Penn Center For East Asian Studies Newsletter

1. University of Pennsylvania East Asia Events
   
2. Regional East Asia Events
   
3. Employment and Internship Opportunities
   
4. Fellowship and Award Opportunities
   
5. East Asia Study Opportunities and Queries
   
6. Conferences and Workshops

Featured Event

Tuesday, January 22, 11:00AM, Cherpack Lounge in Williams Hall , The Concept of Ritual in the Excavated Texts from Chu : Are They a Direct Source of the Theory of Ritual and Social Norms in Xunzi?

Dr. Masayuki Sato, Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University

This lecture starts with reviewing Paul Goldin's research on the Xunzi's (ca.316-235 BC ) theory of Li (rituals and social norm) in his Rituals of the Way , and then attempt to focus on some points which it has not sufficiently discussed: (1) Xunzi's concepts of Li itself has various conceptual origins as not characterized only as “Confucian” context; (2) it can be characterized by the fact that it was proposed for resolving various levels of socio-political and ethical issues of the Warring States period; and (3) it reveals itself as an evolving concept which allows manifold meanings from "rituals" to “a metaphor of socio-political order.” This lecture then analyzes the way the term of Li functions as main topics in various socio-political discourses of the Warring State period, and Xunzi's intention that he tried to “resolve” each issues by incorporating the term of Li into his own discourse which other thinkers has not used.
The lecture also mentions the contribution of another Goldin's work to the point that the inquiry into the Guodian and the Shanghai Chu bamboo materials can shed new light on the source of Xunzi's concept of Li . In the last part, the lecture tries to conjecture the degree that the term Li has conceptualized before the time of Xunzi.

(Lunch to follow at 12:30 for graduate students and faculty)

Tuesday, January 22, 11:00AM, Cherpack Lounge in Williams Hall , The Concept of Ritual in the Excavated Texts from Chu : Are They a Direct Source of the Theory of Ritual and Social Norms in Xunzi?

Dr. Masayuki Sato, Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University

This lecture starts with reviewing Paul Goldin's research on the Xunzi's (ca.316-235 BC ) theory of Li (rituals and social norm) in his Rituals of the Way , and then attempt to focus on some points which it has not sufficiently discussed: (1) Xunzi's concepts of Li itself has various conceptual origins as not characterized only as “Confucian” context; (2) it can be characterized by the fact that it was proposed for resolving various levels of socio-political and ethical issues of the Warring States period; and (3) it reveals itself as an evolving concept which allows manifold meanings from "rituals" to “a metaphor of socio-political order.” This lecture then analyzes the way the term of Li functions as main topics in various socio-political discourses of the Warring State period, and Xunzi's intention that he tried to “resolve” each issues by incorporating the term of Li into his own discourse which other thinkers has not used.
The lecture also mentions the contribution of another Goldin's work to the point that the inquiry into the Guodian and the Shanghai Chu bamboo materials can shed new light on the source of Xunzi's concept of Li . In the last part, the lecture tries to conjecture the degree that the term Li has conceptualized before the time of Xunzi.

(Lunch to follow at 12:30 for graduate students and faculty)

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Tuesday, January 22, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

The Sing-song girls of Shanghai (Hou Hsiao-hsien)

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Wednesday, January 23, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla ( Honda Ishiro, 1954)

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Thursday, January 24, 3:00PM, Silverman 240A ( Law School ), Japan , America , and the ‘Realities' of Liberty City :

Regulation and the Politics of Narrative in the Grand Theft Auto Games

David Leheny, Princeton

The video game Grand Theft Auto III and its sequels have been notorious political footballs, convincing some that the violence committed in the games pose a social threat as impressionable young players might become more aggressive in real life, and convincing others that the games' critics are poorly informed moral scolds. This presentation examines the politics of video game regulation in Japan , drawing attention to the ways in which the source of the GTAIII games' menace is understood as their putative realism. It embeds this discussion of realism within larger political debates surrounding the production of popular culture products, the protection of juveniles from harmful influences, and the construction of menace in the news media.

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series

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Thursday, January 24, 4:40PM, History Department Lounge , Culture of Remembrance and the Northern Region in Korea : Bringing an Unknown War Hero Back into History

Sun Joo Kim, Harvard

Korean Lecture Series

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Tuesday, January 29, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

New Year's Sacrifice (Cui Wei)

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Wednesday, January 30, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Mothra ( Honda Ishiro, 1961)

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Tuesday, February 5, 3:00PM, Silverman 240A ( Law School ), The Allocation of Talent Under National Health Insurance: The Case of Japanese Cosmetic Surgery

Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series

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Tuesday, February 5, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

Shadow Magic (Ann Hu)

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Wednesday, February 6, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Gidrah the Three-Headed Monster ( Honda Ishiro, 1964)

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Thursday, February 7, 7:00PM, Logan Hall 402 - Japanese Architecture Film Series

Onmyoji ( Takata Yujiro, 2001) – Introduction by Professor Frank L. Chance

Sponsored by the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden and the Center for East Asian Studies

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Tuesday, February 12, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

New Woman ( Cai Chusheng)

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Wednesday, February 13, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla vs The Smog Monster ( Banno Yoshimitsu, 1971)

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Thursday, February 14, 7:00PM, Logan Hall 402 - Japanese Architecture Film Series

Conflagration ( Ichikawa Kon, 1958) – Introduction by Professor Frank L. Chance

Sponsored by the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden and the Center for East Asian Studies

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Tuesday, February 19, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

A Woman for Two (Ling Zifeng)

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Wednesday, February 20, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Terror of Mechagodzilla ( Honda Ishiro, 1975)

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Thursday, February 21, 4:30PM, College Hall 314 , Chinese-Muslim Memory and Historiography in China

Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, Department of History, New York University

The talk will discuss the problem of memory and history in a community defined by a condition of both displacement and belonging  devises its own versions and variations of common Chinese devices of writing the past.

Humanities Colloquiumn, Co-Sponsored by the Middle East Center

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Thursday, February 21, 7:00PM, Logan Hall 402 - Japanese Architecture Film Series

Rikyu ( Teshigahara Hiroshi, 1989) – Introduction by Professor Stephanie Feldman

Sponsored by the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden and the Center for East Asian Studies

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Tuesday, February 26, 4:30PM, Huntsman Hall F55 , Title TBA

Robert Feldman , Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd.

CEAS-Lauder Distinguished Lecturer

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Wednesday, February 27, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Nausicä of the Valley of the Winds ( Miyazaki Hayao, 1994)

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Thursday, February 28, 7:00PM, Logan Hall 402 - Japanese Architecture Film Series

Spirited Away ( Miyazaki Hayao, 2001) - – Introduction by Professor Julie Nelson Davis

Sponsored by the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden and the Center for East Asian Studies

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Tuesday, March 4, 3:00PM, Silverman 240A ( Law School ), Title TBA

Akio Shimizu, Associate Dean, Waseda Law School

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series

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Tuesday, March 4, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

Lust, Caution (Ang Lee)

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Wednesday, March 5, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla 1985 ( Hashimoto Koji, 1984)

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Thursday, March 6, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 244 , And History Took a Calligraphic Turn: The Art of Tai Jingnong's Writing

David Der-wei Wang, Edward C.Henderson Professor of Chinese Literatureat Harvard University and Director of CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinological Studies

The lecture will focus on the following aspects of Tai Jingnong's work: the dissemination of modern Chinese writing in visual terms; calligraphy and its geographical implications; and the poetics of “muted” Sinophone articulations.

Humanities Colloquium

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Monday, March 17, 4:30PM, Logan Hall 17 , East Asia and the Middle East : What Can We Learn from Comparative Approaches to Global History?

Cemil Aydin, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department and Assistant Professor of History, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Humanities Colloquium, Co-Sponsored with the Middle East Center

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Tuesday, March 18, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

A Better Tomorrow ( John Woo)

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Wednesday, March 19, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla vs. Mothra ( Okawara Takao, 1992)

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Thursday, March 20, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 244 , Japan 's Answer to Harry Potter: The Abeno Seimei Boom

Laura Miller, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Loyola University Chicago

Beginning in 1994, the legendary astrologer and Yin Yang master named Abeno Seimei became the focus of intense cultural interest. Why was a sorcerer who lived during the Heian era (794 1192) suddenly the subject of manga, films, a TV series, novels, anime and numerous books? This presentation will trace the trajectory of shaman/wizard fixation and will link the recent popularity of this historic figure with other trends in popular culture.

Issues in Contemporary East Asia lecture Series

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Tuesday, March 25, 5:30PM, Meyerson Hall B3 , Popular Veneration and Imagery of Buddha's Eccentric Disciples (Rakan) in Japan

Patricia J. Graham

This talk explores the reasons for the enduring popularity in the Japanese Buddhist pantheon of Buddhist saints known as Rakan (Luohan in Chinese; and Arhat in Sanskrit), devout, unconventional personages who gained enlightenment after hearing the teachings of the Buddha in India . Their popularity as personal saviors continues to the present and has inspired the creation of numerous idiosyncratic images by artists working within and apart from formal Buddhist organizations. Their widespread appeal is emblematic of their transcendence from a Buddhist icon to a universal symbol of individualism and integrity.

Humanities Colloquium

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Tuesday, March 25, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

Rouge ( Stanley Kwan)

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Wednesday, March 26, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla vs. Destroyah ( Okawara Takao, 1995)

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Tuesday, April 1, 5:30PM, Meyerson Hall, Upper Gallery, Constructing Culture: Three Japanese Architects Struggle with Shinto

Dana Buntrock, UC Berkeley

While most contemporary Japanese architects treat religion as a quaint cultural influence that can be freely abstracted and adopted, in this talk I discuss how three prominent designers took on religion in their work, with varied and interesting results.

The first, Dr. Terunobu FUJIMORI, is better known among historians as a celebrated author and architectural historian. In addition, he is also an amateur architect who has received Japan 's highest architectural award. Raised in a remote area strongly influenced by Suwa Shrine, Fujimori reflects a genuine embrace of Shinto as it once existed, rooted in the mountains and living things of the land. His architecture, as one example, is often clothed not merely in natural materials, but even in living plants. But while Fujimori embraces Shinto, most urbane architects do not. The other two sites I discuss are within the precincts of Konpira (Kotohira) Shrine on Shikoku Island and at the Izumo Grand Shrine. Fumihiko Maki, architect at Izumo, deployed symbolic features, from trees used in sacred landscapes and ancient myths carved into stone – but also challenges the role of Shinto today, by, for example, offering an observation platform intended to allow visitors to look down on Japan's second most important shrine. Ryoji Suzuki, the architect at Konpira, embraced the religious roots of the site – but these are far from easy issues. Konpira was originally an esoteric Buddhist site, shedding this identity in the tumultuous years of the late nineteenth century. Today, Buddhist and Shinto architecture is woven throughout the site; Suzuki reinforced this effect.

These architects and their work reflect only some of the ways that Shinto is seen in Japan today, but they nonetheless reveal its uneasy place in contemporary society.

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series, Co-Sponsored by the Department of Architecture

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Tuesday, April 1, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

Fists of Fury ( Luo Wei)

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Wednesday, April 2, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Pokemon 2000 The Movie ( Yuyama Kunihiko, 1999)

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Tuesday, April 8, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

King of Children (Chen Kaige)

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Wednesday, April 9, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla Millenium ( Okawara Takao, 1999)

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Tuesday, April 15, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

Raise the Red Lantern ( Zhang Yimou)

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Wednesday, April 16, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: All Monsters Attack (Kaneko Shusuke, 2001)

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Thursday, April 17, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 244 , Prostitution in Postwar Japan , 1945-1960.

Holly Sanders, Villanova

This talk will draw on Dr. Sanders dissertation: "Prostitution in Postwar Japan: Debt and Labor," which explores the changing legal and social landscape of prostitute labor during the early postwar years. It locates prostitution within the family economy as an important source of credit for women and their dependents.

Humanities Colloquium

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Tuesday, April 22, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

A Chinese Odyssey (Stephen Chow)

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Wednesday, April 23, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla: Final Wars ( Kitamura Ryohei, 2004)

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Wednesday, April 30, 4:30PM, Logan Hall 402 , Multiculturalism and Education in South Korea

Youngdal Cho, Dean, College of Education , Seoul National University

Korean Lecture Series

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Date TBA, 4:30PM, Location TBA , The Plight of North Korean Women in China

Peter Beck, Executive Director, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

*The Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy
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Proudly Presents a Public Lecture on:

"Self, Consciousness & Subjectivity:
A Preliminary Buddhist Account"

GEORGES DREYFUS
Williams College

ABSTRACT:
http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/cscp/personal_identity/index.html

WHEN:
Friday - January 25, 2008
5:00 -7:00

WHERE:
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue
Department of Religion, Columbia University

DINNER:
All are welcome to attend dinner afterward with the speaker.
Dinner guests are responsible for the cost of their own meals.
If you plan on attending dinner, please send an email RSVP
to Christopher Kelley ( cdk2001@columbia.edu).

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Princeton University Buddhist Studies Workshop 2007-2008

Imaginary Geographies: Buddhism and the Japanese World Map

Monday, February 4, 2008, 4:30 pm, 1879 Hall, Room 137

Max Moerman ( Barnard College)

Art History, Buddhist Studies, Tibet: New Perspectives from the Tibet Site Seminar

March 7-9, 2008, Friday-Sunday, McCormick 101

Friday, 4:30 pm: Keynote address by Deborah Klimburg-Salter (University of Vienna).

Saturday and Sunday: Papers by graduate-student participants in the 2007 Tibet Site Seminar, with responses from Janet Gyatso (Harvard Divinity School), Marylin Rhie (Smith College), and Gene E. Smith (Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center).

Co-sponsored by the Tang Center for East Asian Art and the Center for the Study of Religion.

The conference is free but registration is required: http://www.princeton.edu/TibetSem/program-conference.htm .

Bringing Together Intuition and Law:

Linguistic Relevance and Moral Creativity in Theravada Buddhist Ethics

Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 4:30 pm, 1879 Hall, Room 137

Charles Hallisey ( Harvard University)

War Magic in Tibetan Buddhism

Thursday, April 17, 2008, 4:30 pm, 1879 Hall, Room 137

Bryan Cuevas, ( Florida State University and the Institute for Advanced Study)

Questions? Please send e-mail to bbermel@princeton.edu.

The Buddhist Studies Workshop is generously supported by the Provost, the Center for the Study of Religion, and the Department of Religion.

Additional co-sponsors include:
The Program in East Asian Studies
The P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
The Princeton University Library
The Council on the Humanities

(III) Employment and Internship Opportunities

*Do you like kids? Do you speak Mandarin well? Are you looking to become a great Mandarin teacher? We want to meet you. Experience with children &/or background in early childhood education required. Knoweldge & experience with western pedagogy preferred. Native & non-native Mandarin speakers with excellent spoken Chinese are strongly encouraged to apply. All candidates must have permission to work in the US. Visit our website to learn about us www.ChineseForFamilies.com.

We will train you in the most up-to-date research-based teaching methods for Chinese-as-a-second language. Contact Anne at ChineseForFamilies@comcast.net or 610-716-1854. We have immediate openings for substitute teachers & training positions for new teachers.

--
Anne Martin-Montgomery
www.ChineseForFamilies.com
ChineseForFamilies@comcast.net

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*** SMIC Positions *** Teaching Positions Available at SMIC Private School in Shanghai A bilingual, international K-12 school **If interested, contact: Kenneth Co at kennethco@gmail.com ** ESL The ESL Program at the SMIC Private School, a bi-lingual, international K-12 school in Shanghai, China, is seeking qualified applicants to teach English as a second language to students at all grade and all skill levels. Preferred qualifications include the following: native speaker of English, B.A., TEFL/TESL/TESOL certification, 1 year of overseas teaching experience, and ability to teach French. Application deadline: 1 March, 2008. Please contact Dr. Kim Robertson ( kim_robertson@smicschool.com ) for more information. English At SMIC School we use the California Curriculum for Middle School; that is from 6th to 8th Grade; and Texas Curriculum for the high School. Most of our expat teachers (80%) are from America & Canada. Because of the importance we attach to the subject of English, there are 7 periods per week for English versus only 5 for other Core subjects such as Math and Science (but these two will probably have one additional period next year). Our students are bright Chinese and students from foreign, mostly American, countries. Probably at least 2 middle school teachers and a possible high school vacancy It is hoped candidates would be interested in coaching or teaching electives such as public speaking, debate, drama, film studies, etc. Preferred qualifications Undergraduate major in field; Teacher certification; 3 years experience; Graduate degree Application should be sent to: Director of Academic Affairs, SMIC Private School, 169 Qing Tong Road, Pu dong New Area, Shanghai, 201 203, China

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Job Announcement - Full-time Lecturer for AY08-09, Chinese History - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chinese History.
The History Faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology invites applications for a full-time lecturer for one year to teach four Chinese subjects.  The candidate should be prepared to teach one subject from their field of research as well as the following:  “East Asia in the World, 1500-2000 AD”, “Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl: Chinese East Asia”, and “From the Silk Road to the Great Game:  China, Russia, and Central Asia, 500-2000 AD”.  The teaching load is two subjects during Fall 2008 and two during Spring 2009.

Candidates must have Ph.D. in hand by August 2008. Teaching experience required. Please submit a letter of application, an official transcript, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation by February 15, 2008.   MIT is an EO/AA employer.

Contact Info:
Mabel Chin
Administrative Assistant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
History Office, E51-285
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Phone:  617-253-9846
Fax:  617-253-9406
E-Mail:  mchin@mit.edu

Website: http://web.mit.edu/history/www

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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) is currently soliciting resumes for summer internships (paid) in Washington, DC, working on Chinese human rights and rule of law issues.  Interns must be U.S. citizens.

Applications for summer internships must be received by February 1, 2008.  Further details are available both in the enclosed attachment and on the Commission's Web site at www.cecc.gov.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to the CECC via email to Judy Wright at judy.wright@mail.house.gov or via fax at (202) 226-3804, attention:  Judy Wright, Director of Administration.

Please forward the enclosed attachment to interested students (both undergraduate and graduate), particularly those with strong research and language skills.

Sincerely,

Judy Wright
Director of Administration

Fellowship Announcement
The Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs

Dear Colleague:

The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is pleased to announce the Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs Fellowship for 2008-2009, a year-long program based in Seattle that focuses on bridging the gap between scholarship and policymaking. Fellows will collaborate with leading scholars to conduct independent research and share research findings with the policymaking community in Washington, D.C.

The fellowship is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Individuals who have received their master's degree diplomas up to twelve months prior to the application deadline may apply to the program. Applicants must have completed a master's or professional degree (MA, MBA, LLM, JD, etc.) by the time the fellowship begins. Prospective fellows should apply only for the year that they expect to participate. No deferrals are permitted.

The Next Generation Leadership program, which is in its third year, is breaking new ground by mentoring and immersing young Asia specialists from a wide variety of fields and interests to bridge the gap between the best scholarly research and the pressing needs of U.S. foreign policy toward a rapidly changing Asia. Each fellow will receive a fellowship award, as well as a stipend for relocation expenses.
Application Deadline
January 14, 2008

For further information and application materials please visit http://www.nbr.org/NextGeneration.

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Please Note: Deadline for applications is approaching -- January 16, 2008

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2008-2009 CALL

Hayward R. Alker, who passed away on August 24, 2007, was the John A. McCone Chair in International Security at the School of International Relations. In honor of the many graduate students and young scholars whose lives and careers he enriched, the Center for International Studies has given his name to our post-doctoral fellows program.

EVALUATION
Applicants will be evaluated on the bases of academic achievements and promise, publications and previous work experience, the quality of the research proposal, and the applicant's potential for making significant scholarly contributions. Awards will be announced in Spring 2008.

COMPENSATION
The Center will provide a stipend, office space, USC library privileges, health insurance, $1,000 towards moving expenses, and computer support. Fellowships are funded by the Center's endowment.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Applicants must submit:
1) a curriculum vitae
2) a 5-7 page research proposal
3) a list of publications (when applicable)
4) a graduate transcript
5) 3 (three) confidential letters of recommendation.

Applications without a research proposal will not be considered. The letters of recommendation may be sent directly to the office by the referee. Applications must be in English.

Application materials must be postmarked on or before January 16, 2008

Please send applications to :

ATTN: Hayward R. Alker Post-Doctoral Fellow Competition
Center for International Studies
University of Southern California
Social Sciences Building B-1
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0037
USA

For more information visit: www.usccis.org

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University of Pennsylvania
Center for East Asian Studies
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
Academic Year 2008-09

Applications are due February 1, 2008, to the Applicant's Department

The Center for East Asian Studies will award seven FLAS Fellowships for AY 2008-09 to graduate students planning to pursue modern East Asian language study at the intermediate or higher level. The FLAS Fellowship pays tuition and general fees and provides an annual stipend of $15,000.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, be admitted to or enrolled in a graduate program at Penn, and have research or career plans that require the use of an East Asian language. The languages most commonly studied are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, but other languages of the region may be approved. Awards are made by the Executive Committee of the Center for East Asian Studies.

Successful applicants must then enroll both semesters of the Fellowship year in an intermediate or higher modern East Asian language and in full-time study in either East Asian Studies or professional studies related to East Asia .

Application should be made directly to the Graduate Chair of the Department in which the applicant is enrolled. (Incoming graduate students should indicate to the departments to which they have applied that they would like to be considered for the FLAS.) The application form, which lists the materials required for submission, is attached to the electronic version of this message, and it appears on the reverse side of the printed version. The form can be obtained at the Center for East Asian Studies, by writing to ceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu , or on our webpage at www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu .

The competition will be conducted strictly in accordance with University policies and the selection guidelines of the U.S. Department of Education. The Center for East Asian Studies seeks to support students in as wide a variety of disciplines and professions, and from as wide a variety of backgrounds, as possible.

*The Conversation Partners Program is starting up again!  We would love to match your language learners up with our international students at ELP for language exchange.  Please remind your students that this is a great opportunity to practice their skills with a native speaker as well as get direct insight into their culture.
We are working it a little differently this time, hopefully this will be an easier process for everyone involved.  Sign ups are now online!  I am asking that you please direct your students to:  http://www.sas.upenn.edu/elp/forms/index.php    to sign up directly.  The deadline for students to sign up is Friday, January 25.  After that date, they will be contacted via email and given their partner information as well as be invited to the social (everyone will be invited--even those who we were unable to match).   Please send this information along to any and all language instructors in your department.  It may even be helpful for instructors to place this information on their Blackboard sites).  Please also let me know if you would like me to come to your classes to announce this program.  We've done it in the past and it has been very successful.
I am also attaching a flier here for you to hand out or attach to your Blackboard sites.  Please let me know if you would prefer I sent hard copies to your mailboxes.

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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN STUDIES

University Park Campus
Ph. 305.348.1914    Fax 305.348.6586
Email: asian@fiu.edu     URL: http://asian.fiu.edu

The Master of Arts in Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary program designed for students who wish to pursue advanced studies of historical and contemporary trends.  The degree provides students with a strong foundation in the traditional cultures and modern socio-economic trends of Asia, with an emphasis on East Asia.

Inquire about Teaching Assistantships, Internships, and Tuition Waivers!

Program Requirements
(30 credits Thesis Track; 33 credits Non-thesis Track)

Core coursework (6 credits)
• Survey of Modern Asia (ASN 5315)
• Research Methods course
Concentration Coursework (18 credits)
• Asian Cultural Studies Track
• International Political Economy of Asia Track
Master Thesis (6 credits)
                or
Non-Thesis Option (9 credits):
• Master's Essay
• 2 Area Studies Courses

*CALL FOR PAPERS The Center for International History at Columbia University announces: SYMBOLS OF EXCLUSION A Graduate Student Conference April 4, 2008 Deadline for abstract submission (extended): January 31, 2008 From the totem to the noose, symbols have been used not only to unify people, but also to signify the exclusion of particular groups from social, ethnic, religious, or national communities. This conference seeks to address the following questions: How have symbols accrued meanings and power, and how have these meanings both created and reflected new social realities? How have various political, cultural, and religious ideologies taken material form? What is the relationship between various symbols and historical memory? How have the meanings of symbols changed in different historical contexts, and how have they been deployed by specific groups? As this conference is presented in conjunction with the Center for International History's annual theme, "In the Name of Humanity," we are also interested in the ways in which symbols have been deployed to mark the changing definitions and conceptual boundaries of humanity itself. We invite submissions from all time periods ? ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern ? and various geographic regions. Papers on topics that are broadly transnational or global in scope are preferred. Additionally, we encourage interdisciplinary research, and although proposals with a historical perspective are particularly welcome, we will also consider contributions from the fields of anthropology, sociology, literary studies, political science, and economics. Please send an abstract of no more than 300 words and a recent CV as email attachments (Word preferred) by January 31, 2008 and any inquiries to Aimee Genell at the following address: < amg2159@columbia.edu . For more information regarding the conference, please refer to the Centre for International History''s website: < http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cih Limited funding for travel and assistance in arranging accommodation may be available. Important dates: Submission deadline: January 31, 2008 Conference: April 4, 2008

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Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions
7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
May 29 - June 1, 2008
Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Honolulu Hawaii, USA

Submission Deadline: February 14, 2008

Co-Sponsored by:
University of Louisville - Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods

Web address: http://www.hicsocial.org
Email address: social@hicsocial.org

The 7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences will be
held from May 29 (Thursday) to June 1 (Sunday), 2008 at the Waikiki Beach
Marriott Resort & Spa in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will provide many
opportunities for academicians and professionals from social sciences
related fields to interact with members inside and outside their own
particular disciplines.

Topic Areas (All Areas of Social Sciences are Invited):

*Anthropology
*Area Studies (African, American, Asian, European, Hispanic, Islamic,
Jewish, Middle Eastern, Russian, and all other cultural and ethnic studies)
*Communication
*Economics
*Education
*Energy Alternatives
*Ethnic Studies/International Studies
*Geography
*History
*International Relations
*Journalism
*New Urbanism
*Political Science
*Preservation and Green Urbanism
*Psychology
*Public Administration
*Social Work
*Sociology
*Sustainable Development
*Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods
*Urban and Regional Planning
*Women's studies
*Other Areas of Social Science
*Cross-disciplinary areas of the above related to each other or other areas

Submitting a Proposal:

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The Art of Opposition 

Graduate Student Symposium in East Asian Art
16 February 2008

  To register, please go to http://tang.princeton.edu/artofopposition.html

Throughout history artists have created works as a form of opposition, whether to a dominant political order or to familiar social mores and conventions.  This polemical mode of conceiving and interpreting art continues: artists frequently present their own work as a challenge to the status quo, while scholars and critics of contemporary art reinforce the notion that for art to be relevant it must at some level present a critique of prevailing habits and attitudes.  For art historians, the concept of art as a form of protest or a challenge to established convention remains a frequent point of departure for research, particularly in relation to certain artists or in the study of specific historical junctures.  The means by which artists convey opposition may be subtle or explicit; likewise, the targets of artists' opposition range widely, from the commonly-accepted ways by which art is created, disseminated, and understood, to widely-acknowledged political and social ills.  This symposium aims to explore the long-standing notion of art as opposition, and to examine its implications for the study of East Asian art.

Saturday, 16 February 2008
Princeton University
101 McCormick Hall

Center for East Asian Studies
University of Pennsylvania
642 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Tel: 215-573-4203; Fax: 215-573-2561
E-mail: ceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu