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May 12, 2017

CKS News: Laura Nelson Appointed to Korea Journal Editorial Board
Professor Laura C. Nelson has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Korea Journal for a two-year term beginning in 2017. Congratulations, Professor Nelson!

April 27, 2017

CKS Spring 2017 Events
View the Spring 2017 Event List. Topics include Early Korea, Korean Cinema, US-Korea Relations, Democratic Constitutional Founding in Postwar Japan and Korea, the Trump Administration's Northeast Asia Policy, Conversation with Kyung-uk Kim (Writer), and People are the Sky (Film).

April 21, 2017

CKS News: Youngmin Kwon Receives Sejong Cultural Award
Professor Youngmin Kwon of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures was awarded the Sejong Cultural Award for 2017 by the South Korean government. Congratulations, Professor Kwon!
C.V. Starr East Asian Library acquires massive and rare Chinese film studies collection

By Joel Bahr, | April 21, 2017 | Originally published in Berkeley News

Paul Fonoroff has two rules when it comes to collecting. “You have to be passionate about it,” he deadpans. “And it has to be something that no one else is interested in.”

C.V. Starr East Asian Library acquires massive and rare Chinese film studies collection

Paul Fonoroff has two rules when it comes to collecting. "You have to be passionate about it," he deadpans. "And it has to be something that no one else is interested in."

April 7, 2017

CKS News: New Gift from C. K. Cho
C. K. Cho, the former CEO of Korean Airlines and a long-time supporter of CKS, has committed to give CKS 200k, which will be rolled into a $1 million endowment he established some years ago.

February 24, 2017

David Keightley, 1932–2017

Our colleague, Professor Emeritus in History David Keightley, passed away February 23, 2017. He died peacefully in his sleep.

David Keightley was born in London in 1932. He received his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1969 with a dissertation entitled "Public Work in Ancient China: A Study of Forced Labor in the Shang and Early Chou.”

January 1, 2017

David Keightley, 1932–2017

Our colleague, Professor Emeritus in History David Keightley, passed away February 23, 2017. He died peacefully in his sleep.

David Keightley was born in London in 1932. He received his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1969 with a dissertation entitled "Public Work in Ancient China: A Study of Forced Labor in the Shang and Early Chou.”

2017 IEAS Events Calendar

Happy Americans, Unhappy Japanese: How Software Engineers work; how they feel about it; and how they are rewarded
Colloquium
Speaker: Professor Yoshifumi Nakata, Doshisha University
Date: January 24, 2017 | 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Location: 2521 Channing Way — Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, IRLE Director's Room
Sponsors: Institute of Research on Labor & Employment, Center for Japanese Studies

December 1, 2016

Center for Japanese Studies Fall 2016 Events

Security Policy and Military Power in Japan
Colloquium
Speaker: Nori Katagiri, Saint Louis University
Date: September 9, 2016 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: 180 Doe Library

CKS Fall 2016 Events
View the Fall 2016 Event List. Topics include Elections and Democracy in Taiwan, Korea and Japan, Chongnae Cho (Author), Translation of Modern Korean Literature, Modernism and Fascism on the Korean Peninsula, TPP, RECEP, and AIIB in the Asia-Pacific, Migrant Rights in South Korea, East Asia as Method, Hague Ruling on the South China Sea, North Korea's Abduction Project, English Language Learning in South Korea and Nepali-South Korean Migration.

November 18, 2016

CKS Symposium: Cho Chongnae and the Human Jungle
Date: November 18, 2016 | Location: David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA

October 20, 2016

CKS Publication: The Changing Role of the Korean State
Hong Yung Lee, ed. Sunil Kim, ed. Logos Verlag Berlin. | The contributors of this edited volume delineate the shifting role of the Korean state from the developmental state, which led economic development by guiding investment in strategic industries through various means, to a slightly subtler role as a regulator, supervising the operation of the market in the changing economic environment.

June 1, 2016

Center for Japanese Studies Spring 2016 Events

Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra Workshop 
Workshop
Date: January 7-8, 2016 | 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.
Location: Stephens Hall, Townsend Center, Geballe Room

Aihwa Ong Named Chair of the Group in Asian Studies

We are pleased to announce that Aihwa Ong — Professor and the Robert H. Lowie Distinguished Chair in Anthropology — has been named chair of the Group in Asian Studies. Professor Ong's research interests have always dealt with the particular entanglements of politics, technology, and culture that co-constitute changing societies on the Asia Pacific rim. Currently, her work focuses on modes of governing, biomedical science, and contemporary art in diverse Asian contexts.

April 11, 2016

New online catalogue

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new online catalogue, available here:

http://ieas.berkeley.edu/publications/catalogue

Through the site, you can order our softcover books, as well as pdf e-books of newer titles. Choose the bundle of book and e-book for a discount! Chapters of some multiple-contributor volumes are available for sale individually--perfect for course reading.

The site also features:

April 4, 2016

The Berkeley APEC Study Center joins IEAS

The Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC), headed by Professor of Political Science Vinod K. Aggarwal, has joined IEAS as of April, 2016. Created in 1996, BASC conducts multidisciplinary research on political, economic, and business trends in the Asia-Pacific, especially related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Its primary mission is to produce and disseminate knowledge to decision makers in the public and private spheres to facilitate the creation of mutually beneficial cooperation in the business, academic, and policy-making communities.

February 9, 2016

IEAS offering Taiwan teaching opportunities in 2016 for UC Berkeley faculty ladder-rank faculty in East Asian studies

As part of its 6-year “Top University Strategic Alliance” (TUSA) agreement with the Taiwan Ministry of Education and a consortium of twelve Taiwan universities, the Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS) is pleased to offer additional short-term teaching opportunities in Taiwan for UC Berkeley ladder rank faculty during calendar year 2016. Applications can be accepted for stays in Taiwan during the spring or summer months of 2016, the fall term, or during December 2016. No funding is available for stays that continue into 2017.

January 1, 2016

2016 IEAS Events Calendar

Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra Workshop
Workshop
Date: January 7-8, 2016 | 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.
Location: Stephens Hall, Townsend Center, Geballe Room
Sponsor: Center for Japanese Studies

Mongolia Initiative at UC Berkeley

With a generous gift from the government of Mongolia, UC Berkeley and the Institute of East Asian Studies are delighted to announce the establishment of the Mongolia Initiative. Under the Institute of East Asian Studies, the Mongolia Initiative will bring together UC Berkeley's diverse resources related to Mongolia. Mongolia is now being taught on campus for the first time in many years, the first Visiting Scholar has been selected, the library acquisitioogram is being expanded, and plans are underway for future courses and conferences on Mongolia.