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Past Events

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  • May 17, 2019

    May 17, 2019 Spring Colloquium

  • March 10, 2019

    March 10, 2019 The Asia//Technics symposium (asiatechnics.info) sought to re-imagine notions of nation, labour, and culture and answered lots of questions: the flows of techno-capital in a multiplicity of Asias. What is produced when information societies and tradition meet? What alternatives can a regional technics in Asia provide against the the prevalence of market-driven enframing of Western technology? How does ‘culture’ reimagine itself in an age of computation so pervasive and seamless it transforms the conditions of cultural (and economic) production itself? What does ‘Digital Asia’ look like and who are its citizens? We cast Asian futurity into relief against AI-assisted technologies that entertain and monitor, special economic zones that bring prosperity and displacement, and other sites responsible for creating Asia’s polymorphous technical cultures.

  • February 19, 2019

    February 19, 2019 A discussion entitled

  • February 5, 2019

    February 5, 2019 The event was organized by the Center for Religion, Culture & Community (working through DePaul University to provide fun and interesting talks/events/presentations to students, faculty, staff and external community members). Professor David Gitomer hosted with a very special guest lecturer and Chicagoan author Colleen Sen. To fully immerse the audience in her experience with Hindu, Muslim and Jain Indian food, snack tastings were served.

Jan 27, 2014

The 4th Asian Knowledge Bowl sponsored by Global Asian Studies and hosted by the ladies of Alpha Phi Gamma Sorority, Inc. at DePaul University, Epsilon Chapter. Many came out to watch organizations battle to test their knowledge on anything and everything related to the Asian culture.

October 28, 2013

China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections DePaul University hosted Chicago's first China Town Hall— a national day of programming designed to provide Americans the opportunity to discuss Sino-American relations with leading experts. Global Asian Studies sponsored the DePaul Chinese Studies Program and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

October 15, 2013

The TOMODACHI Initiative Meet retired naval officer Suzanne Basalla, Executive Vice President of the U.S.-Japan Council, Washington D.C. Basalla, former senior advisor in the American Embassy in Tokyo, led the Embassy's response in coordination with the U.S. Military Operation TOMODACHI in the first days after the 3.11.11 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster.

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