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Center for East Asian Studies: Recent submissions
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Miocene initiation and acceleration of extension in the South Lunggar rift, western Tibet: Evolution of an active detachment system from structural mapping and (U-Th)/He thermochronology
(American Geophysical Union, 2013-07-20)Ongoing extension in Tibet may have begun in the middle to late Miocene, but there are few robust estimates of the rates, timing, or magnitude of Neogene deformation within the Tibetan plateau. We present a comprehensive ... -
Evidence for constriction and Pliocene acceleration of east-west extension in the North Lunggar rift region of west central Tibet
(American Geophysical Union, 2013-10-10)The active north trending North Lunggar rift in west central southern Tibet exposes an extensional metamorphic core complex bounded by an east dipping low-angle normal fault. Apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology ... -
South Korean "New Wild Geese" Mothers Studying in the U.S.:Balancing between Studenthood and Motherhood
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Over the last few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of female Korean students in U.S. colleges who are married, have children, and whose husbands are in Korea. This unique phenomenon has few parallels ... -
A Ming Landscape: Settlement, Land Use, Labor, and Estheticism in T’ai-ho County, Kiangsi.
(Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1989)No Abstract -
The Cheng Communal Family: Social Organization and Neo-Confucianism in Yuan and Early Ming China.
(Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1974)No Abstract -
Transition Announcement
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2014-01-29)Broadcast Transcript: This is Randi Hacker with another Postcard from Asia from the KU Center for East Asian Studies. "Postcards from Asia" has been on the air for nine years now. Time flies, doesn't it? We've broadcast ... -
May the Horse Be With You
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2014-01-08)Broadcast Transcript: This is Randi Hacker with another Postcard from Asia from the KU Center for East Asian Studies. In Japan and China and Korea and Mongolia, when someone asks you what year you were born they aren't ... -
Ondoor Nastai, Tall in Years
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2014-01-01)Broadcast Transcript: This is Randi Hacker with another Postcard from Asia from the KU Center for East Asian Studies. As a rule, age is well-respected in East Asia. Confucius laid out rules for hierarchical relationships ... -
Kimchi Museum
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-12-25)Broadcast Transcript: This is Randi Hacker with another Postcard from Asia from the KU Center for East Asian Studies. Kimchi is the national dish of Korea. It is eaten at all meals. It was sent to outer space in a Korean ... -
Jin Ping Mei
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-12-18)Broadcast Transcript: This is Randi Hacker with another Postcard from Asia from the KU Center for East Asian Studies. Jin Ping Mei is the title of a Chinese vernacular novel, meaning that it was written in common Chinese ... -
Satsumaimo, the Japanese Sweet Potato
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-12-11)Broadcast Transcript: This is Randi Hacker with another Postcard from Asia from the KU Center for East Asian Studies. Asia is a rice culture. And, here in Japan, you might say there is a satsumaimo sub-culture--that is, ... -
Big Fish on the Yangtze
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-12-04)Broadcast Transcript: This is Randi Hacker with another Postcard from Asia from the KU Center for East Asian Studies. Once upon a time, in China's New Austerity Age, that is, now, a 2,300 ton, 295-foot glow-in-the-dark ... -
Korean Microcar
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-10-30)Broadcast Transcript: Tight urban parking spaces. Don't they just make you wish for a car that could fold itself in half and then park itself? And they must have made the tech-savvy South Koreans wish for that, too, because ... -
Canned Air in China
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-10-23)Broadcast Transcript: Not that long ago, coal smoke made the air here in Beijing so caustic that your nasal passages were seared with each breath. Those were the good old days: Car ownership was limited to government ... -
Party Like It's Juche 103
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-10-16)Broadcast Transcript: Though North Korea has allowed more tourists to visit over the years, traditionally it closed its borders to visitors from December through January. Not anymore. The secretest country in the world is ... -
Saving Space in China
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-09-09)Broadcast Transcript: The Chinese are geniuses at utilizing every inch of space. In a country that is historically overcrowded, this skill is important for survival. Chinese vegetable gardens are miracles of permaculture ... -
Super Hero, Japanese Style
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-10-02)Broadcast Transcript: Super Sentai is a long-running Japanese TV series about regular humans who destroy bad guys using nothing but their color-coded uniforms, excellent martial arts skills and, you know, totally advanced ... -
Chinese Zoo Lion Fraud
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-09-26)Broadcast Transcript: Across dynasties here in China, imperial stone lions have guarded the entrances to imperial buildings. On the right, a male lion, his right paw resting possessively on a globe, symbolizing dominion ... -
Government Moon Cake Fraud
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-09-19)Broadcast Transcript: China's Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 19th this year. This holiday is celebrated by reciting poetry to the full moon and eating moon cakes. Moon cakes feature an elaborately stamped pastry ... -
Saving Mt. Fuji
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-09-12)Broadcast Transcript: Mt. Fuji, or Fujisan is it is known here in Japan, has just been added to Unesco's World Heritage list as a cultural asset, honoring it for providing thousands of years of inspiration to artists, poets ...
