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Fall Semester 2025:
Tuesday, Nov 18
4 PM, Ingraham Hall Room 335
A heart-warming story of curating a book collection!
History PhD Napakadol Kittisenee, curator of an exhibit on display through December 9 in the entrance to Memorial Library offered the story of his project. “Lotus in the Heartland of America” exhibits hidden gems – including texts in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese – from UW-Madison’s exceptional Buddhist collections. This event was sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
History PhD Napakadol Kittisenee, curator of an exhibit on display through December 9 in the entrance to Memorial Library offered the story of his project. “Lotus in the Heartland of America” exhibits hidden gems – including texts in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese – from UW-Madison’s exceptional Buddhist collections. This event was sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
Wednesday, Oct 15
5:30 PM, Van Hise Room 399
Speaker: Junda Li, PhD candidate in political science, UW-Madison
China has grown from a latecomer in the green transition into its global leader—and in some areas, virtually a monopolist. It now far outpaces any country in renewable energy deployment and electric vehicle adoption. In this second talk for the CLACC Graduate Speaker series, Mr. Li focused on electric cars, solar panels and the story of China’s journey to becoming a global powerhouse.
Sponsored by the Chinese Language and Culture Club (CLACC).
Tuesday, Sep 23
4 PM, Ingraham Hall Room 335
Cultural Historian Roland Altenburger of Germany’s University of Würzburg offered background and context to the famous Chinese “White Snake” folktale. He suggested the tale may reflect actual flooding events around Hangzhou’s West Lake in 1492 and offers ecological messages about the importance of water voiced through mythical creatures like snake spirits.
Friday, Sep 19
3 PM, Institutes for Discovery
RAIC Labs CEO and founder Corey Jaskolski was on campus to talk about his artificial intelligence company’s success at tracking the “Chinese Spy Balloon” as it floated across the U.S. in early 2023. His labs in Delafield, Wisc., have developed AI imaging analysis (RAIC stands for “Rapid Automated Image Categorization”) that sifted through “19 trillion pixels of data across the earth over two weeks” in 2023. The company not only found the floating balloon’s path over North America, but traced it back to China’s Hainan Island. In fact, Jaskolski said the balloon was one of two that he suspects were sent to track “very low energy radio frequencies” over the Americas. (The other balloon went south of the U.S. and was not reported on.) The lecture was part of the CEAS “East Asia Now” series.
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SUMMER 2025 HIGHLIGHTS:
News feature from June: UW center leads 2025 exchange of American and Chinese hockey coaches.
Check out the Center for East Asian Studies’ YouTube Playlist about a trip to China’s Heilongjiang Province organized through a sports diplomacy grant from the U.S. Department of State!