Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM (ET) (9:00 PM – 10:30 PM Taipei and Manila)
Webcast Only
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the schedule for the upcoming From the Ground to the Cloud: Insights from Seven Years of Fieldwork, Training, and Data Collection online conference. The FROGBEAR project has now concluded field research and would like to share and discuss the results of the research and training activities.
This issue was originally published on the Global Taiwan Institute's website and the full articles are available at: https://globaltaiwan.org/issues/vol-9-issue-6/)
What US Air Force Re-Optimization Means for Taiwan
By: Eric Chan
At the 2024 “Two Sessions” in Beijing, China Talks Tough on Taiwan
By: Amrita Jash
Decoding Beijing’s Gray Zone Tactics: China Coast Guard Activities and the Redefinition of Conflict in the Taiwan Strait
By: Sze-fung Lee
The Nexus of Cybersecurity and National Security: Taiwan’s Imperatives Amidst Escalating Cyber Threats
By: Enescan Lorci
China’s New Civil Flight Routes
Dear all,
We are pleased to announce a hybrid lecture by Ester Bianchi (University of Perugia) entitled “Mindful China: Embracing Early Meditation and Vipassanā Practices in Search for Awakening, and Secular Well-being” for the Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series, with Ngar-sze Lau (Chinese University of Hong Kong) as discussant.
Time: Thursday March 28, 2024, 4:00 pm Vancouver / 7:00 pm New York / Friday March 29, 2024 7:00 am Beijing & Taipei
Venue: University of British Columbia, Asian Centre, Room 604
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a public lecture by Professor Yu ZHANG (Shanghai International Studies University).
Title: Jātaka, Purgatory, and Supernatural Stories (zhiguai)—On the Classicization of Buddhist Stories from the Perspective of Fa Yuan Zhu Lin
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024, 2:00 pm PDT
Venue: University of British Columbia, Asian Centre, Room 604
Dear colleagues,
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that the deadline for submission of the call for papers for the workshop "Illustration as a mode of commentary in Chinese textual traditions" has been extended to 1 April.
The workshop will be held in November 2024, in Paris, France, and online.
The American Institute for Lankan Studies Colombo is holding zoom seminars on two new books on Sri Lanka:
March 27th, 2024: Neena Mahadev, Karma and Grace: Religious Difference in Millennial Sri Lanka. Chair and Discussant: Charles Hallisey.
April 3rd, 2024: Alexander McKinley, Mountain at a Center of the World: Pilgrimage and Pluralism in Sri Lanka. Chair and Discussant: Anne M. Blackburn.
All events are at 9:00--10:00 PM in Sri Lanka (11:30 AM--12:30 PM EDT).
REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND MORE DETAILS ARE AT https://www.aisls.org/virtual-events/
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Dear all,