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Int'l Education Week! Summer Study Abroad in Japan! And More
They're calling for snow flurries, or at least "winter precipitation" of some kind, here at the tail end of this week. If you're looking for more winter than a few stray flakes, though, the...
November 19, 2024
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11:47 AM
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Int'l Education Week is Coming!
The days are shorter now, and a bit colder, but campus remains lively and exciting as ever for Asian Studies students. Here are a few events, dates, and deadlines of interest for you in the coming...
November 14, 2024
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9:49 AM
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Sign up for Advising! Upcoming Events Highlights!
Halloween is here! Will you be dressing up on Thursday? In Japan, 2024 is the 10th anniversary of "Mundane Halloween," where people dress up not as witches or zombies or ghosts but as everyday...
October 29, 2024
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10:04 AM
Application Deadline December 30, 2020
Since 1990, the Blakemore Foundation has awarded over $20 million in grants to graduating seniors, college graduates, graduate students and young/mid-career professionals to fund an academic...
September 17, 2020
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2:01 PM
Wolves, Whales, & ‘Black Swans’: Environ Hist of Japan
We are excited to share that Dr. Constantine Vaporis, Founding Director of the Asian Studies Program, will be offering a new course for Fall 2019. Wolves, Whales, and ‘Black Swans’: An...
May 3, 2019
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2:10 PM
in Newsweek as well as UMBC Magazine
Here's the link: https://magazine.umbc.edu/japans-next-emperor-is-a-modern-multilingual-environmentalist/
April 25, 2019
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3:46 PM
Presentation on cultural appropriation of the term "ninja"
Come see the results of Crysshelda's fieldwork in Japan! Ninja: Japan’s Soft Power And American Appropriation Crysshelda Kosasih, Asian Studies Mentor: Meredith Oyen Poster, 1-2:30pm, UC...
April 3, 2019
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3:31 PM
Julian will be studying in Taiwan at National Chengchi Univ.
Congratulations Julian!! We are so proud of you!!
April 3, 2019
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10:11 AM
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We have plenty of appointments available
Even though you may not be able to register for a few weeks, it's important to be advised now while we have advising appointments plentiful and available. Please do not wait until the last...
April 2, 2019
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2:06 PM
On the publication of his new book!
"Making Borders in Modern East Asia: The Tumen River Demarcation,
1881–1919".
July 19, 2018
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11:25 AM