upcoming events

WINTER

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - Seminar

Toshiro Matsumoto, Okayama University, Japan
4:30 pm, 912 Sproul Hall

Title: Historiography on Japanese Colonial History and Recent Academic Achievements regarding Industrialization under the Manchukuo Regime

http://www.e.okayama-u.ac.jp/~matsu/index-en.htm

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wednesday, February 27, 2008- Student Informational Meeting
12-2 pm, 53A Olson Hall

Chinese, East Asian Studies, and Japanese Majors

Topic: How to get involved as a Chinese, East Asian Studies, or Japanese Major/Minor

Description: The event will focus on three components: Study Abroad, internship opportunities, and leadership development. The event aims to provide students who are in the Chinese, East Asian Studies, and/or Japanese major/minor a chance to discover the essence of Study Abroad, getting an internship, and building leadership skills as an UCD student. Pizzas and drinks will be served prior to the event. If you have any questions related to the three components, please bring them to event. Professional representatives from the ICC, the Education Abroad Center, and the Leadership Learning Center will help you to find an answer. In the meantime, peer advisors can be reached at:

Alia (East Asian Studies Peer Aadvisor) - apiepenbrink@ucdavis.edu
Eugene (Japanese Program Peer Advisor) - ekyu@ucdavis.edu
Van (Chinese Program Peer Advisor) - vtla@ucdavis.edu

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Friday, February 29, 2008- Special Welcome and Seminar

Zhang Yunchang, Party Secretary of Huisan District, Wuxi, China
11 am to 12 pm, ARC. Ballrooms A & B

Title: Economic and Educational Opportunities in Huishan District of Wuxi, China

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tuesday, March 11, 2008- Seminar

Shengli Feng, Professor of Chinese, Harvard University
5 pm, 53A Olson

Title: Current Issues in Chinese Teaching and Research

http://www.ealc.org/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SPRING

April 3 through May 18, 2008- Chinese Art Exhibition Saturday, April 12, 2008- Symposium

Visualizing Revolution: Propaganda Posters from the People's Republic of China, 1949-1989, Guest Curators Katharine Burnett and Yang Peiming

Nelson Gallery, Art Building

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tuesday, April 8, 2008-Seminar

Esther Cheung, University of Hong Kong
Time and Location TBA

Title: The Global Circulation of Ang Lee's Lust, Caution

http://www.hku.hk/complit/cheung/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wednesday, April 9, 2008-Seminar

Regina Llamas , BICC Career Development Fellow in Language and Literature from the Center of East Asian Studies, University of Bristol, England
4:10 pm, 53A Olson

Title: Wang Guowei and the Origins of Chinese Dramatic History

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Monday, April 21, 2008--Seminar

Poshek Fu, University of Illinois
Film screening from 2:00-3:30PMSeminar begins at 4:00 PM Location: 53A Olson Title: The Romance of the Opium War

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Monday, May 12, 2008--Seminar

Mariko Tamanoi, University of Los Angeles

Time: 4:00 PM

Location: 104 Sproul Hall

Title: Does Memory Matter? Historical Anthropology and the Study of Japanese Imperialism.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

EAS events

  • EAS Faculty/Graduate Student Research Forum -- open to faculty and grad students. Please contact for more info

“As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance .” Hui-Neng