News & Events
Interested in learning more about our upcoming news & events in Asian Studies?
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Interested in learning more about our upcoming news & events in Asian Studies?
Please email us at asian@fiu.edu to join our mailing list.
FIU NCTA Seminar 2024
FIU Asian Studies Program is hosting the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) Seminar - a K-12 professional development program for teachers and educators interested in learning more about East Asian history and culture in comparative perspectives.
To apply, please email asian@fiu.edu. In-Service Points available for Miami-Dade/Broward school teachers!
Second Annual Science & Fiction Confab
Join us on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 1:00 PM (EST) at FIU's Graham Center (GC) 140 for the SECOND ANNUAL SCIENCE & FICTION CONFAB including speakers:
The event, made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and in partnership with Miami Book Fair's NEW Big Read, is free and open to the public. Visit https://go.fiu.edu/confab-24 to RSVP. To learn more about the event, visit scienceandfiction.fiu.edu/confab-24. Presented by the FIU's Science & Fiction Lab.
Lunar New Year Lantern Festival Gala
February 25, 2024 | 4:00 PM-7:30 PM (EST) | GC Ballrooms
Lunar New Year Lantern Festival Gala | Year of the Dragon
Join us on Sunday, February 25th, 2024, to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Year of the Dragon)! Come enjoy cultural performances, delectable food, and the joy of reuniting with loved ones in a night to remember.
Presented by the FIU Chinese Club, Asian Studies Program, and the Department of Modern Languages, as well as other student-led organizations including Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese Clubs
--> RSVP via this link: https://forms.gle/f7Gv59Tno7K6PzPC7
For questions, please email the Asian Studies Program at asian@fiu.edu.
Southern Japan Seminar 2024 | Current Trends in Japan Studies in Europe
SOUTHERN JAPAN SEMINAR 2024 (Part II): Current Trends in Japan Studies in Europe
Live Webinar
This year's Southern Japan Seminar features two panelists who will discuss Japanese language and cultural studies from their experience teaching and researching in Europe by sharing their insights on current trends in the field.
Dr. Marta Sanvido (University of Hamburg) will present the Japan Studies perspective from Germany and Italy, while Dr. Zuzana Kubovčáková (Masaryk University) will focus on East and Central Europe.
It will also include a Q&A session.Come join us and be a part of this informativeand engaging discussion!
Event is free and open to the public.
MINIDOKA: Film Screening & Discussion with Producer and Director Megumi Nishikura
Join us on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at 6:00 PM (EST) for a conversation exploring the film Minidoka, directed by Megumi Nishikura.
Live Webinar: Zoom Link: ID 861 6385 2284 | Passcode: y5thRy
In this film, Seattle-based activist Joseph Shoji Lachman, who is a fourth/fifth generation half-Japanese, travels on a pilgrimage to the Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt, Idaho, in order to understand the ordeals his family endured during World War II. There, amidst the dusty trails and barbed-wire fences, Joseph finds the strength and conviction to pursue his fight for equality and justice for minority citizens. “Minidoka” is the first film to come from Blue Chalk’s “Heroes Project,” an internal initiative that gives staff the opportunity to tell stories about unsung heroes. It was first released by TIME Magazine on February 19, 2019—the 77th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 which cleared the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans in US concentration camps.
This event is free and open to the public. For questions, email asian@fiu.edu.
February 5, 2024 | 3:30 PM-4:45 PM (EST)
Lecture: "U.S.-China Relations and the Indo-Pacific: The View from Australia"
The Honorable Dr. Kevin Rudd AC has been Australia’s Ambassador to the United States since March 2023. He served as Australia’s 26th Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010, then as Minister for Foreign Affairs, before a second term as Prime Minister in 2013. He was Member for Griffith in the Australian Parliament from 1998 to 2013. Ambassador Rudd started his diplomatic career in 1981 with postings to Beijing and Stockholm. Ambassador Rudd graduated with Honors in Asian Studies from the Australian National University and received his PhD from Oxford University in 2022. He also studied at National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei.
Co-sponsored by the Dorothea Green Lecture Series and Asian Studies Program.
We would like to announce the publication of Dr. Steven Heine's latest book, Xuedou's 100 Odes to Old Cases: A Translation with Commentary (Oxford University Press, 2024),
288 pages, ISBN: 9780197676998, Paperback edition, $29.95.
Book details may be accessed through the Oxford University Press website: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/xuedous-100-odes-to-old-cases-9780197676998?cc=us&lang=en&#
February 1, 2024 | 6:00 PM-7:20 PM (EST)
Asian Studies Alumni Connections (Part II: Spring 2024)
This year's Asian Studies Alumni Connections live webinar featured three of our distinguished graduate alumni. They shared some helpful tips and discussed what they have achieved academically and professionally with their Asian Studies degrees.
This year's Japan Studies Review (JSR) is now available online.
Hard copies are available for purchase.
Please visit our archive for online versions of the current and past volumes.
The Japan Studies Review is a refereed journal published annually by the Asian Studies Program at Florida International University. As a publication that addresses a variety of cross-disciplinary issues in Japanese studies, JSR includes contributions dealing with practical and theoretical topics in the areas of business and economic issues, politics, education and curriculum development, philosophy and aesthetics, gender issues, popular culture, and immigration issues. JSR remains an outlet for publications related to Southern Japan Seminar events and encourages submissions from a wide range of scholars in the field.
November 14, 2023 | 6:00 PM-7:15 PM (EST)
SOUTHERN JAPAN SEMINAR (Part I): Asian Studies in a Globalized World (Live Webinar)
October 23, 2023 | 11:00 AM (EST)
Asian Studies Grad/Alumni Connections(Part I: Fall 2023)
Come learn and be inspired by the accomplishments of our grad/alumni in Asian Studies!
October 12, 2023 | 5:00-6:15 PM (EST)
US-Japan Baseball Relations: Lecture by Mr. Masanori Murakami