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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.
Asian Studies BA student Kyaw Hsan Hlaing was featured on the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) blog. He talks about his work as a journalist before coming to UH Mānoa, and shares a little about his project, about the failure…
Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $18 Million to Public Colleges and Universities for Race, Ethnic, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Newly Created ‘Affirming Multivocal Humanities’ Initiative Will Support 95 Curricular Programs Across the Nation Learn about the UH initiative in depth…
Congratulations to Lucie Crowley Duffy who has successfully defended her MA thesis in Asian Studies! Lucie joined the Master of Arts in Asian Studies program in 2022 and her studies have focused on Korea. She’s also pursuing a Graduate Certificate…
Congratulations to Alia Jeraj who has successfully defended her MA thesis in Asian Studies! Alia (she & they) joined the Master of Arts in Asian Studies program in 2022 and their studies have focused on South Asian sung poetry traditions.…
CROCODILES AND CRONIES: Making Multispecies Alliances in Kupang Bay, Gillian BogartIndonesian national development programs have, over the last half century, brought cronyism, con artists, and property schemes to the coastlines of Kupang Bay, Timor. This talk contributes, first, to understanding…
POLITICAL GRAINS OF SAND: Making a Commodity from Cambodia to Singapore, Vanessa Koh Facing scarce land and resources, Singapore has “reclaimed” land by leveling its hills, dredging its waters, and importing millions of cubic meters of sand from its neighbors. Moving…
RESILIENCE IN THE WAVES: Art, Education, and Eco-Nationalism in the Oceanic South, Hana Qugana Though it is stormy and dark, I’ll strain my tearful plaints And struggle on I’ll set out in voyage And persist in my search For God our Father. — anonymous, ‘May…
Please find the Request for Proposals for Launching the Indo-Pacific Affairs Initiative here. Attachment-56a-RFP_ASAN_Workforce-AssessmentDownload
Congratulations to Dr. Anna Stirr!!! She was named this year’s recipient of the Khalibhakta Pant Memorial Foundation’s Khalibhakta Pant International Prize in Nepali Folklore. She is the first non-Nepali to be awarded this prize, and joins several emeritus professors and…
Interested in K-pop, anime, K-dramas, manga, video culture like Tiktok/Douyin, or video games? Dr. Jayson Chun and Dr. Pat Patterson have organized an Asian Popular Culture study group that will be meeting for the first time on March 1 in…