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

Penn Durae, the Korean traditional and cultural music group of the University of Pennsylvania, provides its 1st annual performance on April 20th, Sunday from 5-7pm at the Hall of Flags, Houston Hall.

Penn Durae was founded in 2006 as an unofficial student musical group with a handful of members. In the first year of activity, Penn Durae was recognized as the source of Korean traditional music and culture on campus and was requested to perform regularly at events for other Korean and Asian interest groups. Penn Durae continuously educates and trains its members, who belong to the community at Penn, in the performance of Korean traditional music, in order that this aspect of Korean culture be preserved in the campus community and in the greater Philadelphia region. 

Penn Durae, the Korean traditional and cultural music group of the University of Pennsylvania, provides its 1st annual performance on April 20th, Sunday from 5-7pm at the Hall of Flags, Houston Hall.

Penn Durae was founded in 2006 as an unofficial student musical group with a handful of members. In the first year of activity, Penn Durae was recognized as the source of Korean traditional music and culture on campus and was requested to perform regularly at events for other Korean and Asian interest groups. Penn Durae continuously educates and trains its members, who belong to the community at Penn, in the performance of Korean traditional music, in order that this aspect of Korean culture be preserved in the campus community and in the greater Philadelphia region. 

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

A Chinese Odyssey (Stephen Chow)

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

Godzilla: Final Wars ( Kitamura Ryohei, 2004)

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*On Tuesday, April 29th, Mr. Yotaro Kobayashi will make a presentation at Penn from 4:45-5:45 in Lauder-Fischer Hall 105.  His topic is " The recent trends in Japanese companies; especially the trend of Corporate Social Responsibility ." This event is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. Mr. Kobayashi is the Chief Corporate Advisor and former Chairman of the Board at Fuji Xerox Co.

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

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

Korean Lecture Series

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Friday, May 9, 11:00AM, Cherpack Lounge (Williams Hall), Neo-Confucian Impact on the Art of the Choson Dynasty

Youngsook Pak , Korea Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor, Yale University

Korean Lecture Series

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Friday, May 9, 4:00PM, Cherpack Lounge (Williams Hall), Materials and Monuments, Patrons and Places: Studies in the Creation of Buddhist Images in China

Roderick Whitfield

Cammann Memorial Lecturer

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Wednesday, May 14, 4:30PM, Location TBA , Daoism in Ancient Japan: Still-born or Aborted?

Herman Ooms, Professor of History, University of California , Los Angeles

The diffuse nature of Daoism in early Japan has kept the historiographical debate concerning its presence in the archipelago unresolved. Yet, in the late seventh century, under the Yamato rulers Tenmu and Jito, Daoist elements played an important role in articulating the sacred dimensions of /tenno /rule. On the other hand, Daoism is often associated in the historical record of the eighth century with plots and subversive movements that were suppressed by the very state that had adopted its symbolics. This paper examines these two aspects of Daoism's role in ancient Japan with special emphasis on the/ Chinkon-sai/ ritual.

*Columbia:
"Medicine and Buddhism, Science and Religion
Category Worries in 17th Century Tibet"

Prof Janet Gyatso, Harvard University

Thursday April 24
12:15pm
Heyman Center Common Room, East Campus

Lunch will be provided

For the location of the Heyman Center, follow this Link:
http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/east_campus.html

Any Questions, please contact:
Sarah Jacoby
Postdoctoral Fellow
Heyman Center for the Humanities
Columbia University
shj2102@columbia.edu
(212) 854-6774

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

"The Destiny of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Burma"
by POCHI HUANG

WHEN:
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
6:00 - 8:00 pm

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

BIO:
Prof. Huang Pochi ( ???) is currently Professor of Indian Studies and Sanskrit Literature at National Chengchi University in Taiwan. He graduated from Harvard University in 2001 and his dissertation was entitled "Who is Brahmacarin and what is Brahmacarya? From the mytho-poetic to the religio-ethical. A new interpretation of early Indian social-intellectual history".

DIRECTIONS:
Click link below, or copy the entire link and paste into a browser:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=80+Claremont+Ave,+New+York,+NY+10027

* All are welcome to attend dinner afterward with the speaker.
Dinner guests are responsible for the cost of their own meals.
If you plan on attending dinner, please send an email RSVP
to Gregory Scott (gas2122@columbia.edu) at least two days
before the seminar.

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Foreign Policy Research Institute
Asia Program Events
Visit www.fpri.org for updates to the schedule.
RSVP: lux@fpri.org

Summary

Apr. 30: Study Group on The Implications of China's Military Buildup, with Jackie Newmyer

May 14: Study Group on Problems of Perception and Misperception in US-China Relations, with Peter Gries

Asia Program Events
Foreign Policy Research Institute
RSVP: lux@fpri.org


Visit www.fpri.org for updates to the schedule.

FPRI, 1528 Walnut Street, Suite 610, Philadelphia, PA 19102-3684.
For information, contact Alan Luxenberg at 215-732-3774, ext. 105 or email lux@fpri.org

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Princeton University
Buddhist Studies Workshop 2008m-conference.htm

Patronage and Pure Land Paintings in Korea , 13 th -14 th Centuries

Monday, April 28, 4:30 pm, 202 Jones Hall

Youngsook Pak ( School of Oriental and African Studies and Yale University )

Co-sponsored by the P.Y. and Kinmay W.Tang Center for East Asian Art and the Program in East Asian Studies.

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

The Buddhist Studies Workshop is generously supported by the Provost, the Center for the Study of Religion, and the Department of Religion.

Additional co-sponsors of specific events include:
The Program in East Asian Studies
The P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
The Princeton University Library
The Council on the Humanities

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P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art @ Princeton Spring Events:

Lecture
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Joel Earle, Japan Society
From Form to Picture: Japanese Sword Fittings in an Age of Peace
4:30 pm, 106 McCormick Hall

Conference
Art and Archaeology of the Erligang Civilization
Saturday and Sunday, 26–27 April 2008
101 McCormick Hall
8:30 am to 5:30 pm
For more information, please visit http://tang.princeton.edu/erl/

*JOB: SHORT-TERM RD POSITION WITH CET IN MAY

CET Academic Programs has a position open for a short-term RD! The
job would be from about May 15th to June 17th. This is a neat chance
to try your hand at being an RD to see if you like the work, and
definitely a good way to get back to China! Interested? Read on!

The program is focused on journalism, and the faculty director on the
program has worked in print and TV in Asia for several years. He
envisions the program as a chance for students to do first-hand
research at different sites in China and to spend a chunk of time in
Shanghai compiling the research into stories. Most of the students are
at the graduate level.

Students will begin in Beijing, where they will stay for about two
weeks, etc. Then, they will travel as a group to Xi'an where they will
visit sites and find stories on their own for about 5 days. From
there, the group will go to Hangzhou for about 5 days, and then on to
Shanghai for the remaining twelve days.

The students don't have Chinese language capabilities, but the group
will have 6 translators that join them partway through BJ and travel
to Xi'an and Hangzhou with them. These translators will be college
students who can also help out students with their projects.

If this is something that looks interesting to you, please contact Amy
Hirsch (AHirsch@academic-travel.com) at the CET home office in
Washington, D.C.

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Assistant Director for Asian Studies
University at Buffalo

Search for an Assistant Director to work with
the faculty Director and interdisciplinary Advisory
Council. Responsibilities will include identifying
grant opportunities and helping draft grant proposals
to support the Program and its outreach activities,
organizing events and conferences, communicating with
core constituencies and representing the Program at
regional meetings.

A Master's degree in Asian Studies or a related field and three
years of experience in program management required. Applicants
should be familiar with one or more Asian languages and have
experience managing budgets and writing grant proposals.

Applicants must apply on-line at http://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/
[Posting #0800076]. Application deadline is April 20, 2008.
Questions may be addressed to Kristin Stapleton, Director of
Asian Studies, at kstaple@buffalo.edu.

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The Korean American Coalition's yearly summer programs, the National College Leadership Conference and the DC Summer Internship Program are now accepting applicants. Applications can be found on the KAC-DC website (www.kacdc.org) along with more information!

The Korean American Coalition's National College Leadership Conference is a 27 year-old program that strives to educate and inspire future generations of Korean Americans, and developing leaders among them. The NCLC invites Korean American students from all across the country, and internationally, to convene for one week in a camp-style setting. Participants hear from speakers in the community, participate in workshops on current issues in the community, and learn leadership skills to prepare them to become the next generation of community leaders. The 2008 National College Leadership Conference will take place in Southern California from June 16 through June 20 . Applications, (available on the KAC-DC website) must be postmarked by April 18, 2008 .

The KAC-DC Summer Internship Program is also currently accepting applicants for the 2008 program, going on from June 16 until August 22 . The program is a 10 week dual internship in DC. Interns selected for the program will intern four days a week for a congressional office, and one day a week for KAC-DC working on community projects. Selected interns will also receive a stipend of $2,000 . Applications, (available on the KAC-DC website) must be postmarked by April 18, 2008 .

Any questions should be directed to internship@kacdc.org for the Summer Internship Program and nclc@kacdc.org for the National College Leadership Conference.

*We have received an announcement of a new scholarship program for study in PRC, sponsored by the China Scholarship Council in partnership with the AAU.  It offers full & partial scholarships to students at AAU institutions (Penn is one), to study at Chinese universities at the bachelors, masters and doctoral level.  They also offer 1-2 years of remedial Chinese language studies in China.  The scholarship program will cover tuition and fees, provide dormitory housing and a living allowance. 

They propose to select 10-15 applicants this year. (This is a pilot program.)  The deadline has been extended to May 20 th.

Additional information about the program is available online at http://www.csc.edu.cn:8080/en/chan/chan.asp?cscpid=2

Specific questions about the program should be directed to Mr. Jiangyi Liu jiangyiliu@yahoo.com.cn

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IMUSE 2008 China in my Eyes Competition, involves writing a 500-1000 word essay or submitting one or several photographs on the topic "China in my Eyes: What China means to me." The topic is left purposely open-ended to encourage creative thought.

The following students will be selected as IMUSE 2008 student ambassadors to represent your student group, school, and country in an all-expenses-paid trip to the Beijing Olympics , which includes travel, accommodations and dining at one of our Chinese student delegate's homes, and tickets to Olympics events (or, should they choose, a free laptop ):

1. Three winners from the essay competition
2. Two winners from the photo competition
3. One winner from our "My Top Ten" survey ( http://www.imuse2008.org/survey.php )

Ten runners-up for each competition will each receive a limited-edition 2008 Beijing Olympics collectible.

Select entries will be published on the IMUSE website with permission of their authors.

The deadline for all three contests is April 15th, 2008 . We believe that IMUSE 2008 represents an excellent opportunities for the students of your school and are therefore asking that you publicize the competition on websites and the mailing lists of dormitories and student organizations.

Students enrolled in all North American postsecondary (two-year, vocational, undergraduate, graduate, professional, etc.) educational institutions are eligible to enter. Submission is electronic, and there is no fee to apply.

More details may be found on our website: http://www.imuse2008.org/competition.php .

Globalization, Demographic Change, and Educational Challenges in East Asia

Globalization and regional integration have stimulated significant economic and demographic changes in East Asia, including rising economic inequality, growing population movements within and across borders, and the emergence or renewed geopolitical significance of cultural and linguistic minority populations. What challenges do these trends pose to the educational systems of East Asia? Little scholarship has addressed this issue from a regional perspective. Showcasing research from China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea, this conference calls on an international group of scholars to consider the similarities and differences in East Asian educational responses to economic and demographic trends.

Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: University City Science Center at
3440 Market St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Room501
Time: 8:30am-5:30pm
Contact: eac2008@gse.upenn.edu
Register at:
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/eastasianconf/

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