Fairy Tales in a Soviet Reality

By Katya Burklin To read the full article, please click here. Introduction Throughout the Soviet Union’s existence—from the Bolshevik...

The selective memory of Mao Zedong Thought: A historical approach to modern China’s pursuit...

By Danny Liu To read the full article, please click here. Abstract On October 1st, 2024, during the reception...

Ethnic Entrepreneurs and Refugee Mothers: Vietnamese Women of Little Saigon

Nguyen analyzes motherhood and labor practices in a well-known Vietnamese enclave forged from a series of distinct migration waves beginning in the 1970s. Within Little Saigon, thousands of Vietnamese women made great sacrifices, forgoing their personal education, career, and time to raise their children and to uphold centuries-old Vietnamese ideals of motherhood.

A Blood Soaked Canvas: The Paradox of Japan’s Onin War

By Giselle Paulson To read the full article, please click here. Introduction One of the most violent conflicts in...

Framing Gender Inequality: The ‘Gender Conflict’ Metaphor in South Korean Media and Political Discourse

By Nayoon Kim To read the full article, please click here. Abstract The purpose of this study is to...

Heavenly Horses of Bactria: The Creation of the Silk Road

Tao argues that the Silk Road stemmed primarily from the combined result of a Han Chinese military gambit to obtain Central Asian horses, and a Bactrian strategy to align commercial interests with political expediency during a period of dynastic decline. Evidence of those motivations can be sourced to both ancient literary texts and sculptural, osteological, and genetic research on Chinese horses.

From Cold War Allies to Regional Players: Analyzing the Shifting Dynamics of Russia,...

By Anna Vartsaba To read the full article, please click here. Abstract The collapse of the Soviet Union in...

The Politicization of Women in South Korea’s Economic Transformation

By June Park To read the full article, please click here. Abstract South Korea has undergone dramatic transformations over...

The Cultural Legacy of Metabolism: From Local to Global

From 1960 to the early 1970s, the five core Metabolists—Kiyonori Kikutake, Noboru Kawazoe, Fumihiko Maki, Masato Ohtaka, and Kisho Kurokawa – theorized a new urban order that analogized a city with living organisms. Nakamachi theorizes that Metabolism’s legacy is not demonstrated in the movement’s initial fixation with the Japanese context, but rather in the theories’ adaptability to the rapidly changing global environment.

The Voice of a Zombie: A case study of Virtual YouTubers’ language and authenticity

By Sarah Vickery Hartanto To read the full article, please click here. Introduction Virtual YouTubers, otherwise known as VTubers,...