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Enhancing opportunities for collaboration among faculty and students, @UChicago and the wider East Asian Studies community since 1961

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Congrats to Ariel Fox (Assoc. Prof. in EALC) whose book, "The Cornucopian Stage: Performing Commerce in Early Modern China," has been awarded Best First Book in Ming Studies by the Society for Ming Studies!

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Congrats to @hoytlong for being named 1 of 2 new Deputy Deans for the @UChicagoAHD! Prof. Long is Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Professor in the EALC, served as EALC Chair in 2022-25, & Dir. of Grad. Studies in 2018-21. His new appt. will begin 7/1 for a 3-yr term

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The @UChicagoLibrary East Asian Collection, co-sponsored by @UChicagoCEAS, recently hosted Chinese rare book workshops led by Dr. Zhijia Wang. Participants explored rare materials and learned about rare book handling and research. Read more: https://t.co/dgNh9bfuep

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Art History's Wei-Cheng Lin is in discussion w/@smithcollege's Yanlong Guo during today's #CEASAuthorTalks at @SeminaryCoop; Prof. Guo's book explores how and why haowu ("fine things") became so beloved throughout early imperial China

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It's the final installment of #CEASAuthorTalks for AY2025-26 @SeminaryCoop ft. "The Allure of the Mirror: Mass Consumption of Fine Things in the Han Empire" ft. @smithcollege's Yanlong Guo

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EALC's Melissa Van Wyk serves as discussant during today's #CEASAuthorTalks at @SeminaryCoop; together w/author Fumiko Jōo (@msstate), they discuss how "The Story of the Peony Lantern" was reinterpreted in different contexts, from local gazetteers to kabuki theater

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Today's #CEASAuthorTalks ft. @msstate Fumiko Jōo whose book analyzes the evolution of the classic Chinese ghost story, "The Story of the Peony Lantern," as it traveled and transformed across East Asia; co-sponsored w/@SeminaryCoop

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@UChicagoLibrary (East Asian Collection), co-sponsored by @UChicagoCEAS, recently hosted Chinese rare book workshops led by Dr. Zhijia Wang. Participants explored rare materials and learned about rare book handling and research. Read more: https://t.co/dgNh9bg23X

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Part 2 of today's program is a musical performance by Goro Nakagawa, a pioneer in the world of protest songs in Japan; Nakagawa discovered the legendary American folk singer Pete Seeger whose songs he translated & sang at anti- war protests before composing music of his own

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Happening LIVE at Bond Chapel; Japanese musician, Goro Nakagawa, recounts some of the history of the politically turbulent 1960s by performing a number of his songs (in Japanese, but w/an English transcript of his lyrics)

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It's Part 1 of today's program ft. Japanese folk singer, music critic, translator, & author,
Goro Nakagawa w/@dartmouth's Jim Dorsey discussing, "Goro Nakagawa and the Culture of Political Folk Music in 1960s Japan"

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Congrats to the 2026–27 Lloyd & Susanne Rudolph Field Research Fellows at @UChicagoCISSR, including 4 students whose projects focus on East Asia, spanning China’s history, society, health systems, and industrial order. MORE: https://t.co/Ztfgt8Dy05

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On April 18, CEAS co-sponsored Screening & Conversation: Black Box Diaries (2024) with Dir. Shiori Itō at @docfilmschicago. The screening was followed by a conversation with Prof. Yuki Miyamoto (@DePaulU) and a Q&A on feminist solidarity, gender-based violence documentary film.

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Namiko Kunimoto considers contemporary artwork from across the transpacific region by documenting efforts to expose colonial trauma & reveal its presence in shaping political liberalism in Japan during today's #CEASAuthorTalks @SeminaryCoop

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.@OhioState's Namiko Kunimoto discusses her book during today's #CEASAuthorTalks at @SeminaryCoop; CEAS Director & Art History Professor, Chelsea Foxwell, introduces the author

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Don't forget to secure your spot at the lecture & performance ft. Goro Nakagawa; @dartmouth's James Dorsey discusses, "Goro Nakagawa and the Culture of Political Folk Music in 1960s Japan" 5/15, followed by a LIVE performance by Nakagawa himself! MORE: https://t.co/74ovZY0S8m

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This event is presented in partnership with the @SeminaryCoop

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.@UChicagoHistory's Susan Burns provides commentary & thoughts on @UCF Asst. Prof. of History @Ishikawa_FL's new book, "Geographies of Gender: Family and Law in Imperial Japan and Colonial Taiwan," during tonight's #CEASAuthorTalks

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Today's #CEASAuthorTalks explores the ideals & practices of family & law in imperial JPN & colonial Taiwan from the 1910s to the outbreak of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War; @UCF Asst. Prof. of History @Ishikawa_FL discusses his book w/@UChicagoHistory's Susan Burns @SeminaryCoop

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Congratulations to @UChicago alum Dake Kang ’16, part of the @AP team awarded the 2026 @PulitzerPrizes International Reporting Prize for a global investigation into mass surveillance technologies. Kang covers Chinese politics, technology, and society from Beijing.