This Week: Grant and internship deadlines next weekend; "The Unimagined Community: Imperialism and Culture in South Vietnam" book talk
Announcements
Summer 2022 Study Abroad Updates from Asia Centers
Please note the following decisions are tentative and will be subject to change in accordance with public health guidance and travel policies. Further updates will be listed as needed.

Updates as of February 2022:
  • In response to Harvard's ongoing travel restrictions, the Asia Center will consider funding undergraduate and graduate research grant applications for students who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Travel within the United States and internationally is permitted (although the student travel policies still apply for international travel). Please see the Harvard Travel Guidance website for up to date information.
  • Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) will announce sometime in early 2022 whether its Summer '22 language intensive will take place as planned on the campus of Doshisha University. If not, the program will take place virtually, as in 2021.
  • Kansai Gaidai University's Summer Asian Studies initiatives will be held online in 2022, as in 2021.
  • Available programs include the ASP Home-Based Program (online ASP courses), the Online Summer Program during June and July, and the Intercultural Engagement Program (IEP), a student-led virtual initiative for Japanese and foreign students to learn about each other. To learn more about Kansai Gaidai's offerings, click here.
  • Students of the KGIP program may be invited to participate in the Kansai Gaidai Internship Program.
Harvard Events
Monday, February 21

Monday, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Keng Ching, Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar, 2021-2022; Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University
Thursday, February 24

Thursday, 11:00am - 11:30am
Most students want to develop good relationships with faculty members, but how exactly does one go about that? In this workshop, we'll talk about best practices for connecting with faculty and teaching staff, and some common errors to avoid.

Thursday, 12:15pm - 2:00pm
Andrew D. Taffer, Associate, International Security Program

Thursday, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Joyhanna Yoo Garza, College Fellow of Linguistic/Semiotic Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 2021-22
Chair: Nicholas Harkness, Harvard University Korea Colloquium
Tuesday, February 22

Tuesday, 8:30am - 9:45am
"The Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) at the Forefront of U.S.-China Conflict"
Tokuhiro Ikeda, Senior Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; Fujitsu System Integration Laboratories LTD; Former Vice Admiral, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force; Aki Nakai, Policy Innovations Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Keita Azuma, Cabinet Secretariat
Discussant: Jennifer Lind, Harvard University
Moderator: Christina L. Davis, Harvard University
Friday, February 25

Friday, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Duy Lap Nguyen, Associate, Harvard University Asia Center; Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Houston
Chair: James Robson, Harvard University Asia Center Seminar
Wednesday, February 23

Wednesday, 9:30am - 10:30am
Philippe Le Corre, a research fellow with the Ash Center and Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Moderator: Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali

Wednesday, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School; Yeling Tan, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oregon; Stacie Goddard, Mildred Lane Kemper Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science; Faculty Director, Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs, Wellesley College; Zha Daojiong, Professor of International Political Economy, School of International Studies, Peking University; Alastair Iain Johnston, The Governor James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Laine Professor of China in World Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University
Chair: Melani Cammett, Harvard University

Wednesday, 12:00pm
Duy Lap Nguyen, Associate Professor, World Cultures and Literatures, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Houston

Internship Opportunities








LEAP Emerge: Summer Internship Program
Application Deadline: March 3, 2022 11:59PM PST

Organization details
LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics) is a national, nonprofit organization, with a mission to achieve full participation and equality for Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) through leadership, empowerment, and policy. It started with a simple yet powerful idea: that in order for API communities to realize their full potential and to foster robust participation in this increasingly globalized world, these communities would have to begin producing leaders who could advocate and speak on their behalf.

Internship details
Dates: 8 weeks (June 13, 2022 - August 12, 2022)
Location: Southern California (may be remote depending on COVID)

Click here to learn more and apply.





Academic Partnerships Paid Summer Internship Program

Application deadline
February 28, 2022

Organization details
The Peabody Museum runs a paid summer internship program for Harvard undergraduate students every other year. Projects vary from year to year, but are generally designed to support the Peabody Museum’s mission of enhancing university teaching and learning through hands-on engagement with Museum collections, and to provide participants with a unique research experience. Internships are supervised by the Academic Partnerships Department (AP), with support from additional museum staff.

Internship details
Internship opportunity: 2 undergraduates
Dates: Full-time, 8 weeks, June 1 – July 27, 2022
Location: In person, Cambridge/Boston area
Stipend: $6,000

Click here to learn more and apply.
Grant & Publication Opportunities
Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowships
Deadline: 11:59 PM EST on Sunday, February 27, 2022

Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowships provide funding to Harvard undergraduates to do research in the Schlesinger Library's collections. Harvard Radcliffe Institute's Schlesinger Library is committed to supporting students to pursue their own research. The research may relate to any of the library’s holdings, which include special collections documenting two centuries of social reform movements, from abolition to transgender rights.

Click here to learn more and apply.
Submit your work to the Columbia Journal of Asia!
Priority deadline: February 14, 2022 | Regular deadline: February 28, 2022
The Columbia Journal of Asia (CJA) is currently accepting submissions for its first issue. CJA is an open-access, peer-reviewed platform for creative and academic pieces on Asia, the Asian diaspora, and comparative studies broadly related to Asia. It addresses an urgent need for more representation and understanding of Asian narratives in Western academic and artistic circles. 
We welcome both academic papers (>4,000 words) and creative works (<2,000 words), which includes poetry, prose, and original translations. Undergraduate students of all majors and class years at any university are encouraged to submit. The regular deadline for submissions is Feb. 28, 2022, by 11:59 PM EST. The priority deadline is Feb. 14, 2022, by 11:59 PM EST. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and all applicants will hear back about the status of their submission by mid-March. 
Read more about our journal and submit your paper here. Any questions can be directed to columbiajournalofasia@gmail.com.
Submit your work to the Michigan Journal of Asian Studies!
Deadline: Rolling
The Michigan Journal of Asian Studies is an undergraduate academic journal at the University of Michigan centered around political, economic, social, and cultural affairs in Asia. Our journal seeks to highlight original research papers and creative works related to Asia produced by undergraduate students.
Click here to learn more about the journal and submit your work or email mjas.contact@umich.edu for questions!
Call for Papers: 20th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, University of the Aegean
2022 Special Focus—Data, Media, Knowledge: Re-Considering Interdisciplinarity and the Digital Humanities
Proposal deadline: March 20, 2022

We are pleased to share with you the Call for Papers for the Twentieth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, University of the Aegean - Department of Mediterranean Studies, School of Humanities, Rhodes, Greece, 20-22 June 2022.

The New Directions in the Humanities Research Network is brought together by a common interest in established traditions in the humanities while at the same time developing innovative practices and setting a renewed agenda for their future. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries.We invite proposals addressing one of the following themes.

Click here to learn more and to apply.
Call for Papers for the Twenty-ninth International Conference on Learning, University of Valencia
2022 Special Focus—Intercultural Learning in Plurilingual Contexts
Registration deadline: July 13, 2022
Proposal deadline: April 13, 2022

We are pleased to share with you the Call for Papers for the Twenty-ninth International Conference on Learning, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 13–15 July 2022.

The Learner Research Network is brought together around a common concern for learning in all its sites, formal and informal, and at all levels, from early childhood, to schools, colleges and universities, and adult, community and workplace education. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. We invite proposals addressing one of the following themes.

Click here to learn more and apply.
Call for Submissions from Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies at University of Toronto, 2021-22 Online Issue
Deadline: Rolling

Synergy is an undergraduate academic journal housed at the Asian Institute of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. Synergy seeks to publish the world’s premier undergraduate work pertaining to the study of contemporary Asia, specifically on the current political, historical, social, and/or economic developments in the Asia region. Synergy is currently listed with the Library and Archives Canada.
Browse more opportunities for fellowships, research, travel and more at the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships!

Below is a static list of academic and social resources.

Events by Institution
Asia Center Virtual Programs
Experience Harvard Asia Center programming through current and archived digital exhibitions, as well as podcast talk series and author conversations! Click to view virtual programs at the Asia Center.

Left: Still from 3D virtual exhibition "Harvard Asia Center Poster Art 2010-2020"
Student Groups
*Please be aware that student groups may have become inactive during our time off campus. If you are aware of any updates to a group on this list, please let us know by e-mailing naia_poyer@fas.harvard.edu.
Asian American Business Association
The Asian American Business Association (AABA) provides a forum for the promotion, understanding, and cross-cultural exchange of East Asian and Asian American business, social, academic, cultural, political, and community-related initiatives. Visit their website here.

Asian American Dance Troupe
For over twenty years, the Asian American Dance Troupe (AADT) has sought to spread an appreciation and awareness of Asian culture through the medium of dance. Our repertoire includes a diverse range of dance forms including traditional, ethnic minority, fusion, martial arts, modern, and hip hop. Membership open to all students in good standing currently enrolled in Harvard College. Visit their website here.

Asian American Studies Working Group is a space of interdisciplinary collaboration between faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates pursuing scholarships in Asian American and Pacific Islander (API) histories, experiences, and intellectual traditions. Its goals are to build scholarly community, explore major debates and developments in API Studies, and enrich the research pursued by its members across Harvard University. To contact the organizers, see when the group meets next, or to learn more, visit their webpage.

China Forum
Founded in 1998, Harvard College China Forum is currently the largest China-focused conference in the New England area and annually attracts audiences from all over North America. Every spring the forum invites influential business leaders, policy shapers, and leading scholars to Harvard to address current events in a wide range of topics relevant to the development of China today. Operating under the Harvard China Review framework, HCCF, together with the Harvard China Review, runs a series of sub-programs, including monthly seminars and an annual cultural exchange program in the summer. Visit their website here.

Gaongil (Harvard College Modern Korean Studies Society) 
A tight-knit organization that meets to discuss various economic, social, political, cultural issues related to modern Korea. As the Korean word "Gaongil" means "Middle-Path," the organization is committed to remaining nonpartisan while encouraging free, unhindered discussion. Anyone interested in joining Gaongil is welcome! No prior experience with Korean language or culture is needed; meetings are in English.
Fill out the interest form here to be included in their e-mail list.

Harvard Asian American Womxn's Association
The Asian American Womxn's Association recognizes the need for a unified, open community at Harvard concerned with the issues facing people of Asian descent in Western society. The purpose of the Asian American Womxn's Association is to address these needs by creating a collective voice and promoting the prominence and concerns of the Asian-American population, both within the community and without. Visit their Facebook page here.

Harvard Buddhist Community
The HDS Buddhist Community (HBC) is a nondenominational Buddhist group serving the Harvard and Cambridge communities throughout the school year. In addition to hosting weekly meditation sittings, HBC also organizes Buddhist film screenings and discussion groups, as well as the annual Buddhism & Race Conference. HBC generally meets weekly at the Harvard Divinity School.
To subscribe to the mailing list, or to inquire about events, e-mail hbcsangha@gmail.com; or visit their Facebook page here.
Harvard Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA)
Harvard CSSA is dedicated to the goal of promoting social, intellectual, and cultural activities of Chinese students and scholars at Harvard and for other interested members in the Harvard community. It facilitates communication among its members and acts as a liaison between with other organizations on campus. The group facilitates the exchange of information between China and the US. Its activities include sponsoring/co-sponsoring social, intellectual, & cultural events and seminars. Contact harvardcssa@gmail.com or visit their site.

Harvard Taiwanese Culture Society
TCS is a student-run organization at Harvard College dedicated to promoting the culture and heritage of Taiwan and Taiwanese-Americans. From cultural events like making muaji to social events like karaoke to special events like their annual Winterfest: Taste of Taiwan, their goal is to enhance awareness of Taiwanese culture and provide a place for those interested in learning about Taiwan to meet. Visit their website here; or Facebook.

Harvard Task Force for Asian American Progressive Advocacy and Studies (TAPAS)
The Task Force for Asian American Progressive Advocacy and Studies (TAPAS) is an advocacy organization of Harvard undergraduates aiming to support Asian American communities and stand in solidarity with progressive struggles. Visit their Facebook page for more info.

Harvard Vietnamese Association
The Harvard Vietnamese Association is dedicated to fostering an awareness of Vietnamese culture on campus and within the Greater Boston area, and promoting the interests of the Vietnamese student body at Harvard. Visit their website here, or like their Facebook page for regular updates--including a biweekly Vietnamese language table for native speakers and learners to enjoy each other's company and conversation!

Korea Caucus
The mission of Korea Caucus, a student-run organization at Harvard Kennedy School, is to actively raise the awareness of Korea within the KSG community by sharing the country's cultural heritage through social events, serving as a bridge and resource to non-Korean students who are interested in learning more about the country. They also aim to provide a forum to address key issues facing Korea and their implications for the rest of the world through activities and events. Visit their Facebook page.

Korean Association
The Korean Association leads the undergraduate Korean-American community's efforts to teach & learn about Korean culture and political issues. KA also provides a social outlet for Korean-American students to meet others with shared heritage & interests. KA supports cultural groups including YISEI the magazine, the fan dance troupe Chunsa, and the Korean drumming group (poongmul pae) Han Ma Eum. Visit their site or Facebook.

Organization of Asian American Sisters in Service
OAASIS currently consists of 25 members committed to each other in three aspects: commitment in sisterhood, commitment in service, and commitment in exploring the diverse experiences of Asian and Asian American women. Visit their Facebook page at http://facebook.com/harvardoaasis. Direct any questions to oaasis.harvard@gmail.com. OAASIS welcomes students of all gender and ethnic identities.

The Wave Literary & Arts Magazine
The Wave is a literary and arts magazine that seeks to create a platform for artists and readers to express and reflect on Asian anglophone experiences. We publish art, poetry, fiction, and essays by Asians anglophone of all backgrounds. Our mission is to expand prevailing notions of what it means to be an Asian anglophone and to showcase the vast range of talent and energy in our Harvard community and beyond. Visit their website to learn more.