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Will the next dalai lama be a machine?

July 6 marks the 90th birthday of the 14th dalai lama, Tenzin Gyatso, who is considered to be a Buddhist bodhisattva, or one who recognizes their interdependence with all others and aspires to reincarnate to serve all beings. Since his exile in 1959, the Dalai Lama has become a symbol of religious freedom and national […]

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So, what next? — SueJeanne Koh

Read the first post of Dr. Koh’s two-part blog feature here. In my earlier post, I offered two approaches for how one could approach careers outside of faculty positions in colleges and universities, and a constructive rationale for why one should consider doing so.  Here, I offer a lightly annotated and selective list of resources […]

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APARRI’s 2024 Highlights

For APARRI, 2024 was a year of community-building, program development, and the fostering of exciting and innovative scholarship on Asian Pacific American religions. Here are some of our highlights! We funded our first round of Collaborative Grants: This year, we accepted our first round of applications for Collaborative Grants which fund projects between APA religion […]

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Graduate Student Spotlight: Seokweon Jeon

This Graduate Student Spotlight features Seokweon Jeon, a PhD Candidate in Religion at Harvard University. Check out our interview with Seokweon below! 1) Tell us a bit about your research interests. How do the study of Asians and Asian Americans and the study of religion intersect in your work? I am a religious historian specializing […]

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Surrogacy and Public Curiosity: Grace Kao

A Q&A with My Body, Their Baby author Grace Y. Kao Originally Published on the Stanford University Press Blog. What made you want to write this book? I didn’t go into carrying and delivering a baby for my friends thinking that I’d ever turn my story into a book! Basically when folks around me would […]

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Graduate Student Spotlight: Ann Tran

We’re excited to launch our new Graduate Student Spotlight series, featuring members of the APARRI graduate student community! To start off, we’re spotlighting Ann Tran, who recently received her PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Irvine and is now an Assistant Professor at Cal State University, Long Beach. Check out our interview with Ann below! […]

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Celebrating APARRI Year One!

2022-2023 was APARRI’s first year supported by the Henry Luce Foundation. During that year, we executed many exciting projects and events that we’re excited to share with you! Here’s a breakdown of our #APARRIYearOne Accomplishments: Launched a new website: Through our updated site, you can learn about 20+ years of awesome APARRI history, exciting grant […]

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Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative: Envisioning Radical Futures in APA Religions

Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier, PhD (Loyola Marymount University) and Shyam K. Sriram, PhD (Canisius University) reflect on APARRI 2023 and APA religious futures. Imagining a Future for APA Religions and Communities The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) held its 2023 conference June 20-23. The exciting conference program included a keynote address by cartoonist Gene […]

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