On Wednesday, November 12 the East Asia Center and Center for Japanese Studies is hosting a book talk with Dr. Andrea Gevurtz Arai, and Jeff Hou, professor emeritus, in a discussion moderated by Prof. Davinder Bhowmik for Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asia (Rutgers University Press 2025). November 12, 2026 3:30 – 5:00

We are joining the Tateuchi East Asia Library (TEAL) in welcoming Lucy Li as the new China collection librarian. Over the past two years, Lucy has served in this role in an interim capacity, demonstrating exceptional dedication, professionalism, and deep understanding of the research and teaching needs of our China and Taiwan Studies communities. Her

Congratulations to Jieyu Zhou, Graduate Medalist in the Humanities, Ph.D., Asian Languages and Literature. Jieyu Zhou’s research focuses on “collocations” — word combinations that are natural for native speakers of a language but may be less obvious for second language learners. (Why “fast food” but not “quick food”?) Her dissertation explores how advanced-level second language

On June 2, 2025 the Rainier Institute, a local research and think tank hosted a panel discussion on the future of U.S.-China relations, featuring Congressman Adam Smith and Professor David Bachman, University of Washington. With Trump 2.0, U.S.-China relations face new challenges, tensions, and geopolitical shifts. Prior to the panel, Bachman spoke with Nick Tselikov