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, 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

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 ), Japan 's Experience with the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement System

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, 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 , Veneration and Imagery of Buddhist "Saints" in Japan from 1700-Present

Patricia J. Graham

This talk explores the reasons for the enduring popularity in the Japanese Buddhist pantheon of Buddhist "saints" -- monks known as Rakan (Luohan in Chinese; and Arhat in Sanskrit) and laity known as the Buddha's 10 Great Disciples (Shaka Judai deshi). Both groups were 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 beyond Buddhism to universal symbols 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

*Japan Group II- Winter Spring Schedule

Sunday, March 2 , The Private Collection of Darrel C. Karl in Potmac, MD. 20th century Japanese prints, paintings and drawings by Hasui, Yoshida Toraji, Goyo, Lum among many others. Lunch in Potmac Md at Lucky Garden Restaurant. $60 members, $65 non  members
Sunday, April 13 NYC The MET and Asia Society  at the MET "Korean Screens" at  Asia Soc. "Design for Pleasure: World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings" Members $55 Non-members $60 Transportation for both of the above trips 8:15AM at Pathmark, City Line, 8:30AM at 19th and JFK Blvd.
Sunday, May 18th PMA Japanese Galleries: A Cornucopia, Recent Acquistions in Japanese Art. 3 PM  Dinner at Kujuku Restaurant at 5 PM 
If you are interested in any of these events, please call Shirley Luber for more details, 215-545-4975

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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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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.htm

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 , 13 th -14 th 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

*The Ohio State University is now accepting applications for a program coordinator (working title: Assistant Director) for the Institute for Chinese Studies (ICS), one of the constituent units of the East Asian Studies Center. Would you please disseminate this announcement to your listservs?

The program coordinator will develop academic, academic enrichment, and outreach programs in Chinese Studies for OSU faculty and students and for related constituencies in the State of Ohio, in the U.S. and abroad. To that end, the coordinator will (1) identify external funding sources and conduct research to prepare grant applications to support public academic programs; (2) assist in the development and implementation of academic programs (course development, speaker series, conferences, academic prizes, undergraduate research initiatives, etc.); (3) develop relationships with local, national, and international organizations to create, implement and/or conduct academic enrichment and cultural programs in Central Ohio; (4) help develop study abroad courses, exchange programs (faculty and students), and research opportunities across all disciplines with universities, institutes and organizations in the Chinese-speaking world (People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore) in cooperation with the Office of International Affairs; (5) develop and maintain bilingual publicity and fundraising materials and electronic sites regarding Chinese studies for academic and other constituencies (K-12, government, business, media, general public); (6) act as a liaison for ICS committees, OSU alumni, and the OSU administration; (7) provide Chinese-language research, administrative, and other support for China-related initiatives on the OSU campus; (8) work with staff at the East Asian Studies Center (EASC), Institute for Chinese Studies (ICS), Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS), and Korean Studies Initiative (KSI) to curate the EASC video library and carry out other joint programs; (9) work with Ohio colleges and other Midwestern universities to carry out China-related programming; (10) coordinate Chinese-specific outreach to the Ohio K-12, business and government sectors and to the general public; and (11) carry out other duties as assigned by the ICS Faculty Director and EASC Assistant Director.

Required qualifications include a b achelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience; experience in program planning and administration; excellent interpersonal, communication, research, organizational, and project management skills; proficiency with office and design software; proficiency in oral and written Mandarin Chinese and knowledge of/interest in East Asia; and excellent English writing skills.  

Desired qualifications include a master's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience; work experience in a Title VI National Resource Center and/or Asia-oriented non-profit organization; prior experience with grant writing and publicity; willingness to travel; ability to work independently as well as in cooperation with others.  

Interested and qualified applicants should apply online at:
https://www.jobsatosu.com (requisition # 3368750)

The application deadline is February 10, 2008.

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.>

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