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

TAIKOPROJECT
Performances
Friday, March 6, 2009
8 PM
Zellerbach Theatre

“This ain't your mama's taiko, but it may be your hip, younger cousin's” says / L.A. Weekly / of TAIKOPROJECT, a youthful ensemble of premier taiko drummers. Filled with contemporized tradition, striking rhythms and energetic movement, this high-energy group incorporates unconventional and innovative concepts to expand the artistry of the taiko art form.

Co-presented by Asian Arts Initiative and Kyo Daiko

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Wednesday, March 18, 7:00PM , Houston Hall – Hall of Flags

Please join us for a performance by Isaburo Hanayagi, followed by a detailed explanation of kabuki makeup and costume as he transforms our male volunteer into a beautiful kabuki character.

Isaburoh Hanayagi is currently a Professor of Performing Arts at Tamagawa University in Tokyo , Japan .

Trained as a kabuki performer in the Hanayagi School , Isaburoh made his stage debut at age three under the tutelage of his father, Yoshigosaburoh Hanayagi. The Hanayagi School is the largest school of kabuki dance in Japan , with over 200,000 members. Isaburoh is known as a unique dancer and choreographer among them, and in addition to teaching kabuki dance classes, he also instructs in subjects such as Creative Japanese Folkloric Dances and Comparative Study of Western and Eastern Dances. Isaburoh's personal repertoire of kabuki dance includes more than 150 pieces.

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Thursday, March 19, 4:30PM, DRL A5 , Fitting into the Global Meritocracy: The Multigenerational Project of Kirogi Families in the U.S.

Seung-kyung Kim, Associate Professor of Women's Studies, University of Maryland

As Korean families compete to position their children in a social environment that is rapidly changing through globalization, education is considered to be the key to their success. The options for education have expanded in the last few decades, and Korean families have been zealous and innovative in their pursuit of the best opportunities for their children. A combination of factors including dissatisfaction with Korean public education, English as the hegemonic language of the global economy, the increased access to educational opportunities overseas, and increased wealth of families in Korea have led to the efflorescence of education projects such as private schools, after school private tutoring (kwaoe), and early study abroad (chogi yuhak).

To facilitate early study abroad, Korean families have developed a new family pattern that has come to be called wild geese families (kirogi kajok). The wild geese or kirogi family is a split-household transnational family with the mother and children moving to an English speaking country for education and the father staying behind in Korea to work and support the family. Kirogi families are engaged in a long term project that can last a decade or more, and often requires considerable flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances. The projects of kirogi families often include brief episodes of short term migration of the entire family; sending children to stay with relatives abroad; or sending children to boarding school. Kirogi families are deeply traditional, in that they seek to maintain or improve family status through education, and assume a traditional Korean family structure with an indissoluble marriage and the strongest bonds being between a mother and her children, however, the entire project is innovative, transformative and future-oriented in that it seeks to maximize children's opportunities for the 21st century.

Based on interviews with members of kirogi families, our paper examines the lived experiences of these families in order to understand their pursuit of success through education in the global arena. We see this transnational, education-motivated family as engaged in a process of positioning their younger generation within the global meritocracy. In examining the dynamics of kirogi families, we want to show how their project requires them to continually rework ideas of family, nation, individual within the context of their own lives.

Korean Studies Colloquium

Please note: This room was changed from Goddard Lab 101.

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Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:00am - 3:00pm

Konnichiwa Japan !

Penn Museum , Classroom 2

Spend a day exploring Japanese culture, history and society. Discussions with University of Pennsylvania scholars, demonstrations of traditional arts, and a private tour of the museum's Japanese collection will give new insight and exposure to pre-modern and contemporary Japan . A Japanese lunch is included to help participants fully internalize the experience. Designed as a workshop for teachers but open to all inquiring minds, “Konnichiwa Japan !” will be a memorable visit to the Far East, right here in Philadelphia . Fee- $30 lunch included

Cosponsored by the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia , Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Camden County College

Receive professional development credits for Pennsylvania and New Jersey .

For more information please contact - Prema Deshmukh 215-898-4065 or deshmukh@sas.upenn.edu

Penn Museum , 3260 South Street , Philadelphia , PA 19104

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Tuesday, March 24, 7:00PM, Cohen Hall 402 , Screening of: To Live

Join us as we watch "to Live", a movie adaptation of the book by Yu Hua, who will be on campus at 4PM to give a lecture the following day.

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Wednesday, March 25, 12:00PM, Cohen Hall 203, The Varieties of Health Care in Eleventh-century China

Nathan Sivin, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Culture and of the History of Science

Previous work on Chinese medical history has studied only the classical tradition. The great majority of Chinese before modern time “rural, illiterate, and poor” had no access to its elite practitioners. Most depended on local healers, or on masters of the popular religion, or of Buddhist or Daoist movements, whose therapies were mainly ritual.

Sivin's current research will describe spectrum from self-therapy and family therapy through popular healing to classical medicine, and study their interactions.

Humanities Colloquium

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Wednesday, March 25, 4:00PM, ARCH Building , Crest Room, 3601 Locust Walk, From To Live to Brothers: On Literature and Reality

Yu Hua

In Yu Hua's fiction, contemporary China is presented as an absurd, petrified landscape of ruins permeated by historical violence, contingencies, and irrationality. In this talk, he will discuss his unique conceptualizations of history, reality, and realism.

Yu Hua is one of the most powerful and influential contemporary Chinese novelists. His immensely popular and critically acclaimed novels To Live and The Chronicle of a Blood Merchant were named as two of the last decade's ten

most influential books in China . His work has been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean. To Live was awarded Italy 's Premio Grinzane Cavour in 1998, and Yu Hua became the first Chinese

writer to win the prestigious James Joyce Foundation Award in 2002. His most recent novel Brothers, newly translated into English, is a bestseller in China , short-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize, and a winner of France 's Prix

Courrier International. It presents an epic and wildly unhinged black comedy of modern Chinese society running amok.

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*The Department of History's Annenberg Distinguished Speaker Series presents a seminar with

Professor Kenneth Pomeranz (Chancellor's Professor of History, University of California, Irvine)
“Chinese Development and World History: Putting the ‘East Asian Model' in Perspective”

Thursday, March 26 at 4:30, 209 College Hall

Pre-circulated paper available after March 10 at http://www.history.upenn.edu/annenberg_speakers/index.shtml

For more information, contact Prof. Ben Nathans at bnathans@history.upenn.edu

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Tuesday, March 31, 6:00PM, Penn Museum , Rainey Auditorium

Kabuki, the classical Japanese dance-drama, is the topic of this presentation, offered by world-renowned Kabuki performer, and Professor of Performing Arts at Tamagawa University in Tokyo , Japan , Isaburoh Hanayagi.   Professor Ayako Kano, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian languages and Civilizations, will interview and interpret Professor Hanayagi's work and discuss the history of Kabuki and its place in current Japanese society and the world. Following the discussion, Isaburoh Hanayagi transforms a Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia volunteer with the elaborate makeup of a Kabuki dancer—a fascinating process! Co-sponsored by International Classroom program of Penn Museum 's Education Department, the Center for East Asian Studies of the University of Pennsylvania , the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia, and Camden County College .  $5 general admission; free to Penn Museum members.  Registration recommended: 215/573-4203, or nriley@sas.upenn.edu .

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Wives, Concubines, Courtesans, Nuns: Early Modern Japanese Women Free
Saturday, April 4, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Claudia Cohen Hall 402

The Center for East Asian Studies and the Department of East Asian
Languages and Civilizations present an academic symposium in honor
of Cecilia Segawa Seigle, Professor Emerita of Japanese Studies. Preregistration is suggested.

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Tuesday, April 7, 4:30PM, DRL A7, Imperial Korea 's New Capital: Pyongyang on the Eve of the Russo-Japanese War

Eugene Park, University of Pennsylvania

From the perspective of international relations, outcome of the Russo-Japanese War sealed the fate of the independent Korean Empire (1897-1910). Rather than dismissing her as the tail end of precolonial Korean history, a growing body of studies is elucidating various dimensions of a modernizing Korea . In this presentation, I shall argue that while the official rhetoric of an empire needing two capitals gives us a good sense of imperial Korea 's understanding of her place in the civilized world of the past, present, and future, the circumstances wherein the Pyongyang construction project began and then came to a sudden halt raises questions about her geopolitical concerns.

Korean Studies Colloquium

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Thursday, April 9, 4:30PM, College Hall 200, Trafficking with the (Organs) Traffickers: Global Justice and the Traffic in Humans for Transplant 

Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Chancellor's Professor, Anthropology, UC Berkeley  

What journalists benignly call ‘transplant tourism' involves more than consenting individuals engaged in intimate bodily exchanges and backdoor transplants that are privately arranged. Each illicit transplant involves an extensive and highly organized criminal network of well-placed intermediaries with access to  willing transplant surgeons, excellent public and private hospitals, laboratories, offshore bank accounts, police protection and even the tacit approval or  blessing of government and/or health  officials. Nonetheless, this is a dangerous game and the high risk players in the global ‘transplant mafia', who think they are invincible and above the law, can suddenly find themselves shoved up against a wall  and handcuffs slapped on their wrists. Surgeons have been pulled out of operating rooms, and transplant  patients carried out  on stretchers and taken to nearby public hospitals. In Durban , South Africa , the final trigger in a police sting of a private clinic at St. Augustine 's Hospital was the madcap escape down a back door of  the  clinic  of a trafficked kidney donor for an  Israeli transplant tourist. Most of the foreign  kidney sellers were Brazilians  (from the slums of Recife )  and  Moldovans ( from collapsed agricultural  villages) who were recruited and trafficked to South Africa by transplant brokers. My paper, based on fieldwork in Recife , Durban , and Jerusalem , explores the following  questions: What kind of moral worlds do  kidney hunters and  organs traffickers  and their clients inhabit? How do they justify their actions?   These intimate exchanges of  life-giving body parts concern more than medical necessity and individual life-saving. In the case under study they entail complicated histories of  debt  peonage on the one hand ( Brazil ) , and of genocide, race hatred,  and mass death ( Israel )  on the other. Gaddy Tauber,  the Brazilian- based Israeli  broker and bag man  for   this particular  organs trafficking scheme far more was  at stake then  large sums of money.   \Greed, yes, but  also revenge, restitution and even  reparation for the Holocaust played   a role in  these unconventional transnational transplant proceedings.  Redemption, resurrection, and reparations on the one hand, organ stealing, blood libels, and seething  resentment on the other  make the global traffic in humans for  organs a unique,  unstable and  particularly  dangerous proposition, a political tragedy in the making  of truly  epic and Shakespearean dimensions.

Global Distinguished Lecturer – Sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, South Asia Center , Middle East Center and African Studies Center

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David R. Knechtges, University of Washington, EALC Rickett Memorial Speaker: "The Trouble with Anthologies: The Case of the Poems of Ying Qu (190-252)," Monday, April 13, Annenberg 100

The shi poems in the Wen xuan are classified into twenty-three categories. There is one troublesome category designated “Bai yi” ?? , which literally means “one hundred one” or “one of a hundred.” The “Bai yi” category in the Wen xuan contains only one poem by a single poet, Ying Qu ?? (190–252). Li Shan ?? (d. 689) in his commentary to the Wen xuan records four explanations of title “Bai yi” all of which state that Ying Qu's poems contained veiled criticisms of contemporary affairs. In this presentation, I examine the extant fragments of Ying Qu's poems. I also consider the question of why some sources designate his poems not as “Bai yi,” but xin shi ?? or “new poems.” I adduce evidence to show that Ying Qu was considered throughout the Wei, Jin, Nanbeichao period the premier author of poems critical of contemporary affairs, and his poems were called “new” because he was the first poet to use the pentasyllabic form to write a series of critical poems. I also reconsider Ying Qu's “Bai yi” poem included in the Wen xuan and argue that it may actually contain an implicit criticism of the court.

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Tuesday, April 14 , 4:30PM, Stiteler B21, Intellectual Containment: The Muting of Students in Semidemocratic Southeast Asia

Meredith L. Weiss, University at Albany , SUNY

Postcolonial, developmental states recognize the need for higher education to generate both ideas and skilled human resources. Many seek too, though, a level of state control incompatible with ideals of academic freedom. This dilemma is all the more keen for semidemocratic states such as Malaysia or Singapore , which can neither curb protest so coercively as more authoritarian neighbors nor accept such free-wheeling criticism as more politically liberal ones. University students across Southeast Asia are heir to a tradition of political engagement, based largely on a collective identity as "students." Despite crackdowns, students have been central to political change across the region, particularly in the context of still-developing formal political institutions. They remain so in much of Asia—but not, for instance, in Malaysia . The muting of student protest there may be traced in large part to a post-1969 process of  intellectual containment , or normative delegitimation and historical erasure of student activism, with far-reaching implications.

Issues in Contemporary East Asia

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Thursday, April 16, 4:30PM, Claudia Cohen Hall Auditorium, Korean Buddhist Journeys to Lands Worldly and Otherworldly

Robert Buswell, Professor; Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies , UCLA

Philip Jaisohn Distinguished Lecturer

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Transnational Pasts (1500-1800) - A One-Day Symposium

Date: April 20, 2009
Time: 9:30-5:30
Ve1nue: McNeil Center for Early American Studies
3355 Woodland Walk, UPenn Campus, Philadelphia, PA 19104

This symposium will bring together a group of eminent scholars working in literature and history (roughly 1550-1800) to discuss issues concerning the methodological, theoretical and institutional aspects of doing comparative, transnational work in the early modern period. Exciting work on transnationalism has emerged with regard to the premodern period from economic historians such as Bin Wong and Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Such economic historians have acknowledged the need to bring questions of culture into their discussions. On the other hand, literary critics have long spoken about the need to engage with economic history. However, as yet such dialogues between literary studies, literary history, history and economic history are in their infancy. Transnational Pasts will stage such a dialogue by bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines whose work has been consequential for discussions of transnationalism and global relations in the early modern period.

The symposium will focus on the question of disciplinary change; the  “global” turn in the field of English and Comparative Literature as well as in South Asia, East Asian and other “area” studies; new ways of conducting literary and historical studies across cultural and linguistic divides; the usefulness of  economic historians' models of the “Great Divergence” or world systems theory; synchronic comparison of empires; global processes of cultural integration; translation, structural similarity, incommensurability or false equivalences; imitation and influence models of literary studies; how to do collaborative work.

Papers will be pre-circulated and will be available by March 1.  At the symposium speakers will present a 20 minute reflection on issues raised by the papers. This will be followed by intensive discussions and a concluding round table.

Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation; the Departments of English, Comparative Literature, and History; the Center for East Asian Studies, Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, South Asia Center, Ethnohistory Program, Middle East Center; and the English Department 18th Century Group and Latitudes/Postcolonial Group.

Organized by Ania Loomba ( loomba@english.upenn.edu ) and Chi-ming Yang (cmyang@english.upenn.edu)

Please contact Ania Loomba ( loomba@english.upenn.edu ) or Chi-ming Yang ( cmyang@english.upenn.edu ) for papers or more information.

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Thursday, April 23, 4:30PM, DRL A5 , Migration, Immigration and the Myth of Korean Uniqueness

Timothy Lim, Professor of Political Science, CSU , LA

There is still a strong tendency among Koreans—and many outside observers, including scholars—to assume that South Korea is particularly resistant, if not immune, to the types of socio-economic, political, and especially cultural changes other countries and societies have undergone in response to industrialization and other macro-level processes. Nowhere is this more evident than in views toward immigration or permanent settlement: for the most part, Korean policymakers have operated on the presumption that, unlike most other countries, Korea will never have to accept large numbers of “foreigners” as a permanent part of Korean society. Recent trends have not only demonstrated that this presumption is wrong, but that South Korean society is surprisingly adaptable.

Korean Studies Colloquium

Please note: This room was changed from Goddard Lab 101.

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Tuesday, May 5, 12:00PM , Title TBA

Michael Puett, Harvard University

Humanities Colloquium

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Saturday, May 9, 9-5PM, Rainey Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum

On Saturday, May 9, 2009, the University of Pennsylvania will host a conference on Uygur Archaeology. The conference will explore Uygur remains, especially in the context of Tang China and as they relate to material evidence of other nomadic peoples of East and Central Asia , particularly Turk and Kitan.

The conference is sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology of the University of Pennsylvania .

Speakers include: Christopher Atwood, Jan Bemmann, Gwen Bennett, Zsuzsanna Gulasci, Tigran Mkrtychev, Tsulten Odbataar, Lilla Russell-Smith, Nancy Steinhardt, and Joshua Wright.

Admission is free, but pre-registration is required.

For further information, e-mail Bryan Miller millerbk@sas.upenn.edu

To register e-mail Miki Morita mimorita@sas.upenn.edu

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Monday, May 11, 12:00PM, Cherpack Lounge (523 Williams Hall) ,
How to translate Sanskrit into Chinese: An observation of the translation method described in the Fozutongji 43

Toru Funayama, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University

Very roughly speaking, there are two types of translation method throughout the history of Chinese Buddhism. A passage in the well-known thirteenth-century Buddhist Chronicle Fozutongji ???? compiled by Zhipan ?? (Taisho No. 2035), fascicle 43, gives us clear and comprehensive information as to how the masters of the Northern Song, as a representative of the second type of translation group, rendered Indic texts into Chinese. In this talk, I would like to introduce the contents of the passage in question as minutely as possible and point out some problems underlying it by comparing it with a couple of similar but different cases depicted in other source materials.

Humanities Colloquium

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Art after 5
Art After 5 showcases an eclectic mix of international performers on the first Friday of each month. On Friday evenings, the Great Stair Hall is transformed into an intimate cabaret, with table service, elegant café-style appetizers, and desserts. Art After 5 performances are 5.45 to 6.45pm and 7.15 to 8.15pm. Guided gallery tours are offered throughout the evening.

International Night:
03.06.09 Japan Night
Celebrate Japan with an evening of Japanese music, tours of the Asian art collections, and a special sake menu. This night is supported by the Japan American Society of Greater Philadelphia.

For upcoming Art After 5 programs, please call 215 684-7860 or visit philamuseum.org

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Asia and the Environment Conference

March 20-21

Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia

Haub Executive Center, McShain Hall 5th Floor

The success or failure of our attempts to deal with our global environmental challenges may well be decided in Asia, where unprecedented economic growth has been matched by unprecedented environmental devastation. We in the West have a vital stake in seeing Asia succeed, both economically and environmentally. This conference brings together experts on India and China to discuss some of the environmental issues that will impact the future of Asia and the world.

This conference is open to the public, and will be held in the Haub Executive Center on the Saint Joseph's University campus. No prior registration is required. A full size poster for this event, which includes the schedule for the two day event, can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat format here .

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Chukin Takagi: Japanese Calligraphy Exhibition ---- Feb 16 through March 20, 2009
Pearlstein Gallery - Nesbitt Hall € 33rd and Market Streets, Drexel
University
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Lecture/Demonstration: Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 6PM
Stein Auditorium - Nesbitt Hall € 33rd and Market Streets, Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104

On the night of February 19, Ms. Takagi will demonstrate
how she transforms the Japanese letterform into expressive gesture.

Chukin Takagi was born in 1945 in Karafuto, Russia, a former colony of Japan.  She then grew up in Hirosaki, a northern city of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.  At a very young age, she commenced her study of Shodo [A Way of Scripting;  Sho means ³writing or scripting with brush² and do means³the path, passage or  the way²] in a private practice run by a local writing master. She continued her  Shodo discipline seriously through high school and college with two different masters. Between 1965 and 1974, she made multiple exhibit entries and became independent, starting to teach her own pupils. In the late 70s, she won the  prestigious award of the Aomori province for the third time. She holds her graduate degree in Shodo from the
Japanese Shodo Education Association in Tokyo  and has received guidance in additional brushwork explorations from Sodo Asai  in Kyoto. Ms. Takagi was one of the organizers of the first alumni show of  the Association in 1988, which took place in Tokyo. Ms. Takagi was appointed  as a director of the northern Shodo Institute in Hirosaki in 2006.

There will be an introduction and brief history of Japanese calligraphy by Janice Merendino, founder and director of ³The Branch Out Project²
www.branchoutproject.com.

RSVP via email by Feb 10. : shushi.yoshinaga@drexel.edu
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Columbia University Buddhist Studies Seminar
Spring Seminar Schedule


John McRae

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Imre Hamar
Professor of Chinese studies at Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest)
Title TBA
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
6:30-8pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue
(Department of Religion)
Click here for map & directions >>

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Jongmyung Kim
Visiting Associate Professor of Korean Buddhism, UCLA
"Buddhist World Heritage Properties in Korea: Thoughts and Significance"
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
6:30-8pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue
(Department of Religion) for map & directions >>

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Frederick M. Smith

University of Iowa
Title TBA
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
6:30-8pm
Rm. 101, 80 Claremont Avenue
(Department of Religion)

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Japan Group II invites all who are interested in our programs to join us!! Email luber@lubergallery.com or call Shirley Luber 215-545-4975 for more details.


Sunday, April 4, The Art of the Japanese Craft at PMA
                              Our guide: Ann McPhail
             Special Dinner at Shiro Hana
             Met at west entrance Philadelphia Museum of Art at 3 PM
             Members $30  Non Members $35
Sunday, May 3  Washington, DC  The Freer Gallery and Day on the Mall
            Leave City Line at 8:15    19th & jFK at 8:30
            Leave DC at $ PM
            Members $50   Non-members $55
All trips are on Krapf Coaches

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INK NOT INK
Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art on World Tour
Makes Only US Stop at Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA- Curated by the Shenzhen Art Museum and an
expert panel of Chinese critics and curators, including Fan Di’an,
Director of the National Art Museum of China, Ink not Ink will be the
first survey-scale exhibition of contemporary Chinese art ever presented
in the Greater Philadelphia region. More than 80 paintings, prints,
sculptures, and videos by 40 Chinese artists, including renowned figures
such as Wenda Gu, Wei Qingji, and Lin Tianmiao, will be presented.
The central theme of the exhibition is the critical role that the ancient
tradition of ink painting plays in the cultural memory and imagination
of many contemporary Chinese artists even as they respond to China’s
explosive economic growth and rapid globalization. As outside cultural
influences become increasingly potent inside China, artists are boldly
experimenting with new mediums and technologies on an imposing
scale, creating unprecedented admixtures of Western and Eastern
imagery.

EVENT FACTS
Where:
Symposium Location: Bossone Auditorium
Gala Preview and Reception
Bossone Lobby

Exhibition Locations:
Bossone Research Center, 3128 Market St.
Paul Peck Alumni Center, 3142 Market St.
Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Nesbitt Hall, 3215 Market St.

When: Exhibition open to general public:
Thursday, April 2, 10 AM– 5 PM
Symposium: Wednesday, April 1, 3:30-5:00 PM
Gala Preview & Reception: Wednesday, April 1, 6-8 PM
(Tickets Required)

Cost: Exhibition and Symposium are
FREE and open to the public
More Information: 215-895-2548
or visit www.drexel.edu/inknotink
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2009 CIBER Business Language Conference

Navigating the World of Business Through Language and Culture

Thursday–Saturday • April 2–4, 2009

Marriott Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Mo.

Whether managers are finding markets in Asia, Africa, Europe, or Latin America, speaking the local languages and knowing the cultural terrain can make or break a deal. But how do we teach these skills, especially to adult learners? Come to Kansas City to chart new directions in research and share ideas and best practices for teaching language and culture to business professionals. CIBER Business Language Conference

Content/Speakers
Melissa Birch, Director
ciberdir@ku.edu
785-864-7879

Registration
Kevin Curry, Senior Program Manager
kgcurry@ku.edu
785-864-7861
KU Continuing Education
1515 St. Andrews Dr.
Lawrence KS 66047-1625

*Full-time position / Internship at Education Startup - reforming education in China:

http://www.snyg.org/careercenter/job.php?id=11

The link provided contains detailed information about the firm and the positions they are looking to fill.  China, education reform, entrepreneurial environment, enhancing business management skills, highly talented and motivated colleagues -- if any of these terms or descriptions are of remote interest, then this may be the opportunity that you have been searching for and you are encouraged to check it out. 


+Join Shanghai New York Group (SNYG): http://www.snyg.org

Shanghai New York Group aims to provide a network for professionals within Finance and Finance Technology to cooperate and promote relationships between Chinese and American businesses.

Please register to become a member! As a member you will have access to SNYG's latest events, news, and the latest finance, banking and technology job openings.

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The Department of Modern Languages at Ursinus College invites applications for a three-year renewable full-time position in Japanese language, to begin August 2009. Candidates must possess a Master's degree or higher in a related discipline, including such fields as Japanese pedagogy, applied linguistics, or second language acquisition, and should be able to demonstrate expertise in teaching Japanese at the college level. Native or near-native fluency in both Japanese and English is required. The successful candidate will teach Japanese language courses at all levels, elementary to advanced; offer independent study courses, including advanced grammar and pedagogy, as required; work with students in our public school teacher certification program in Japanese language; and participate in service activities for the Department, including student advising, and the Japanese language program, including coordinating the Japanese language table and advising for the study abroad program. Ursinus offers a minor in Japanese and a major in East Asian Studies. Candidates should be committed to excellence in teaching in a liberal arts setting. The teaching load is three courses per semester.

Established in 1869, Ursinus College is a highly selective, independent, co-educational, residential liberal arts college with a tradition of academic excellence and a strong commitment to undergraduate research in a student body of approximately 1,700. It is located in Collegeville , PA , 25 miles from center-city Philadelphia . Ursinus College is an EEO/AA employer. In keeping with the college's historic commitment to equality, women and men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups, are encouraged to apply. Send application letter, c.v., three confidential letters of recommendation, official transcripts, and evidence of language teaching excellence (including a video of a class) to Matthew Mizenko, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, Ursinus College , Collegeville PA 19426-1000. Completed applications received by March 20, 2009 will receive fullest consideration.
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Center for Global Communication Studies

We are looking for a new Project Coordinator (please see the description below.) If you think you might be interested, please apply via (it's important to use this interface and not apply directly through me): http://www.hr.upenn.edu/jobs/ (Click on “Search Open Positions) The position number is 090226264. Please feel free to forward this to those you think might be interested. Thanks for your help with this important search. JOB DESCRPTION  The Project Coordinator will provide day-to-day administrative support to the Director and other staff at the Center for Global Communication Studies as part of their efforts to provide a platform for international, comparative, and global communications scholarship related to media, democracy and international development; strategic communication and public diplomacy; and media law and policy.  The position is highly administrative in nature and will involve working closely with Annenberg staff, students and some faculty on event and research coordination (please see CGCS website for past events as examples), developing partnerships with other parts of Penn, and working closely with partners in the CGCS network. Examples of the daily work requirements for the Project Coordinator position include: budget tracking; preparing and processing expense reports; student and faculty outreach; backstopping academic research and teaching; organizing conferences, workshops and other events; updating the Center website with information on Center events and visiting scholars; serving as the primary CGCS contact for visiting scholars; and managing travel, including booking hotel and air travel for CGCS staff and associates.   Applicants should have a BA, Master's preferred.  Academic and professional background in international development, non-profit administration, communications, journalism, or political science strongly preferred.  Three-five years of professional experience is required. Experience with web-based communications and publications tools is an advantage.  Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in international affairs, including time spent traveling, working, or studying abroad. Foreign language proficiency is highly desirable.  Applicants should be comfortable working with MS Office software, including Word, Excel,  and PowerPoint, and be comfortable using a content management system for the Center's website.   Please submit resume, cover letter, three references, and a short writing sample.

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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China ( www.cecc.gov ) is offering paid internships for graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and recent graduates this coming summer in Washington, D.C. Interns must be U.S. citizens. The application deadline is March 1, 2009 , for the Summer 2009 internship that runs from June to August. Application instructions are attached.

CECC internships provide significant educational and professional experience for advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a background in Chinese politics, law and society, and strong Chinese language skills.

Interns work closely with the Commission and its staff on the full array of issues concerning human rights, the rule of law, and governance in China (including criminal justice, democratic governance institutions, environmental problems, religious freedom, freedom of expression, ethnic minority rights, women's rights, etc.).

Interns perform important research support tasks (often in Chinese), attend seminars, meet Members of Congress and e xperts from the United States and abroad, and draft Commission analyses. Click here for CECC analysis of recent develo pments in the rule of law and human rights in China. Interns may also be trained to work with the Commission's Political Prisoner Database, which has been accessible by the public since its launch in November 2004 (click here to begin a search).

The CECC staff is committed to interns ' professional development, and holds regular roundtables for interns on important China-related issues.

Sum mer 2009 interns will be paid $10/hour. Those unable to apply for Summer 2009 internships may apply for the Spring (February-May) and Fall (September-December).

Further details are available on the Commission's Web site at www.cecc.gov .

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FOR IMMEDIATE HIRING: translator for arts and culture related subjects

Job description:

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in New York City is looking for a translator to translate interview transcriptions from Chinese to English, work commencing immediately.  The transcript contains 18 pages.  The work needs to be completed by February 17.  The translator will be compensated upon completion of the work at the rate agreed upon prior to the assignment of the work.  He or she will be credit in the publication where the interview appears.

Qualifications:

Successful candidates must have excellent command of written English and good knowledge of art and culture. A background in Art History, History, Cultural Studies, or East Asian Studies is preferable.

To apply:

Please submit a translation sample with both original and translated text and provide the desired rate to tcwang@mocanyc.org with the subject line, “Application: translator.” For more information about the Museum, please visit our website at www.mocanyc.org .

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Japanese House and Garden

Site Manager

Position Profile

Overview

The Site Manager is a full time seasonal position, March through October 15, at the Japanese House and Garden, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The Japanese House and Garden is a 17 th century style Japanese house in the west section of Fairmount Park . This position is an integral part of the museum's day-to-day operations and serves an important role in interacting with the public and as a liaison with other professional staff members. This position is ideal for a person who has earned a college degree or has significant life experience. The successful candidate must also have a strong interest in and/or knowledge of Japan , Asian studies, museum studies, education or the hospitality industry.

Schedule

•  Must be available to work 5 days per week, Wednesday-Sunday.

•  Hours: Wednesday-Friday 9-5; Saturday and Sunday 10-5

•  Evening work for staffing special events will be required.

•  This seasonal position begins March 3, 2009 and ends on Oct. 31, 2009.

Salary

The salary for this seasonal position is $18,000

Qualifications

A college degree, trade certification, or significant life and work experience

Experience working with the public is desired.

Interest and experience with Asian studies, museum studies, recreational studies, education or the hospitality industry is a plus.

Must be able to lift 20 pounds.

Having a car is a requirement

To apply:

Send resume and cover letter to:

Prudence Haines, Executive Director
Japanese House and Garden
4700 States Drive, Ohio House
Philadelphia , PA 19131
www.shofuso.com

can be emailed to: info@shofuso.com

Bridging Scholarship recipients receive a stipend of $2,500 (for students on semester-long programs) or $4,000 (for students on academic year programs)

Applications are now being accepted from students who will be studying in Japan beginning in Fall 2009, for a semester or an academic year . The deadline for receipt of applications is April 6, 2009.

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National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships:

Description

Link to Full Announcement

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The Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan is a joint activity of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Awards support research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan's international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. The program encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider regional and global contexts and is comparative and contemporary in nature. Research should contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of issues of concern to Japan and the United States. Appropriate disciplines for the research include anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology, public administration, and sociology. The fellowships are designed for researchers with advanced language skills whose research will require use of data, sources, and documents in their original languages or whose research requires interviews onsite in direct one-on-one contact. Fellows may undertake their projects in Japan, the United States, or both, and may include work in other countries for comparative purposes. Awards usually result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. As tax-supported federal agencies, JUSFC and NEH endeavor to make grant products available to the broadest possible audience. Our goal is for scholars, educators, students, and the American public to have ready and easy access to the wide range of grant products. For projects that lead to the development of Web sites, all other considerations being equal, preference is given to those that provide free access to the public. Detailed guidance on access and dissemination matters can be found in Section IV, Final Product and Dissemination, below. Advanced Social Science Research on Japan Fellowships may not be used for * curricular or pedagogical methods, theories, or surveys; * preparation or revision of textbooks; * projects that seek to promote a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; * projects that advocate a particular program of social action; * works in the creative and performing arts, i.e., painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.; or * doctoral dissertations or theses.

Link to Full Announcement

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Faculty Research Awards support advanced research in the humanities by teachers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. The research must be of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. The awards support the equivalent of six to twelve months of full-time work. Faculty Research Awards may not be used for * curricular or pedagogical methods, theories, or surveys; * preparation or revision of textbooks; * projects that seek to promote a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; * projects that advocate a particular program of social action; or * works in the creative and performing arts, i.e., painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/facultyresearch.html

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ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP GRANT
FOR SCHOLARS SPECIALISING IN BUDDHIST ART AND ICONOGRAPHY
Call for Applications 2009-10
ACM Research Fellowship Grant:
The Research and Publication Unit (RPU) of the Asian Civilisations Museum is
pleased to announce its inaugural fellowship grant. The applications will be screened
by a committee of eminent scholars and will be administered by the RPU.

Background:
One of the stated aims of the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) for many years has been to be a centre of research in Asian cultures and arts. Since its opening at the Empress Place in 2003, the ACM has established a reputation in the international
museum arena for its excellent gallery displays and exhibitions. The ACM is undertaking to develop its research potential in the field of Asian archaeology, art history and material culture, so as to become the regional hub synonymous with excellent research projects and publications in the field. The research fellowships are
planned to generate in-depth study, documentation and thought leading publications on specialised aspects of Asian cultures.

For more information visit: www.acm.org.sg

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Asian American Studies Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Research
This paper prize has been established to recognize outstanding graduate research in the Asian American Studies.  Research papers can focus on any aspect of Asian American Studies and should demonstrate potential for publication in a scholarly journal. 

Selection will be made on the basis of research accomplishment and academic excellence.  The award will be presented annually in the form of a $200 cash prize at the end of the spring semester 2009.  Application deadline is April 6, 2009.

For more information please contact Dr Fariha Khan: fariha@sas.upenn.edu
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FULBRIGHT and CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE (HANBAN) SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE for
K-12 Summer ACC-CLASS/ACC-CIH(Hanban) Chinese Language Teachers' Institute (Beijing + Chengdu)

Now accepting scholarship applications through March 2.
Apply today: www.hamilton.edu/china

This is an incredible professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers of Chinese (both pre-service and in-service) whose native language is English.
TIME: 6/27-8/7, 2009
LOCATIONS: Capital Univ. of Economics and Business (CUEB, Beijing) & Southwest Univ. for Nationalities (SWUN, Chengdu)

FEATURES:
- teaching workshops & practica
- teaching observations & demos
- teaching & culture panels
- cultural activities in China
- refresher language courses

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The Ohio State University 's East Asian Studies Center is now accepting applications for a postdoctoral researcher for 2009-2010 in the area of East Asian policy issues. Would you please disseminate this announcement to your listservs? The East Asian Studies Center (EASC) at The Ohio State University invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position for the 2009-2010 academic year. The stipend is $40,000 plus benefits. This year's focus will be on interdisciplinary approaches to policy issues in modern and contemporary China , Japan , or Korea . We are particularly interested in candidates who are engaged with issues in bilateral and/or multilateral Asian foreign policy; US-East Asia relations as seen from an Asian point of view; the impact of the international and domestic NGO sector on national and/or local policymaking in East Asia; and/or East Asian policies relating to the environment, energy, urban planning, media, language, and the arts. Background in public policy or political science is a plus. The postdoctoral researcher will offer two courses in collaboration with the thriving Undergraduate International Studies Program, which offers majors in World Economy and Business, International Relations & Diplomacy, Security & Intelligence, Development Studies as well as in East Asian Studies. A third course can be offered in any appropriate department. All Ph.D. requirements must be fulfilled before Sept 1, 2009. Letter of interest, CV, teaching proposal for three courses (1,500 words total), research proposal (1,500 words total), and 3 letters of reference should be sent to EASC Postdoctoral Researcher Position, East Asian Studies Center, The Ohio State University, 314 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210; fax: (614) 247-6454; email: easc@osu.edu ; website: http://easc.osu.edu/ . The deadline for the receipt of completed applications is March 6, 2009 with preliminary interviews taking place at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting in Chicago , March 26-29, 2009. OSU is an AA/EOE employer. For more information, see http://easc.osu.edu/contents/postdocs.html .

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CIEE is pleased, once again, to offer the Ping Doctoral Research Fellowships , providing support for doctoral research focused on U.S. undergraduate study abroad.

CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange invites Directors of Graduate Studies (or in the absence of a departmental DGS, a Chair) to nominate a qualified doctoral candidate for a Ping Fellowship. These Fellowships, funded through a small endowment, are named after Dr. Charles Ping, President Emeritus of Ohio University and a long-time former Chairman of the CIEE Board of Directors.

During the 2009-10 academic year, CIEE will provide up to two $20,000 Ping Doctoral Research Fellowships to outstanding doctoral candidates. For more information about eligibility, requirements, and the nomination of candidates, please click here to visit the CIEE website.

Thank you for letting interested parties know about the Ping Doctoral Research Fellowships, and for nominating qualified doctoral candidates. If you have any questions, please contact me at mvandeberg@ciee.org .

The newly revised 2009 Penn-in-Beijing program will be offered this year from May 24 to June 19. The intensive four-week program, which focuses on Chinese language, history, and culture, will be led by Professor Paul R. Goldin, chair of Penn's Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. Penn-in-Beijing is open to current undergraduates from Penn and other accredited universities. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to take Penn credit courses in Beijing! For more information visit: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/summer/abroad/beijing <http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/summer/abroad/beijing> To apply for the program, go to www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/summer/abroad/application <http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/summer/abroad/application> . The application deadline is March 20. Apply now to secure your place in the program. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and decision notices will be available approximately two weeks after the application is complete. Penn undergraduates currently receiving financial aid are eligible to apply for the William A. Levi Travel Fellowship. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, March 6, 2009 for students applying/admitted to Penn-in-Beijing. For more information visit: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/summer/abroad/fellowship

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Summer  2009  Beijing  Business and Culture Trip
organized by the Wharton China Business Society

The Wharton China Business Society offers  students from all schools at Penn  (SAS, SEAS, Wharton, Nursing) the opportunity to explore  business and culture  in  Beijing . Whether you are interested in learning about global business opportunities or would like full immersion and exploration of Chinese culture, this two-week trip from May 16 to May 31 offers a strong and diverse line up of company visits balanced with cultural excursions. 

Top 5 Reasons to Go On This Trip

• Opportunities to directly interact and network with executives at industry leading companies in personal small group settings
• Insider view of companies through tours of company headquarters and factories
• Experience the unique  Beijing  culture: night market, karaoke, clubbing, Peking duck, ethnic performances, and more...
• Visit historical sites: Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, and more...
• Experience campus life and interact with students at China's top universities: Peking University and Tsinghua University

Application: http://whartonchina.com/summer/files/SummerApplication09_0210.doc

Informational brochure: http://whartonchina.com/summer/files/WCBSBrochure.pdf

The application is due 28 February 2009 . Spaces are limited to 20 and applications are processed on a rolling basis so interested applicants should apply as soon as possible to maximize their chances for this exciting opportunity!

Questions? Please contact Charles Li at ccli@wharton.upenn.edu

Here are some things past participants have said about the trip:

"...perfect balance of business and leisure activities."

"live interaction and communication with local students made it an amazing experience."

"The visit to Tai Kang Insurance was certainly eye-opening."

"The company visits were a great opportunity to hear managers talk about the business environment in China."

Best Regards,

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Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that helps and encourages educators to travel abroad. In the summer of 2009 GEEO will run trips to Tunisia, Peru, Ecuador, Thailand, and India. GEEO hopes to make America more outward-looking by helping teachers travel and then giving them an effective way to share these experiences in their classrooms.

Educators can earn graduate school credit and professional development credit while seeing the world.  The trips are designed for teachers and include activities such as school visits and homestays that give participants authentic exposure to local culture. The trips are deeply discounted so as to be affordable to teachers.  GEEO also helps teachers find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips.

Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org . GEEO can also be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-10PM EST. To sign-up for GEEO's listserv, please send an email to listserv@geeo.org with the subject line "subscribe."

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CALL FOR APPLICATION: Volunteer with Dream Corps International Learn, Inspire, Teach, and Serve in Rural China PROGRAM Dream Corps is recruiting 30 to 40 international volunteers to participate in its 2009 Summer Volunteer Program in rural villages and urban migrant communities of China. Volunteers will take part in activities that include • Building basic library infrastructures • Developing library management system • Reading programs • English teaching • Facilitating community initiatives and projects • Community understanding The program consists of 3 days of training in Beijing, 3 weeks of volunteer work on assigned volunteer sites, and 3 days of concluding camp in Beijing. QUALIFICATION This is an exciting opportunity for students, researchers, and young professionals interested in international development, rural education, and the non-profit sector in China. Our past volunteers were from 12 different countries and regions and were primarily undergraduate and graduate students. Language: ability to speak Chinese is not imperative, but is highly preferred. EXPENSE While no fee is charged, volunteers shall cover all of their travel, board and lodging expenses during the program, including airfare for the traveling to China. Typical total expense per person during the program is around 250 US dollars. Volunteers from mainland China and team leaders are eligible for modest amount of financial assistance. APPLICATION PROCESS STEP 1: Online Application a. Application form http://www.dreamcorps.org/summer2009.htm b. Personal Statement (see guideline below for details) c. Resume or CV Application deadline is March 02, 2009. Because we have a rolling application process and our volunteer positions fill up quickly, we strongly encourage you to apply as early as possible. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. There is no application fee. STEP 2: Interview Applications are typically reviewed within a week. Qualified applicants will be interviewed over the phone or in person. STEP 3: Notification of Decision Final decision will be sent to you no later than March 15. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION If you have any more questions regarding our program, please visit Dream Corps 2009 Summer Program FAQ. If you have any questions regarding the application and volunteer selection process, please contact the Recruitment Committee at recruitment@dreamcorps.org ..

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CALL FOR ARTICLES Journal of China in Comparative Perspective (London School of Economics) The editors of the newly launched Journal of China in Comparative Perspective (JCCP) invite submissions of articles in English up to 8.000 words in length including notes and list of references. The articles must be original and not previously published. They should be sent electronically in either word or rtf format to the journal's official email address: jccp@lse.ac.uk . The journal is peer-reviewed, and will be published biannually by the London School of Economics. The JCCP was founded to encourage and publish original multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary comparative research on China. Comparison includes taking China as a case study of some more generally applicable theory, or drawing from comparative data about China and some other country or countries some analytic conclusions. The comparison may be regional or global; and it may be historical or contemporary. It may also involve a comparison of perceptions - China's perceptions of others and others' perceptions of China in the context of China's encounter with the outside world in the political, economic, military and cultural sense. The JCCP is a strictly non-partisan publication and does not support or discriminate against any political, ideological or religious viewpoint. Although conceived as an academic journal, the editorial policy of the journal is to ensure that articles that appear therein are of interest beyond the academic arena to both policy-makers as well as readers with a general interest in China-related themes. In accordance with standard academic practice, all submissions undergo a rigorous process of blind peer review. Submitted articles are blind read by two editors who decide whether the articles are suitable or not for publication, with or without revision. If these reviews are positive the article is sent to a third editor for further review before being returned to you, the author, for revision and final submission. The whole process should in normal circumstances take no longer than three months. We expect the revision to be completed within four weeks. Please note that all authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are written and formatted according to the journal's writing style. For more details on style guidelines, as well as on the journal's editorial team and statement of aims, please visit http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CCPN/jccp.htm .

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The Korea-America Student Conference (KASC) is a student-led cultural and academic exchange program which brings 25 Korean and 25 American university students together to learn about and discuss U.S.-Korea relations. Together, students will experience an intense
month traveling around Korea and learning about several dynamic issues facing the U.S. and Korea: environment, security, global citizens, science and technology, and media and culture. Through engagement they will learn how to analyze and create strategies to improve
mutual and global cooperation.

Program
Participants will meet at their orientation site and then travel throughout four major cities in South Korea: Seoul, Gwangju, Jeju, and Busan. Over the course of four weeks, the students will engage in academic roundtable discussions, lectures and panel presentations, cultural
and social events, !eld trips, and community service activities. Throughout the conference delegates will work together, exchanging ideas and perspectives, to solve issues within their chosen roundtable. These experiences will provide a foundation for mutual understanding, social awareness, cultural sensitivity and a forum for the exchange of ideas. More importantly,
the intense experience of living and working together will encourage mutual understanding among delegates and promote lasting friendships that will further strengthen the ties between Korea and the United States.

Theme: Advancing US-Korea Cooperation on International Affairs

For more information and an application form please visit: www.iscdc.org

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Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that helps and encourages educators to travel abroad. In the summer of 2009 GEEO will run trips to Tunisia, Peru, Ecuador, Thailand, and India. GEEO hopes to make America more outward-looking by helping teachers travel and then giving them an effective way to share these experiences in their classrooms.

Educators can earn graduate school credit and professional development credit while seeing the world.  The trips are designed for teachers and include activities such as school visits and homestays that give participants authentic exposure to local culture. The trips are deeply discounted so as to be affordable to teachers.  GEEO also helps teachers find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips.

Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org . GEEO can also be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-10PM EST. To sign-up for GEEO's listserv, please send an email to listserv@geeo.org with the subject line "subscribe."

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This is a reminder that March 1 is the application deadline for KCJS Summer Program in Advanced and Classical Japanese . Please forward this information to your students and colleagues.

This six-week program offers intensive training in advanced and classical Japanese for highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students who have completed three years of Japanese or the equivalent. 

Students enroll in one of two courses: Advanced Japanese or Introduction to Classical Japanese. Eight points of credit are awarded on a Columbia University transcript upon completion of the course. Language instruction will be provided by the regular faculty of KCJS, which is now in its 20th year as a highly successful junior-year- abroad program in Kyoto , and by visiting faculty from member schools of the KCJS consortium. For the summer of 2009, Introduction to Classical Japanese will be taught by Professor Jamie Newhard of Washington University in St. Louis .

Classes will be small, with 5-7 students in each of the three sections of modern Japanese, and an anticipated 10-15 in classical Japanese. 

Field trips, guest lectures, and other activities that utilize Kyoto 's rich cultural resources complement classroom instruction.

In 2009, the program will begin on June 1 and end on July 14 (just prior to the Gion Festival). The program fee is $3,750, and limited financial support is available from KCJS; the program should also be eligible for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) summer language support for graduate students.

For further details about the program, please visit http://kcjssummer.columbia.edu or email kyotosummer@columbia.edu with any questions.

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No-cost 2009 Teaching East Asian Literature in the High School workshop (July 12-18, 2009) The East Asian Studies Center (EASC) at Indiana University will hold the 2009 Teaching East Asian Literature in the High School workshop in Bloomington, IN, July 12-18, 2009. This one-week workshop provides an intensive introduction to the literature and history of China, Japan, and Korea and gives teachers the opportunity to discuss classroom applications and resources. Those who successfully complete the workshop will receive a $300 resource-buying grant for their school. Generously funded by the Freeman Foundation, the Teaching East Asian Literature in the High School workshop is a no-cost professional development program for high school teachers of English and world literature.

Participation includes:

• Set of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean literary works covered in workshop (mailed to participants prior to workshop)
• Free housing and one meal per day provided
• Certificate of completion
• Option to purchase three graduate credits from Indiana University at in-state rate
• $300 resource grant for purchasing East Asian literature for classroom use, provided upon completion of all requirements

Details and the application form are available online at http://www.iub.edu/~easc/outreach/educators/literature/index.shtml . The application deadline is March 6, 2009 or until the seminar fills. Applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis, so we encourage teachers to apply as soon as possible. If the applicant is accepted into the workshop, there is a $60 nonrefundable registration fee. Please feel free to contact Katie Venit at kvenit@indiana.edu , or call 812-856-6850 if you have any questions.

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Interest in Burma

A local chapter of US Campaign for Burma was started in the fall of 2007 in the city of Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. The organization seeks to connect individuals and/or organizations that care about Burma in Philadelphia as well promote awareness of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi and the democracy movement she has personally sacrificed for in her county. Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest in her childhood home in Rangoon. A small planning committee is eager to reach out to Penn students. If you are interested in learning about Burma or want more information on the local chapter, please contact Susan Zingale-Baird, szbaird@msn.com

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Research paper opportunity for student: Penn professor needs to work with accomplished Thai speaker who will translate a small cache of letters and undertake other research in Thai for an academic article.

Contact Arthur Waldron if interested: awaldron2@mac.com

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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to bring to your attention an excellent opportunity for American high school students to receive support to study less commonly taught languages.  NSLI-Y is an exciting, new merit-based US Government overseas language program for American high school students that will fund approximately 550 students to study and master languages not traditionally taught in U.S. high schools but which are critical for our country's future.  The program is funded by the Department of State's Educational and Cultural Affairs Youth Programs Division and is being implemented by a consortium of organizations led by the American Councils for International Education.  The program has already sent 350 American high schools students to summer language programs in China, Egypt, Jordan and Morocco during the summers of 2006, 2007 and 2008.
In 2009/2010, NSLI-Y is expanding the language offerings as well as the length of time for the programs.  There will be programs in Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Turkish.  There will be summer programs in each of the seven languages.  There will also be semester and academic year programs for Arabic, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Turkish.  For more information and to apply online, visit www.NSLIforYouth.org.  The application deadline is February 2, 2009.  
Lastly, I would like to direct your attention to two other websites.   http://exchanges.state.gov/youth/programs/nsli.html provides more information about the NSLI-Y program.  If you'd like to join the conversation about exchanges in general and become a part of the growing network of individuals interested in NSLI-Y, visit http://connect.state.gov/ and register for the NSLI-Y group.
We would be most appreciative of your spreading the word directly to American high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 and to appropriate staff at the high school level or school district level in order to publicize this invaluable opportunity.  Please do not hesitate to be in touch with me or with the Program Manager at American Councils Loren Kupferschmid at lkupferschmid@americancouncils.org for further assistance.

Best regards,

Lisa Bess Wishman wishmanlb@state.gov
Program Officer National Strategic Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Youth Programs Division Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA) Bureau U.S. Department of State Tel:  202-453-8173 Fax:  202-453-8169 http://exchanges.state.gov/youth/index.html http://connect.state.gov

The University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) is pleased to announce that the application deadline is extended for its sixth annual

Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory (SECT):
DESIGNING CHINA

August 9-22, 2009
Shanghai, China

Extended Application Deadline: March 2, 2009

UCHRI has been able to raise funds to reduce the fees for SECT VI significantly. The registration fee will be $750 for students and $1,250 for faculty. Registration fee covers tuition, accommodation, and some food but not airfare and related travel costs.

Applicants are urged to seek funding from their home institutions.
Scholarships will be available, mainly for full time registered students.

The Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory (SECT) is an intensive two-week summer program offered by the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI). SECT convenes distinguished instructors with a group of approximately 60 faculty, graduate students, independent scholars, and public intellectuals from across the international community. Neither an introductory survey nor an advanced research seminar, SECT functions as a "laboratory" where participants at all levels of experience can study with scholars at the leading edge of creative theoretical thought. The hallmark of SECT is its attention to both 'pure' and 'applied' modes of contemporary critical theory.

To date, SECT sessions have been conducted at UCHRI's facilities in Irvine, California. In August 2009, SECT VI will travel to Shanghai to hold an intensive two-week summer institute on "Designing China."

This seminar proposes to focus on China, not because China leads the world in the field of design, but because China today is where design issues are raised in perhaps their most problematic and provocative form. The seminar is neither a survey of design nor a training course in design fundamentals; it is not even exclusively about China. Rather, China will be taken as a case study to explore, in the spirit of "experimental critical theory," the larger issues of design in a globalizing world.

UCHRI invites applications from scholars—faculty of all ranks and graduate students—wishing to participate.

Application Fee: $20

Registration Fee: $750 for students / $1,250 for faculty
[covers tuition, accommodation, and some food]

Application Deadline: March 2, 2009
Online applications only at www.uchri.org .

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2009 Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East , and the Global Community

October 16-17, 2009, Annapolis , Maryland , U.S.A.
While the United States was deeply involved in negotiating peace between Israel and the Palestinians and fighting terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan , countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia have been quietly developing frequent economic, political, and cultural interaction with the Middle East .  Countries such as China and Japan pay close attention to the Middle East because of their strong ties to the region. Indeed their roles in the Middle East have become so prominent that they should be acknowledged and closely observed.  The “Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community” conference, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy's Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, U.S. Asian Cultural Academy, the Shanghai International Studies University, and the Library of Congress Asian Division, aims to provide a platform for western and Asian scholars to converge and exchange views on major issues concerning the Middle East and its relationship with Asia, the U.S., and the rest of the world. The 2009 Biannual International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies plans to invite scholars with strong interest and specializations in Asia-Middle East relations to present their papers on the following suggested subjects: - Energy and environment - Economy and trade - Cross-regional relations - Social/cultural perspectives - This list is meant to suggest possible topics, although other topics are welcome if they establish their general relevance to the subject of the encounters between the global and local powers in the Middle East . - Both broad theoretical studies and specific case studies are welcome. 

Paper proposals (no more than 200 words) & a 1-page biography are due by 1 May 2009, and should be submitted electronically to: Transcending Borders:  Asia, Middle East , and the Global Community Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis , Maryland USA 21402 Tel.: 1-410-293-2990   Fax: 1-410-293-2994 Email: cmeis@usna.edu - This is an interdisciplinary conference.  Participants will include academics, diplomats, military officers and other interested individuals. - Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by 1 June 2009.  Final papers must be submitted by 15 September 2009. - Paper presenters and participants must cover their own travel and accommodations to participate in the conference.  Registration fee is $ 95.00 and is due by 16 September 2009. - Registration information for this conference will be available by 1 April 2009 at: www.usna.edu/MiddleEast

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We here at the Colorado University East Asian Graduate Association (CUEAGA) have some extra room in our conference schedule this year and a bit of extra time to view further submissions. Therefore, we are extending our deadline for papers to Friday, February 6th. Just send your abstracts to this address ( cueaga@colorado.edu ). Again, topics include East Asian religion, history, and art/literature. We look forward to hearing from you! Also, if you would like to attend the conference without participating, you are cordially invited. The conference will be held March 6th and 7th in the Humanities building at CU Boulder. Please e-mail us at cueaga@colorado.edu with any questions.

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University of Toronto, Ninth Annual East Asia Conference 2009
Social Constructions: Exploring Intellectual Spaces in East Asia

March 14, 2009

The interdisciplinary conference welcomes research from graduate
students in all fields of East Asian Studies, including but not limited to
history, sociology, anthropology, economy, art, literature and
philosophy. We invite papers that seek to explore intellectual spaces
while critically engaging with real effects of social constructions in
East Asia and beyond.

Topics may include (though are not limited to) such issues as ontological subjectivity and epistemological objectivity of social constructions, the impact of social constructions on the everyday, significance of everyday practices in sustaining or contesting the existence of social constructions, the role of institutions in establishing social constructions, relation between individual identities and social reality as well as the challenges we encounter when tracing social constructions in an East Asian context and
intellectual spaces that are allowed or disallowed by social constructions.
We invite all those interested in presenting papers to submit an abstract (300 words maximum) and brief biographical information by December 21st. We encourage submissions from both individuals and panels of three (panelists should send individual abstracts and a panel abstract). Please indicate whether you would like your completed paper to be considered for publication in the East Asian Forum journal published by graduate students of the East Asian Studies department at the University of Toronto.

Selected participants should send completed papers to the committee by February 4th.

Please email your submissions and questions to the conference committee at
eas.conference.2009@gmail.com.
Schedule and additional information will be posted at: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/easgsc/Main.html

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