THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Events
East Asia by the Book! CEAS Author Talks ft. Simon Avenell (Australian National University)
Asia and Postwar Japan: Deimperialization, Civic Activism, and National Identity
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | 12 pm CST
Seminary Co-op Bookstores, 5751 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637
BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Score a FREE copy of Simon Avenell’s book, Asia and Postwar Japan: Deimperialization, Civic Activism, and National Identity! Click HERE to register and for more information!
This event is presented in partnership with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies.
Lecture by Christopher Rea (University of British Columbia)
“Adventures in Translating the Ming Dynasty ‘Book of Swindles’”
Thursday, January 23, 2025 | 5 pm CST
Social Sciences Research Building Tea Room, 1126 E. 59th Street 2nd Floor (Tea Room) Chicago, IL 60637
Please click HERE to register and for more information!
This event is sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies.
CEAS Lecture Series ft. Christina Yi (University of British Columbia)
“Imperial Testaments: Literatures of Dislocation in Modern Japan”
Thursday, January 30, 2025 | 5:00 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 122 1100 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637
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This event is co-sponsored with the University of Chicago Library and the Center for East Asian Studies.
Teach-In and Discussion ft. Joyce Mao (Middlebury College)
“The Sledgehammer and the Scalpel: Historicizing Recent US China Policy”
(Registration is CONFIDENTIAL and is only utilized for event planning purposes. Please note that initials or pseudonyms may be used for registration).
Thursday, February 6, 2025 | 5 pm CST
University of Chicago Department of Classics, 1010 East 59th Street Rm. 110 Chicago, IL 60637
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This event is sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies
East Asia by the Book! CEAS Author Talks ft. Tarryn Li-Min Chun (University of Notre Dame)
Revolutionary Stagecraft Theater, Technology, and Politics in Modern China
Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 4 pm CST
Seminary Co-op Bookstores, 5751 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637
BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Score a FREE copy of Tarryn Li-Min Chun’s book!
The first (5) University of Chicago students (currently enrolled) who register to attend the event will receive their very own copy, compliments of the Center for East Asian Studies! Please click HERE to register and for more information.
This event is presented in partnership with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies.
CEAS Lecture Series ft. Victor Seow (Harvard University)
“The Human Factor: Industrial Psychology in China, 1930s to 1990s”
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 5:00 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 122 1100 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637
Please click HERE to register and for more information!
This event is co-sponsored with the University of Chicago Library and the Center for East Asian Studies.
East Asia by the Book! CEAS Author Talks ft. Jeffrey Tharsen (University of Chicago)
Chinese Euphonics: Phonological Patterns, Phonorhetoric and Literary Artistry in Early Chinese Narrative Texts
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | 12 pm CST
Seminary Co-op Bookstores, 5751 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637
BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Score a FREE copy of Jeffrey Tharsen’s book!
The first (2) University of Chicago students (currently enrolled) who register to attend the event will receive their very own copy, compliments of the Center for East Asian Studies! Please Click HERE to register and for more information!
This event is presented in partnership with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies.
East Asia by the Book! CEAS Author Talks ft. Giorgio Biancorosso (University of Hong Kong)
Remixing Wong Kar-wai: Music, Bricolage, and the Aesthetics of Oblivion
Thursday, February 27, 2025 | 5 pm CST
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637
BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Score a FREE copy of Giorgio Biancorosso’s book!
The first (5) University of Chicago students (currently enrolled) who register to attend the event will receive their very own copy, compliments of the Center for East Asian Studies! Please click HERE to register and for more information!
This event is presented in partnership with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies.
CEAS Lecture Series ft. Alexander Des Forges (University of Massachusetts-Boston)
“The Stuff of Literary Labor: Thinking about Text (wenzi) in China, 1000-1800 CE”
May 13, 2025 | 5:00 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 122 1100 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637
Please click HERE to register and for more information!
This event is co-sponsored with the University of Chicago Library and the Center for East Asian Studies.