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Out of Sight, At Sea: Migrant Labor and the Hidden Worlds of Global Seafood

This lecture by Beatrice Zani (French National Centre for Scientific Research) draws upon more than four years of multi-sited ethnographic research in Taiwan, Indonesia, and Singapore and explores the lives of Southeast Asian migrant fishers employed aboard distant-water fishing vessels. Combining participant observation with more than 140 interviews with migrant workers, vessel owners, labor brokers, port authorities, NGOs, and trade...

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Fiction After Protest: Hong Kong, Memory and Translation in Everyday Movement

Book talk with Hong Kong writer Gigi Leung Lee-Chi.

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[Roundtable Discussion] Korean Studies and the Philippines

Ateneo de Manila University Faculty discuss Korean studies in the Philippines.

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Weaponized Uncertainty: Deepfakes, Democratic Resilience and the Scandinavian Test Case

The Deepfake Democracy Project is an interdisciplinary Vertically Integrated (VIP) Project founded at Malmö University's Sustainable Digitalisation Research Centre, investigating how AI-generated synthetic media including deepfakes and AI nudification threatens democratic resilience, with particular attention to European contexts.

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City Living: Reimagining Urban Ecologies

This public conversation will bring together French and American scholars, policymakers, and urban-design leaders to consider a question of particular importance for Los Angeles and cities around the world: how can we design more sustainable, resilient, and livable urban environments.

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Info Session: Study Abroad in 2027 with American Councils

Join us to learn from American Councils representatives about study abroad programs and scholarships for 2026, open to undergraduate and graduate students.

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[Book Talk] Not Tiger Moms: From Reproductive Exclusion to Reproductive Justice for Asian American Families

Prof. Kang will share insights from her new book, Not Tiger Moms: Reimaging Asian American Motherhood, which examines why motherhood has become such a charged site of gender, racial, and class conflict.

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The New Discovery of Manichaean Materials of the Uyghur Court at Yanqi from the 9th–10th Centuries

Talk by Dr. Wang Rui, Beijing Palace Museum.

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Does Contact Reduce Conflict? Experimental Evidence from Nigeria

Soeren J. Henn, assistant professor in political science, the University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Money and the Making of Empire in Ancient China: Competition, Unification and Expansion

This talk is part of course CHIN 50 - Chinese Civilization. Open to public.

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