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How did imperial Japan govern population through gender and race? Bonnie Tilland reviews Sujin Lee’s Wombs of Empire, exploring biopolitics and the “problem of population” in Japan from the 1910s to the 1950s. #JapanHistory #GenderStudies Read more: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/vie…

How is Japan responding to demographic decline? Ryoko Yamamoto's photo essay explores two cities—Tsushima and Ikuno—turning population crisis into opportunities for cultural renewal and creativity. #Japan #Demographics #AgingSociety Read more: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/vie…

Our new think piece explores Urban Echoes, showing how new urban historiography is reshaping our understanding of Mao-era China (1949–1976). #MaoistChina #UrbanHistory #HistoryResearch Read Taoyu Yang's think piece here: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/vie…

Our new book review explores Wayne Patterson's William Nelson Lovatt in Late Qing China, capturing foreign life in the Late Qing Maritime Customs and challenging old concepts of colonialism. #ChinaHistory #QingDynasty Read Wen-hsin Yeh's review here: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/vie…

Our new think piece explores Taehanoegugin and how South Korean TV uses it to navigate ethnic nationalism while rebranding the nation as cosmopolitan. #Taehanoegugin #KoreanMedia Read Min Joo Lee's think piece here: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/vie…

Our new photo essay, “Two Fates of the Statue of Peace,” examines South Korea’s “comfort women” memorial—its dual life as both a target of vandalism and a cherished symbol of care. #SouthKorea #PublicArt See Nogin Chung's powerful photo essay here: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/vie…

Our new book review explores June Hee Kwon’s "Borderland Dreams," capturing the multifaceted experiences of Korean Chinese workers caught between a post-socialist China and a neoliberal South Korea. #migration Read Xiaoying Jin's review here: repository.usfca.edu/cgi/vie…

How did an American mascot from 1908 become a beloved pop deity in Japan? M.W. Shores examines the fascinating transcultural journey of Billiken, a “good luck” novelty figure who was transformed into a quasi-religious icon in Osaka. repository.usfca.edu/cgi/vie… #Billiken, #Osaka

Academics & pundits once characterized East Asia as a place of over-population, while today the region is home to the lowest fertility rates in the world. Elizabeth LaCouture's article explores an unusual source for this population decline. Read more: repository.usfca.edu/asiapac…

Join us online and in person tonight at 5 pm PT for, "Panda Diplomacy–Its Past, Present, and Potential" myusf.usfca.edu/event/panda-… #panda #pandadiplomacy #China #USChinaRelations #environment

Join us online on Nov. 14 when we welcome Prof. James Clay Moltz (Naval Postgraduate School) to discuss the dramatic recent expansion of space activity among Asian countries, which has fundamentally altered the balance of power in orbit. #space #Asia usfca.edu/event/asias-space-…

Join us online/in person Th 4/25 @ 5 pm PT for "Innovative Histories: Labor and Technology in Japan's Modern Mobility Regime" featuring @profkatemcd @UCSBHistory usfca.edu/event/innovative-h… #JAPAN #Transportation #trains #usfca #Innovation #InnovationHistory #labor #Mobility

We're excited to welcome back @LetaHong Fincher, this time as the keynote speaker for our online symposium, "Demographic Challenges in East Asia." Join us Wed., 4/10 @ 5:00 pm PT for "Young Chinese Women Defying Marriage and Childrearing Pressure" usfca.edu/event/young-chines…

Join us April 10-11 for our online symposium, "Demographic Challenges in East Asia" bit.ly/49lC6ps Learn what's behind the headlines about declining marriage rates, incentives to encourage people to have babies, and the rising numbers of the elderly in East Asia #usfca

Join us tomorrow (3/20) when Prof. Ying Zhu (HKBU) shares her research on the entangled Sino-Hollywood relationship against the backdrop of shifting Sino-US relations. Learn more & register: usfca.edu/event/sino-hollywo… #usfca #uschinarelations #Hollywood #China

Join us for an online lecture by @Raykris1 on the history of curry. This talk is about the unusual trajectory of an ersatz invention and its entanglement with geopolitical power and the biopolitics of a martial race. #curry #foodstudies #Japanesefood #modernization #usfca

Join us for our 1st event of the spring semester when we welcome prof. Susan Napier for an online lecture on Hayao Miyazaki's most recent film, "The Boy and the Heron" usfca.edu/event/boy-and-hero… #usfca #HayaoMiyazaki #TheBoyAndTheHeron

Join us on Th Oct 19 @ 5 pm PT when we welcome Prof. Timon Screech (in person and online) for “The Cult of Tokugawa as the Great Avatar, an International Perspective” usfca.edu/event/cult-tokugaw… #Shinto #kami #avatar #Japan #Buddhism #arthistory

Join us online Thurs, Sept 28 @ 5:00 pm PT when we welcome Sarah Mellors Rodriguez @s_mellors to talk about abortion and reproductive politics in modern China. usfca.edu/event/abortion-and… #usfca #abortionChina #birthcontrolhistory #modernChina #Chinesehistory #onechildpolicy

Join us online tonight (Thurs., Sept. 28) @ 5pm PT when we welcome @Monica_Liu222 to discuss, "Why Do Chinese Women Seek Western Men: The Case of China's Email-Order Brides." Free and open to the public. #emailorderbrides #China #Sociology