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The\u00a0East Asian Studies Center<\/a> provides support for our affiliated faculty to invite guest speakers to their courses during the academic year. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to help faculty enrich their course content by adding a guest lecture on a related topic, as well as engage the wider EASC community to participate in an academic event. For more information on how to apply for the 2025-2026 academic year, please visit this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: David Yi and Sunyoung Park<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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As part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Gender and Sexuality Studies Sunyoung Park<\/a> has invited David Yi,<\/a> USC alum who is the author of Pretty Boys and co-founder of Very Good Light and the gender inclusive beauty brand good light<\/p>\n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Yuming He and Mengxiao Wang<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, April 13, 2026<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures Mengxiao Wang<\/a>\u00a0has invited\u00a0Prof. Yuming He<\/a>, Associate Professor of Chinese at UC Davis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Susanne Kerekes and Jessica Zu<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, April 20, 2026<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Assistant Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages and Cultures Jessica Zu<\/a>\u00a0has invited\u00a0Prof. Susanne Kerekes<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Trinity College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Andrew Oros and Saori Katada<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Friday, October 3, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Professor of International Relations Saori Katada<\/a>\u00a0has invited\u00a0Prof. Andrew Oros<\/a>, Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Washington College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Jianan Qian and Brian Bernards<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature Brian Bernards<\/a>\u00a0has invited\u00a0Prof. Jianan Qian<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Towson University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Andrew Mertha and Stanley Rosen<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, October 13, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Professor of Political Science Stanley Rosen<\/a>\u00a0has invited\u00a0Prof. Andrew Mertha<\/a>, Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies at John Hopkins University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Mingwei Song, Brian Bernards, and Seoyeon Lee<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Thursday, November 6, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature Brian Bernards<\/a> and Ph.D. Candidate Seoyeon Lee<\/a> has invited Prof. Mingwei Song<\/a>, Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies and Professor of Chinese at Wellesley College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Alexus McLeod and Jessica Zu<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, November 10, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Assistant Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages and Cultures Jessica Zu<\/a>\u00a0has invited\u00a0Prof. Alexus McLeod<\/a>, Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Yinghui Wu and Mengxiao Wang<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, November 17, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures Mengxiao Wang<\/a>\u00a0has invited\u00a0Prof. Yinghui Wu<\/a>, Associate Professor of Asian Languages & Cultures at UCLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Fang Wei and Wanmeng Li<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Friday, November 21, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Postdoctoral Scholar – Teaching Fellow Dr. Wanmeng Li<\/a> has invited\u00a0Dr. Yinghui Wu and her team from the\u00a0Kunqu Opera Society USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Yeon Jin Lee and Raymond Tsang<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2025-26 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Lecturer Prof. Raymond Tsang<\/a> has invited\u00a0Yeon Jin Lee<\/a>, a Korean-American writer and filmmaker with a history in computer science and robotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Andrew F. Cooper and Saori Katada<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Thursday, January 30, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Professor of International Relations Saori Katada<\/a> has invited Prof. Andrew F. Cooper<\/a>, Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Mimi Kh\u00fac and Atia Sattar<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, March 31, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Associate Professor (Teaching) of Gender and Sexuality Studies\u00a0Atia Sattar<\/a> has invited Dr. Mimi Kh\u00fac<\/a>, Adjunct Lecturer at Georgetown University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Santosh Raut and Jessica Zu<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Assistant Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages and Cultures Jessica (Xiaomin) Zu<\/a> has invited Prof. Santosh Raut<\/a>, Postdoctoral Fellow for Buddhist Ministry at the Harvard Divinity School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Harsha Gautam and Jessica Zu<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Assistant Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages and Cultures Jessica (Xiaomin) Zu<\/a> has invited Harsha Gautam<\/a>, Ph.D. Candidate in Religions in History at UT Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Nicholas Bartlett and Joshua Goldstein<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, April 7, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife
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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Morris Rossabi and Bettine Birge<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Friday, April 11, 2025<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and History Bettine Birge<\/a> has invited Prof. Morris Rossabi<\/a>, Associate Adjunct Professor in East Asian Languages & Cultures at Columbia University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Scott D. Seligman and Li-Ping Chen<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Saturday, September 28, 2024<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Fellow in General Education Dr. Li-Ping Chen<\/a> has invited Scott D. Seligman<\/a>, a national award-winning author of non-fiction with a special interest in the history and biography of hyphenated Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Torquil Duthie and Wanmeng Li<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, October 14, 2024<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Dornsife Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Wanmeng Li<\/a> has invited Prof. Torquil Duthie<\/a>, Professor of Asian Languages & Cultures at UCLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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Monday, October 14, 2024<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Associate Professor of Linguistics Stephanie Shih<\/a> has invited Prof. Chung-hye Han<\/a>, Professor of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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Thursday, October 31, 2024<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Lecturer Raymond Tsang<\/a> has invited Dr. Tian Li<\/a>, Lecturer of East Asian Languages & Literatures at Yale University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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Friday, November 8, 2024<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures Joshua Goldstein<\/a> has invited Dr. Ed Pulford<\/a>, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at University of Manchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Gender and Sexuality Studies Sunyoung Park<\/a> has invited Prof. Namhee Lee<\/a>, Professor of modern Korean history at UCLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Anthropology Jenny Chio<\/a> has invited Memetjan Semet<\/a>,\u00a0a director and screenwriter known for his compelling storytelling and deep connection to his Uyghur heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Zhange Ni and Kun Huang <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Thursday, November 21, 2024<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Postdoctoral Fellow of Comparative Literature Dr. Kun Huang<\/a> has invited Prof. Zhange Ni<\/a>, Associate Professor of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Abduweli Ayup and Travis Major<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, November 25, 2024<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2024-25 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Assistant Professor of Linguistics Travis Major<\/a> has invited Abduweli Ayup<\/a>, an Uyghur scholar and activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Aynne Kokas\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023<\/em>
\n<\/em>As part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series, we have invited Aynne Kokas, Associate Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Suma Ikeuchi\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, March 6, 2023<\/em>
\n<\/em>As part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series, we have invited\u00a0Suma Ikeuchi, Associate Professor of\u00a0East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies at the\u00a0University of California, Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: The Nak Chung Thun Archive and Global Korean Literature\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Thursday, April 13, 2023<\/em>
\n<\/em>As part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series, we are cohosting a symposium centered on\u00a0the Nak Chung Thun Archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Tatsujiro Suzuki and Jacques Hymans\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
\n<\/em>As part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Associate Professor of International Relations Jacques Hymans has invited Tatsujiro Suzuki, professor at Nagasaki University’s\u00a0Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Hung-Yok Ip and Jessica Zu\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022<\/em>
\n<\/em>As part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Assistant Professor of Religion Jessica Zu has invited Hung-yok Ip, Associate Professor of History at\u00a0Oregon State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Hong Liu and Eric Heikkila\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Thursday, September 27, 2022<\/em>
\n<\/em>As part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series,\u00a0USC Professor of Public Policy Eric Heikkila has invited\u00a0Hong Liu,\u00a0the Tan Lark Sye Chair Professorship in Public Policy and Global Affairs at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Shuchen Xiang and Jessica Zu\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Thursday, October 6, 2022<\/em>
\n<\/em>As part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series,\u00a0USC Assistant Professor of Religion Jessica Zu has invited Shuchen Xiang,\u00a0Assistant Professor at the Institute of Foreign Philosophy at Peking University and the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Alex Curran-Cardarelli and Brian Bernards\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
\n<\/em>As part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature Brian Bernards has invited Alex Curran-Cardarelli, former festival manager and managing director of the Luang Prabang Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Leo Ching and Li-Ping Chen\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
\n<\/em>As part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series,\u00a0Li-Ping Chen has invited Leo Ching, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Marylyn Tan and Brian Bernards\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Friday, November 11, 2022<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature Brian Bernards has invited author and poet Marylyn Tan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Gabriele Koch and Benjamin Uchiyama\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2022-23 EASC Guest Speaker Series,\u00a0USC Associate Professor of History\u00a0Benjamin Uchiyama has invited\u00a0Gabriele Koch, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at\u00a0Yale-NUS College in Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Jessica Zu and Larry Ward\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Thursday, April 8, 2021
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\n<\/em>As part of the 2020-21 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Assistant Professor of Religion, Jessica Zu has invited Dr. Larry Ward, co-founder of The Lotus Institute and author of America\u2019s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal.Engaged Buddhism is an important branch of new Buddhist movements that emerged around the world in the mid-twentieth century. However, in America today, engaged Buddhists seem to have poised to become the leaders in using Buddhist spirituality to fight for social justice, to cure collective racial trauma, and to dismantle lasting structural oppressions. This lecture will tie in Prof. Zu’s REL 342:\u00a0Buddhist Modernism<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Hao Chen and Yuhua Wang\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Thursday, March 18, 2021
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\n<\/em>As part of the 2020-21 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Postdoctoral Scholar and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Political Science & International Relations, Hao Chen has invited Yuhua Wang, Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor in the Department of Government (Harvard University). This lecture, The Rise, Fall, and Rise of China, will tie in with Dr. Chen’s IR 340;\u00a0The Political Economy of China<\/em>\u00a0course. The course surveys the political and economic development of the People\u2019s Republic of China from 1949 to very recently, the Xi Administration and highlights the interaction between the state and business in the reform era (1978 – present).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Stanley Rosen with Geoffrey Wiseman\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, March 1, 2021<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2020-21 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Professor Stanley Rosen has invited Geoffrey Wiseman, Professor and Director at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University. Prof. Wiseman is a former practicing diplomat and a longtime academic who has published widely in this area of soft power generation and public diplomacy. This lecture is a part of Prof. Rosen’s POSC 469:\u00a0Critical Issues in Comparative Politics: Soft Power in Political Science and International Relations<\/em>\u00a0course.
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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Benjamin Uchiyama with Carol Gluck\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, November 9, 2020
\n<\/em>As part of the 2020-21 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Professor, Benjamin Uchiyama has invited Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of Japanese History at Columbia University, to give a lecture on Japan and the politics of memory in the Second World War. She explores a summary of the five important changes that have taken place in war memory over 75 years, using the comfort women issue as an example. This lecture will tie in with Prof. Uchiyama’s HIST 107: Introduction to the History of Japan and GESM 120: Anime, Comics and the Japanese Experience of the Second World War<\/em>\u00a0courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Joshua Goldstein with Keisha Brown\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Monday, October 12, 2020<\/em>
\nAs part of the 2020-21 EASC Guest Speaker Series, USC Professor, Joshua Goldstein has invited Keisha Brown, Assistant Professor of History in the Department of History, Political Science, Geography, and Africana Studies at Tennessee State University, to give a lecture on the importance of Sino-Black relations to the Mao era and also to the larger context of modern Chinese history and China’s current policies and actions around ethnicity and race. This lecture is a part of Prof. Goldstein’s HIST 340:\u00a0History of China Since 1800<\/em>\u00a0course.
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\n EASC Guest Speaker Series: Sonya Lee and Jin Xu\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020<\/em>
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