Running from October 22nd to 25th, the Boston Asian American Film Festival—the largest annual film festival in New England to showcase works by Asian American filmmakers—opened with director Benson Lee’s new feature film Seoul Searching (2015). A coming-of-age comedy, the film explores the lives of a group of teenagers who attend a camp in Seoul,…

Wellesley Asian Dance Organization With so many dance troops already on campus, WADO is distinguishable in its focus on East Asian dances. The dance troop consists of dancers who share a common interest in exploring East Asian cultures through dance and choreography. Their previous  performances  include a Xinjiang dance and the famous Rainy Lane in a…

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When The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced its annual Costume Institute exhibition, “China: Through the Looking Glass,” many were anxious about the portrayal of the East Asian country – would it be authentic, or simply thinly veiled Orientalism at work? The exhibition was a collaboration between the Costume Institute and The Department of Asian Art –…

Over 150 years ago in 1860, English and French forces stormed the Chinese capital during the Second Opium War, looting the famed Summer Palace in Beijing and seizing bronze busts of the twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac. In 2013, French art collector Francois Pinault donated two of the twelve busts back to the Chinese…

On September 17th, 2015, viewers of Japan’s national television channel witnessed a ridiculous sight in the Japanese government’s committee chamber. In a matter of seconds, an onslaught of Japanese legislators hurled themselves atop the desk of the committee chairman to prevent him from proceeding with the vote on a bill granting Japan more power to…

As children, adults would often ask about your future dreams as if anyone your age had a clue. Most would say something along the lines of “I want to go to the moon,” or “I want to be a singer when I grow up.” But me? When it was my turn to be asked this…

On September 14, Ahmed Mohamed of Irving, Texas brought a clock he built to his high school and was arrested for “making a bomb.” Police put the 14-year-old teen in handcuffs after his English teacher saw the homemade device and reported him to school officials. “She thought it was a threat to her,” Ahmed said…