Through the generosity of the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation and with the support of our faculty, the Chao Center for Asian Studies hosts a number of distinguished scholars annually for guest lectures that are free and open to the public.
Upcoming TASS speakers include:
TO BE RESCHEDULED: October 14, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT, Kraft Hall 110 - Kathlene Baldanza, Penn State University
A Qing Scholar’s Chronicle of Shipwreck and Travel in 1830s Vietnam
Previous TASS speakers include:
September 15, 2022 - Victor Seow, Harvard University
April 8, 2022 - Stephen F. Teiser, Princeton University
March 8, 2022 - Neferti X. M. Tadiar, Barnard College, Columbia University (recording available)
February 25, 2022 - Ismail F. Alatas, New York University (recording available)
October 25, 2021 - Daniel Katz, University of Houston-Clear Lake (recording available)
October 15, 2021 - Juli Qermezi Huang, University of Edinburgh (recording available)
April 1, 2021 - Nerissa Balce, Stony Brook University (recording available)
March 15, 2021 - Anthony Acciavatti, Yale University (recording available)
November 5, 2020 - Tansen Sen, New York University, Shanghai (recording available)
October 9, 2020 - Ravinder Kaur, University of Copenhagen (recording available)
September 18, 2020 - Monika Zin, Leipzig University (recording available)
October 10, 2019 - Mark W. Frazier, The New School for Social Research
September 26, 2019 - Janelle Lamoreaux, University of Arizona
April 10, 2019 - Rhacel Parrenas, University of Southern California
March 28, 2019 - Wen-Fang Mao, National Chung Cheng University
September 13, 2018 - Anne Blackburn, Cornell University
March 1, 2018 - M. Whitney Kelting, Northeastern University
October 2, 2017 - Barbara Mittler, University of Heidelberg (additional lecture)
April 13, 2017 - Todd A. Henry, University of California, San Diego
October 20, 2016 - Kenneth Swope, University of Southern Mississippi
April 15, 2016 - Valerie Hansen, Yale University
March 17, 2016 - David Germano, University of Virginia
February 12, 2016 - Louise Young, University of Wisconsin-Madison
December 3, 2015 - Shu-ching Shih, Author
October 8, 2015 - Yenna Wu, University of California, Riverside
September 21, 2015 - Anjali Duva, Author