Somehow, it is December, and the end of the semester is nearly upon us. As we race into finals and the holiday season, here are some highlights of things happening on and around campus and classes in the coming days - be sure to take a look!
Spring 2024 Advising - Are You Registered?
Classes for Spring 2024 are filling quickly! Have you received your advising clearance and finished your registration for the coming semester? If not, it's not too late!
Start here with our advising guide for Asian Studies students. The start of Spring 2024 will be here sooner than you think - don't wait!
Winter Class Offering Reminders
If you've registered for Spring 2024 but are thinking about an empty January with not much to do, have you considered taking a Winter Session class? There are two classes available which count towards an Asian Studies major, minor, or certificate:
- ASIA 300: Modern East Asia [online, asynchronous]
- HIST 381: From Samurai to Salariman [online, asynchronous]
Registration for Winter 2024 is open and ongoing! For more information about dates, fees, and other details, visit the Winter Session website.
Tomorrow: Lipitz Lecture with Dr. Vaporis
The final session in Fall 2023's Humanities Forum is tomorrow's Lipitz Lecture. Dr. Vaporis's talk, "The Black Ships: Commodore Perry, American Exceptionalism, and the Opening of Japan, 1852-54," will explore the story of the official American expedition to Japan in 1852-54 to “open” the far-flung country to trade and a western-based diplomatic order. It also argues for the need to reassess the importance of the mission in the context of U.S. foreign policy and history, and to highlight it as one of the earliest, most significant, and in many respects successful, exercises in American imperialism.
You can attend the Lipitz Lecture at 4pm in the Library Gallery tomorrow - Wednesday, December 6.
Upcoming Dates and Deadlines
- Dec 6 - Lipitz Lecture - 4pm, Library Gallery [see above]
- Dec 12 - Last day of classes. Deadline for Complete Term Withdrawal
- Dec 13 - Study Day; StudyCon
- Dec 14-20: Final Exams
- Dec 21: Fall 2023 Commencement