Oh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, September 22, 2025, \u00a05PM – 6:30 PM
\n<\/strong>Rm. 101, 610 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
\nTaiwanese Politics and US-China-Taiwan Relations Under Trump 2.0 with S. Philip Hsu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, September 29,\u00a0 1 PM – 2:30 PM
\n<\/strong>121 Bay State Road, Boston MA
\nAn Infirm Ascendency? India’s National Security Challenges with Ashley Tellis<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, October 1, 5pm-6:30pm<\/strong>
\n121 Bay State Road, Boston
\nThe Contested Meaning of Symbolic Spaces in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Shanghai<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, October 2, 5pm
\n<\/strong>8O8 Commonwealth Ave., 1st Floor, Boston MA
\n Film Screening<\/a>: “Made in Ethiopia”<\/a>
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Tuesday, October 14
\n<\/strong>Fuller 206, 808 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA
\n“The Dawn Is Too Far” A Film Screening and Discussion with Persis Karim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, October 20, 4 PM-5:30 PM
\n<\/strong>121 Bay State Road, Boston MA
\n<\/span>The Vietnamese \u00c1o D\u00e0i in a Time of War: Fashion, Citizenship, and Nationalism (1954\u20131975)<\/a>
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Monday, October 27, 7 PM
\n<\/strong>Room 104, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA
\nSong of Earthroot<\/em>: Film Screening and Talkback<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, October 29, 5 PM – 6:30 PM
\n<\/strong>871 Commonwealth Ave, Room 511, Boston MA
\nTogether in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>with Tracy Slater<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, October\u00a0 30, 4 PM – 5:30PM
\nFrom Refugees to ‘Non-Criminal Collaterals’: Immigration after the Vietnam War and Now with Ben Tran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, October 30, 2025, 4:30 PM \u2013 6 PM
\nGetting Along with Imaginary Others: Case Studies in Japanese Fiction with Christopher Weinberger<\/a>
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Saturday, Saturday, November 1, 2025, 7:30 PM<\/strong>
\nThe Odyssey, Music by V\u00e2n-\u00c1nh Vanessa V\u00f5, Blood Moon Orchestra, and Arneis Quartet<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, November\u00a0 6, 4 PM – 5:30 PM<\/strong>
\nThe Backstage of Democracy: India’s Election Campaigns and the People Who Manage Them<\/em> with Amogh Sharma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, November 8, 2025, 11 AM<\/strong>
\nFree Seminar: Cinema Masala with Dr. Shilpa Parnami<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, November\u00a0 8, 2025, 3 PM<\/strong>
\nThe Devil Takes Bitcoin: Uncovering the Intersection of Japan, Crime, and Cryptocurrency<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3 PM
\nUS-PAKISTAN RELATIONS:\u00a0 Past, Present & Future<\/a>
\nA Fireside Conversation with\u00a0 Amb. RIZWAN SAEED SHEIKH <\/strong>(Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 5 PM – 6:30 PM<\/strong>
\nPerilous Straits: The Changing Military Balance Around Taiwan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, November 17, 5 PM \u2013 6:15 PM<\/strong>
\nUniversities in Ages of Authoritarianism: Higher Education in the US and\u00a0China<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, November 21, 2025, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
\nConference: The Contours of Alid Devotion Past and Present<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, December 1, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM<\/strong>
\nCelebrating Persian Culture<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, December 10, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM<\/strong>
\nBUCSA Holiday Get-Together<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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