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Congratulations Graduates! On April 28, the Asian Studies Program held a celebration to honor graduating students from its various programs. See photos below:
Conference Information The Center for Pacific Islands Studies held its annual student conference on March 23 and 24, 2017 at the Campus Center Ballroom. The conference, Expressing Oceania: Pacific Islands Scholarship on the Page, on the Stage, and Beyond, drew…
The School of Pacific and Asian Studies is proud to announce that two of its faculty have publications available to the public this spring! In May, Dr. Michael Aung-Thwin’s book Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century: A Tale of Two Kingdoms…
On March 5, 2017, SPAS Lecturer Debito Arudou had a column published in Japan’s largest English-language newspaper, The Japan Times, entitled “Government of Japan, survey thyself”. The article talked about the Ministry of Justice’s first nationwide survey of discrimination against…
Bridging the Gaps: Conceptualizing Asia Through AnInterdisciplinary Lens Conference Information: Attend the School of Pacific and Asian Studies 28th annual graduate student conference, March 22-24, at the Center for Korean Studies. The conference will include performances, posters, presentations, and panels…
In response to and strong condemnation of recent expressions of hate directed at Muslim and Jewish communities in Hawaii, we endorse the following statement: Over the past weeks the Manoa Mosque has been the target of multiple hate messages via social media,…
In February, Professor Barbara Watson Andaya was a presenter and keynote speaker at two conferences in Singapore. On February 7, 2017, she gave a presentation to a workshop, ‘Circulating the Bay of Bengal Miraculously: Translating Wonder and Travel in South and…
The second edition of Dr. Patricio Abinales’ book State and Society in the Philippines will be released this summer via Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group. About the Book: People in the Philippines routinely vote, run for office, organize social movements,…
The Asian Studies Program invites all to a talk by Dr. Kristi Govella, candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Asian Studies. The talk is entitled “Permeable Policymaking: Foreign Firms in the Japanese Economy,” and will be held on…
The Asian Studies Program invites you to a talk by Dr. Andrea Murray, “Interpreting Okinawa: Place-Making and the Nature of the Past,” on Monday, February 27, from 2:30-3:30 pm, in Bilger Hall 335. Abstract: “Nature” in Okinawa is a thing…