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, January 29, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

New Year's Sacrifice (Cui Wei)

Tuesday, January 29, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

New Year's Sacrifice (Cui Wei)

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Wednesday, January 30, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Mothra ( Honda Ishiro, 1961)

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Tuesday, February 5, 3:00PM, Silverman 240A ( Law School ), The Allocation of Talent Under National Health Insurance: The Case of Japanese Cosmetic Surgery

Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series

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Tuesday, February 5, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

Shadow Magic (Ann Hu)

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Wednesday, February 6, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Gidrah the Three-Headed Monster ( Honda Ishiro, 1964)

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Thursday, February 7, 7:00PM, Logan Hall 402 - Japanese Architecture Film Series

Onmyoji ( Takata Yujiro, 2001) – Introduction by Professor Frank L. Chance

Sponsored by the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden and the Center for East Asian Studies

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Tuesday, February 12, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

New Woman ( Cai Chusheng)

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Wednesday, February 13, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla vs The Smog Monster ( Banno Yoshimitsu, 1971)

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Thursday, February 14, 7:00PM, Logan Hall 402 - Japanese Architecture Film Series

Conflagration ( Ichikawa Kon, 1958) – Introduction by Professor Frank L. Chance

Sponsored by the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden and the Center for East Asian Studies

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Tuesday, February 19, 4:30PM, Logan Hall 402 , The Plight of North Korean Women in China

Peter Beck, Executive Director, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

Korean Lecture Series

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Tuesday, February 19, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

A Woman for Two (Ling Zifeng)

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Wednesday, February 20, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Terror of Mechagodzilla ( Honda Ishiro, 1975)

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Thursday, February 21, 4:30PM, College Hall 314 , Chinese-Muslim Memory and Historiography in China

Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, Department of History, New York University

The talk will discuss the problem of memory and history in a community defined by a condition of both displacement and belonging  devises its own versions and variations of common Chinese devices of writing the past.

Humanities Colloquiumn, Co-Sponsored by the Middle East Center

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Thursday, February 21, 7:00PM, Logan Hall 402 - Japanese Architecture Film Series

Rikyu ( Teshigahara Hiroshi, 1989) – Introduction by Professor Stephanie Feldman

Sponsored by the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden and the Center for East Asian Studies

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Tuesday, February 26, 4:30PM, Huntsman Hall F55 , Title TBA

Robert Feldman , Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd.

CEAS-Lauder Distinguished Lecturer

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Wednesday, February 27, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Nausicä of the Valley of the Winds ( Miyazaki Hayao, 1994)

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Thursday, February 28, 7:00PM, Logan Hall 402 - Japanese Architecture Film Series

Spirited Away ( Miyazaki Hayao, 2001) - – Introduction by Professor Julie Nelson Davis

Sponsored by the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden and the Center for East Asian Studies

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Tuesday, March 4, 3:00PM, Silverman 240A ( Law School ), Title TBA

Akio Shimizu, Associate Dean, Waseda Law School

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series

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Tuesday, March 4, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

Lust, Caution (Ang Lee)

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Wednesday, March 5, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla 1985 ( Hashimoto Koji, 1984)

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Thursday, March 6, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 244 , And History Took a Calligraphic Turn: The Art of Tai Jingnong's Writing

David Der-wei Wang, Edward C.Henderson Professor of Chinese Literatureat Harvard University and Director of CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinological Studies

The lecture will focus on the following aspects of Tai Jingnong's work: the dissemination of modern Chinese writing in visual terms; calligraphy and its geographical implications; and the poetics of “muted” Sinophone articulations.

Humanities Colloquium

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Monday, March 17, 4:30PM, Logan Hall 17 , East Asia and the Middle East : What Can We Learn from Comparative Approaches to Global History?

Cemil Aydin, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department and Assistant Professor of History, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Humanities Colloquium, Co-Sponsored with the Middle East Center

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Tuesday, March 18, 4:30PM, Logan Hall 17 , Myth, Memory and the Mongol Invasions of Japan
Tom Conlan, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, Bowdoin
This talk explores the Mongol Invasions of Japan, as well as how myths pertaining to Japanese defense against the Mongols, such as the kamaikaze ("divine winds") arose.

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Tuesday, March 18, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

A Better Tomorrow ( John Woo)

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Wednesday, March 19, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla vs. Mothra ( Okawara Takao, 1992)

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Thursday, March 20, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 244 , Japan 's Answer to Harry Potter: The Abeno Seimei Boom

Laura Miller, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Loyola University Chicago

Beginning in 1994, the legendary astrologer and Yin Yang master named Abeno Seimei became the focus of intense cultural interest. Why was a sorcerer who lived during the Heian era (794 1192) suddenly the subject of manga, films, a TV series, novels, anime and numerous books? This presentation will trace the trajectory of shaman/wizard fixation and will link the recent popularity of this historic figure with other trends in popular culture.

Issues in Contemporary East Asia lecture Series

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Tuesday, March 25, 5:30PM, Meyerson Hall B3 , Popular Veneration and Imagery of Buddha's Eccentric Disciples (Rakan) in Japan

Patricia J. Graham

This talk explores the reasons for the enduring popularity in the Japanese Buddhist pantheon of Buddhist saints known as Rakan (Luohan in Chinese; and Arhat in Sanskrit), devout, unconventional personages who gained enlightenment after hearing the teachings of the Buddha in India . Their popularity as personal saviors continues to the present and has inspired the creation of numerous idiosyncratic images by artists working within and apart from formal Buddhist organizations. Their widespread appeal is emblematic of their transcendence from a Buddhist icon to a universal symbol of individualism and integrity.

Humanities Colloquium

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Tuesday, March 25, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

Rouge ( Stanley Kwan)

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Wednesday, March 26, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla vs. Destroyah ( Okawara Takao, 1995)

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Tuesday, April 1, 5:30PM, Meyerson Hall, Upper Gallery, Constructing Culture: Three Japanese Architects Struggle with Shinto

Dana Buntrock, UC Berkeley

While most contemporary Japanese architects treat religion as a quaint cultural influence that can be freely abstracted and adopted, in this talk I discuss how three prominent designers took on religion in their work, with varied and interesting results.

The first, Dr. Terunobu FUJIMORI, is better known among historians as a celebrated author and architectural historian. In addition, he is also an amateur architect who has received Japan 's highest architectural award. Raised in a remote area strongly influenced by Suwa Shrine, Fujimori reflects a genuine embrace of Shinto as it once existed, rooted in the mountains and living things of the land. His architecture, as one example, is often clothed not merely in natural materials, but even in living plants. But while Fujimori embraces Shinto, most urbane architects do not. The other two sites I discuss are within the precincts of Konpira (Kotohira) Shrine on Shikoku Island and at the Izumo Grand Shrine. Fumihiko Maki, architect at Izumo, deployed symbolic features, from trees used in sacred landscapes and ancient myths carved into stone – but also challenges the role of Shinto today, by, for example, offering an observation platform intended to allow visitors to look down on Japan's second most important shrine. Ryoji Suzuki, the architect at Konpira, embraced the religious roots of the site – but these are far from easy issues. Konpira was originally an esoteric Buddhist site, shedding this identity in the tumultuous years of the late nineteenth century. Today, Buddhist and Shinto architecture is woven throughout the site; Suzuki reinforced this effect.

These architects and their work reflect only some of the ways that Shinto is seen in Japan today, but they nonetheless reveal its uneasy place in contemporary society.

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series, Co-Sponsored by the Department of Architecture

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Tuesday, April 1, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

Fists of Fury ( Luo Wei)

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Wednesday, April 2, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Pokemon 2000 The Movie ( Yuyama Kunihiko, 1999)

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Tuesday, April 8, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

King of Children (Chen Kaige)

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Wednesday, April 9, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla Millenium ( Okawara Takao, 1999)

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Tuesday, April 15, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

Raise the Red Lantern ( Zhang Yimou)

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Wednesday, April 16, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: All Monsters Attack (Kaneko Shusuke, 2001)

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Thursday, April 17, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 244 , Prostitution in Postwar Japan , 1945-1960.

Holly Sanders, Villanova

This talk will draw on Dr. Sanders dissertation: "Prostitution in Postwar Japan: Debt and Labor," which explores the changing legal and social landscape of prostitute labor during the early postwar years. It locates prostitution within the family economy as an important source of credit for women and their dependents.

Humanities Colloquium

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Tuesday, April 22, 7:00PM, Towne 303 – Twentieth-Century Chinese Film Series

A Chinese Odyssey (Stephen Chow)

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Wednesday, April 23, 6:00PM, McNeil 167-8 – Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series

Godzilla: Final Wars ( Kitamura Ryohei, 2004)

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Wednesday, April 30, 4:30PM, Logan Hall 402 , Multiculturalism and Education in South Korea

Youngdal Cho, Dean, College of Education , Seoul National University

Korean Lecture Series

*Asian New Year Party: The Year of the Rat

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Sunday admission policy is pay what you wish.

Enjoy performances by the Chinese Opera Society and catch a set of traditional music by Qin Qian in the galleries. Create Asian masks, fans, and other crafts in the Make-and-Take Workshop. Let the Museum collections inspire you while drawing in the galleries of Asian art.

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

"Concerning Buddhist Modernism: Historiography, Technology and Environmentalism"

by MARCUS BINGENHEIMER

WHEN:
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
6:00 - 8:00 pm

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

BIO:
Dr. Marcus Bingenheimer was born in Germany. He obtained an MA in Sinology and an MA in Communication Studies from Nagoya University, and a D.Phil. in History of Religions from Wärzburg University . Dr. Bingenheimer is the Director of the Library and Information Center of Dharma Drum Buddhist College in Taiwan, where he is involved in numerous digitization projects. He has published on early Buddhism in Japan, Chinese Buddhist modernism, and whole-body relics. Currently he is working on Chinese Agama literature, in particular the shorter translation of the Samyukta Agama (T.100) (See http://buddhistinformatics.chibs.edu.tw/BZA/). Besides his research in Buddhist Studies, Dr. Bingenheimer is interested in Humanities, computing and poetry.

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*Princeton University
Buddhist Studies Workshop
2008


Imaginary Geographies: Buddhism and the Japanese World Map
Monday, February 4, 2008, 4:30 pm, 1879 Hall, Room 137
Max Moerman (Barnard College)

Art History, Buddhist Studies, Tibet: New Perspectives from the Tibet
Site Seminar
March 7-9, 2008, Friday-Sunday, McCormick 101
Friday, 4:30 pm: Keynote lecture by Deborah Klimburg-Salter (University
of Vienna).
Saturday and Sunday: Papers by graduate-student participants in the 2007
Tibet Site Seminar, with responses from Janet Gyatso (Harvard Divinity
School), Marylin Rhie (Smith College), and E. Gene Smith (Tibetan
Buddhist Resource Center).
Co-sponsored by the P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
and the Center for the Study of Religion.
The conference is free but registration is required:
http://www.princeton.edu/TibetSem/program-conference.html.

Bringing Together Intuition and Law:
Linguistic Relevance and Moral Creativity in Theravada Buddhist Ethics
Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 4:30 pm, 1879 Hall, Room 137
Charles Hallisey (Harvard Divinity School)

Filling the Missing Link: Simha Bhiksu and Zongmi's Construction of an
Indian Transmission Line for Chan Buddhism
Friday, April 11, 4:30 pm, 1879 Hall, Room 137
Peter Gregory (Smith College)

War Magic in Tibetan Buddhism
Thursday, April 17, 2008, 4:30 pm, 1879 Hall, Room 137
Bryan Cuevas (Florida State University and the Institute for Advanced
Study)

Patronage and Pure Land Paintings in Korea, 13th-14th Centuries
Monday, April 28, 4:30 pm, 202 Jones Hall
Youngsook Pak (School of Oriental and African Studies and Yale
University)
Co-sponsored by the P.Y. and Kinmay W.Tang Center for East Asian Art and
the Program in East Asian Studies.

Questions? Please send e-mail to bbermel@princeton.edu.

The Buddhist Studies Workshop is generously supported by the Provost,
the Center for the Study of Religion, and the Department of Religion.
Additional co-sponsors of specific events include:
The Program in East Asian Studies
The P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
The Princeton University Library
The Council on the Humanities

(III) Employment and Internship Opportunities

Do you like kids? Do you speak Mandarin well? Are you looking to become a great Mandarin teacher? We want to meet you. Experience with children &/or background in early childhood education required. Knoweldge & experience with western pedagogy preferred. Native & non-native Mandarin speakers with excellent spoken Chinese are strongly encouraged to apply. All candidates must have permission to work in the US. Visit our website to learn about us www.ChineseForFamilies.com.

We will train you in the most up-to-date research-based teaching methods for Chinese-as-a-second language. Contact Anne at ChineseForFamilies@comcast.net or 610-716-1854. We have immediate openings for substitute teachers & training positions for new teachers.

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Anne Martin-Montgomery
www.ChineseForFamilies.com
ChineseForFamilies@comcast.net

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*** SMIC Positions *** Teaching Positions Available at SMIC Private School in Shanghai A bilingual, international K-12 school **If interested, contact: Kenneth Co at kennethco@gmail.com ** ESL The ESL Program at the SMIC Private School, a bi-lingual, international K-12 school in Shanghai, China, is seeking qualified applicants to teach English as a second language to students at all grade and all skill levels. Preferred qualifications include the following: native speaker of English, B.A., TEFL/TESL/TESOL certification, 1 year of overseas teaching experience, and ability to teach French. Application deadline: 1 March, 2008. Please contact Dr. Kim Robertson ( kim_robertson@smicschool.com ) for more information. English At SMIC School we use the California Curriculum for Middle School; that is from 6th to 8th Grade; and Texas Curriculum for the high School. Most of our expat teachers (80%) are from America & Canada. Because of the importance we attach to the subject of English, there are 7 periods per week for English versus only 5 for other Core subjects such as Math and Science (but these two will probably have one additional period next year). Our students are bright Chinese and students from foreign, mostly American, countries. Probably at least 2 middle school teachers and a possible high school vacancy It is hoped candidates would be interested in coaching or teaching electives such as public speaking, debate, drama, film studies, etc. Preferred qualifications Undergraduate major in field; Teacher certification; 3 years experience; Graduate degree Application should be sent to: Director of Academic Affairs, SMIC Private School, 169 Qing Tong Road, Pu dong New Area, Shanghai, 201 203, China

*The Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University will appoint a postdoctoral fellow for a semester in Spring 2009.  The fellow must have received a PhD between January 1, 2002 and July 1, 2008.

The Institute for Comparative Literature and Society (ICLS) was founded at Columbia University in 1998 to promote a global perspective in the study of literature, culture and its social context. It houses the interdepartmental undergraduate and graduate programs in comparative literature and it draws its faculty from the language departments, the social sciences, and the Schools of Architecture and Law.

Application forms may be downloaded from:

www.columbia.edu/cu/ICLS

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University of Pennsylvania
Center for East Asian Studies
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
Academic Year 2008-09

Applications are due February 1, 2008, to the Applicant's Department

The Center for East Asian Studies will award seven FLAS Fellowships for AY 2008-09 to graduate students planning to pursue modern East Asian language study at the intermediate or higher level. The FLAS Fellowship pays tuition and general fees and provides an annual stipend of $15,000.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, be admitted to or enrolled in a graduate program at Penn, and have research or career plans that require the use of an East Asian language. The languages most commonly studied are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, but other languages of the region may be approved. Awards are made by the Executive Committee of the Center for East Asian Studies.

Successful applicants must then enroll both semesters of the Fellowship year in an intermediate or higher modern East Asian language and in full-time study in either East Asian Studies or professional studies related to East Asia .

Application should be made directly to the Graduate Chair of the Department in which the applicant is enrolled. (Incoming graduate students should indicate to the departments to which they have applied that they would like to be considered for the FLAS.) The application form, which lists the materials required for submission, is attached to the electronic version of this message, and it appears on the reverse side of the printed version. The form can be obtained at the Center for East Asian Studies, by writing to ceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu , or on our webpage at www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu .

The competition will be conducted strictly in accordance with University policies and the selection guidelines of the U.S. Department of Education. The Center for East Asian Studies seeks to support students in as wide a variety of disciplines and professions, and from as wide a variety of backgrounds, as possible.

*TUSA Ambassador Summer Scholarship Program

The Taiwan-United States Sister Relations Alliance (TUSA) Summer Scholarship Program is an Ambassador program. A unique program especially designed for students who will be representing their state as well as the United States , acting as ambassadors to Taiwan . Upon returning to the United States , students will be expected to act as ambassadors of good will for both the United States and Taiwan whenever the opportunity presents itself.

TUSA wants to create closer friendships and understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Taiwan . To accomplish our objective, we are offering a unique program to college/university undergraduate/graduate students who are interested in studying Mandarin (Chinese) language and learning about Taiwanese culture.

A stipend of NT $25,000 (US $800) per month for 2 months (July & August) will be awarded by The Minister of Education in Taiwan to each scholarship recipient. The recipient is responsible for their own tuition, accommodation, insurance, miscellaneous fees and airfare. The stipend can essentially cover the above-mentioned expenses except airfare.

See the TUSA Web-Site: www.taiwanusalliance.com Applications are on this web-site and can be completed and submitted on-line.

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*Call for Submissions

The Columbia East Asia Review (CEAR) is seeking submissions of
original research in East Asia from students of undergraduate
institutions worldwide. Research articles in any academic discipline
are eligible for submission. Accepted articles will be published in
the Spring 2008 Review. The author of the article deemed best by the
Editorial Board will be awarded a $200 prize upon publication. The
submission deadline is Saturday, January 27, 2008.
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The Columbia East Asia Review (CEAR) is an annual, online, peer-review
academic journal dedicated to furthering knowledge of East Asia
through the promotion of research and interdisciplinary dialogue. CEAR
has three primary goals: First, to publish superior undergraduate
research of East Asia; Second, to educate undergraduate contributors
and CEAR members about the academic publication process; and third, to
foster interest and idea exchange in the field of East Asian Studies.
CEAR is sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the
Columbia University Department of East Asian Languages and
Culture.More information regarding CEAR and the submission process can
be found online at
<www.eastasiareview.org.>

CALL FOR PAPERS The Center for International History at Columbia University announces: SYMBOLS OF EXCLUSION A Graduate Student Conference April 4, 2008 Deadline for abstract submission (extended): January 31, 2008 From the totem to the noose, symbols have been used not only to unify people, but also to signify the exclusion of particular groups from social, ethnic, religious, or national communities. This conference seeks to address the following questions: How have symbols accrued meanings and power, and how have these meanings both created and reflected new social realities? How have various political, cultural, and religious ideologies taken material form? What is the relationship between various symbols and historical memory? How have the meanings of symbols changed in different historical contexts, and how have they been deployed by specific groups? As this conference is presented in conjunction with the Center for International History's annual theme, "In the Name of Humanity," we are also interested in the ways in which symbols have been deployed to mark the changing definitions and conceptual boundaries of humanity itself. We invite submissions from all time periods ? ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern ? and various geographic regions. Papers on topics that are broadly transnational or global in scope are preferred. Additionally, we encourage interdisciplinary research, and although proposals with a historical perspective are particularly welcome, we will also consider contributions from the fields of anthropology, sociology, literary studies, political science, and economics. Please send an abstract of no more than 300 words and a recent CV as email attachments (Word preferred) by January 31, 2008 and any inquiries to Aimee Genell at the following address: < amg2159@columbia.edu . For more information regarding the conference, please refer to the Centre for International History''s website: < http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cih Limited funding for travel and assistance in arranging accommodation may be available. Important dates: Submission deadline: January 31, 2008 Conference: April 4, 2008

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