Category: Event Reports
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Event Report “Dr. David Chu Distinguished Visitor Lecture: Critical Refugee Studies and the Wars in Southeast Asia”
Held on March 14, 2016 at the Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, this year…
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Event Report “One Belt One Road: A New Era of China’s Geopolitical Strategies”
“One Belt One Road: A New Era of China’s Geopolitical Strategies” was an event hosted…
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Event Report “Towards a New Normal in Taiwan’s Democracy?”
“Towards a New Normal in Taiwan’s Democracy?” was an event hosted by the Asian Institute…
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Event Report “Crisis and the Humanitarian Present: Thinking Through the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes”
On April 25, 2015, Nepal’s Gorhku region was ravaged by a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake…
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Event Report “Suzhi (素质) Travels: Northeast Asia, China, Africa”
“Suzhi (素质) Travels: Northeast Asia, China, Africa” is a seminar hosted by the Anthropology department…
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Event Report “Urban Theory Goes South: On the Historicity of Space and Urban Imagination in South Asia”
Thomas Blom Hansen, Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, delivered the 2015 India-Canada Association Lecture…
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Event Report “Kitchen Imperialism: Manchuria and the Making of the Global Soy Market”
As the Chinese idiom goes, 民以食为天 (mín yǐ shí wéi tiān), food is the primary…
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Event Report “Sultans Rising: The Reinvention of Local Identities in Contemporary Indonesia – Elizabeth Pisani”
With more than 17,000 islands in its archipelago, it is no wonder that there exists…
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Event Report “Sacred Mountains Of China With Ryan Pyle”
“Sacred Mountains Of China With Ryan Pyle” was an event hosted by the Asian Institute…
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Event Report “Is the Middle Class a Harbinger of Democracy? Evidence from Southeast Asia”
Since decolonization began in the post-WWII period, democratization has become an increasingly important topic in…
