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Anime, Manga, & Japanese Pop Culture

Date & Time: October 21, 2021 at 4:30 PM Location: PSH 150 & Zoom (Registration required) This panel is an interactive discussion of the global reception and history of two of Japan’s most famous cultural exports: manga and anime. For the past half-century, manga and anime have played a central role in the representation of Japan on an international stage, and served as a crucial lens for rethinking issues of popular culture, gender, literary genre, and Japanese identity.
Statement on Anti-Asian Racism

The Center for Asian Research condemns the recent wave of violence against Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander communities and stands in solidarity with all groups and individuals affected by prejudice and discrimination. We remain committed to combatting these shameful actions through education, and our events and programming reaffirm our dedication to public outreach and engagement.
NYTIMES: What This Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals About America

Photo Credit: Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York Times What This Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals About America Too often, attention to nonwhite groups is only as pressing as the injuries that they have suffered. By Anne Anlin Cheng Ms. Cheng is a comparative race scholar and author of “The Melancholy of Race: Psychoanalysis, Assimilation, and Hidden Grief” and “Ornamentalism.” Feb. 21, 2021
India Coronavirus Map & Case Count by New York Times

A deadly second wave of coronavirus infections is devastating India, leaving millions of people infected and putting stress on the country’s already overtaxed health care system. Officially, by mid-May, about 23 million infections had been confirmed and roughly 250,000 people were dead, but experts said the actual figures were most likely much higher. In the same period, India was responsible for more than half of the world’s daily Covid-19 cases, setting a record-breaking pace of about 400,000 a day. Continue reading on NYTimes.com.
Not-So-Crazy Rich: Elite Asians & the Re-Worlding of American Racial Hierarchy (MARCH 16 @ 4:00pm)

In an age of unsurpassed mobility, the meaning of "Asian" is mutating within global mediascapes that entangle images, narratives, and normas. Presented by Aihwa Ong, Professor and Robert H. Lowie Distinguished Chair in Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley Date & Time: March 16, 2021 at 4:00 pm. Co-Sponsored by Institute of Humanities Research & SHPRS Anti-Racism Committee.
Translation and the Virus: COVID-19, Cyber Politics, and Fang Fang's Wuhan Diary

Keynote Lecture by Professor Michael Berry during SILC Graduate Student Virtual Conference.
"What Times are These?": Confronting Crisis with Literature During the Taiping War

Keynote lecture by Dr. Katherine Alexander during SILC Graduate Student Conference.
Asia Matters For America Matters For Asia

Did you know that Arizona export $9.5 billion worth of goods and services to Indo-Pacific Region? Or that 73% of international students in the State of Arizona are from the Indo-Pacific? According to the 2020 Report by EAST-WEST Center, Arizona and Asia has very strong connection.
Myanmar Coup & the Aftermath

The Diplomat, a current affairs magazine covering the Asia -Pacific region, hosted this very informative webinar on March 1st, 2021. It explores the context of the recent military coup in Myanmar and its aftermath, including Myanmar's relations with China. Speakers include Tin Tin Nyo of the Burmese Women's Union, Yun Sun, a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center, and Gerard Mccarthy, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore, among other contributors.

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Elite Asians & American Racial Hierarchy Video

Center for Asian Research 2021 Annual Lecture - Elite Asians and American Racial Hierarchy

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A Closer Look at the Floating World

You can make an appointment to view these prints at the Jules Heller Print Study Room at ASU Art Museum by emailing Brittany Corrales at brittany.corrales@asu.edu or calling 480-965-6656. There will be an online exhibition of the Hundred Ghost prints donated by Darlene Goto to ASU Art Museum in 2019 and 2020.