Tuesday, September 25
Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Viewing—an ancient East Asian tradition. Please join us to enjoy East Asian music, poetry, moon viewing, and small moon snacks on the evening of the full moon nearest the autumn equinox.
Time: 7 pm
Location: Dole Institute front lawn (lobby, if it rains), KU Lawrence west campus
Thursday, September 27
Tea & Talk: Elizabeth Schultz, “Changing in Beijing.” Prof. Emerita Schultz will discuss her experience as a 2007 Fulbright fellow in Beijing.
Time: 4 pm
Location: Centennial Room, Kansas Union, KU Lawrence campus
Concert: David Wheeler and Yoko Hiraoka, “Asian Soundscapes: Silk and Bamboo in Japanese Music.” Sponsored by the KU Department of Music & Dance, Greater Kansas City Japan Festival, Center for East Asian Studies, KU Department of History, and the KU Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures.
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Swarthout Hall, KU Lawrence campus
Friday, October 5
East Asian Graduate Student Research Forum: Sooa Im, “Beyond the Outlandish Charm: Manpukuji’s Eighteen-Arhat Sculptures.” Art History graduate student Sooa Im will speak about her current research. Attendees are invited to bring a sack lunch.
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: 3002 Wescoe, KU Lawrence campus
Tuesday, October 16
Pre-performance lecture: “A Brief Overview of the Chinese Writing System.” Learn about the history and traditions of this beautiful script, which inspired Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s “Wild Cursive.”
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Seymour Gallery, 2nd Floor, Lied Center, KU Lawrence west campus
Performance: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: “Wild Cursive”
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Lied Center, KU Lawrence west campus
Thursday, October 18
Tea & Talk: Hong Zhang. An adjunct professor in the Art Department, Hong Zhang will discuss her experience as an invited artist in the Third Chengdu Biennial sponsored by the Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum.
Time: 4 pm
Location: Kansas Room, Kansas Union, KU Lawrence campus
Friday, October 19
Japanese Maintenance Lecture: Masami Sugimori (Lecturer, KU English Dept), “Language, Literature, and Teaching: A Comparison of Classroom Dynamics in American and Japanese Universities” (in Japanese). Part of the Lecture Series in Japanese as part of the Advanced Language Maintenance Program.
Time: 12:30-1:30
Location: Alcove G (Level 3), Kansas Union, KU Lawrence campus
Thursday, October 25
Tea & Talk: Maki Kaneko. Dr. Kaneko, a new Assistant Professor in Art History, will discuss her recent research on twentieth-century Japanese art.
Time: 4 pm
Location: Malott Room, Kansas Union, KU Lawrence campus
Friday, October 26
East Asian Graduate Research Forum: Mari LaCure (Fine Arts), "Gathered and Waiting: Cross-Cultural Experiences in Japan." Attendees are invited to bring a sack lunch.
Time: 12 noon
Location: 3002 Wescoe, KU Lawrence campus
Thursday, November 8
Tea & Talk: Marsha Haufler, “5 Days and 4 Nights in the DPRK.” Professor Haufler (Art History) will share her experiences and photos of her recent trip to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea).
Time: 4 pm
Location: English Room, Kansas Union, KU Lawrence campus
Thursday, November 15
Tea & Talk: Kyoim Yun, “Crafting 'Authentic' Shamanic Rituals During the 2002 World Cup.” Dr. Yun is a new Assistant Professor in the East Asian Languages and Cultures Department.
Time: 4 pm
Location: Malott Room, Kansas Union, KU Lawrence campus
Friday, November 16
Tea & Talk: Wang Hui, “The Debate for China's Future: Some Reflections on the Intellectual Politics in Contemporary China ”
Prof. Wang, a Visiting Professor at New York University, is widely regarded as a central figure in China's "New Left" group of writers and academics.
Time: 4 pm
Location: Pine Room, Kansas Union, KU Lawrence campus
Monday, November 19
Tea & Talk: Wang Ning, “Global/Local Orientations in Current Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies ”
Dr. Wang is Professor, English and Comparative Literature, and Director, Center for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Hall Center for the Humanities Conference Room
Co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, the KU Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures, and the KU Hall Center for the Humanities.
Thursday, November 29
Tea & Talk: Lu Yang. Dr. Lu, a new KU Assistant Professor in History, will discuss his recent research on Song dynasty history.
Time: 4 pm
Location: Malott Room, Kansas Union, KU Lawrence campus
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