The Asia Research Institute sponsors lectures and other academic activities on a wide variety of historical and contemporary issues in Asia in conjunction with the Asian Studies Program and other UB departments, institutes and centers.

Topics of recent co-sponsored conferences and lectures included:

  • The 12th International Japanese Game Studies Conference: Preservation, Innovation, and New Directions in japanese Game Studies (2024)
  • K-pop: Digital Circulation of Intimacy and Postcolonial Desires (Asia@Noon, 2023)
  • Central Asian Educational Leaders in the Crosshairs of Conflicting Policy Paradigms (Sponsored by the Graduate School of Education, 2023)
  • Manga, Murder and Mystery: The Boy Detectives of the Lost Generation (Asia@Noon, 2023)
  • Among Women Across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War (Asia@Noon, 2023)