2019-2020 Events

Fall Term

Friday, November 1st, 2019 12:00 pm

OHC Conference Room, 159 PLC

Coalition as Possession: Gender, Ecology, and the Indian New Wave Cinema

Presented by Sangita Gopal, 2019-20 faculty research fellow in cinema studies.

 

 

Thursday, October 24, 2019  6:00pm
Tykeson Rehearsal Hall, School of Music

Kathakali Dance Drama

Kathakali is a classical Indian dance-drama from southwestern Kerala state. Known for its make-up and costuming highly emotive acting style, and large, imposing movements, this visually impressive art form narrates stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics. The art has been widely celebrated both inside and outside of India, and its acting techniques have been incorporated into modern theater training all over the world. Come experience the world of Kathakali!

 

Monday, October 21, 2019  4:00pm
Lillis Hall 175

Colour, Mobility, and Cinematic Cartography: Exploring India in the 1960s

Kathakali is a classical Indian dance-drama from southwestern Kerala state. Known for its make-up and costuming highly emotive acting style, and large, imposing movements, this visually impressive art form narrates stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics. The art has been widely celebrated both inside and outside of India, and its acting techniques have been incorporated into modern theater training all over the world. Come experience the world of Kathakali!

Monday & Tuesday, October 14-15, 2019
Redwood Auditorium

Studying Republican Vietnam: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects

Interest in Republican Vietnam, a broad period that extends through the 20th century and beyond, is recently expanding due to a combination of newly available sources and the emergence of a younger generation of scholars less shackled by previous political biases. In this new scholarship, the conflicts between and within North and South Vietnam were at the core civil wars whose origins can be traced back to the 1920s’ clashes in colonial Vietnam among republican, communist, monarchist and other ideas. This conference explores issues related to the study of Republican Vietnam, from the spread of republican ideas to French Indochina at the turn of the century to the memories of the RVN among the diaspora and the resurgence of Republican values in Vietnam today, and everything in between.

2018-2019 Events

Spring Term

Monday, June 3, 2019  4:30 pm
Knight Library Browsing Hall
How Daoism Became American: A Tale of Translation, Conservation, Immigration, Appropriation, and Impersonation

Elijah Siegler talks about American Daoism, its history and difference from Chinese Daoism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, May 16, 2019  4:30 pm
Jaqua Center Auditorium J101

Freedom of Speech and the Press in Asia: Human Rights Balanced with Cultural Values

Kyo Ho Youm discusses freedom of expression in Asian contexts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 21, 2019  4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Erb Memorial Union

The Transformative Power of Boys Love (BL) Media in Asia

James Welker speaks to the power of BL media and its potential for changing attitudes towards romance and sexuality in India and the Philippines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, May 23, 2019  4:00 pm
229 McKenzie Hall

Identify Politics and Popular Culture in Taiwan: A Saijiao Generation

Dr. Yueh discusses her recent book, a complete and thorough analysis to date of the “culture of cute” in Taiwan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, April 19, 2019  1:00 pm
206 Condon Hall

The Globalization of Chinese Cities from 1757 Onwards

A lecture by Desheng Xue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, April 19, 2019, 4:30 pm
Knight Library Browsing Hall

The Rise of “Brave New China”

Xiao Qiang speaks to the new generation fo digital technology and how it is being used to collect information and limit freedom of expression in China.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, April 25, 2019, 4:30 pm
Gerlinger Lounge

KakaoTalk Rumor Effect: The influence of social media rumors on participation and knowledge in the 2017 South Korean Presidential campaign

Dr. Nojin Kwak talks about how the growing evidence that political rumors shared and discussed on social media may fuel misperceptions and negatively impact political systems around the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 5:30 pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art – Ford Lecture Hall

Yao Religion and Daoism in the Southwest China and Southeast Asia Borderlands

Eli Alberts talks about the spread of Daoism to Yao peoples living in South China and across national borders all the way to northern Thailand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, February 7, 2019  4:00 pm
Knight Library Browsing Hall

Living with the Mekong: Archeological Perspectives and Alternative Futures

Miriam Stark discusses how “seeing like a state” produced disastrous consequences that in some respects still resonate with life in the contemporary Lower Mekong basin.

 

 

 

 

 

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Winter Term

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rethinking Free Speech in East Asia

A Lecture Series

This lecture series is presented by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies and the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. It is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Oregon Humanities Center, the UO Law School, the Asian Studies Program, and the Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair Endowment. For more information, please call (541) 346 – 5068

 

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2019  3:30 pm
Knight Library Browsing Hall
Majoritarian Oscillations and Judicial Serendipities: Free Speech in Korea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, January 31, 2019, 3:00 pm
Knight Library Browsing Hall
Free Speech in Japan: Forms of Speech, Forms of Suppression

Lawrence Repeta searches for the answer to questions about common forms of political speech and specific cases of police surveillance and suppression of speech deemed undesirable by the authorities.

 

 

 

 

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Fall Term

Taiwanese Women’s First-Person Documentaries

Thursday, November 1, 2018

4:00 pm @ Knight Library Browsing Room

The contemporary documentary scene in Taiwan has benefited from women documentary filmmakers’ remarkable creative energy. In this presentation, Professor Sang argues that documentaries by Wuna Wu, Mei ling Hsiao, Zero Chou, and Hui-chen Huang are preeminent examples of the striking foregrounding of subjectivity in Taiwanese women’s documentaries.

Cool Edo: Artisanship in Early Modern Japan and Beyond

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

4:00 pm @ Knight Library Browsing Room

Kyozaburo Tsuge, President of Tsuge Pipe Co., Ltd. of Japan, member of the Japan Netsuke Association, author of The tale of Asakusa, shitamachi craftsmen, and connoisseur of pipes for an antique arts television show, will be discussing traditional Edo period craftwork and the collecting of Japanese art and artifacts.

Tokyo to New York: A survey of music from Tokyo and NYC-based composers for clarinet, hichiriki, and piano. 

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

7:00 pm @ Tykeson Recital Hall

“Tokyo to New York” features a variety of different musical styles and new works composed for both Western and traditional Japanese instruments.

Du Shiniang’s Jewelbox and the Problem of Interiority

Friday, November 9, 2018

4:00 pm @ Lillis Complex 111

This lecture series is presented by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies. It is co-sponsored by the University of Oregon Libraries, the Asian Studies program, the Department of East Asian Languages and Linguistics, and the Department of History.

Farmer’s Battlefield: How post-conflict migrants adapt to UXO-contaminated land near the Cambodia Vietnam border

Friday, November 16, 2018

12:00 pm @ Maple Room (239) in the Erb Memorial Union

Why do post-conflict communities vary substantially in the speed and consistency with which they re-establish order and growth following war? The amount of unexploded ordnance left on farmlands can have a long-term impact on production, migration patterns, and local institutions. This talk discusses the role of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on the agricultural activities of Cambodian rice farmers.