Asia Talks is a new series of guest lectures on the latest research and scholarship related to the study of all regions of Asia. 

AsiaTalks

2024

Reading the china dream

February 6, 2024, 3:30 - 5:00pm, Capen 10 (Buffalo Room)

David Ownby, Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

2023

Japanese Colonial Education in Korea 1910-1945: An Oral History

October 6, 12:00-1:30pm with light lunch at 11:30am, Park 280 

Russell Vacante (PhD '87),  UB alum

Phantom Japan: Unit Thinking, Fetish, and Productive Illusions

November 17, 2:00-3:30pm, Park 280

Neriko Doerr, Ramapo College.

AsiaTalks/Asia@Noon

2023

K-Pop: Digital Circulation of Intimacy and Postcolonial Desires

Friday, March 3, 12-1pm, Park 280

Stephanie Choi, Ph.D, Postdoctoral Associate, UB Asia Research Institute.

Among Women across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War

Friday, April 28, 12-1pm, Park 280

Suzy Kim, Rutgers University

Institutionalization within Revolution: The Chinese Communist Party's Radio Communications and Reconnaissance, 1936-1941

October 13, 12:00-1:00pm, Park 280

Dr. Zhongtian Han, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese History, UB

The Role of Attention in Early Chinese Ethics

October 20, 12:00-1:00pm, Park 280

Dr. Daniel Stephens, Assistant Professor, UB Department of Philosophy