This Week: Harvard Worldwide Week; Apply for Spring '22 Study Abroad; Summer Study Abroad Updates; International Comedy Night with Ronny Chieng; Apply for BGLTQ Student Life Programming Grant

Announcements

Harvard Worldwide Week Monday 10/4-Friday 10/8 Harvard Worldwide Week showcases Harvard’s global engagement. Harvard Schools, research centers, departments, and student organizations host academic and cultural events with global or international themes. Click for more information and events.

Applications for Spring '22 Study Abroad open now till October 15! The Office for International Education (OIE) holds daily in-person and Zoom office hours from 2:00pm-4:00pm.  Drop in via Zoom here or e-mail oie@fas.harvard.edu to schedule an in-person appointment.

Summer 2022 Study Abroad Updates from Asia Centers Please note that the following decisions are tentative and will be subject to change in accordance with public health guidance and travel policies.

The Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Program in Hong Kong will not be held in Summer 2022. There is no decision yet as to whether Harvard Beijing Academy (HBA) will be held this summer.

The Reischauer Institute will continue to accept applications to fund summer research: thesis & summer science research for undergrads, language study, & internships Currently Harvard Summer School Kyoto is planned to be held in-person in Japan. Further decisions about the feasibility of this will be made in January.

Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) is planning for an in-person spring semester and summer language intensive on the campus of Doshisha University in 2022.

Harvard Events

Monday, October 4 4:00pm-5:30pm Another Cakravartin Ruler?: Feminist History and the History of Buddhism in Early Medieval China China Humanities Seminar Stephanie Balkwill, Assistant Professor, Buddhist Studies, UCLA Please register here. 8:30pm-9:30pm Japan's Changing Cybersecurity and the Future of U.S.-Japan Relations Special Series on Japan-U.S. Cooperation in Digital Governance Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT); Associate Fellow, Asia Studies Centre, Henry Jackson Society Moderator: Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Please register here. 8:30pm-9:30pm Japan’s Changing Cybersecurity and the Future of US-Japan Relations Event Presenters: Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University Please register here. Tuesday, October 5 4:00pm-5:30pm How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate Isabella Weber, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst Please register here. Wednesday, October 6 9:00am-10:15am What Does U.S. Business Really Want From China? Jeffrey Lehman, Vice Chancellor and Professor of Law, NYU Shanghai Please register here. 1:15pm-2:30pm Pests, Keystone Species and Hungry Ghosts: The Gesar Epic and Human-Pika Relations on the Tibetan Plateau Emily T. Yeh, Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder

Thursday, October 7 4:00pm-5:30pm Disaggregating China, Inc: State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order Yeiling Tan, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oregon Please register here. 6:00pm-7:30pm Creating A Formidable Hero: Ch’oe Ch’iwŏn And Contested Worlds In Chosŏn Literature And Culture Korea Colloquium Series Sookja Cho, Associate Professor of Korean and Comparative Literature, Arizona State University Chair: Yoon Sun Yang, Associate Professor of Korean & Comparative Literature and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, Boston University Please register here. 8:00pm-9:30pm Economic Sovereignty in Contemporary China: The Biopolitical Subject as Garlic Chive Pang Laikwan, Professor of Cultural Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong Please register here. 8:30pm-10:00pm Dispute Resolution in China: Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation and their Interactions East Asian Legal Studies Weixia Gu, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong Please register here. Friday, October 8 10:00am-12:00pm Traumatic Pasts in Asia: History, Psychiatry and Trauma Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health Hans Pols, Professor; Head of School, School of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney Please register here. SPECIAL EVENT: International Comedy Night with Ronny Chieng and special guests the Harvard College Stand-Up Comic Society! Date: Friday, October 8, 2021 Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM Location: Smith Campus Center, Harvard Commons, 1st Floor Free and open to Harvard ID holders +1 guest. All attendees required to wear a mask (regardless of vaccination status). Click to learn more.

Mental Health Corner

Harvard Koru Mindfulness First Session Wednesday, October 7 | 5:00pm Location: Serenity Room, Grays Hall (Harvard Yard) Koru Mindfulness is a 4 session course that will teach you the skill of mindfulness. It will also help you build the habit of using it in your life on a regular basis. Folks tend to get a lot more out of Koru if they stick with it from beginning to end, therefore attendance at all 4 sessions is required. Please note, upon registering, you will receive an automated email with instructions to read a book before the class - we will not be using the book in this class, so don't worry about it! Register here, or for more information, e-mail, abigailmcelroy@college.harvard.edu.

Grant & Publication Opportunities

BGLTQ Student Life Programming Grant Application deadline: Wednesday, October 7, 11:59pm  Applications from all recognized Harvard College student organizations in good standing with the Dean of Students Office are invited to apply. Individual students and unrecognized groups alone are not eligible for grant funding. Events/Programs must adhere to the following to receive consideration: -Be specifically relevant to the BGLTQ community. -Make a meaningful contribution to student life at Harvard College -Be open and free to all Harvard College students wishing to attend -The event should occur in the grant cycle semester for which you are applying. -Acknowledge the “Office of BGLTQ Student Life” or the “Queer Advisory Council” as a co-sponsor on all event publicity materials Click here for more information and to apply. Call for paper submissions: Princeton Journal of East Asian Studies (PJEAS) Final deadline: October 20, 2021 PJEAS is a student academic journal with the official support of the East Asian Studies Program at Princeton University which publishes works of scholarship by both undergraduate and graduate students on political, economic, social, and cultural issues pertaining to the East Asian region.   All interested students are invited to submit their academic work for publication in the Fall 2021 Volume (XV), scheduled to be published in December 2021.   Students should fill out the Google submissions form at https://forms.gle/qdT9hT5TS8hb8mDd9 by September 30, 11:59PM, 2021 for the PRIORITY DEADLINE or October 20, 11:59 PM, 2021 for the FINAL DEADLINE. Articles are accepted on a rolling basis this year, so the earlier you submit your article, the likelier it will be accepted for publication.

Work Opportunities

Japanese-Language Research Assistant to Harvard EALC Alum Yuting Dong (Harvard EALC PhD 2021), currently Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, is seeking a research assistant who can assist her with Japanese-language data input, mainly transcribing basic information data (name, address, etc.) from photos to Word and Excel. Native or near-native proficiency in Japanese is strongly preferred. Requirements:  Can input Japanese information into Excel The work will be about 60 hours, can be extended depending on the situation Payment: Undergraduate $16/hour, graduate $18/hour.  Must be able to be enrolled in Harvard payroll system. Anyone interested should email yutingdong@fas.harvard.edu. Will require a test run consisting of transcription of one page.  Data Annotator and Translator, CJK languages (hourly, via Workforce Logiq) Location & hours: fully remote, part-time (20+ hours/week), partial flex time Compensation: $25/hr Moveworks is a Series C start-up in Silicon Valley that has developed a powerful AI-based chatbot which resolves enterprise employee issues autonomously and instantly using advanced Natural Language Understanding.   Overview  Data annotation entails categorizing, tagging, labeling, and evaluating textual information. This role is a blend of data annotation and translation.    Expert fluency in English and Chinese OR Japanese OR Korean is required.     Hiring manager: Natasha Klein-Atlas, https://www.linkedin.com/in/klein-atlas/ - please submit resume and cover letter to natasha@moveworks.ai with the subject “Data Annotation and Translation, CJK languages”

Events by Institution

Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Event Calendar

Harvard Asia Center Event Calendar

Harvard-Yenching Institute

Korea Institute Event Calendar

Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Event Calendar

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Event Calendar

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 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 their webpage. 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. If you are interested in receiving more information about the respective CinEncounters screenings, please send a brief email to: cinencounters2018@gmail.com. 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; meetings are entirely 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 in Andover Chapel 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 (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. The contact e-mail is harvardcssa@gmail.com. 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; or visit their Facebook page 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, 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 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; or follow their Facebook page 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 Facebook page at http://facebook.com/harvardoaasis. Any questions can be directed to oaasis.harvard@gmail.com. OAASIS is an officially recognized student organization that welcomes students of all gender and ethnic identities.

Links & Resources The Academic Resource Center (ARC) is here to assist undergraduate and graduate students with navigating their studies and reaching their goals for this semester and beyond. Through the ARC, you have access to academic coaching, peer tutoring, workshops, and accountability sessions to help you succeed. This fall students can choose whether they want to engage with the ARC in person or virtually, and can access all services through the ARC Scheduler. Browse free online courses in a variety of subjects. Harvard University courses on EdX can be audited free, or students can choose to receive a verified certificate for a small fee. Multiple EAS-related courses are offered via HarvardX, including Japanese Books: From Manuscript to Print; ChinaX Book Club: Five Authors, Five Books, Five Views of China; and Contemporary China: The People's Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. 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.  Questions? Contact Program Coordinator: anniechen@fas.harvard.edu 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. International Chinese Studies Virtual Events Clearing-House In spring 2020, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, China Studies around the world moved online. One unanticipated consequence of this unfortunate situation is that it is now possible to attend events regardless of one’s location. The China Studies Virtual Events Clearing-house has been created to share information about upcoming online events with the broader China studies community. The clearing-house was created and is maintained by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. Learn more here. International Japan Studies Event Database The International Japanese Studies Events Database was created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the shift to online event programming undertaken at institutions and programs worldwide. Inspired by a similar initiative within the Chinese studies community and Harvard's Fairbank Center, the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, in cooperation with the Weatherhead Center Program on US-Japan Relations, has launched this site as a service to the wider Japanese studies community. Learn more here. The Korea Institute provides dozens of funding, travel, grant, and research opportunities for undergraduates studying Korea. Visit their Student page here: https://korea.fas.harvard.edu/for-students Korean Studies Portal Click here. Japan Digital Research Center (Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies) Click here. Japan Disasters Digital Archive Click here. The Office of International Education can connect you with over 200 Harvard-approved study abroad programs across the world. Their advising team is also available for international students needing any help or guidance with Harvard matters. Click here. 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 Have an event/group you'd like featured in this newsletter? Contact Naia Poyer (EALC Program Assistant).