NRC Events

 

2010-11 Events

 

Winter Term Events

Northwest China Council and World Affairs Council presents Thursday, February 3, 2011 “The Role of Law in China’s Strained ‘Harmonious Society’” Professor Margaret Lewis, Associate Professor, Seton Hall UO White Stag  Building in Portland, Room 142/144 12:00 pm This event is free, but please click here to register. This event is supported by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations’ Public Intellectuals Program, which is funded by the Henry Luce and C.V. Starr Foundations.  It is also sponsored by the UO’s National Resource Center for East Asian Studies.

Jeremiah Lecture Monday, February 7, 2011 “Social, Cultural, and Linguistic Dimensions of Creative Language Use in China’s Internet” Hongyin Tao, Chinese Language and Linguistics, UCLA Knight Library Browsing Room 3:30 pm

Jeremiah Lecture Friday, February 18, 2011 “The Origins of Domesticated Water Buffalo in China: An Interdisciplinary Approach” Li Liu, Sir Robert Ho Tung Professor in Chinese Archaeology, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University Condon Hall, Room 204 4:00 pm

Contemporary Chinese Cultural Studies Tuesday, March 8 2011 at 12pm “Imagining Atrocity: The Nanjing Massacre on Film and the Curious Case if Scarlet Rose.” An Illustrated Talk by Michael Berry, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara Mills International Center

The Robert D. Clark Honors College presents: “Adopted Territory: Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging” Eleana J. Kim Clark Honors College Library, 3rd floor Chapman Hall Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 4pm This event is sponsored by Clark Honors College, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Center for the Study of Women in Society, Global Oregon, Department of History, and CHC Kaleidoscope.

Author Talk “Pop Culture from a Multipolar Japan” Roland Kelts, Author and Journalist Knight Library Browsing Room March 10, 2011 at 4:00 pm This event is cosponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.

Fall Term Events

China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections Monday, October 18, 2010 University of Oregon White Stag Building – Portland 5:00 pm For a complete schedule, please click here.

Taiwan Film Festival October 20-22, 2010 Willamette Hall,  Room 110 For a complete festival schedule, please click here.

Jeremiah Lecture Friday, November 5, 2010 “The Magic of Concepts: Wang Yanan and His 1930s Critique of Social Science” Rebecca Karl, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies & History, New York University McKenzie Hall, Room 375 12:00 pm