Global Asia(s) Working Group
Interest form for the new Working Group at RIDGS: Approaching Global Asia(s)
Who are we
As a working group, we will primarily focus on narrative construction of identities, mobility, decoloniality, and cultural praxis as our guiding theme. We will approach questions of politics, culture, and global exchange through the registers of fiction, film, sport, and mixed media (including narratives in video games). The group will seek to host book and film discussions while also inviting guest speakers (filmmakers, artists, authors, or scholars) to address these themes. This would add a new dimension to the extant theoretical approaches to Global Asia(s) and the larger RIDGS project of building upon interdisciplinary strengths by fostering intersectional collaborative projects and community-engaged research.
Inaugural Global Asia(s) Lecture With Dr. Andrew F. Jones

The Approaching Global Asia(s) Working Group will host Dr. Andrew F. Jones (Agassiz Professor of Chinese, Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures, UC Berkeley) for an inaugural lecture on Fri, Feb 21, 2025 from 2 - 3:30 PM.
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