Center for East Asian Studies | A Late Ming Toolkit for Dream Divination

Ingraham Hall, Room 206 1155 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI

The Center for East Asian Studies presents an in-person lecture on the legacy and cultural import of dreams and dream divination in late imperial China, including dream interpretation and how knowledge about dreams disseminated. The …

CEAS | Newborn Socialist Things: Materiality in Maoist China

Zoom Webinar 941 7263 3626 Preregistration required: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/.../WN_Z1wZLkCSTSup8ZDD_cnzJQ The Center for East Asian Studies presents a talk by Laurence Coderre of New York University on her latest book about Cultural Revolution materialism, Newborn Socialist Things: …

CEAS | Pure Invention: How Japan’s Pop Culture Made the Modern World

Memorial Union 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI

Free public in-person talk! No registration required! The Center for East Asian Studies presents a lecture by UW-Madison alum Matt Alt: The Game Boy. Hello Kitty. Karaoke. Pokémon and anonymous imageboards. Anime and manga. We …

CEAS | Interactional Rituals in Chinese

Center for East Asian Lecture Series speaker Dániel Z. Kádár will offer a talk on politeness and other cultural rituals from the perspective of linguistics. Prof. Kádár, who has authored books and articles on politeness …

CEAS | Music, Resilience, and the People of North Korea

Upper House 365 East Campus Mall, Suite 200, Madison, WI

CEAS is collaborating with Upper House for this event with Euimin Shin, the artist-in-residence at Upper House. Shin has returned from an extraordinary summer research trip to Berlin, Germany, where she met and interviewed Koreans …

CEAS | Distant Shores: Colonial Encounters on China’s Maritime Frontier

Ingraham Hall, Room 206 1155 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI

Distant Shores: Colonial Encounters on China's Maritime Frontier In a story that dawns with the Industrial Revolution and culminates in the Great Depression, this talk will reveal how the migration of Chinese laborers and merchants …