Past Events

Beginning in the 1820s, the Nguyễn imperial state (1802-1945, including French colonial and protectorate rule) began to pursue an aggressive project to enhance official control over people, animals, and plants in…

For much of the twentieth century, Chinese governments pursued two distinct forms of developmentalism. A “globalist” paradigm emphasized machine technologies, fossil fuels, technocratic knowledge, and capital…

Japan has taken on a greater leadership role in not only the Indo-Pacific but also throughout the globe. One key figure in this political development was Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who worked to salvage a regional…

The liberal international order emerged on a global scale at the end of the last century. The principles appeared with American independence and the French revolution in the latter 18th century. But humanity had to…

The expansion of higher education and its impact on social stratification has increasingly received attention among stratification scholars. A classic question is “whether a college degree is still the great…

Why is women’s political representation in Japan so low, and what can be done to increase it? In this talk, Daniel M. Smith will provide an overview of the state of women’s representation in Japan, and present new…