THIS WEEK: Stream the film series Cities of Love and Sadness: Rediscovering Taiwanese-dialect Cinema of the 1960s; Deadline for Harvard College Research Program (HCRP) Grants; Deadline for Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund (HCLIF) Grants
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Concentration Announcements & Opportunities |
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The Harvard Film Archive is streaming the film series Cities of Love and Sadness: Rediscovering Taiwanese-dialect Cinema of the 1960s—a collaborative effort with students from Harvard's East Asian Film & Media Working Group who have curated the series and also provided the text* and video introductions for the four recently restored films. With a focus on the shifting roles of modern Taiwanese women, the "urban melodramas" will screen in two programs on the HFA Eventive page, joined by a third program of lectures and discussions which add vital context to these thrilling rediscoveries.
Program One will screen Friday March 26 through Thursday April 1, and Program Two will be available Tuesday March 30 through Monday April 5. Program Three—featuring the lectures and discussions—will remain available throughout the series. Log on to Eventive and enjoy these shows free of charge!
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Deadline: Monday, April 5th, 2021 at 11:59pm PST.
The CAUSE Leadership Academy (CLA) is a nine-week paid internship program for college undergraduates that prepares the next generation to lead and represent the Asian Pacific American (APA) community. Through CLA, interns gain a deeper awareness of the civic issues facing the APA community in California and learn how to engage in politics across various sectors.
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Struggling with a research paper, need feedback on a draft, or just want to improve your writing?
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Grant/Publication Opportunities |
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The Harvard College Research Program (HCRP) Grants
Application Deadline: Thursday, April 1, 2021
The HCRP provides funding in support of student-initiated, independent scholarly research or creative endeavors undertaken with guidance of a Harvard-affiliated faculty mentor. HCRP also provides support for students presenting their independent research at a conference. HCRP grants advance academic experiences outside the classroom and expand opportunities for students to work closely with faculty members. In contrast to a research assistantship, HCRP recipients demonstrate autonomy in the development, direction, and preparation of the overall research project. Awards are available for fall and spring terms of the academic year, as well as for the summer. Undergraduate students from all concentrations are encouraged to apply.
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Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund (HCLIF) Grants
Application deadline: Friday, April 2, 2021
Grants will be awarded to Harvard students, staff, faculty, and postdocs to pilot and scale innovative solutions to critical challenges in diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging.
This year, HCLIF is offering application tracks for proposals that address issues of racial justice, mental health, and community rebuilding. Grant recipients will be announced in June. Click the link above to learn more and to apply.
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Monday, March 29
Monday, March 29, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Head, China Studies Centre, Riga Stradins University; Head, New Silk Road Program, Latvian Institute of International Affairs
Björn Jerdén, Director, Knowledge Centre on China, Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Luke Patey, Senior Researcher, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy, Danish Institute for International Studies
Moderators: Nargis Kassenova, Harvard University; James Evans, Harvard University
Monday, March 29, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Special Series on Japanese Economic Statecraft, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar Series
Karen Thornber, Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Amy Borovoy, Professor of East Asian Studies, Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University
Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University
Moderator: Christina Davis, Harvard University
Monday, March 29, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Annual Reischauer Lecture Series
Lecture 3 of 3: A Sense of Purpose?
Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St. Cross College, University of Oxford
Discussant: Arunabh Ghosh, Associate Professor of History, Harvard University
Harvard Undergraduates for Inclusion in Economics seminar on diversity and equity research in economics
Monday, March 29, 4:00 PM ET,
The seminar will feature professors Marcella Alsan and Amitabh Chandra speaking on racial disparities in U.S. healthcare systems.
Tuesday, March 30
Tuesday, March 30 - Monday, April 5
The Harvard Film Archive will be streaming the film series Cities of Love and Sadness: Rediscovering Taiwanese-dialect Cinema of the 1960s. With a focus on the shifting roles of modern Taiwanese women, the "urban melodramas" will screen in two programs on the Harvard Film Archive Eventive page, joined by a third program of lectures and discussions which add vital context to these thrilling rediscoveries. Program One will screen Friday March 26 through Thursday April 1, and Program Two will be available Tuesday March 30 through Monday April 5. Program Three—featuring the lectures and discussions—will remain available throughout the series.
Sponsored by Harvard Film Archive, with collaboration by the East Asian Film & Media Working Group, Harvard University
Tuesday, March 30, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Science and Technology Seminar Series
Asif Siddiqi, Fordham University
Supported by the Asia Center and convened by Professor Victor Seow, Department of the History of Science
Tuesday, March 30, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Interactive Workshop with the Asian American Feminist Collective
Salonee Bhaman, scholar and historian; PhD Candidate, Department of History, Yale University
Julie Ae Kim, community organizer and writer; lead organizer in the initial Asian American Feminism event series
Rachel Kuo, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life, University of North Carolina
Senti Sojwal, reproductive justice advocate and feminist organizer
Tiffany Diane Tso, freelance journalist and producer
Tuesday, March 30, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Joshua Kueh, Southeast Asian Librarian, Library of Congress
Ryan Wolfson-Ford, Southeast Asian Librarian, Library of Congress
Wednesday, March 31
Wednesday, March 31, 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Critical Issues Confronting China Series
Sheena Greitens, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Thursday, April 1
Thursday, April 1, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Panelists:
Han Lu, Senior Policy Analyst, National Employment Law Project
christina ong, PhD Student, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
Elena Shih, Manning Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, Brown University
Moderator: Vivian Shaw, College Fellow, Department of Sociology, Harvard University; Co-Principal Investigator, AAPI COVID-19 Project
Thursday, April 1, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
China Economy Lecture Series
Chang-Tai Hsieh, Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Professor of Economics and PCL Faculty Scholar, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Thursday, April 1, 4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Critical Refugee Studies and Southeast Asian American Cultural Production
Krysada Phounsiri, Lao American professional dancer, award winning poet, engineer, and photographer
Thursday, April 1, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Mitchell Lerner, Professor of History; Director, East Asian Studies Center, The Ohio State University
Chaired by Nicholas Harkness, Harvard University
Thursday, April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Cathy Schlund-Vials, University of Texas at Austin
Ma Vang, University of California, Merced, and The Critical Refugee Studies Collective
Yến Lê Espiritu, University of California, San Diego
Friday, April 2
Friday, April 2, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Harvard-Yenching Institute annual roundtable
Panelists:
Han Do-Hyun, Professor of Sociology, Academy of Korean Studies
Nguyen Thi Phuong Cham, Director, Cultural Studies Institute, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
Nishikawa Kunio, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
Mini Sukumar, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Calicut
Wen Tiejun, Professor and Director of the Centre of Rural Reconstruction, Renmin University of China
Moderator: Elizabeth J. Perry, Harvard University
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Conference/Presentation Opportunities |
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Call for Papers for the Eleventh International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society
University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
Conference Dates: 3-4 June, 2021
Location: Online
Proposal Submission Deadlines:
Late: May 3, 2021
The Religion in Society Research Network explores the relationship between religion in society and the changing nature of spirituality. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.
2021 Special Focus—Modeling Traditions from the Margins: Non-Canonical Writings in Religious Systems
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Call for Papers for the Fourteenth Global Studies Conference
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Conference Dates: 5-6 June, 2021
Location: Online
Proposal submission deadlines:
Late: May 5, 2021
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. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.
2021 Special Focus—Life after Pandemic: Towards a New Global Biopolitics?
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Call for Papers for the Sixteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society
University of Western Australia, School of Design, Perth, Australia
Conference Dates: 16–18 June, 2021
Location: Online
Proposal submission deadlines:
Late: May 16, 2021
The Arts in Society Research Network offers an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of the role of the arts in society. It is a place for critical engagement, examination and experimentation, developing ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world – on stage, in studios and theaters, in classrooms, in museums and galleries, on the streets and in communities. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.
2021 Special Focus—Voices from the Edge: Negotiating the Local in the Global
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Call for Papers for the 14th International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies
University of the Aegean - Rhodes, Greece
Conference Dates: 5–6 May, 2021
Location: Online
Proposal submission deadline:
Late: April 5, 2021
The e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies Research Network is brought together around a common concern for new technologies in learning and an interest to explore possibilities for innovative pedagogies. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary geographic and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.
The Fourteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies features research addressing the following annual themes and special focus:
2021 Special Focus - Transcending Social Distance: Emerging Practices in e-Learning
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Study Abroad/Language Program Opportunities |
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Middlebury Summer Language Schools
Application Deadline: Rolling
One of the nation’s preeminent language learning institutions, Middlebury has been offering immersion language learning from beginner to graduate level for more than 100 years. They offer Japanese, Chinese, and Korean courses. Learn more about how the program works here.
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TFAS International, Asia 2021 will take place at the National University of Singapore (NUS) July 2 – 24, 2021.
The 2021 program will bring together outstanding young leaders from across Asia and the U.S. for a three-week study of the principles of a free society. Through educational, cultural and social exchange, these student leaders will form life-long friendships and learn how America’s founding principles can help them advocate for freedom in their home countries. Apply Now
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Asia Center Virtual Programs
Left: Photo from "Elegy to a Uyghur Dreamscape" (ongoing virtual exhibition)
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Student Groups
*Please be aware that student groups may not be active while courses are being held online.
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Build Your Community with the Campfire Initiative!
This new project aims to provide a means for greater connectivity between students to allow for tailored support and more explorative interactions. Through this online interface, students learn and bond via the experiences and interests that they share with one another. Serious topics provide arenas for support that allow students to be heard, whereas lighthearted topics provide areas for exploration - both are important, and they often have areas of overlap. Campfire’s systems of tags allow students to focus on either serious or lighthearted topics, or to engage with both at once if they so choose.
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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 in this organization shall be 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, to explore major debates and developments in API Studies, and to 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:https://emr.fas.harvard.edu/asian-american-studies-working-group
China Education Symposium
The China Education Symposium seeks to increase the understanding and awareness of China's education issues among the Harvard community and the greater Boston Chinese community through information sharing and discussions, and to search for feasible approaches to improve China's education. Visit their website here.
China Forum
Founded in 1998, Harvard College China Forum (former Harvard China Review Annual Conference) 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 trends and events in a wide range of topics relevant to the development of China today. Operating under the Harvard China Review framework, HCCF works together with the Harvard China Review and runs a series of sub-programs, including monthly seminars as well as an annual cultural exchange program in the summer. Visit their website here.
CinEncounters
Established in 2012, CinEncounters is a forum for critical engagement with lesser-known masterpieces of Japanese cinema from the 1960s, 1970s, and beyond. From the Japanese “New Wave” to Pink, from Anime to Documentary, screenings will foster a collective exploration with the unexpected, the uncharted and the unusual currents of Japanese film. Monthly showings will offer an opportunity to gather, discuss and enjoy new encounters with films, filmmakers and the histories and stories behind them. Moreover, screenings will invite critics, filmmakers and others related to the films to join our discussions over Skype, when possible. All films are shown with English subtitles and no prior knowledge of Japanese is required.
The 2018-19 series is organized by Alexander Zahlten (EALC) and Julia Alekseyeva (RIJS Postdoctoral Fellow). If you are interested in receiving more information about the respective CinEncounters screenings, please send a brief email to: cinencounters2018@gmail.com.
Contemporary Japanese Politics
The Contemporary Japanese Politics Study Group was established in 1999 with the goals of better understanding key trends in politics and foreign policy in Japan and focusing a scholarly eye on key issues. This group enables advanced Ph.D. students to circulate their works-in-progress (conference papers, draft dissertation chapters, etc.) and receive feedback, as well as faculty and postdoctoral fellows to present their research.
Chaired by Susan Pharr and Daniel Smith of the Department of Government and co-sponsored by the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations (USJRP) at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the group includes over fifty faculty, graduate students, and others, both at Harvard and across the greater Boston and New England region.
For more information, please contact Shinju Fujihira, Executive Director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. For details about study group events, visit their website here.
Gaongil (Harvard College Modern Korean Studies Society)
A tight-knit organization that meets once a week 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 and unhindered discussion.
Anyone who is interested in joining Gaongil can come and check it out! No prior experience with Korean language or culture is needed, and the meetings are entirely in English.
Fill out the interest form here to be included in their e-mail list.
Harvard Asian American Women's Association
The Asian American Women's Association recognizes the need for a unified, open community at Harvard concerned with the issues facing women of Asian descent in Western society. The purpose of the Asian American Women's Association is to address these needs by creating a collective voice and promoting the prominence and concerns of the female Asian-American population, both within the community and without, particularly through regular discussion of pertinent issues. Visit their website 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 in Andover Chapel at the Harvard Divinity School.
Harvard Chinese Students and Scholars Association (Harvard 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 itself and other organizations on campus. The group works to facilitate the exchange of information between China and the United States. Its activities include sponsoring and co-sponsoring social, intellectual, and cultural events, films, and seminars. President Xu Zhang. Group e-mail is harvardcssa@gmail.com. Visit their website here.
Harvard College Japan Society
The Japan Society promotes the culture and spirit of Japan at Harvard through cultural experiences, social interaction, and community bonding. Visit their website here.
Harvard Hong Kong Society
The HHKS is dedicated to promoting unique aspects of Hong Kong culture and society, and bringing together all students who are interested in Hong Kong. Visit their website here.
Harvard-Radcliffe Chadō Society
The Chadō Society is a group of Harvard students dedicated to learning chanoyu (in English, commonly known as “Japanese tea ceremony”). Though the organization is officially an undergraduate organization, they also welcome graduate students, non-student Harvard affiliates, and non-Harvard students to learn tea in the tradition of the Urasenke school. The organization’s instructors are all members of Urasenke Boston, the local affiliate of the Kyoto-based Urasenke organization. The head of the international organization is Sen Soshitsu XVI, who is a direct descendant of one of the first Japanese tea masters, Sen no Rikyu. The current club president, Jaden Freeze, can be reached at harvardchadosociety@gmail.com. Visit their website here.
Harvard Tai Chi Tiger Crane Club
The Harvard Kung Fu Club and the Tai Chi Club are two divisions of the Harvard Tai Chi Tiger Crane Club, a club sport registered at the Malkin Athletic Center with the Harvard Department of Athletics. For more information, visit their website here.
Harvard Taiwanese Culture Society
TCS is a student-run organization at Harvard College dedicated to promoting the culture and heritage of Taiwan and of Taiwanese-Americans. From cultural events like making muaji to social events like karaoke to special events like our annual winterfest: a taste of Taiwan, our goal is to enhance awareness of Taiwanese culture and to provide a place for those interested in learning about Taiwan to meet and to discuss their interests. Visit their website here.
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.
Korea Caucus
The mission of Korea Caucus 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 the implications for the rest of the world through activities and events. Visit their website here.
Korean Association
The Korean Association leads the undergraduate Korean-American community's efforts to teach and learn about Korean culture and political issues. The KA additionally provides a social outlet for Korean-American students who are interested in meeting others with a shared heritage and common interests. The 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 website here.
Organization of Asian American Sisters in Service
OAASIS currently consists of 25 members who are 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. Our comp process for Spring 2019 will be starting soon! Please visit our website at www.oaasis.info, or our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/harvardoaasis. Any questions can be directed to compoaasis@gmail.com. OAASIS is an officially recognized student organization that welcomes students of all gender and ethnic identities.
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Chinese Art Media Lab (CAMLab)
CAMLab explores innovative ways of showcasing Chinese art and culture through immersive installations, exhibitions, films, digital publications, curatorial projects, and other multimedia forms. For more information, visit their website and Instagram.
Explore Asia at Harvard Map (Harvard Asia Center)
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies provides undergraduates studying China with a myriad of opportunities and resources, including funding to travel to China, information about programs in China, and opportunities to do research with respected scholars of Chinese studies. Visit their undergraduate resources page: https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/resources/undergraduate/
Free Peer Tutoring for Undergraduates
A new program implemented to replace the former Bureau of Study Council. Read more here.
The Harvard Asia Center generates and shares knowledge about Asia from a transnational and transregional perspective. With its core lectures, seminars series, and conferences, the Center engages with topics critical to Asia and its connections with other regions, bringing in notable academics, government officials, business leaders, and other specialists as featured speakers and panelists. Learn more about Asia Center lectures, events, and student grants here: https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/programs-events
The Harvard-Yenching Institute is an independent foundation dedicated to advancing higher education in Asia in the humanities and social sciences, with special attention to the study of Chinese culture. Learn more here.
Korean Studies Portal
Japan Digital Research Center (Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies)
Japan Disasters Digital Archive
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is dedicated to creating and sharing transformative ideas across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Visit their events page here: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/calendar/list
The Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies is an excellent resource for EAS concentrators studying Japan. Find a calendar of Japan-related events and lectures, undergraduate grant information, and internship opportunities on their website: rijs.fas.harvard.edu
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Have an event/group you'd like featured in this newsletter? Contact Naia Poyer (EALC Program Assistant).
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