Announcements
A Conversation with Asia Center Author Antje Richter
October 27, 2025
This week, we’re speaking with Antje Richter, Associate Professor of Chinese at the University of Colorado, Boulder, whose new book, Health and the Art of Living: Illness Narratives in Early Medieval Chinese Literature. This book offers reflections on health and illness in early medieval Chinese literature (ca. 200–ca. 600).
A Conversation with Asia Center Author Nicholas Morrow Williams
October 20, 2025
This week, we’re speaking with Nick Williams, Professor of Chinese Literature at Arizona State University, whose new book, 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴” 𝘈𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢, traces how Chinese readers and scholars since the Han dynasty have variously interpreted the ancient poem “Heavenly Questions” (Tianwe
A Conversation with Asia Center Visiting Scholar Eunbin Chung
October 14, 2025
Eunbin Chung—Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Asia Center and the Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah—discusses her residency projects, including immigration attitudes in South Korea and Japan, K-culture’s reach, and how national confidence can create space for cooperation.
A History of Love—Modern South and Southeast Asia Seminar Students’ Conversation with Playwright Mfoniso Udofia
October 6, 2025
A History of Love—Modern South and Southeast Asia Seminar Students’ Conversation with Playwright Mfoniso Udofia
Interview with Asia Center 2025 Artists in Residence Abigail G. Billones and Eric V. Dela Cruz
September 22, 2025
Embodied Theater and Narrative Change: Asia Center 2025 Artists in Residence Abigail G. Billones and Eric V.