The Southern California East Asia Colloquium Series, initially funded by EASC’s past Department of Education Title VI grant, supports lectures, workshops, conferences and colloquia that bring experts in diverse fields to USC each year to discuss the latest topics on East Asia.
Past Events
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Independent scholar, Dr. Chaohua Wang, gave a special lecture on the 1989 Tianamen incident in the context of various democratic mass protests in East Asia during the 1980’s and their significance in the democratization of most of East Asia.
Friday, April 15, 2016
A guidance committee of USC faculty met to discuss topics and themes within East Asian Business to feature for upcoming interdisciplinary symposiums.
Saturday, March 12, 2016
EASC Co-sponsored
Leading scholars of Japanese American studies explored how texts, faith, identities, and communities are transplanted, translated, and transformed in a Japanese America positioned beyond national boundaries.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Dr. LIU Yingshen discussed the literature and history of the Yuan dynasty in the greater contact of the Mongol World Empire.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Dr. Andrei Lankov discussed the internal and international politics involved in North Korea and the possible outcomes of the current situation.
Friday-Saturday, May 8-10, 2015
Graduate student workshop to engage students in intensive discussions on their own and others’ research projects with schedules follow-up meetings.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Graduate student conference on building interdisciplinary forums of exchange on current research on East Asia.
Festschrift in Honor of John “Jack” E. Wils, Jr.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Scholars from around the world present reasearch to be published in a scholarly book in honor of Professor Emeritus John E. Wills, Jr.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Jie-Ae Sohn, former President of the South Korean Broadcasting foundation, gives instrospective look into K-pop and its role on South Korean public diplomacy initiatives.
Reading and Discussion with Award-winning Novelist Fuminori Nakamura
Monday, November 10, 2014
Reading and discussion with award-winning contemporary Japanese crime novelist Fuminori Nakamura, who read from his Oe Prize-winning thriller, Last Winter We Parted.
Globalizing Japanese Universities: An Inside View from the University of Tokyo
Friday, November 21, 2014
Lecture and discussion on the drecreasing number of Japanese students studying abroad, and what the University of Tokyo is doing to alter it.
West Coast International Relations in Asia Workshop
November 3, 2014
Workshop on building networks and academic collaboration between scholars and Ph.D students at west coast universities dealing with international relations in Asia.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Lecture and discussion with Ted Mack, Associate Professsor of Modern Japanese Literature at University of Washington.
December 3, 2013
Lecture and discussion journalist Adam Minter about his book Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
Fuminori Nakamura: Reading, Q&A, & Book Signing
April 22, 2013
Reading and discussion with award-winning contemporary Japanese crime novelist Fuminori Nakamura, who read from his Oe Prize-winning thriller, The Thief.
Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts
March 8, 2013
Keynote address by Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.
November 9, 2012
International conference investigating how Japanese Buddhists since the Meiji period have responded and contributed to conceptions of progress and time in modernity.
September 19, 2012
Talk by Margaret J. Pearson, Professor Emerita of History at Skidmore College, on her translation of the I Ching (Book of Changes) entitled, The Original I Ching: An Authentic Translation of the Book of Changes
November 13, 2010
At this one-day symposium, top scholars in the field gathered from universities across the nation and Europe to examine the cave temples of Kucha, which are now located in the westernmost part of China and rank among some of the most significant monuments along the ancient Silk Road.
