Tuesday, January 27 2026, 1:15 - 2:35pm Room to be announced. Join us as Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Asian Studies Timothy Yang asks, "How did ramen become so popular after World War II? Dr. Yang's current research focuses on the politics of agriculture and capitalism in post-World War II Japan through a re-examination of land reform during the Allied Occupation from the perspective of global food security. He is the author of A Medicated Empire: The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2021), which was co-awarded the 2022 Hagley Prize for best book in business history and was shortlisted for the 2023 International Convention for Asian Scholars (ICAS) Book Prize in the Social Sciences. He currently teach a broad range of courses in Japanese, East Asian, and global history Students of all majors are welcome. Free pizza. This is an FYO event.
