Liu Institute launches 2025-26 Year in Review

The Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies has released an all-digital 2025-26 Year in Review, which captures the past academic year through features of new faculty fellows, support of Asia-related research and projects, and graduates of the Asian Studies supplementary major and minor.

All previous issues of the Year in Review are now available online.

Paul Roberts '71 at a Liu Institute Reception

From Our Advisory Board Chair

Paul Roberts '71 thanks founding director and welcomes new director.

Montage of 36 Liu Institute faculty fellows

Faculty Fellows Highlights

Learn more about awards, publications, and our newest faculty fellows.

Aldo Manuzio exhibition (Incheon, South Korea) and a woman in a cream shirt with brown hair examining materials from the Dante exhibition and lecture at Sojeonseolim Library (Seoul, South Korea).

Grants Awarded

Students and faculty fellows were awarded over 100 grants for research, learning experiences, language study, conference participation, and more.

The Notre Dame Fukushima research team stands with innkeeper Tomoko Kobayashi (fifth from left) outside her Futabaya Ryokan in Odaka, Fukushima. From left: Professor Noriko Hanabusa, Lucy Reardon, Sophie Ramos, Teresa Elfrink, Kobayashi, Aidan Machado, Ethan Chiang, and Professor Jessica McManus Warnell.

Student Successes

Read more about the class of 2026 and other student achievements.

Protesters in Thailand raise 3 fingers for new constitution and monarchy reform in 2020.

Thematic Research Clusters

This year, the Liu Institute launched a new research cluster on Asian Political Cultures and showcased a new lightning talk format for grant recipients at the Justice and Asia Distinguished Lecture.

Michel Hockx shaking hands with a student after the lecture.

A Tribute to Founding Director Michel Hockx

Highlights from ten years of service to the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.

_{Header image by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame, 2022. Additional photography by staff, students, and faculty.}