Religion
Scholarly Publications
The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India
March 2016
The neighboring north Indian districts of Jaipur and Ajmer are identical in language, geography, and religious and caste demography.
Rebranding Islam: Piety, Prosperity, and a Self-Help Guru
November 2015
Kyai Haji Abdullah Gymnastiar, known affectionately by Indonesians as "Aa Gym" (elder brother Gym), rose to fame via nationally televised sermons, best-selling books, and corporate training...
Offshoring
December 2009
Written and edited by many of the world’s foremost scholars of transnational history, this dictionary challenges readers to look at the contemporary world in a new light.
News
Unpacking the Crisis in Xinjiang: James Millward on China's Assimilationist Policies and U.S.-China Engagement
March 2022
APARC Visiting Scholar James Millward discusses PRC ethnicity policy, China's crackdown on Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang province, and the implications of the Xinjiang crisis...
Shorenstein Journalism Award panel explores China’s religious landscape
May 2017
China is encountering a religious resurgence.
Ian Johnson, longtime foreign correspondent, to receive Shorenstein Journalism Award
March 2017
Ian Johnson, a veteran journalist with a focus on Chinese society, religion and history, is the 2016 recipient of the Shorenstein Journalism Award.
Old Events
The Crisis in Xinjiang: What’s happening now and what does it mean?
April 1, 2020
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The 3rd Annual Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers
July 28, 2014
The third annual Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers takes place this summer, from July 28 to 30, at Stanford.
Ties That Bind: Cultural Identity, Class, and Law in Vietnam's Labor Resistance
November 6, 2013
Vietnamese news accounts of labor-management conflicts, including strikes, and even reports of owners fleeing their factories raise potent questions about labor activism in light of this self...
Projects
Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers
Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary Teachers was established at the Korean Studies Program in 2012 with the generous support of Hana Financial Group.
English
Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Initiative on Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia's storied past extends more than two millennia.
English
Multimedia
15th Annual Shorenstein Journalism Award Keynote Speech by Ian Johnson: Religion After Mao
May 2017
Video and transcript from "15th Annual Shorenstein Journalism Award Keynote Speech by Ian Johnson: Religion after Mao" on May 1, 2017, with keynote speaker and Shorenstein Journalism Award winner Ian Johnson.Following a century of violent anti...
