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March 16, 2022

Explicating the evolution and limits of Japan’s Asylum Policy

Hashimoto Event PicMarch 16, 2022 | 5 p.m. |  Online - Zoom Webinar

Speaker: Naoko Hashimoto, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University

March 9, 2022

Ji Yun Lee | CKS Fellow

Ji Yun LeeThe CKS fellowship allowed me to pursue my long-held interest in conducting a research project exploring mental health outcomes of adolescents in my home country, South Korea. The fellowship has put me on track to complete my dissertation and eventually share my research locally with schools in South Korea and internationally.

February 23, 2022

Doctrinally True but Historically Untrue?: Deconstructing Mahāyāna in 18th and 19th Century Japan

February 23, 2022 | 4-4:30 p.m. |  Online - Zoom WebinarBlum talk

Speaker: Mark Blum, Professor, UC Berkeley

February 18, 2022

Uptown and Downtown in Early Modern Japanese Urban Literature: The Making of a Three-Volume Anthology

February 18, 2022 | 5 p.m. |  Online - Zoom WebinarSumie

Speaker: Sumie Jones, Professor Emerita, Indiana University, Bloomington

Discussant: Michael Emmerich, Professor, UCLA

February 17, 2022

Chelsea Ward | CJS Fellow

Chelsea WardMost recently, support from the Center for Japanese Studies enabled me to continue dissertation writing without teaching duties while also embarking upon the academic job market for the first time.

February 11, 2022

'The Inside Story of Taiwan's Quiet Revolution' by James Soong is now available!
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IEAS is pleased to announce the publication of The Inside Story of Taiwan's Quiet Revolution: From Authoritarianism to Open Democracy.

February 7, 2022

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Hitoshi Murayama Elected at 2021 AAAS Fellow

February 4, 2022

Press the Button
James Lee interviewed by Press the Button podcast, tacking many questions, including whether the U.S. would go to war over Taiwan

Taiwan is increasingly a source of conflict between the US & China, and there are some who believe that a military conflict could arise over this issue. Here to talk with co-host Tom Collina about Taiwan is James Lee, a post-doc research associate at the Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation.

On Early Warning, co-host Michelle Dover sits down with Christine Ahn, Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ, to discuss the news that we may see a declaration of a formal end to the Korean War.

January 28, 2022

James Lee quoted at length in Chinese edition of Voice of America, explains United States' position on Taiwan's political status under the One-China policy：《美国的一中政策到底是什么？》

美国圣迭戈加州大学全球冲突与合作研究中心博士后研究员詹姆斯·李(James Lee)同样不认为拜登在谋求“一中一台”政策。

他在接受美国之音采访时说，“我不认为拜登政府在寻求‘一个中国，一个台湾’政策。拜登政府在做的是试图以‘一个中国’政策来适应台湾海峡日益加剧的紧张。话虽如此，我认为这个政策的界线是什么仍然存在混淆，拜登政府寻找及界定那些界线的做法制造了一个误解，以为美国现在在支持‘一个中国，一个台湾’政策。”

CKS Spring 2022 Events Calendar

January 27, 2022

CKS News: Korean Literature Essay Contest
EALC Korean Language Program announces Korean Literature Essay Contest for UC Berkeley students.

January 26, 2022

Investigating the U.S. Military Crimes in Japan

January 26 | 4 p.m. |  Online - Zoom Webinar Oya Event Picture

Speaker: Hanayo Oya, Journalist/Documentary Filmmaker

January 14, 2022

Japan America Student Conference 2022 Scholarships - Deadline Extended

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CJS offers 2022 JASC Scholarships

DEADLINE EXTENDED: JASC Application Deadline: February 4, 2021 

January 1, 2022

2022 IEAS Events

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

San Francisco World History Reading Group: African Samurai

Meeting | January 19 | 5-7 p.m. |  via Zoom

November 9, 2021

The Legacy of Ezra Vogel's Work: 60 Years after "Japan's New Middle Class"

November 9, 2021 | 5-7 p.m. |  Online - Zoom Webinar Ezra Vogel

Speaker: Amy Borovoy, Professor, Princeton University

November 8, 2021

CKS News: Call for Nominations for the 2022 Inaugural Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies
The Center for Korean Studies at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce the inaugural Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies which will be awarded in 2022. $10,000 will be awarded to the author(s) whose nonfiction English-language academic monograph about Korea demonstrates outstanding scholarly merit, research prowess, and methodological innovation. The deadline for submission is January 15th, 2022.
Nov. 19th Webinar, feat. Cathy Wu: "Taiwan's Security: The View from Political Science"

The Center for Taiwan Studies at the University of Texas at Austin will hold a “Taiwan’s Security: The View from Political Science” webinar on Friday, Nov. 19, 3:00-4:45pm. The webinar features moderator Scott Wolford (UT) and panelists Monique Chu (Southampton), David Kang (USC), Raymond Kuo (RAND), and Cathy Xuanxuan Wu (ODU). The issues covered include multilateral disputes over maritime claims, the relationship between the United States and Taiwan, recent Cross-Strait provocations, and interference in Taiwan’s domestic politics.

November 2, 2021

Melissa Newcomb gives talk on "Taiwan's Coordinated Response to Disinformation"

What is the best way to mitigate the impact of disinformation? Disinformation is difficult to detect, deter, and combat. Taiwan has been developing a coordinated response to disinformation campaigns from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 2018, following attempts to influence results of the 2018 mid-term elections and the suicide of Taiwan diplomat Su Chii-cherng.

October 29, 2021

James Lee publishes policy brief tackling the "The One-China Policy: Adapting to Tensions in the Taiwan Strait"

Tensions are growing in the Taiwan Strait. Chinese warplanes have violated Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone in record numbers, prompting fears of an invasion and leading some to ask whether the United States should change its One-China policy. In this policy brief, IGCC postdoctoral research associate James Lee explains what the One-China policy is and shows how it can be both flexible and stable.

Podcast interview with James Lee: "Will the U.S. Go to War Over Taiwan?"

Questions about Taiwan’s status are fueling rising tensions between the island and China, and between China and the U.S. Will there be war in the Taiwan Straits? Why is Taiwan important to the United States and might the Biden administration revise U.S. policy towards Taiwan? In the latest episode of the Talking Policy podcast, James Lee, a postdoctoral research associate at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, weighs in on Taiwan’s future.