Oct 29 at 3:30pm in Rm 230, Anthropology Reading Room, AAP Building In Conversation with Yu Miri - Part 2 | Landscapes and Memories of Fukushima and Setonaikai: Reading Yu Miri’s “Joban Line Yonomori Station". Learn more at tinyurl.com/bdethc9a.

This Friday, Oct 29 at 4pm | 370 Dwinelle Hall, UCB. Performing Enlightenment: Buddhism and Theater in Early Modern China Lecture by Mengxiao Wang Learn more about the author and the lecture at tinyurl.com/45kcnfzt.

Oct 28 at 4pm in 370 Dwinelle. Join us for a roundtable discussion with Yu Miri, CJS's 2022 Berkeley Japan Prize winner, focusing on her work-in-progress play, OBON, based on oral history interviews w/ Japanese American community in Chicago.

Jonathan Cheng speaks on "North Korea’s Messianic Cause" on Oct 27 What if North Korea was understood less as a nuclear-armed nation-state and more as a religious society worshiping the Kim family? Learn more from this WSJ bureau chief and his talk at tinyurl.com/52sbr9tn.

Call for Papers for the Policy Inflection in China: A Cross-Disciplinary Conference, to be held at UC San Diego in La Jolla, CA on April 8-9, 2027. Proposals due Nov 30. Learn more about the conference at china.ucsd.edu/events/academ….

Tomorrow at noon: Berkeley Book Chat with CSEAS Chair Lisandro Claudio. In The Profligate Colonial (Cornell, 2025), Claudio (South & Southeast Asian Studies) reveals how austerity was a tool of the US. RSVP at tinyurl.com/2vfk4sdc if attending this talk in 220 Stephens Hall.

Oct 26 @ 4pm at IEAS (2111 Bancroft Wy, 5th Fl) This year marks the 30th anniversary of Taiwan’s electoral sovereignty. Join TECO SF’s DG Wu and members of the US-Taiwan-European Next Generation Working Group to reflect and strategize on protecting Taiwan’s democratic future.

IEAS launched its new book ”Reprimands and Admonitions” in Korea on Friday. The book offered a deeper, more human lens into Imjin War. The newest book is an expanded version of ”The Chingbirok” by Ryu Suong-ryong (1542-1607). Read more at tinyurl.com/2ff9cymn.

Thur (10/15) at 5pm with speaker Joseph Jeon (University of California, Irvine). Romantic Anticolonialism in the Korean Neo-colonial Imaginary: Mr. Sunshine (2018) and Harbin (2024) in the IEAS Conference Room, 2111 Bancroft Way, 5th Floor, RSVP at tinyurl.com/5c8jyuj9.

Join us on Oct 14 (4pm) for the SEALIVES Keynote Address by MARCO Z. GARRIDO (Univ of Chicago) on the "Tokhang as Justice: Explaining the Urban Poor’s Support for Rodrigo Duterte’s Drug War." Visit our event page to learn more. tinyurl.com/25cjy2vr.

Congrats to I. JONATHAN KIEF, the 2026 Winner of the UC Berkeley Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies! Learn more about Triangle Republics (Columbia University Press, 2025), the award and author at conta.cc/4yBGxcV.

SCREENING TOMORROW (10/7) at 5:30pm in 10 Stephen’s Hall of “No Monastery, No Village: Voices from the Roof of the World.” Especially timely given the devastating mud flood that struck Nepal’s Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems on August 26. Learn more from the flyer below.

HYBRID PROGRAM: The Significance of Postcolonial Fascism in Cold War Korea Thur, Oct 8 at 5 pm at the IEAS Conference Room (2111 Bancroft Way, 5th Floor, Berkeley) Learn more about Sungik Yang (Arizona State University) and his talk at tinyurl.com/74hyhvj8/ Please RSVP.

Sarah Frederick (Boston Univ) talks on "A Queer Girl in Modern Japan: Yoshiya Nobuko (1896-1973)" on Sept 30 (Wed), 4 pm in 370 Dwinelle Hall. She highlights the life of YOSHIYA NOBUKO, one of the most successful writers of the 20th century and one of the richest women in Japan.

Pavin Chachavalpongpun (Ctr for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University) discusses "Five Years after the Youth Protests: The Thai Monarchy Strikes Back" in his Mon talk (9/28 at 5pm) in 370 Dwinelle, UCB. Learn more about our speaker and his talk at tinyurl.com/469v2xau.

SAVE THE DATES: OCT 8-10 Tang Music in Contemporary China: Sensing Artistry Through Time Oct 8 Keynote Lecture (5pm, 125 Morrison Hall), Berkeley campus Oct 9 (9am-7pm, 125 Morrison Hall) Oct 10 (1pm-5:30pm, Hertz Hall/Morrison Hall) More info at tinyurl.com/swv68bx6.

Join Yongwook Paik (KAIST) on Sept 24th (5:00 PM) to explore "From Chaebols to Startups to BTS: The Strategic Evolution of Korea’s Innovation Ecosystem" in the IEAS Conference Room (2111 Bancroft Way, 5th Floor, Berkeley). Learn more and RSVP at tinyurl.com/4xhacahs.

In celebration of Philip Kan Gotanda's distinguished career at UC Berkeley, join Philip and David Henry Hwang in conversation on Sept 24 (Thur at 5pm) at the Faculty Club, UC Berkeley. Learn more and RSVP at tinyurl.com/r2vbyymz.

Sept 21 | 1-3PM "The 2nd Workshop on Governance and Policy in East Asia" Venue: IEAS Conference Rm. at 2111 Bancroft Wy, 5th Fl). Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/2udah57a. Spreakers & Program at mitani2021.github.io/Berkele…

Take a peek at the Fall Programs at the Center for Chinese Studies at conta.cc/4zYubgf. In early October, CCS will host the first-ever Social Sciences Graduate Research Conference with 25 presenters from across the UC campuses, Stanford, and USC.