CENTER FOR ASIA PACIFIC STUDIES Fall 2021 Lecture Series The USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies announces its Fall 2021 Lecture Series. All events will be online this semester via Zoom. Learn more about these events at: usfca.edu/asia-pacific EXHIBITING LIKENESS AND LEGACY IN KOREAN PORTRAITURE Wednesday, September 1, 5:15-6:30 pm PT, Online Curator talk by […]
Join a community of readers interested in the Asia Pacific this summer. We’ve had such fun reading with you in the past, we’ve decided to offer another summer book club. We’ll provide the online link, the moderator, and the community of fellow readers interested in learning more about the Asia Pacific region; you provide the […]
To Friends of the USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies: For over 30 years, the Center for Asia Pacific Studies at the University of San Francisco has worked to build bridges across the Pacific. Our guiding principle has always been to promote greater understanding of the peoples and cultures of the Asia Pacific region. As […]
Onigiri Action @ USF Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 6:00-7:30 p.m., Online RSVP: https://rsvp.usfca.edu/onigiri-action Want to learn how to make a healthy Japanese snack–onigiri, or “rice ball”–while doing good? The USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies invites you to participate in a small and interactive cooking workshop with socially responsible aims. Join us for Onigiri Action […]
This has been a lively semester for the USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies! Moving our events online, we’ve extended our reach beyond the San Francisco Bay Area and created opportunities for conversations with communities and scholars from afar. Our audiences now include attendees from the San Francisco Bay Area, Hawaii, and even North Dakota. […]
We invite you to join us this spring as we showcase the voices and research of women working in the field of Asia Pacific Studies. AINU INDIGENOUS MODERNITY IN JAPAN: BRINGING OUR ANCESTORS HOME Wednesday, February 10, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m., Online Lecture by Dr. ann-elise lewallen, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages & Cultural […]
USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies Winter Book Club As the weather gets colder, it’s the perfect time to settle in on the sofa or your favorite chair with a good book. Need suggestions for a good book to read? Join the USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies for our Winter Book Club. We’ll provide […]
We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of Asia Pacific Perspectives. In vol. 16, no. 2 (2020), we present the multifaceted ways in which scholars in the humanities and social sciences are looking at food and culture in the Asia Pacific. The idea for this special issue first started with the USF Center for Asia […]
Is studying Asia your passion? If so, we want to hear from you! The USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to partner with the USF Asian Studies program to announce the call for applications for its Merit Fellowships for Asian Studies. This new fellowship funded by the Center for Asia Pacific Studies is […]
James Zarsadiaz is an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program (YPSP) at USF. His research revolves around his interest in Asian American studies and Filipino American history. He currently teaches US history. Some of his publications include “Raising Hell in the Heartland: Filipino Chicago and […]
