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KU doctoral student wins competitive fellowship for international research
KU celebrates 2024 International Education Week
Reducing barriers nets Raj Bhala 2024 Shulenburger Award
Center for East Asian Studies film series focuses on digital age
Study finds encouraging empathy makes students better at argumentation
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with the KU Center for East Asian Studies
KU receives new intelligence community funding, awards 34 new scholarships
Study outlines how teachers can better help students by examining own identities during study abroad program
Panasonic Energy and University of Kansas to collaborate on EV battery technology and talent development
China’s ‘puzzling’ sanctions approach decoded using new data
US-China vaccines collaboration leads to partisan distrust, study finds
KU Center for East Asian Studies to host Migration Symposium
Study finds clear instruction, parental support predict students' sense of school belonging
KU centers to host conference: When Global East Meets Global South
CEAS hosts Lunar New Year Festival (Opens in new window)
For some students, home is thousands of miles away, and the Lunar New Year Festival hosted by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) on Feb. 7 at the Burge Union is a reminder of their culture and home. ...
Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with the KU Center for East Asian Studies
Yoonmi Nam: Generally Meant to be Discarded (Opens in new window)
With “Generally Meant to be Discarded,” Yoonmi Nam fixates her attention on “the presence of objects that we handle, consume, display and discard.” The consumption patterns of Nam and her husband during the COVID-19 pandemic inspired these works in her Studios Inc. exhibition. ...
Scholar argues India has had inconsistent trade policy, economic ties with world since 1947 partition
LAWRENCE — Although India is the world’s largest democracy, it has been greatly understudied, especially its approach to trade. A University of Kansas legal expert argues in a new analysis of Indian trade law and policy that its defining characteristic has been inconsistency. ...
Podcast: Interview with Akiko Takeyama (Opens in new window)
CEAS Director Akiko Takeyama talks with New Books Network about her recently published, "Involuntary Consent:The Illusion of Choice in Japan’s Adult Video Industry." ...
Environmental activist Aileen Mioko Smith to give talks in Lawrence
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies will host environmental activist and writer Aileen Mioko Smith for a series of private and public events next week, including a film screening and artist talk. ...
New Book, "Trade War," from Raj Bhala Examines History of U.S.-China Conflict (Opens in new window)
A new book from a University of Kansas international trade law expert examines where the conflict may lead and its consequences thus far while also providing a critical historical and legal analysis of how it started. ...
Scroll depicting rat wedding banquet provides important insight about cooking in medieval Japan
LAWRENCE — Rats in the kitchen. ...
Harvest Moon Festival, an Evening of Dance, Song, and Mooncakes (Opens in new window)
With the full moon looming, a red dragon dancing and a variety of performances, an estimated 500 attendees spent their evening at the Harvest Moon Festival, hosted by the KU Center for East Asian Studies. ...
Center for East Asian Studies opens Year of Migration programming with speaker and film series
LAWRENCE — The Center for East Asian Studies’ (CEAS) 2023-2024 programming, which focuses on migration, kicks off with two Global Asia speakers and a film series. All CEAS events are free and open to the public. ...
Kansas Program Helps Women Transitioning Out of Incarceration Learn Technology (Opens in new window)
The National Science Foundation gave KU a three-year, $1.6 million grant to help women transitioning out of incarceration learn about technology. The program aims to help former inmates by offering resume building, Google and Microsoft Office classes. ...
'Understanding Islamic Law' book thoroughly updates text on changing legal world
LAWRENCE — The world has changed radically since 2016. The COVID-19 pandemic, Trump presidency, dissolution of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, re-emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan and continued Iran nuclear showdown are among several happenings that have profoundly influenced the Islamic legal world. A University of Kansas international trade law expert...
Shanhe University Is the Perfect Chinese College. Except It Doesn't Exist. (Opens in new window)
Normally, it takes decades — sometimes centuries — for a college to gain fame and build a reputation. But Shanhe University is an exception. It’s the perfect college in every way…except that it’s not real. ...