Penn Center For East Asian Studies Newsletter
2006-07: Issue no. 29, April 13, 2007The CEAS Newsletter weekly notifies East Asianists in our region of events and opportunities of interest. Notices appear under six headings:
- University of Pennsylvania East Asia Events
- Regional East Asia Events
- Employment and Internship Opportunities
- Fellowship and Award Opportunities
- East Asia Study Opportunities and Queries
- Conferences and Workshops
send them to proberts@sas.upenn.edu.
* Indicates notices appearing here for the first time.
(I) University of Pennsylvania East Asia Events
*Monday, April 16, 2:00PM, Huntsman Hall 240, *Japan - Meeting the Challenges in 2007: Prospects for Continued Economic Reform, Dealing with North Korea, and Responding to the Rise of China**
Japan - Meeting the Challenges in 2007: Prospects for Continued
Ambassador Motoatsu Sakurai, Consul General of Japan in New York City
Mr. Motoatsu Sakurai was appointed Ambassador and Consul General in New York in March, 2006 after a successful 40-year career in the private sector. He is the first Consul General ever to serve the position as an ex-business executive.
After graduating from Tokyo University Faculty of Law in 1968, Ambassador Sakurai entered Mitsubishi Corporation (MIC). During the course of his early work at MIC, he received an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainbleau, France in May 1975. In 1978, Ambassador Sakurai served as a Loan Officer with the World Bank and as an Investment Officer at the International Finance Corporation in Washington D.C. In the mid- to late-1980s, Ambassador Sakurai served in several senior managerial capacities for MIC in New York and Washington, D.C. In 1995, after returning to Tokyo, he was named General Manager of Corporate Planning and in 1998, General Manager for Regional Strategy and Coordination. By 2000, he rose to Executive Vice President. In April, 2003, he was named President and CEO of MIC. Simultaneously, he was named President, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in New York.
Part of the 2007 Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia and Co-sponsored by the Lauder Institute and Penn Lauder CIBER and the Center for East Asian Studies
*Tuesday, April 17, 7-10PM, Logan Hall 402*
Godzilla: Final Wars
Kitamura Ryohei (2004)
Giant Monsters and Frightening Creatures Film Series
*Thursday, April 19, 4:30PM, Annenberg 111*, The Modern Dilemma Solved! Nagai Kafu's Occidentalist Critique
Rachael Hutchinson, Colgate University, Visiting Scholar at Penn
*Tuesday, April 24, 7-10PM, Logan Hall 402*
Reading Days Bonus: Juon: The Grudge
Shimizu Takashi (2003)
Giant Monsters and Frightening Creatures Film Series
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FIRST ANNUAL PENN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FORUM:
THE UNIVERSITY AS AN AGENT OF GLOBAL CHANGE
WHEN: Thursday, April 19, 2007, 5:30pm - 8:15pm
Friday, April 20, 2007, 9:00am - 5:15pm
WHERE: Jon M. Huntsman Hall
Keynote speakers:
Timothy Unwin, University of London, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D
Wadi Haddad, World Bank, Former Deputy Secretary
Vanessa Tobin, UNICEF, Deputy Director of Programs
Welcoming remarks:
President Amy Gutmann, Dean Stanton Wortham, and Dean Richard Gelles
A FULL PROGRAM AND ONLINE REGISTRATION ARE AVAILABLE AT: www.gdi.upenn.edu
*Organized by Penn GDI faculty and students, with funding support from co-sponsors:
Office of International Programs, Graduate School of Education, School of Social Policy and Practice, International Literacy Institute, School of Nursing, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, South Asia Center, African Studies Center, Center for East Asian Studies and Middle East Center.
(II) Regional East Asia Events
* THE ASIA PROGRAM PRESENTS: The Chinese Communist Party: Bent But Not Broken
Especially after the Tiananmen Incident of 1989, the future of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) looked fairly shaky. After all, it does not bode well for a regime to shoot the best and brightest of its students in its capital city. However, somewhat remarkably, the CCP seemed not much worse for wear in the decade that followed. Some observers believed that with the increasingly rapid growth of the Chinese economy, a middle class would emerge and that China would move gradually toward democracy. That doesn't seem to have happened either. With the 17th National Party Congress set to meet this fall, the CCP stands at a crossroads, but in perhaps better shape than many would have imagined. Join us on Wednesday, April 25, for a most learned analysis of the CCP, its future and the reasons behind its durability.
THE ASIA PROGRAM PRESENTS: The Chinese Communist Party: Bent But Not Broken
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:30 p. m. - 5:30 p.m. 6th Floor Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Speakers:
Bruce Dickson, George Washington University and Woodrow Wilson Fellow
Yan Sun, City University of New York
Cheng Li, Hamilton College
Melanie Manion, University of Wisconsin
Media organizations are requested to contact the Asia Program in advance at
202/691-4020 or asia@wilsoncenter.org. Otherwise, RSVPs are NOT necessary. Please allow for routine security procedures when you arrive at the Center. A photo ID is required for entry. The Center is located in the southeast wing of the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. The closest Metro station is Federal Triangle on the blue and orange lines. For detailed directions, please visit the Center's website, www.wilsoncenter.org/directions.
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* The Oriental Club of Philadelphia is holding its Annual/Dinner Lecture on Thursday, April 19, 2007, 5:50 PM.
The dinner is super reasonable as a result of hard negotiations. Those who wish to come to the lecture, dessert and coffee, may join about 6:45 p.m. Call for more information (# below)
Dr. Stephen Teiser, D.T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies at Princeton University, will present a richly illustrated (Power Point ) lecture:
"The Tibetan Wheel of Rebirth in Buddhist Temples"
He will speak on paintings of the wheel of rebirth in medieval Buddhist temples, ranging from the art historical, to how such paintings taught religious cosmology, and how they were transmitted throughout Asia. He will consider materials from India, central Asia, western Tibet, and China, and Japan. It should be truly exciting and stimulating.
This lecture is co-sponsored and co-funded by the Committee administrating the E. Dale Saunders Lecture on Japanese Buddhism.
The dinner/lecture will be held in a private room at Abbraccio Restaurant, 820 South 47th Street (corner of 47th and Warrington). There is a free (municipal) parking lot on Warrington adjacent to the restaurant. For those taking public transportation, Subway Surface Car #34 stops at 47th and Baltimore. Walk one short block on 47th Street southward from Baltimore Avenue.
The reservation must be made and paid for by mid-April; we would like to hear from you ASAP.
Questions and reservations at wcullina2002@yahoo.com (Secretary/Tresurer William Cullinan) or cseigle@sas.upenn.edu (or tel: 215-568-9382)
Cecilia Segawa Seigle
President, the Oriental Club of Philadelphia
Professor Emerita of Japanese Studies
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia: Japan Group II... The group for folks interested in Japanese arts and culture.
Our activities for the winter/spring season:
Sunday, May 20 Japanese House & PMA guided tour of "Masters of the
Brush" Members $20 Non-members $25 Meeting at 11 AM
Sunday, June 3 NYC to the Met and Japan Society Members $40 Non-
members $45, Pick-up time same as above.
If you are interested in joining any of these activities please contact
Shirley Luber at luber@lubergallery.com or call 215-545-4975
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P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
Princeton University
Symposium
Re-presenting Emptiness: Zen and Art in Medieval Japan
Saturday and Sunday, 14-15 April 2007
McCosh 50
Organized by the P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art and co-sponsored with the Department of Art and Archaeology, the East Asian Studies Program, and the Buddhist Studies Workshop, Princeton University, and the Princeton University Art Museum. This symposium is presented in conjunction with the Japan Society's exhibition, Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan.
For more information, please visit our web site at:
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/TangCenter/zenandart/
There is no registration fee, but advance registration for the symposium is required. Information about registering on-line or by telephone can be found at http://web.princeton.edu/sites/TangCenter/zenandart/registration.html
(III) Employment and Internship Opportunities
LECTURER IN JAPANESE HISTORY: Ursinus College announces a one-semester appointment to teach an historically-framed survey of Japanese society and culture. The instructor will have the latitude to frame the course as s/he pleases, except that it must cover the period 600-present, must engage issues of both society and culture within the larger political narrative, and must meet the standards of the Ursinus History Department. Applicants should minimally have a Masters degree or equivalent; some prior teaching experience is desired. The course will run from August 27-December 15, 2007, and is scheduled for Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:50-4:30 p.m. Deadline for applications is May 25, 2007. Ursinus College is EEOC/AA. Please direct all inquiries and applications to Prof. Ross Doughty, Dept. of History, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA 19426-1000. rdoughty@ursinus.edu .
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Concordia Language Villages
Concordia Language Villages is a program of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota. It includes 14 Villages: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Located primarily at lakeside camp settings throughout central and northern Minnesota, each Village provides one-, two-, and four-week cultural-immersion learning experiences for young people ages 7 to 18.
EMPLOYMENT
Concordia Language Villages hires people to fill more than 1,000 staff positions each summer. Employment ranges from three to 13 weeks. People of all ages come from across the United States and around the world to share their experiences as staff of Concordia Language Villages. Both new and returning staff members receive training from deans, other returning staff, and area specialists.
AVAILABLE POSITIONS
Counselors teach language, lead and assist in the development of evening programs and cultural presentations, assume responsibility for cabin counseling and leadership,
Credit teachers are responsible for instruction during a four-week session with all levels of language proficiency available in each Village, and class groups averaging six to 10 individuals.
Program leader positions (art, music, dance, environmental awareness, sports, global perspectives, technology)
Support positions (waterfront, business manager)
Food service staff members
Healthcare providers
Support positions (maintenance, transportation, office)
QUALIFICATIONS
All candidates should be energetic and enthusiastic, and enjoy effectively working and living with young people. Previous summer camp and study or travel-abroad experience is beneficial, but not required. Counseling and teaching candidates should have well-developed oral skills in the target language. It is strongly preferred that credit
teachers be certified in teaching the target language. United States citizens must be at least 16 and international citizens must be at least 18 years of age.
BENEFITS: Staff receive a salary, lodging, and meals. Staff also receive training and guidance in their positions. Staff members have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in language and cultural learning and teaching, counseling children and youth, and working as a member of a team.
For application and more info please visit www.ConcordiaLanguageVillages.com
(IV) Fellowship and Award Opportunities
Fellows Program on Peace, Governance, and Development in East Asia
The East Asia Institute (EAI) based in Seoul, Korea, invites applications to its Fellows Program on Peace, Governance, and Development in East Asia. Established in 2005 with support from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Fellows Program targets United States-based East Asianists with cutting-edge expertise in political science, international relations, and sociology for an international exchange program with the goal of encouraging interdisciplinary research with a comparative perspective in the study of East Asia. The EAI Fellows present seminars and lectures, based on an unpublished article on current issues submitted solely for the purpose of the Fellows Program, at two or more Member Institutions in East Asia.
Program: The Program is designed to give the Fellows the flexibility required to bring out the best of their expertise in seminars and lectures. Fellows choose the subjects of their articles, seminars, and lectures within the broadly defined themes of peace, governance, and development in East Asia in order to make the visitation an integral part of their on-going research. Fellows are free to decide how they will divide their time among two or more Member Institutions, giving a seminar and a lecture apiece at each of the sites chosen. The Member Institutions are the East Asia Institute in Seoul, Fudan University in Shanghai, Keio University in Tokyo, Peking University in Beijing, and Taiwan National University in Taipei.
Eligibility: The EAI Fellows Program is intended for tenured, tenure-track, and untenured East Asianist professors based in the United States conducting research in the fields of political science, international relations, and sociology.
Selection Process: The representatives of the Member Institutions plus an Advisor based in the United States select EAI Fellows through an annual competition.
Support: The program provides a total of USD10,000 for each of the Fellows for a three-week visit. The grant covers an honorarium for the article, seminar, and lecture as well as the cost of ground transportation, round-trip economy-class international air flight, hotel accommodation, meals, and a per diem for a total of three-week stay in East Asia [see comments on Application Forms].
Application: For further details and instructions on how to apply, please download a booklet titled “Fellows Program on Peace, Governance, and Development in East Asia” available online at http://www.eai.or.kr/english/fandj/FP01_temp.asp or e-mail fellowships@eai.or.kr for assistance. All application materials must be type-written and in English.
Deadline: Applications for fellowships must be received no later than July 31, 2007. The results of the competition will be announced on September 20, 2007, by both e-mail and letter.
For further inquiry, please contact:
Executive Director Ha-jeong Kim
Fellows Program on Peace, Governance
and Development in East Asia
East Asia Institute
#909 Sampoong Building
310-68 Euljiro 4-ga, Jung-gu
Seoul 100-786, KoreaTelephone: +82-2-2277-1683 (ext. 107)
E-mail: fellowships@eai.or.kr
Website: www.eai.or.kr
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FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM: U.S. Faculty and Professionals
2008-2009 Research Opportunities for Asia Specialists in: Japan, China, Macau, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
-U.S. Citizenship
-At least 3 to 5 years beyond the Ph.D.
DEADLINE: August 1, 2007
For each area there are between 3-8 research grants for a period of 3 to 9 months for topics dealing with contemporary social issues.
For more information contact the Council for International Exchange Scholars at www.cies.org.
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Korean Studies Workshop for American Educators – Application deadline extended!
Dear Educator:
We invite you to learn more about the Korean Studies Workshop for American Educators, an excellent professional development opportunity. The application deadline for the 2007 workshop has been extended until April 18, 2007. For more information, please visit our website at www.iie.org/ksw.
In 2007, the Korean Studies Workshop will send up to 100 U.S. secondary school social studies teachers and administrators to Korea for a 12-day workshop. Sponsored and funded entirely by the Korea Foundation, the Workshop is designed to enhance mutual understanding between the people of Korea and the United States by inviting certain U.S. educators to visit Korea and then share their experiences with fellow Americans upon their return. The workshop will include lectures, tours to cultural and industrial sites, and meetings with Korean educators and students.
The program is open to 6th thru 12th grade social studies teachers, secondary school principals and assistant principals, superintendents and assistant superintendents, and curriculum coordinators and textbook writers with influence over social studies curriculum. For more information about eligibility, please visit our website at: http://www.iie.org/ksw
Applications must be received by April 18, 2007. We hope that all eligible teachers will apply to this fascinating program. Please forward this email to eligible teachers and administrators in your school and state.
For more information about the Workshop or to download the application, please visit our website at www.iie.org/ksw . Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions or for more information at ksw@iie.org.
We look forward to hearing from you. Good luck in this year's competition!
Sincerely,
Susan Gundersen
Senior Program Officer
Institute of International Education
1400 K Street NW Suite 650
Washington, DC 20005
ksw@iie.org
About the Institute of International Education (IIE):
IIE administers the Korean Studies Workshop for American Educators on behalf of the Korea Foundation. Founded in 1919, IIE is a private, not-for-profit organization committed to international education and exchange, with over 80 years of experience designing and implementing international programs.
(V) East Asia Study Opportunities and Queries
* Feng Chia University(Taiwan) Language Center Chinese Division
Chinese Division offers Mandarin Courses at 11 levels
In addition to the required 4-skill Mandarin course, we offer elective courses in Taiwanese, simplified characters, word processing, Chinese literature, business Chinese, Chinese philosophy, mandarin teaching, and Chinese history and culture. Both the Chinese phonetic system(bpmf) and Pinyin Romanization are used in our teaching materials.
Each student is required to take a minimum of 10 hours a week. Students can take up to a maximum 16 hours per week, without any change to the tuition. Besides the language courses, the Language Center also requires each student to take three cultural courses per term.
The terms start on the following dates:
Spring 5 March Summer 5 June
Fall 5 September Winter 5 December
Tuition
A1 3 months NT$ 19,800
A2 6 months NT$ 37,500
A3 9 months NT$ 54,000
A4 12 months NT$ 69,500
Insurance NT$ 900 (3 months)
Reg. Fee NT$ 500
Students are expected to meet their own living expenses such as meals, books, laundry, recreation, etc, with an average minimum of NT$ 300 per day.
FCU housing is available near the campus at the Taifeng dormitory.
For further details: www. Fculc.fcu.edu.tw
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Penn-in-Beijing, China, Summer Study Abroad
• Program Profile: For students interested in global communication in an Asian context, seen through the lens of China's preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Program Dates: July 9 – August 10, 2007
• Language Requirements: Classes conducted in English
• Curriculum Requirements: Students enroll in both courses offered.
• Courses Offered:
Communication 396: Media Events and the Beijing Olympics (1CU)
Communication 348: Mass Media and Creative Industries in Contemporary China (1CU)
• Housing: Students are housed at the Shaoyuan Hotel on Beijing University campus.
• Estimated Costs:
Tuition: $5100
Program Fee: Approximately $2000 (includes a shared room at Shaoyuan Hotel and group excursions)
Travel & meal costs variable. Travel to and from China is in addition to tuition and program fees, and must be arranged by the student. All prices above are estimates and are subject to change.
• Application Deadline: April 15, 2007
Please go to this link for further information: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/summer/abroad/beijing/index.php
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* Penn-in-Seoul, Korea
Program Profile: For students interested in East Asia, Korea, international relations, and business.
Program Dates: June 21 – August 11, 2007
Internship: July 17 – August 10
Language Requirements: Classes conducted in English. Non-Korean-speakers encouraged to complete a pre-departure "Survival Korean" language course.
Note: some internships require a knowledge of Korean.
Curriculum Requirements: Students to register for the 2 CUs, both courses offered. Upon completion of courses, students may participate in an internship.
Courses Offered:
EALC HIST 391 950: The Korean War and Its Legacies for U.S. – Korean Relations (1CU)
PSCI 298: Politics and Economics of Korea (1CU)
Housing: Students live in the dormitory of Kyung Hee Univeristy.
Tuition: $5,100 est. See website for updates and other costs: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/summer/abroad/seoul index.php
The Penn-in-Seoul Program enters its 14th year this summer. Students can earn two course units of credit. They also will meet with senior officials from the Foreign Ministry, Bank of Korea, Korea Development Institute, or the National Intelligence Service, etc. We also visit the DMZ and take several cultural tours, and end the summer with a month-long, full-time internship. Please do not hesitate to contact Frank Plantan (fplantan@sas.upenn.edu) if you have any questions about this program. We have secured some scholarship funds from the Korean Studies Program to support the program and will be distributing awards of $500 - $2000 to those with the most need, and after that on a combination of need and merit.
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Penn Young Scholars Chinese Academy
University of Pennsylvania
July 2- August 10, 2007
The University of Pennsylvania's new Summer High School Language Program couples Penn's extensive experience with intellectual development programs for high school students and its excellence in Chinese language and culture taught by known Penn professors.
CURRICULUM:
-Curriculum tracks in Beginning Chinese 1 and 2
-Language instruction Monday through Thursday
-Lectures on Chinese culture, literature, religion history, and philosophy on Fridays
-One-on-one practice sessions with language teachers
-Language Lab instruction in writing and website navigation
-After-school field trips, dance and martial arts demonstrations
FACULTY:
-Dr. Victor Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania
-Dr. Paul Goldin, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania
-Dr. Mien-hwa Chiang, Director, Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania
-Steven Chuang, Chinese Language Instructor at Central High School
CLASS SCHEDULE:
-Classes will be held 9am to 2pm Monday through Thursday and 9am to 12 noon on Friday.
STUDENTS:
-The program has places for 30 high school students.
TUITION:
-Each student will be granted a scholarship of $1,000 to be applied to the $1,876 tuition; the final cost to each student will be $876.
*A limited number of full scholarships may be available.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 215-573-4203.
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* ANNOUNCEMENT: CHINESE PEDAGOGY INSTITUTE
The East Asian Studies Center at Indiana University is offering a Chinese pedagogy teacher training institute June 17-29. This intensive, residential program is for current and prospective high school teachers of Chinese and provides four graduate credit hours that count towards secondary-level certification in Chinese.
In addition to the four credit hours of tuition, instructional materials, lodging, and meals will also be fully covered, with travel being the only cost borne by the participants.
For more information and an application, go to:
http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/CPI/index.htm <https://www.exchange.iu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://www.exchange.iu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/CPI/index.htm>
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* 2007 Summer Immersion Program for US Educators
Valparaiso University (VU) is pleased to announce that it has received a grant from the US Department of Education to host a China-based Summer Immersion Program for US Educators (2007 Educator SIP). The 2007 Educator SIP is designed to help current and future US educators (current K-12 teachers, administrators, and college students majoring in education) to integrate or expand Chinese language or Chinese studies in K-12 curriculum; to deepen understanding of the Chinese culture through immersion; and to explore ways to improve instructional effectiveness in the field of Chinese language and Chinese Studies in K-12 schools. The four week program will take place June 25 to July 23, 2007.
The 2007 Educator SIP will be based in Hangzhou, China and will include visits to places such as Beijing, Yellow Mountain, and a number of schools near Hangzhou. The local host is Zhejiang University of Technology, an exchange partner with VU since 1988.
VU is now accepting applications for the 2007 Educator SIP. The deadline to apply is May 10, 2007 on a first-come, first-served basis. Because the space is limited, anyone interested in the program should contact Ms. Jamie Haney, program coordinator ( Jamie.Haney@valpo.edu , 219-464-5313) immediately for an application packet.
The Program: The 2007 Educator SIP will have three key components. For four days each week, participants will receive language training (beginner's level*) and attend a series of lectures focusing on salient aspects of Chinese culture and society. The other three days are reserved for trips to Beijing, Yellow Mountain, and four local schools, (one in Shanghai, one in Hangzhou, one in Ninbo, and one in Xinchang county). Between the classes, lectures, and trips, there will be a workshop (designed to identify effective instructional pedagogy and materials suitable for K-12 schools in teaching Chinese language and culture). The 2007 Educator SIP places emphasis on participant involvement, interactions, and individual needs.
Who can apply? The 2007 Educator SIP is open to anyone who is:
- Administrator who is interested in introducing or expanding Chinese language and culture to K-12 school curricula.
- College student (must be junior, senior or graduate student by fall 2007) who either majors in Education or in Chinese Studies but plans to teach Chinese or China area studies after graduation.
- Only US citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply.
- Participants with have at least two years of college-level Chinese or from heritage families may take advanced Chinese classes offered in VU's Summer Language Immersion Program offered in Hangzhou during the same time.*
Cost and Accommodations:
- Airfare: The 2007 Educator SIP offers up to $1,100 per participant for travel to and from China (provided the participant uses a US air carrier).
- Program fee: The program fee is $800 per participant (Note: this is one-third of the actual cost of the Program as the rest of the costs are covered by the grant from Department of Education). The fee covers housing and meals in China, Chinese entry visa, and other program expenses such as group trips, program-sponsored activities, access to office facilities, instructional materials, etc.
- Participants are responsible for health insurance, personal and accidental expenses, and US passport-related expenses. All participants must demonstrate valid health insurance coverage before they can start the program.
- Participants wanting to enroll in the advanced Chinese language classes at VU's Summer Language Immersion Program beyond the four weeks period may pay additional fees (see notes below).
- Participants will stay in two-star hotel rooms (double-room capacity) located near a major university in Hangzhou, China unless traveling. Meals are based on three meals a day at an estimate $10 per day per person.
Orientation:
The 2007 Educator SIP plans to host a pre-departure orientation at VU in early or mid-May for all accepted participants. Details of the orientation will be announced later as well as details to make travel arrangements.
Enrollment:
The enrollment of the 2007 Educator SIP is limited to 20. The enrollment may close early if the program is full before the deadline (May 10, 2007).
How to apply ? Anyone who is interested in the Program should:
? Questions about the program can be directed to Ms. Jamie Haney or Professor Zhimin Lin, Director of VU's Master of Arts in Chinese Studies Program and program director for the 2007 Educator SIP, at Zhimin.Lin@valpo.edu or 219-464-5749.
? For more information about Valparaiso University, please visit www.valpo.edu . Information about VU's undergraduate and graduate programs in Chinese studies can be found at www.valpo.edu/cjsp .
* VU's 2007 Summer Chinese Language Immersion Program has two phases. Phase one (May 28-June 22) is for students who have taken two years of Chinese at college; phase two (June 25-August 10) is for students who have take three years of Chinese or equivalent. Contact Jamie Haney for more information.
(VI) Conferences and Workshops
The Greater Philadelphia Asian Studies Colloquium
2nd ANNUAL ASIAN STUDIES
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Time: APRIL 14, 2007, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Place: PFAHLER HALL, Ursinus college
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
REGISTRATION 8:30 – 9:00
Location: Pfahler Hall foyer
Coffee, tea, and continental breakfast available
Panel 1: Identity through culture, Part 1
Time: 9:00 – 10:30
Location: Pfahler Hall 207 Chair: Steven Hood (Ursinus)
Papers: Christina Spiker (Ursinus), “Negotiating Identities: Two Contemporary Japanese Artists—Aida Makoto & Murakami Takashi”
Hans Hsu (Swarthmore), “Taiwanese National Identity: Revisiting Hou Hsiao-hsien, Lee Ang, and Edward Yang”
Cheryl Nunes (Swarthmore), “The Transition from Orality to Literacy in Samoa”
Tiana Pyer-Pereira (Swarthmore), “Telling Tales: Memory, Culture, and the Hudhud Chants”
PANEL 2: Political histories, part 1
Time: 9:00 – 10:30
Location: Pfahler Hall 209 Chair: Lillian Li (Swarthmore)
Papers: Hans Herzl-Betz (Haverford), “Origins of Dyarchy in 12th-Century Japan”
Armen Bakalian (Ursinus), “U.S. Relations with Japan, 1830 – 1865”
Lauren Stokes (Swarthmore), “'Any German Could Rampage About The Settlement': Extraterritoriality Disputes during WWI”
Glenavin White (Swarthmore), “The North China Herald and the Battle of Shanghai: Perspectives of the International Community”
Panel 3: social perspectives
Time: 9:00 – 10:30
Location: Pfahler Hall 210 Chair: Nguyen Thi Dieu (Temple)
Papers: Nina Catherine Roach (Bryn Mawr), “Modernization and Urbanization of Ethnic Minorities in the PRC: Government Policy of the Chinese-Muslim Hui People and Tibetan-Buddhists”
Angelina An-Li Seah (Swarthmore College), “Her Story: Gender and Same-Sex Relations in Contemporary Japan”
Amanda Leonard (University of Delaware), “Power Allocation of the Genders in Contemporary Japan”
Susly Ung (Temple University), “Memories of Autogenocide: The Khmer Rouge as Remembered by Parents and Children”
Mary Seng (Temple University), “Living in the United States: A Right or Privilege? Cambodian American Deportation”
Break & refreshments
Panel 4: identity through culture, part 2
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Location: Pfahler Hall 207 Chair: Masako Hamada (Villanova)
Papers: Katherine Zhu (Bryn Mawr), ““Criticizing the Critic: The Cursive Script Calligraphy of Dong Qichang and Wang Xizhi”
Jacquelyn Giordano (Villanova University), “Japanese Culture (Past & Present) in Animation World: The Adventures of Happa and A Legendary Samurai”
Tori Martello (Swarthmore), “Murakami's Redefining of Anime and Manga in Contemporary Art”
Michael Pecora (Villanova University), “Anime as a Window to Japanese Culture”
Angela Seah (Bryn Mawr), “Endo Shusaku's Silence : A Private Religious Faith that Dissolves Man-Made Dichotomies”
Panel 5: political histories, part 2
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Location: Pfahler Hall 209 Chair: Matthew Mizenko (Ursinus)
Papers: Barnabas Seyler (University of Delaware), “Trends in Sino-American Horticultural Perspectives”
Le Minh Khanh (Temple University), “A War Re-fought on Different Soil:
Agent Orange Vietnamese Lawsuit”
Melissa Catan (University of Delaware), “Thailand and the ASEAN Plus Three Organization”
Michelle Marchesano (Drexel University), “Catalysts to Crisis and Mechanisms to Peace: U.S.-North Korean Relations”
Panel 6: religious perspectives
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Location: Pfahler Hall 210 Chair: Hugh Clark (Ursinus)
Papers: Timothy Bruno (West Chester University), “Artful Dying: A Relationship Between The Tibetan Book of the Dead and the Hospice Care Movement”
Peter Park (University of Delaware), “Translating the Dao De Jing: A Doorway to All Mystery”
Timothy Smith (Ursinus), “The Ascent to Divinity: The Development of Deification in Chinese Cultic Traditions and Its Cultural Impact”
Brian Jones (West Chester University), “The Principle of Opposites: Humanity's Connection to the Absolute”
Lunch (12:30 – 1:30): wismer hall
Keynote Address:
PROF. DAVID HOWELL (PRINCETON):
“The Social Life of Firearms in Tokugawa Japan."
1:30 – 2:30, Wismer lounge
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Call for Papers 2007 (DEADLINE: May 1, 2007)
Thirty-sixth Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference
October 26-28, 2007. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
The 2007 MAR/AAS Annual Conference will be held at the University of Maryland from October 26-28, 2007. The Conference slogan will be “Asia Rising: Departures, Destinations, Dreams.” This slogan is intended to be heuristic, and the organizers hope to elicit paper and panel proposals that interpret the theme creatively. All submissions will be considered.
To propose a panel or an individual paper, please send a completed proposal form along with a one-page abstract for each proposed paper by May 1, 2007 to James Orr, MAR/AAS 2007 Program Chair as indicated below. Inquiries welcome. Proposals may be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail (as an attachment). Acceptance notices will be sent to you by June 1, 2007. Further details will be available on the conference website:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/maraas/meetings.htm.
In order to submit a proposal for the 2007 meeting, you should be a 2007 MAR/AAS member or submit a membership application to Executive Secretary, Dr. Diane Freedman, MAR/AAS, Department of Social Science W2-40, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19130. Annual membership is $10.00. To obtain MAR/AAS membership information, go to (www.maraas.org) or contact Dr. Diane Freedman (215-751-8547, dfreedman @ ccp.edu, omit spaces)
The deadline for conference pre-registration for presenters will be June 20. Pre-registration by this date is necessary if you wish your name to appear in the program. The fees for pre-registration will be ($50.00 for current members, $60 for non-members, $30 for current member students, and $35 for non-member students). When non-members pay the pre-registration fee ($60), the membership fee for 2007-2008 will be complimentary. Information regarding where to submit registrations, travel and lodging, and conference events will be available at the MAR/AAS website: http://www.maraas.org.
We welcome participation from faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, independent scholars, and professionals, and especially encourage panels with innovative combinations of individuals and fields. Limited funds to support travel to the meeting by South/South East Asian specialists only will be available for the 2007 meeting.
Prof. James Orr, MAR/AAS 2007 Program Chair
Department of East Asian Studies
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837 USA
E-Mail: marass07 @ bucknell.edu (omit spaces)
Telephone: (570) 577-3388
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS
“Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual”
WHEN: September 29th to October 2nd 2008
WHERE: Heidelberg University in Germany
~The Collaborative Research Center “Ritual Dynamics” was set up in 2002 as an interdisciplinary centre to research the dynamics of ritual. It is the world's largest research centre dedicated solely to investigating these issues, with over 90 scientists and researchers working in nineteen sub-projects. Our focus is on the reinvention of rituals, transfer and change - which we see as the rule not the exception. Through questions such as: "Who invents rituals and why?" "When and why do rituals die?" "How variable are rituals and how do new media affect old rituals?" new avenues have been opened up, such as research into inter-cultural ritual transfer, ritual agency, and the connections between rituals and new media.
It is now time to develop collaborative models to research rituals at an international level. We thus invite scholars worldwide to come, discuss, and expand our results, and to explore new approaches such as ritual economics, ritual design, and scientific rituals.
Conference structure
To give focus to the enormous potential of this field, the conference will be structured around themed panels. At present eleven panels are planned, but we are very open to proposals for additional panels. The diversity of topics will inevitably reflect the diversity of backgrounds of the participants - from Anthropology to Musicology, Assyriology to Mediaeval Studies, Medical Psychology to Indology - to name a few.
For more information or to submit proposals please see: www.rituals-2008.com.
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* HARVARD WORKSHOP ON NATIONAL LANGUAGE AND COLONIAL MODERNITY IN JAPAN AND KOREA
Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute and the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
9:00-5:30 pm
Friday, April 27, 2007
Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St., Harvard University
Workshop Schedule
8:30-9:00 COFFEE
9:00-9:15 OPENING REMARKS
David McCann, Director, Korea Institute and Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature,
Harvard University
9:15-11:45 PANEL 1: CONTESTED LINGUISTIC SPHERES: COLONIAL AND MINORITY VOICES IN
NATIONAL LANGUAGE DISCOURSE
Discussant: James Dorsey, Associate Professor of Japanese, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern
Languages and Literatures, Dartmouth College
* John Whitman, Professor and Chair, Department of Linguistics, Cornell University
"Grammar and Control: Glossing Systems as Regimens of Interpretation and Authority"
* Seth Jacobowitz, Postdoctoral Fellow, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
and Assistant Professor, Humanities Department, San Francisco State University
"Visible Speech and Izawa Shûji's Theory of National Language and Script"
* Sonia Ryang, Associate Professor of Anthropology & International Studies, C. Maxwell & Elizabeth M.
Stanley Family and The Korea Foundation Scholar of Korean Studies, Department of Anthropology,
University of Iowa
"The Tongue that Divides Life and Death: ichien gojissen"
* Yasuda Toshiaki, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Language and Society, Hitotsubashi University
"Investigating the Construction of 'National Language'"
12:00-1:00 LUNCH
1:00-3:30 PANEL 2: CATEGORIES OF LANGUAGE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF COLONIAL MODERNITY
IN 1930S KOREA
Discussant: Dennis Washburn, Chair and Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature, Department
of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures, Dartmouth College
* Ross King, Associate Professor of Korean, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia
"Another 'Language that Failed': The Abortive Attempt at Creating 'Soviet' Korean in the Russian
Far East, 1922-1937"
* Chris Hanscom, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University and and
Assistant Professor of Korean Literature, Department of Asian and Middles Eastern Languages and
Literatures, Dartmouth College
"Embodiments of Speech: Effecting the Real in 1930s Modernist Theories of Literary Language"
* Lee Kyoung-hoon, Associate Professor of Korean Literature, Department of Korean Language
and Literature, Yonsei University
"'Oppa' as the Grammar of the Korean Modern Nation"
* Micah Auerback, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Religion, Princeton University
"Kanazawa Shozaburo (1872-1967) and the Linguistic Foundations of the Theory of Common
Origins of the Japanese and Koreans"
3:30-3:45 COFFEE
3:45-5:30 ROUNDTABLE: NATIONAL LANGUAGE AND COLONIAL MODERNITY IN JAPAN AND KOREA:
UNIVERSALS AND PARTICULARS
Moderators: Ross King and Dennis Washbum
Organized by Chris Hanscom (hanscom@fas.harvard.edu) and Seth Jacobowitz (sdjacob@fas.harvard.edu).
Korea Institute
Harvard University
CGIS South Building, Room S228
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 496-2141
Fax: (617) 496-1144
E-mail: korea2@fas.harvard.edu
KI Internet Home Page: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea
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
