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OCTOBER 2022. AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW via the Columbia University Press website. 9781952636318. 220 pages. Paperback. AAS MEMBERS: use the code AASMEMBER at checkout for your 20% discount. New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia examines the increasingly dire state of academic freedom in Asia. Using cross-national data and in-depth case studies, the authors shed […]
SEPTEMBER 2022. AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW via the Columbia University Press website. 9781952636295. 220 pages. Paperback. AAS MEMBERS: use the code AASMEMBER at checkout for your 20% discount. Who Is the Asianist? reconsiders the past, present, and future of Asian Studies through the lens of positionality, questions of authority, and an analysis of race with […]
JUNE 2022. AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW via the Columbia University Press website. 9780924304989. 368 pages. Hardcover. AAS MEMBERS: use the code AASMEMBER at checkout for your 20% discount. BEYOND THE BOOK is the first ever volume dedicated to the studies of rare East Asian materials collected by individuals and institutions in North America, including those […]
9781952636271. 138 pages. Paperback. AAS MEMBERS: use the code AASMEMBER at checkout for your 20% discount. This volume provides an historical overview of Japan’s relationship with animals from ancient times to the 1950s. Its analysis serves as a lens through which to scrutinize Japanese tradition and interrogate ahistorical claims about Japan’s culturally endemic empathy for […]
9781952636257. 244 pages. Paperback. AAS MEMBERS: use the code AASMEMBER at checkout for your 20% discount. A play on George Orwell’s famous novel, Burmese Days, Burmese Haze provides a unique—and personal—perspective on the historical events and foreign ties that shaped Myanmar and its relationship with the United States. Former intelligence analyst Erin Murphy tells the […]
View the AAS Digital Dialogue book launch webinar for Japan on American TV featuring Alisa Freedman, Anne Allison, Jan Bardsley, and Bill Tsutsui with moderator, Maura Cunningham. Listen to the podcast from New Books Network. 9781952636219. 202 pages. Paperback. AAS MEMBERS: use the code AASMEMBER at checkout for your 20% discount. Japan on American TV […]
9780924304958. 142 Pages. Paperback. AAS MEMBERS: use the code AASMEMBER at checkout for your 20% discount. Every literate person today will encounter the word “tribe” in many settings. What does this word mean? When and how did its use begin? Is it a good label for any contemporary social organization? Is it relevant for policymakers […]
9780924304941. 144 Pages. Paperback. AAS MEMBERS: use the code AASMEMBER at checkout for your 20% discount. What will the world look like in the future? How do people think and act in that future world? What constitutes the allures or hidden dangers of being modern? These are questions science fiction is uniquely equipped to entertain […]
ISBN: 9780924304965. 248 pages. Paperback. In recent years, both scholars and the general public have become increasingly fascinated by the role of religion in modern Chinese life. However, the bulk of attention has been devoted to changes caused by the repression of the Maoist era and subsequent religious revival. The Fifty Years That Changed Chinese […]
