Penn Center For East Asian Studies Newsletter
2006-07: Issue no. 33, May 11, 2007The CEAS Newsletter weekly notifies East Asianists in our region of events and opportunities of interest. Notices appear under six headings:
- University of Pennsylvania East Asia Events
- Regional East Asia Events
- Employment and Internship Opportunities
- Fellowship and Award Opportunities
- East Asia Study Opportunities and Queries
- Conferences and Workshops
send them to proberts@sas.upenn.edu.
* Indicates notices appearing here for the first time.
(I) University of Pennsylvania East Asia Events
May 12—July 1, 2007, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania
Hitoshi Nakazato: Print Series
Celebration of this artist Master Printmaker and veteran curator at the Arthur Ross Gallery, who has worked and taught for forty years at GSFA and the School of Design.
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The Global Interdependence Center presents
Asian Texas: Kazakhstan - Health & Oil
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
On May 23rd, find out about the big changes going on the world's 9th largest nation.
What's new in health care and oil as the country sheds its Soviet legacy and becomes a major player in world oil markets?
Dr. Graboyes plans to spend mid-May in Kazakhstan, working with health care professionals. He'll report back on what he sees and what it could mean for the US.
GIC Luncheon
Asian Texas: Kazakhstan - Health & Oil
Featuring Dr. Robert F. Graboyes, a health economist whose work revolves around the question, "How much is a less-than-100% chance at life worth?" He is also Director of Language Across the Curriculum at the University of Richmond. He teaches full-time at UR and part-time in masters and doctoral programs at the Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Virginia medical campuses. Previously, he served as Africa economist at Chase Manhattan Bank (New York City) and as manager and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He holds degrees from Columbia University (M.Phil, Ph.D), Virginia Commonwealth University (M.S.H.A.), the College of William and Mary (M.A.), and the University of Virginia (B.A.).
Where & When:
Federal Reserve Bank of Phialadelphia
Ten Independence Mall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1910
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
11:45AM-2:00PM
$25 for GIC members, students & academics; $35 for non-members
(II) Regional East Asia Events
* Kimono Dressing at Japanese House
Celebrate Seijin Shiki at the Japanese House
Japanese families recognize the age of 20 as a coming-of-age year with a ceremonial day called Seijin Shiki. Women often wear kimono as part of this celebration and have their photo taken. Join in a celebration of this Japanese tradition and have you or your child's photo taken in kimono at the Japanese House.
Sunday, May 20, 2007 starting at 1 pm Pre-registration is required. $50 per session, $30 per kimono rental
Call 215-878-5097 or email info@shofuso.com to register.
www.shofuso.com
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Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush
Philadelphia Museum of Art, May 1, 2007 - July 22, 2007
“I splashed ink without inhibition, as my hand led me.” --Ike Taiga
This exhibition marks the first time an exhibition in the United States focuses on the eighteenth-century masters of painting, poetry, and calligraphy Ike Taiga (1723–1776) and his wife Tokuyama Gyokuran (1727–1784). Bringing together key works from both Japanese and Western collections, it offers American audiences a look at over 200 exceptional and rarely seen screens, handscrolls, hanging scrolls, and album and fan paintings by the two artists. Among them are designated Japanese National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties, several of which will be seen outside Japan for the first time.
For further information see http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/special/108.html
IKE TAIGA AND TOKUYAMA GYOKURAN:
JAPANESE MASTERS OF THE BRUSH
S C H O L A R S' D A Y S J U N E 1 0 – 1 2, 2 0 0 7
L E C T U R E S C H E D U L E
Morning lectures on June 10th & 12th are open to the public at no charge.
The exhibition will be closed on Monday, June 11th for partial reinstallation.
Sunday, June 10th (at the Philadelphia Museum of Art)
10:00 Public lecture in the Van Pelt Auditorium:
Prof. Motoaki Kono, Director, The Akita Museum of Modern Art
“The Origins and Evolution of Japanese Literati Painting, Focusing on
Ike Taiga” (interpreter: Prof. Yukio Lippit, Harvard University)
11:00 Public lecture in the Van Pelt Auditorium:
“Ike Taiga and Popular Buddhism of the Edo Period”
Tuesday, June 12th (at the Philadelphia Museum of Art)
10:00 Public lecture in the Van Pelt Auditorium:
Prof. Shigeru Matsubara, Special Research Chair, Tokyo National Museum
“The Synthesis of Calligraphy and Painting: Ike Taiga and Yosa Buson” (interpreter: Prof. Tomoko Sakomura, Swarthmore College)
11:00 Public lecture in the Van Pelt Auditorium:
“A Trip to Mount Kurama: Taiga's Chinese Poetry”
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Chinese for Families Event
Fun for the whole family!
Saturday May 19 3-6 pm
Chinese Opera Society
Monkey King & Cross Roads Inn
Chinese Dance, Music & Stories
Crafts, Vendors, Parade & Food
Tickets
$20 per family
$15 per couple
$10 per adult
$5 per child
DVDs $15
Tickets available online at
www.ChineseForFamilies.com
200 West Main Street
Trappe, PA
St. Luke's Church
www.ChineseForFamilies.com 610-716-1854
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Philadelphia: Japan Group II... The group for folks interested in Japanese arts and culture.
Our activities for the winter/spring season:
Sunday, May 20 Japanese House & PMA guided tour of "Masters of the
Brush" Members $20 Non-members $25 Meeting at 11 AM
Sunday, June 3 NYC to the Met and Japan Society Members $40 Non-
members $45, Pick-up time same as above.
If you are interested in joining any of these activities please contact
Shirley Luber at luber@lubergallery.com or call 215-545-4975
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Wutaishan and Qing Culture Conference
May 12: 9am-4pm; May 13: 9am-12pm
Rubin Museum of Art
Auditorium
150 W. 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
Sponsored by the Rubin Foundation
with additional support from Columbia's Weatherhead East Asian Institute,
the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, and The Felix Chen Research Award of Southern Methodist University
The sacred mountain Wutai Shan, the abode of the bodhisattva of wisdom Manjusri, has played a fundamental role in the East Asian Buddhist imagination for nearly 1500 years. Over the course of this time not only has it been a nexus of pilgrimage, cosmological conceptualization and cultural exchange, but it has also been the focal point of various religio-political discourses. And the concatenation of these forces undoubtedly reached one of their apogees during the long reign of the Manchus, who were not only portrayed as emanations of the bodhisattva of wisdom, but also fostered the folk etymology of their ethnonym as in fact deriving from Manjusri. Yet, while this project of symbolic appropriation is now common knowledge, less is known about how it affected the inherently transnational nature of this site. In other words, an important unanswered question is: how did the various discourses during the Qing actually engage, shape and influence the practices and conceptualizations of the constituents of the Qing empire? Moreover, how did innovations or transformations on the margins impact the imperial center? The aim of this conference is to employ the historical importance and transnational nature of Wutai Shan in order to attempt a re-evaluation of Qing culture.
In conjunction with this conference the Rubin Museum of Art is presenting a related exhibition: Wutaishan: Pilgrimage to Five Peak Mountain (May 10 – October 16, 2007) which primarily utilizes the RMA's permanent collection to explore this mountain as a site of transnational pilgrimage where the interaction between the Chinese, Manchus, Mongolians and Tibetans fostered a multiculturalism endemic of Himalayan art. This is reflected in the diversity of objects in the exhibition coming from Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia, and China, including paintings, sculptures, masks, book covers and features a six-foot wide woodblock print, a panoramic view of Mount Wutai filled with temples and miraculous visions. See also: http://www.rmanyc.org/Exhibitions/index.cfm
For more information, please contact the co-organizers, Professor Gray Tuttle (gwt2102@columbia.edu) or Professor Johan Elverskog (jelversk@smu.edu )
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/wutaishan-conference07.html
www.cbs.columbia.edu
http://www.rmanyc.org/Exhibitions/index.cfm
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Washington DC: “The Six Party Talks and the Shifting Dynamics in Northeast Asia”
From: Robert Litwak, Director, Division of International Security Studies; Robert Hathaway, Director, Asia Program; and Joseph Pilat, National Security Office, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Topic: “The Six Party Talks and the Shifting Dynamics in Northeast Asia”
Speaker: Michael J. Green, Japan Chair and Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Associate Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University
Tuesday, May 15, 2007, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. 6th Floor Moynihan Board Room
Woodrow Wilson Center in the Ronald Reagan Building,
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line)
For directions see the map on the Center's website at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Please bring a photo ID and allow additional time to pass through a security checkpoint.
This meeting is part of an ongoing series that provides a forum for policy specialists from Congress and the Executive, business, academia, and journalism to exchange information and share perspectives on current nonproliferation issues. Lunch will be served. Seating is limited.
(III) Employment and Internship Opportunities
* INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, Department of Religious Studies, invites applications for a one-year visiting position in East Asian Religions for 2007-08. Applicants must be ABD and able to teach a general course in Asian religions, as well as introductory and advanced courses in their area of specialization. Course load: 2 courses/semester. The Search Committee will begin reading applications on May 15, 2007. Applicants should send a cover letter, c.v., and two letters of recommendation to Professor David Brakke, Chair, Department of Religious Studies, either at Sycamore Hall 230 / Indiana University / Bloomington, IN 47405-7005, or at this email address: deptsec@indiana.edu. Indiana University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
(IV) Fellowship and Award Opportunities
New Fulbright Scholar Awards in Hong Kong
Recipients of these new awards will work with Hong Kong universities as they
prepare for a transition from a three-year undergraduate program to a four-year
undergraduate program in the 2012-2013 academic year.
Grantees will be part of a team that will be coordinated by the Hong Kong -
America Center (HKAC). The team will work with all of the Hong Kong
universities. Each grantee will also be affiliated with one of Hong Kong's
tertiary institutions where the grantee will consult with colleagues and the
committees that have responsibility for developing the general education
curriculum and courses for the new undergraduate program. Grantees will also
teach one course in their area of specialization.
Applicants in all disciplines are welcome to apply. They should have experience,
preferably in a leadership role, in the development of a university or college's
general education curriculum or first-year program. They should also have
experiencce in developing interdisciplinary courses and in organizing and
presenting faculty workshops on effective modes of teaching and learning.
Familiarity with outcomes-based evaluation, curriculum alignment and online
teaching strategies will be an advantage. Applicants will be expected to be
active team participants and be willing to engage in a dialogue about
curriculum development with their Hong Kong colleagues. All grantees will be
expected to produce a chapter for a published anthology on general education
based upon their experience in Hong Kong.
Grants are for 10 months and will start in late August 2008. The awards will be
offered in the subsequent three Fulbright Scholar competitions. Approximately
four to five awards will be offered in each competition.
With support from the U.S. Department of STate, the awards are made possibly by
a generous grant from Po Chung, a Hong Kong businessman and entrepreneur, and
the University Grants Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
For further information, visit www.cies.org or contact: David Adams at
dadams@cies.iie.org or 202.686.4021
(V) East Asia Study Opportunities and Queries
Penn-in-Seoul, Korea
Program Profile: For students interested in East Asia, Korea, international relations, and business.
Program Dates: June 21 – August 11, 2007
Internship: July 17 – August 10
Language Requirements: Classes conducted in English. Non-Korean-speakers encouraged to complete a pre-departure "Survival Korean" language course.
Note: some internships require a knowledge of Korean.
Curriculum Requirements: Students to register for the 2 CUs, both courses offered. Upon completion of courses, students may participate in an internship.
Courses Offered:
EALC HIST 391 950: The Korean War and Its Legacies for U.S. – Korean Relations (1CU)
PSCI 298: Politics and Economics of Korea (1CU)
Housing: Students live in the dormitory of Kyung Hee Univeristy.
Tuition: $5,100 est. See website for updates and other costs: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/summer/abroad/seoul index.php
The Penn-in-Seoul Program enters its 14th year this summer. Students can earn two course units of credit. They also will meet with senior officials from the Foreign Ministry, Bank of Korea, Korea Development Institute, or the National Intelligence Service, etc. We also visit the DMZ and take several cultural tours, and end the summer with a month-long, full-time internship. Please do not hesitate to contact Frank Plantan (fplantan@sas.upenn.edu) if you have any questions about this program. We have secured some scholarship funds from the Korean Studies Program to support the program and will be distributing awards of $500 - $2000 to those with the most need, and after that on a combination of need and merit.
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Penn Young Scholars Chinese Academy
University of Pennsylvania
July 2- August 10, 2007
The University of Pennsylvania's new Summer High School Language Program couples Penn's extensive experience with intellectual development programs for high school students and its excellence in Chinese language and culture taught by known Penn professors.
CURRICULUM:
-Curriculum tracks in Beginning Chinese 1 and 2
-Language instruction Monday through Thursday
-Lectures on Chinese culture, literature, religion history, and philosophy on Fridays
-One-on-one practice sessions with language teachers
-Language Lab instruction in writing and website navigation
-After-school field trips, dance and martial arts demonstrations
FACULTY:
-Dr. Victor Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania
-Dr. Paul Goldin, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania
-Dr. Mien-hwa Chiang, Director, Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania
-Steven Chuang, Chinese Language Instructor at Central High School
CLASS SCHEDULE:
-Classes will be held 9am to 2pm Monday through Thursday and 9am to 12 noon on Friday.
STUDENTS:
-The program has places for 30 high school students.
TUITION:
-Each student will be granted a scholarship of $1,000 to be applied to the $1,876 tuition; the final cost to each student will be $876.
*A limited number of full scholarships may be available.
To apply, please access the form at the bottom of our webpage: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 215-573-4203.
(VI) Conferences and Workshops
Call for Papers
4th Korean Studies Graduate Students Convention (KSGSC) in Europe
Edinburgh, UK: 20-22 September 2007
The School of Social and Political Studies at the University of Edinburgh (UK) is pleased
to announce the 4th Korean Studies Graduate Students Convention. The event is hosted by
the University of Edinburgh (UK) and will take place on 20-22 September 2007, in parallel
to the Early Career Researchers' Conference on East Asian Studies.
The conference aims to bring together graduate students in the broad field of Korean
studies. The areas covered in the conference range from the arts to the social sciences.
Paper proposals are especially invited to cover one or more of the following topic areas:
International Politics, Conflict and Security
Government, Domestic Politics and Civil Society
Regionalism and Regionalisation
Culture, Rituals and Religion
Linguistics and Literature
Submission of Proposals
Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to ksgsc2007@yahoo.co.uk
(as an attachment in MS Word, RTF or PDF format). Please include:
1) Name
2) Institutional affiliation
3) Title/position
4) E-mail address
5) A one-page CV
6) Title of Paper (maximum 20 words)
7) Abstract of Paper (maximum 250 words)
The working language of the conference is English.
The deadline for abstracts is 10th June 2007. Applicants will be notified of the outcome
of their submission by the middle of July. Full details of the program, conference fee,
registration and accommodation arrangements will be available by early August.
The event is based in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital and one of the world's most beautiful
and vibrant cities. The University of Edinburgh was established in the 16th century and
has an established tradition in Asian studies, particularly within the College of
Humanities and Social Science.
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
