Center for Asia Pacific Studies Spring 2022
LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
Friday, February 4, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm, Gleeson Plaza
Join us for music, prizes, and a lion dance performed by Leung’s White Crane
IT’S JAPAN’S WORLD — WE’RE JUST LIVING, GAMING, AND DREAMING IN IT
Wednesday, February 9, 5:30-6:45 pm PT, ONLINE
Matt Alt, Author / Journalist / Translator
BOOK TALK: SILENCING SHANGHAI: LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY IN URBAN CHINA
Wednesday, February 23, 5:30-6:45 pm PT, HYBRID (In Person & Online), Fromm Hall, Maier Room 110
Fang Xu, Ph.D., Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of California, Berkeley
MATCHMAKING IN INDIA: GENDER, FAMILY, AND MATCHMAKERS
Thursday, March 10, 6:30-7:45 pm PT, ONLINE
Parul Bhandari, Honorary Fellow, Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Institute of Social Sciences, Delhi
FILM SCREENING: BEETHOVEN IN BEIJING
Wednesday, March 23, 5:15-7:15 pm PT, IN PERSON, Fromm Hall, Xavier Auditorium 120
Film Screening (in person) and discussion with co-directors joining us virtually
THE ASIAN COCAINE CRISIS, C. 1885-1911: A STORY OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, PSYCHOACTIVE CONSUMERS, AND OUT-OF-CONTROL COLONIZERS
Wednesday, March 30, 5:30-6:45 pm PT, HYBRID (In Person & Online), Fromm Hall, Maier Room 110
James H. Mills, Professor, Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (CSHHH) Glasgow, University of Strathclyde
BOOK TALK: WE HAVE BEEN HARMONIZED: LIFE IN CHINA’S SURVEILLANCE STATE
Wednesday, April 6, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm PT, ONLINE
Kai Strittmatter, author; correspondent for the Scandinavian countries
Lunchtime book talk with the author
PING PONG DIPLOMACY REVISITED: NIXON’S 1972 VISIT TO CHINA–THEN AND NOW
Thursday, April 21, 5:30-6:45 pm PT, ONLINE
Uldis Kruze, Professor, Department of History, University of San Francisco
JAPANESE SETTLER COLONIALISM AND TRANS-PACIFIC MIGRATION
Wednesday, April 27, 5:30-6:45 pm PT, ONLINE
Sidney Xu Lu, Annette and Hugh Gragg Associate Professor in the Department of Transnational Asian Studies, Rice University
CHINA-PHILIPPINE RELATIONS [Title TBD]
Wednesday, May 4, 5:30-6:45 pm PT, ONLINE
Derek Grossman, Senior Defense Analyst, The RAND Corporation