ASIAN STUDIES EVENTS

 

This is a listing of events by month. This calendar is for long-term events and event planning. Please use these dates in considering your event planning. Please avoid the dates in bold if you are planning an event!

 

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(Please click the month name to see events)

August 2011
29 - Fall semester classes begin.
September 2011

5 - Labor Day (University Closed)

15 - Asian Studies Welcome Reception

21 - Asia Over Lunch: "China's Economic Boom: Why Didn't It Happen 100 Years Earlier?"

24 - China's 1911 Revolution: How it Continues to Influence China (and the World) Seminar

30 - October 1 - Japan's World War II in Asia: 70 Years On (Conference)

October 2011

September 30 - October 1 - Japan's World War II in Asia: 70 Years On (Conference)

2 - Celebrating Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday

2 - Medea Performance

5 - Asia Over Lunch: "You speak Chinese well for a white/black guy!"

12 - Asia Over Lunch: "Update on Japanese Databases"

19 - Asia Over Lunch: "Impact Assessment of Free Trade Agreements on Vietnam's Economy"

26 - Asia Over Lunch: "Update on Chinese Databases"

10 - Fall break for students (classes resume Tuesday, Oct. 11)

November 2011

9 - Asia Over Lunch: "Mental Illness and Substance Abuse in Indian and Maharashtrian Immigrants in North America"

16 - Asia Over Lunch: "'Why are the Flowers so Beautiful?' Changing Cultural Policies for a United Chinese Identity - A Study of the Hua'er (Flower Song) Tradition in the Northwest of China"

23-27 Thanksgiving recess for students (classes resume Monday, Nov. 28)

24-25 Thanksgiving recess (University closed)

December 2011
12-17 Final Exam week
January 2012

4 - Spring term classes begin

16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday (University Closed)

February 2012
24 - Honors Convocation
March 2012
15-18 Association for Asian Studies National Conference
April 2012

29 - Commencement

May 2012

2 - Grades Due

 

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