The failure to resolve the South China Sea crisis is a harbinger of ecological disaster. Environmental cooperation remains the only viable pathway for addressing marine environmental decline in the disputed South China Sea and science diplomacy can establish a starting point for regional cooperation and lead to a much needed pause in rising tension.

Dr. Nancy Rao explores the patterns of networks and migrations that made Chinese opera part of North American cultures, framing not only our understanding of the past but how we enter into the present and future.

Film screening: "Tokyo Drifter" (Seijun Suzuki, 1966, 89 min, Japan, Japanese w/ English subtitles, 35mm)

What the Ukraine War Tells US About China-Russia Relations

Film screening: "Carmen From Kawachi" (Seijun Suzuki, 1966, 89 min, Japan, Japanese w/ English subtitles, 35mm)

Film screening: "Kagero-za" (Seijun Suzuki, 1981, 139 min, Japan, Japanese w/ English subtitles, 35mm)

Two late Joseon-dynasty women philosophers, Im Yunjidang and Gang Jeongildang, constituted the first and only explicit female transmission of the Confucian Way in history.

Film screening: "Decision to Leave" (Park Chan-wook, 2022, 138 min, South Korea, Korean and Chinese w/ English subtitles, DCP)