November 2025 Newsletter

Spring Course Highlight

ASIA 200: Centering Asia

Asia makes up over half of humanity — yet how much do you really know about it?

Take ASIA 200 with Professor Sklyar this spring (TR 2:45). Dive into the histories, connections, and cultures that define one of the world’s most dynamic regions. Learn from Asian Studies professors and gain fresh global insight.Open to all years; no prerequisites; counts toward: LAP Confronting Collective Challenges | SOSC AOI | PCON Elective | ASIA major/minor

To pre-register contact Professor Sklyar by Novmber 4, 2025 at 5 p.m.

Title: Asian Studie Program: Spring 2026 Course offerings with flowers and silohette of a horse in color.

ASIA 200A Approaches to Asia

CHIN 121A Elementary Chinese I

CHIN 122A Elementary Chinese II

CHIN 122B Elementary Chinese II

CHIN 202A Intermediate Chinese II

CHIN 299A Chinese Medical Culture

CHIN 304A Reading in Social Issues

CHIN 406A Readings in Modern Literature

CORE C141A Sri Lanka

CORE C165A China

ECON 339A The Japanese Economy

EDUC 205A Race, White Supremacy, and Edu

ENGL 158A South Asian Fiction and Food

HIST 264A Modern East Asia

HIST 370A The Mongol Empire

JAPN 122A Elementary Japanese II

JAPN 122B Elementary Japanese II

JAPN 202A Intermediate Japanese II

JAPN 222A Japan thru Literature & Film

JAPN 302A Advanced Japanese II

JAPN 402A Readings in Japanese II

MIST 304AX Islamic Political Thought

POSC 304AX Islamic Political Thought

RELG 216A Tibetan Buddhism

RELG 271A Chinese Political Thought

Happenings on Campus

Arts & Humanities Colloquium - "Tokyo's Fever of Empire: A Poet's Diagnosis in 1925"

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 | 105 Lawrence | 4:15-5:45pm

In a book-length poem called Tokyo Has Caught a Fever (1925), Takamure Itsue warned of the dangers of anti-Korean sentiment, fascism on Japan's horizon, and the possibility of a second world war. In landscapes that shift cinematically between grand vistas and minute details, she showed sympathy for colonized Koreans in Tokyo and a discerning eye for the different effects of power on the streets of the imperial capital.

- Presented by Nick Albertson, assistant professor of Japanese and Asian Studies council member

Food Around Asia

The first Food Around Asia event, held on October 3rd in ALANA, was a great success. Student groups shared a variety of Asian cuisines with >100 participants; many students also learned K-Pop dance moves from the Sipsam Dance Crew. Big thanks to our collaborating student groups: Chinese Interest Association, Colgate Japanese Cultural Community, Hindu Student Association, Korean Culture Association, Sipsam Dance Crew and Tea Club.

Korean Conversation Corner

Students gathered to kick-off the Korean Coversation Corner on October 16. The group meets weekly on Thursdays in the Asian Studies Center, 19A Persson Hall, at 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

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