Events
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2023
May 5 
EAS AWARD CEREMONY
Celebration for Graduate Students
and
Graduating Seniors
Come join us as we celebrate the achievements of our outstanding students.
May 4 
The Japan Foundation is hosting a three-panel conference on China-Japan Trans-regional Religion featuring renown scholars in the field, including members from the East Asian Studies Department. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
Date: Thursday, May 4th, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Environment and Natural Resources Building, Room S225 (1064 E Lowell St)
Apr 14 
We invite faculty and graduate students from the APAS and EAS programs to participate in this lunchtime discussion with Tina Chen, Editor of Verge: Studies in Global Asias and the Director of the Global Asias Initiative at Penn State, to collectively think about APAS and EAS collaborations in the spirit of nonaligned relation that Global Asias represents.
Date: Friday, April 14, 2023
Time: 1:30... Read More
Apr 13 
Please join us for a conversation with Tina Chen, Director of Penn State’s Global Asias Initiative (GAI), and co-editor of the newly-launched University of Hawai’i Press book series, Global Asias: Method | Architecture | Praxis, about the possibilities and limits of Global Asias as an emerging multidisciplinary field of knowledge production about Asia and its diasporas.
Date: Thursday, April 13,... Read More
Apr 5 
Come join the Department of East Asian Studies at the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy’s (CERCLL) annual Language Fair on Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the UA Mall. There will be free food and a wide range of activities that celebrate the vast cultures of EAS, including Taekwondo demonstrations and K-Pop dance performances!
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Mar 31 
Join us for the meet and greet with Dr. Matthew King on Friday, March 31st from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM in LSB 107! Take the chance to have an in-depth discussion with Dr. King on his lecture “In the Forest of the Blind: The Eurasian Journey of Faxian’s Record of Buddhist Kingdoms.” Join this discussion also to learn
about research ideas and teaching experiences in religious studies and Buddhist... Read More
Feb 16 
Title: The Monetization of Tokugawa Society: Notes Towards a Semiotic History of Money in Early Modern Japan
Date and Time: Thursday, February 16th, 2023 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Location: Student Union Tubac Room
Please see the attached flyer for more details!
Feb 8 
At this event, students will meet and talk with faculty members from CEAS and EAS, and learn more information about EAS courses, study abroad programs, our majors and minors. We will also present you with the traditional East Asian live music, performances from our CJK language learning students, tea ceremony, and other fun activities in East Asian culture!
This event is open to public. All are... Read More
Feb 3 
Join us for Chinese New Year Celebration!
Featuring paper cutting, writing calligraphy, singing, playing games, and more!
When: Friday, February 3, 2023 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: Learning Services Building Courtyard