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In the variegated landscape of Filipino paranormal practice, one phenomenon garnered worldwide attention in the last quarter of the twentieth century: psychic surgery. A form of spiritual healing in which the practitioner, or espiritista, usually male, operates on the body of … Read more
Our second China Speaker series will feature Jia Lin, Teaching Assistant Professor in China, Asian Studies department, on "Foreign Language Construct, Framework, and Assessment." Foreign language education is significant since it directly impact a country’s national security, economic development, and … Read more
A widely cited anthropologist of education, Professor Lee is known nationally and internationally for her cutting-edge research on the educational experiences and academic achievement of two growing student populations: im/migrants and Asian Americans. Prof. Lee is the author/editor of six … Read more
Born to a Filipino mother and Malayali Indian father, Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of four books of poetry: Oceanic (Copper Canyon Press, 2018); Lucky Fish (2011), which won the Hoffer Grand Prize for Prose and Independent Books and was featured … Read more
The Korean War is sometimes called the Forgotten War, but its legacy continues down to the present, influencing current events and political memories in both Asia and America. How do contemporary perceptions of recent conflicts in Korea reflect the contrasting ways … Read more
Ambassador Richard Verma is an American diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador to India from 2015 to 2017. During his tenure, Ambassador Verma oversaw an unprecedented nine meetings and three summits between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which … Read more
“Air-Conditioned Socialism” examines the transformative atmospheres of modernity in Vietnam, from the days of revolutionary struggle to the rise of market socialism. This transformation is most starkly visible during the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam War, when America’s chemical … Read more
Our final China Speaker Series will feature Joseph Tucker, Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at UNC Chapel Hill and director of UNC Project-China. Is kindness contagious among gay men in China? We designed a quasi-experimental study to … Read more
Post-colonial, doubly post-socialist, and post-conflict, by any account, Cambodia’s recent past has been punctuated by a series of dramatic social, economic, and political ruptures. Yet, there are also remarkable continuities. For one, the same party has held power for over … Read more
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