Friday, September 1
CEAS Welcome Back Potluck
Time: 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm
Place: Union Pacific Depot (402 North Second Street)
Bring a favorite dish to share; CEAS provides wine, beer, soft drinks, tableware.
Come meet old friends, make new acquaintances, and learn the identity of the
recipient of the East Asian Studies Faculty Service Award for 2006!
Wednesday, September 6
Ujamaa Brown Bag presentation for the Center for African Studies "Decommissioning Rebel Armies in Africa"
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Place: Alcove G, Kansas Union
Contact: Khalid El-Hassan, Kansas African Studies Center
Phone: (785) 864-1064
Wednesday, September 6
Panel discussion: "Rocket Science: North Korea, the Bomb, and what we can do about it."
Speakers: Takao Shibata, former Consul General of Japan, University of Kansas
Chancellor's Lecturer; David Lambertson, former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand,
Co-Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research, KU;
Dr. Janet Breslin-Smith, Professor, Department of National Security Strategy,
National War College, Washington D.C.
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Dole Institute for Public Policy
Thursday, September 7
Tea & Talk with Karen Wigen, Associate Professor of Japanese History, Standford University,
"Birth of a Region: Imagining Shinano in the Provincial Press, 1875-1925"
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Place: International Room, Kansas Union
Friday, September 8
“The View from Edo: How Urban Cartographers Shaped the Alpine Imaginary of Early Modern Japan,”
Karen Wigen, History Stanford University
Hall Center Seminar: Nature and Culture, co-sponsored by the Hall Center
and CEAS
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Place: Hall Center Seminar Room
Friday, September 8
Visiting Artist Student Lectures: Gajin Fujita
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am / 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Place: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles artist Gajin Fujita presents a one-hour slide lecture
for high-school and college student groups. Educators interested in bringing classes to hear Fujita should contact Kristy Peterson at kristy@kemperart.org or 816-457-6134. Space is limited. Funding to cover bus transportation to and from the lecture may be available. The subject of some of Fujita’s paintings is intended for an adult audience.
Friday, September 8
Colloquium & Pizza with Dr. Masakazu Shirasawa, professor at Osaka City University where he served as Dean for 2 years, – “The Development of Case Management in Japan: The Introduction of the Strengths Model”.
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Place: Malott Room, Kansas Union
Dr. Shirasawa is a prominent scholar and social work leader in Japan. He is responsible for introducing case management into Japanese social work and has written about strengths-based approaches. Dr. Shirasawa is one of the policy makers of the Long-Term case insurance system in Japan and is consulting to Korea on the development of a similar system. Please email ceas@ku.edu by noon of September 7th if you plan to attend.
Sunday, September 10
KC Japan Club Picnic: Lunch is potluck, so bring one side dish or dessert.
Time: 11 am – 4 pm
Place: Longview Lake Shelter #12 (http://www.jacksongov.org/rec_lb_ll.shtml)
*Come and learn more about the Freeman-ASIA scholarship that provide need-based funding for study abroad programs in the East and Southeast Asia.
Thursday, September 14
Tea & Talk with Greg Simpson, Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Department Chair,
"Korean: The Crown Jewel of Alphabets"
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Place: Ecumenical Christian Ministries (ECM), 1204 Oread
Thursday, September 14
“China in Africa: Has a New Cold War Returned to the Continent?” by Doug Lathrop, Command and General Staff College of Fort Leavenworth
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Place: Bailey Hall, Room 109
Friday, September 15
Advanced Language Maintenance Lecture in Japanese with Takao Shibata, former Consul General
of Japan and KU Chancellor's Lecturer: "Images of America in Post War Japan: through the eyes of
a Japanese boy"
Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: Courtside Room, Burge Union
Monday, September 18
Lecture by Takao Shibata, former Consul General of Japan and University of Kansas Chancellor's Lecturer:
"Japan-China Relations In the 21st Century: Reconceptualizing World War II on the Eve of China's Economic Expansion"
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Place: Malott Room, Kansas Union
Wednesday, September 20
The Office of Study Abroad: Study abroad opportunities in Hong Kong
Time: 12 pm
Place: English Room in the Kansas Union
*Come and learn more about the Freeman-ASIA scholarship that provide need-based funding for study abroad programs in the East and Southeast Asia.
Wednesday, September 20
The Office of Study Abroad: Study abroad opportunities in South Korea
Time: 4 pm
Place: Room 4040 in Wescoe Hall
*Come and learn more about the Freeman-ASIA scholarship that provide need-based funding for study abroad programs in the East and Southeast Asia.
Thursday, September 21
Lecture, POLS 672: International Political Economy "Japan's role in and response to the East Asian Financial Crises of 1997-98 and the changing role of the IMF in global finance governance"
Time: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Place: Blake Hall, Room 109
Contact: Kate Weaver, Political Science
Phone: (785) 864-9017
Email: cweaver@ku.edu
Thursday, September 21
Murphy Lecture: Dr. Alfreda Murck, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, "Mangoes as Sacred Relics: Creation
of a Symbol in the Cult of Mao"
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium
**Followed by a mango ice-cream social in the Central Court,
Spencer Museum of Art
Tuesday, September 26
“What is Globalization? Interdisciplinary Answers,” with Omofolabo Ajayi, Women's Studies, Theatre and Film; Bryon Caminero Santangelo, English; Eric Hanley, Sociology; Sarlyn Reeece Hardy, Spencer Museum; Tony Rosenthal, History; and Fiona Yap, Political Science.
Time: 3:30-5:00 pm
Place: Malott Room, Kansas Union
Thursday, September 28
Lecture, ANTH 390: The Peoples of Africa: "The Experiences of A Japanese Diplomat in Africa"
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Place: Fraser Hall, Room 124
Contact: John Janzen
Phone: (785) 864-2642
Email:jjanzen@ku.edu
Thursday, September 28
Takao Shibata, former Consul General of Japan, University of Kansas Chancellor's Lecturer, will be giving a lecture in John Janzen’s course ANTH 390: The Peoples of Africa. The lecture is titled: “The Experiences of a Japanese Diplomat in Africa”
Time: 1:00 – 2:15 pm
Place: Room 124, Fraser Hall
Tuesday, October 3
Lecture, COMS 560: Seminar in East Asian Communication "Cultural Influences on Communication During the Negotiation Process"
Lecturer by Takao Shibata
Time: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Place: Bailey Hall, Room 105
Contact: Yan Bing Zhang, Communication Studies
Phone:(785) 864-9678
Email: ybzhang@ku.edu
Thursday, October 5
Lecture, ECON 550: Environmental Economics: "Kyoto Protocal"
Lecturer by Takao Shibata
Time: 8:00 am - 9:15 am
Place: 403 Summerfield Hall
Contact: Dietrich Earnhart, Economics
Phone: (785) 864 - 2866
Email: earnhart@ku.edu
Saturday, October 7-8
Greater Kansas City Japan Festival
Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday: Noon till 6 pm
Place: Carlsen Centerl, Johnson County Community College
Saturday, October 7
Greater Kansas City Japan Festival "US-Japan Relations in Asia" at the Japan Festival
Time: 1:20 - 2:10 pm
Place: Carlsen Center, Room 211
Johnson County Community College
Monday, October 9
Lecture/demonstration: "Bamboo Ubiquity: A Universal Material's Role in Japanese History, From Music to the Mundane"
David Wheeler, Professional Shakuhachi Player
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Mallot Room, Kansas Union
**Refreshments will be served
Monday, October 9
Public Lecture: American Foreign Policy Challenges in China and Eurasia
Mr. Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation and Commissioner on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Time:
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Place:
Pine Room, Kansas Union
Tuesday, October 10
Concert: "Songs of Japan"
Yukiko Iwasaki, Professor, Kunitachi Music College and professional opera singer from Hiratsuka, Japan
Co-Sponsor: Lawrence Sister Cities Advisory Board
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Swarthout Auditorium, Murphy Hall
Wednesday, October 11
Lecture, POLS 973: International Political Economy (Doctoral Seminar)
Lecturer by Takao Shibata
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Place: Blake Hall, Room 204
Contact: Kate Weaver, Political Science
Phone: (785) 864 - 9017
Email: cweaver@ku.edu
Thursday, October 19
Lecture: "Bamboo: applications in Furniture and
Sculpture."
Thomas Huang, Assistant Professor, Art and Design
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Place: Pine Room, Kansas Union
**Refreshments will be served
Tuesday, October 24
Lecture: "Drink Tea and Live Longer?"
Lester Mitscher, Distinguished Professor, Medicinal Chemistry
Time: 7:30 pm- 9:30 pm
Place: Malott Room, Kansas Union
**Refreshmens will be served
Monday, October 30
Lecture: "Tibetan Buddhist views on Death & Dying"
Ven. Champa Tenzin Lhunpo
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Place: Alcove C, Kansas Union
Wednesday, November 8
Lecture China: The Divide Between the Haves and Have Nots
John Kennedy, Professor of Political Science at KU
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Place: ECM Church
Thursday, November 9
Demonstration: The Japanese Tradition of Tea
Dale Slusser, Urasenke Instructor
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Place: Malott Room, KU Union
The Japanese Tradition of Tea
The Japanese Tradition of Tea, or tea ceremony, has been practiced in Japan for over 400 years, and has had a major impact on artistic production, connoisseurship, etiquette, food and design. This presentation will include a demonstration of the Urasenke tradition of how to make and drink tea as well as an explanation of the history of tea in Japan, the ideals sought during a gathering, and current tea practice both in Japan and beyond. Questions from the audience will be encouraged.
Date: Thursday, Nov. 30
"Human Rights and the Environment in Burma" by Lecturer Edith Mirante
Time: 4:30-6:00 pm
Place: Walnut Room, Kansas Union
Edith Mirante is the founder/director of Project Maje, an independent project which has distributed information about Burma since 1986. She is the author of ³Burmese Looking Glass: A Human Rights Adventure² (Grove/Atlantic Monthly Press) and ³Down the Rat Hole²(Orchid Press, 2005) and nuerous aicles and book chapters about Burma. Ms. Mirante is one of the few outsiders to have penetrated deep into Burma¹s mountainous war zones, and
she has been actively involved in collecting information on Burma¹s environmental and human rights conditions since the early 1980s. She specializes in the
conditions on Burma¹s northern and western frontiers, and has had extensive
contacts with Kachin, Chin, Rakhine and Rohingya ethnic groups from those remote
areas.
Ms. Mirante has been a speaker at national conferences of Amnesty
International USA and Rainforest Action Network. She has lectured at United
Nations events, and for numerous environmental, human rights and women¹s
groups. She has testified on Burma before the US Congress, European Trade Commission, and the International Labor Organization.
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