EnviroLab Asia

Well, I'd say wait for it, but why wait? Out in September:

Burn Scars | OSU Press The first documentary history of wildfire management in the United States, Burn Scars probes the long efforts to suppress fire, beginning with the Spanish invasion of California in the eighteenth century and continuing through the US Forest Service’s relentless nationwide campaign in the twentieth...

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Join us! Monday Feb 28th 4:15pm @ Hahn 101
COVID-19 IN THE PRC: THE STATE & THE ENVIRONMENT

This exhibition is part of Birds, Bombs, and Beauty: An Interdisciplinary Study of Nature, Politics, and Culture Linking the Seto Inland Sea Region of Japan with Southern California, a years-long collaboration between Pomona College and HCU that focuses on climate justice, politics, and the visual arts and emphasizes scholarly engagement between students, faculty, and staff from Pomona and HCU. Birds, Bombs, and Beauty began as a research undertaking that was supported by EnviroLab Asia and the Henry Luce Foundation.

The Benton is thrilled to announce the opening of “Each Day Begins with the Sun Rising: Four Artists from Hiroshima,” the fist US exhibition for four Japanese artists: Megumi Fukuda, Taro Furukata, Genki Isamaya, and Kana Kou.

Opening artist talks and reception is this SATURDAY, February 12th at 2pm. https://www.pomona.edu/museum/events/2022/02/artist-talks-and-reception

These artists present work that explores the ongoing environmental, cultural, and social impact of the United States’s fatal bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, particularly in light of Japan’s postwar industrialization and investment in nuclear power.

This exhibition is curated by Rebecca McGrew, senior curator, with assistant curator Salim Moore, Sam Yi Ying Chan ‘22, Vivian Kuo ‘23, Madeleine Mount-Cors ‘23, Max Podell ‘24, and Max Uehara ‘25.
Major support for this exhibition is provided by the Estate of Judith Ann Cion ‘65. The research was supported by EnviroLab Asia and the Henry Luce Foundation.

Image: Kana Kou, Beautiful Limit (detail), 2010, Crayon and pencil on paper, 40 panels, 24 x 36in. each. Courtesy of Hiroshi Tachiwana. Photo: Hiroshi Noguchi.

Take part in this exciting roundtable discussion on South Korea's Candlelight Protest Movement on Thurs Feb 17th@5pm!

Register now to attend a February 17 online discussion, "The South Korean Candlelight Protest Movement," which will feature comments and analysis by four contributors to a forthcoming Journal of Asian Studies forum on the topic.

To register ➡ https://tinyurl.com/CandlelightForum

Pomona College Partnership with LA River Storytelling Project Awarded California Humanities Grant | Pomona College in Claremont, California - Pomona College For 51 miles, the Los Angeles River flows from Canoga Park, through Downtown Los Angeles and finally into the San Pedro Bay. A new public humanities collaboration between Pomona College, The Claremont Colleges Library and LA River X aims to highlight the cultural and historical significance of those...

"With each incremental increase in temperature, climate change turbocharges Earth’s naturally-occurring processes.
As the atmosphere traps more heat, the ocean soaks up that energy and transforms it into fuel for hurricanes. High temperatures cause water to evaporate from vegetation and soil, amplifying drought.
Warmer air can also hold more moisture, so that the rain that finally does fall comes in a deluge. Fires burn hotter in this world. Floods are faster, wetter, bigger."

2021 brought a wave of extreme weather disasters. Scientists say worse lies ahead. Studies presented at the world’s largest climate science conference offered an unsettling message: Climate change is fundamentally altering what kind of weather is possible.

We are excited to announce that we have selected our student fellows for the spring semester! Let's welcome the incoming EnviroLab Asia Student Fellows:

Emma Tao, Scripps College ’23
Vadim Mathys, Harvey Mudd College ’22
Olivia DeAngelis, Pomona College ’23
Marcus Jackson, Pitzer College ’22
Sonya Hadley, Scripps College SCR’ 23
O’philia Le, Pitzer College ’23
Brendan Ly, Pomona College ’22
Jon Joey Telebrico, Claremont McKenna College ’23
Sao Mai Nguyen, Pomona College ’23
Rya Sara Jetha, Pomona College ’23
Aurora Massari, Pomona College ’22
Jeannie Kim, Claremont McKenna College ’23
Jorlen Garcia, Claremont McKenna College ’24
Kenshin Ueoka, Claremont McKenna College ’25
Claire Benjamin, Scripps College ’23
Malena Rivera Segarra, Pomona College ’24
Nadine Zahiruddin, Claremont McKenna College ’24
Nick Lin, Pitzer College ’24
Kerry Wong, Scripps College ’23

Thank you to everyone who applied and stay tuned for upcoming EnviroLab Asia events and opportunities!

EXTENDED DEADLINE
Deadline: Thu, Oct 21st, 10:00pm Pacific Time

https://tinyurl.com/ChinaFellow

THIS FRIDAY!
"Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Chinese Massacre of 1871 in Los Angeles Chinatown: Reflecting on the Past to End Racial Violence"

Panel Discussion with our very own Professor Hao Huang(Scripps College)!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chinese-massacre-of-1871-reflecting-on-the-past-to-end-racial-violence-tickets-172418176407

Just two days left to apply to become an EnviroLab Asia Student Fellow... Deadline: Wed, Oct 20th. Apply Now!
https://tinyurl.com/ChinaFellow

Shout out to Professors Albert L. Park (Claremont McKenna College), Kyong Park (UCSD) and Annie Pedret (Seoul National University) on the publication of the exhibition catalogue for "CiViChon 1.0: City in a Village," which was featured at the Vienna Biennale 2021 (MAK, Vienna, Austria) and co-sponsored by EnviroLab Asia.

CiViChon 1.0 "is a narrative tool of invention that combines conventional research methods with world building, narrative fiction and design fiction to propose an alternative future for villages in South Korea.” Learn more about it here:

More information on CiViChon can be found at https://civichon.com/
Publication here: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/envirolabasia/