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Catherine Hamilton and Gail Tatangelo: Two Artists Talk
April 15, 2007
2:30pm
The RISD Museum

Hamilton [RISD ’91, Illustration] turned her bird-watching experience into an elegiac body of ink drawings that combines astonishing scrutiny with ruminations on current attitudes towards nature. Tatangelo attended RISD and is an award-winning bird carver and an avid gardener. She continues to carve, teach and speak for the Audubon Society.

Restaurants, Food, and Memory
April 4, 2008
4:00–5:30 p.m.
John Nicholas Brown Center, 357 Benefit Street, Library

Restaurants provide a “where” of memories, a site of remembrance. They are allusive also, able to call up associations of place, fragrance, sight, and taste. A five-sided discussion with an historian, a restaurateur, a cookbook author, and cultural critics, all of them eaters. Panel discussion with Mark Swislocki, John Chan, Ellen Leong Blonder, discussants Robert Lee and Lingzhen Wang.

Eating Chinese: Global and Local Perspectives on Food and Memory
April 4, 2008
1:00–3:30 p.m.
John Nicholas Brown Center, 357 Benefit Street, Library

How do we identify? What does “authentic” mean? Canadian-Chinese, Latino-Chino: Are there distinguishing differences? Common roots? Socio-historical constructions? Film screenings ("Cuba” from “On the Islands” and “Canada” from “Three Continents”) followed by a conversation with filmmaker Cheuk Kwan, Ernesto Martinez, and John Eng-Wong. Moderated by Evelyn Hu-Dehart.

The Chow Mein Sandwich: Chinese in Local Perspective
April 4, 2008
6:00–7:30 p.m.
John Nicholas Brown Center, 357 Benefit Street

Southeastern New England’s unique contribution to Chinese American food commemorated and served at this opening reception.

REASSESSING THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM
April 4, 2008
1:00-8:00 pm
Smith-Buonanno Hall 106

Speakers will include Scott McGinnis of the Defense Language Institute, Clara Yu of the Monterey Institute for International Studies, Hans Lauge Hansen of Aarhus University in Denmark, Elizabeth Welles, formerly with the MLA, Damon Rarick of the University of Rhode Island, Roger Allen of the University of Pennsylvania, Rick Donato of the University of Pittsburgh, and Katherine Arens of the University of Texas. Following a banquet Friday evening, April 4th, we will hear from our keynote speaker, the distinguished Chinese-American novelist, Ha Jin, winner of several awards, including the 1999 National Book Award and the 2000 PEN/Faulkner for his novel, Waiting. In a review of Ha Jin’s latest novel, A Free Life, John Updike writes in The New Yorker: “His prize-winning command of English has a few precedents, notably Conrad and Nabokov, but neither made the leap out of a language as remote from the Indo-European group, in grammar and vocabulary, in scriptural practice and literary tradition, as Mandarin.” The conference will also feature a panel with presentations highlighting curricular initiatives at Consortium institutions, and a summary panel with questions and answers from the audience.

REASSESSING THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM
April 5, 2008
8:15 am - 5:30 pm
Smith-Buonanno Hall 106

Taiwan Politics: Past and Future
April 17, 2008
7:30 PM
BioMed Center 202

The 2008 US Presidential election will no doubt be very exciting - why not warm up to that with a discussion about the results of the recent 2008 Taiwanese Presidential election? The Brown Taiwan Society is inviting a guest speaker who has experience in the American Institute in Taiwan to discuss what the recent Taiwan presidential election results could mean for the island's future. Entitled "Taiwan Politics: Past and Future", our guest speaker, Eugene Chen, will be hosting a presentation followed by a Q&A session. Don't know anything about the politics? Come to learn about it! Eugene will start with an overview on the political situation in Taiwan, including the government's structure and the stance of each of the major parties.

U.S. Foreign Policy in Korea and the Asia-Pacific
April 25, 2008
3:00 PM
Smith-Buonanno 106

Chong Wook Lee and Vartan Gregorian Distinguished Lecture "U.S. Foreign Policy in Korea and the Asia-Pacific," with Ambassador Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Christopher R. Hill was sworn-in as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs on April 8, 2005. Ambassador Hill is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service whose most recent assignment was as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. On February 14, 2005, he was named as the Head of the U.S. delegation to the Six Party Talks on the North Korean nuclear issue. Previously, he has served as U.S. Ambassador to Poland (2000-2004), Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia (1996-1999) and Special Envoy to Kosovo (1998-1999). He also served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Southeast European Affairs in the National Security Council. Earlier in his Foreign Service career, Ambassador Hill served tours in Belgrade, Warsaw, Seoul, and Tirana, and on the Department of State's Policy Planning staff and in the Department's Operation Center. While on a fellowship with the American Political Science Association, he served as a staff member for Congressman Stephen Solarz working on Eastern European issues. He also served as the Department of State's Senior Country Officer for Poland. Ambassador Hill received the State Department's Distinguished Service Award for his contributions as a member of the U.S. negotiating team in the Bosnia peace settlement, and was a recipient of the Robert S. Frasure Award for Peace Negotiations for his work on the Kosovo crisis. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Ambassador Hill served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon. Ambassador Hill graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine with a B.A. in Economics. He received a Master’s degree from the Naval War College in 1994. He speaks Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, and Albanian. Ambassador Hill is married and has three children.

Into the Dollhouse: Manipulating Scale in Japanese Fiction and Manga, c. 1980
April 13, 2009
4:00 PM
Wilson 102

The lecture series on Gender and East Asia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in China, Japan and Korea concludes with Eve Zimmerman (Wellesley), "Into the Dollhouse: Manipulating Scale in Japanese Fiction and Manga, c. 1980, " 4:00 p.m., Wilson 102. Sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies.

2nd Annual Chinese Speech Contest
April 24, 2009
3:30-5:30
WILSON 102

"Look An Asian!": The Politics of Racial Interpellation in the Wake of Virginia Tech
December 3, 2007
12:00-2:00
John Nicholas Brown Center, 357 Benefit Street

Fourth and last lecture in a series entitled "Trans-Pacific America: Histories and Public Cultures." Presented by Sylvia Chong, English, University of Virginia.

Classical Indian Music Concert
December 11, 2008
8:00 PM
Smith Buonanno 106

Come relax and listen to some gorgeous music! Brown alum and musician, Srinivas Reddy, will play classical Indian music, accompanied by sitar player Sameer Gupta. This is a benefit for Contemplative Studies. ($10/$5 with Brown ID),

Chinese New Year
February 18, 2007
12:00 AM
Everywhere

The Year of the Pig
Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4705 begins on Feb. 18, 2007.

The Gendered Dimensions of Nation-Building in Rural
February 20, 2009
4:00
Smith Buonanno 201

Chris Gilmartin, a participant in the lecture series: Gender and East Asia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in China, Japan, and Korea, presents: "The Gendered Dimensions of Nation-Building in Rural Sichuan During World War II: A Local Perspective." Friday, February 20, Smith Buonanno 201.

Women in Trouble: Korean Melodrama in the 1930s and 40s
February 27, 2009
4:00
Smith-Buonanno 201

Jina Kim, a participant in the "Gender and East Asia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in China, Japan, and Korea" lecture series, presents: "Women in Trouble: Korean Melodrama in the 1930s and 1940s" Smith-Buonanno 201

CET in China Info Session
February 19, 2009
4-5 PM
J. Walter Wilson 440

Alliance for Global Education Info. Session
February 27, 2009
4:00 PM
333 Brook Street 201

Study Day: A Kachoga Dialogue
March 16, 2007
10 AM - 5 PM
The RISD Museum

Join a dialogue of scholars on the subject of Japanese bird-and-flower woodblock prints (kachoga), moderated by Deborah Del Gais, the Museum’s Curator of Asian Art. John Carpenter (see lecture on March 14); Sarah Thompson, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Miriam Wattles, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ann Yonemura, Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; and respondent Maggie Bickford, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Brown University; fuel the discussion. Audience participation is encouraged. This event is free and open to the public; pre-registration required; space is limited. Contact Pam Kimel to register by phone (401 454-6505) or e-mail (pkimel@risd.edu). Admission to the Museum is free for attendees, as is the entire program.

Ryuko Mizutani: Koto Performance
March 25, 2007
2:30 PM
The RISD Museum

Ryuko Mizutani is a native of Japan and a graduate of the Japanese National Broadcasting Company School for Performers of Traditional Japanese Instruments. Her instrument is the koto, a long zither with 13 silk strings. Since 1987, she has studied both classical and modern koto music and has become interested in improvisational and experimental music.

Songs of the South: Court and Chamber Music in Ancient China
March 6, 2008
4:00 PM
Grant Recital Hall

From Tie Guniang to Dagongmei: Cultural Representations
March 6, 2009
4:00 PM
Wilson 102

Amy Dooling, a participant of the "Gender and East Asia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in China, Japan, and Korea" lecture series, presents "From Tie Guniang to Dagongmei: Cultural Representations of Female Labor in Post-Socialist China." Friday, March 6, Wilson 102.

Documentary Screening: "Who Killed Vincent Chin?"
March 11, 2009
7 PM
MacMillan 117

The murder of Chinese American automotive engineer that marked the beginning of a pan-ethnic Asian American movement.

Panel: "The Obama Administration and the Asian American Political Involvement"
March 12, 2009
4:30 PM
Salomon 001

What does Obama mean to the Asian American political involvement? * Joseph M. Fernandez '85, Co-Chair of the Obama campaign in Rhode Island; Providence City Solicitor * Xaykham Khamsyvoravong '06, Deputy Chief of Staff to R.I. Treasurer Frank Caprio * Ramey Ko, the founder of Asian Americans for Obama * Michael Liu, the founder of Asian American Movement Ezine

Lecture: "Asian Americans in the Formal Political Scene" by Allan Fung, the mayor of Cranston, R.I. (R)
March 17, 2009
4 PM
Salomon 001

The first Asian American mayor in Rhode Island shares his journey as one of the few Asian American politicians in Rhode Island, and his views on the impact of the new administration on the Asian American political involvement.

Afterlives of the Mahabharata: Oppenheimer, Isherwood, and the Mahabharata War
March 12, 2009
4:00 PM
Smith-Buonanno 106

Richard H. Davis  is Professor of Religion and Director of the Religion Program at Bard College. Sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies.

The Double Inheritance
November 6, 2007
12:00-2:00
Crystal Room, Alumnae Hall

The Double Inheritance: The Afterlife of Colonial Modernity in Former 'Manchuria'. A presentation by Yukiko Koga, postdoctoral fellow in International Humanities and East Asian Studies.

Feminist Dilemnas in the Globalization of Care
November 2, 2007
12:00-2:00
Petteruti Lounge, Faunce House

First in a series of lectures entitled "Trans-Pacific America: Histories and Public Cultures." Presented by Rhacel Parrenas, Asian American Studies, UC Davis.

A Performance of Mock Negroes: Blackness, Power, and the Opening of Japan, 1853-1854
November 9, 2007
12:00-2:00
Brown Inn/New Dorm Lounge

Second lecture in a series entitled "Trans-Pacific America: Histories and Public Cultures." Presented by Eric Love, History, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Transnational Melodrama: Gender and Affect in Hmong Diasporic Video
November 19, 2007
12:00-2:00
John Nicholas Brown Center, 357 Benefit Street

Third lecture in a series entitled: "Trans-Pacific America: Histories and Public Cultures." Presented by Louisa Schein, Anthropology, Rutgers University.

Development of the Song Dynasty "Biji" Genre
November 13, 2007
4:00
East Asian Studies Department, 333 Brook St., Conference Room (201)

Presented by Nanjing Normal University Professor Zhong Zhenzhen.

Eco-Poetics, Nature & Innovative 20th Century Japanese Poetry
November 5, 2007
3-4:30
McCormack Family Theater (in Fones Alley, off Brown Street)

Presented by Hiroaki Sato, the influential Japanese translator of both classical and contemporary poetry Sponsored by Literary Arts with Contemplative Studies

Reception for Chinese Writers' Signature Gift Books Donated by Mr. Bing Ling
November 26, 2007
3:00 - 4:30
Rockefeller Library, Conference Room

The reception will honor a recent contribution of books (approx. 300 titles), donated by Mr. Weimin Jiang (pseudonym Bing Ling), Chairman of the Association for Chinese Writers in the US. These authors with their signatures on the books includes a number of most prominent Chinese writers. Prior to that, Mr. Bing Ling also coordinated a program that calls Chinese writers, in China and overseas, to donate their works to several selected libraries in the US and Europe, including our Brown Library. As a result, since last summer we have received about 100 books donated by 70 authors. These gift books are a valuable special collection in Chinese literature for our library resources.

Strait Talk Symposium Panel 2
November 14, 2007
3:30-5:30
Frank Hall 220

Leadership and Progress? Future of the Taiwan Strait

Strait Talk Symposium Mixer
November 15, 2007
9:00-10:00 pm
Petteruti Lounge

Meet the Delegates

Strait Talk Press Conference
November 16, 2007
2:00-6:00 pm
Joukowsky Forum

Future of the Taiwan Strait, In Our Own Words

The WWII Japanese American Internment Experience of Glenn Kumekawa
November 5, 2008
6-7:30 PM
Salomon 001

On Wednesday, November 5th, as part of Asian American History Month, the Japanese Cultural Association is bringing Professor Emeritus Glenn Kumekawa of URI (Brown University class of 1956) to speak about his World War II Japanese American Internment experience.

China Education Initiative Info. Session
November 13, 2008
5:00 PM
333 Brook St. Room 201

The China Education Initiative (CEI) is an innovative non-profit organization, supported by the Ford Foundation, that addresses educational inequality in low-income, indigenous minority communities in rural parts of China that have not, as yet, seen the rapid economic growth that the coastal areas have experienced in the past two decades. CEI operates with the approval of the Chinese central government and is the first and only volunteer organization in China to pair graduates from top universities in the US and China in a long-term cross-cultural service initiative.

Strait Talk Symposium: Methods of Conflict Resolution
November 6, 2008
5:30
Wilson 102

Tatsushi Arai, School for International Training Darren Kew, UMass-Boston

Strait Talk Symposium: Presentation of the Consensus Document
November 7, 2008
4:00 pm
Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building, Room 220

Delegates to the Symposium Commentary by fellows of the Watson Institute

Strait Talk Symposium: History of the Taiwan Strait Issue
November 3, 2008
6:00 pm
Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building, Room 220

Steven Phillips, Towson University Jennifer Rudolph, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Strait Talk Symposium: The Cross-Strait Diplomatic Environment
November 5, 2008
3:30 pm
Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building, Room 220

Alan Romberg, Henry L. Stimson Center Liu Shih-chung, Brookings Institution

Strait Talk Symposium: The Next American Foreign Policy
November 5, 2008
5:30 pm
Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building, Room 220

Douglas Paal ‘69, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Director of the American Institute in Taiwan

"Who is the Migrant Entrepreneur?"
November 5, 2009
4:30
Wilson Hall 305

Four students spent the summer of 2009 in Shanghai investigating how and why some in the Chinese migrant labor force become entrepreneurs. Arun Stewart '11, who tragically passed away this week, contributed immensely to the project. Our initial question "Who is the Migrant Entrepreneur" took us on a tour of the city and its eateries, trying out dumplings and handmade noodles, custards, and shishkabob and conducting interviews with migrant business people from every part of China. Come hear about our findings and our experiences doing summer research in China, with support from East Asian Studies, the Dean's Office, and advice from many members of the faculty. We would like to dedicate this presentation in loving memory of Arun. Aery Chen '11 (Economics) Matthew See '11 (Economics) Sarah Yu '11 (International Relations) [Arun Stewart '11 (East Asian Studies)]

Study Abroad in China General Info. Session
November 9, 2009
4:40-5:30
333 Brook St., Room 201

Alliance for Global Education Info. Session
November 11, 2009
4:00-5:00
J. Walter Wilson Room 404

Chinese Medicine: Ancient Principles and Modern Applications
October 30, 2008
8:00 PM
Smith-Buonnano 201

Professor Heiner Freuheuf is a scholar and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in classical Chinese thought from the University of Chicago in 1990, where he studied the use of symbolism in the transmission of Han dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE) medical knowledge. He is currently writing a monograph on the classical foundations of the clinical profession of Chinese medicine. In addition to his academic research, Dr Fruehauf is a licensed practitioner of acupuncture and he is the founding professor of the School of Classical Chinese Medicine at the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, OR. Co-Sponsored by the Contemplative Studies Scholarly Concentration Program of the Warren Alpert School of Medicine and the Brown University Contemplative Studies Initiative

101 Years Old and Still Going Strong: The Tathagatha Zen of Roshi Joshu Sasaki
October 10, 2008
4:00 PM
SMITH-BUONANNO 106

101 Years Old and Still Going Strong: The Tathagatha Zen of Roshi Joshu Sasaki Seiju Bob Mammoser, Abbot of Albuquerque Zen Center

Do Buddhist Practices Offer a Science of Healing?
October 16, 2008
4:00 PM
Wilson 102

David Gardiner is Chair of the Department of Religion at Colorado College. Among his many insterests is the work of the Mind and Life Institute, a group of scientists who study the effects of meditation on well-being and ethical character. Sponsored by the Departments of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies and the Brown University Contemplative Studies Initiative.

NEAAS 2009
October 3, 2009
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/East_Asian_Studies/NEAAS_09.htm

"Autumn Gem" film screening & Q&A with filmmakers
October 21, 2009
4-6 PM
Wilson Hall 102

AUTUMN GEM is a documentary exploring the extraordinary life of the Chinese revolutionary heroine Qiu Jin (1875 - 1907). An accomplished writer, women's rights activist, and leader of a revolutionary army, Qiu Jin boldly challenged traditional gender roles and demanded equal rights and opportunities for women. Compared to a Chinese "Joan of Arc," she emerged as a national heroine who redefined what it meant to be a woman in early 20th-century China. The hour-long film contains interviews with scholars, archival images, and dramatic recreation scenes based on Qiu Jin's original writings. It is narrated in English and contains Chinese dialogue with English subtitles. Q&A and discussion with filmmakers after the screening. Wilson Hall 102, 4-6 PM

Sudden and Gradual: Paradigms of Awakening in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism
September 18, 2008
8:00 PM
SMITH-BUONANNO 201

"Sudden and Gradual: Paradigms of Awakening in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism" Mark Unno, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Oregon

An Introduction to Sôtô Zen Meditation, A Workshop
September 25, 2008
6-10 PM
The Chapel at Hillel House

An Introduction to Sôtô Zen Meditation, A Workshop Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center

Chinese Placement Exam
September 8, 2009
12:30
Barus & Holley 141

Japanese Placement Exam
September 8, 2009
2:00 PM
Barus & Holley 153