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FacebookMay 16th, 2013
Connecting Southeast Asia and Stanford University
SEAF NewsSince its founding in 1999, SEAF has "brought Southeast Asia to Stanford, and Stanford to Southeast Asia" -- and it hopes to continue that mission in the years to come. Read more »
A premier program in Korean Studies
KSP NewsSince 2001, the Stanford Korean Studies Program has developed into a world-renowned center offering impactful programs addressing current, policy-relevant issues and events. Read more »
April 25th, 2013
Shorenstein APARC announces 2013-14 postdoctoral fellows
Shorenstein APARC postdoctoral fellowships offer recent graduates a year of "breathing space" at Stanford before they launch their academic careers. The Center looks forward to welcoming its latest group of extraordinary postdoctoral fellows this autumn. Read more »
April 15th, 2013
Overseas Filipino Workers become economic heroes
Shorenstein APARC, FSI Stanford, AHPP Q&ATo their family members and to the Philippine government, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are the country's “new heroes.” Postdoctoral fellow Marjorie Pajaron talks about her research on the significant economic benefit of OFW remittances. Read more »
April 11th, 2013
Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow wins dissertation award
KSP AnnouncementShorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow Jaeeun Kim’s dissertation Colonial Migration and Transborder Membership Politics in Twentieth-Century Korea has won the American Sociological Association's Theda Skocpol Award in the area of comparative and historical sociology.
March 14th, 2013
Development and health economist to join as postdoctoral fellow
AHPP NewsThis autumn, AHPP will welcome development and health economist Margaret Triyana as the 2013-14 Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow. Triyana will focus on analyzing the effects of rural-urban migration on children's health outcomes in China and Indonesia Read more »
February 21st, 2013
The historical roots of ethnic conflict in India
Stopping ethnic violence in India begins with understanding the history behind it, says Ajay Verghese, a current Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow. His research explores the roots of conflict in two demographically similar regions of Rajasthan. Read more »
February 13th, 2013
Tackling conservation, climate change and development in Southeast Asia
SEAF Q&ATim Forsyth, a Lee Kong Chian Fellow, speaks about the gap between conservation efforts and economic and social development in Southeast Asia. Read more »
October 29th, 2012
Former British ambassador on North Korea's citizens, reform and engagement
Shorenstein APARC, FSI Stanford, KSP Q&AIn the coverage of failed rocket launches and Kim Jong Un's new wife, North Korea's ordinary citizens are often overlooked. A new book by former British diplomat John Everard, delves into the daily life of North Koreans and examines the challenges of developing successful diplomatic relations with this isolated country. Everard spoke at Stanford on Oct. 26. Read more »
September 17th, 2012
In-depth on life in North Korea
KSP in the news: NK NewsJohn Everard spoke candidly with NK News about his experiences as UK ambassador to North Korea. In a related review, his new book, Only Beautiful, Please, is described as "a real commodity, offering an up to date snapshot of life on the ground."
August 28th, 2012
Visitors a vibrant part of the Asia Health Policy Program
AHPP NewsThe Asia-Health Policy Program (AHPP) is one of several Stanford organizations seeking solutions to major global health issues through a comparative study of the health policies of different countries. Visiting fellows and scholars from Asia play an integral part in AHPP’s research, publishing, and outreach activities. Read more »
May 24th, 2012
New Stanford Asia Health Policy research fellows selected
AHPP NewsAHPP looks forward to welcoming its incoming 2012-13 research fellows from Mongolian Medical University, the University of Hawai'i, and Harvard. AHPP's new fellows specialize in research topics including cervical cancer prevention, migrant remittances, and the political economy of support for the elderly. Read more »
May 23rd, 2012
Stanford economics student named 2012-13 Takahashi Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Shorenstein APARC is pleased to announce Huiyu Li, a doctoral student in Stanford's Department of Economics, as its 2012–13 Takahashi Pre-doctoral Fellow. Her current research focuses on quantifying the cost of resolving insolvent firms and its impact on aggregate output in China and Japan. Read more »
May 16th, 2012
Regional conflicts are no simple matter
SEAF in the news: Stanford Daily on May 16, 2012In trying to understand the source of a regional conflict we should avoid focusing too narrowly on a single issue of identity, said Lee Kong Chian Fellow Graham Brown during a May 15 seminar at Stanford. Brown gave examples from Southeast Asia to illustrate the complex nature of conflicts.
April 23rd, 2012
An on-the-ground perspective of North Korean society
KSP NewsLife in North Korea today is much more vibrant than the stark slopes and muted grey concrete buildings Katharina Zellweger encountered when she began traveling to North Korea in the mid-1990s. The 2011-12 Pantech Fellow spoke with Shorenstein APARC about the positive change she has watched slowly ripple throughout the country for 17 years. Read more »
March 21st, 2012
Graham K. Brown, University of Bath, in residence this spring
SEAF NewsSEAF welcomes Graham K. Brown as the Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Distinguished Fellow in-residence during the spring quarter. Brown is working on a project to understand the dynamics between global narratives and local identity conflicts, with a focus on Southeast Asia. He directs the Centre for Development Studies at the University of Bath.
March 9th, 2012
Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellowship program grows
In the coming academic year, the Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellowship program will double in size. The four incoming fellows represent the best of the next generation of contemporary Asia scholars. Their research ranges from civil society and authoritarian governance in China to ethnic conflict in South Asia, and Korean migration and identity to election politics in Japan. Read more »
January 13th, 2012
James Ockey in residence as 2012 Lee Kong Chian Fellow
SEAF NewsWhat can the strong tradition of political families in Thailand's parliament tell us about the country's contemporary political system? James Ockey, a 2012 Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Distinguished Fellow, continued his research and writing on this timely topic during his winter quarter residence at Stanford. Ockey, who specializes in the politics of Thailand, is a political science professor at Canterbury University in New Zealand.
January 10th, 2012
Predoctoral fellowship and undergraduate/graduate internship opportunities
AnnouncementAre you a Stanford student studying Asia? Shorenstein APARC offers fellowship opportunities for predoctoral students studying contemporary East Asia, and internship opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students interested in gaining firsthand work experience in East Asia this summer. Now accepting applications.
- » Shorenstein APARC/Takahashi Predoctoral Fellowship in Contemporary Asia
- » East Asia Internship Program
November 11th, 2011
Development aid to North Korea urged
KSP in the news: Voice of AmericaDevelopment cooperation with North Korea is critical to dealing with the country's chronic food shortage. Katharina Zellweger, Stanford KSP 2011-2012 Pantech Fellow and the former head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation office in Pyongyang for the past five years, spoke with the Voice of America about her observations and experiences of the country and its people.
Cambodia's successful battle against HIV/AIDS
AHPP NewsWhen Siyan Yi was a medical student in Cambodia 12 years ago, he volunteered with a collaborative government-NGO project to provide young women at high risk for HIV/AIDS -- the victims of sexual exploitation -- with housing, vocational training, medical care, and psychological support. Cambodia at that time had one of Asia’s highest HIV-infection rates. That rate has dropped by half, thanks to government policy measures, international NGO support, and the efforts of medical professionals like Yi. Read more »
November 10th, 2011
Korean-American community is important for the future of U.S.-ROK relations
KSP NewsDuring the recent North American Chasedae Forum, 2011 Koret Fellow Joon-woo Park stated: "[...As the United States and Korea] grow closer together, the role of the Korean-American community becomes crucial for the future of U.S.-ROK relations." The forum, held November 4-6, was organized by the San Francisco Chapter of the National Unification Advisory Council.
October 24th, 2011
Huang Jianli discusses experience as Lee Kong Chian Fellow
SEAF Q&A: Faculty of Arts and Sciences, National University of Singapore on June 1, 2011Jianli Huang visited Stanford University during the spring quarter while serving as the 2010-11 Lee Kong Chian Fellow at the Southeast Asia Forum. Jointly sponsored by Stanford and the National University of Singapore (NUS), the fellowship was established in 2007 to promote scholarship on contemporary Southeast Asia. Huang recently spoke with NUS about his experience at Stanford and about the research that he is conducting on Singapore entrepreneur and philanthropist Lee Kong Chian.
August 16th, 2011
Volume takes multidimensional look at South Korean security
KSP AnnouncementBeyond North Korea, co-edited by Byung Kwan Kim, Gi-Wook Shin, and David Straub, is the first in a new series of policy-related studies on contemporary South Korea sponsored by the Koret Foundation of San Francisco. In this volume, top American and Korean academics and officials offer a fresh and timely perspective on traditional and non-traditional threats to South Korea's security and provide authoritative advice for meeting them. The book is based on research findings from the first Koret conference, Enhancing South Korea's Security: The U.S. Alliance and Beyond, held March 2009.
August 9th, 2011
Kushida named Takahashi Research Associate
In July, the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Shorenstein APARC named Stanford alumnus Kenji Kushida as its Takahashi Research Associate in Japanese Studies. Read more »
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