Center for Asian Studies Presents Asian Food Week, Feb 11-15
Department: Center for Asian Studies
Post Date: February 4, 2019News Details
The UCI Center for Asian Studies invites you to join us for Asian Food Week, a series of events across campus on February 11-15. Asian Food Week highlights the strength of Asian Studies at UCI and features historians and language specialists, Japanese food and Korean noodles, and tea ceremonies from China, Persia and Vietnam. With faculty, graduate students and courses representing five schools and ten departments across campus, the UCI Center for Asian Studies provides a forum for discussions across the geographic and disciplinary boundaries of Asia both within UCI and in the larger community. We invite you to experience Asian Studies at UCI!
Monday, February 11, 2019
How Tea Travels
2:00-4:00 pm in Humanities Gateway 1030
Alex Day, "After the Decline: Tea, Labor, and Creating a National Economy in 1930s and 1940s Guizhou, China"
Kelly Hammond, “Hot commodity—Japanese tea, emerging markets in Islamic spaces, and Sino-Muslim interlocutors”
Tea Tasting with teas provided by 7 Leaves Tea
Presented by the Center for Asian Studies; co-sponsored by the Long U.S.-China Institute, the Department of East Asian Studies, and the Department of History
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Foods of Japan with Sei Young Lee
6:00-7:30 pm in Anteater Test Kitchen, ARC
Cooking with the Professor series presented by Illuminations and Campus Climate
Pre-registration required here.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Persian Tea Time with Nasrin Rahimieh and Touraj Daryaee
2:00-4:00 in Humanities Gateway Lobby
Drop in to have Persian tea and snacks and conversation about Persian tea culture
Presented by the Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Conversation Kitchen with Professor Robert Ji-Song Ku, “Korean Noodles in the Age of K-Pop”
6:00-7:30 pm in Anteater Test Kitchen, ARC
Presented by Illuminations
Pre-registration required here.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Korean Street Food, 2:00-3:30 pm in HG 1341
Robert Ji-Song Ku, “Beyong Pojangmacha: Edae Food Carts and the Future of Seoul’s Social Gastronomy”
Presented by Center for Critical Korean Studies
Friday, February 15, 2019
Chinese Tea Time with Ying Petersen and Jessica Chen
2:00-4:00 in Humanities Gateway Lobby
Drop in to have Chinese tea and snacks and conversation about Chinese tea culture
Presented by the Humanities Commons