A Postcard from Yeongju, South Korea
By Mina ParkYeongju, a city in South Korea, is famous as the historic home of the Seonbi, Confucian scholars who lived and studied during Korea’s Joseon period (1392-1897). At sites such as Sobaek...
View ArticleFebruary 2020: The Treaty of Waitangi
By Michael BelgraveOn February 6, New Zealanders will mark Waitangi Day on the 180th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Following the treaty, the British Crown claimed sovereignty...
View ArticleA Postcard from Pakistan: Girls Education in Gilgit-Baltistan
By Kathryn MetzIn the warm early autumn months of 2019, I visited Northern Pakistan to trek in the shadows of some of the tallest mountains on earth. As a launching pad to the Nanga Parbat base camp, I...
View ArticleTop Ten Origins: From Bollywood to Indywood
By Abhijit VardeMultilingualism in India is as common as daylight. India recognizes 22 official languages and its 1962 census recorded residents speaking over 1600 native tongues. It is common to find...
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China and the Black Liberation Struggle in America
From Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of interaction with African American movements for equal rights. Please join Ohio State University’s Melvin Barnes Jr....
View ArticleWho's not to Blame in the South Korea-Japan Spat?
Why can’t Seoul and Tokyo get Along?“We will never again lose to Japan,” tweeted South Korean President Moon Jae-in on August 2, 2019. “We have come this far today by overcoming countless hardships....
View ArticleThe People Power Revolution, Philippines 1986
By Mark John SanchezFor a moment, everything seemed possible. From February 22 to 25, 1986, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue to protest President Ferdinand...
View ArticleA Postcard from Eastern Kazakhstan
By David Moon In May 2019, during a visiting professorship at Nazarbayev University in Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan, I took part in an expedition to the east of the country.
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