News & Events News & Events Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments. On This Page: Recent News Spring 2027 Course Offerings to Add to Your Schedule Check out these terrific upcoming CLA courses. Exploring the Shared Environments of Humans and Animals Interview with Akihisa Setoguchi, a professor and the Mary Griggs Burke Chair in Asian Studies (2026) 2026 University of Minnesota Fulbright Award recipients prepare for their next adventure in learning CLA graduates are heading overseas to advance their careers in teaching and research, thanks to grants from the Fulbright U. S. Student Program. Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dung Visits the University of Minnesota The ambassador met with members of the Language Center Vietnamese for Heritage Learners development team. The Southeast Asian Diaspora Project honors 50 years of history through archival storytelling Marking over 50 years since war and displacement, the Southeast Asian Diaspora Project preserves Khmer, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese stories through film, archives, and… Upcoming Events In-Person Event, December 02, 2026 Poetry, Ecstasy, and the Dissolution of the Self Performance and Discussion with Janaka Stucky In Conversation with Douglas Kearney Join visiting poet Janaka Stucky for a reading and conversation exploring poetry as a practice of ecstatic consciousness. Hybrid Event, April 26, 2027 6th Annual Gudeman Lecture - How to Unsee Gaza: Israeli Visual Politics in a Time of Genocide Join the Department of Anthropology for our 6th annual Gudeman lecture
Exploring the Shared Environments of Humans and Animals Interview with Akihisa Setoguchi, a professor and the Mary Griggs Burke Chair in Asian Studies (2026)
2026 University of Minnesota Fulbright Award recipients prepare for their next adventure in learning CLA graduates are heading overseas to advance their careers in teaching and research, thanks to grants from the Fulbright U. S. Student Program.
Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dung Visits the University of Minnesota The ambassador met with members of the Language Center Vietnamese for Heritage Learners development team.
The Southeast Asian Diaspora Project honors 50 years of history through archival storytelling Marking over 50 years since war and displacement, the Southeast Asian Diaspora Project preserves Khmer, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese stories through film, archives, and…
In-Person Event, December 02, 2026 Poetry, Ecstasy, and the Dissolution of the Self Performance and Discussion with Janaka Stucky In Conversation with Douglas Kearney Join visiting poet Janaka Stucky for a reading and conversation exploring poetry as a practice of ecstatic consciousness.
Hybrid Event, April 26, 2027 6th Annual Gudeman Lecture - How to Unsee Gaza: Israeli Visual Politics in a Time of Genocide Join the Department of Anthropology for our 6th annual Gudeman lecture
