Join the staff and students of our department's Chinese Language Program to watch and cheer-on the contestants of the 5th Annual Chinese Speech Contest. The fifteen finalists will be judged on content, pronunciation and tones, fluency and more. Friday 11/15, 2:30pm to 4:30pm, 19 University Pl, The Great Rm.

We invite you to sample classic and bold flavors of Chinese Teas at our Chinese Tea Tasting on Friday, 11/22. Learn about different flavor profiles and the regions where the teas are harvested. Tea and light snacks will be served! Friday 11/22, 10am to 12pm, 19 University Pl, The Great Rm.

Hiroko Oyamada is hailed as one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Japan and one of the boldest writers of her generation. Join the author and acclaimed translator, David Boyd, in reading and conversation on the English-language debut of The Factory. Friday 11/22, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, 19 University Pl, The Great Rm.

This presentation lays out Japan’s short history of refugee support, the current new flows of migrants into Japan, and the liminal conditions of asylum seekers as they wait for a decision on their refugee applications in Tokyo. Central to the situation is the Japanese twist on what Agamben has called the “state of exception,” not in refugee camps but in “provisional release” in the urban areas of Tokyo, leading to asylum seekers’ descent into irregular employment or “shadow work.” The presentation draws upon digital videos of oral narrative data from our project entitled “Refugee Voices Japan” at Sophia University and the continual efforts of the Sophia Refugee Support Group. Monday 11/25, 5pm to 7pm 19 University Pl, The Great Room. 

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 914.

 Richard J. Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies at MIT, will be holding a discussion on the evolution of Japan’s intelligence community and its future. Admission to this event is $20 for the general public and $15 for students and faculty. Tuesday 11/12, 6-8pm, Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street New York, NY

The Vietnamese Boat People Podcast will be hosting an intimate evening with Author Thanhha Lai & Host Tracey Nguyen Mang: Live podcast taping, followed by wine reception and book signing. Vietnamese Boat People Podcast is a nonprofit 501c3 organization, documenting stories of the Vietnamese diaspora. Tickets are $20 and the first 35 ticket purchasers will receive an autographed copy of Thanhha's latest book, "Butterfly Yellow." Monday 11/11, 6-8:30pm, LMHQ, 150 Broadway 20th Floor, New York, NY

Join David Brophy, a senior lecturer in Modern Chinese History, for a workshop on his recent paper. This paper examines a series of individuals from Xinjiang who were active in the region in the inter-war period, with an emphasis on Cairo as a hub of intellectual exchange. Monday 11/11, 5:30-7:30pm, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies (255 Sullivan St)