To promote inter-disciplinary interactions, discussions, and critiques about the role of Southeast Asian and South Asian visual art in Asian Studies, the Association for Asian Studies is pleased to hold a virtual film festival and two AAS Digital Dialogues, with the support of the Asian Cultural Council (ACC).
The AAS-ACC...
Dr. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, University of Minnesota Law School September 30 7:00pm CST Virtual via Zoom: https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ePKA-MheTsWH7c9yUGnMUA --- This lecture will address the challenges and relevance of transitional justice twenty years after the events of 9/11 and in the context of...
The Critical Language Scholarship, provided by the U.S. Department of State, is a fully-funded, intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for undergraduate and graduate students. A list of eligible languages is available ...- Virtual Reunion Meeting Hosted by the Japan Illini Club Saturday, July 31, 2021 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Japan time Find your local time using this time zone converter. The Global Advancement team at the University of Illinois is sending this message on...
- Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies AEMS Library Graduate Assistant 25%-33% Graduate Assistant, Fall 2021 The Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies (CEAPS) is currently seeking a graduate assistant for our Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) Library. An engagement program of CEAPS, AEMS promotes the understanding of Asian cultures and people through library...
- Gov. Pritzker Signs Historic Legislation Requiring Asian American History to be Taught in Public Schools Illinois is the First State in the Nation to Require the Curriculum Friday, July 9, 2021 - Governor, Office of the SKOKIE - Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 376, the Teaching Equitable Asian American History Act, into law, making...
- Dear CEAPS Community, I am writing to share an update on CEAPS operations and to seek your input. CEAPS, along with our peer units at Illinois Global Institute, will be moving from our current offices in the International Studies Building and the Armory Building to the Coble Hall. Our occupancy in the building will be limited during the first year and gradually expanded as other current...
- With the move to open campus and public spaces initiated by the Chancellor, we are pleased to let you know that the International and Area Studies Library will reopen on the 28th of June 2021. Our hours for the Summer will be 10am to 5pm Monday through Friday. Please feel free to use the spaces, collections, and technologies as you have in the past. We’ll be available throughout...
- Seen and Unseen is the first-ever exhibit focused on Nikkei (Japanese Americans) who were involved in intimate same-sex relationships or defied gender roles in the early 20th century. The exhibition is hosted by J-Sei, a multi-generational and multi-cultural organisation with its roots in Nikkei values and culture. The exhibition explores how queer Nikkei might have felt being...
- Please join us Sunday, June 20 at 4pm as we present Japan House Shares KARUTA, the card game, with Assistant Director of Academic Programming, Lindsey Stirek. Karuta refers to many different types of card games in Japanese culture, and uta-garuta refers specifically to card games dealing with poems. The karuta we will be featuring in this Japan House Shares is Ogura Hyakunin isshu uta-garuta....
- “Not many Americans know about Asian American history, and even Asian American students do not know about their history,” said Wei Liu, UI associate director of International Programs. “In Illinois, Asian Americans are one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups, but there’s no content visible in the curriculum based on Asian American history.” On April 15, a bill called the Teaching Equitable...
- Andrea Wang, pictured in the lower right corner of the screen, virtually reads from her latest picture book, ‘Watercress,’ on Friday to the kindergarten/first grade classroom at University Primary School in Champaign, part of the University of Illinois College of Education and Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies’ new Asian American Education Initiative. As part of this project’s launch this...
- "Exploring the Impacts of Human Disease throughout History" The 2021 International Studies Summer Institute (ISSI), a professional development workshop for practicing and pre-service K-12 teachers hosted annually by the Cornell University Einaudi Center for International Studies in collaboration with the Syracuse University South Asia Center, will be exploring the impacts of disease throughout...
- The School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is offering a unique learning opportunity in the form of the Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) for Summer 2021. Courses are held daily for two weeks (except Saturday and Sunday), from Monday, May 17, through Friday, May 28, for three hours a day. They are taught by advanced...
- The Robert E. Brown Center for World Music celebrates I Ketut Gede Asnawa & family with a video premiere of new Balinese music and dance on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Ensembles featured in this program include the University of Illinois Balinese Gamelan Ensemble, Chicago Balinese Gamelan, Gamelan Genta Kasturi (Kansas City, MO) and Gamelan Tunas Mekar / Pak Yeh Trio (Denver, CO). The premiere...