EASC finished the 23-24 school year strong after an academic year full of events and colloquium. We were delighted to welcome four Colloquium speakers over the Spring semester’s theme of Art and Performance, including Dr. Hippocrates Cheng, Dr. Judith Zeitlin, Dr. Meimei Zhang, and filmmaker Christine Choy. Choy’s Colloquium talk was followed by a screening… Read more »
Message from the director
A Semester of Violence has come to an end
EASC’s colloquium speaker series this fall focused on East Asian perspectives on violence from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Besides our very own prof. Nick Vogt, who gave the concluding lecture on . . .
The Promise of Fermentation
I will admit that it can seem a little odd that we in EASC have embarked on a long journey of food fermentation studies. Of all the things in the world we could have taken up, why fermentation? I’ll also admit that I have a tendency to . . .
Welcome Back for a New Academic Year
We knew it would happen, and it is finally here: our center is officially in the Dark Ages. The last coins from our Title VI have rolled out the door, and for the next three years, we’ll have to make do without. However, as a medievalist by trade, I must strongly remind everyone that …. Read more »
Supreme Court’s Position on Education
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 . . .