Global Asia Lecture Series 2022-2023

To see previous year's lectures and recordings, click HERE.


As part of ASU's commitment to global engagement, sustainability, and future-oriented knowledge and research, the Asia Center at the Arizona State University is organizing a series of virtual lectures for the 2022-2023 academic year on the theme of "Global Asia in a Multipolar World." This virtual lecture series highlights research from prominent scholars in an array of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and beyond, broadly centered on Inter-Asian networks and flows of ideas, peoples, and texts across national and linguistic borders.

Date & Time: See below for the full schedule.

Location: Durham Hall 240 & Online

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You only have to register once for the whole series. All the times indicated below are in Arizona Time. 

Full Schedule & Abstracts

India's Farmers' Protest: An Inclusive Vision of Indian Democracy

Natasha Behl, Associate Professor, Social & Behavior Sciences, Arizona State University

Friday, September 2, 2022, at 11:00 AM

The Whole-of-Society Approach: The Immigration Integration in Yiwu, China in a Multi-Level Governance Perspective

Tianlong You, Associate Professor, Ethnology & Sociology, Yunnan University

Friday, September 22, 2022, at 4:00 PM 

Myanmar's Revolutionary Situation & Political Theory

Nick Cheesman, Associate Professor, Political & Social Change, Australian National University

Friday, October 28, 2022, at 11:00 AM 

The Making of the "Nikkei": Human Scientists & Japanese Settlers in Postwar Brazil

Miriam Kingsberg Kadia, Associate Professor, History, University of Colorado - Boulder

Friday, January 13, 2022, at 11:00 AM 

Papuan Lives Matter: Race and Justice in Indonesia and the Connections to the Global Black Community

Chris Lundry, Professor-Investigator, Centro de Estudios de Asia y África, El Colegio de México

Friday, January 20, 2023, at 11:00 AM 

The malleable nature of early modern Japanese rituals: the case of the shogunal pilgrimage to Nikko (Nikkō shasan)

Daniele Lauro, Lecturer, History, Arizona State University

Friday, February 17, 2023, at 11:00 AM 

Home-based work opportunities on online platforms and gender equity in Cambodia and Thailand

Hue-Tam Jamme, Assistant Professor, Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University

Friday, February 28, 2023, at 11:00 AM 

The Political Economy of Diseases in Southeast Asia

Sophal Ear, Associate Dean of Student Success & Associate Professor, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University

Friday, March 31, 2023, at 11:00 AM