2018 CAS Speaker Series Events
In 2018, CAS sponsored 42 events. Some highlights include:
- a talk by Tsering Shakya of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia on how the 13th Dalai Lama became a global figure;
- Tyler Harlan, postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, demonstrating how small hydropower is China鈥檚 first and most widespread renewable energy technology;
- as part of our CLAC (Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum) initiative, Suronda Gonzalez exploring an in-depth case study of international students' experiences in CLAC;
- a talk by Taliesin Thomas about the artwork of Chinese dissident artist Ai Wei Wei;
- a panel discussion about the trade war with China; and
- our largest event this past fall, the first China Made conference (see page 1).
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2018 CAS Luncheon Series Events
Our 2018 Luncheon Series offered 15 talks by faculty, visiting scholars and graduate students covering a wide range of Asia-related topics:
- Reading the Visceral Pulses:听Five Viscera Theory & the Pulse in a 7th Century Chinese Medical Manuscript, Thursday, February 1, Sarah Zanolini, Masters student, Asian Languages and Civilizations, 精品SM在线影片
- Anthropological Study of Local American Chinese Medicine,听Thursday, February 15, Lihui Wang, CAS Visiting Scholar from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai
- Territorial Affairs: Grounding the Global Land Rush in Postwar Laos,听Thursday, March 1, Mike Dwyer, Instructor, Geography and CAS, 精品SM在线影片
- Revising the Rise in Postcolonial听Jatra听Performance,听Thursday, March 15, Jashodhara Sen, PhD student, Performance Studies, Theatre and Dance, 精品SM在线影片
- Beyond Resistance: Tibetans and ethnic minority place-making in the contemporary Chinese City,听Thursday, March 22,Andrew Grant, CAS Visiting Scholar
- A Brief Introduction to the Study of Chinese Tomb Architecture of the Han Dynasty,听Thursday, April 5, Yuan Ma, CAS Visiting Scholar from Sichuan University, Chengdu
- Good Housekeeping: Advice for Women in a late Qing Daily-Use Religious Encyclopedia,听Thursday, April 19, Katherine Alexander, Assistant Professor of Chinese, Asian Languages and听Civilizations, 精品SM在线影片
- In the General鈥檚 Valley: China, Africa, and the Limits of Developmental Pragmatism,听Thursday, September 13, Robert Wyrod, Assistant Professor, Women and Gender Studies and International Affairs, 精品SM在线影片
- Yasodhara: A Novel about the Buddha's Wife,听Thursday, September 20, Vanessa Sasson, Professor of Religious Studies in the Liberal Arts Department of Marianopolis College. Co-Sponsored with the Tibet Himalaya Initiative and the Department of Religious Studies
- Discussion of the Art Exhibition at the DMZ Museum,听Tuesday,听October 2m George Rivera, Professor, IMAP and Art and Art History, 精品SM在线影片
- "G Yang" and the Tibetan Landscape,听Thursday, October 11, Cai Bei, CAS Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor,听Qinghai MinZu University,听Institute of Ethnology and Sociology,听China
- Illicit passages (tongdao): timber, amber and the making of the China-Myanmar border in Tengchong,听Thursday, October 25, Alessandro Rippa, CAS Post-Doctoral Fellow, 精品SM在线影片
- After the Wenchuan Earthquake: Harmonization of Physical Reconstruction听and Social Reconstruction in China,听Thursday, November 8, Haorui Wu, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Natural Hazards Center, 精品SM在线影片听
- The Altars of Soil and Grain in Tang Chang鈥檃n and Public Characters of Emperors,听Thursday, November 29, Jaeyoung Choi, CAS Visiting Scholar; Associate Professor, Department of History, Hallym University, Republic of Korea
- Service, Safety, and Fear in Community Centers: Bureaucratic Confusion and Mistrust in Xinjiang, China,听Thursday, December 6, Sarah Tynen, Ph. D. candidate in Geography, 精品SM在线影片