UVA East Asia Center

The East Asia Center is an institution devoted to promoting learning and engagement with East Asian languages, literatures, and cultures on grounds.

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The East Asia Center is excited to announce a Nelson Lecture on Southeast Asia: Existential Threat and Religious Change Across the Hmong Diaspora with Professor Hickman! Please join us Thursday, September 17, from 12:00 - 1:15 in Gibson 441. Lunch is provided.

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The East Asia Center invites you to join us for our annual fall welcome reception, Friday, September 11, from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., in Pavilion Garden X. Catering will be provided by Tangerine's Kitchen. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Thanks again to everyone who made the University of Virginia East Asia Center’s 50th-anniversary conference such a memorable event!
Seeing our alumni gathered together was a highlight of the year, and your continued engagement makes all the difference.

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Welcome back to Grounds!
The UVA East Asia Center has an exciting lineup of events this Fall!
Save the dates for our first two events:
Sep. 11 (3 - 5 PM) Annual Welcome Reception
Sep. 16 (2 - 3 PM) Ambassador Series with Thailand’s Ambassador to the U.S.@Uva_EAC @Center4Politics

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Last week we covered languages, but did you know that East Asian Studies at UVA also offers a variety of topical courses?
For Fall 2026, you can explore the region's history, art and religious culture! Check out the full list on HoosList! https://t.co/GBUe4eRueU
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Discover the wide variety of languages & cultures offered by East Asian Languages, Literatures, & Cultures (DEALLC)! Seats are still available for Fall, or browse to plan future semesters! https://t.co/RqrEBZ1stT

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One week away!

Join us as we bring together alumni, faculty, students, and distinguished guests to reflect on the UVA East Asia Center’s history and to chart its future directions in research, teaching, and public engagement. #EAC50

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Join the East Asia Center as we celebrate 50 years of East Asian Studies at the UVA, April 17-19.

Our flagship conference will feature eleven UVA graduates, including a lunch with former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink.

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Join us March 20th: Chinese Diplomacy on the Ground with David Robinson, Professor in Asia studies and History at Colgate University.

3:15-4:30, Monroe 118. Details: https://t.co/gaKnSIwHOW

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Join us for a discussion with Jessica Chen Weiss, Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

Friday, February 27, from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. in Monroe 118.

Details: https://t.co/n4fSVVFDH9

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Join us for a discussion with Emily Feng, award-winning international correspondent for NPR.
Friday, February 20, from 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. in Monroe 118.

Details: https://t.co/vGpw3tVH3B

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We would like to extend a big congratulations to our director, Aynne Kokas! Her book, Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty, was one of the 25 works selected to showcase the Library of Congress Kluge W. Center's impact over its 25 year history.

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Join the UVA East Asia Center this Friday, December 5th, from 3:15-4:30 for a presentation by Kyle Shernuk, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University on "Indigenous Taiwan: Ethnography and Identity Politics in the works of Syaman Rapongan and Heather Tsu."

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Join the UVA EAC Tuesday, December 2nd to welcome Ruth E. Toulson, for her talk entitled "The Gift of a Corpse: Notes from a Singaporean Chinese Funeral Parlor." This talk will take us behind the scenes in a Singaporean Chinese funeral parlor to examine the social relations.

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Join the UVA East Asia Center next Wednesday, for Professor Meulenbeld's talk, entitled "The Environment of Peach Blossom Spring: Daoism, Landscape and Transcendence." The talk will discuss material from his monograph The Presence of Peach Spring: Daoism, Ritual, and Locality.

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UVA EAC is excited to co-sponsor 2 events this week! This Wednesday the Spanish dept is hosting Aurelie Vialette for a talk on Colonial Incarceration in the Philippines. On Thursday, UVA Art is hosting Susan Shih-shan Huang for a talk on Buddhist print culture. More details 👇

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Join the IHGC and the East Asia Center as we host a dialogue on Professor Heller's groundbreaking book, Literature for Little Bodhisattvas, with EAC Director Aynne Kokas Thursday, November 6, from 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. in Wilson 142.

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The East Asia Center will be hosting a speaker series lecture with Thomas Kirkwood, where he will discuss "'The Big Red Light' — China's Energy Dilemma."

Join us for the talk on Friday, November 7, from 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. in Gibson 211.

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Join the Gallery Talk of an exhibition “The Poetics of Immanence” at the School of Architecture, Van Lengen Lobby, on November 3, 5 pm. This event showcases School of Architecture’s Summer in China Program in 2025.

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The EAC is excited to host Carla Jones, a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her talk draws on over two decades of research to explore how aesthetics and personal appearance relate to virtue, ethics, and social formation in contemporary Indonesia.