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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
Welcome to the Asia Bridge Junior Fellows 2020-2021! Now in its second year, the Asia Bridge Junior Fellowship program welcomes its newest cohort of six promising young scholars. Throughout the year-long program, junior fellows will have the opportunity to not only pursue research on an Asia Pacific topic of their choice but also participate in […]
