multi-day
Introduction to Classical Japanese Weapons Art
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Norris Mini Courses
Shinto Muso Ryu is a classical Japanese weapons art, focused on using a medium-length staff to defeat an opponent armed...
Events
multi-day
Hindi-Urdu Language Table
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Practice speaking Hindi-Urdu in an informal setting with other Hindi-Urdu learners and enthusiasts. OPEN TO ALL LEVELS OF HINDI-URDU Questions? email Prof....
May
7
2024
Fulbright Research/Study/Arts Application Workshop
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Office of Fellowships Information Sessions
Interested in pursuing research, study, or the arts abroad? Attend an application workshop to learn about the Fulbright application process...
May
8
2024
Lecture & Demonstration: Dhrupad Music with Visiting Scholar & Artist-in-Residence S. Anand
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Hosted by the Buffett Institute’s Race, Caste and Colorism Global Working Group, visiting scholar and artist-in-residence S. Anand is an...
May
8
2024
Extending Care: A Conversation about Conservation and Futurity
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
The Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts is a collaboration between the Art Institute of Chicago and materials science-related...
May
9
2024
Concert | The Sa of Equality: Dhammapada in Dhrupad
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Hosted by the Buffett Institute’s Race, Caste and Colorism Global Working Group, visiting scholar and artist-in-residence S. Anand is an...
May
10
2024
Disjunct Collectivities
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Phyllis Lyons Lecture in Japanese Studies Disjunct Collectivities A Talk by Miryam Sas How can we understand photographers’ disjunctive roles both within and...
May
11
2024
Staged Reading & Conversation: "Star in the Sky" with Sri Vamsi Matta
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
At this event co-hosted by the Buffett Institute’s Race, Caste and Colorism Global Working Group, performance artist Sri Vamsi Matta...
May
14
2024
Postcolonial Translation in the Cold War: Reading O Changhwan Translating Sergey Esenin in Seoul 1946
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by East Asia Research Forum
How does a translator come to choose their author? This talk explores the allegorical layers of meaning that emerge from...
May
15
2024
Competing for Hearts and Minds in Central Asia: Great Power Competition Between China, Russia and the United States.
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, sponsored by Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES) Research Program
The "East Meets West" scholar series of Northwestern University's Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program (REEES), the Center...
May
16
2024
Chinese Diaspora in Spain: Introducing Qingtianese Heritage
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Artist, graphic novelist, and podcaster, Quan Zhou, will address stereotypes and discuss the diversity and identity within the Chinese diaspora. Lunch...
May
16
2024
Poetry Reading & Dialogue on Anti-caste Publishing with a/nil
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Hosted by the Buffett Institute’s Race, Caste and Colorism Global Working Group, visiting scholar and artist-in-residence a/nil is a professor...
May
17
2024
World of Signs: Coins and the Tree Shrines of Bharhut (ca. 200 B.C.E.-100 C.E.)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities
Please join the Global Antiquities Group as they host Charlotte Gorant, PhD Candidate, Columbia University. She will speak on how the...
Jun
29
2024
The Ballad of Mu Lan, an encore screening
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts
written and directed by Alvin Chan When Mu Lan dresses up as a boy to take her father’s place in the...