This year the Center for Asia Pacific Studies selected six Asia Bridge Junior Fellows to work on original research papers on topics of their choice with the guidance of fellowship coordinator, Dr. Cynthia Schultes. While they were hard at work on their papers, these six unique individuals took a few minutes to share their personal […]
Center for Asia Pacific Studies 2020-2021 Undergraduate Merit Fellow and Asia Bridge Fellow Majoring in International Studies and Asian Studies with a minor in Chinese Studies Evan Matthew Chan entered Professor Wei Yang Menkus’ Chinese Literature in Translation classroom on the second floor of Kalmanovitz Hall early. It was Evan’s first semester at the University […]
Center for Asia Pacific Studies 2020-2021 Undergraduate Merit Fellow Majoring in International Studies with a concentration in Environment and Development and a minor in Asian Studies Even though Emma DeBow and her older sister only have a four-year age gap, Emma felt like they were worlds apart. That is, until her older sister introduced her […]
Center for Asia Pacific Studies 2020-2021 Undergraduate Merit Fellow Majoring in International Studies, with concentrations in Sustainable Development & Environmental Justice and minors in Chinese and Asian Studies Priscilla Kim Ong introduced herself via a recorded video to her Chinese Literature in Translation course with earnestness and poise, holding up the burnt orange book she was […]
This spring, the Center for Asia Pacific Studies launched a new fellowship designed to promote the study of Asia among undergraduate students at the University of San Francisco. Expanding the center’s reach beyond our traditional promotion of graduate study through the MA in Asia Pacific Studies program, this year we partnered with the Asian Studies […]
Onigiri Action, our interactive cooking workshop and nutritional activism event brought together 20 undergraduates and masters students in the Asian Studies, Asia Pacific Studies, International Studies, and Sociology programs at USF. Students learned how to count to ten in Japanese while washing their hands thoroughly in a very thorough Japanese style, learned the history and […]
This January, the Center for Asia Pacific Studies hosted its first-ever online Winter Book Club. This fun, informal, community-building event proved to be an excellent way to bring together readers interested in learning more about the Asia Pacific region while we were at home over the winter break, in places as near as San Francisco […]
