Past Asian Studies Events
October Colloquium about coming-to-age Southwest China, featuring Dr. Danielle Kane
Coming of Age in Southwest China: The Role of Parents in the Gendered Transition to Adulthood. A presentation by Dr Kane.
Class of 2007 alum, Dr. Susanne Kerekes gives a talk on Thai Buddhism.
Students attend Dr. Kerkes talk in Peeler Auditorium.
March Colloquium
March 15th, 2022
Mr. Po-Wei Weng (Cambridge School of Weston)
"MUSIC AND CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS FILMS"
March 8th, 2022
Dr. Zhang Longxi (University of Hong Kong)
"TRANSLATION AND YET UNKNOWN WORLD LITERATURE EVENT"
April Colloquium
April 23, 2021 (4:00 - 5:30 pm)
Dr. Shih-shan Susan Huang (Rice University, USA)
"CHINESE TALISMANS FOR HEALING"
April 6, 2021 (4:00 pm)
Dr. Prasenjit Duara (Duke University, USA)
"SACRED ECOLOGIES: SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSCENDENCE IN CONTEMPORARY ASIA"
March Colloquium
March 17, 2021 (4:00 pm)
Dr. Joshua Herr (Depauw University, USA)
"TRAVEL IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA: A CHINESE JOURNEY TO BRITISH INDIA IN AN AGE OF RESTRICTIONS, 1881"
February 10, 2021 (4:00 - 5:30 pm)
Dr. Katja Triplett (Leipzig University, Germany)
"TREATING EPIDEMIC-RELATED DEMONS AND GODS IN JAPAN"
October Colloquium
October 24, 2019 (8:00 pm)
Dr. Philip Lutgendorf
"CHAI WHY? THE MAKING OF THE INDIAN 'NATIONAL DRINK'"
Thompson Hall, Indian snacks and tea will be served
Asian Studies 30th Anniversary Lecture Series
October 26, 2019
Dr. Philip Lutgendorf
"'BOLLYWOOD' KAI, AAJ, AUR KAL ('YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW')"
Dr. Alisa Freedman
"TV JAPAN: SCREAMING SAMURAI FORM ANIME CLUBS IN THE LAND OF THE LOST"
Dr. Zhuoyi Wang
"TURN TO THE PLANET AND THE TURN OF THE PLANET - THE PARADOXICAL VIEW OF HUMAN TOTALITY IN THE WANDERING WORLD"
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The Wandering Earth (Official Trailer)
Japanese Film
October 30, 2019
"SHOPLIFTERS"
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PEELER AUDITORIUM 7:00PM
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Indian Documentary Films
November 20, 2019
"TWO FLAGS" AND "JANANI'S JULIET"
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TBA 4:10PM
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TBA 5:30PM
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February Colloquium
Dr. Jennifer Kang
"MORE THAN JUST MUSIC: THE K-POP INDUSTRY AND FANDOM"
February 18, 2019
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HARRISON 315 4:10PM
Tibetan Monks
Learn About Tibetan Monastic Culture
"MANDALA-BUILDING; YOGA; PHILOSOPHY; FOOD; ART; AND MEDITATION"
March 15-17, 2019
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STUDENT UNION BUILDING
Dr. Cara Healey
March Colloquium
"MADMEN AND IRON HOUSES: LU XUN, INFORMATION DEGRADATION, AND GENERIC HYBRIDITY IN CHINESE SCIENCE FICTION"
March 20, 2019
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PEELER AUDITORIUM 4:30PM
Dr. Pauline Ota
April Colloquium
"OF NUDES AND (WO)MAN: THE VALUE OF THE COPY IN THE LATES 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE ART MARKET"
April 16, 2019
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HARRISON 315 4:10PM
Danielle Kane
Presentation
"Coming of age in southwest china: the role of parents in the gendered transition to adulthood"
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HARRISON 315
4:10 October, 24th, 2018
Japanese Jazz Trio
Music on the Square
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21 North Indiana Street
October, 29th, 2018
Susanne Kerekes
Presentation
"From Dross to Decor to Defense: China--on a Thai Temple and Contemporary Buddhist Practice"
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Peeler Auditorium
4:15 November, 2nd, 2018
Sujung Kim
Author Presentation
"Contemporary Korean Buddhism"
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Harrison 315
4:10 November, 28th, 2018
Hirotsugu (Chuck) likubo '57
FIRST ARTHUR E. KLAUSER ASIAN STUDIES MEMORIAL LECTURE
"THE OTHER ASPECT OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATION"
April 18, 2018
Heather Blair
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University
"OH, HELL! THE HORRIBLE AND THE HILARIOUS IN SECULAR JAPANESE PICTUREBOOKS"
Dec 2, 2015
Arjia Rinpoche
Tibetan High Lama
BOOK TALK
April 1, 2016
Michael Foster
Indiana University Associate Professor of Folklore
"YOKAI: SUPERNATURAL CREATURES OF JAPANESE CULTURE"
April 13, 2016
Ferdinando Sardella
Swedish Scholar of the History of Religions, Hinduism, and Religious Studies
"MODERN HINDUISM AND PERSONALISM IN COLONIAL BENGAL"
April 26, 2016