With the Supreme Court’s decision on June 29 to restrict affirmative action at higher education institutions in the US, many of us are left with many questions and uncertainties. How can we . . .
Month: June 2023
Nagoya Soul Food
After a few days in the crisp, cool sunshine of Matsumoto, I took the train down to Nagoya where I stepped out on to the bustling streets in a gloomy drizzle. It made for a jarring transition, going from . . .
Matsumoto: Mountains, Miso, and Microbes
I’ve just returned to Tokyo to settle in after what has felt like nonstop travel for the past few weeks. Now that I find myself free of the stimulating yet exhausting hustle that . . .
So What’s the Point, Anyhow?
For better or worse, I feel the need to explain myself… Whenever the topic of this trip came up in the preceding weeks, the response I received was always . . .
Hello from Japan!
I’m here. Japan, that is. However, between the jet lag and catching up with old friends in Tokyo, the first few days have been mostly uneventful, at least as concerns this project. But I have recently . . .
A Journey through a Multitude of Cultures
EASC has recently launched a new project that will combine Area Studies, the hard Sciences, and Humanities more generally: Cultures of Fermentation (link to youtube video: https://youtu.be/4Hl2ZR3wGyM). The project assumes a holistic approach to the study of food systems, from the social cultures that define how and what we eat, to the microbial cultures that… Read more »