The events are held in person from 12 noon - 1:15pm on Wednesdays.
2023-2024 Schedule
Thomas D. Conlan, Professor of East Asian Studies & History
"Convert, Soldier, Envoy, Exile: The Remarkable Life of Naitō Sadahiro (Dom João Naitodono) [1551-1626], and His Suit of Christian Armor"
Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Peter Tsung Kei Wong, PhD Candidate, East Asian Studies
"The Unlikely Rise of the Big Book in Early China, 239–22 BCE"
Wed, Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Antonin Ferré, PhD Candidate, East Asian Studies
"Nikki: Autobiography and Practices of the Archive in Heian-Period Japan"
Wed, Nov 13, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Paize Keulemans, Associate Professor East Asian Studies
"An Empire of Sound: Early Modern Chinese Opera and the Role of Acoustics in Literature, Theater, Politics, and Print"
Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Rachel Saunders, Assistant Professor Art & Archaeology
"Xuanzang's Journey to Japan: Numinosity, Narrativity, and the Illustrated Life of Xuanzang"
Wed, Dec 4, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Anna Yu Wang, Assistant Professor of Music
"On Musicality in Huangmei Opera and Taiwanese Opera"
Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
East Asian Studies Librarians
Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
He Bian, Associate Professor of History and East Asian Studies
Wed, Feb 19, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Xiaoyu Xia, Cotsen Fellow in East Asian Studies, Society of Fellows
“Strange Characters: The Orthographic Outliers of Modern China”
Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Dror Weil, Assistant Professor, University of Cambridge and Visiting IAS scholar
Wed, Mar 5, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Jessey Choo, Associate Professor, Rutgers and Visiting IAS scholar
Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Cheng-hua Wang, Associate Professor of Art and Archaeology
"The Politics of Topographical Landscape Painting in Eighteenth-Century China"
Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Xin Wen, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies and History
"How to Write about the History of Common People in a Medieval Chinese City"
Wed, Apr 2, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Paul Vierthaler, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies
"Censorship, Editing, and the Siku Quanshu: Late Imperial Collections as a Prism for Understanding Large Language Models"
Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Akiko Walley, Associate Professor of Japanese Art, University of Oregon. Numata Visiting Scholar, Department of Religion
Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Kit Brooks, Curator of Asian Art, Princeton Art Museum
"Morphing into Madness: Shifting Perceptions of the Japanese Wolf"
Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm