“Reckoning with the Settler-Colonial Paradox on Taiwan Public Television”

Friday, October 24 | 5:00 p.m. CT

Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 122 1100 E. 57th St. Chicago, IL 60637

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This event is presented by the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies in partnership with the University of Chicago Library and co-sponsored by the Department of Cinema and Media Studies.

“Anime’s Knowledge Cultures: Geek, Otaku, Zhai”

Wednesday, November 5 | 4:00 p.m. CT

Sminary Co-op Bookstores, 5751 South Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60637

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This event is co-sponsored with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies.

“When the Bones Speak: The Living, the Dead, and the Sacrifice of Contemporary Okinawa”

Tuesday, November 11 | 5:00 p.m. CT

Sminary Co-op Bookstores, 5751 South Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60637

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This event is co-sponsored with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies.

“A Fractured Liberation: Korea Under U.S. Occupation”

Thursday, October 30 | 5:00 p.m. CT

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.

“Teaching and Transformation in Popular Confucian Literature of the Late Qing”

Tuesday, November 13 | 4:00 p.m. CT

Sminary Co-op Bookstores, 5751 South Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60637

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This event is co-sponsored with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies.

33rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Literary Studies Hosted by the University of Chicago

The 33rd annual meeting of the Association of Japanese Literary Studies will be convened at the University of Chicago on November 21 and 22, 2025.

Ida Noyes Hall - 1212 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637

CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAM SCHEDULE.

For more information, including accommodations, click HERE.

This year’s meeting will also feature Keynote Speaker and the 19th Annual Tetsuo Najita Distinguished Lecture, Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies in East Asian Languages and Civilizations.

This event is sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago.

33rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Literary Studies Hosted by the University of Chicago

The 33rd annual meeting of the Association of Japanese Literary Studies will be convened at the University of Chicago on November 21 and 22, 2025.

Ida Noyes Hall - 1212 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637

CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAM SCHEDULE.

For more information, including accommodations, click HERE.

This year’s meeting will also feature Keynote Speaker and the 19th Annual Tetsuo Najita Distinguished Lecture, Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies in East Asian Languages and Civilizations.

This event is sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago.

“Interpreting the Impractical: Rules about Kitchens and Pantries in the Vinayas”

Friday, December 5 | 1:00 p.m. CT

Swift Hall (Room 106), 1025 East 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637

Please click HERE to register and for more information!

This event is co-sponsored with the University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies.