Asian+Studies

=Working Group on Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies=

This informal group of faculty and students, based atBrandeisUniversity (but with members and interlocutors elsewhere)shareinterests in the comparative study of societies andcommunitiesthroughout Asia and the Asian diasporas. Our interestsinclude: publicculture, trans-local flows of cosmpolitanism, health andsocialmedicine, mass media, the arts, gender politics, internationalandcommunity development, comparative sexuality and sexual identities,andcomparative ritual and cosmology.

//Contact: Ellen Schattschneider (eschatt@brandeis.edu)//


 * Faculty and Staff Members** (please add your name and tell us about yourself!)


 * Ulka Anjara (English and American Literature, Brandeis)
 * Sarita Bhalotra (Heller/HSSP)
 * [|Wendy Cadge] (Sociology, Brandeis)
 * [|Sealing Cheng] (Women's Studies, Wellesley)
 * [|Shilpa Dave] (American Studies, Brandeis)
 * [|Matthew Fraleigh] (German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literatures, Brandeis)
 * [|Donald Hindley] (Politics, Brandeis)
 * [|Nina (Cornelia) Kammerer] (Anthropology & Heller, Brandeis)
 * [|Joan Kaufman] (Schneider Institute for Health Policy,Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis)
 * [|Sarah Lamb] (Anthropology, Brandeis)
 * [|Peter Petri] (International Business School, Brandeis)
 * [|Ellen Schattschneider] (Anthropology, Brandeis)
 * [|Hiroko Sekino] ( German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literatures, Brandeis)
 * [|Harleen Singh] (German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature; Brandeis)
 * [|Ralph Thaxton] (Politics, Brandeis)
 * [|Aida Yuen Wong] (Fine Arts, Brandeis)


 * Student Members** (Please add your name and tell us about yourself!)
 * Elisabeth Moolenaar (Anthropology)
 * Casey Miller (Anthropology)
 * Courney Work (Anthropology & Women's and Gender Studies)
 * __Faris Khan__ (Cultural Production)
 * Nehraz Mahmud (Anthropology & Women's and Gender Studies)


 * Upcoming Co-sponsored Events:**
 * Japanese Welcome Tea (tentative date: Wednesday, September 6, 2007 in the Admissions Office)
 * Japan Studies Colloquium Series
 * **Sexualities in Asia. (Tuesday, November 6, 2007)**
 * **"The Logic of the Flammable City, Edo-Tokyo." Jordan Sand (Georgetown) DATE TBA**
 * **[|Orphans of Zhao] (March 27-29, 2008)**


 * Previous Events:**

Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies, U.C. Davis Author of "Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures" Title: **"Queer Regions: Locating Lesbians in Ligy Pullappally's The Journey"** Date: November 30, 2006 Time: 5pm Venue: Golding 101
 * Gayatri Gopinath**


 * AADS Reading group meeting. Thursday, October 19 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. //Theme: "Home/Not Home"// Place, tba
 * Symposium on "AIDS in Asia" Monday, November 13, 2006. (Panels: 2:00-4:00 pm) followed by a reception 4:00-5:00 p.m.
 * Japanese Welcome Tea (Admissions office. Thursday, September 14 at 3:15 p.m.)

Learn about: The East Asian Studies Colloquium Series (Brandeis University): http://www.brandeis.edu/eastasia/events1.html

Areas of Discussion:

 * **AIDS in Asia**
 * Community Development in Asia
 * Documentary Films in Asia
 * **Indigenous Cultural Politics in Asia**
 * Manga and Anime
 * **Memorial Politics in Asia**
 * **Nostalgia in Asia and the Diaspora**
 * Representations of Asian-Americans
 * **Television in Asia and the Diaspora**