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The Department of Asian Studies supported MAAS student Hla Moe Tara Hlaing’s attendance at the 2025 Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio (March 13-16) through a $1,500 Asian Studies Student Research and Creative Activities Award. At the conference…
We are excited to announce that Dr. Benjamin Bartlett, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Miami University, will be presenting a talk titled “EXCLUSIVELY DEFENSE-ORIENTED NO LONGER? JAPAN’S NEW ‘ACTIVE CYBER DEFENSE’ POLICY” on March 6, 2025. Dr. Bartlett, an expert in…
The Asian Studies Department is excited to announce the opportunity for graduate-level scholars to submit their research for the Writing Excellence Awards and apply for Travel Grants. If your research is focused on Asia and fits under one of our key themes—Resilience, Restoration, or Reconciliation—we…
There will be six categories for Writing Excellence Awards under the following area centers at UHM. Students may only submit to ONE category. For students doing inter-Asia papers, please choose the region that best fits your research. Chinese Studies Korean…
36th Annual Asian Studies Conference | 16-17 April 2025 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu Asia stands at the forefront of critical global issues: climate change and environmental degradation, political struggles and geopolitical tensions, population aging and migration, and contested…
Apply to be part of Pacific Forum’s Japan Study Tour February 2024 cohort! Take part in all-expenses paid study tour of Japan as a cultural ambassador. Learn about US-Japan relations, foreign policy, and Japanese culture, from Tokyo, to Hiroshima, to…
The Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), UHM, is offering a scholarship for a UHM student to participate in the 76th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC), August 1 – August 3, 2024 (required orientation in Los Angeles) and August 3 – 23,…
The School of Pacific and Asian Studies (SPAS) and the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) welcome proposals for papers for the 35th annual Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference. The conference will be held…
The conferences are organized by exceptional student leaders elected by their peers at the end of the prior year’s conference. Uniquely student-run, the conferences provide a mix of academically intensive, culturally immersive, and cross-cultural social experiences designed to create international…
Master’s students Monica Orillo (Asian Studies) and Elizabeth Yen Tzu Liew (Asian International Affairs) were selected to participate in the first-ever Honolulu Nuclear Policy Workshop last month. Read more about their experiences in UH News: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/10/31/nuclear-policy-workshop-honolulu/