This Week: Deadline for University of Athens publication submissions; free Zotero workshop for rising seniors
Announcements
Zotero for Rising Seniors
Thursday, April 28th 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Are you a rising senior? Are you planning to do research for your thesis over the summer? Get a head start on organizing your research by learning Zotero before you leave! Attend this workshop to learn how to use Zotero (a free software program) to save references, organize them, and easily create citations, footnotes, and bibliographies. Register to receive the Zoom link to attend.

Click here to register to receive Zoom link.
Harvard Events
Monday, April 18

Monday, 9:00am - 10:00am
W. Gyude Moore, Senior Policy Fellow at Center for Global Development, Lecturer at the University of Chicago’s Harris School for Public Policy, Former Minister of Public Works in Liberia; Hannah Ryder, CEO of Development Reimagined, Senior Associate at Africa Program of the Center for Strategic International Studies; Anthea Mulakala, Senior Director for International Development Cooperation, The Asia Foundation; Philani Mthembu, Executive Director at the Institute for Global Dialogue; Veda Vaidyanathan, Associate at the Harvard University Asia Center, Visiting Associate Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi

Monday, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Adam P. Liff, Associate Professor of East Asian International Relations, Hamilton Lugar School of Global & International Studies; Director, 21st Century Japan Politics and Society Initiative, Indiana University
Moderator: Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology; Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University

Monday, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Julia Cross, Postdoctoral Associate in East Asian Studies and Lecturer in Religious Studies, Yale University

Monday, 5:00pm - 6:45pm
Ronald Egan, Stanford University

Monday, 6:30pm
Koji Yanai, Senior Executive Officer, Fast Retailing Group
Discussants: Rahul Mehrotra, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Seng Kuan, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Thursday, April 21

Thursday, 11:25am - 12:40pm
Norman Uphoff, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University; Neta Crawford, Professor, Oxford University, co-founder of Costs of War Project
Chair: Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University

Thursday, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Eun Mee Kim, President, Ewha Womans University; Professor, Graduate School of International Studies; Director, Ewha Global Health Institute for Girls
Chair: Nicholas Harkness, Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University
Tuesday, April 19

Tuesday, 10:30am - 11:45am
Albert Park, Bank of America Associate Professor of Pacific Basin Studies, Claremont McKenna College
Chair: Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University

Tuesday, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Jaewoong Jeon, Postdoctoral Fellow in Global History, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Postdoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
Moderator: Steven Goldstein, Sophia Smith Professor of Government, Emeritus, Smith College; Fairbank Center Associate
Friday, April 22

Friday, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Bettine Birge, Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Southern California; Ying Zhang, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Chinese Studies, The Ohio State University; Mara Yue Du, Assistant Professor and Himan Brown Faculty Fellow, Cornell University; Xiaoping Cong, Professor of History, University of Houston
Moderator: Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History and Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Friday, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Michael J. Hathaway, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the David Lam Center for Asian Studies, Simon Fraser University

Friday, 12:00 - 2:00pm
Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
Commentator: Paul Sabin, Yale University

Friday, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
J. Casey Hammond, China and Southeast Asian Affairs Analyst; Lecturer, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia

Friday, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Julia K. Murray, Author, The Aura of Confucius: Relics and Representations of the Sage at the Kongzhai Shrine in Shanghai
Discussant: James Robson, Harvard University

Friday, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Paul Roquet, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Japan Studies, MIT
Moderator: Alexander Zahlten, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

Friday, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Bimonthly practice of Uyghur conversation. Course enrollment not required; all proficiency levels.
In-person event: 9 Kirkland Pl., Rm. 101, Cambridge, MA
Wednesday, April 20

Wednesday, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Christopher Goscha, Professor of International Relations and History, University of Quebec at Montreal
Moderator: Peter Zinoman, University of California, Berkeley

Internship Opportunities

Japan Industrial Partners job opportunity

Job details
JIP is looking for a recent graduate or current senior with Japanese capability, to fill a position that is pegged in a range from “entry level” to experienced. This is a good position for somebody who wants to understand how university endowments and private equity funds function.

Visit JIP’s website here or email eas@fas.harvard.edu for more information.

HLAB Japan Summer School Mentorship Job Opportunity

Program details
HLAB is an educational program for Japanese high school students where college and university students from around the world join as mentors. Mentors lead a seminar on a topic of their choosing for the high schoolers, and in exchange, HLAB offers mentors a once-in-a-lifetime cultural immersion experience in Japan and the opportunity to connect with bright minds from around the world.

Program dates
August 12-22, 2022

Click here to visit their website or email teach@h-lab.co for questions.
Grant & Publication Opportunities
Silk Road School - Master of Contemporary Chinese Studies Scholarship
Deadline: April 30, 2022

Silk Road School was launched in Suzhou campus, Jiangsu Province, in 2018. It has enrolled 212 students from 64 countries during the last 4 years. There are four available specializations: Chinese Politics, Chinese Economy, Chinese Law, and Chinese Culture. Graduates will be awarded the RUC Diploma in postgraduate Studies and the degree of Master of Laws. During their stay, students will be given access to a privileged range of cultural and academic experiences, from travel to all corners of China to exchanges with global leaders and mentorship with experts in their chosen discipline. It is expected to enroll around 50-80 students in September 2022. We offer full scholarships to students.

Click here to learn more about Silk Road School and apply.
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 for the Seventeenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2022 Special Focus—At the Crossroads of Paradigms: Considering Heterodoxy in the Social Sciences

Proposal deadline: April 21, 2022
Registration deadline: June 21, 2022 (regular); July 21, 2022 (final)

The Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Research Network is brought together by a common interest in disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, within and across the various social sciences, and between the social, natural and applied sciences. 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 submit a proposal.
Call for Papers for the Fifteenth Global Studies Conference, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2022 Special Focus—What to Make of Crises: Emerging Methods, Principles, Actions
Proposal deadline: April 21, 2022
Registration deadline: June 21, 2022 (regular); July 21, 2022 (final)

The Global Studies Research Network is devoted to mapping and interpreting past and emerging trends and patterns in globalization. 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 submit a proposal.
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.