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

Monday, September 17, 12:00PM, Cherpack Lounge (523 Willams Hall), Problems in the Study of Chinese Architectural History

Sun Hua, Professor at Sichuan University , Excavator of Sanxingdui

(This talk will be in Chinese. Please RSVP to nriley@sas.upenn.edu)

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Wednesday, September 19, 7:00PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231

Screening of: Mizoguchi, The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna) , 1952

Japanese Cinema Series

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Thursday, September 20, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231 , Astrology, Material Culture and International Relations in Early China : A Case from Niya

Lillian Lan-ying Tseng, Yale University
Few Chinese archaeological finds in the past decade can compete with the academic and non-academic attention paid to a small piece of brocade unearthed in 1995 at Niya, Xinjiang. This talk will tackle its renowned inscription, “The convergence of the five planets in the east will benefit the Middle Kingdom,” exploring the tangle of astrology and politics in ancient China . The talk will also take into consideration the pattern of the brocade, discussing how the text and decorative motif may have worked together to convey the contemporary wish for international relations.

Humanities Colloquium

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ASAM Colloquium

"The China Mystique"

Karen Leong

Director, Asian Pacific American Studies (APAS) Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies, and APAS Arizona State University

Date: September 24 (12:00 pm) Location: McNeil 285

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Wednesday, September 26, 7:00PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231

Screening of: Mizoguchi, Ugetsu (Ugetsu monogatari) , 1953

Japanese Cinema Series

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Saturday, September 29, 11AM-4PM, Penn Museum , World Culture Family Day: Celebrate Japan !

Join Penn Museum in celebrating the rich culture of Japan . Bring all your senses with you for this experiential day. Get ready to be mesmerized by the vigorous beats of the Japanese taiko drums, learn about the diversity of Japanese anime cartoons and classical films, watch sushi-making and Bonsai tree demonstrations, try your hand at the deceptively simple-looking art of origami, or learn more about traditional children's games and crafts. If you are lucky, you'll have a chance to release some tension, as a shiatsu massage demonstration volunteer! This event is co-sponsored by the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia and Penn's Center for East Asian Studies. Free with Museum admission donation. Information: 215/898-4890.

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Wednesday, October 3, 7:00PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231

Screening of: Ozu, Late Spring (Banshun) , 1949

Japanese Cinema Series

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Thursday, October 4, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231 , Future Prospects for Japanese ODA: An Institutional Perspective

Maria Toyoda, Villanova University

Next October 2008, scarcely a decade after the last large-scale reorganization of Japan 's major foreign aid agencies, Japan 's most important aid organizations will once again undergo significant changes. The longer-term outcomes for Japan 's ODA architecture and infrastructure are potentially significant for Japan and its international relations. While the reorganization is neither the consequence nor itself an indication of a major shift in Japan 's official direct assistance (ODA) strategy, it will have significant implications for changes that have already been put into motion by other events. Japan 's ODA regime faces growing pressure on a number of fronts. This presentation will cover the upcoming reshuffle of the JBIC and JICA, discusses the organizational, political and policy implications of this reorganization; and the long-term policy implications for future coordination and harmonization between Japan , its ODA partner countries, and other DAC donors in light of the changing domestic and global contexts within which development aid operates.

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series

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Wednesday, October 10, 7:00PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231

Screening of: Ozu, Tokyo Story ( Tokyo monogatari) , 1953

Japanese Cinema Series

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Thursday, October 11, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231, Beyond the Silk Roads: Cultural Interaction and Exchange along Tang China 's Northern Borderlands

Jonathan Skaff, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Historians studying China 's relations with Eurasia typically have focused on foreign conquest and Silk Road trade as the main avenues of cultural exchange. This talk will argue that the northern borderlands also played an important role. During the Tang dynasty (618-907) the China-Inner Asia borderlands were heterogeneous ecological and ethnic environments that supported farming, pastoralism, and hunting-gathering. The Tang court sought to integrate these borderlands into their empire through bureaucratic, military and diplomatic means. As the Tang exploited the people and resources of this region to augment state power, one result was increased political, economic, and social links between China , the borderlands and more distant parts of Eurasia .

Humanities Colloquium

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Friday, October 12, 7:00PM, Rose Recital Hall (Fisher-Bennett Hall 419) , IIIZ+

IIIZ+: Officially formed in Darmstadt, Germany in 2001, IIIZ+ ("three zee plus," in English), a quartet born out of musical interests and experiences of Jocelyn Clark, and nurtured with Il-Ryun Chung's artistic input, features a unique combination of the three bridged east Asian zithers: Korean kayagûm, Japanese koto, and Chinese zheng--"plus" Korean percussion.

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Thursday, October 18, 4:30PM, Huntsman Hall G55, Alliances unwound? US Policy in Korea and Asia After Roh Moo Hyun

Victor Cha, Georgetown University

Philip Jaison Distinguished Lecturer

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*Prof. Jean Pfaelzer, who has recently published a major book about the experiences of Chinese Americans and immigrants in the US west during the late 19th and early 20th century, will give a lecture at 3 pm on Oct 24, 2007, at Penn Law School, 3400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 19104, Gittis Hall Lecture Room 1. The book is called Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans  (Random House 2007). 

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Wednesday, October 24, 7:00PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231

Screening of: Kurosawa, Stray Dog (Nora inu) , 1949

Japanese Cinema Series

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Thursday, October 25, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231, Like Donkeys Killed after Grinding the Wheat: War Veterans and the Politics of Martial Citizenship and Patriotism in China , 1949-2006

Neil Diamant, Dickinson College

Even though the Chinese Communist Party captured state power as a result of its superior military organization and leadership, and claims legitimacy
on the basis of its wartime nationalism, almost nothing has been written about what happened to the millions of rank and file soldiers and junior officers who
returned to villages and cities after the guns of war died down.  How were veterans of the Korean War treated upon their return? How did ordinary citizens assess the legitimacy of that conflict? If "patriotism" is said to have been a rising sentiment in the PRC, why would war heroes complain that they felt like "dirty socks that are tossed aside" ?  This lecture, which is based on years of archival research in urban and rural China , will address these and other questions.

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series

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Wednesday, October 31, 7:00PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231

Screening of: Kurosawa, To Live (Ikiru) , 1952

Japanese Cinema Series

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Thursday, November 1, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231, Hunger and History: Mencius, Malthus, and Mao in China

Lillian M. Li, Swarthmore College

The prevention of famine and hunger has been part of Chinese political thinking since ancient times, and hunger and famines helped shape China 's history especially in the twentieth century. Drawing from her recently published book, Fighting Famine in North China : State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s-1990s (Stanford University Press, 2007), Professor Li will speak about how “Polarities such as food vs. population, man vs. nature, [rich vs. poor], or state vs. market drastically oversimplify history. . . . The story of famine, and fighting famine, is a story of human choice and human will, not of historical inevitability or historical determinism.”

Humanities Colloquium

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Wednesday, November 7, 7:00PM, Logan Hall Terrace Room , The History and Music of the Japanese Chikuzen Biwa

Yoko Hiraoka

Yoko Hiraoka will present a lecture/recital of Japanese Biwa music. This 5-stringed lute with a powerful and raw timbre, has a history in Japan of at least 1300 years, and has been used both as a story-telling medium, and sometimes as an accompaniment to chanted religious texts and sutras.

Ms. Hiraoka's biwa repertoire draws mainly upon episodes from the Tale of Heike. This great masterpiece of Japanese literature has continued to retain a hold on the imagination of Japanese audiences throughout the centuries. Yoko brings not only her depth of training in biwa, but also her joy in the old stories to the genre. She explains about the context of the music and the history and importance of biwa in Japanese culture from the Heian period (794-1185) into the 20th Century. Most of all she brings to life with accomplished storytelling, the engaging characters and the supernatural and larger than life events surrounding them, as sung poems accompanied by the biwa.

http://www.japanesestrings.com/

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Wednesday, November 7, 7:00PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231

Screening of: Kurosawa, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) , 1954

Japanese Cinema Series

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Thursday, November 8, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231 , Unfolding Beauty and Beyond: Korean Screen Paintings of Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)

Hyunsoo Woo, Associate Curator of Korean Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art

While a folding screen is one of the popular painting formats in Korea , screen paintings functioned not only as fine art works, but also provided many other practical roles in daily life of Joseon dynasty. Screen paintings sometime became architectural components as a room divider or, a protection against the wind. They were also used as a backdrop at special occasions such as birthdays, weddings and funerals. The subject matter of screen paintings therefore often reflected auspicious wishes associated with a specific event or location. Using examples of the late Joseon dynasty's screen paintings, this lecture will explore meanings and symbolism hidden behind their visual charm.

Korean Lecture Series

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Wednesday, November 14, 7:00PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231

Screening of: Kurosawa, Itami, Tampopo , 1985

Japanese Cinema Series

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Thursday, November 15, 4:30PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231 , Circulated Originality: Reconsidering Literary Connections Between Tao Qian, Ying Qu and the Wei-Jin Tradition of the Recluse

Pauline Lin, Bryn Mawr College

This paper re-evaluates the originality of Tao Qian's (365-427) poetry by exploring Tao's literary connection to the Cao-Wei poet Ying Qu ?? (190-252). While most commentators since the Song Dynasty have dismissed this odd pairing -- first espoused by Zhong Rong (469?-518) in his Shipin -- this paper discovers striking literary similarities between the two while uncovering Ying's less-read but once-famous epistles, which provide a far broader literary range than his extant Baiyi shi . Further evidence from the works of minor Eastern Jin period poets highlights a circulation of linguistic idioms and dictions for the retired-recluse gentleman that critics came to associate strongly and solely with Tao Qian. By considering the transmission and preservation of the Wei-Jin poets' works this paper will investigate why Tao Qian has become a forceful poetic voice, why Ying Qu's works gradually became less known, and why Tao Qian's connection to Ying Qu and the minor poets in the tradition became underplayed, if not forgotten.

Humanities Colloquium

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Wednesday, November 28, 12:00PM, The Forum in Stiteler Hall , The Welfare State or Faith? Explaining Weak Islamist Mobilization in Malaysia

Kikue Hamayotsu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University

Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series

Co-sponsored with the Penn Comparative Politics Workshop and the Middle East Center

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Wednesday, November 28, 7:00PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231

Screening of: Miyazaki , Princess Mononoke (Mononokehime ), 1997

Japanese Cinema Series

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Wednesday, December 5, 7:00PM, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231

Screening of: Kitano, Fire-works (Hana-bi) , 1997

Japanese Cinema Series

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Japanese Cinema Series

Fisher-Bennett Hall, Room 231

Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

9/12 Kurosawa, Rashômon , 1950
9/19 Mizoguchi, The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna) , 1952
9/26 Mizoguchi, Ugetsu (Ugetsu monogatari) , 1953
10/3 Ozu, Late Spring (Banshun) , 1949
10/10 Ozu, Tokyo Story ( Tokyo monogatari) , 1953
10/24 Kurosawa, Stray Dog (Nora inu) , 1949
10/31 Kurosawa, To Live (Ikiru) , 1952
11/7 Kurosawa, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai), 1954
11/14 Itami, Tampopo , 1985
11/28 Miyazaki , Princess Mononoke (Mononokehime), 1997
12/5 Kitano, Fire-works (Hana-bi) , 1997

Offered in conjunction with Art History 210 and Film 223: Postwar Japanese Cinema and Visual Culture

*Washington DC: THE ASIA PROGRAM AND THE CHINA ENVIRONMENT FORUM OF THE WOODROW WILSON CENTER PRESENT

China's Olympics: A Lasting Impact?
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 3:30 P. M. - 5:30 P.M. 6TH FLOOR AUDITORIUM

Speakers:
Elizabeth Economy, Council on Foreign Relations
Jeffrey Fulgham, General Electric
Peter Knights, WildAid

The Chinese government has promised green Olympics for 2008. Since winning the bid in 2001, Beijing has invested in green construction materials for the Olympic Village and made momentous efforts to clean the city's notoriously dirty air and water. International companies and bilateral aid projects are piloting environmentally clean technologies in Beijing as part of the green Olympics. Moreover, international and domestic environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been carrying out green projects linked to the Olympics. While Beijing residents are enjoying significantly cleaner air, some question as the Games approach, whether all the targets can be met. In addition, it is unclear whether these greening activities, such as moving or temporarily shutting down factories, will have any long-term positive impact on the quality of China's environment. Has Beijing's pollution simply been displaced? Will glimpses of blue skies over Beijing be the very catalyst needed to spur widespread demand for more aggressive environmental protection? Please join us Sept. 26 as speakers from the research, business, and NGO communities will be addressing these and other questions about China's upcoming Olympic Games.

Media organizations are requested to contact the Asia Program in advance at
202/691-4020 or asia@wilsoncenter.org. Otherwise, RSVPs are NOT necessary. Please allow for routine security procedures when you arrive at the Center. A photo ID is required for entry. The Center is located in the southeast wing of the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. The closest Metro station is Federal Triangle on the blue and orange lines. For detailed directions, please visit the Center's website, www.wilsoncenter.org/directions.

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*Please note that RSVPs should be sent to nkidp@wilsoncenter.org*

The North Korea International History Project and the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars cordially invite you to:

The Cold War and the Korean Peninsula: the State Formation and Foreign Relations of North and South Korea

September 21st, 2007, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

8:30-12:45 4th Floor Conference Room
2:00-3:45 5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004

Featuring prominent experts, policy-makers and scholars from both the US and Korea, the all-day conference will build on research presented at a similar conference in May held at Beijing University. The discussion will focus on post-war North Korean economic policies, inter-Korean relations, North Korean foreign relations, and the current North Korean nuclear crisis.

Featured panelists and commentators: Ambassador Jun-young Sun, Professor, University of North Korean Studies (Seoul); Charles K. Armstrong, Professor, Columbia University; Don Oberdorfer, SAIS US-Korea Institute; Jack Pritchard, President, Korea Economic Institute; Kihl-jae Ryoo, Professor, University of North Korean Studies and Visiting Scholar, North Korea International Documentation Project; Gregg Brazinsky, Professor, The George Washington University; Jong-dae Shin, Professor, University of North Korean Studies; and Sung-ji Woo, Professor, Kyunghee University (Seoul).

Please RSVP to nkidp@wilsoncenter.org

A reception will follow the conference.

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Also coming up:

October 12, 2007, 4:00 -5:30 p.m.

Nation Building in South Korea: Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy

Featuring Gregg Brazinsky: Professor of History and International Affairs at the George Washington University, and author of Nation Building in South Korea: Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy.

with

William W. Stueck Jr., Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia, and an authority on U.S. diplomatic history, particularly American relations with Asia. Stueck is the author and editor of many books, including Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History.

Brazinsky and Stueck will discuss Brazinsky's new book "Nation Building in South Korea: Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy," in which he explores how US-backed development initiatives and Korean agency combined to fuel Korea's rapid economic growth.

A reception will follow the event. Please RSVP to nkidp@wilsoncenter.org

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P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
Princeton University

2007–2008 Events

Symposium
Dunhuang Manuscripts and Painting
Friday, 28 September 2007
1:30–6:00 pm, 101 McCormick Hall

Co-sponsored by the Buddhist Studies Workshop and the Tang Center for East Asian Art and the Buddhist Studies Workshop, with additional support from the Princeton University Library, the Program in East Asian Studies, the Department of Religion, Yale University Council on East Asian Studies, the American Trust for the British Library, and the Mercer Trust

For more information, please visit our web site at:
http://tang.princeton.edu/dh/dunhuang-home.html

Registration
There is no registration fee, but advance registration for the symposium is requested.  Information about registering online can be found at http://tang.princeton.edu/dh/dunhuang-registration.html


Tang Center Lecture Series:
Body Talk in Two Chinese Films by Director Jiang Wen
Jerome Silbergeld, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University

Body Visible
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
4:30 pm, 101 McCormick Hall 

Naming the Beast
Thursday, 11 October 2007
4:30 pm, 101 McCormick Hall

For more information, please visit our web site at http://tang.princeton.edu/lectureseries.html

Registration
There is no registration fee, but advance registration for the symposium is required.  Information about registering online or by telephone can be found at http://tang.princeton.edu/lectureseriesreg.html


Lecture
Thursday, 18 October 2007
Cary Y. Liu, Princeton University Art Museum
Between the Titans: Constructions of Modernity and Tradition at the Dawn of Chinese Architectural History
4:30 pm, 106 McCormick Hall

Lecture
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Craig Clunas, Oxford University
Patterns Cut in Stone: The Kingly Replication of Culture in Ming China
4:30 pm, 106 McCormick Hall
Co-sponsored by the Tang Center for East Asian Art and the Department of Art and Archaeology

Graduate Student Symposium in East Asian Art
The Art of Opposition
Saturday, 16 February 2008
9:00 am to 5:00 pm, 101 McCormick Hall
Keynote Speaker: Richard Kraus, University of Oregon

For more information, please visit our web site at http://tang.princeton.edu/AO.pdf


Lecture
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Joseph Earle, Japan Society
From Form to Picture: Japanese Sword Fittings in an Age of Peace
4:30 pm, 106 McCormick Hall

Conference
Art History, Buddhist Studies, Tibet: New Perspectives from the Tibet Site Seminar
Friday to Sunday, 7–9 March 2008
101 McCormick

Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion and the Tang Center for East Asian Art at Princeton University.  Support also provided by the Henry Luce Foundation, which sponsored the Tibet Site Seminar in 2007.

For more information, please visit the Tibet Site web site at  http://www.princeton.edu/TibetSem/program-conference.htm

Lecture
Thursday, 10 April 2008
Annette Juliano, Rutgers University
Intersections: Defining the Cultural Dynamic of North China in the Sixth Century
4:30 pm, 106 McCormick Hall

Please visit our web site at http://tang.princeton.edu/index.html

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* JAPAN GROUP II is a group interested in Japanese arts and culture. We do several events each year. If you are interested in joining or joining any of the events please contact Shirley Luber at luber@lubergallery.com
The events for this season are:
Sunday, October 7 Zen Garden and St Peters Village
We will visit a 56 acre zen garden in Chester County..explore St Peters village have lunch there and then visit bonsai collection. e will go by bus $60. members $65 non-members.
Sunday, Nov 11 The Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC Traveling by bus Members $45. non members $50
Paintings and ceramics from the Price Collection
Sunday December 9 . Dinner at the Fuji Restaurant in Haddonfield Members $35. Non members $40
A very special dinner planned just for us. Limited space.

*Indiana University, Bloomington

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures invites applications for a tenure-track position in modern or contemporary Korean politics, society, or culture, at the level of assistant professor, to begin Fall 2008. Specialization may be in any field of the social sciences or humanities, with primary research work based on Korean language sources. Joint appointment in an appropriate disciplinary department is possible, depending on the successful candidate's field. Position responsibilities include regular teaching on both graduate and undergraduate levels, including both courses in the candidate's research field and on more general Korean and East Asian topics. Candidates must have a doctoral degree or clear indication that the degree will be in hand at the time of appointment. Review of applications will begin on October 15. Letters of application, cv, transcripts, writing samples, and three letters of recommendation should be sent to the Korean Studies Search Committee, Goodbody Hall 248, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405. Indiana University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage women and minority candidates to apply.

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*ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, JAPANESE & COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

The Department of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages at the University of California, Riverside, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor Position in Japanese Literature and Culture, to begin July 1, 2008. A Ph.D. in Japanese or a comparable interdisciplinary Ph. D. with a specialization in Japanese is required. Candidates should have a research specialization in one or more areas of Japanese literature and culture that will contribute to existing departmental strengths. The successful candidate will have extraordinary promise and ability in research, and demonstrated teaching excellence. Applicants should have a Ph.D in hand or very near completion by the time of appointment, and native or near-native fluency in Japanese.

Teaching obligations consist of 4 and 5-quarter-courses in alternate years on the quarter system. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience, with strong support for faculty research.

Please send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, samples of teaching evaluations, and a writing sample to:
Hendrik M. J Maier
Japanese Chair Committee,
Department of Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521-0321

Questions/inquires please email: hendrik.maier@ucr.edu

Review of applications will begin on November 5, 2007 and will continue until the position is filled.

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BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in East Asian Buddhism, effective Aug. 2008.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Teaching load of 6 courses/year (3/semester). Typical teaching duties include two sections per semester of “Introduction to Religion and Culture,” and one upper-level survey course (e.g., “Religions and Cultures of East Asia” or “Buddhism” or a topic in the candidate's area of competency or expertise. The departmental focus is Religion and Culture, especially the modern period. Competency in one or more of the following: popular religion, performance studies, ethnography, gender studies, religion and social theory, and cultural studies. Depth and breadth of training in religious studies is expected, along with the ability to conduct research in appropriate languages (e.g., Chinese or Japanese).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: dedication to teaching and research, experience mentoring undergraduate students, and experience in diversity issues. Review of applications will begin September 15, 2007 for initial screening at November AAR. Submit curriculum vitae, graduate school transcripts, three letters of recommendation, a writing sample, and a brief statement of teaching philosophy and research interests to: Dr. Jeffrey Brackett, Search Committee Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 47306-0500. For more information, see: www.bsu.edu/religiousstudies.
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Position advertisement: Lecturer in Chinese language, Asian Studies
Program, Mount Holyoke College,
beginning Fall 2008


The Asian Studies Program at Mount Holyoke College invites applications
for a three year, renewable lecturer position in Chinese language,
beginning fall of 2008. Requirements include: at least a master's
degree in Chinese language pedagogy, linguistics, literature, or
related field, and native or near-native competency in Mandarin and
English. Preference given to candidates with experience in Chinese
language teaching at all levels. We are especially interested in
candidates with experience directing summer study abroad programs.
Duties include: teaching languages courses (5 courses a year), daily
administrative responsibilities such as advising for study abroad and
supervising Chinese tutorials, and working with the Chinese language
faculty in directing a summer study abroad program.

Applications accepted on-line only, as the Asian Studies Program office
is closed till September 1. Please go to
https://jobsearch.mtholyoke.edu, complete the brief application, and
attach the following: your letter of interest, cv, the names and
addresses of three recommenders, statement of teaching philosophy, and
samples of teaching such as syllabi and assignments.

Please arrange to have the three confidential letters of recommendation
sent electronically AND in hard copy. The letters may be attached under
"references" in our on-line website: https://jobsearch.mtholyoke.edu,
or e-mailed to: human-resources@mtholyoke.edu. Hard copy should be
mailed to:
Chinese Lecturer Search Committee
c/o Human Resources
Skinner Hall, Rm #1
50 College Street
South Hadley, MA 01075

The review of applications will begin on September 26, 2007 and the
process will continue until the position is filled.

Mount Holyoke College is an undergraduate liberal arts college for
women, with 2,000 students and 200 faculty. Half the faculty are women;
one fourth are persons of color. It is located about 80 miles west of
Boston in the Connecticut River valley, and is a member of the
Five-College Consortium consisting of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke
and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts. Mount Holyoke
is committed to fostering multicultural diversity and awareness in its
faculty, staff, and student body and is an Affirmative Action, Equal
Opportunity Employer. Women and people of color are especially
encouraged to apply.
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Univ. of Alberta -- three positions in East Asian Studies are open:

1) Assistant or Associate Professor - Japanese Cultural Studies

http://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Academic/CompetitionDetails.aspx?key=1458

2) Assistant Professor - Chinese Pre-modern Literature and Culture

http://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Academic/CompetitionDetails.aspx?key=1451

3) Assistant Professor - East Asian Religions

http://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Academic/CompetitionDetails.aspx?key=1450

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies

Certificate Program
The graduate Certificate in Chinese and American Studies is awarded to
students who spend one academic year at the Center. This academic
program includes a flexible interdisciplinary array of courses
relating to many aspects of contemporary China. International
students take most of their classes in Chinese with the option to take
additional courses in English.

Master of Arts in International Studies
It is a two-year graduate degree jointly offered by The Johns Hopkins
University School of Advanced International Studies and Nanjing
University. Students select from one of International Politics,
International Economics and Comparative and International Law.
Students are required to complete 14 courses, including one methods
course and a thesis preparation course. Finally, students must
complete a thesis both written and defended orally in Chinese.

Requirements:
-Completed or expect to complete an undergraduate degree program by
the summer before matriculation.
-Achieved advanced Chinese language ability as measured by either the
Center for Applied liguisics(CAL) or Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi(HSK)

Certificate: CAL score > 90, HSK level 5
M.A.: CAL score >10, HSK level 6

-Completed coursework in China Studies
-Worked or studied abroad in China(preferred)
-Submitted GRE or GMAT scores (M.A. applicants only)

For more information visit www.nanjing.jhu.edu

Call for Papers: ASIA IN THE WORLD
The 47th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS)
Friday, January 18, to Sunday, January 20, 2008
Hosted by Walker Institute at the University of South Carolina
Held at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort, Hilton Head, South Carolina

THEME & ORGANIZERS: The conference theme for this year is "Asia in the World." We particularly encourage the submission of papers addressing the role of Asia in larger global trends. As in previous years, the theme is designed to provide a focus for discussion rather than to discourage papers on other themes. Our local arrangements chair is Dr. Hal French of the University of South Carolina (Frenchh AT gwm.sc.edu), and our program chair is Dr. Noell Wilson of the University of Mississippi (secaas08 AT olemiss.edu).

VENUE: Our venue in 2008 is the Hilton Oceanfront Resort, site of our 1993 and 1995 meetings. It is, as advertised, an oceanfront resort, with wonderful amenities. Single and double room rates are $89 per night. Hotel reservations can be made by calling Hilton Central reservations at 1-800-Hiltons and asking for the SEC/AAS group rate.

PROPOSALS & DEADLINE: You can submit a paper or full panel proposal by submitting the proposal form found on the SEC/AAS website: http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/Prop-Form.html. Please e-mail, fax, or post your proposals by Monday, October 1, 2007, to ensure full consideration. (See website for addresses.)

DUES & SUPPORT: Conference participants are required to be SEC/AAS members and to pay annual dues of $20 ($10 for graduate students). The membership form is available at http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/member_application.html. (Conference registration, which includes a ticket to the annual luncheon, will be additional; in past years, it has been $50 for faculty members and $25 for graduate students.) Please note that three $200 grants will be available this year for graduate student presenters to help with travel costs. Graduate students who wish to be considered for this award must indicate this at the time they submit their paper proposals. Preference will be given to those students outside a 200-mile radius of the conference site. For further information, see the SEC/AAS website.

JOURNAL: At Hilton Head, all registered participants will receive copies of the 2007 issue of the *Southeast Review of Asian Studies* (*SERAS*). Please consider the *SERAS* as a future outlet for your work by submitting your conference paper, scholarly notes, or reviews of recently published books in the field. For further information, contact Editor Steven Gump (sgump AT uiuc.edu). Past issues of the *SERAS* and further information are available on-line at http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/seras.html.

UPDATES: Please check http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/ for updated conference information.

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Call for Papers
The Seventh International Junior Scholars' Conference on Sinology

Self and Society: Perspectives on Chinese Cultural Studies

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA
March 7—9, 2008

The Organizing Committee of the Seventh International Junior Scholars'
Conference on Sinology (IJSCS) invites undergraduate students to submit
papers for presentation at the Conference in March 2008 at Swarthmore
College. The theme of the Conference will focus on “Self and Society:
Perspectives on Chinese Cultural Studies.” Papers and proposals are
encouraged from the fields of literature, Film, TV and other forms of
popular culture, and fine arts that can be related to the theme of the
Conference.

The Conference will be held at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania,
USA, starting March 7th and finishing March 9th, 2008. The Conference is
sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Chinese Section of Modern
Languages and Literatures at Swarthmore College, in collaboration with the
CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinology and the Department of
East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

The Conference is aimed at exploring the phenomena, topics, and issues that
have brought Chinese cultural products, such as literature, film or other
cultural forms, to bear upon the “Self and Society” in its widest sense.
This conference welcomes topics from various periods and methodologies.

The Conference is also aimed at further promoting undergraduate education on
China and cultivating college students' interest in Chinese culture and
Chinese studies in general.

Proposed abstracts may be sent as attachments to e-mails addressed to the
conference assistant, Anna Everetts [aeveret1@swarthmore.edu]. The format
of the proposals is to be either MSWord.doc or Adobe.pdf. Proposal must
include the following information:
1) tentative title;
2) presenter's name, affiliation, major, mailing and email addresses;
3) no more than 500 words' proposal in English
4) one professor's recommendation letter

The deadline for proposal submission is October 15, 2007.

The IJSCS Organizing Committee will send out notification of acceptance on
November 30, 2007.

The full paper (no more than 10-15 page and double-spaced paper in English)
should be sent to the Conference organizers by January 10, 2008, preferably
in electronic form (using MSWord).

Limited financial aids for traveling are available:
* Accommodation as well as all meals for the attendees who present
papers will be provided during the Conference.
* Travel allowance is also available. (Up to $1,300 will be provided
for the attendees from Asia; up to $800 for those from Europe; up to $450
for those from West coast in the US or Canada; up to $350 for those from
Mid-west; up to $300 for those from East coast, including south).

Mailing address:
Anna Everetts
Organizing Committee
The Sixth International Junior Scholars' Conference on Sinology
Asian Studies
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081
USA

Should you have any immediate questions, please contact the Organizing
Committee, Professor Haili Kong at hkong1@swarthmore.edu, or Professor David
Wang at dwang@fas.harvard.edu.
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Japan Studies Association
Fourteenth Annual Conference
January 3-5, 2008
Tokai University
Honolulu, Hawaii

The Fourteenth Annual Japan Studies Association Conference will be held
January 3-5, 2008 at Tokai University in Honolulu, Hawaii. It will
begin with a light reception on Thursday evening, January 3rd at 5:30 pm
and conclude with the conference banquet on Saturday night, January 5th,
at 6:00pm.

*For those wishing to make presentations at the conference, the deadline for
proposal submission is September 30, 2007.* Printable proposal, registration,
and room accommodation forms are available at: www.japanstudies.org.

The JSA is an organization dedicated to expand knowledge in the field of Japan
studies, to provide mutual assistance for the development and expansion of the
members' undergraduate curriculum and local outreach programs, and to
establish a central network and resource center. It works in close cooperation
with other Asian-studies organizations such as the Asian Studies Development
Program of the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii.

JSA offers graduate student scholarships for selected students who have
proposals accepted for presentation at the annual conference. Those who
qualify must be currently enrolled in a graduate program in any content area.
To apply simply submit the online proposal and registration form, indicating
clearly on both forms that one is a graduate student. Up to five scholarships
of $500.00 each will be awarded. Those who have been accepted and awarded the
scholarships will be notified in October.

For inquiries concerning proposals or registration please contact:

Dr. Michael Steiner
Associate Professor of History
Northwest Missouri State University
800 University Drive
Maryville, MO 64468
(660)562-1288
msteine@nwmissouri.edu <msteine@nwmissouri.edu>

For inquiries concerning room reservations and lodging at Tokai University,
please contact Ms. Wanda Sako at (808)983-4109 or at wsako@tokai.edu.

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