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The Asian Studies Program was incredible because most professors were undertaking their own research, passionate about their subject of study, and enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge with students. It felt fresh and profound at the same time. Inspiring!
I was able to delve deep and focus on the areas of Asian Studies that truly interested me, and therefore gained a much more thorough and developed understanding of my fields of interest, which are applicable to my current career path. Also, the professors are extremely helpful and want their students to succeed. They were very supportive both while I was at UH and after I graduated.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published Emma Hsu’s capstone research project, “Manufacturing beyond Shores: The Taiwanese Checklist Approach to Intellectual Property Protection.” Emma is a 2023 graduate of our Master’s of Asian International Affairs (MAIA) program. She…
An interview with Dr. Shuxian Luo, the newest faculty member in UH Mānoa’s Asian Studies department.
The Pop Pacific is based on Asian Studies summer classes on J-pop, K-pop, anime and manga. University of Hawai‘i professors Dr. Jayson Chun and Dr. Patrick Patterson have created a blog for general audiences. This blog is written in a non-academic style for undergraduates and non-native English…
The Department of Asian Studies, along with the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series, is co-sponsoring the first keynote event of the Center for South Asian Studies Spring Symposium on Climate Change and South Asia: a public, in-person talk by author Amitav…
Date and Time: Saturday April 1, 2023 | 7:30 p.m WHERE: UHM Music Department, Barbara Smith Amphitheater Ticket: Click here for concert tickets UH Javanese Gamelan Ensemble (Byron Moon, director) performs on Gamelan Kyai Gandrung, a complete gamelan set from Central Java.…
Join us for a virtual film screening and panel discussion of Kung Saan Man Tayo (Wherever We May Be) Poster Information for Virtual Event Kung Saan Man Tayo (Wherever We May Be) will be screened virtually via Vimeo from Friday,…
Asian Studies alumna Lynette Teruya (MA 2014) writes about Okinawan-American issei pioneer Chiyeko Takushi in the Hawaii Herald.
Lauren Markle Incoming MAIA student Lauren Markle was featured in UH News for the reasons that spurred her to pursue a Masters in Asian International Affairs (MAIA): fighting anti-Asian racism, which she experienced as an undergraduate student on the US…
More than 100 former colleagues and students from around the world gathered virtually to surprise ethnomusicology leader Ricardo Trimillos, professor emeritus in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Music and former Department of Asian Studies chair, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. One of…
The UH Manoa Department of Asian Studies condemns the murders of Daoyou Feng, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Paul Andre Michels, Soon Chung Park, Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Ashley Yaun, and Yong Ae Yue. We express our deepest sympathy to their…