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, November 11, 4:30PM, Huntsman Hall 250 , Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics

Yasheng Huang, Professor of Political Economy and Management, Sloan School of Management, MIT Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics is the title of Dr. Huang's new book, a detailed narrative account of history of economic reforms in China . It is based on detailed archival and quantitative evidence spanning three decades of reforms, this book shows that private entrepreneurship, facilitated by financial liberalization and microeconomic flexibility, played a central role in China 's economic miracle.

Professor Yasheng Huang teaches political economy and international management at Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His previous appointments include faculty positions at the University of Michigan and at Harvard Business School . He was also a consultant to the World Bank.  In collaborations with other scholars, Professor Huang is conducting research on human capital formation in China and India , on entrepreneurship, ethnic and labor-intensive FDI. His research has been profiled in many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Businessworld, Le Monde, Economic Times, as well as in numerous Chinese publications. He has also contributed to Financial Times, New York Times, and Foreign Policy.

CEAS-Lauder Distinguished Lecturer

Co-Sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies, and the Penn-Lauder CIBER

2008 Wharton Asia Business Conference and Career Fair on November 7th and 8th

Interested in business in Asia? Want to hear what professionals from leading companies have to say about current trends and network with some of the top companies in Asia? Come to this year's Wharton Asia Business Conference and Career Fair!

The Wharton Asia Business Conference (WABC) is a conference held annually by the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania.

We strive to provide a comprehensive coverage on current trends in the dynamic economies of Asia, provide a forum for in-depth discussion on key issues pertaining to the sustainability of Asia's tremendous growth, and highlight the excitement associated with new developments in this region.

With growing opportunities and resources in Asia, an increasing number of firms in the region have turned to focus on globalization and global strategies. This year's conference intends to explore past, present and future globalization strategies and practices of many of these firms. Through this discussion we aim to create opportunities for knowledge exchange.

***Conference***
Theme: “Repositioning Asia to take the Global Lead”
Date and Time: November 8, 2008 from 7:30am to 5:30pm
Location: Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue, Broad and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19102

***Career Fair & Companies' Presentations***
Date and Time: November 7, 2008 from 1pm to 5:30pm
Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall - 3730 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Note: this event is FREE for everyone, but ticket holders have the opportunity to summit their resumes to participating companies prior to the conference!

Go to http://www.whartonglobal.com/asia for more details and to register!

EARLY BIRDS and RESUME BOOKS: Register before October 28th to get the special early bird price and to guarantee the inclusion of your resume on the WABC resume books distributed prior to the conference to participating companies and sponsors!

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Tuesday, November 11, 4:30PM, Huntsman Hall 250 , Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics

Yasheng Huang, Professor of Political Economy and Management, Sloan School of Management, MIT Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics is the title of Dr. Huang's new book, a detailed narrative account of history of economic reforms in China . It is based on detailed archival and quantitative evidence spanning three decades of reforms, this book shows that private entrepreneurship, facilitated by financial liberalization and microeconomic flexibility, played a central role in China 's economic miracle.

Professor Yasheng Huang teaches political economy and international management at Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His previous appointments include faculty positions at the University of Michigan and at Harvard Business School . He was also a consultant to the World Bank.  In collaborations with other scholars, Professor Huang is conducting research on human capital formation in China and India , on entrepreneurship, ethnic and labor-intensive FDI. His research has been profiled in many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Businessworld, Le Monde, Economic Times, as well as in numerous Chinese publications. He has also contributed to Financial Times, New York Times, and Foreign Policy.

CEAS-Lauder Distinguished Lecturer

Co-Sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies, and the Penn-Lauder CIBER

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*FREE* movie screening
Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 7pm-9pm, Chem 102 (231 S 34th St)
In conjunction with the Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE), The Vietnamese Student Association will be hosting a free movie screening! Three Vietnamese documentaries, Mother, Father, We Apologize ; Streets and Sidewalks: The (Re)public Space of Vietnam ; and Letters from Dong Van will be shown. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with the directors of the documentaries.

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Wednesday, November 12, 4:00PM, Cohen Hall 402 , Two Court Scenes, with Poems, from the Reign of Tang Xuanzong

Paul Kroll, Institute for Advanced Study

This presentation by Professor Kroll, a leading scholar of medieval Chinese literature, focuses on two incidents of symbolic importance and human interest at the court of Tang Xuanzong (r. 712-56). The first involves an auspicious visitation of a large flock of birds. The second relates to the emperor's famous troupe of dancing horses. Poems in forms other than other than standard shi -style verse are featured.

Humanities Colloquium

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Thursday, November 13, 12:00PM, Cherpack Lounge (523 Williams Hall), The Moral Fool. A Case for Amorality

Ethics and moral language are highly esteemed in our society--but is the distinction between good and evil really a good distinction? With the help of some Eastern (Daoism) and Western philosophical sources some problems that may arise when moral communication is used are explored.

Hans-Georg Moeller, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Brock University

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Thursday, November 13, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231 , South-North Korean Relations and the North Korean Nuclear Question

Manhak Kwon, Visiting Scholar, Center for East Asian Studies and Professor, Kyunghee International College

We will take a look at changes in South-North Korean relations and identify their determinants. Also, we will examine North Korea policies of previous liberal governments and current conservative Lee Myungbak government including their dealings with the North Korean nuclear question.

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series

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Friday, November 14 th , Fisher-Bennett Hall 401, 1:00-4:00PM

Getting to Normal: A Six-Party Talks Simulation

North Korea alarmed the world by testing a nuclear weapon on October 9, 2006, resulting in the imposition of various internationally imposed sanctions. It also stimulated the rekindling of what has become known as the Six-Party Talks between the US, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea and North Korea, that have been held on-and-off since 1994 at the start of the first nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula. The simulation will explore the dynamics of these multilateral talks and their national, regional and global implications.

Pre-briefing: Thursday, November 13, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231, “South-North Korean Relations and the North Korean Nuclear Question,” Manhak Kwon, Visiting Scholar, Center for East Asian Studies and Professor, Kyunghee International College

The Simulations in International Relations Program
The Six Party Talks simulation is first in a series of four simulations that will be conducted during the 2008-2009 academic year on Diplomacy, War-gaming, Hostage Crisis management and Peacekeeping. The simulation is limited to 36 students.
Next Event: “War Gaming” with Dr. Arthur Waldron on Saturday, November 22, 2008

Participation is open to all students. No background knowledge necessary.
Students are, however, encouraged to attend the Nov. 13 pre-briefing.
Participants must pre-register. To do so, please contact, by Tues., Nov. 11,
Dr. Frank Plantan at fplantan@sas.upenn.edu or Dr. James McGann at jmcgann@sas.upenn.edu

Presented by:
The Korean Economic Institute - Washington, DC
The International Relations Program, The Center for East Asian Studies,
The Center for Korean Studies, and
The International Relations Undergraduate Student Association (IRUSA)

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The Chinese Music Society happily invites all to our annual fall concert "Red Thread Story" on November 14 th and 16 th !

Come and enjoy a spectacular array of Chinese music, featuring original arrangements of music from Jay Chou, TWINS, Kimura Yumi, and other popular artists.

Chinese snacks and desserts will be served!

Tickets are on sale $5 on Locust Walk and $7 at the door. 

Event: Red Thread Story

Date: Friday, November 14, 2008

Place: Heyer Sky Lounge (Rooftop), Harrison

Time: 7:00 pm

Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008

Place: Amado Recital Hall (Irvine Auditiorium)

Time: 2:00 pm

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“The Challenges of Legal Aid in Xinjiang”:

A Lecture in the Series “Human Rights in Post-Olympic China ”

Penn Law International Human Rights Advocates and the East Asian Law Review invite you to attend a lecture by Mr. Chen Dong, visiting scholar at Columbia Law School and founder of the Urumqi Legal Aid Center in Xinjiang Province , China . Xinjiang is the home of the ethnic Uighurs, a Muslim minority, and the government claims there is a strong "separatist" movement in the province. Mr. Chen's talk will provide an overview of the legal aid system in China and the challenges of providing pro bono law in Xinjiang.

November 17, 2008 at 12:00

University of Pennsylvania Law School , Silverman Hall Room 240A

Lunch will be served

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*The International Relations Program

The Think Tanks and Civil Society Program

The Foreign Policy Research Institute

The Political Science Department

Present

Think Tanks, Civil Society and Policy Advice In China :
The Promise and Political Limitations

Tuesday, November 18 th , 6:00-7:30PM Annenberg 110 .

The program will feature :

Xufeng Zhu associate professor at Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University , China , and a Harvard Yenching Scholar visiting at Harvard Yenching Institute, Harvard University

James G. McGann assistant director, International Relations Program, University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program

To RSVP or for more information contact : Dr. Frank. Plantan at fplantan@sas.upenn.edu or Dr. James McGann at jmcgann@sas.upenn.edu or call the IR Office at 215-898-0452.

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Tuesday, December 2, 12:00PM, Cherpack Lounge (543 Williams), The Making of Myths: Legends of the Building of Old Peking

Hok-lam Chan, Department of Asian Languages & Literature, University of Washington

This talk is based on a review of my recent book, Legends of the Building of Old Peking , jointly published by the Chinese University Press in Hong Kong and the University of Washington Press in 2008. It examines a series of popular legends surrounding the building and rebuilding of imperial cities in modern Beijing --most commonly known as Peking in Western literature-- that served as the capital of a succession of dynasties. They included the Nazha ? ? or Nezha ? ? City of the “Great Capital” (Dadu) of the Mongol-Yuan dynasty (1272-1368) and the “Northern Capital”(Bei-jing) of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644);. and the Mongolian legend of “siting by bowshot to locate the capital city” and its Chinese adaptations. Within a historical context, these legends feature the miraculous deeds of supernatural beings such as the Tantric Buddhist child deity Nazha (Nezha), Heavenly King Vaisravana, the Daoist Dark God (Zhenwu), and the sea demon Dragon King, all of which are intertwined with the exploits of romanticized historical personages such as Liu Bingzhong, Liu Bowen (i.e. Liu Ji ), Yao Guangxiao, and Shen Wansan. Meticulous research in Chinese and Mongolian historical and folkloric materials reveal in these legends a rich tapestry of religious and cultural traditions surrounding the Chinese and non-Han perceptions of the origins of the capital cities and within these contexts the aspirations for an ideal habitat and cultural environment. The legends and their evolution over several centuries are quite distinct from imperial ideologies and dynastic designs as they are transformed under changing political and cultural circumstances through the skillful recycling of old traditions. They unveil a unique dimension of the historical origins of the building of old Peking as well as the genesis and efflorescence of related popular culture in the modern capital of China .

Humanities Colloquium

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Tuesday, December 2, 6:00PM, Annenberg School 111, Seeing and Believing: The Modernist Vision of Miyazawa Kenji

Dr. Gregory Golley

E. Dale Saunders Memorial Lecture on Buddhism in Japan

*FPRI Roundtable

The U.S. Elections and America's Role in East Asia: Views from the Region


Wednesday November 19, 2008

10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

Place: FPRI Library, 1528 Walnut Street, Suite 610, Phila.

Participation by telephone is also available.


This roundtable discussion will feature these speakers:

Da Wei, Associate Research Professor and Deputy Director of the
Department of American Studies, and Washington representative, China
Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

Keiko IIzuka, Deputy Political Editor and former chief correspondent
covering Japan's prime minister's office and foreign ministry, Yomiyuri
Shimbun and visiting fellow, Brookings Institution

Lin Chong-pin, Professor of International Affairs and Strategic Studies,
Tamkang University and former Deputy Minister of National Defense and
Senior Advisor to the National Security Council of the Republic of China
(Taiwan)

Moderator:

Jacques deLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law, University of
Pennsylvania and Director of the Asia Program, Foreign Policy Research
Institute

RSVP lux@fpri.org

For instructions on how to participate by telephone, contact: lux@fpri.org

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Buddhist Studies Workshop Princeton University 2008-2009

Daniel B. Stevenson , Kansas University “The Tiantai Four Books: Protocols of Buddhist Learning in Late-Song and Yuan Dynasty China.” November 21, 2008 (Friday), 4:30 pm, Room 137, 1879 Hall.

Tuesday, December 9, 4:30 pm, Room 137, 1879 Hall. Parimal Patil , Harvard University. “On Why There Is A History of Buddhist Philosophy in India.”

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The Columbia University Buddhist Studies Seminar cordially invites you to a public lecture on:

"The 'Tiantai Four Books': Protocols of Buddhist Learning in Late Song and Yuan China"

by DANIEL STEVENSON


WHEN:
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
6:00 - 7:30 pm


WHERE:
80 Claremont Ave., Room 101
Department of Religion, Columbia University
New York, NY

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UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese StudiesCo-sponsored with: UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies
UCLA Center for Chinese Studies
UCLA Center for Korean Studies
UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Present:

Recent Developments in the Study of Buddhist Art Conference

Friday, Nov. 21
9 am - 5 pm
Faculty Center
Hacienda Room
No registration required

Saturday, Nov. 22
Seminar space limited
Reservations required
RSVP:
mccallum@humnet.ucla.edu

Participants
Cynthia Bogel (University of Washington)
Robert Brown (UCLA)
Sherry Fowler (University of Kansas)
Phyllis Granoff (Yale University)
Minku Kim (UCLA)
Sunkyung Kim (USC)
Sonya Lee (USC)
Donald F. McCallum (UCLA)
Chari Pradel (CSU Pomona)
Melody Rod-Ari (UCLA)
Akira Shimada (SUNY, New Paltz)
Koichi Shinohara (Yale University)
Yoko Shirai (USC)
Nancy Steinhardt (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Maya Stiller (UCLA)
Yui Suzuki (University of Maryland)

Organized by
Donald F. McCallum
UCLA Art History

*Director, Korean Language Summer Institute 2009 University of Pennsylvania

The College of Liberal and Professional Studies and the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania invite applications for Director of the Korean Language Institute for Summer 2009. The eight-week intensive summer language program for 25 students is offered in partnership with Kyung Hee University at their Suwon campus in South Korea. In its third of a four-year program, the Summer Institute is part of the Critical Languages Scholarship (CLS) Program sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

The director supports and advances the Summer Institute's mandate to provide a specialized program of intensive Korean language study paired with educational and cultural enrichment activities. The director is responsible for curricular and programming decisions and collaborates with partner institutions to confirm program budgets, coordinate logistical arrangements, and provide student support during the program.

Qualifications: Ph.D. in any area of Korean Studies; fluency in Korean language and previous residency in Korea required. Experience in development and implementation of language training program and providing study abroad support to college students preferred. The position requires a full-time commitment in Suwon, South Korea during the program from June 12 – August 10, 2009 as well as availability for pre-program planning and post-program wrap-up.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES (Japanese):  Tenure track position in Japanese, with expertise in Japanese language, modern Japanese literature, and Asian Studies, at the rank of assistant professor.  Effective August 2009.  Ph.D. required.  The successful candidate will offer courses in all levels of Japanese language instruction, from beginning to advanced, and courses for Asian and Environmental Studies including classes on nature and place in modern East Asia.  Whitman College wishes to reinforce its commitment to enhance diversity, broadly defined, recognizing that to provide a diverse learning environment is to prepare students for personal and professional success in an increasingly multicultural and global society.  In their application, candidates should address their interest in working with undergraduates as teachers and scholars in a liberal arts environment that emphasizes close student-faculty interaction; how their cultural, experiential, and/or academic background contributes to diversity; and their interest in participating in the College's general education offerings.  Materials should include a letter of application; curriculum vitae; three letters of reference; undergraduate and graduate transcripts; teaching evaluations or other evidence of demonstrated or potential excellence in undergraduate instruction.  Send materials to: Mary Anne O'Neil, Chair (Japanese Search), Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362.  Deadline: November 3, 2008.  Preliminary interviews will be held at the meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Orlando, Florida, November 20-23, 2008.  No applicant shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, creed, or disability.  Whitman College, located in the scenic Columbia Basin, is a small, selective, liberal arts college dedicated to providing excellent education opportunities for students.  The College has a generous sabbatical leave program and professional development support for both research and teaching.  For additional information about Whitman College and the Walla Walla area, see www.whitman.edu and www.wallawalla.org .

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Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies, Earlham College

Full-time, tenure-track beginning August 2009. Doctorate or ABD required. Responsibilities include full-time teaching load of 3 courses each semester. We are especially interested in adding courses in literature, culture, film/media studies, and other areas that complement our existing offerings. Courses may be comparative in nature, but each course should include at least 50% Japan content in the form of lectures, readings, and assignments. For more information, see www.earlham.edu/jobs . Application review begins December 1, 2008, and will continue until the position has been filled. Earlham eagerly solicits applications from African American and other ethnic minorities, women, and Quakers.

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program

Purpose of Program: The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad
Fellowship Program offers opportunities to faculty of Institutions
of Higher Education (IHEs) to engage in research abroad in modern
foreign languages and area studies.
    Applications Available: October 22, 2008.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 3, 2008.
    Eligible Applicants: IHEs.  As part of the application process,
faculty submit individual applications to the IHE.  The IHE then
officially submits all eligible individual faculty applications
with its grant application to the Department.
    Estimated Range of Fellowship Awards: $25,000-$115,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Fellowship Awards: $70,000.
    Estimated Number of Fellowship Awards: 23.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/102208c.html
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Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA)
Fellowship Program

Purpose of Program: The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities to
doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research
abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies.  The program
is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the
study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United
States.
    Applications Available: September 24, 2008.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 13, 2008.
    Eligible Applicants: IHEs.  As part of the application process,
students submit individual applications to the IHE.  The IHE then
officially submits all eligible individual student applications
with its grant application to the Department.
    Estimated Range of Fellowship Awards: $15,000-$60,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Fellowship Awards: $37,000.
    Estimated Number of Fellowship Awards: 127.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-3/092408b.html

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The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies announces its Walter H. Shorenstein Fellowship for the 2009–2010 academic year. Made possible through the generosity of Walter H. Shorenstein, awards will be made to two junior scholars (recent Ph.D.s must have degree conferral by August 30, 2009) for research and writing on Asia.

The primary focus of the program is contemporary political, economic, or social change in the Asia-Pacific region (including Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia), or topics in international relations and international political economy. Fellows are expected to be in residence for at least three academic quarters, beginning the fall quarter of the 2009 academic year. Fellows take part in center activities throughout the academic year, and are required to present their research findings in center seminars. Fellows also participate in the center's publication program. The fellowship carries a stipend of $42,000, plus $2,500 for research materials.

Applicants should submit: (1) a brief research statement (not to exceed five typed pages), which describes the research and writing to be undertaken during the fellowship period, as well as the proposed publishable product; (2) curriculum vitae; and (3) three letters of recommendation.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ALL MATERIAL IS DECEMBER 19, 2008. Address all materials and queries to Ms. Sabrina Ishimatsu, Walter H. Shorenstein
Asia-Pacific Research Center, Encina Hall E301, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-6055. tel 650-723-2408. fax 650-723-6530. email sishi@stanford.edu .

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Visiting Research Scholar

The International Research Center for Japanese Studies is one of the constituent institutions of the National Institutes for the Humanities, which was established as an Inter-University Research Institute Corporation under a law effective April 2004. Founded in May 1987 as an inter-university research institute of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, this Center seeks to promote comprehensive, international, and interdisciplinary research on Japanese culture, and to foster cooperation among researchers in Japanese studiesworldwide. In order to broaden and deepen research on Japanese culture and bring together researchers in a variety of specialized fields, the Center regularly appoints a number of scholars from around the world as Visiting Research Scholars.

The Center invites applications from scholars who wish to conduct research while in residence here. Visiting Research Scholars are expected to engage in collaborative activity with the Center's permanent faculty by, for example, participating in at least one of our team research projects ("ky&ocircdô kenkyû").

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The Language Flagship represents a major partnership between the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and selected U.S. colleges and universities to develop intensive, advanced level language curricula in a number of languages critical to U.S. national security.  At present, Language Flagship Programs have been established in Arabic, Central Asian Turkic languages, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Persian, and Russian. Each year, NSEP awards a limited number of Flagship Fellowships to American students from a diverse array of fields and disciplines, who demonstrate a strong commitment to language study, who have already achieved an advanced level of proficiency in the language, and who wish to reach professional working proficiency in that language (ILR Level 3 or ACTFL “Superior” level).  Administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE), Flagship Fellowships provide financial support for full- time study of the language for up to two years, depending upon the program.  In return, Flagship Fellows are expected to fulfill a requirement for service in a national security-related position in the U.S. federal government. The 2009 Flagship Fellowships application is available online at www.flagshipfellowships.org .  We ask that you please share this information with eligible students who may be interested in this opportunity. Thank you in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide.  Should you have further questions about the program , please visit our website at http://www.flagshipfellowships.org or contact us at flagship@iie.org .

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Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University

2009-2010

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Japanese Studies

Application Deadline: January 15, 2009

The Reischauer Institute at Harvard University will offer several postdoctoral fellowships in Japanese studies to recent PhDs of exceptional promise to provide an opportunity to turn their dissertation into publishable manuscripts.

For eligibility, full information and application details see:

www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/fellowships/postdoctoral.html

Direct all inquiries to:

Theodore Gilman, Associate Director at tgilman@fas.harvard.edu

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Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Asian Language Study:

The Blakemore Foundation plans to make up to 24 grants for the advanced study of modern Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian languages during the 2009/2010 academic year.

Blakemore Freeman grants are intended for those pursuing professional, academic, or business careers that involve the regular use of an Asian language.  The grants fund a year of advanced language study at an institution in Asia (e.g. the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama, etc.)  Where there is no structured advanced-level language program at an educational institution in the country, the grant may provide for the financing of private tutorials under terms set forth in the application process.

Eligibility
An applicant should:
•    Have a college undergraduate degree
•    Be pursuing an academic, professional or business career that involves the regular use of a modern Asian language
•    Be at or near an advanced level in the language as defined in the Grant Guidelines
•    Be able to devote oneself exclusively to the language study during the term of the grant; grants are not intended for part-time study or research
•    Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States

Selection Criteria
Applicants will be judged on having:
•    A focused, well-defined career objective involving Asia in which use of the language is an important aspect
•    The potential to make a significant contribution to a field of study or area of professional or business activity in an Asian country
•    Prior experience in the country or participation in activities related to the country
•    Good academic, professional or business background, appropriate to the career program

Deadline for Applications: Postmarked by Dec. 30, 2008
Grants Awarded: Late March 2009

For application forms and further information, please see http://www.blakemorefoundation.org

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The Fulbright- Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research
Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral
candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the
study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States.

For more information visit:

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42901

Information on East Asian Study Abroad Opportunities can always be found at http://www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu/study.shtml.

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The Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs is an internationally distributed
publication highlighting the research of undergraduate and graduate
students from universities across North America and East Asia.

Submit your work to a journal that brings research from across the world, to the world.

For more information and submission guidelines, please visit http://sjeaa.stanford.edu .

Read past issues online! - http://sjeaa.stanford.edu .

*Asian Studies Development Program
Fifteenth Annual National Conference
March 5-7, 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS, AND PRESENTATIONS:
Submission Deadline: November 15, 2008

Conference Location: Community College of Philadelphia , 1700 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia.

Hosting Organizations: Community College of Philadelphia , the ASDP Association of Regional Centers (ARC), and the Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP). ASDP is a joint program of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and the East-West Center .

We are also grateful to the South Asia Center and the Center for East Asian Studies   of the University of Pennsylvania for their generous support of this conference.

Featured Speakers : Thursday evening at the Reception held in the Chinese Rotunda and adjoining Egyptian Collection, University of Pennsylvania Museum . Nancy Steinhardt, Professor of East Asian Art, University of Pennsylvania, & Roger Ames, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii: The Meaning of Splendor in China and Egypt:  Views from Art History and Philosophy"

Friday: Victor Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, University of Pennsylvania , “Storytelling with Pictures in the Tang Dynasty”

Saturday: Zia Mian, Princeton University : “Peace and Security Issues in Nuclear South Asia”.

On behalf of the ASDP 2009 Program Selection Committee, the Program Chair welcomes proposals for papers, panels, presentations on specific content and/or teaching topics related to scholarly research and teaching of Asian Studies to undergraduates.

The Registration Fee is $125 plus $20 to attend the Reception and Program at the University Museum Thursday evening March 5, 2009. Adjunct faculty: $75 plus $20.

The Conference Registration and Proposal forms are located on the ASDP website at < http://www.eastwestcenter.org/?id=1268 >.
Please download and fill in these forms and send completed proposals as anattachment in Microsoft Word by E-mail to:
George P. Brown, Department of Political Science, Slippery Rock University, 1 Morrow Way, Slippery Rock, PA  16057, Tel. 724-738-2435 or george.brown@sru.edu

For questions, contact Fay Beauchamp, Community College of Philadelphia , 215-751-8668 or fbeauchamp@ccp.edu .

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 12th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student Conference
Bridges and Borders in East Asia Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA February 27 - March 1, 2009  * * * * * * * * * * * * The Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) Graduate Student Conference invites graduate students from around the world, conducting research in all disciplines, to submit abstracts for our 2009 conference: 

Bridges and Borders in East Asia

The East Asian landscape is dominated by barriers that separate culture from culture and state from state, from the Korean Demilitarized Zone to the Great Wall to the Taiwan Strait. But borders are permeable and mutable, constantly shifting in position and meaning; frontiers connect the same spaces that they partition. The 2009 Harvard East Asian Society Conference Committee welcomes submissions addressing this theme of borders and border-crossings. We are looking for any work that bridges divides - between people, spaces, eras, ideas, cultures or disciplines. Often, the first bridges to be built are the first to be burned. Walls are enduring symbols of stasis; they are nonetheless sites of exchange. We look forward to exploring these paradoxes of social, cultural, physical and intellectual space.

The HEAS Graduate Student Conference is an annual conference which aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students to exchange ideas and discuss current research on East Asia. The conference is an opportunity for young scholars to present their research to both their peers and eminent scholars in East Asian Studies. All panels will be moderated by Harvard University faculty. 
We welcome submissions from graduate students in all disciplines. Papers should be related to this year's theme and to East Asia, Inner Asia, Singapore, or Vietnam. We will consider submissions of individual papers and panel proposals.

Eligibility and Application Guidelines:
1.  Applicants must be currently enrolled in a program of graduate study ("postgraduate" in British degree classification systems)
2.  Papers must be related to the conference theme AND to one or more of the countries of East Asia that share the Chinese cultural tradition, including Japan, Korea, Inner Asia, Singapore and Vietnam
3.  Abstracts must be no longer than 250 words, submitted exactly as directed on the HEAS Conference website 4.  Deadline for abstract submission:  November 30, 2008 (Sunday)
5.  Detailed instructions and more information are available on our website:  http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~heas/conference/

Inquiries:
For general conference inquiries, please contact:  heasconference@gmail.com For abstract submission inquities, please contact:  heas.abstracts@gmail.com

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48th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS)
January 16-18, 2009 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
The 48th annual meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS) will be held at Emory University, Atlanta , from January 16 to 18, 2009 . The program committee is especially interested in panels and papers that engage the topic of "Asia in the World." Proposals for individual papers or panels should be submitted to the Program Chair, David Blaylock ( david.blaylock@eku.edu ), by October 31, 2008 . Full conference and proposal details are available at the SEC/AAS Web site: http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/callpapers.html .
Special note: The SEC/AAS will award three $200 grants to graduate students traveling from beyond the immediate region of the conference location. Indicate graduate student status and desire to be considered for these grants when you submit your paper or panel proposal (see Web site for details). Presenters will be encouraged to submit their papers for potential publication in the Southeast Review of Asian Studies , the annual refereed publication of the SEC/AAS. Information about the journal is available here: http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/seras.html .

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Japan Studies Association Fifteenth Annual Conference
January 8-10, 2009 Hotel Monteleone New Orleans, LA

The Fifteenth Annual Japan Studies Association Conference will be held January 8-10, 2009 at Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, LA. It will begin with a light reception on Thursday evening, January 8th at 5:30 pm and conclude with the conference banquet on Saturday night, January 10th, at 6:00pm. The Japan Studies Association is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the development of better understanding of Japan and Japanese Culture, to providing mutual assistance for the development and expansion of members' undergraduate curricula and local outreach programs, and to establishing a central network and resource center. It works in close cooperation with other Asian-studies organizations such as the Asian Studies Development Program of the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii. Individual and panel proposals are invited.
Printable proposal, registration and room accommodation forms are available at: www.japanstudies.org . They can be returned as attached Word documents by e-mail to Michael Steiner at msteine@nwmissouri.edu . They can also be printed and mailed to the JSA at this address: Michael Steiner Department of History, Humanities, Philosophy, and Political Science Northwest Missouri State University 800 University Drive Maryville, MO 64468 (660)562-1288 The deadline for Conference proposal submissions has been extended to October 17, 2008.
JSA also offers graduate student scholarships for selected students who have proposals accepted for presentation at the annual conference. For details see the JSA website. For hotel reservations contact: Hotel Monteleone 214 Rue Royale New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-2201 Phone: (504) 523-3341 Toll Free: (800) 535-9595. E-mail: reservations@hotelmonteleone.com Be sure to mention that you are attending the JSA conference. For information about the airport shuttle, contact the hotel or visit the JSA website. We’re looking forward to seeing you in New Orleans.

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China Plural: Local Identity, Contesting Visions, and Constructing Nation
October 17-18, 2008 at Ohio State University

This conference is to communicate, elaborate, and expand an interdisciplinary discourse on a multifaceted view on China. Since the 1990s as an emerging world power beyond the East Asian region, China has been one of the most speculated, researched, and analyzed topics in academia, mass media, and policy debates in the United States. However, the majority of studies and analysis on the topic have been framed within a simulacrum of China based on the imagined homogeneity of its history, people, and culture. This monolithic image, an awakened dragon to the call of the global capitalism, has shaped not only the studies of China, but also dominated the policy debates and public imagination of China in this country. By convening scholars working on local, linguistic, and cultural diversity of China, this conference will highlight the heterogeneous and dynamic inner workings of China, and examine the representation, construction, and reproduction of "a homogeneous China" both inside and outside its national boundary. This October conference will consist of three panels focusing on local identity, contesting visions, and constructing nation in China. Each panel will have three presenters and one discussant. The local identity panel will focus on the development of regional networks and identities in different parts of China during various time periods. The contesting visions panel will study the emergence of increasing economic, political, and social stratification among residents of China, and analyze its implications for the future unfolding of Chinese society. The constructing nation panel will analyze how the notion of "One China" has been produced and circulated both in academic and public sphere throughout history and explore the construction of Chinese nationalism based on the notion of homogeneous "Han" minzu. A discussant in each panel will provide a comparative perspective on the papers presented and suggest a possibility and direction of a further collaborated research in the future.
Dr. Dru Gladney, the author of "Dislocating China (Chicago UP: 2006) and president of the Pacific Basin Institute, will be a keynote speaker for the event and other leading scholars in history, anthropology, and literature will participate in the conference. As an end product of the conference, the organizer and East Asian Studies Center of OSU plan to publish either an edited volume on "Multi-China: the Past, Present, and Future (tentative title)" or a special guest-edited issue of the leading journal, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, based on the presented papers, discussion, and follow-up communications.
OBJECTIVE: This two-day conference aims to provide a combination of formal panel discussion and informal exchange of ideas among the participants and the audience. Unlike a large scale event, this conference will provide more intimate yet innovating venue for twelve to fifteen participants to engage in a scholarly conversation over the weekend. For this purpose, the organizer will also host two exclusive dinners for the participants in locally renowned restaurants where they can exchange personal experiences and preliminary research projects in a friendly and casual setting. The organizer hopes that the conference will not only provide a timely opportunity to underline multi-dimensional aspects of China, but also offer a juncture where scholars of China can share their visions and advance further collaborations in the future.

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