New Civilizationisms in Asia
Thursday, January 29, 2026
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Dominic Sachsenmeier (University of Göttingen); Prasenjit Duara (Duke); Cemil Aydin (UNC—Chapel Hill); Jie-Hyun Lim (Williams)
A Breakthrough in Early Japanese TV Commercials: 1967
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Yukie Takeuchi (Art and Advertising Design History, Doshisha University)
In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan
Thursday, February 12, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Alicia Volk (Japanese Art, University of Maryland)
Creative Belonging: The Qiang and Multiethnic Imagination in Modern China
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, March 19, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Yanshuo Zhang (Pomona College)
Film Screening: “Bluff City Chinese” (Thandi Cai, 2024)
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), and Cinematic Arts
Thursday, March 19, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Thandi Cai, director
