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, March 31, 6:00PM, Penn Museum , Rainey Auditorium

Kabuki, the classical Japanese dance-drama, is the topic of this presentation, offered by world-renowned Kabuki performer, and Professor of Performing Arts at Tamagawa University in Tokyo , Japan , Isaburoh Hanayagi.   Professor Ayako Kano, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian languages and Civilizations, will interview and interpret Professor Hanayagi's work and discuss the history of Kabuki and its place in current Japanese society and the world. Following the discussion, Isaburoh Hanayagi transforms a Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia volunteer with the elaborate makeup of a Kabuki dancer—a fascinating process! Co-sponsored by International Classroom program of Penn Museum 's Education Department, the Center for East Asian Studies of the University of Pennsylvania , the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia, and Camden County College .  $5 general admission; free to Penn Museum members.  Registration recommended: 215/573-4203, or nriley@sas.upenn.edu .

Wharton China Association and Chinese Students &Scholars Association at Penn will be holding the 3rd annual China Culture Week from Mar 23 - Mar 27! Its purpose is to celebrate the many sides of China, from its traditional arts to its booming modern economy. Throughout the week, there will be multiple opportunities for you to get involved in the festivities, as listed below:

*_Professor Panel: China - Another Super Power?_*

*Panelists: Jacques deLisle (Legal Studies); Avery Goldstein (Political Science); Gerald Faulhaber (Business and Public Policy)*

*Date: Tues, Mar 24*

* Time: 8:00-9:30pm *

*Location: JMHH 340*



* _ Chinese Culture Workshops _ *

Make your own Chinese Lucky Knots, Tea Demonstration, Calligraphy!

Date: Thurs, Mar 26

Time: 12:00-1:30pm

Location: Houston Hall Lobby



* _ Chinese Culture Night _ *

Come join us for an evening of spectacular performances by some of the best performing arts groups at Penn and other universities! Dinner will be included, along with a chance to win prizes! Bubble teas will be sold too!

Date: Fri, Mar 27

Time: 7:00-9:00pm

Location: Harnwell Sky Lounge (3820 Locust Walk)

Tickets: $5 pre-sale, $8 at the door

The theme of this year's China Culture Week is charity-based. All proceeds will go to Givology and Dream Corps, two charity-based organizations who will use these funds to help needy students and the rest of the global community in poverty-stricken areas, including China. So please take the time to stop by one of the events during that week, especially the Culture Show on Friday Mar 27, which is always a favorite.
So bring your friends, and please come and support Wharton China Association as they bring you their biggest event of the year!

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The Chinese Music Society invites you to experience the revival of the spring season. Join us as we revisit the sounds of the past through a concert featuring original arrangements of classical Chinese music.

The Chinese Music Society Presents
"Reminiscence"

Concert Dates:
Friday, March 27, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 1:00 PM

Both concerts will be at the Heyer Sky Lounge (Harrison Rooftop, 39th and Spruce Street)

The concert features original arrangements of music from the movie "House of Flying Daggers." The program will be performed by the Chinese Music Society Chamber Orchestra, and will include other spectacular pieces showcasing traditional instruments.

$5 on Locust Walk, $7 at the door, $4 per ticket for parties of 5 or more people

To make a reservation, send an email to: PennCMS@gmail.com

Desserts and refreshments offered!!

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Tuesday, March 31, 6:00PM, Penn Museum , Rainey Auditorium

Kabuki, the classical Japanese dance-drama, is the topic of this presentation, offered by world-renowned Kabuki performer, and Professor of Performing Arts at Tamagawa University in Tokyo , Japan , Isaburoh Hanayagi.   Professor Ayako Kano, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian languages and Civilizations, will interview and interpret Professor Hanayagi's work and discuss the history of Kabuki and its place in current Japanese society and the world. Following the discussion, Isaburoh Hanayagi transforms a Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia volunteer with the elaborate makeup of a Kabuki dancer—a fascinating process! Co-sponsored by International Classroom program of Penn Museum 's Education Department, the Center for East Asian Studies of the University of Pennsylvania , the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia, and Camden County College .  $5 general admission; free to Penn Museum members.  Registration recommended: 215/573-4203, or nriley@sas.upenn.edu .

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WHARTON INTERNATIONAL CULTURE SHOW 2009! Including a wide range of Asian performing arts such as: Dancing: Indonesian, Arab, Thai, Chinese and Indian Korean Drumming, Taekwondo and contemporary music Japanese Soran Bushi Next Wednesday and Thursday, April 1st and 2nd at 8:00pm
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Tickets go on sale Friday 3/27 at the Annenberg Box Office
or at http://www.pennpresents.org/

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"Wives, Concubines, Courtesans, and Nuns: Women of Early Modern Japan"

A Symposium in Honor of Cecilia Segawa Seigle

Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA

Saturday, April 4, 2009; 9:00 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Cohen (formerly Logan) Hall 402

Keynote speaker:  Mary Elizabeth Berry, "Was there a Genroku for Women?"

Symposium speakers:  Julie Nelson Davis, Janet Ikeda, Elizabeth Lillehoj, Matsui Yoko, Joshua Mostow, and Laura Nenzi, Cecilia Segawa Seigle; Chairs and respondents:  Linda H. Chance, Rachael Hutchinson, Ayako Kano, and Holly Sanders

Program details forthcoming

Advance registration for Saturday recommended:  email  Women-of-early-modern-japan@googlegroups.com  with subject heading “Preregistration”

Specialists on Tokugawa women may apply to attend a Japanese-language workshop on research methods in original sources, to be held in the afternoon of Friday, April 3 rd . Presenters will be Matsui Yôko and Wakabayashi Haruko (Tokyo Daigaku Shiryô Hensanjo). Email  lchance@sas.upenn.edu

See our Google Group for detailed information on accommodations in Philadelphia and other updates.

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open { text magazine Academic writing on art, culture, and applied history

Informational Chocolate Chat

Monday, April 6 th at 7:30 pm – Harnwell House Rooftop Lounge

Founding editors, Pablo Barrera and Sol Jung, will be giving a presentation and informational talk on their project for the 2008-2009 Harnwell College House Research Fellowship.

open { text magazine is a publication that explores interdisciplinary colloquy. We aim to facilitate academic discourse through the use of academic writing, presented in a medium that incorporates the gravity of an academic journal with the immediacy of a magazine.

Please come and join us for some chocolate and coffee as Sol and Pablo discuss their vision for this new student-run publication, and your potential involvement.

Applications are open for the following positions:

Editor-in-Chief

Acquisitions Editor

Design Editor

Copy Editor

Web Editor

Acquisitions Intern

Design Intern

For more information please visit: www.opentextmagazine.org

Tuesday, April 7, 4:30PM, DRL A7, Imperial Korea 's New Capital: Pyongyang on the Eve of the Russo-Japanese War

Eugene Park, University of Pennsylvania

From the perspective of international relations, outcome of the Russo-Japanese War sealed the fate of the independent Korean Empire (1897-1910). Rather than dismissing her as the tail end of precolonial Korean history, a growing body of studies is elucidating various dimensions of a modernizing Korea . In this presentation, I shall argue that while the official rhetoric of an empire needing two capitals gives us a good sense of imperial Korea 's understanding of her place in the civilized world of the past, present, and future, the circumstances wherein the Pyongyang construction project began and then came to a sudden halt raises questions about her geopolitical concerns.

Korean Studies Colloquium

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Trang Noi Ðáy Gi?ng (The Moon at the Bottom of the Well)

Tuesday, April 7 || 7pm - 10pm || Chem 102 (231 S 34th St)

The Vietnamese Students Association (VSA) at Penn, in conjunction with the Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education, will host a screening of the newest film in Vietnamese cinema, Trang Noi Ðáy Gi?ng (The Moon at the Bottom of the Well). This film depicts the story of Hanh, a high school teacher in Hue who seems to lead a happy and peaceful life with her husband, a high school principal. However, the disclosure of a family secret jeopardizes her happiness and relationship not only with her husband, but also with an unsympathetic society. Anh Hong, the lead actress in the film, won best actress award at the Dubai International Film Festival. Following the movie will be a Q&A session with the director Nguy?n Vinh Son and Vietnamese film journalist Nguy?n Th? Hoài Nam.

*Sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the Center for East Asian Studies.
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Thursday, April 9, 4:30PM, College Hall 200, Trafficking with the (Organs) Traffickers: Global Justice and the Traffic in Humans for Transplant 

Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Chancellor's Professor, Anthropology, UC Berkeley  

What journalists benignly call ‘transplant tourism' involves more than consenting individuals engaged in intimate bodily exchanges and backdoor transplants that are privately arranged. Each illicit transplant involves an extensive and highly organized criminal network of well-placed intermediaries with access to  willing transplant surgeons, excellent public and private hospitals, laboratories, offshore bank accounts, police protection and even the tacit approval or  blessing of government and/or health  officials. Nonetheless, this is a dangerous game and the high risk players in the global ‘transplant mafia', who think they are invincible and above the law, can suddenly find themselves shoved up against a wall  and handcuffs slapped on their wrists. Surgeons have been pulled out of operating rooms, and transplant  patients carried out  on stretchers and taken to nearby public hospitals. In Durban , South Africa , the final trigger in a police sting of a private clinic at St. Augustine 's Hospital was the madcap escape down a back door of  the  clinic  of a trafficked kidney donor for an  Israeli transplant tourist. Most of the foreign  kidney sellers were Brazilians  (from the slums of Recife )  and  Moldovans ( from collapsed agricultural  villages) who were recruited and trafficked to South Africa by transplant brokers. My paper, based on fieldwork in Recife , Durban , and Jerusalem , explores the following  questions: What kind of moral worlds do  kidney hunters and  organs traffickers  and their clients inhabit? How do they justify their actions?   These intimate exchanges of  life-giving body parts concern more than medical necessity and individual life-saving. In the case under study they entail complicated histories of  debt  peonage on the one hand ( Brazil ) , and of genocide, race hatred,  and mass death ( Israel )  on the other. Gaddy Tauber,  the Brazilian- based Israeli  broker and bag man  for   this particular  organs trafficking scheme far more was  at stake then  large sums of money.   \Greed, yes, but  also revenge, restitution and even  reparation for the Holocaust played   a role in  these unconventional transnational transplant proceedings.  Redemption, resurrection, and reparations on the one hand, organ stealing, blood libels, and seething  resentment on the other  make the global traffic in humans for  organs a unique,  unstable and  particularly  dangerous proposition, a political tragedy in the making  of truly  epic and Shakespearean dimensions.

Global Distinguished Lecturer – Sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, South Asia Center , Middle East Center and African Studies Center

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David R. Knechtges, University of Washington, EALC Rickett Memorial Speaker: "The Trouble with Anthologies: The Case of the Poems of Ying Qu (190-252)," Monday, April 13, Annenberg 100

The shi poems in the Wen xuan are classified into twenty-three categories. There is one troublesome category designated “Bai yi” ?? , which literally means “one hundred one” or “one of a hundred.” The “Bai yi” category in the Wen xuan contains only one poem by a single poet, Ying Qu ?? (190–252). Li Shan ?? (d. 689) in his commentary to the Wen xuan records four explanations of title “Bai yi” all of which state that Ying Qu's poems contained veiled criticisms of contemporary affairs. In this presentation, I examine the extant fragments of Ying Qu's poems. I also consider the question of why some sources designate his poems not as “Bai yi,” but xin shi ?? or “new poems.” I adduce evidence to show that Ying Qu was considered throughout the Wei, Jin, Nanbeichao period the premier author of poems critical of contemporary affairs, and his poems were called “new” because he was the first poet to use the pentasyllabic form to write a series of critical poems. I also reconsider Ying Qu's “Bai yi” poem included in the Wen xuan and argue that it may actually contain an implicit criticism of the court.

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Tuesday, April 14 , 4:30PM, Stiteler B21, Intellectual Containment: The Muting of Students in Semidemocratic Southeast Asia

Meredith L. Weiss, University at Albany , SUNY

Postcolonial, developmental states recognize the need for higher education to generate both ideas and skilled human resources. Many seek too, though, a level of state control incompatible with ideals of academic freedom. This dilemma is all the more keen for semidemocratic states such as Malaysia or Singapore , which can neither curb protest so coercively as more authoritarian neighbors nor accept such free-wheeling criticism as more politically liberal ones. University students across Southeast Asia are heir to a tradition of political engagement, based largely on a collective identity as "students." Despite crackdowns, students have been central to political change across the region, particularly in the context of still-developing formal political institutions. They remain so in much of Asia—but not, for instance, in Malaysia . The muting of student protest there may be traced in large part to a post-1969 process of  intellectual containment , or normative delegitimation and historical erasure of student activism, with far-reaching implications.

Issues in Contemporary East Asia

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Thursday, April 16, 4:30PM, Claudia Cohen Hall Auditorium, Korean Buddhist Journeys to Lands Worldly and Otherworldly

Robert Buswell, Professor; Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies , UCLA

Philip Jaisohn Distinguished Lecturer

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Transnational Pasts (1500-1800) - A One-Day Symposium

Date: April 20, 2009
Time: 9:30-5:30
Ve1nue: McNeil Center for Early American Studies
3355 Woodland Walk, UPenn Campus, Philadelphia, PA 19104

This symposium will bring together a group of eminent scholars working in literature and history (roughly 1550-1800) to discuss issues concerning the methodological, theoretical and institutional aspects of doing comparative, transnational work in the early modern period. Exciting work on transnationalism has emerged with regard to the premodern period from economic historians such as Bin Wong and Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Such economic historians have acknowledged the need to bring questions of culture into their discussions. On the other hand, literary critics have long spoken about the need to engage with economic history. However, as yet such dialogues between literary studies, literary history, history and economic history are in their infancy. Transnational Pasts will stage such a dialogue by bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines whose work has been consequential for discussions of transnationalism and global relations in the early modern period.

The symposium will focus on the question of disciplinary change; the  “global” turn in the field of English and Comparative Literature as well as in South Asia, East Asian and other “area” studies; new ways of conducting literary and historical studies across cultural and linguistic divides; the usefulness of  economic historians' models of the “Great Divergence” or world systems theory; synchronic comparison of empires; global processes of cultural integration; translation, structural similarity, incommensurability or false equivalences; imitation and influence models of literary studies; how to do collaborative work.

Papers will be pre-circulated and will be available by March 1.  At the symposium speakers will present a 20 minute reflection on issues raised by the papers. This will be followed by intensive discussions and a concluding round table.

Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation; the Departments of English, Comparative Literature, and History; the Center for East Asian Studies, Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, South Asia Center, Ethnohistory Program, Middle East Center; and the English Department 18th Century Group and Latitudes/Postcolonial Group.

Organized by Ania Loomba ( loomba@english.upenn.edu ) and Chi-ming Yang (cmyang@english.upenn.edu)

Please contact Ania Loomba ( loomba@english.upenn.edu ) or Chi-ming Yang ( cmyang@english.upenn.edu ) for papers or more information.

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The Center for Global Communication Studies invites you to an online interactive seminar on

Reporting with the Mobile Phone:

The Role of Mobile Technology as an Information Platform in China

A live conversation between scholars and practitioners in China and the US

To join the seminar via live video online, visit: http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/mobile *

As the number of Chinese using cell phones to access the Internet grow to 117 million—a growth rate of 113% in 2008 alone—more and more news and information is now channeled through the mobile phone.  How are mobile phones becoming a platform for the delivery of news and information by established news organizations and other similar groups?  In what ways can cell phones provide innovative mechanisms for news gathering and diffusion by newspapers and a new generation of journalists?  How can journalists, innovators, and media development implementers better understand the relationship of mobile technology with other forms of new media?

Co-hosted by Annenberg School for Communication and the Communication University of China, the seminar will explore these questions by bringing together a group of scholars, technologists, and industry experts via live videoconference between Beijing and Philadelphia.  It aims to encourage a greater understanding of how mobiles can strengthen journalistic practices and foster greater cooperation among researchers and practitioners on innovative uses of mobile telephony.  The event will also serve as a pilot panel for an international series of online seminars focusing on emerging issues around mobile technology, media development and assistance, and civil society. 

Breakfast will be available at 8:00am.  To attend the event in person, RSVP by April 13, 2009 to cgcscoordinator@asc.upenn.edu .

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Thursday, April 23, 4:30PM, DRL A5 , Migration, Immigration and the Myth of Korean Uniqueness

Timothy Lim, Professor of Political Science, CSU , LA

There is still a strong tendency among Koreans—and many outside observers, including scholars—to assume that South Korea is particularly resistant, if not immune, to the types of socio-economic, political, and especially cultural changes other countries and societies have undergone in response to industrialization and other macro-level processes. Nowhere is this more evident than in views toward immigration or permanent settlement: for the most part, Korean policymakers have operated on the presumption that, unlike most other countries, Korea will never have to accept large numbers of “foreigners” as a permanent part of Korean society. Recent trends have not only demonstrated that this presumption is wrong, but that South Korean society is surprisingly adaptable.

Korean Studies Colloquium

Please note: This room was changed from Goddard Lab 101.

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Tuesday, May 5, 4:30PM , Title TBA

Michael Puett, Harvard University

Humanities Colloquium

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Saturday, May 9, 9-5PM, Rainey Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum

On Saturday, May 9, 2009, the University of Pennsylvania will host a conference on Uygur Archaeology. The conference will explore Uygur remains, especially in the context of Tang China and as they relate to material evidence of other nomadic peoples of East and Central Asia , particularly Turk and Kitan.

The conference is sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology of the University of Pennsylvania .

Speakers include: Christopher Atwood, Jan Bemmann, Gwen Bennett, Zsuzsanna Gulasci, Tigran Mkrtychev, Tsulten Odbataar, Lilla Russell-Smith, Nancy Steinhardt, and Joshua Wright.

Admission is free, but pre-registration is required.

For further information, e-mail Bryan Miller millerbk@sas.upenn.edu

To register e-mail Miki Morita mimorita@sas.upenn.edu

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Monday, May 11, 12:00PM, Cherpack Lounge (523 Williams Hall) ,
How to translate Sanskrit into Chinese: An observation of the translation method described in the Fozutongji 43

Toru Funayama, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University

Very roughly speaking, there are two types of translation method throughout the history of Chinese Buddhism. A passage in the well-known thirteenth-century Buddhist Chronicle Fozutongji ???? compiled by Zhipan ?? (Taisho No. 2035), fascicle 43, gives us clear and comprehensive information as to how the masters of the Northern Song, as a representative of the second type of translation group, rendered Indic texts into Chinese. In this talk, I would like to introduce the contents of the passage in question as minutely as possible and point out some problems underlying it by comparing it with a couple of similar but different cases depicted in other source materials.

Humanities Colloquium

PAAFF is proud to be sponsoring the following films during the Philadelphia Cinefest:
Children of Invention, Directed by Tze Chun

Two Asian-American children are left to fend for themselves when their mother goes missing in director Tze Chun's accomplished, semi-autobiographical feature.
East Coast Premiere, featured in American Independents section.
Sat. March 28th, 2:30pm @ The Prince Music Theater
Sat. April 4th, 12:30pm @ The Bridge
Sun. April 5th, 4:00pm @ the Black Box at The Prince
The Equation of Love and Death, Directed by Cao Baoping

Five characters — a tough lovelorn female cabbie, two inept smugglers from the countryside, a man of multiple personas and a baffled policeman are all caught up together in this fast-paced Chinese thriller. (Mandarin with English subtitles) East Coast Premiere, featured in World Focus section.
Sat. April 4th, 4:45pm @ Ritz 5
Sun. April 5th, 7:00pm @ Ritz 5
To see a full list of Asian and Asian American films that will be screening at the Cinefest: http://www.phillyasianfilmfest.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pff-cinefest-09-asian-asian-american.pdf

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Columbia University Buddhist Studies Seminar
Spring Seminar Schedule


John McRae

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Imre Hamar
Professor of Chinese studies at Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest)
Title TBA
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
6:30-8pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue
(Department of Religion)
Click here for map & directions >>

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Jongmyung Kim
Visiting Associate Professor of Korean Buddhism, UCLA
"Buddhist World Heritage Properties in Korea: Thoughts and Significance"
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
6:30-8pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue
(Department of Religion) for map & directions >>

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Frederick M. Smith

University of Iowa
Title TBA
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
6:30-8pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue
(Department of Religion)

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Japan Group II invites all who are interested in our programs to join us!! Email luber@lubergallery.com or call Shirley Luber 215-545-4975 for more details.


Sunday, April 4, The Art of the Japanese Craft at PMA
                              Our guide: Ann McPhail
             Special Dinner at Shiro Hana
             Met at west entrance Philadelphia Museum of Art at 3 PM
             Members $30  Non Members $35
Sunday, May 3  Washington, DC  The Freer Gallery and Day on the Mall
            Leave City Line at 8:15    19th & jFK at 8:30
            Leave DC at $ PM
            Members $50   Non-members $55
All trips are on Krapf Coaches

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INK NOT INK
Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art on World Tour
Makes Only US Stop at Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA- Curated by the Shenzhen Art Museum and an
expert panel of Chinese critics and curators, including Fan Di’an,
Director of the National Art Museum of China, Ink not Ink will be the
first survey-scale exhibition of contemporary Chinese art ever presented
in the Greater Philadelphia region. More than 80 paintings, prints,
sculptures, and videos by 40 Chinese artists, including renowned figures
such as Wenda Gu, Wei Qingji, and Lin Tianmiao, will be presented.
The central theme of the exhibition is the critical role that the ancient
tradition of ink painting plays in the cultural memory and imagination
of many contemporary Chinese artists even as they respond to China’s
explosive economic growth and rapid globalization. As outside cultural
influences become increasingly potent inside China, artists are boldly
experimenting with new mediums and technologies on an imposing
scale, creating unprecedented admixtures of Western and Eastern
imagery.

EVENT FACTS
Where:
Symposium Location: Bossone Auditorium
Gala Preview and Reception
Bossone Lobby

Exhibition Locations:
Bossone Research Center, 3128 Market St.
Paul Peck Alumni Center, 3142 Market St.
Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Nesbitt Hall, 3215 Market St.

When: Exhibition open to general public:
Thursday, April 2, 10 AM– 5 PM
Symposium: Wednesday, April 1, 3:30-5:00 PM
Gala Preview & Reception: Wednesday, April 1, 6-8 PM
(Tickets Required)

Cost: Exhibition and Symposium are
FREE and open to the public
More Information: 215-895-2548
or visit www.drexel.edu/inknotink
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2009 CIBER Business Language Conference

Navigating the World of Business Through Language and Culture

Thursday–Saturday • April 2–4, 2009

Marriott Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Mo.

Whether managers are finding markets in Asia, Africa, Europe, or Latin America, speaking the local languages and knowing the cultural terrain can make or break a deal. But how do we teach these skills, especially to adult learners? Come to Kansas City to chart new directions in research and share ideas and best practices for teaching language and culture to business professionals. CIBER Business Language Conference

Content/Speakers
Melissa Birch, Director
ciberdir@ku.edu
785-864-7879

Registration
Kevin Curry, Senior Program Manager
kgcurry@ku.edu
785-864-7861
KU Continuing Education
1515 St. Andrews Dr.
Lawrence KS 66047-1625

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Berks County Intermediate Unit: Asia Studies Collaborative

Spring Conference

April 24, 2009
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
BCIU Education Centre

The Asian Studies Collaborative, facilitated via the Berks County
Intermediate Unit, is hosting a Spring Conference designed to foster and support district efforts to establish Asian culture and language
programs in the K-12 curriculum. The conference will open with a keynote speech by Dr. Galal Walker and Kun Shi, directors of the Ohio State University Chinese Flagship Program. They will
share experiences and lessons learned from launching Mandarin Chinese language programs in the state of Ohio. The agenda will include additional segments on staff development, curriculum, building
community awareness and support, and the staffing of qualified instructors. Also featured in the program will be resources available to area districts through the Berks County Intermediate Unit’s Asian Studies Collaborative and the new resource center.

Target Audience:
Teams of K-12 central office administrators,
building administrators, department chairs,
and teacher leaders are encouraged to attend all sessions.

How to Register
All registration will be done online through My Learning Plan.
Go to: https://www.berksiu.org/registration/

Principal Curator, East Asia

Details of this post and of all our vacancies can be viewed on www.nms.ac.uk . For further information and an application pack, please visit www.nms.ac.uk , telephone 0131 247 4094 (answerphone) or email applications@nms.ac.uk , stating reference NMS09/17 . Closing date for completed applications is Friday 24 April 2009 . National Museums Scotland is committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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Full-time position / Internship at Education Startup - reforming education in China:

http://www.snyg.org/careercenter/job.php?id=11

The link provided contains detailed information about the firm and the positions they are looking to fill.  China, education reform, entrepreneurial environment, enhancing business management skills, highly talented and motivated colleagues -- if any of these terms or descriptions are of remote interest, then this may be the opportunity that you have been searching for and you are encouraged to check it out. 


+Join Shanghai New York Group (SNYG): http://www.snyg.org

Shanghai New York Group aims to provide a network for professionals within Finance and Finance Technology to cooperate and promote relationships between Chinese and American businesses.

Please register to become a member! As a member you will have access to SNYG's latest events, news, and the latest finance, banking and technology job openings.

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The Department of Modern Languages at Ursinus College invites applications for a three-year renewable full-time position in Japanese language, to begin August 2009. Candidates must possess a Master's degree or higher in a related discipline, including such fields as Japanese pedagogy, applied linguistics, or second language acquisition, and should be able to demonstrate expertise in teaching Japanese at the college level. Native or near-native fluency in both Japanese and English is required. The successful candidate will teach Japanese language courses at all levels, elementary to advanced; offer independent study courses, including advanced grammar and pedagogy, as required; work with students in our public school teacher certification program in Japanese language; and participate in service activities for the Department, including student advising, and the Japanese language program, including coordinating the Japanese language table and advising for the study abroad program. Ursinus offers a minor in Japanese and a major in East Asian Studies. Candidates should be committed to excellence in teaching in a liberal arts setting. The teaching load is three courses per semester.

Established in 1869, Ursinus College is a highly selective, independent, co-educational, residential liberal arts college with a tradition of academic excellence and a strong commitment to undergraduate research in a student body of approximately 1,700. It is located in Collegeville , PA , 25 miles from center-city Philadelphia . Ursinus College is an EEO/AA employer. In keeping with the college's historic commitment to equality, women and men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups, are encouraged to apply. Send application letter, c.v., three confidential letters of recommendation, official transcripts, and evidence of language teaching excellence (including a video of a class) to Matthew Mizenko, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, Ursinus College , Collegeville PA 19426-1000. Completed applications received by March 20, 2009 will receive fullest consideration.
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Center for Global Communication Studies

We are looking for a new Project Coordinator (please see the description below.) If you think you might be interested, please apply via (it's important to use this interface and not apply directly through me): http://www.hr.upenn.edu/jobs/ (Click on “Search Open Positions) The position number is 090226264. Please feel free to forward this to those you think might be interested. Thanks for your help with this important search. JOB DESCRPTION  The Project Coordinator will provide day-to-day administrative support to the Director and other staff at the Center for Global Communication Studies as part of their efforts to provide a platform for international, comparative, and global communications scholarship related to media, democracy and international development; strategic communication and public diplomacy; and media law and policy.  The position is highly administrative in nature and will involve working closely with Annenberg staff, students and some faculty on event and research coordination (please see CGCS website for past events as examples), developing partnerships with other parts of Penn, and working closely with partners in the CGCS network. Examples of the daily work requirements for the Project Coordinator position include: budget tracking; preparing and processing expense reports; student and faculty outreach; backstopping academic research and teaching; organizing conferences, workshops and other events; updating the Center website with information on Center events and visiting scholars; serving as the primary CGCS contact for visiting scholars; and managing travel, including booking hotel and air travel for CGCS staff and associates.   Applicants should have a BA, Master's preferred.  Academic and professional background in international development, non-profit administration, communications, journalism, or political science strongly preferred.  Three-five years of professional experience is required. Experience with web-based communications and publications tools is an advantage.  Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in international affairs, including time spent traveling, working, or studying abroad. Foreign language proficiency is highly desirable.  Applicants should be comfortable working with MS Office software, including Word, Excel,  and PowerPoint, and be comfortable using a content management system for the Center's website.   Please submit resume, cover letter, three references, and a short writing sample.

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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China ( www.cecc.gov ) is offering paid internships for graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and recent graduates this coming summer in Washington, D.C. Interns must be U.S. citizens. The application deadline is March 1, 2009 , for the Summer 2009 internship that runs from June to August. Application instructions are attached.

CECC internships provide significant educational and professional experience for advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a background in Chinese politics, law and society, and strong Chinese language skills.

Interns work closely with the Commission and its staff on the full array of issues concerning human rights, the rule of law, and governance in China (including criminal justice, democratic governance institutions, environmental problems, religious freedom, freedom of expression, ethnic minority rights, women's rights, etc.).

Interns perform important research support tasks (often in Chinese), attend seminars, meet Members of Congress and e xperts from the United States and abroad, and draft Commission analyses. Click here for CECC analysis of recent develo pments in the rule of law and human rights in China. Interns may also be trained to work with the Commission's Political Prisoner Database, which has been accessible by the public since its launch in November 2004 (click here to begin a search).

The CECC staff is committed to interns ' professional development, and holds regular roundtables for interns on important China-related issues.

Sum mer 2009 interns will be paid $10/hour. Those unable to apply for Summer 2009 internships may apply for the Spring (February-May) and Fall (September-December).

Further details are available on the Commission's Web site at www.cecc.gov .

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FOR IMMEDIATE HIRING: translator for arts and culture related subjects

Job description:

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in New York City is looking for a translator to translate interview transcriptions from Chinese to English, work commencing immediately.  The transcript contains 18 pages.  The work needs to be completed by February 17.  The translator will be compensated upon completion of the work at the rate agreed upon prior to the assignment of the work.  He or she will be credit in the publication where the interview appears.

Qualifications:

Successful candidates must have excellent command of written English and good knowledge of art and culture. A background in Art History, History, Cultural Studies, or East Asian Studies is preferable.

To apply:

Please submit a translation sample with both original and translated text and provide the desired rate to tcwang@mocanyc.org with the subject line, “Application: translator.” For more information about the Museum, please visit our website at www.mocanyc.org .

(IV) Fellowship and Award Opportunities


*Pan-Asian American Community House Awards are given in recognition of individuals and groups who have been involved significantly in the Pan-Asian American Community House at the University of Pennsylvania and/or in the Philadelphia Asian Pacific American (APA) community.

The awards available for nomination are:

1. Senior Award

2. Undergraduate Rising Leader Award

3. Faculty/Staff Award

4. Community Involvement Award

5. Outstanding Student Organization Award

Award Criteria: Nominees must be affiliated with Penn, shown involvement with PAACH programming, and demonstrate the following characteristics:

· Outstanding leadership

· Distinguished service

· Positive impact on the community

· Commitment to enhancing quality of life for and/or serving as a role model for PAACH

Please fill out the attached form to nominate an individual or group who has displayed such contributions. The awards will be presented at the Annual End-of-the-Year PAACH Senior Reception on Saturday, May 2, 2009

Please return the nomination form to Kusum Soin at PAACH (3601 Locust Walk) or submit by email to kusums@exchange.upenn.edu  by Thursday, April 9th, 2009 at 4.00 PM.

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The Center for Korean Studies of the University of Pennsylvania: Summer 2009 Scholarships

The Center for Korean Studies of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to offer four undergraduate scholarships of $1500 each to be used during the summer of 2009. The scholarships may be used for study in any accredited program in South Korea.

Please submit the following to the Center for East Asian Studies, Williams Hall, 6th Floor by 5 p.m., Friday, April 10th:

1. Application form available online at www.ceas.sas.upen.edu or at the
Center for East Asian Studies office in 642 Williams.
2. Copy of a letter of admission to either a program at a university or any
other accredited program in South Korea.
3. A brief (1-2 page) description of the student's reason for study in Korea.
4. An unofficial transcript.
5. One letter of recommendation from a faculty member.

Awards will be announced by Friday, April 17th.

For an application form, please visit http://www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu/scholarships.shtml

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The Chinese Language Program of the University of Pennsylvania: Summer 2009 Scholarships

The Chinese Language Program of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to offer four undergraduate scholarships of $2000 each to be used for study in any language program in China during the summer of 2009..

Please submit the following to the mailbox of Chih-jen Melvin Lee located in Williams Hall 847, by 5 p.m., Monday, March 30th:

1. Application form available at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/chinese
2. Copy of a letter of admission to any summer Chinese language program
in China.
3. A brief (1-2 page) description of the student's Chinese learning goals (in
English).
4. An unofficial Penn transcript.

Awards will be announced by Friday, April 3rd.

For an application form, please visit http://www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu/scholarships.shtml

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The Korea Literature Translation Institute invites emerging and aspiring translators of Korean literature to spend a year as resident fellows at the KLTI Literary Translation Academy’s fulltime certificate program, based in Seoul. Translators of non-Korean nationality are eligible to apply for fellowships that include tuition, travel expense and monthly stipend. Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree and should submit a translation sample and references along with the application form by 15the May. The KLTI Literary Translation Academy is a government-funded institution providing comprehensive academic programs for translators of Korean literature from around the world. The non-degree, certificate program offers an intensive year-long curriculum comprising workshops, Korean language classes and lectures on Korean culture and literature. Classes start September, 2009 for the 2009/2010 academic year. Send further queries to milanray@klti.or.kr

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Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop Pacific Grove, CA, July 12-16, 2009 Application Deadline: May 1, 2009 http://fellowships.ssrc.org/korea Mission The Social Science Research Council Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop seeks to create a sustained network of advanced graduate students and faculty engaged in research on Korea. The four-day workshop provides an informal setting for participants to give and receive critical feedback on dissertations in progress. Format Individual students will lead discussions of their projects with mentor faculty and peers from various disciplines to receive creative and critical input on improving their fieldwork plans or writing strategies. The mentor faculty are Nancy Abelmann (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); Kyeong-Hee Choi (University of Chicago); Bruce Cumings (University of Chicago); John Duncan (University of California, Los Angeles); and Jae-Jung Suh (Johns Hopkins University).

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Asian American Studies Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Research
This paper prize has been established to recognize outstanding graduate research in the Asian American Studies.  Research papers can focus on any aspect of Asian American Studies and should demonstrate potential for publication in a scholarly journal. 

Selection will be made on the basis of research accomplishment and academic excellence.  The award will be presented annually in the form of a $200 cash prize at the end of the spring semester 2009.  Application deadline is April 6, 2009.

For more information please contact Dr Fariha Khan: fariha@sas.upenn.edu
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FULBRIGHT and CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE (HANBAN) SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE for
K-12 Summer ACC-CLASS/ACC-CIH(Hanban) Chinese Language Teachers' Institute (Beijing + Chengdu)

Now accepting scholarship applications through March 2.
Apply today: www.hamilton.edu/china

This is an incredible professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers of Chinese (both pre-service and in-service) whose native language is English.
TIME: 6/27-8/7, 2009
LOCATIONS: Capital Univ. of Economics and Business (CUEB, Beijing) & Southwest Univ. for Nationalities (SWUN, Chengdu)

FEATURES:
- teaching workshops & practica
- teaching observations & demos
- teaching & culture panels
- cultural activities in China
- refresher language courses

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The Ohio State University 's East Asian Studies Center is now accepting applications for a postdoctoral researcher for 2009-2010 in the area of East Asian policy issues. Would you please disseminate this announcement to your listservs? The East Asian Studies Center (EASC) at The Ohio State University invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position for the 2009-2010 academic year. The stipend is $40,000 plus benefits. This year's focus will be on interdisciplinary approaches to policy issues in modern and contemporary China , Japan , or Korea . We are particularly interested in candidates who are engaged with issues in bilateral and/or multilateral Asian foreign policy; US-East Asia relations as seen from an Asian point of view; the impact of the international and domestic NGO sector on national and/or local policymaking in East Asia; and/or East Asian policies relating to the environment, energy, urban planning, media, language, and the arts. Background in public policy or political science is a plus. The postdoctoral researcher will offer two courses in collaboration with the thriving Undergraduate International Studies Program, which offers majors in World Economy and Business, International Relations & Diplomacy, Security & Intelligence, Development Studies as well as in East Asian Studies. A third course can be offered in any appropriate department. All Ph.D. requirements must be fulfilled before Sept 1, 2009. Letter of interest, CV, teaching proposal for three courses (1,500 words total), research proposal (1,500 words total), and 3 letters of reference should be sent to EASC Postdoctoral Researcher Position, East Asian Studies Center, The Ohio State University, 314 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210; fax: (614) 247-6454; email: easc@osu.edu ; website: http://easc.osu.edu/ . The deadline for the receipt of completed applications is March 6, 2009 with preliminary interviews taking place at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting in Chicago , March 26-29, 2009. OSU is an AA/EOE employer. For more information, see http://easc.osu.edu/contents/postdocs.html .

Startalk Penn Chinese High School Academy

Startalk Penn High School Chinese Teaching Development Grant

Penn is inviting professional teachers of Chinese to observe and participate in the Penn High School Chinese Academy, an intensive high school language program taught on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.

For more information about the program and to download an application form, please visit our homepage at www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu.

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We just want to let you know that the application deadline for the summer 09 China tours has now been extended for one more month, until April 23, 2009.

US-China Education Council is, once again, organizing its traditional China trips for US educators (and their families & friends) in early summer 2009: June 27-July 6; & July 7-16. You can choose one that fits your schedule.

The trip features group tours to six famous Chinese cities of Beijing , Xian, Nanjing , Suzhou , Tongli & Shanghai, with field trips to sites of historical and cultural importance, meetings with Chinese educators, and visits to Chinese schools.  It is an excellent opportunity for professional development. A large number of educators, from the greater New York and beyond, attended our China trips in the past years and had a wonderful experience. (Travel agencies can book flights for those outside New York City to fly from their local airports to China.)

Current education administrators and supervisors at different levels, teachers of different subjects, and educational staff are eligible to apply.  Applicant's spouse, family members and friends can join at the same cost.

We can also help educators who wish to chaperone students from their schools to form an independent group with the same/different itinerary for the China trip.

Total estimated trip cost: only $2,728, including round-trip international airfare, two one-way flights within China , all transportation in China (between and within the six Chinese cities), nice hotels, meals, admission tickets to all sightseeing spots, etc.

Application deadline: April 23, 2009..  For detailed trip itinerary and the application form, please direct emails to UsChinaEducation@yahoo.com .

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Travel grant opportunity for US secondary level teachers through the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA).  This program is funded by the U.S. Department of State. 

We are recruiting for the U.S. teachers reciprocal visit component of the program. The applicants we are seeking are U.S. secondary-level teachers of English or the social sciences to participate in a two-week professional exchange program in one of the following countries: Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh , Cambodia, Colombia, El Salvador , Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala , Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Senegal , Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.

I'd like to ask if you  would pass this message along to any of your secondary school teacher contacts, particularly those who teach English or the social sciences.

Eligible applicants must be:

· Secondary-level (middle or high school), full-time teachers with five or more years of classroom experience in disciplines including English as a Foreign Language, English Language or Literature, and the Social Sciences (including social studies, civics, and history);

· U.S. citizenship; and

· Ability to travel in April, 2010.

The program is fully funded and provides: visa support; round-trip domestic airfare, lodging and meals to attend the TEA U.S. Conference; round-trip airfare from the U.S. to the assigned country; emergency medical insurance; as well as lodging and a daily stipend in host country.

The TEA U.S. teacher application is available for download at our website: www.irex.org .

Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that helps and encourages educators to travel abroad. In the summer of 2009 GEEO will run trips to Tunisia, Peru, Ecuador, Thailand, and India. GEEO hopes to make America more outward-looking by helping teachers travel and then giving them an effective way to share these experiences in their classrooms.

Educators can earn graduate school credit and professional development credit while seeing the world.  The trips are designed for teachers and include activities such as school visits and homestays that give participants authentic exposure to local culture. The trips are deeply discounted so as to be affordable to teachers.  GEEO also helps teachers find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips.

Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org . GEEO can also be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-10PM EST. To sign-up for GEEO's listserv, please send an email to listserv@geeo.org with the subject line "subscribe."

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CALL FOR ARTICLES Journal of China in Comparative Perspective (London School of Economics) The editors of the newly launched Journal of China in Comparative Perspective (JCCP) invite submissions of articles in English up to 8.000 words in length including notes and list of references. The articles must be original and not previously published. They should be sent electronically in either word or rtf format to the journal's official email address: jccp@lse.ac.uk . The journal is peer-reviewed, and will be published biannually by the London School of Economics. The JCCP was founded to encourage and publish original multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary comparative research on China. Comparison includes taking China as a case study of some more generally applicable theory, or drawing from comparative data about China and some other country or countries some analytic conclusions. The comparison may be regional or global; and it may be historical or contemporary. It may also involve a comparison of perceptions - China's perceptions of others and others' perceptions of China in the context of China's encounter with the outside world in the political, economic, military and cultural sense. The JCCP is a strictly non-partisan publication and does not support or discriminate against any political, ideological or religious viewpoint. Although conceived as an academic journal, the editorial policy of the journal is to ensure that articles that appear therein are of interest beyond the academic arena to both policy-makers as well as readers with a general interest in China-related themes. In accordance with standard academic practice, all submissions undergo a rigorous process of blind peer review. Submitted articles are blind read by two editors who decide whether the articles are suitable or not for publication, with or without revision. If these reviews are positive the article is sent to a third editor for further review before being returned to you, the author, for revision and final submission. The whole process should in normal circumstances take no longer than three months. We expect the revision to be completed within four weeks. Please note that all authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are written and formatted according to the journal's writing style. For more details on style guidelines, as well as on the journal's editorial team and statement of aims, please visit http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CCPN/jccp.htm .

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The Korea-America Student Conference (KASC) is a student-led cultural and academic exchange program which brings 25 Korean and 25 American university students together to learn about and discuss U.S.-Korea relations. Together, students will experience an intense
month traveling around Korea and learning about several dynamic issues facing the U.S. and Korea: environment, security, global citizens, science and technology, and media and culture. Through engagement they will learn how to analyze and create strategies to improve
mutual and global cooperation.

Program
Participants will meet at their orientation site and then travel throughout four major cities in South Korea: Seoul, Gwangju, Jeju, and Busan. Over the course of four weeks, the students will engage in academic roundtable discussions, lectures and panel presentations, cultural
and social events, !eld trips, and community service activities. Throughout the conference delegates will work together, exchanging ideas and perspectives, to solve issues within their chosen roundtable. These experiences will provide a foundation for mutual understanding, social awareness, cultural sensitivity and a forum for the exchange of ideas. More importantly,
the intense experience of living and working together will encourage mutual understanding among delegates and promote lasting friendships that will further strengthen the ties between Korea and the United States.

Theme: Advancing US-Korea Cooperation on International Affairs

For more information and an application form please visit: www.iscdc.org

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Interest in Burma

A local chapter of US Campaign for Burma was started in the fall of 2007 in the city of Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. The organization seeks to connect individuals and/or organizations that care about Burma in Philadelphia as well promote awareness of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi and the democracy movement she has personally sacrificed for in her county. Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest in her childhood home in Rangoon. A small planning committee is eager to reach out to Penn students. If you are interested in learning about Burma or want more information on the local chapter, please contact Susan Zingale-Baird, szbaird@msn.com

2009 Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East , and the Global Community

October 16-17, 2009, Annapolis , Maryland , U.S.A.
While the United States was deeply involved in negotiating peace between Israel and the Palestinians and fighting terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan , countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia have been quietly developing frequent economic, political, and cultural interaction with the Middle East .  Countries such as China and Japan pay close attention to the Middle East because of their strong ties to the region. Indeed their roles in the Middle East have become so prominent that they should be acknowledged and closely observed.  The “Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community” conference, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy's Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, U.S. Asian Cultural Academy, the Shanghai International Studies University, and the Library of Congress Asian Division, aims to provide a platform for western and Asian scholars to converge and exchange views on major issues concerning the Middle East and its relationship with Asia, the U.S., and the rest of the world. The 2009 Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies plans to invite scholars with strong interest and specializations in Asia-Middle East relations to present their papers on the following suggested subjects: - Energy and environment - Economy and trade - Cross-regional relations - Social/cultural perspectives - This list is meant to suggest possible topics, although other topics are welcome if they establish their general relevance to the subject of the encounters between the global and local powers in the Middle East . - Both broad theoretical studies and specific case studies are welcome. 

Paper proposals (no more than 200 words) & a 1-page biography are due by 1 May 2009, and should be submitted electronically to: Transcending Borders:  Asia, Middle East , and the Global Community Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis , Maryland USA 21402 Tel.: 1-410-293-2990   Fax: 1-410-293-2994 Email: cmeis@usna.edu - This is an interdisciplinary conference.  Participants will include academics, diplomats, military officers and other interested individuals. - Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by 1 June 2009.  Final papers must be submitted by 15 September 2009. - Paper presenters and participants must cover their own travel and accommodations to participate in the conference.  Registration fee is $ 95.00 and is due by 16 September 2009. - Registration information for this conference will be available by 1 April 2009 at: www.usna.edu/MiddleEast

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