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Past Events Spring 07

Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007
Place: Spencer Museum of Art
Exhibit opening: Spencer Museum of Art, Asia Gallery
“Meiji: Japan's Transition into a Global Society ”


Wednesday, Jan 24, 2007
Time: 3:00-4:20 pm
Place: 216 Robinson Gymnasium
AIKIDO IN JAPANESE CLASS taught by Aikido Master Andrew Tsubaki


Thursday, Jan 25, 2007
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Place: Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
:: Refreshments will be served::
"The Japanese SENCHA Tea Ceremony: Its Aesthetics and Influences on Japanese Culture"
A lecture by Pat Graham, art historian


Friday, Jan 26, 2007
Deadline for CEAS Course Development and Research Travel Proposals
Monday, Jan 29, 2007
Time: 4:15 pm
Place: Wescoe 4010
"Measuring Silences in Popular Asian American Literature"
Professor Youngsuk Choe (Pennsylvania State University)
Sponsor: East Asian Languages and Cultures


Wednesday, Jan 31, 2007
Time: 2:30-3:30 pm
Place: Governor's Room, (Level 5), Kansas Union
Saki, Toguchi,
"Introducing Okinawa's Spiritual Culture: Practice of Ancestor Worship and Indigenous Belief System" in Japanese Advanced Language Maintenance Program


Wednesday, Jan 31, 2007
Time: 3:00-4:20 pm
Place: 216 Robinson Gymnasium
AIKIDO IN JAPANESE CLASS taught by Aikido Master Andrew Tsubaki
Registration required. Contact Ivonholt@ku.edu


Thursday, Feb 1, 2007
Time: 12:15 pm
Place: Spencer Musum of Art
Professors Pok-Chi Lau and Ma Tveit
Made in China: Observations and Understanding
Sponsor: Spencer Museum of Art

Time: 7:00 pm
Place: 3139 Wescoe
:: Visualizing Globalization Through Film ::
Dil Chahta Hai. Commentary by Deb Kumar Bannerjee (Theatre and Film)
This film series is co-sponsored by Center for East Asian Studies, Kansas Consortium for Teaching About Asia, Theatre and Film, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Public Policy and Research. and the Centers for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, African Studies. European Studies. and Latin American Studies.


Friday, Feb 2, 2007
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: Pine Room, Kansas Union
Michael Farmer (Brigham Young University)
"The Search for Cultural Legitimacy in Medieval Sichuan"
Sponsor: History Department


Feb 5-10. 2007

Asia Week

Monday, Feb 5, 2007
Time: 11:00-3:00
Place: 4th floor lobby, Kansas Union
Origami and Language Table

Tuesday, Feb 6, 2007
Time: 7:00-10:00 pm
Place: ECM building
Dance Dance Revolution Night

Tuesday, Feb 6, 2007
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: 165 Reigner, Edwards Campus
Japanese Noh Presentation
Dr. Andrew Tsubaki, professor emeritus, theatere and film

Wednesday, Feb 7, 2007
Time: 11:00-2:00
Place: Wescoe Beach
Lion Dance

Thursday, Feb 8, 2007
Time: 7:30-11:00 pm
Place: Hawks Nest, Kansas Union
Karaoke Night

Friday, Feb 9, 2007
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: ECM-upstairs
Taste of Asia Dinner Buffet-$5.00 each

Saturday, Feb 10, 2007
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Ballroom, Kansas Union
Taste of Asia Show
Co-Sponsors:Asian American Student Union, HK Chinese Folk Dance, Japanese Student Association, Multicultural Resource Center, Office Multicultural Affairs, Vietnamese Student Association


Monday, Feb 5, 2007
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: Pine Room, Kansas Union
Lu Yang, Harvard University
"The Making of Literocracy and the Perception of Success in Late Medieval China"
Sponsor: History Department

Time: 4:15 pm
Ms. Kyoim Yun (Indiana University) "The Price of Spiritual Healing: Negotiating the Value of Mourning Speech in Shamanic Practice"
Place: Wescoe 4010
Sponsor: East Asian Languages and Cultures

Time: 7:00 pm
Place: 3140 Wesco
VISUALIZING GLOBALIZATION THROUGH FILM
1-800-India. Special Introduction by Provost Richard Lariviere
Commentary by Professor Sanjay Mishra (Business School)


Wednesday, Feb 7, 2007
Time: 3:00-4:20 pm
Place: 216 Robinson Gymnasium
AIKIDO IN JAPANESE CLASS taught by Aikido Master Andrew Tsubaki


Thursday, Feb 8, 2007
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Place: Hall Center Conference Room
Takao Shibata, Chancellor's Lecturer, "The Economic Integration of Asia: How Will it Affect American Influence in Asia?"
Co-Sponsors: Center for East Asian Studies, Hall Center for the Humanities, Office of the Chancellor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Center for International Business Education and Research (Refreshments will be served)


Saturday, Feb 10, 2007
Time: 9:00-5:00 pm
Lecture by Mr. Shibata
Place: Edwards Campus, 165 Reigner, Business 715, Managing the Global Economy
Contact: Professor Dennis Karney (dkarney@ku.edu)
Sponsor: Center for International Business, Education and Research


Thursday, Feb 15, 2007
Time: 10:00-11:30 pm
Place: Hall Center Conference Room
Social Welfare Symposium
"Confucian Philosophy and Social Welfare: Ideas and Conroversies"
Dong Jun Yi, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus; Sung Kyung Kwan U. and Director, Taedong Center for Chinese Classics adn the Yulgok Institute of Hallym U., Republic of Korea Responses by Edward R. Canda, Ph.D. and Woochan Shim, Ph.D. of the KU School of Social Welfare with audience discussion
Contact: Ed Canda (edc@ku.edu)
Sponsors: School of Social Welfare and Center for East Asian Studies
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007
Time: 3:00-4:20 pm
Place: 216 Robinson Gymnasium
AIKIDO IN JAPANESE CLASS taught by Aikido Master Andrew Tsubaki


Friday, Feb 23, 2007
Time: 12:00-12:50 pm
Takao Shibata, Chancellor's Lecturer, lecture for HIST 589
Japan from 1945
Contact for permission to attend: Professor Bill Tsutsui (btsutsui@ku.edu)


Monday, Feb 26, 2007
Time: 12:00-12:50 pm
Place: 3139 Wescoe
Takao Shibata, Chancellor's Lecturer, lecture for POLS 150 on the Japanese government
Contact for permission to attend: Professor John Kennedy (kennedy1@ku.edu)


Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007
Time: 3:00-4:20 pm
Place: 216 Robinson Gymnasium
AIKIDO IN JAPANESE CLASS taught by Aikido Master Andrew Tsubaki


Friday, Mar 2, 2007
Time: 12:15-1:15 pm
Place: International Room, (Level 5), Kansas Union
Chrispopher Mayo (EALC), "Secular and Supernational Retribution in the Tale of the Heike," East Asian Studies Graduate Student Research Forum
Contact: Professor Eric Rath (erath@ku.edu)


Saturday, Mar 3, 2007
Time: 10:00-4:10 pm
9th Annual Japanese Language Contest
Lunch 11-12; Silent Auction: 12-3; Awards: 4:10
Place: Indian Creek Technology Center, 4401 W 103rd St. Shawnee Mission, KS
(CEAS covers transportation costs and lunch for participating KU Students)
Contact: Akemi Kubo: akemikudo@smsd.org
Co-sponsors: Center for East Asian Studies; Shawnee Mission Center for International Studies; Consulate General of Japan; Heart of America Japan-America Society; Johnson County Community College


Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2007
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Place: Kansas Room, Kansas Union
:: Refreshments will be served ::
Tea and Talk, Jie Han, Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
“China: the World’s Largest Construction Site”


Thursday, Mar. 8, 2007
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Wescoe 3139
:: Visualizing Globalization through Film ::
FILM: THE CUP Commentary by Champa Lhunpo


Thursday, Mar. 15, 2007
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
:: Visualizing Globalization through Film ::
FILM: MARDI GRAS MADE IN CHINA Commentary by Director David Redmon
Contact: Professor Tamara Falicov tfalicov@ku.edu


Monday, Mar. 26, 2007
Time: 12:30-1:30
Place: Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
:: Refreshments will be served ::
TEA AND TALK, Om Pradhan, former ambassador of Bhutan to the United Nations
“Negotiations between Small and Big Neighbours and the United Nations: The Case of Bhutan-China Boundary Negotiations”

Co-sponsors: Center for East Asian Studies, Office of International Programs, Lawrence Chapter of U.S.A.-U.N.


Thursday, Mar 29, 2007
Time: 4:00-5:30
Place: Walnut Room, Kansas Union
:: Refreshments will be served ::
TEA AND TALK, Professor Ed Canda (Social Welfare, KAS Korea Program Director) and Hwi-Ja Canda, MSW, LSCSW, KAS Korea Project Coordinator, present
“Spiritual Traditions and Contemporary Social Welfare in South Korea: Lessons from the Kansas Asia Scholars Program,”
with introduction by Professor Bill Tsutsui (History, Chair; KAS Director)


Friday, Mar. 30, 2007
Time: 1:30-3:30

Place: Centennial Room, Kansas Union
:: Refreshments will be served ::
International Careers Workshop
Takao Shibata, KU Chancellor’s Lecturer and former diplomat will speak about working for the United Nations and founding an NGO Arthur Chaikin, General Counsel, Shinn Fu Company of America will present “An American Lawyer in a Chinese Company”


Sunday, Apr. 1, 2007
Places: Show and Workshops at Kansas Union | Dinner at Ecumenical Christian Ministries Building
Japan Fesival 2007 at KU
Contact: Japanese Student Association
Sponsor: Japanese Student Association


Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2007
Time: 9:15-11:00
am
Place: All sessions held at Adams Alumni Center
CONFERENCE: "helping Failed States Recover: The Role of Business in Promoting Stability and Development"
Session II. Driving Entrepreneurs and Firms Out of Business and Away
Presentation by: Mitsuhiro Kagami, Ambassador of Japan to Nicaragua

Friday, Apr. 6, 2007
Time: 9:00-11:00 am

Session VI: Case Studies in Doing Business in Post-Conflict Countries
Chair: Takao Shibata, KU Chancellor's Lecturer
Co-sponsors: Center for International Business, Education, and Research, Kansas African Studies Center, Center for East Asian Studies


Friday, Apr. 6, 2007
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm

Place: 3002 Wescoe
Brenton Sullivan (EALC), "The sino-Tibetan Buddhist Studies Institute of Chongqing, China (1932-1950): the Republican Period's Foremost Area Studies Institute"
East Asian Studies Graduate Student Research Forum
Contact: Eric Rath (erath@ku.edu)


Friday, Apr. 13, 2007
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm

Place: 3002 Wescoe
Halle O'Neal, East Asian Studies Graduate Student Research Forum.
Contact: Earic Rath (erath@ku.edu)


Monday, Apr. 23, 2007
Time: 7:30 p.m.

Place: Simons Media Room, Dole Institute
:: Refreshments will be served ::
Lecture: Grant Goodman Distinguished Lecture in Japanese Studies. Harry Harootunian, Historian, New York University.
“The Good Japanese: Disciplining Democracy ”


Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Place: Simons Media Room, Dole Institute
:: Refreshments will be served ::
Anime/manga symposium, Masaki Kaifu, producer, and Patrick Drazen, author
“Anime Explosion! and its cultural acceptance in the American mind-set”
Co-sponsors: Center for East Asian Studies, Japan External Trade Organization (Chicago)


Friday, Apr 27, 2007
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Place: Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
:: Refreshments will be served ::
Lecture, Mingyar Rinpoche, author of The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret of Happiness (Random House Press, 2007)

Co-sponsors: Center for East Asian Studies, Palpung Dharma Study Group


Thursday, May 3, 2007
Time: 4:00-5:30

Place: Big 12 Room, Kansas Union
:: Refreshments will be served ::
TEA AND TALK, Jeehyun Lee and Alicia Jenkins Sensory Analysis Center of the Department of Human Nutrition, College of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University
“A Scientific Analysis of Green Tea Tasting.”