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A Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges to Promote Asian Studies

What is ASIANetwork?

A consortium of over 170 North American colleges, ASIANetwork strives to strengthen the role of Asian Studies within the framework of liberal arts education to help prepare succeeding generations of undergraduates for a world in which Asian societies play prominent roles in an ever more interdependent world.

The unique teaching mission of the undergraduate liberal arts institution poses special opportunities and challenges in the development of Asian Studies. ASIANetwork seeks to encourage the study of Asian countries and cultures on our campuses and to enable our students and faculty to experience these cultures first hand. In a time of fiscal constraints, ASIANetwork facilitates conversations among faculty and administrators concerning the development and strengthening of Asian Studies programs, as well as ways to foster collaboration among institutions.

ASIANetwork convenes annual conferences addressing practical problems encountered by teachers in liberal arts institutions in the teaching of Asian Studies. We publish twice a year ASIANetwork EXCHANGE, A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, and each winter ASIANetwork Bulletin, a newsletter. In partnership with external foundations and institutions including Freeman Foundation and Luce Foundation, we offer to our members a number of programs for the promotion of the teaching of Asian Studies.

Consortium highlights, grants received, and current and completed programs and projects are summarized in our Fact Sheet. There is more detailed information about our history and purpose, and about membership benefits and information. Also available are lists of our current institutional members and our Board of Directors and Council of Advisors.

ASIANetwork Announcements

• Call for nominations to the Board of Directors, 2011-14, deadline: Aug. 27, 2010
• Call for panel proposals for the 2011 conference, deadline: Aug. 27, 2010
• Information for AN member institutions applying to the 2011-2012 ASIANetwork-Luce Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellows Program; list of 2010-2011 ASIANetwork-Luce Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellows posted
• Freeman Foundation renews funding for the Student-Faculty Fellows Program for 2011 and 2012; 2011 application information posted.
• 2010 recipients & project descriptions for the ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation Student-Faculty Fellows Program posted.
• "Making Peace With Vietnam," a documentary film made by Steven Emmanuel of Virginia Wesleyan University with funding by the ASIANetwork Freeman Student-Faculty Fellows Program, wins the Best Feature Documentary Award at the 2009 Beijing International Film Festival.

Other Announcements

• Outreach Coordinator (enter 2132 in Job Number box & click Search button), East Asian Studies Center at Indiana University (Bloomington), open to applications until August 5, 2010 or until position is filled
• Full-time faculty member in Cultural Anthropology to teach a wide range of classes in anthropology and courses in social theory, College of the Atlantic, review of applications beginning September 22, 2010; open until filled
• Asian Studies Teaching Colloquium on Environment, Science and Technology, Beloit College, Oct. 1-2, 2010; no charge for the colloquium and the colloquium meals; registration required; registration deadline - August 27, 2010
• Important new publication from the Association for Asian Studies: Collecting Asia: East Asian Libraries in North America, 1868-2008 offers a vibrant and fascinating look at the development of twenty-five major East Asian libraries in North America and the pioneers who helped shape them. Available March 2010.
• Columbia University's Asia for Educators Program launching online learning series for educators, with focus on China, Japan, Korea, & Vietnam, & subjects including Art, Language Arts, Theater, Geography, Economics, World History and Cultures: course & registration information.