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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.
Congratulations to our Asian Studies BA student Kyaw Hsan Hlaing! His latest piece, “Responses to Humanitarian Needs in Western Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha” was published in ISEAS Perspectives, a publication of the Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS), a leading Singapore-based research…
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…
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…
Emma Hsu, MAIA Congratulations to MAIA student Emma Hsu! She co-authored a paper that won Honorable Mention in the 2022 Jimmy Carter Award for Best Paper on U.S.-China Relations and Chinese Foreign Policy competition sponsored by the Young Scholars Forum…
A Reader Analyzing Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr.’s Regime Book cover for the forthcoming work UH Manoa professor, Dr. Patricio Abinales of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies co-edited a forthcoming work with Dr. Leia Castañeda Anastacio (Harvard University). To be…
Cesare Polenghi Hometown: Milan, Italy Degree & Year: BA, 2003 Area focus: Japan and China (and a bit of Southeast Asia) Here I am in Seville, Spain, working for one of my clients (Real Betis, a Spanish football club. I…
The 20th anniversary edition of Making Mindanao: Cotabato and Davao in the Formation of the Philippine Nation-State by Patricio N. Abinales is now off the press! This classic on Mindanao studies first published in 2000 now includes the stories of…
Kimery Lynch Kimery Lynch, 2nd-year MAAS student and graduate assistant, published her first academic article in New Media & Society. The article analyzes how fans of the K-pop group BTS curate information about the group on Reddit. Congratulations Kimery! Lynch,…
Stevie Suan (MA Asian Studies, 2012) is now Assistant Professor of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies at Hosei University in Tokyo. He recently guest-edited an issue of the Asian popular culture journal Mechademia (University of Minnesota Press). The theme of this…
Kristi Govella on the National Bureau of Asian Research’s Asia Insight Podcast Podcast Feature Asian Studies Program Assistant Professor Kristi Govella was recently interviewed by the National Bureau of Asian Research about her research on increasing competition in the outer…