UB Asian Studies Program SUNY

As we are all encouraged to stay at home during these uncertain times, we’d like to provide a #virtualescape to remind you that the world is a beautiful place! ...Let us introduce Emma Cremean, who participated in the Korea University program during Winter 2020. I made friends from all over the world. During my last week in South Korea, I wrote thank you notes to those who supported me so far from home. Remember the people and shared moments that matter by saying thank you. Learn more about this program here: https://bit.ly/37wjsx8 #UBabroad #UBuffalo #FeatureFriday

**NEW COURSE: Gender in Asian Literature** UB undergraduates have a unique opportunity to learn from Dr. Syrrina Haque, a noted scholar from Pakistan, during the spring 2021 semester. Open seats are still available! @ubuffaloggs UB Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies UB Gender Institute @ubgenderinstitute

A great chance to take a class with Professor Mark Nathan, Director of the Asian Studies Program!

The Translation Zone Humanities Institute research workshop is happy to invite you to its end-of-semester talk by Dr. Christi A. Merrill, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, South Asian Literature, and Postcolonial Theory, University of Michigan. The title of her talk is the artistry and afterlives of anti-caste activism. The hour-long event will take place at 4:00 PM on Friday, 4th December, 2020. To join the online event, please visit bit.ly/translationzone As ...a noted translator and anti-caste academic, Dr. Merrill will speak to us about translation practices in Dalit literature, her own translation work and publishing ventures, as well as larger questions concerning the identities of the author, the translator, and the publisher. Questions may be directed to Shantam Goyal @universityatbuffalo University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences University at Buffalo Department of English @ubhumanitiesinstitute #southasiaatub

Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 3:30 p.m. Abhipsa Chakraborty (University at Buffalo Department of English): "Activism of Intersectionality: Dalit Politics at the Cusp of Caste, Class and Gender in Contemporary India" We are very pleased to announce the first talk in the social justice works-in-progress series, which emerged from one of the Department of English affinity groups and is intended to bring academic and activist work into close conjunction:... For a Zoom invitation to join, please email Doug Basford Please make plans to attend and help us spread the word! University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences University at Buffalo Department of English #southasiaatub @ubgisa Graduate Indian Student Association

Stressed about end-of-semester exams? You wouldn't be the first! Check out this manuscript from the National Library of Korea: "Examination paper (sigwn ) for the literary examination (mun'gwa ) of the traditional Korean state examinations (Kwag ). The righthand section of the paper bearing the identity of the candidate is still folded and sealed. The inscription Hamgyng-do indicates that the candidate was from that province and the seal ‘ Sin Knbong ’ implies that it was to be presented to the King. The text is a Chinese poem of the 'fu ' genre extolling the virtues of the king and entitled in Chinese 'Si fang lai guan zhe jie gan hua qi de '." http://access.bl.uk//viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100106514848.0x