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

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

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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*Friday, October 19, 11AM, Cherpack Lounge (523 Williams )

Numinous Peaks and Moving Mountains: Some Issues and Themes in the Study of Chinese Sacred Geography

James Robson, The University of Michigan

Co-Sponsored with the Religious Studies Department

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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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My name is Hue Chuyen and I am a monk at Pagoda Phat Hue in Frankfurt, Germany. Venerable Thich Thien Son, the Abbot and Zen Master of the Pagoda, is holding a free talk at the McCleland Conference Room at the Pennsylvania Hospital on October 26 . He is deeply versed in Buddhist philosophy (texts and applications) and psychology from both Eastern and Western standards. Ven. Thich Thien Son, who has been featured in National Geographic and Geo magazines, is the President of the European Buddhist University and was recently awarded the 2007 Spirit of Business Award by The European Community Of Experts in Marketing And Sales for his 'innovative and strategic concepts for spirit in management'.

I would like to extend an invitation  to students and professors of the University's East Asian programs and possibly post the event on the website. Could you guide me in the best way to make this event known to the member of the East Asian Studies program?

Thank you for your help,
Hue Chuyen


(For more information regarding the event and Pagoda please visit www.phathue.com)

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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

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A Harmonious Information Society? Social Stratification, ICT & Media in China

A one-day symposium to be held on January 25, 2008 generously supported and hosted by the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. 
Economic development and ‘informatization' in China have gone hand in hand. While the growth of the economy over the years has been and still is at an incredible rate, the adoption rate of information technology, such as that of mobile phones and the internet, has been just as, if not even more impressive. However, with recent discussions about the construction of a ‘harmonious society' appearing on the political agenda, the focus has started to shift from economic growth to the problem of achieving more overall societal balance. This shift in official discourse acknowledges the need to address social problems, including the tensions between state and market forces, a growing gap between the rich and the poor and widening disparities between the urban and rural population. While there has been research on social stratification in China, little attention so far has been paid to the role information technologies and the media play in this process.
First, what are the social consequences of an increasing informatization of the Chinese society? Who are the main users of new technologies and what are they using them for? And what happens to those who are left out, who do not have the access, or the education to develop the skills and literacy necessary to work with digital media? A deeper underlying question perhaps is, where did these technologies come from and why were they so generously supported? What roles do economic and political considerations play in shaping the diffusion of technology that can be adopted for either repressive or emancipatory purposes?
Second, what is the role of the media in addressing social inequality? In the light of an increasing stratified society, how do the media, both the traditional and the new media, represent competing voices and interests and how do they communicate these disagreements to the public? How do members of the public make sense or fail to make sense of these media representations?

On Friday January 25, 2008, we will bring together an impressive group of scholars for a one-day symposium to address these contentious questions. Our panels include renowned scholars coming from a wide range of disciplines, such as, communication, political science, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies and China studies. Participation among all those attending will be enthusiastically encouraged.
For more information about the symposium, please contact Lokman Tsui <ltsui@asc.upenn.edu>

*Spotlight on Malaysian Cinema at MoMA

Asian CineVision (ACV) is pleased to announce the fall/winter line-up of Asian Cine visions , an ongoing series organized together with th e Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) . This fall, w e cast the spotlight on Malaysian independent cinema, which has given to a striking new voice in Asian cinema.

Malaysian independent cinema, driven by digital filmmaking, has been winning awards and buzz on the international film festival circuit in recent years. The four films selected for the series explore different aspects of modern secular life in a Muslim country.

When: October 12, 2007 - -January 12, 2008
Where: MoMA , 11 W 53rd Street (btn 5th & 6th aves), NYC
Ticket: $6 with Student ID. Friday 4-8PM free admission.

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John Stevens Aikido & Zen Art Workshop
                       October 18-21, 2007

Classical Aikido Training:
          Thursday October 18 and Friday October 19:
                   10am.-12noon  and  1pm.-3pm.
                   Location- Doylestown Rock Gym, Doylestown, PA.

                   (directions:  doylestownrockgym.com/directions.php)
                   Fee:  $45.-  per day

          Info and registration: contact Jeff at shinnen@earthlink.net
Zen Art/Aikido/the “Sword and Brush” Art Exhibit/Sale/Workshops:
          Saturday October 20 and Sunday October 21:
                   Location: Nakashima Woodworkers, 1847 Aquetong Rd.
                                    New Hope, PA.

                   Directions: nakashimawoodworker.com
          Saturday October 20:
                   10am.- Special Nakashima Woodworkers Tour
                             $35.- per person includes light lunch
                             (pre-registration required)
                   1pm. -Special curator lecture by John Stevens (n/c)
                   1:30pm-4pm.- Zen Art Exhibit and lectures (n/c)
                            (informal bokken and jo training- misogi no ken,
                              misogi no jo, and other weapons katas)
          Sunday October 21:
                   10am.- Zen Brush Calligraphy Workshop
                             $35.- per person includes light lunch
                             (pre-registration required)
                   1pm.- 4pm (same as Saturday)

Info and registration: contact Joe at homeikandojo@aol.com or
                                                         Phone-  215 901 9115
(Photos of last years workshop available on request.)

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

2007–2008 Events

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.

*The UW-Milwaukee College of Letters and Science invites applicants
for a full-time (12 month) position as Director of the Language
Resource Center (Instructional Program Manager II).

The Director will: 1) collaborate with faculty in applying technology
to language instruction (Arabic, Chinese, ESL, French, German, Greek,
Hebrew, Hmong, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Latin,
Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Yiddish); 2)
administer daily operations, budget, staff, and multiple functions of
the LRC; 3) offer and/or organize workshops in using technology in
language pedagogy and assessment of proficiency, including TA
orientation; 4) evaluate, test, and implement multi-media materials
for language learning; 5) provide training and support to faculty,
staff, and students in computer-based pedagogy; 6) serve as a liaison
with the College's IT group. The Director normally will teach one
language course per year.

The successful candidate must have an M.A. or Ph.D. in a language,
SLA, or related field, native or near-native fluency in a language
other than English, and at least two years experience or training in
instructional technology. Strong administrative, organizational, and
interpersonal skills; experience in a language center; excellence in
classroom teaching; and a commitment to pedagogical innovation and
collaboration are highly desirable.

Review of applications is ongoing until the position is filled. Send
letter of intent, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference to
Dr. Kathleen Wheatley, Search and Screen Chair-Language Resource
Center Director, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, P.O. Box 413,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413.

UWM is an AA/EEO employer and educator strongly committed to
maintaining a climate supporting equality of opportunity and respect
for difference based on gender, culture, ethnicity, disability,
sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, religion, national
origin or ancestry, age, and lawful activities. We particularly
encourage applications from individuals who would enhance and
diversify our workforce.

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*The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) is currently soliciting resumes for spring internships (paid) in Washington, D.C., working on Chinese human rights and rule of law issues.  Interns must be U.S. citizens.

Applications for spring internships must be received by November 1, 2007.  Further details are available both in the enclosed attachment and on the Commission's Web site at www.cecc.gov .

Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to the CECC via e-mail to Judy.wright@mail.house.gov or via fax at (202) 226-3804, attention:  Judy Wright, Director of Administration.

Please forward the enclosed attachment to interested students (both undergraduate and graduate), particularly those with strong research and Chinese language skills.

Sincerely,


Judy Wright
Director of Administration
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WORLD LANGUAGE INTERN OF WORLD LANGUAGES FOR INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PRIMARY AND MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAM SCHOOLS

Chinese / Italian / Spanish

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBLITIES

This is instructional work in planning and teaching communication in World Languages to students in grades K-8. World Language Interns will provide students with instruction in World Languages and associated cultures using a variety of published and self-developed materials to present subject matter. Work involves the use of audio-lingual techniques as well as discussions and demonstrations to reinforce oral communication skills. Significant to the informed instruction is the focus on the School District 's World Languages general education standards and the ongoing use of the formal and informal classroom and School District World Languages skills assessments.

ELIGIBILITY

Teachers do not need certification. However, they do need to be citizens of the United States or permanent residents.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

" Provides instruction in World Languages emphasizing communication in meaningful social situations

" Uses a variety of published and self-developed materials to provide instruction in World Languages and associated cultures

" Uses the techniques of discussion and demonstration as well as audio-visual aids to reinforce the use of World Languages by students

" Uses audio-lingual techniques to reinforce students' oral World Language communication skills

" Provides instruction that encourages students to use World Languages as tools for inquiry-based learning

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

" Knowledge of the principles, practices and methods of elementary, and/or middle grade and/or secondary education

" Knowledge of one of the above specified World Languages including history and culture

" Knowledge of the contents, materials and methodologies and practices utilized within World Language education at the elementary school, middle grade levels preferred

" Knowledge of authentic performance assessment principles

" Ability to fluently speak, read and write one of the above specified World Languages

" Ability to select and organize curriculum content and apply appropriate instructional methods

" Ability to plan and prepare lessons

" Ability to use and apply audio-lingual methods and materials to classroom situations

" Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

" Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with faculty, administrators, supportive staff, parents, and students

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

" The World Language Intern is expected to report to the classroom teacher as well as to the principal. The specifics of the reporting relationship are to be determined at the school level.

" Criminal, child abuse, FBI clearances are required. Three clearance checks will cost $60.

ATTENDANCE, PUNCTUALITY AND COMPENSATION

" The World Language Intern is expected to work according to the determined/ agreed upon schedule with the school principal.

" The International Baccalaureate Middle and Primary Program Schools rely on the World Language Intern to deliver the World Language services required by the International Baccalaureate Organization.

" World Language Intern will be compensated at the hourly rate of $20.00 ( School District of Philadelphia ) 's rate

CONTACT

If you are interested in, and qualified for, this exciting opportunity, please email to

Teresa Pica at teresap@gse.upenn.edu or Cheri Micheau at cheri@gse.upenn.edu

The Asia Economic Institute™ is inviting graduate students to submit articles to the AEI Exclusives™, our monthly financial and economic publication.

The AEI Exclusives™ cover a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to:

1. Economics
2. Business and Industry
3. Asian Media
4. International Marketing
5. International Relations (especially as it relates to trade)

Articles are generally between 500 and 1500 words.

Possible subjects include:

· Challenges and opportunities in international investment

· Internal barriers to economic expansion

· Trends or developments in industry sectors

· Economic impacts of natural disruptions

· Implications of bilateral or multilateral economic agreements

· Cultural impacts of specific international marketing campaigns

· Trends and changes in consumer behavior

· Economic impact of natural resource discovery/development

*Please note: no political or editorial issues. Economic critiques of specific laws or government policies are accepted on a case by case basis..

We also have a distance internship program available for qualified applicants.

For more information, please contact us via email: exclusives@asiaecon.org or you can visit us on the web at: www.asiaecon.org .

Foreign Language Program

Expand Your Foreign Language Skills at our small, relaxed classes that are designed to help
students develop basic speaking and listening skills for real-life situations. 

Starting October 8
Mandarin, Part 1, Monday or Wednesday 7pm – 9pm
Mandarin, Part 6, Tuesday 7:15pm – 9:15pm
Korean, Part 1, Thursday 7pm – 9pm
Korean, Part 3, Wednesday 4:30pm – 6:30pm

$100 for 10 weeks; Textbooks not included.

Each part is equivalent to around 15 hours of classroom instruction.
Contact languages@ihphilly.org for more information.

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