The ex-president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, could soon become the first Asian former head of state to be tried at The Hague.
The populist politician was arrested on Mar. 11, 2025, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant relating to his “war on drugs.”
Some 6,000-plus people were killed during the crackdown. But despite the controversy surrounding his policies and the end of his presidency in 2022, Duterte remains an influential figure.
Daily Cal has an article about the first event in our new Spotlight on Asia program from Friday, February 7th.
Read here.
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An international team of scholars has launched a three-way collaborative project in Uzbekistan's high mountain regions to shed new light on the economic, social, cultural, and political dimensions of Turkic communities that thrived across Central Asia from the 6th to the 11th centuries.
The Center for Japanese Studies grants full scholarships to the Japan-American Student Conference for Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students. Awards are open to any full-time student with an interest in Japan.
The application for the 2025 Graduate Student Conference in Modern Chinese Humanities is now OPEN. Interested students from all institutions within the U.S. and abroad must complete the online application form below, which contains a description of the paper topic and its significance (up to 250 words) and a short bio (up to 100 words including current institutional affiliation). Please note that proposals should address primary sources and current scholarship related to their paper topic.
The P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for Silk Road Studies (TCSRS) is deeply honored to announce a generous bequest by UC Berkeley Art History Professor Joanna Gottfried Williams.
Consul General Neil Ferrer and UC Berkeley Vice Provost for Academic Planning & Senior International Officer Dr. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen (San Francisco PCG photo)
Lowell Dittmer, professor of Chinese Politics and former Chair of the Center for Chinese Studies (1979-1983), died April 15th, 2024. He was a member of the Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley from 1978 until his retirement in 2022. He remained an active scholar and most recently published an edited volume, "China's Political Economy in the Xi Jinping Epoch." A memorial service is scheduled for Friday, April 26 at 1:00pm at Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit Street, Oakland 94609.
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