Non-CAS Event Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 11am MDT ZOOM Webinar registration required please register by Friday, September 25. Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed persistent misunderstanding and lack of understanding of East Asian societies and peoples and, even worse, been used to justify discrimination and racist attacks against peoples of East Asian descent. The political rhetoric that focuses on pointing finger at another country, though not exclusively seen but...
CAS Event Part of the Tibet Himalaya Initiative Wednesday, October 7 at 5pm MDT Pre-Register here . ZOOM Webinar pre-registration will be available on October 1, 2020. When in 1949 the Chinese Communist Party “liberated” the ethnocultural frontier region known to Tibetans as Amdo, its goal was not just to build a state, but to create a nation. Rather than immediately implement socialist reforms, it pursued relatively moderate “United Front”...
Non-CAS Event Friday, October 23 at 8pm MDT PLEASE REGISTER TO GET THE ZOOM LINK TO THE SEMINAR The concept of ‘infrastructure space’ was proposed by Keller Easterling in her 2014 book Extrastatecraft to identify the spaces where de facto forms of infrastructural governance form before they can be officially legislated by the states that house them. While China seemingly offers a large array of such spaces in the ‘Special...
Non-CAS Event Starting on September 9, every other Wednesday, 4-5 pm Meeting via ZOOM All the Conversation Tables are virtual this semester. You can also find additional information on the ALTEC website and the Virtual Language Corner , an opportunity to connect through languages. Join us to practice your listening and speaking skills at the Indonesian Conversation Table! We'll enjoy lively conversation and games from the comfort of your homes...
CAS Event Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 4pm MST Pre-Register Here to recieve an email with ZOOM registration information. ZOOM Webinar registration will open October 30, 2020 Keynote Webinar in Sound and Noise in Asia Symposium with Judith T. Zeitlin of the University of Chicago This talk examines the complex story and players surrounding the publication of a new edition of Zhu Quan’s 朱權Formulary for the Correct Sounds of Great...
CAS Event Thursday, November 5 at 7pm MST ZOOM Meeting link This is the first of two panels that are part of the Sound and Noise in Asia Symposium. This panel features David Humphrey (Michigan State U) - "Outside the Frame: Live Laughter and Early Japanese Television" and Jina Kim (U of Oregon) - "Creating Sounds of Furious Anger and Tears of Longing in South Korean Serialized Radio Dramas of...
CAS Event Friday, November 6, 2020 at 4pm MST ZOOM Meeting link This is the second of two panels that are part of the Sound and Noise in Asia Symposium. This panel features Julia Keblinska (UC Berkeley) - "Noisy Environments and Leaky Infrastructures: Television, Cinema, and the Chinese City" and Evelyn Shih (CU Boulder) - "Innervation Generation: TV as "Cool" New Media in the 1970s Literature of Taiwan and South...
CAS Event Friday, November 6 at 7pm MST Zoom Meeting link Roundtable with keynote speaker Judith T. Zeitlin (U of Chicago) featuring David Humphrey (MSU), Jina Kim (U of Oregon), Julia Keblinska (UC Berkeley), and Evelyn Shih (CU Boulder)
CAS Event Wednesday, December 2 at 4:30pm MST Zoom link Part of the Sound and Noise in Asia Speaker Series. with Madhumita Lahiri from the University of Michigan.
CAS Event Wednesday, February 3 at 4:30pm MST Online event - link available soon Part of the Sound and Noise in Asia Speaker Series. with Zhang Ling from SUNY Purchase.
CAS Event Wednesday, March 3 at 4:30pm MST Online event - link available soon Part of the Sound and Noise in Asia Speaker Series. with Jennifer Hsieh of the University of Michigan.
CAS Event Wednesday, April 7 at 4:30pm MDT Online event - link available soon Part of the Sound and Noise in Asia Speaker Series. with David Novak from UC Santa Barbara
