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Institute Directors
Ehito Kimura is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His research interests lie at the nexus of political change and Southeast Asian politics. He is author of Provincial Proliferation: Territorial Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia (Routledge 2012) exploring the changing dynamics of territoriality after the fall of authoritarianism and the rise of democracy and decentralization in Indonesia. He has also written several articles about political change and democratic transition in Indonesia. His most recent project has been exploring transitional justice in Indonesia.
Peter D. Hershock is Director of the Asian Studies Development Program and Coordinator of the Humane AI Initiative at the East-West Center in Honolulu. His philosophical work makes use of Buddhist conceptual resources to address contemporary issues of global concern. He has authored or edited more than a dozen books on Buddhism, Asian philosophy and contemporary issues, including: Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information Age (1999); Buddhism in the Public Sphere: Reorienting Global Interdependence (2006); Valuing Diversity: Buddhist Reflection on Realizing a More Equitable Global Future (2012); Public Zen, Personal Zen: A Buddhist Introduction (2014); Philosophies of Place: An Intercultural Conversation (edited, 2020); Human Beings or Human Becomings? A Conversation with Confucianism on the Concept of Person (edited, 2021); Buddhism and Intelligent Technology: Toward a More Humane Future (2021); and Consciousness Mattering: A Buddhist Synthesis (2023).
Institute Directors
Ehito Kimura is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His research interests lie at the nexus of political change and Southeast Asian politics. He is author of Provincial Proliferation: Territorial Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia (Routledge 2012) exploring the changing dynamics of territoriality after the fall of authoritarianism and the rise of democracy and decentralization in Indonesia. He has also written several articles about political change and democratic transition in Indonesia. His most recent project has been exploring transitional justice in Indonesia.
Peter D. Hershock is Director of the Asian Studies Development Program and Coordinator of the Humane AI Initiative at the East-West Center in Honolulu. His philosophical work makes use of Buddhist conceptual resources to address contemporary issues of global concern. He has authored or edited more than a dozen books on Buddhism, Asian philosophy and contemporary issues, including: Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information Age (1999); Buddhism in the Public Sphere: Reorienting Global Interdependence (2006); Valuing Diversity: Buddhist Reflection on Realizing a More Equitable Global Future (2012); Public Zen, Personal Zen: A Buddhist Introduction (2014); Philosophies of Place: An Intercultural Conversation (edited, 2020); Human Beings or Human Becomings? A Conversation with Confucianism on the Concept of Person (edited, 2021); Buddhism and Intelligent Technology: Toward a More Humane Future (2021); and Consciousness Mattering: A Buddhist Synthesis (2023).