You will need to verify your English language proficiency is sufficient enough to successfully participate in your program and to function on a day-to-day basis. It may be verified and documented in one of the following two ways:

• a signed letter from your home institution stating that you are an employee at the institution, and English is the language you teaches , or conduct research or business on a day-to-day basis This is a sample letter; Please feel free to use it if it works for you. Foreign Institutiuon English Language Proficiency Verification[1]

• an English language test score as proof of English proficiency, Minimum scores are based on undergraduate admissions standards at the University of Oregon. Please review the current UO requirements at: http://admissions.uoregon.edu/international/test-scores

Once I get all of this information, I will submit the papers to our office of International Affairs.  They will issue the J-1 paperwork, which I will then send to you.  Please let me know which address is best to use for Federal Express delivery.

Ancient China: Texts, Traditions, and Transformations

A Symposium in Honor of Stephen W. Durrant

This symposium brings together colleagues, research associates, and former graduate students to present research on early Chinese literature and culture in honor of Dr. Stephen W. Durrant’s long career. The Symposium will begin on Friday, February 13th with a public lecture by Dr. Wendy Larson, (Professor Emeritus, East Asian Languages and Literatures), followed on Saturday, February 14th with nine research presentations by scholars in the field of Chinese Studies on topics including paleography, textual study and criticism, historiography, Manchu studies, narrative, and cultural studies.

Friday, February 13

Keynote Lecture
Knight Library Browsing Room
5:00 pm (Reception to Follow)

“Every Day in Every Way: Optimism in 1950s China and America”
Wendy Larson, University of Oregon

Saturday, February 14

Symposium Papers
Gerlinger Lounge
9:00 am – 5:00 pm

9:00 am
Welcome Remarks

9:15 am
“A Publicly Posted Document from the Xin Period”
Charles Sanft, University of Tennessee

10:00 am
“Harmonizing with the Unseen: The Tradition of Lord Pei, Perfected of Pure Numen”
Matthew Wells, University of Kentucky

10:45 am
“Materialized Filial Piety: The Body and Filial Piety in Early Texts”
Jianjun He, University of Kentucky

11:30 am
“The Uses of Barbarians in Early China”
Li Waiyee, Harvard University

12:15 pm
Lunch Break

1:30 pm
“New Thoughts on Pleasure in Zhuangzi”
Michael Nylan, University of California Berkeley

2:15 pm
“Nurhaci in the Yargiyan kooli”
Stephen Wadley, Portland State University

3:00 pm
“Narratives of Ritual Adjudication”
David Schaberg, University of California Los Angeles

3:45 pm
“Further Thoughts on Liu Zhiji and Sima Qian”
Esther Klein, University of Sydney

4:15 pm
“Warming up the Past: Paul Serruys, Stephen Durrant, and the Voices of Ancient China”
Anthony Clark, Whitworth University

This event is presented by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies and is cosponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and the College of Arts and Sciences. Additional funding provided by the Jeremiah Lecture Series Fund and the National Resource Center for East Asian Studies. For more info, please call 541-346-1521.

Thursday, 6 November 2014

8:00am     Registration
8:30am     Opening Remarks
Location:  Ballroom, Erb Memorial Union (EMU)

Dennis Galvan, Vice Provost for International Affairs, University of Oregon
Peter Arnade, Dean, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Tuong Vu, Phan Le Ha, and Liam Kelley, Conference Co-Chairs and Co-Conveners
Dang Van Minh, Vice President of Thai Nguyen University, and co-organizer of the 5th Engaging with Vietnam Conference

9:00am-10:15am
Keynote Session: DECONSTRUCTING AND RECONNECTING VIETNAM
Location: Ballroom
Moderator: Peter Zinoman

Christopher Goscha, University of Quebec at Montreal
Beyond Vietnamese Exceptionalism: On Vietnam, Another History

Tuong Vu, University of Oregon
State Formation on China’s Southern Frontier: Vietnam as a Shadow Empire and Hegemon

Discussant: Liam C. Kelley, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

10:30am-12:00pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS

BALLROOM: The Internationalization of Higher Education, National Cultural Identity, and Neoliberalism: A Look at Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Vietnam
Moderator: David Ericson

Osman Barnawi, Royal Commission Colleges and Institutes, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
English and Internationalization of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: Challenges, Risks, and
Opportunities

Joyce Kho, Monash University Alumnus
Internationalization of Higher Education and Questions of Identity in Malaysia: A Policy Analysis

Phan Le Ha, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Western Universities in Vietnam: A Comparative Analysis of Missions, Values, and Commitments to Local Capacity Building

GUMWOOD ROOM: The Powers of the Written Word
Moderator: Nguyen Tuan Cuong

Le Nguyen Long, University of Missouri
Travel, Travel Writings, and the Formation of Vietnamese National Identity in the Early 20th Century

Nguyen Quoc Vinh, Harvard University
Postwar Historiography on Nguyen Hue and the Tay Son period (1771-1802) and the Rise of Counter-Memories from the Margins in the Vietnamese Diaspora

Thomas A. Bass, SUNY Albany
Censorship in Vietnam: Forcing Writers to the Periphery

MAPLE ROOM: Education and Training in the Age of Globalization
Moderator: Dang Van Minh

Phung Ha Thanh and Nguyen Thanh Ha, Michigan State University
Contemporary Comparative Criticisms around Vietnamese Education: The Perpetuation of Inequality

Cuong Huy Nguyen, Michigan State University and Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy
The Inclusion of Mindfulness into Education: A New Direction of Educational Studies

Michael Salzman, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Globalization, Education, Culture and Anxiety

OAK ROOM: Economic Reform in Vietnam: Theory vs. Realities
Moderator: Bui Tran Phuong

Vu Thanh Tu Anh, Fulbright Economics Teaching Program and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
WTO Accession and the Political Economy of State-Owned Enterprise Reform in Vietnam

Dinh The Phong, Business-Innovation Centre
Network-Based Integration as an Economic Model & Industrialization Concept for Vietnam in the 21st Century

Thi Thu Huong Nguyen, Curtin University
Decentralization in Vietnam and its Impact on Public Service Delivery

12:00pm-1:00pm      LUNCH

1:00pm-2:00pm    BREAKOUT SESSIONS

BALLROOM: Challenges in the Incorporation of Ethnic Communities
Moderator: William Chapman

Tran Dinh Lam, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, HCMC
The Economic, Cultural and Social Life of Bahnar People Sustainable Development

GUMWOOD ROOM: New Spatial and Cultural Dimensions of Vietnamese History
Moderator: Liam C. Kelley

John K. Whitmore, University of Michigan, and James A. Anderson, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The Dong World and Vietnam, Highlands and Lowlands Re-conceived

Kathlene Baldanza, Pennsylvania State University, and Nhung Tuyet Tran, University of Toronto
A Cultural Fluorescence in the Nguyen Cochinchina? Neo-Confucian Morality and Medical Teachings in 18th Century Wood Block Prints

MAPLE ROOM: Understanding Development and Its Future in Vietnam
Moderator: Benedict Kerkvliet

John Luke Gallup, Portland State University
The End of Development?

Jonathan Warren, University of Washington
The Problem with Reconnecting

OAK ROOM: Diasporic Communities in Europe: Subjectivity and Positionality
Moderator: Peter Arnade

Grażyna Szymańska-Matusiewicz, University of Warsaw
Vietnamese Migrant Communities in Eastern Europe: Remnant of a Post-War Era or Potential of
Future Cooperation? Case of the Vietnamese from Poland

Josef An-Zhi Jian, National Chi Nan University
Invisible, Indistinct and then Represented: The Process of Forming the ‘Subjectivity’ of the German
Vietnamese after the Year 1990

2:10pm-3:10pm     BREAKOUT SESSIONS

BALLROOM: Urban Governance: Visions and Contradictions
Moderator: Erik Harms

Jacob O. Weger, University of Georgia
Towards an Urban Political Ecology of Thu Thiem Development Project, Ho Chi Minh City

Khanh Pham, Portland State University
Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Navigating the Contradictions Between Economic Growth and Climate Change Adaptation in Vietnam

GUMWOOD ROOM: Demystifying Ho Chi Minh
Moderator: Tuong Vu

Alex-Thai Dinh Vo, Cornell University
Nguyen Thi Nam: The Herald of Incalculable Consequences
Kimloan Hill, University of California, San Diego
A Reassessment of Ho Chi Minh’s Whereabouts in 1911-1919

MAPLE ROOM: Diasporic Communities: Identity and Connections
Moderator: Janet Hoskins

Anh Phung Ngo, York University, Canada
Case Study of the Vietnamese in Toronto: Representations of Identity

Hoang Anh Ngoc, Université Catholique de l’Ouest
Digital Connections Between Vietnamese Catholics in Vietnam and Vietnamese Catholics in Diaspora

OAK ROOM: Higher Education: Policy and Politics
Moderator: David Ericson

Diep Tran, Victoria University of Wellington
Policy Alternatives for Private Higher Education in Vietnam: Surpassing with New Approach

Mary Beth Marklein, George Mason University
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: U.S. Policy and Politics in Vietnam Higher Education Reform

3:10pm-3:30pm     BREAK

3:30pm-5:00pm
Keynote Session: COLD WAR FRONTIERS IN VIETNAM

Moderator: Angie Ngoc Tran

Peter Zinoman, University of California-Berkeley
De-Stalinization and Revisionism in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam: New Research on Nhan Van Giai Pham

Nu-Anh Tran, University of Connecticut
Contested Identities: Nationalism, Anticommunism, and Internationalism in the Republic of Vietnam, 1954-1959

Nguyen Tuan Cuong, Vietnam National University-Hanoi
Nationalism, Decolonization and Tradition: The Promotion of Confucianism in South Vietnam 1955-1975 and the Role of Nguyen Dang Thuc

Discussant: Glenn May, University of Oregon

Friday, 7 November 2014

8:30am-10:15am
Keynote Session: VIETNAMESE ON THE GLOBAL FRONTIER – VISION, STATUS, AND SOLIDARITY
Location: Ballroom
Moderator: Nu-Anh Tran

Erik Harms, Yale University
Modern Views, Unblocked: Looking into the Distance in Phu My Hung, a Vietnamese New Urban Zone

Kimberly Hoang, Boston College
Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work

Angie Ngoc Tran, CSU Monterey Bay
Hope Across Borders: Three Ethnic Groups in Labor Migrations Between Vietnam and Malaysia

Discussant: Benedict Kerkvliet, Australian National University & University of Hawai’i at Manoa

10:15am-10:30am     BREAK

10:30am-12:15pm     BREAKOUT SESSIONS

BALLROOM: Socialization in/through Education
Moderator: Dang Van Huan

Duong Bich Hang, Lehigh University
Socialization Policy: Evidence from Vietnam

Violette Hoang-Phuong Ho, University of California Los Angeles
Female Students at An Giang University, Vietnam: College As A Way to Fulfill Familial Obligations

Phuoc Duong, University of California, Riverside
Numeracy and Examination as Discipline and Reason: An Analysis of General Education in Da Nang City, Vietnam

GUMWOOD ROOM: New Interpretations of War and Leadership
Moderator: Peter Zinoman

Zachary Shore, Naval Postgraduate School
A Sense of the Enemy: Le Duan’s Strategic Empathy for America

Peter Hunt, King’s College London
Dien Bien Phu at Sixty: Changing Perspectives on the Battle at the Boundary of Vietnamese Space,
History and Identity

Sean Fear, Cornell University
The Ambiguous Legacy of Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam’s Second Republic (1967- 1975)

MAPLE ROOM: Vietnamese in the Diaspora: Culture, History, and Identity
Moderator: Lan Chu

Tuan Hoang, Pepperdine University
From Reeducation Camps to Little Saigons: Historicizing Vietnamese American Anticommunism

An Tuan Nguyen, Northern Arizona University
Post-Refugee Vietnamese Professionals in the U.S.: Rethinking Vietnamese American Immigration

Discussant: Lan Chu, Occidental College

OAK ROOM: On the Frontiers of Cross-Cultural Education
Moderator: Michael Salzman

Khanh Nguyen Bui and Chau Nguyen Thi Ngoc, University of Georgia
The Application of Project-Based Learning in Teaching Secondary Students – An Investigation and Case Study in Lawrence S. Ting School

Vo Huong Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education and Ilene Crawford, Southern
Connecticut State University
Crossing Cultural Borders in Literature: Pain or Gain? Experiences Teaching American Literature to English Majors in Vietnam

Nhung Thi Hong Nguyen, Monash University, Springvale Indo Chinese Ethnic School, and
Mang-Non Vietnamese Language School
Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching Vietnamese Language in Australia

12:15pm-1:15pm    LUNCH

1:15pm-2:15pm    BREAKOUT SESSIONS

GUMWOOD ROOM: Leadership Development in the U.S. and Vietnam
Moderator: David Ericson

Van Thi Minh Huyen, Texas A&M University
Emerging Leadership Development in the US Business Sector and Implications for Vietnam

Phuong To Tam, Texas A&M University and Foreign Trade University, Ha Noi
Non-profit Leadership Development in the U.S. and Implications for Vietnam

MAPLE ROOM: War, Landscape, and Technology
Moderator: Christopher Goscha

Scott Frey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Agent Orange and America at War in Vietnam and Southeast Asia

Edward Miller, Dartmouth College and David Biggs, University of California-Riverside
Landscape, Ecology, and Counterinsurgency in South Vietnam: The Strange Saga of Binh Hung Village

OAK ROOM: Vietnam between China and Champa
Moderator: Liam C. Kelley

Kwok-leong Tang, Pennsylvania State University
Honoring the Cultural Heritage of Our Nation: the Revisions of Enshrinement in the Temple of
Literature in the Minh Mang period (1820-1841)

William B. Noseworthy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Peripheries of Vietnamese History and the Cham Ong Tai Manuscript, 1651-1975

2:15pm-2:30pm    BREAK

2:30pm-3:45pm
Keynote Session: DILEMMAS OF HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN VIETNAM
Location: Ballroom
Moderator: Liam C. Kelley

Bui Tran Phuong, Hoa Sen University
To Submit to Globalization or to Tempt a Proactive and Responsible Internationalization?

Dang Van Huan, Portland State University and Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam
The Legacies of a Socialist State and the Lack of Radical Change in Higher Education Policy on Institutional Autonomy in Vietnam

Discussant: Phan Le Ha, University of Hawai’i at Manoa & Monash University, Australia

3:45pm-4:00pm     BREAK

4:00pm-5:15pm
Keynote Session: CENTERS AND THEIR CULTURAL PERIPHERIES
Location: Ballroom
Moderator: Kimberly Hoang

Janet Hoskins, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Victor Hugo’s Spiritual Sons in Vietnam: The Colonial Cult of the Occult and Postcolonial Connections

William Chapman, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Adjuncts to Empire: The EFEO and the Conservation of Cham Antiquities
Discussant: Tuan Hoang

5:15pm-5:45pm     CLOSING CEREMONY

Location: Ballroom
Moderators: Phan Le Ha and Tuong Vu

Closing Remarks: Donald Young, Dean, College of Education, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Friday, October 10, 2014

Conference: Comparative Historical Ecology in Ancient Northeast Asia

Many Nations Longhouse

9:00 am – 5:00 pm

University of Toronto and Center for Asian and Pacific Studies are organizing a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Coun­cil of Canada Partnership Development Workshop, the second of the three part series. Guest speakers from US, Canada, China, and UK will discuss the diverse responses of early people to climate changes and their impacts on local ecology in China, Korea and Japan during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. University of Oregon scholars will present historical ecology in North America and Pacific Islands. By examining past human-environmental interactions, the workshop will contribute to our better understanding of contemporary global warming and sustainability issues.

9:00–11:30 am Morning Session

9:00–9:15 am

Welcome with Jeff Hanes (History, CAPS, University of Oregon)

9:15–9:30 am

How can partnerships facilitate comparative analysis of human ecology in East Asian prehistory? Gary Crawford (Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada)

9:30–9:45 am

Action from China: Research on climatic change and human adaptation
Xing Gao (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleo-anthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

9:45–10:00 am

Micro-blade industry from the last glacial maximum to Holocene in China
Ying Guan (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleo-anthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

10:00–10:15 am Q & A

10:15–10:30 am Morning Tea Break

10:30–10:45 am

Resolving the effects of human predation on marine resources: Pacific and Caribbean case studies
Scott Fitzpatrick (Anthropology, University of Oregon)

10:45–11:00 am

New archaeological evidence for origin and development of rice cultivation in the lower regions of the Yangtze River
Yunfei Zheng (Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Relics and Archae­ology, China)

11:00–11:15 am

Pattern of human niche construction at the early Neolithic Kuahuqiao site
Yan Pan (Cultural Heritage & Museology, Fundan University, China)

11:15–11:30 am Q & A

11:30 am–1:00 pm Lunch

1:00–5:00 pm Afternoon Session

1:00–1:15 pm

Archaeology and historical ecology of California’s Northern Channel Islands
Jon Erlandson (Anthropology, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon)

1:15–1:30 pm

Early-Middle Jomon chronology and pollen
Junko Habu (Anthropology, University of California Berkeley)

1:30–1:45 pm

Metastable ecosystems along the Shinano-Chikuma River, central Japan: approaches and challenges
Simon Kaner (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, UK)

1:45–2:00 pm

Historical ecology of human impacts on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Terry Hunt (Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon)

2:00–2:15 pm Q & A

2:15–2:30 pm Afternoon Tea Break

2:30–2:45 pm

Neolithic culture at the Houtaomuga site, Jilin province, Northeast China
Lixin Wang (Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Jilin University, China)

2:45–3:00 pm

Comparative perspectives on Neolithic niche construction in northern China and eastern-southern Korea
Gyoung-Ah Lee (Anthropology, University of Oregon)

3:00–3:15 pm

The archaeology of Pacific herring
Madonna Moss (Anthropology, University of Oregon)

3:15–3:30 pm Q & A

3:30–3:45 pm Afternoon Tea Break

3:45–4:00 pm

10-year archaebotany at Shandong University, China
Qian Yang, Hui Fang, Xuexiang Chen (Archaeology, Shandong University)

4:00–4:15 pm

Students’ research on historical ecology at University of Oregon

4:15–4:30 pm

Concluding remarks
Gary Crawford (Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada)

4:30–5:00 pm

Discussion

2013-14 Events

Spring Term

Thursday, April 10, 2014
“Fiction’s Family: Zhan Xi, Zhan Kai, and the Business of Women in Late Qing China”
Ellen Widmer, Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies, Wellesley College
Knight Library Browsing Room
4:00 pm
 

Friday, April 18, 2014
“The Current State of the Aspect Hypothesis in L1 and L2 Acquisition”
Yashuro Shirai, Professor of Linguistics, University if Pittsburgh
Knight Library Browsing Room
3:00 pm

Friday, April 18, 2014
“Copyright and Media Pluralism in China”
UO School of Law, Room 142
8:30 am – 4:40 pm

Monday, April 21, 2014
“The Disappearance of Sombath Somphone: Implications for Civil Society and Human Rights in Laos”
A Special Appearance by Shui-Meng Ng
Unitarian Universalist Church
1685 W. 13th Ave., Eugene
5:30 pm

Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Jeremiah Lecture Series
“Tales of Ise: The Shrines, Their Priests and Patrons in Post-war Japan”
John Breen, Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto
Allen Hall, Room 140
4:00 pm

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Yoko McClain Lecture Series in Japanese Studies
“Animating Reality: The Film Theory of Imamura Taihei”
Aaron Gerow, Professor of Film Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University
Ford Alumni Center, Room 202
4:00 pm

Wednesday, April 30, 2014
“A conversation with Asian Studies Distinguished Speaker: Amitav Ghosh”
Knight Library, Browsing Room
4:00 pm

Thursday, May 1, 2014
Myung Sup Lim Lecture Series
“Korean Cinema Today”
Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator Emeritus for Film of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
3:00 pm

Friday, May 2, 2014
Myung Sup Lim Lecture Series
“Korea and Regional Relations”
Dr. Stephen Noerper, Senior Vice President of The Korea Society
White Lotus Gallery, 767 Willamette St.
4:00 pm

Friday, May 9, 2014
Yoko McClain Lecture Series in Japanese Studies
“Visible Rhymes, Inaudible Echoes: Script and Sound in the Sinitic Poetry of Modern Japan.”
Matthew Fraleigh, Associate Professor, East Asian Literature and Culture, Brandeis University
McKenzie 375
3:30 pm

Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Lecture: “The Function of the Constitutional Court of Korea in the Development of Democracy and the Rule of Law”
Jongik Chon, Associate Professor, School of Law
Seoul National University
Ford Alumni Center, Room 403
3:00pm

Saturday, May 17, 2014
Lecture: “Introduction to Chinese and Korean Ceramics”
Robert D. Mowry, Retired Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art and Head of the Department of Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard Art Museums, and Senior Lecturer on Chinese and Korean Art, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Harvard
2:00 pm

Sunday, May 18, 2014
Workshop: “Connoisseurship of Chinese and Korean Ceramics”
Robert D. Mowry, Jordan Schnitzer Museum
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Limited to 12 participants; $60 per person (info and registration: kaplan@uoregon.edu or 541-346-0968)

Monday, May 19th, 2014
Lecture: “On the Road in Olympic Era Tokyo”
Bruce Suttmeier, Associate Professor of Japanese
Lewis & Clark College
Ford Alumni Center, Room 403
3:30 pm

Thursday, May 29, 2014
Jeremiah Lecture
“Sent-down Youth and Rural Economic Development in China: The Cultural Revolution and Its Contemporary Legacies”
Emily Honig, Professor, Department of History, UC Santa Cruz and Xiaojian Zhao, Professor,  Asian American Studies, UC Santa Barbara
Executive Board Room, Ford Alumni Center (4th Floor)
4:00 pm

Winter Term

Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The Yoko McClain Lecture Series in Japanese Studies
“Japanese Friendship Dolls”
Alan Scott Pate, Alan Scott Pate Antique Japanese Dolls
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Ford Lecture Hall
5:30 pm

Monday, February 10, 2014
Myung Sup Lim Series
“The Shifting Images of Korea Through the Lens of National Geographic Since 1890″
Dr. Young Hoon Kim, Professor, Department of Korean Studies; Director.
Research Institute of Korean Culture, Ewha Womans University
PLC, Room 159
4:00 pm

Saturday, February 22, 2014
The Yoko McClain Lecture Series in Japanese Studies
Symposium: “The Art of Japanese Traditional Theater”
Presenters:  Laurence Kominz, Portland State University; Alan Pate, Alan Scott Pate Antique Japanese Dolls
Matt Shores, University of Hawaii; Glynne Walley, University of Oregon
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Ford Lecture Hall
1:00 – 4:00 pm

Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Bollywood Nights Film Screening: Luck By Chance
Presented by the UO Asian Studies Program
Lawrence Hall, Room 166
5:30pm

Monday, March 3, 2014
“Heady Flights and Costly Slips: The Fantasy and the Reality of Garden Swings in Classic Chinese Fiction”
Andrew Plaks, Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies and Comparative Literature, Princeton University
Knight Library Browsing Room
2:00 pm

Friday, March 7, 2014
“The Power and Reach of the Tongan Maritime State: Long-Distance Voyaging, Monumental Architecture and Elite Leadership”
Geoffrey Clark, Archaeology and Natural History, The Australian National University
Knight Library Browsing Room
4:00 pm

Fall Term

Friday, October 4, 2013
CAPS/Asian Studies/JSMA Annual Reception
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
3:00-5:00 pm

Saturday, October 5, 2013
Picturing Global China: Contemporary Art from Shanghai and Beyond
A Cross-Cultural Panel Discussion
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Lecture Hall
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Please click here to view the conference program.

Thursday, October 17, 2013
Jeremiah Lecture
“Voices from the Canefields: Folksongs from Japanese Immigrant Workers in Hawai’i”
Dr Franklin Odo, Founding Director of Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, and former Chief of Asian Division Library of Congress
Knight Library Browsing Room
4:00 pm

Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Jeremiah Lecture
“Christianity’s Dialogue with Buddhism in Japan”
James Heisig, Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture
Knight Library Browsing Room
4:00 pm

Thursday, November 7, 2013
Jeremiah Lecture
Postcolonial Literature as World Literature: World Heritage Preservation and the Unworlding of the Subaltern World in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide”
Pheng Cheah, Department of Rhetoric, UC Berkeley
Knight Library Browsing Room
4:00 pm

Thursday, November 7, 2013
Jeremiah Lecture
“FDI Networks in Production and Innovation in China: Beyond New Regionalism, Beyond Global Production Networks”
Yehua Dennis Wei, Department of Geography, University of Utah
Condon Hall, Room 106
4:00 pm

Past Events

2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04

The University of Oregon is pleased to host the “Engaging with Vietnam” conference,
from November 5-7, 2014

Registration

Registration is now open!  Please click here to register. Below is a summary of registration deadlines and fees.

Regular Registration (through November 4, 2014)

Faculty Registrants: $125

Graduate Student Registrants: $100

On-Site Registration

Faculty Registrants: $140

Graduate Student Registrants: $120

On-site Registration and Panel Sessions will be held in the ERB Memorial Union (EMU) Ballroom located on the University of Oregon campus near the intersection of East 13th and University.

Registration includes the following: daily coffee service, two lunch buffets, the opening reception on November 5th and the conference banquet on November 6th.

Conference Program and Venue Information

 Registration and opening reception will begin at 6:30 pm on November 5^th in the Gerlinger Lounge, which is located on campus near the intersection of East 15^th Avenue and University Street.

All panel sessions on November 6 and 7 will be held in the EMU Ballroom on the University of Oregon Campus, which is located at the intersection of 13th and University Street.  The exact rooms for the panel sessions are noted on the program. Please click here for the most updated version.

To download a campus map, please open the attached PDF file: UO Map

Audio/Visual Equipment

Each room will have a laptop set up to a data projector for Powerpoint presentations.  To make for smooth transitions in between speakers, we ask that you put your presentation on a flash drive and use the laptop in the room, if possible. If you need any additional equipment please send an email to apucilow@uoregon.edu.

Weather

We are hoping for mild weather during the conference, but weather in the Pacific Northwest can be very unpredictable in November.  The average high temperatures for this time of year is 13°C (57°F), with lows around 5°C (41°F). There’s a moderate probability of rain showers, so it recommended to bring an umbrella.

Lodging

The Eugene Phoenix Inn will serve as the Conference Hotel. A block of rooms has been reserved, though depending on the number of participants, there may not be enough rooms for all conference attendees, so we have booked additional rooms at the Holiday Inn.  Please see the links to each hotel for more details on their facilities. When making a reservation, please mention that you are with the Vietnam Studies group reservation.  Please note the Group Reservation Deadline for each hotel.  After that date, our reserved rooms will be released to the general public.

The Phoenix Inn (located near campus, about 7 blocks from the conference site)
850 Franklin Blvd, Eugene, 97403
Phone:  (541) 344-0001
Email: Reservations704@phoenixinn.com
Special Conference Nightly Rate:  $109 + tax (continental breakfast included)
Group Reservation Deadline:  October 5, 2014

We have a smaller block of rooms available at the Holiday Inn Express, for overflow.

Holiday Inn Express (located near campus, about 12 blocks from the conference site)
2117 Franklin Blvd, Eugene, 97403
Phone : (541) 342-1243
Special Conference Nightly Rate:  $109 + tax (continental breakfast included)
Group Reservation Deadline:  October 5, 2014

Other Lodging Options

We do not have a special conference block at these hotels, but they are near campus and may have space if the conference hotel is booked.

Secret Garden Bed & Breakfast (located near campus, about 5 blocks from the conference site)
1910 University Street, Eugene, 97403
Phone: (541) 484-6755.
Nightly Rates starting at $115 + tax (full breakfast included)

The Campus Inn (located near campus, about 12 blocks from the conference site)
390 East Broadway, Eugene, 97403
Phone: (800) 888-6313 or (541) 343-3376
Email: eugene@campus-inn.com.

Nightly Rates starting at $91 + tax (continental breakfast included)

Air Travel

Eugene, Oregon, is serviced by the Eugene Airport (airport code EUG). Please note that this is a small airport with limited flights, so it is advised to book your tickets early.

An alternative airport, the Portland International Airport, is a 2 ½ hour drive from Eugene.  Two shuttle companies offers service between the Portland International Airport and the University of Oregon. They are City 2 City Shuttle and the Hut Shuttle.  Please click on their links to go to their websites for schedules and fares.

Airport-Eugene Transportation

The Phoenix Inn will provide complimentary transportation from the Eugene Airport between the hours of 7:00 am – 11:00 pm. Outside of those hours, it’s a $20 charge. Please note that reservations for the Phoenix Inn Shuttle are required, so you must make this request directly to the hotel by phone at: 1-541-344-0001 or by email at: Reservations704@phoenixinn.com.

If you don’t stay at the Phoenix Inn, or you arrive outside of these shuttle hours, you can take the OMNI Shuttle, located adjacent to baggage claim at the Airport, for shared ride door-to-door ground transportation from the airport to Eugene. Visit their website or call (800) 741-5097 for reservations or more information.  One-way shuttle transportation to the UO campus will cost approximately $22 and will take around 25 minutes.  Taxis are also available and cost approximately $30 each way.

For more information, please email Anna: apucilow@uoregon.edu

2012-13 Events

Spring Term

Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Jeremiah Lecture
“Rice in China: Histories and Myths”
Professor Francesca Bray, Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
5:30 pm
To view this lecture please click here.

 Monday, April 8, 2013
Myung Sup Lim Lecture Series in Korean Studies
“Shared Youth Predicaments: Education Notes Among South Korea, Finland, and the US”
Nancy Abelmann, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research – Humanities, Arts, and Related Fields;  Harry E. Preble Professor, Anthropology, Asian American Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois
Gerlinger Lounge
4:00 pm

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Jeremiah Lecture Series
“Oriental Democracies”
Panel Discussion with “The Shadow of China, ” Benjamin Reilly, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, “Paradoxes of Democracy in East Asia, ” Bruce Gilley, Political Science, PSU, Moderator: Tuong Vu, Political Science, University of Oregon
Knight Library Browsing Room
3:30 – 5:30 pm

Sunday, April 14 – Monday, April 15, 2013
International Conference
“China and the Restructuring of International Political Economy”
Gerlinger Lounge
9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Please click here to view the conference program.

Friday, May 17, 2013
Jeremiah Lecture Series
“Neolithic Ways of Food Production in Central and Western Northeast China: Geoarchaeological, Zooarchaeological and Archaeobotanical Approach”
Professor Tang Zhouwei, Department of Archaeology, Research Center of Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Jilin University, China
204 Condon Hall
4:00 pm

Winter Term

Thursday, January 10, 2013
Jeremiah Lecture Series
“Chinese Capitalism: Beyond Variety?”
Jamie Peck, Canada Research Chair in Urban & Regional Political Economy, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia
Condon Hall, Room 106
4:00 pm

Monday, February 4, 2013
Myung Sub Lim Lecture Series in Korean Studies
“They Think They’re Normal: Explaining North Korea”
David Kang, Professor of International Relations and Business; Director of the Korean Studies Institute, University of Southern California
Knight Library Browsing Room
3:30 pm

Fall Term

Friday, October 19-20, 2012
Conference:  “The Storied Self: Issues in Buddhist Narrativity.”

Friday, October 26, 2012
Concert
“Rock and Roll Jihad”
Salman Ahmad
Beal Hall; $10 general admission, $7 student admission
7:30 pm

Wednesday, November 7, 2012
CAPS/Asian Studies Annual Reception
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
3:30 pm

Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Tea Ceremony with Megumi Unno
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
5:30-6:30 pm

Friday, November 16, 2012
Short Films from Vietnam
Global Scholars Hall Room 117
7:00-9:00 pm
*Please note that the directors are unable to attend

Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Design at the Speed of Sound – Chinese Architectural Practice
Presented by: Shanghai Xian Dai Visiting Architects
115 Lawrence Hall
6:00 pm

Friday, November 30, 2012
“Chinese Urban Planning Systems and Unique Practices in Chengdu City”
Mr. Peng Tang
Hendricks Hall Room 100
11:30am – 12:30pm

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