Asian Studies Center Established at GSU

Georgia State University recently established a new “Asian Studies Center”, and named Dr. Susan Walcott as its Director. The ASC includes faculty from a dozen departments, with research ties to universities and institutions from Central, South, Southeast, and East Asia. More information is available on its website athttp://www.gsu.edu/~wwwast A new Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies in Asian Studies was also established, beginning Fall 2003. Inaugural day events will be held on Friday, September 12 in the Student University Center. The featured speaker is a leading economist from Tokyo University, Dr. Motoshige Ito, who will give an address on the state of the Japanese economy at 1:30, following an Asian buffet lunch. In April the ASC is co-sponsoring a talk by Jonathan Spence, noted Yale professor of Chinese history and current president.