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“Innovation, Adaptation, and Resilience: Overcoming Challenges Across Asia” 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, performances, and panels for the 32nd…
Annie Reynolds graduated from the Asian Studies program with an MA focusing on Southeast Asia, and continued on to complete a PhD in Asian Theatre here at UH Mānoa. Now the curator of the East-West Center Gallery, in this video she welcomes new students to the Asian Studies program, and talks about how the program helped shape her career trajectory.
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…
A People’s History of the Pandemic: Global Households and Covid-19 in Asia Asian Studies Chair Cathryn Clayton and her team have been awarded a Rapid Response Grant on COVID-19 and the Social Sciences by the Social Science Research Council. The…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azi5nvayj8g&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3OBxOASD-1wsJj-zCT3GlTKrNb8lMWRtT0ON9nOaidjqUOyKA4cehoqLM Aaron Clark (BA Asian Studies, 2008), Global Operations Director and Managing Partner at NEXSTEP Thailand, shares his appreciation for UH Manoa and the Asian Studies program. He shares how the amazing professors and staff and extra curriculars provided enormous…
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…
Following the surprising resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Assistant Professor Kristi Govella spoke to The New York Times about his departure and his legacy. Read the article here. Dr. Govella also spoke to Time magazine about the challenges that his successor will face with…
Webinar Information Please register in advance to receive Zoom details. Registration and more information. This webinar is a part of the Crossing Borders: International Affairs between China and Southeast Asia Fall 2020 Roundtable Series hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian…
Professor Patricio ‘Jojo’ Abinales and journalist and author Criselda Yabes discussed the 2017 siege of Marawi in the Philippines in this East-West Center online seminar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qClPQhDSuNA