This Week: Priority Deadline for Princeton Journal of East Asian Studies submissions; Register for "Asia America and the World: Anti AAPI Hate in the Time of COVID-19"
Announcements
Call for paper submissions: Princeton Journal of East Asian Studies (PJEAS)
Priority deadline: September 30, 2021
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. 
Start Strong with the Academic Resource Center!
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.

This fall students can choose whether they want to engage with the ARC in person or virtually, and they can access all services through the ARC Scheduler. We are especially eager to connect with first-year, sophomore, G1, and G2 students. For the very first time since joining Harvard, these students are able to engage with the ARC in person!
Harvard Events
Monday, September 27

12:00pm-1:15pm
Panel of 3 speakers
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
Tuesday, September 28

10:30am-11:45am
Science and Science and Technology Seminar Series
Speaker: Yangyang Cheng, Yale University
Chair: Victor Seow, Department of the History of Science
Convened by Professor Victor Seow, Department of the History of Science

Register here:
Wednesday, September 29

12:30pm-1:45pm
Critical Issues Confronting China Series
Bonnie Glaser, Director, Asia Program, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Thursday, September 30

8:30am-12:00pm
A panel of 15 speakers highlights the often overlooked—but nevertheless profound—influence of women on the circulation of Asian art objects.

9:30am-10:45am
Central Asia and Caucasus Seminar
Features a panel of 4 speakers and 2 Harvard Faculty serving as moderators.

4:00pm-5:00pm
Ted Osius, author of Nothing is Impossible: America's Reconciliation with Vietnam; former U.S. ambassador to Vietnam
Discussant: Thomas Vallely, Senior Advisor for Mainland Southeast Asia, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School

4:00pm-6:00pm
Panel of 6 speakers
Friday, October 1

4:00pm-5:00pm
Reischauer Institute Japan Forum
Adam Lyons, Assistant Professor of Religion, Université de Montréal
Moderator: Helen Hardacre, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Harvard University
Weekend Events

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Events in the Community
Asia America and the World: Anti AAPI Hate in the Time of COVID-19
Hosted by the Northeastern University Asian Studies Program
Mon, September 27, 2021
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Location
The Cabral Center: John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute, 40 Leon Street, Boston, MA
Work Opportunities
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 data input, mainly transcribing basic information data (name, address, etc.) from photos to Word and Excel. 

Requirements:

  1. Can input Chinese and Japanese information into Excel
  2. The work will be about 30 hours, can be extended depending on the situation
  3. Payment: Undergraduate $16/hour, graduate $18/hour. 
  4. Must be able to be enrolled in Harvard payroll system.
  5. 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
Asia Center Virtual Programs
Experience Harvard Asia Center programming through current and archived digital exhibitions, as well as podcast talk series and author conversation videos! Click here to access virtual programs offered through the Asia Center.


Left: Photo from "Elegy to a Uyghur Dreamscape" (ongoing virtual exhibition)
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: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.
To subscribe to the mailing list, or to inquire about events, e-mail hbcsangha@gmail.com.

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.