EAS will host the 2019 Chinese Karaoke Contest! Come belt your heart out and sing some of your favorite Chinese tunes for a chance to win big at EAS' 2019 Chinese Karaoke Contest. Vocalists of all genres of music are welcome to sign up. Singers can pick any Chinese songs to perform, either as an individual or as a group. Simply record yourself and send us the audio file by October 19th. Ten finalists will be announced via email by October 25th. Friday 11/1, 2pm to 4pm, 19 University Pl, The Great Rm.

Join The Department of East Asian Studies in our annual celebration of Japanese Culture Day. Experience Japan through cultural demonstrations, live performances and more. Visit our Eventbrite page for updates on the schedule of demonstrations, performances, and performers/experts. This event is free and open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.  Friday 11/8, beginning at 12pm, 19 University Pl, Room 102

Apply now to the 5th annual Chinese Speech Contest by submitting a 3-minute video introducing yourself and your speech! Applicants are also encouraged to submit an outline of your speech of no less than 200 characters, but it is not required. The deadline to apply is November 5th. Fifteen finalists will be selected to take part in the final contest and will be notified by November 8th. Friday 11/15, 2:30pm to 4:30pm, 19 University Pl, The Great Rm. 

WATCH THE TRAILER. On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders is united by fierce loyalty and a penchant for petty theft. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous below the radar existence. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and winner of the Palme d'Or. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.  Friday 11/1, 5pm to 8pm, 19 University Pl, Room 102. 

The Center for Multicultural Education and Programs invites you to a film ‘screaming’ of Hollywood blockbuster and thriller, Us, a movie directed by Jordan Peele, starring Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke. Come with a friend dressed as your Tethered and the best dressed will win one FREE pair of AirPods! Halloween season is upon us and it’s time to get into the spooky spirit! Start the night off with a game of scary movie trivia, and help yourself to spicy chili, herb-rosemary, and yellow popcorn, and Halloween candy/treats. The LiveWell photo booth will also be available for you to take pictures in Tethered costumes–red jumpsuits and gold scissors. Wednesday 10/30,  7pm-9pm in Kimmel 4th Floor E&L Auditorium.

This year's first Comparatorium event in collaboration with the Department of English, The speaker, Dr. Udaya Kumar, is a distinguished scholar of literature and theory at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. His lecture, entitled "The Resistant Life of Emotions: Notes on Death, Narration and Agency," will take place on Thursday,  10/31, 2:30pm to 4:30pm, 244 Greene Street. 

We celebrate three new books by alumni from the NYU Doctoral Program in American Studies with a series of presentations, one-on-one conversations, and a roundtable discussion. Ronak K. Kapadia's Insurgent Aesthetics: Security and the Queer Life of the Forever War (Duke University Press, 2019), Manu Karuka’s (Barnard College) Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad (University of California Press, 2019), Jan Padios's A Nation on the Line: Call Centers as Postcolonial Predicaments in the Philippines (Duke University Press, 2018). Friday 11/1, 5:00pm to 8:00pm, 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor. New York, NY 10003. 

He Yafei, the Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, joins Susan A. Thornton, the former Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, to discuss the future of China-U.S. relations. The panel will be moderated by Jeffrey S. Lehman, the Vice Chancellor of NYU Shanghai. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.  Monday, 11/25, 5:30pm to 7pm, Kimmel Center for University life, Room

The 2019 CineCina Film Festival will be showing 15 films from 17 different countries throughout the end of October and the beginning of November. The CineCina Film Festival is dedicated to showing films from countries whose national cinema was historically under-appreciated by mainstream American audiences and will be hosting a special screening of "Fukuoka" with a Q & A with the director on November 1st. Use the promotion code "EAS10" for a special discount on tickets!