Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
Celebrate Lunar New Year with UI: A global tradition of unity and joy
Friday, December 13, 2024
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the University of Iowa's Center for Asian and Pacific Studies and International Programs during a virtual event featuring video messages from students and alumni, panel discussions with faculty, and insights into cultural traditions from across Asia.
An evening of bilingual readings: live from Iowa and Japan
Friday, September 13, 2024
Join the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, an International Programs affinity group, for an evening of bilingual readings on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 120 Phillips Hall.
International Programs’ affinity groups contribute to Iowa’s global mission
Monday, July 1, 2024
The faculty-led affinity groups create opportunities for faculty to advance research and teaching through a focus on collegiate issues and perspectives, provide opportunities for faculty and students across disciplines to interact and collaborate, and develop public engagement projects to benefit communities in Iowa and abroad.
UI faculty meet professional goals with help of funding through International Programs
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
International Programs provides funding opportunities and grant-writing assistance for UI faculty engaged in international research, partnerships, and other activities, and is invested in the success that faculty have in their field.
Upcoming webinar to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, April 26
Monday, April 3, 2023
Join the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, an International Programs affinity group, for a special webinar to commemorate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
University of Iowa to celebrate Lunar New Year Feb. 9
Friday, January 20, 2023
Join the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies and International Programs as they host this annual celebration.
UI students to share the value of studying in Asia-Pacific region, Nov. 15
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Join us as students from different disciplines share their experiences studying abroad in the Asia-Pacific region.
University of Iowa to celebrate lunar new year Feb. 3
Thursday, January 6, 2022
All across Asia, the arrival of spring is celebrated. For the Chinese, Koreans, and various Southeast Asian communities, it is marked with the beginning of the new year on the lunar calendar.
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies to host virtual lecture on the future of Burma - Sept. 22
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Join the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies on September 22, 2021, at 12 p.m. for a virtual lecture titled "Protests, Military Coup, and Burma’s Future" with special guest Maxime Boutry, associate researcher in the Center for Southeast Asian Studies from the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, France.
UI faculty Helen Shen wins STARTALK grant
Friday, August 27, 2021
Helen Shen, professor and DEO of the UI Department of Asian & Slavic Languages and Literatures, has been awarded a STARTALK grant for the 2022-23 school year. STARTALK is a program of the National Security Agency, aimed at increasing the number of U.S. citizens learning, speaking, and teaching critical foreign languages.
Yangbo Ye
Educational background: Ph.D. in Mathematics, 1986, Columbia University.
Research interest: number theory and medical imaging.
Steve W Duck
My work is in the study of rhetorical, psychological and communicative processes in personal relationships. After a PhD in Social Psychology, I moved to Communication Studies and finally Rhetoric. After founding the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, I edited it for 15 years and was also President of the International Network on Personal Relationships and cofounder of the Interpersonal Conferences on Personal Relationships, both of them international and interdisciplinary in emphasis.