Antonio Gomez ’25 shares his experience studying in South Korea as a recipient of the Don Reid Sogang University Scholarship. Learn about the program » What I thought was just another k-pop performance at a street fair in Seoul, was actually a celebration of artists who fled North Korea to Seoul in pursuit of better […]
Yan Chen ’27 shares her experience studying in South Korea as a recipient of the Don Reid Sogang University Scholarship. Learn about the program » As I write in a bedroom occupied by half organized suitcases filled with an assortment of snacks written in a language I have only begun learning, trinkets which serve no […]
Elizabeth Strout ’25 shares her experience studying in South Korea as a recipient of the Don Reid Sogang University Scholarship. Learn about the program » A few years ago, while browsing through the Gleeson Library catalog, I encountered a collection of translated poems called Back to Heaven by Cheon Sang-byeong. Intrigued by the title, I […]
Sheila Ta ’25 shares her experience studying in South Korea as a recipient of the Don Reid Sogang University Scholarship. Learn about the program » Spending 4 weeks studying abroad in Seoul, South Korea allowed me to immerse myself in the city’s vibrant, fast-paced culture. While there, I connected with locals and engaged with the […]
I was excited to participate in the Sogang International Summer Program and couldn’t wait to arrive in Korea. In planning, I knew Seoul—where Sogang University is located—would be hot, humid, and right in the middle of monsoon season, so I made sure to bring an umbrella and sunblock: I was ready for the rain and […]
As the semester draws to a close, it is with great pleasure that we reflect upon the resoundingly successful conclusion of the 2022-23 Asia Bridge Junior Fellowship and Graduate (in its inaugural year!) Fellowship programs at the Center for Asia Pacific Studies. This semester, our six undergraduate and six graduate fellows independently researched and wrote […]
The Center for Asia Pacific Studies is delighted to announce its 2022-2023 Asia Bridge Fellows. This year, the program—now in its fourth year—has expanded to offer USF graduate as well as undergraduate students the benefits of this unique academic and professional opportunity. Coming from variety of majors and schools across the university, the students will […]
The Center for Asia Pacific Studies at the University of San Francisco is pleased to announce “Gender, Embodied Aesthetics and Identities Politics in China and Hong Kong,” a three-part graduate-level workshop series on case studies in gender politics and identity issues in the Asia Pacific. This workshop is free for graduate students at the […]
Learning a second language and being prepared for today’s increasingly multicultural world requires skills to comprehend human interactions and communicate with people near and far. The USF Chinese Conversation Group aims to allow its members to achieve their desired Chinese language proficiency through culturally relevant pedagogical learning and practice. To us, learning a second language […]
Louise Li is a first generation USF student from Saipan who graduated this May with a degree in marketing and minor in computer science. Louise has worked at the USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies as its social media and marketing student assistant since the spring of 2019 and has been an integral and indispensable […]
