Come celebrate the upcoming Spring Break with East Asian Studies DUG on Thursday, with our first movie screening event of this semester! We are screening "Castaway on the Moon (김씨표류기)," a moving, thought-provoking, and hilarious movie starring top Korean actors Jung Jae-Young (정재영) and Jung Ryeo-Won (정려원). Korean snacks will be provided. Bring empty stomach, blankets, and friends!

Movie Details: A failed suicide attempt leads a heartbroken man to live a life in the wilderness. (PG-13)

If you would like to attend the event, please RSVP by filling out this form by Monday, April 8th

The Department of East Asian Studies cordially invites you to the second "Undergraduate Research Colloquium on East Asian Studies". This undergraduate research colloquium provides an opportunity for Brown undergraduate students – regardless of concentration – to present completed works or works-in-progress about East Asia to their peers and interested faculty members.

Presenters:

Kiyomasa Kuwana '19, "Reverberating Sacrifices: Remembering the Tokkotai through Japanese Film, 1993-2014"

Isaac Leong '20, "Contested Justice: Law and Ritual in Postwar Singapore"

The 5^th Japanese Speech Contest by JAPN400 will be held in List Art Building Room 120 on Saturday, March 16 at 3:00-4:30 pm, followed by a reception in the EAS Lounge.  Please join us and cheer the contestants. 

Open to the local community. 

The fourth talk of the semester in the East Asia Colloquium series is by Lisa Rofel of UC Santa Cruz, entitled "Fabricating Transnational Capitalism in the Era of the Rise of China" on Thursday, April 4, from 12 to 1:30 pm at the Joukowsky Forum (Watson Institute, room 155). Lunch will be provided. The abstract and Lisa Rofel's bio is provided below.

Fabricating Transnational Capitalism in the Era of the Rise of China

Lisa Rofel, University of California, Santa Cruz

Call for presenters: Second Undergraduate Research Colloquium on East Asia

The third talk of the semester in the East Asia Colloquium series is by Elizabeth Lord of Brown University, entitled "Narratives of China's Environment: Crisis, Hope and the Spatiality of Blame" on Thursday, March 14, from 12 to 1:30 pm in Gerard House 101. Lunch will be provided. The abstract for the event, as well as Elizabeth Lord's bio, is provided below.

Narratives of China's Environment: Crisis, Hope and the Spatiality of Blame