Professional Development Program

Asian Studies Development Program

The Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP) enhances undergraduate teaching and learning about Asian cultures and societies through faculty and institutional development.

Featured Activities

Agencies of Premodern Buddhist Women: China and Japan Women in Buddhism Online Workshop on October 27, 2023

Virtual Zoom

Agencies of Premodern Buddhist Women: China and Japan - Women in Buddhism Workshop

ASDP 31st National Conference Asian Studies Connections

In-person Omni Parker House 60 School Street Boston, MA 02108

2024 ASDP 31st National Conference

2024 Summer Institute Modern Southeast Asia Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities

Summer Institute 2024: Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities

Projects & Programs

ASDP Summer Institutes & Workshops

National Conference

ASDP Online Activities

Enhancing Undergraduate Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies

NEH Women in Buddhism

ASDP Mission & History

Upcoming Event

Virtual Zoom

Agencies of Premodern Buddhist Women: China and Japan - Women in Buddhism Workshop

Oct 27, 2023

Training & Exchanges

Arts & Culture Southeast Asia

Summer Institute 2024: Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities

Mon, 07/29/2024 - 12:00

Upcoming Event

In-person Omni Parker House 60 School Street Boston, MA 02108

2024 ASDP 31st National Conference

Mar 7, 2024

Event

Virtual Zoom

Modern Southeast Asia: An Introduction through Politics, Environment and Gender

Aug 3, 2023

The Inclusive Campus Focus on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders banner with campus image background

Event

Virtual Online

The Inclusive Campus: Focus on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Feb 3, 2023

Women in Buddhism Summer Institute banner with Guanyin statue image in background

Application

Summer Institute 2023: Women in Buddhism Application

Training & Exchanges

Arts & Culture

Summer Institute 2023: Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts

Mon, 06/05/2023 - 12:00

Modern China in Three Keys Summer Institute banner with Shanghai city skyline at night image in background

Application

Summer Institute 2023: Modern China in Three Keys Application

ASDP Regional Center Workshop with Middlesex Community College: One Finger, One Road: Political Journeys in Contemporary Chinese Art banner

Event

Virtual Online

One Finger, One Road: Political Journeys in Contemporary Chinese Art

Nov 17, 2022

Analysis

Arts & Culture

Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts

Oct 1, 2022

Training & Exchanges

Arts & Culture China

Summer Institute 2023: Modern China in Three Keys: History, Culture and Social Change

Mon, 07/10/2023 - 12:00

Analysis

Arts & Culture China

Enhancing Undergraduate Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies: A Two-Year Initiative Focusing on Minority-Serving Institutions

Oct 1, 2022

Asian Studies Development Program

Enhancing undergraduate Asian Studies since 1991

The Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP) was launched in 1991 as a national initiative for enhancing undergraduate teaching and learning about Asian cultures and societies, and it is unique in designing higher education programs that meet the needs of institutional teams as well as individual faculty members.

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Asian Studies Development Program

Enhancing undergraduate Asian Studies since 1991