We’re excited to announce our spring lecture series.
We look forward to seeing you on campus or online this semester.
LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
Tuesday, January 31, 11:45 am-12:45 pm, Privett Plaza
Join us for music, prizes, and information about Asia Pacific Studies @ USF
FRAGILE CARGO: THE WORLD WAR II RACE TO SAVE THE TREASURES OF CHINA’S FORBIDDEN CITY
Tuesday, February 7, 5:30-6:45 pm, HYBRID (In Person & Online), UC 402/403
Book talk by Adam Brookes, author
HIDDEN LETTERS, Directed by Violet Du Feng
Hidden Letters follows two millennial Chinese women, connected by their fascination with the secret language of sisterhood and their desire to protect it
Online Film Screening, Saturday, February 11 – Saturday, February 25
FILM SCREENING: COME BACK ANYTIME
Thursday, March 2, 5:00-7:00 pm, In Person, Cowell 107
The story of a master who created a community in Tokyo, one bowl of ramen at a time
TASTE OF CONTROL: FOOD AND THE FILIPINO COLONIAL MENTALITY UNDER AMERICAN RULE
Wednesday, March 8, 5:00-6:15 pm, Online
Book talk by René Alexander D. Orquiza, Jr., Associate Professor, Department of History and Classics, Providence College
GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN MODERN JAPAN
Tuesday, March 28, 5:30-6:45 pm, HYBRID (In Person & Online) McLaren 252
Book talk by Sabine Frühstück, Koichi Takashima Chair in Japanese Cultural Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara
AGENTS OF SUBVERSION: THE FATE OF JOHN T. DOWNEY AND THE CIA’S COVERT WAR IN CHINA
Thursday, March 30, 5:00-6:15 pm, HYBRID (In Person & Online) Lo Schiavo 103
Book talk by John Delury, Professor of Chinese Studies, Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Seoul, Korea
LIVING LANDSCAPES: YOGA AND ECOLOGY
Thursday, April 13, 5:00-6:15 pm, HYBRID (In Person & Online), McLaren 252
Lecture by Christopher Key Chapple, Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and Director, Master of Arts in Yoga Studies, Loyola Marymount University
ASIAN APPROACHES TO URBAN CHALLENGES: INSIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC AND POLICYMAKERS
Thursday, April 20, 5:00-7:00 pm PT, Online – Zoom
An online panel discussion focusing on pressing issues of urbanization in 21st-century East Asia and their implications for policy in the United States. Our goal is to cultivate a discussion across the Pacific region on these important matters that have deep ramifications for US policymakers and public welfare.
RED SUN, RED STAR, RED CROSS: JAPANESE NURSES AND DOCTORS IN THE CHINESE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY
Wednesday, May 3, 5:30-6:45 pm PT, HYBRID (In Person & Online), McLaren 251
Lecture by James Stone Lunde, Kiriyama Fellow, USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies
