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On Friday, February 21, Lynne Nakano, Professor and Department Chair of Japanese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, related popular conceptions of and alarm over the growing number of marriagable but marriageless women in Asia. She also reported on her experience interviewing single women in three Asian cities: Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Dr. Nakano contends that Asian women are turning away from marriage because of discrimination faced on two fronts, a conservative marriage market and neoliberal capitalist economy, and embracing alternative values such as self-fulfillment and personal autonomy. The Tokioka Room was at capacity thanks to our co-sponsors: the Center for Chinese Studies, Department of Anthropology, and Department of Women’s Studies.
 (l to r): Dr. Mary McDonald, Dr. Lynne Nakano, Dr. Cathy Clayton, MA Student Toshiaki Liu, Dr. Gay Satsuma
On Friday, February 7, 2014, Dr. David Arase, Professor of International Politics at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies at Nanjing University, lectured on Sino-Japanese Relations Viewed in a Global Context. What are the global implications of China as a major world power? Dr. Arase laid out the interrelationships among the regional players, as well as their individual motivations, agendas, and possible future moves. The Tokioka Room crowd was rapt with attention and kept the speaker at the podium answering questions well after his hour was up. Co-sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies.
 Dr. David Arase
Please join us Friday, February 21 at 3:00pm in Moore Hall 319 for another installment of our CJS seminar series featuring Dr. Lynne Nakano, Professor and Department Chair of Japanese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Nakano will speak about the marked increase in and resulting alarm over the number of single women in East Asia and will address the social and economic factors that shape the lives of these women. Click HERE to access the flyer.
Thank you to our co-sponsors: the Department of Anthropology and Center for Chinese Studies.
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