CEAS is pleased to announce the CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for The William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese Translation.

The award provides up to $3,000 as a publishing subvention for translations of Japanese literature into English. Eligible translations include, but are not limited to, poetry, fiction, short stories, compositions, literary criticism, and essays. New translations of works previously translated are acceptable. Subvention funds will be paid directly to publishers. Nominations will only be accepted from presses that have previously published Japanese literature in translation. The deadline for nominations from publishers is April 1, 2021.

Improve your Japanese language skills in this intensive 10-month training program in Yokohama, Japan for undergraduates, graduates, and post-graduates! The IUC application is now open, and the deadline to apply is January 15, 2021.

Full details and application instructions can be found on the Stanford University: Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies website.

Toxic Politics: China's Environmental Health Crisis and its Challenge to the Chinese State shows that environmental degradation in China has not only brought a wider range of diseases and other health consequences than previously understood, it has also taken a heavy toll on Chinese society, the economy, and the legitimacy of the party-state. Professor Huang presents new evidence of China's deepening health crisis and challenges the widespread view that China is winning the war on pollution. The implications for China's future, both domestically and internationally are examined.

This event is sponsored by The University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies, the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, and the Contemporary China Series.

Growing rice is very different from growing wheat. Traditional paddy rice required about twice as many labor hours as wheat, which led rice farmers to share labor. Paddy rice also relied on irrigation networks, which require farmers to coordinate their water use and flood their fields at the same time. These elements gave rice villages a dense social world, with tight social ties. Across four studies, thousands of people’s thought style and behavior are tested across China. The data shows that these patterns of behavioral differences fall along the historical borders of rice and wheat—even in modern day Starbucks.