Center for Asia Pacific Studies
Center for Asia Pacific Studies
The Center for Asia Pacific Studies is San Francisco’s gateway to the Asia Pacific region.
Since its founding in 1988, the center has bridged the Pacific with programs that spark conversation and promote teaching and research on the peoples and cultures of the Asia Pacific region. Each semester, the center organizes events and facilitates people-to-people exchanges on topics important for our understanding of the Asia Pacific region both historically and today.

Blog
Learn more about the Asia Pacific and how the center is promoting cross-cultural understanding. Get news about fellowship opportunities, meet our affiliated faculty, and discover ways to get involved.
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Events
The center regularly presents lectures and seminars on a wide range of topics and convenes academic workshops and symposia on the history, cultures, and politics of the Asia Pacific region.
Events

Asia Pacific Perspectives
The center’s international, peer-reviewed academic journal promotes cross-cultural understanding and facilitates academic discussions among established scholars and advanced graduate students.Read the latest issue

Visiting Scholars
Each year, the center builds academic bridges across the Pacific through people-to-people exchanges. The center regularly hosts visiting scholars on campus for three to six months. While here, these scholars pursue independent research, share their findings with the USF community, and interact with faculty and students.

Fellowships
The Center’s Visiting Fellows Program brings prominent and emerging scholars, journalists, diplomats, and other professionals to the USF campus to spearhead and participate in research projects, present public lectures, and interact with students.
Contact Info
Center for Asia Pacific Studies
Kalmanovitz Hall 241
2130 Fulton St.
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080 centerasiapacific@usfca.edu (415) 422-6357
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From the Blog

Reflections from the Asia Bridge Junior Fellows, 2021-2022
The Center for Asia Pacific Studies is proud of its 2021-22 Asia Bridge Junior Fellows! On May 5th, these young scholars presented their year-long...

USF’s Chinese Conversation Group: Embracing the Intercultural
Learning a second language and being prepared for today’s increasingly multicultural world requires skills to comprehend human interactions and...

It’s Graduation Time! Reflecting on 3+ Years at the Center for Asia Pacific Studies
Louise Li is a first generation USF student from Saipan who graduated this May with a degree in marketing and minor in computer science. Louise...