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May 2002
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Through May 30, 2002
Images of Viet Nam, 1969-1970
A Photographic Exhibition by Viet Nam Veteran Michael Burr
My House Restaurant
12332 Brookhurst Street, Garden Grove, CA 92840
(714) 210-186Directions from L. A. area:
San Diego (405) Fwy. South to the Garden Grove (22) Fwy. East. Exit at Brookhurst. At the bottom of the ramp turn left & go north on Brookhurst. Once you pass Lampson Avenue start looking on your right (east side of street) for the restaurant.
Through June 30, 2002
NIck Ut: From Hell to Hollywood
Perfect Exposure Gallery
3513 West 6th St.
Koreatown, L.A.
(213) 381-1137
Hours: 11 am-4 pm Tues.-Sat.
Free admissionPhotographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut worked for the Associated Press. This exhibit examines two sides of the work of Ut, who was born in what was then South Vietnam but has lived in Los Angeles since 1977. Splitting its focus between the Indochina War and Ut's frequently humorous candids of Tinseltown celebrities like Sly Stallone, O.J. Simpson and Robert Downey Jr., "From Hell to Hollywood" juxtaposes third-world agony with first-world absurdism. Included in the exhibit is a haunting series of photos Ut took on the afternoon of June 8, 1972, in Trang Bang village, 30 miles northwest of Saigon. Ut witnessed the accidental napalm bombing of Trang Bang by South Vietnamese pilots and the subsequent flight of refugees from the fiery destruction. The central figure in his most famous image, which won a Pulitzer Prize, is of a 9-year-old girl, Kim Phuc, screaming in pain as she runs naked down a country road. For further information contact the Perfect Exposure Gallery. An article about this new collection is featured in the April 24, 2002 Los Angeles Times, under the title "Through a Lens, Darkly." Click http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-042402vietnam.story?null to view.
Through July 14, 2002
The Way of Rama: A Prince in Exile
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
(619) 232-7931Beginning this weekend, Museum visitors can follow the twists and turns of one of India's greatest epics, The Ramayana, in paintings from the Museum's Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of South Asian paintings. The Way of Rama focuses on the adventures of the Hindu god Rama and his wife Sita. Rama, like Krishna, is an incarnation of the great god Vishnu, born as a mortal in order to bring divine powers into the course of events on earth. While Krishna brought the power of play and devotion, Rama brings the virtue of a righteous son, husband, brother, and king.
In images made at various courts on the sub-continent between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, Rama's legendary honor and nobility are witnessed. He bravely accepts banishment from his father's kingdom and battles fierce demons in the depths of the forest. When the ten-headed King of the Demons, Ravana, uses trickery to capture his beautiful wife Sita, Rama is heartbroken, but soon Hanuman and his army of monkey warriors come to Rama's aid. Together they set out to find Sita and to destroy the Demon King.
This third exhibition in the Who's Who/What's What Series of South Asian paintings from the collection of Edwin Binney 3rd runs through July 14.
Museum hours: Tuesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed Mondays.
Through June 16, 2002
Bijinga: Japanese Paintings of Beautiful Women
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626)449-2742This small exhibit will feature paintings and prints of beautiful women from the Museum's outstanding collection of Edo period (1600–1868) Japanese paintings. Such paintings, known in Japanese as bijinga (literally, "pictures of beautiful women"), depict courtesans and other women from the pleasure quarters of Japan's cities. These women often wore the most elaborate and fashionable kimonos and hairstyles of the day, the details of which are exquisitely rendered in pigments on silk and paper.
Artists from various schools, including the Kaigetsudo, Hishikawa and Hokusai schools, and celebrated artists such as Tohoharu (1763–1828) and Eisen (1790–1848) will be featured in this exhibition.
Through July 28, 2002
Japanese Fisherman's Coats from Awaji Island
Fowler Museum, UCLA
The women of Awaji Island began quilting and embroidering cotton coats known as sashiko no donza to keep the fishermen warm and dry when they made their daily trips out to sea. Ultimately, these kimono-like garments evolved into symbols celebrating the identity and social roles of Awaji fishermen. This exhibit is the first to present 22 of these rare garments. See www.fmch.ucla.edu for further information.
Co-sponsored by UCLA Fowler Museum and UCSB University Art Museum.
Through July 28, 2002
Tradition and Innovation: Contemporary Textiles From The Nuno Studio, Tokyo
Since the 1980s, Japan has been at the forefront of a revolution in textiles. The Japanese legacy of exquisite traditional fabrics combined with recent technological advancements has opened a world of possibility in textile design. The Nuno Studio and its chief designer, Reiko Sudo, have distinguished themselves within this experimental, groundbreaking movement by adapting the refined beauty of natural fibers and historical techniques to the sophisticated materials and complex innovations of contemporary techno-culture. This unique installation, with panels of fabric hung ceiling to floor, provides an intimate view of textiles made with stainless steel, copper, rust, polyester, aluminum, feathers, and other conventional and unconventional materials.
Sponsored by UCLA Fowler Museum. Organized by UCSB University Art Museum.
Lectures, conferences, and performances
Through May 5, 2002
Far East
Laguna Playhouse
606 Laguna Canyon Rd.
Long Beach, CA
(949) 497-2787Tues.-Friday 8 pm
Sat. 2 and 8 pm
Sun 2 and 7 pmSouthern California premiere of A.B. Gurney's play. Directed by Jules Aaron. On an American Naval base in Japan just after the Korean War, a young reserve officer arrives seeking romance, adventure and the chance to escape his rich family back home. The officer falls in love with a Japanese woman. Not everyone is pleased with this turn of events. Gurney's earlier play, Sylvia, was produced by the Laguna Playhouse in 1998.
Tickets: $38-$45.
Through May 11, 2002
Asia Society Film Series: Nationhood, History, and Cinema
The Asia Society Southern California Center's second annual film screening and discussion series showcases eight feature length films and documentaries during . The film series seeks to examine the relationships between cinema, history, and nationhood from different geographical locales across Asia; seeks a wide range of socio-cultural, political, economic, and historical perspectives, as viewed through the lens of Asians and Asian Americans; and creates a forum for the exchange of thoughts, experiences, and opinions across cultures. The series begins with Xie Jin's The Opium War (see below).
The UCLA Center for East Asian Studies and the USC East Asian Studies Center are coordinating institutions for these events. For more information about the Asia Society or these screenings, please call (213) 624-0945. Click here for the full schedule.
May 1, 2002
Avoiding the Land Mines and Bureaucracy
Phong Nguyen
Visiting Professor, UCLA4:30 pm Coffee & conversation
5 pm Video
UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive
1630 Schoenberg Music Building, UCLA
Telephone 310-825-1695Leading six Earthwatch Expedition teams to Vietnam (1993-1996), Dr. Phong Nguyen, Director of the project "Vietnam," realized an exceptional documentation of rare musical scenes. The purpose of the expeditions was to collect music of the peoples of Vietnam, from North to South and from the coastal areas to the mountains. There were daily reports about life casualties caused by unexploded wartime land mines and bombs. The fieldwork thus proved to be extremely difficult. Excerpts of a 200-hour video collection will be shown during this discussion.
May 2, 2002
Lianhuanhua and Manhua Picture Books & Comics in Old Shanghai
Kuiyi Shen
Asian Art History
Ohio University2 pm
146 Dodd Hall, UCLAAlong with the development of publishing in Shanghai in the early twentieth century, two distinctive genres of serial illustrations, lianhuanhua (picture books) and manhua (comics), quickly emerged in the 1920s and 1930s. The contents, styles, production methods, and distribution systems of these two genres reflected the different tastes of contemporary social groups. This talk examines the studio practices, styles, and contents of these two distinctive genres and puts their production and development in the cultural context of commercialized Shanghai in the early Republican period.
Kuiyi Shen is Assistant Professor of Professor of Asian Art History at Ohio University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on contemporary Chinese art and Chinese painting of the early Republican period. He also maintains an active career as a curator. He is best known as the catalogue coauthor and curator of A Century in Crisis: Tradition and Modernity in the Art of Twentieth Century China, the modern section of China: 5000 Years, held at the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao, Spain, in 1998.
Co-sponsored by UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and UCLA Dept. of Art History.
May 2, 2002
Renaissance Culture in 17th-Century China: Some Methodological Questions
Nicolas Standaert
Chinese Studies,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium4:30 pm
306 Royce Hall, UCLAThe Renaissance culture that the Jesuits brought to China in the early seventeenth century included a wide variety of subjects: Ortelius' world map, Artisotelian philosophy from Coimbra, the anatomical writings of A. Par Cardano's astrology, Flemish engravings, and so on. Chinese scholars reacted in various ways to this European knowledge. In this lecture, Professor Standaert gives an overview of the major aspects of the dissemination of Renaissance culture to China and discusses the various methods by which this transmission is studied at present.
Co-sponsored by UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and UCLA Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies.
May 2, 2002
Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago
A Reading with Poet and Journalist Luis Francia
6:30 pm
362 Royce Hall, UCLAThis event is to celebrate the publication of Luis Francia's book. The book won the 2002 PEN Center Open Book Award. The evening includes readings and discussions of the texts' themes, including post-war Manila, trauma in post-coloniality, negotiations in the Filipino immigrant community, and the search for homeland/self moderated by Filipino American writer and community organizer, Napoleon A. Lustre. A Manileno and a New Yorker, Luis H. Francia is a poet, journalist, and nonfiction writer. He is the author of, among other books, The Arctic Archipelago and Other Poems, and a collection of essays, Memories of Overdevelopment. He writes for The Village Voice in New York, and the Sunday Inquirer magazine in Manila. The first of Luis H. Francia's books of non-fiction to be published in the United States, Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago (Kaya, 2001) is a deft, luminously intelligent examination of the Philippines through a glass darkly. Cross-cutting between Francia's recollections of the Philippines of his youth and accounts of his travels through the archipelago over the past two decades, Eye of the Fish paints a vivid and detailed portrait of the terror, beauty, and insistent humanity of the Philippines today. Reception is at 6:30, reading at 7 pm. Event is also free. To RSVP-via email: aascrsvp@aasc.ucla.edu or by phone (310) 825-2974.
Co-sponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Professor Pauline Agbayani-Siewert's Spring 2002 AAS 130A Pilipino American Experience class, Pilipino Artist Network - Literary Arts, Filipino American National Historical Society-LA & PEN Center West.
May 3, 2002
Becoming Van Minh: Vietnamese Radicalism and the Discourse of Civilization
Mark Bradley
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee11 am-1 pm
4355 Bunche Hall, UCLAThis is new research for Bradley who is the winner of the Association for Asian Studies 2002 Benda Prize for Best Book in Southeast Asian Studies. The book is entitled Imagining Vietnam and America: The Making of Postcolonial Vietnam, 1919-1950 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000).
Co-sponsored by UCLA Departments of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures
May 3, 2002
Inside Pol Pot's Secret Prison: Tuol Sleng
6-8 pm
Lecture Hall 150 California State University, Long Beach
CSULB
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840This is a special showing of the History Channel's video production. Immediately following the video will be a panel discussion with producers Bill Brummel, Greg DeHart, and Bill Povletich; and Dr. David Chandler, historian and author of several books on Cambodia including: Brother Number One: A Political Biography of Pol Pot; Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison; and A History of Cambodia.
Free admission to the public.
Co-sponsored by California State University, Long Beach Center for Southeast Asian Studies and CSULB Cambodian Student Society.
May 3-4, 2002
Workshop on Language change with the focus on Grammaticalization
243 Royce, EALC Lounge, UCLA
May 3rd, Friday 3:30-6:30 pm
3:30-5 pm Elizabeth Traugott, Stanford Univ.
"Gramaticalization vs. Lexicalization"5-6:30 pm Satoshi Kinsui, ISOP scholar to EALC Osaka University, Japan "The Influence of Translation upon the Japanese language"
7 pm Dinner with two guest speakers at a Japanese restaurant
May 4th, Saturday 9:30-12:30 am
Some Current Issues in Grammaticalization
9:30-10:15 am (30- minute presentation followed by 10-minute discussions)
"Does Exaptation Provide Legitimate Counter Examples To Grammaticalization?"-------Elizabeth Traugott, S=tanford10:15-10:45 (20 minute presentation followed by 10-minute discussions) "The Development of a Conjunctive From a Verb Via an Aspectual Arker In Thai" -------Shoichi Iwasaki, UCLA
10:45-11:15 am
"Grammaticalization of Korean Honorifics" ------Sung-Ock Sohn, UCLA11:15-11:25 am Break
11:25-11:55 am
"The Evolution of Existential Constructions in Chinese Sees a Process of Increased Subjectification" ----Hongin Tao, UCLA11:55 am-12:25 pm
"A Critical Re-examination of the Role of Invited Inference Hypothesis in Grammaticalization" ---------Noriko Akatsuka, UCLA12:30 pm Free Buffet Lunch
Organized by UCLA Dept. of East Asian Languages & Cultures, and co-sponsored by UCLA Dept. of Linguistics, UCLA Dept. of Applied Linguistics, UCLA Center for Japanese Studies & UCLA Center for Korean Studies
May 4, 2002
Art Brokering for China: The Missionary Connection
A One day Conference
306 Royce Hall, UCLA9:30 am Morning Session, The Missionaries and Early Sino-Western Art Exchange
James Tong, Political Science and Center for East Asian Studies, UCLA, Chair
Lauren Arnold, Ricci Institute, University of San Francisco,
"The Leap from Medieval to Renaissance: Early Missionary Contact with China and Its Influence on the Art of the West 1300-1520"Emily Curtis, Independent Scholar,
"Glass for the Qing Court: The Jesuit Workshop"Marcia Reed, Getty Research Institute,
"A Perfume is Best from Afar: Illustrated Books and Prints by the Jesuits in China"Lunch 12:30 pm
2 pm Afternoon Session, The Missionaries and the Yuanmingyuan (The Garden of Perfect Brightness)
Richard Strassberg, East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA, Chair
Victoria Siu, University of San Francisco,
"The European Sector (Xiyanglou) in the Garden of Eternal Springtime: Western Architectural and Landscape Influences"Young-tsu Wong, Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
"The Magnificent Garden's Missionary Connection: The Jesuits and the Yuanmingyuan"Peter Sturman, Art History, UCSB, Discussant
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and presented in conjunction with the Southern California China Colloquium.
May 4, 2002
Red River Valley
2-5 pm
Mark Taper Auditorium, Los Angeles Public Library
630 W. Fifth Street Los Angeles, California 90071 map (213) 228-7000
Free admission and no registration required.This film is a Chinese perspective on Tibetan suffering. Set in the snow-capped mountains of Tibet, this action/adventure tale blends into a brilliant historic epic that pits a young Tibetan man and woman against the British colonial policy. In 1900, at the height of European conquest of Africa and Asia, Britain first sent a small civilian expedition and then in 1904 sent a conquering army into Tibet ostensibly for the purposes of bringing British civilization and its benefits to the backward Tibetans. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Nancy Levine, Professor, Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles and Dr. Stanley Rosen, Professor, Political Science, University of Southern California. Seats are limited, please arrive early.
The screening is also part of the Asia Society's Nationhood, History, and Cinema film series. For additional information about this series click here or call (213) 624-0945.
May 5, 2002
Citizen Hong Kong
2-4 pm
The Museum of Contemporary Art
Free admission and no registration required.San Francisco filmmaker Ruby Yang returns to her childhood home to see how it will reconcile a British past with a Chinese future. A candid portrayal and poetic tribute to Hong Kong and its citizens, this documentary chronicles the 1997 handover to China through the eyes of four Hong Kong residents who worked with the filmmaker as video diarists. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Ruby Yang's husband Lambert Yam, Producer, Esther Yau, Associate Professor, Art History and Visual Art, Occidental College, and Brice Reynaud, Faculty, School of Film/Video, California Institute of Arts. Seats are limited, please arrive early.
The screening is also part of the Asia Society's Nationhood, History, and Cinema film series. For additional information about this series click here or call (213) 624-0945.
May 5, 2002
Kids in the Courtyard
1-4 pm
Fowler Museum Courtyard, UCLACome make banners and decorative flags in celebration of Japan's Boys' Day/Children's Day in the Museum's courtyard! Program is Free. Requires paid adult admission. No reservations required
Sponsored by UCLA Fowler Museum. For more information call (310) 825-8655.
May 5, 2002
In the Days of Oar and Sail: Fishing Villages and Fishermen's Coats in Northern Awaji
Luke Roberts
History, UCSB2 pm
Slide/Lecture Presentation
Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium of the Fowler Museum, UCLASponsored by UCLA Fowler Museum. For more information call (310) 825-8655.
May 6, 2002
China and Japan: Alternative Paths or Toward Neo-liberalism?
2 pm
6275 Bunche Hall, UCLAScheduled speakers:
William F. Jenner
author of The Tyranny of History: The Roots of China's Crisis.Karel Van Wolferen
author of The Enigma of Japanese Power .Ian Buruma
author of Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing.Co-sponsored by UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, UCLA Center for Social Theory & Comparative History and the Center for Japanese Studies.
May 6, 2002
Beyond Realism: An Inquiry into the Status of Modern Japanese Literature, Film, and the Representational Model
Paul Anderer
EALC, Columbia University3 pm
Hacienda Room, UCLA Faculty CenterSponsored by UCLA Center for Japanese Studies. Call (310) 825-8681 for further information.
May 7, 2002
Implications of the Recently Unearthed Bamboo Slips for Laozi Studies
Liu Xiaogan
Dept. of Philosophy
Chinese University of Hong Kong12 noon
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLAIn 1993, an astonishing discovery was made at a tomb in Guodian in east central China. Written on three batches of strips of bamboo that have miraculously survived intact since 300 B.C., is the "Guodian Laozi" (together with fifteen other texts) -- by far the earliest version of the Laozi (or Daodejing ) ever unearthed. This discovery provides a decisive breakthrough in understanding this famous text.
Liu Xiaogan (Ph.D., Peking University, 1985) has taught or conducted research at the universities of Peking, Harvard, Princeton, and the National University of Singapore. He is currently professor in the Department of Philosophy, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Among his publications are Classifying the Zhuangzi Chapters (co-author; Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies, 1995), and Daoism and Ecology: Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape (co-editor; Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions, 2001).
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Chinese Studies.
May 7, 2002
Beyond the Last Village: A Journey of Discovery in Asia's Forbidden Wilderness (lecture)
7:30 pm
Victoria Hall, 33 W. Victoria St. in downtown Santa BarbaraDubbed the "Indiana Jones" of wildlife science by the New York Times, Alan Rabinowitz is Director of the Science and Exploration Program at the Bronx Zoo. He is well known for his research on jaguars and elusive big cats in Belize. In this illustrated lecture, he will discuss his explorations of Myanmar (Burma) making thrilling discoveries, including finding the most primitive true deer in the world and meeting the Taron, Asia's only pygmies.
Co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and UCSB Arts and Lectures.
May 8, 2002
Words as Weapons: Poetry of the Tay Son Period
George Dutton,
East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA3-4:30 pm
243 Royce Hall, UCLASponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
May 8, 2002
Literature/Identity: Transnationalism, Narrative and Representation
Arif Dirlik
History and Anthropology
University of Oregon4 pm
306 Royce, UCLAA discussion of the relationship between literature and history in the representation/construction of identity. The questions raised by this relationship pertain most importantly to the politics of literature, and its implications for issues of the public and the private. The ethnicization of literature undermines the autonomy of the author but also, contradictorily, negates the public significance of ethnic literature by imprisoning it in an ethnic cultural space. History is important in restoring a sense of the public in ethnicized literature.
Arif Dirlik is Knight Professor of Social Science at the University of Oregon, and Professor of History and Anthropology. His most recent book-length works are Postmodernity's Histories: The Past as Legacy and Project, two edited volumes, Places and Politics in an Age of Globalization (with Roxann Prazniak) and Chinese on the American Frontier, and The Postcolonial Aura.
Co-sponsored by UCLA Comparative and Interdisciplinary Research on Asia and the Multicampus Research Group on Transnational and Transcolonial Studies.
May 8, 2002
The Current State of the Japanese Economy
Karel van Wolferen
University of Amsterdam
Author of The Enigma of Japanese Power7:30 p.m.
Von Kleinsmid Center (VKC) Room 329, University of Southern CaliforniaIn the mid-1980s, Karel van Wolferen launched an unprecedented critical attack on Japanese officialdom, beginning with an article in Foreign Affairs called "The Japan Problem" and following up with his widely read book, The Enigma of Japanese Power. In America representatives of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinated a counterattack against the out- spoken journalist, but in Japan the book became a favorite among bureaucrats.
Van Wolferen, who serves as director of the Institute for Comparative Political and Economic Institutions, is a recipient of The Netherlands Prize for Daily Journalism (Dutch equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize). His articles have also appeared in The National Interest and New Perspectives Quarterly.
Co-sponsored by Southern California Japan Seminar and USC East Asian Studies Center. The Southern California Japan Seminar is a project of the USC/UCLA Joint East Asian Studies Center. For additional information please call (213) 740-2993.
May 8, 2002
Buddhism in the New Era of Globalization
Sulak Sivaraksa
2 pm
UCLA Faculty Center (Sierra Room), UCLASulak Sivaraksa is a leading Thai Buddhist intellectual and social critic, who has been deeply involved in the Thai democratization movement. He is the author of numerous books in both English and Thai, and the founder of several rural-development and non-governmental organizations dedicated to exploring, in Siam and internationally, alternative models of sustainable, traditionally-rooted, and ethically- and spiritually-based development. He is also director of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists. Sulak was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in both 1993 and 1994 and received the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, in 1995.
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies.
May 8, 2002
Spring Reception to welcome CSEAS Visiting Faculty
5:30-6:30 pm
UCLA Faculty Center Sierra Room, UCLAVisiting Faculty:
Maria Josephine Barrios, South and Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures
Coeli Maria Barry, History
Walden Bello, Sociology
Phong Nguyen, EthnomusicologyRefreshments will be provided. Sponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Contact 310-206-9163 for further information.
May 10, 2002
Reflections on Post-democratization Korea
Woojin Yang,
Hanshin University and visiting scholar at Boston University3-4:30 pm
243 Royce Hall, UCLASponsored by UCLA Center for Korean Studies. Please call (310) 825-3284 for further information.
May 10, 2002
Sex, Marriage, and Inter-generational Transfers in Rural China
Marcus Feldman
Biology, Stanford University1-3 pm
UCLA Anderson School, Entrepreneur's Hall C-301, UCLAIn much of East and South Asia, there is a sex ratio bias in favor of males. In China, this has appeared in the last complete and partial censuses as a male-biased sex ratio at birth (SRB). What are the demographic consequences of this? Treating the bias as a culturally transmitted trait, it is possible to examine the dynamics of son preference. Associated with son preference are marriage customs that favor patrilocality, i.e., girls move at marriage. The relationship between son preference, marriage customs, and inter-generational transfers are related to the welfare of the elderly in China.
Marcus W. Feldman is Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences Population Biology. He has made important contributions to evolutionary theory and population genetics, including the mathematical analysis of evolution in linked sets of genes, and of the means by which cultural evolution, considered alone and in combination with biological evolution, influences human behavior. Professor Feldman was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1976 and a fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences in 19831984. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the California Academy of Science, a member of the board of trustees and of the science steering committee of the Santa Fe Institute.
Co-sponsored by UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management and the California Center for Population Research. For more information, please visit our web site: http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/research/marschak.
May 10-12, 2002
Six Lectures and Screenings
Nicanor G. Tiongson,
Film Dept.,
College of Mass Communication,
University of the Philippines-DilimanThe Classics of Filipino Film Series seeks to introduce the history, problems, and prospects of the Filipino film. In screening these classics of the Filipino New Cinema (all with English subtitles) made by five top Filipino directors, Tiongson will discuss the context of the films and analyze them both as art works and cultural artifacts.
Pelikula, A Documentary of the Filipino Film
May 10, 2002
Agustin L. Sotto, Director
1-4 pm
Ackerman Union, 2nd fl., Viewpoint Conference Rm, UCLANoli Me Tangere
May 10, 2002
Gerardo de Leon, Director
6-10 pm
1102 Perloff, UCLAPortrait of the Artist as Filipino
May 11, 2002
Lamberto V. Avellana, Director
10 am-1:30 pm
2534 Melnitz, UCLAOrapronobis
May 11, 2002
Lino Brocka, Director
3:30-6:30 pm
2534 Melnitz, UCLAHimala
May 12, 2002
Ishmael Bernal, Director
1-4 pm
2534 Melnitz, UCLASister Stella L.
May 12, 2002
Mike de Leon, Director
6-9 pm
2534 Melnitz, UCLAThe film showings are free and open to the public. Parking at UCLA is $6. For more information, please call (310) 206-9163.
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, and UCLA Dept. of Film, Television, and Digital Media.
May 11, 2002
When You're Smiling: The Deadly Legacy of Internment
1- 3 pm
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street, Los Angeles, California 90012 map (213) 625-0414
Free admission and no registration required.This autobiographical documentary explores the dark side of life for working-class Japanese Americans living in racially mixed South Central Los Angeles in the 1960's and 1970's. The film offers the first comprehensive account of the price subsequent generations paid for the denial of ethnic identity in the aftermath of Japanese-American internment during World War II. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with director Janice D. Tanaka. She will be joined by Dr. Lon Kurashige, Professor, History, USC, and John Esaki, Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum to answer questions from the audience. Seats are limited, please arrive early.
The screening is also part of the Asia Society's Nationhood, History, and Cinema film series. For additional information about this series click here or call (213) 624-0945.
May 11, 2002
Transgressing Gender
2002 UCLA Graduate Student Symposium for Japanese Studies
8:30 am-5 pm
West Coast Room, Covel Commons, UCLA8:30-9 am Continental Breakfast
9-9:15 am Opening Remarks
9:15 am Panel 1: Gender and Legislation
Elizabeth Leicester (UCLA)
Gender and the Politics of Prostitution in Early Nineteenth Century KanazawaMichiko Takeuchi (UCLA)
The Reaffirmation of Gendered Roles through Nationalism: The Deconstruction of the Japanese State-Sanctioned Prostitution for the U.S. Occupation ForcesYuka Tsuchiya (University of Minnesota)
The Colonial Origin of Japanese Women's Education: Kawai Michi and the Establishment of Women's Junior Colleges in Post-WWII Occupied JapanDiscussant: Anne Walthall, University of California, Irvine
11:30 am Lunch Break
12:45 pm Panel 2: Gender as Performance
Lee Friederich (University of Minnesota)
In the Night Garden: Reading the Unfathomable Sign of the Lesbian in Enchi Fumiko's OnnamenGalia Todorova Petkova (University of British Columbia)
Performing the Female Body and Sexuality on the Theatre Stage: Onnagata as an Embodiment of Ultimate Femininity?Rinko Shibuya (UCLA)
Sex Exclusive Difference as the Norm: Japanese Women's LanguageDiscussant: Michael Bourdaghs, University of California, Los Angeles
3 pm Coffee Break
3:15 pm Panel 3: Birth Control and Gender
Karen Lee Callahan (UC Berkeley)
Men, Women, and Birth Control in Early Twentieth-Century JapanShana Fruehan (University of Chicago)
Resisting Liberation and Gaining Control: Japanese Feminists and the PillDiscussant: Kathleen Uno, Temple University
5 pm Closing Remarks
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Japanese Studies. This symposium is free and open to the public. Registration is not required, but seating is limited. Covel Commons is located in Sunset Village, on the northwest side of UCLA. Parking is available at the Lot 4 information kiosk. For further information, please contact Teresa Algoso (talgoso@hotmail.com) or David Eason (deason@ucla.edu).
May 12, 2002
A Glimpse of Indonesia: Java and Bali
7-9 pm
Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom, Level 2, UCLACultural night event. Free. Tickets available at the UCLA Central Ticket
Office (http://www.cto.ucla.edu). For more information please contact btdonk@ucla.edu.
Hosted by UCLA Indonesian Bruin Student Association. Sponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
May 13, 2002
Un-modern Landholding in "Early Modern" Japan: Corporate Control of Arable Land
Phillip Brown
History, Ohio State University3 pm
Hacienda Room, UCLA Faculty CenterSponsored by UCLA Center for Japanese Studies. Call (310) 825-8681 for further information.
May 14, 2002
Japanese Digital Animation and Clips
12:30-2 pm
EDA, 1300 Dickson Art Center, UCLA
Northeast corner of the UCLA campus, near the intersection of Sunset Blvd and Hilgard Ave in Westwood (east of the San Diego/405 Freeway), Sunset Blvd exit. Parking may be purchased for $6 at the information kiosk located at Hilgard and Wyton.
For information please call 310/825-9007.Visiting Professor Machiko Kusahara has organized this screening on Japanese animation. The best and most artistic rare video/film pieces using digital imaging technology will be shown, from classic pieces to the latest works. If you have further questions about these events please refer them to kusahara@ucla.edu .
May 15, 2002
The Politics and Economics of Insurrection in Indonesia
Michael Ross,
Political Science, UCLA3-4:30 pm
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLAIndonesia is currently facing two separatist rebellions, one in the easternmost province of West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), and the other in the westernmost province of Aceh. How did they arise? What political and economic factors sustain them? And what can we learn about civil wars and natural resources from these two conflicts?
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
May 15, 2002
The Short Shorts Film Festival
SSFF makes its stateside debut after three immensely successful years touring Japan and Singapore where the Festival draws audiences of 30,000 who come to see the best short films the world has to offer. Among the international selections presented, two shorts by aspiring Japanese filmmakers and one by Japan's hottest new feature filmmaker, Ryuhei Kitamura, will make their world premieres.
7:30 pm
The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd. (between McCadden Place and Las Palmas Ave)
Tickets: $8 general; $7 seniors and students (with i.d.). Box office hours: Tues.-Sun. 1-4 pm. For further information: 323-466-FILM.Roots
(Kosuke Ose, 2001, 1 min.)
A young man from a long line of soldiers contemplates his identity in peace-time Japan.Wolkan Tact
(Sanae Tanaka, 2001, 7 min.)
The sight of her boyfriend with another woman sends a feisty young woman into a tirade.The Messenger
(Ryuhei Kitamura, 2002, 12 min.)
A beautiful, mysterious woman brings disturbing news to a man about his fate.Lighthouse Keeper
(Kim Jun Ki, 2001, 9 min.)
Heartwarming animation about a man who finds joy in a thankless job.
May 16, 2002
5:01 Club at the Green Tea Terrace in Westwood: Social & Business Mixer
5:30-8 pm
Green Tea Terrace
1037 Westwood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 443-9910Maeda-En, USA, suppliers of green tea and green tea ice cream to food stores and restaurants throughout the U.S., have breathed new spirit into the more than 2000-year old tradition of drinking green tea with a retail concept serving up deliciously creamy and healthy lattes, mochas, espressos and ice-blended drinks! The recently opened Green Tea Terrace store in Westwood won the top award among 170 entries from 12 countries in the Specialty Counter Service Restaurant Category at the prestigious Annual International Retail Store Interior Design Awards. The evening includes sampling delicious specialty teas, sushi, and lively business and social networking.
Admission: Free for Students with valid I.D. Card; $10 JAS Members; $20 Non-members & Guests
Sponsored by The Japan America Society. For further information: (213) 627-6217, ext. 207 or email jas_doug@hotmail.com.
May 16, 2002
Music of India & World Jazz Ensemble
7:30 pm
Schoenberg Hall
1100 Schoenberg Music Bldg, UCLA
All concerts are free of chargePart of the 2002 Festival of World Music. Abhiman Kaushal and Shujaat Husain Khan, directors of Music of India; Steve Loza and Roberto Miranda, directors of World Jazz Ensemble. The Music of India Ensemble performs short compositions of North Indian classical and semi-classical ragas and talas (rhythmic patterns on tabla). The ensemble is comprised of the students of Shujaat Husain Khan on vocals and sitar (a long-necked lute with seven principal strings, plus 12-20 sympathetic strings) and the students of Abhiman Kaushal on tabla (drums). The World Jazz Ensemble performs new works that incorporate a mix of jazz with Middle Eastern, North Indian, Latin American and other world music traditions. A multicultural approach to music produces lively, rhythmic and surprising musical results.
Sponsored by UCLA Dept. of Ethnomusicology. For further information please call (310) 206-3033.
May 16-17, 2002
"Body Tjak/Los Angeles"
8 pm
Fowler Museum, UCLA"Body Tjak/Los Angeles," performed by students from the UCLA Departments of World Arts and Cultures, Theater, Music and Ethnomusicology, is part three of the Body Tjak projects, dynamic, multidisciplinary, intercultural performances conceived and created by Keith Terry, an American percussionist/rhythm dancer and body musician, and I Wayan Dibia, an Indonesian dancer/choreographer. The product of an ongoing Indonesian/United States collaboration by co-directors Terry and Dibia that began in 1980, "Body Tjak/Los Angeles" combines Kecak and body music. Kecak (sometimes called "Monkey Chant" in the West) was originally a part of Bali's "sanghyang" trance dance, and is commonly used to depict the story of the monkey army in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Terry is on the faculty in the Department of World Arts and Cultures. Dibia is a visiting artist in both the WAC and theater departments for one month in spring quarter.
Sponsored by UCLA Dept. of World Arts & Cultures and UCLA Department of Theater in association with Crosspulse, a nonprofit arts organization based in Berkeley, Calif. Additional support was provided by the UCLA Fowler Museum.
May 17, 2002
Music of China & Music of the Balkans
7:30 pm
Schoenberg Hall
1100 Schoenberg Music Bldg, UCLA
All concerts are free of chargePart of the 2002 Festival of World Music. Chi Li, director of Music of China; Ivan Varimezov and Tsvetanka Varimezova, directors of Music of the Balkans. The Music of China Ensemble performs arias from Kun opera of the 15th century, silk-and-bamboo music from the Shanghai area, folk dances for festive celebration, zheng zither music in the Kejia style from Canton Province, music for large percussion ensemble, and modern compositions for an ensemble of traditional Chinese wind and string instruments. The Balkan Music Ensemble focuses on Bulgarian traditional songs and music. The ensemble also includes a women's choir that performs a capella arrangements of folk songs in two- and three-part harmony.
Sponsored by UCLA Dept. of Ethnomusicology. For further information please call (310) 206-3033.
May 18, 2002
New Light on the Culture & Economy of Late Qing Shanghai
A day-long conference
10 am
6275 Bunche Hall, UCLAMorning Panel -- presentations in Chinese
Yuan Jin (Shanghai University)
Studies of Minquansu and the Question of Popular LiteratureZhou Wu (Institute of History, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences)
The Cultural Market & Shanghai Publishing, 1912-1921Meng Yue (UC Irvine), Discussant
Afternoon Panel -- presentations in English
Theodore Huters (UCLA)
Dongfang zazhi and the New Republic of LettersLawrence Wong (Department of Translation, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
The Creation of the Libailiu School in the Early RepublicHu Ying (UC Irvine), Discussant
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and presented in conjunction with the Southern California China Colloquium.
May 18, 2002
Buddhism and Society in the Song
9:30 am-5:20 pm
306 Royce Hall, UCLAProgram Schedule:
9:30-10:40 am
Miriam Levering (University of Tennessee)
"Buddhism as a Family Affair in the Southern Song"
Discussant: Valerie Hansen (Yale University)10:50 am-12 pm
Michael J. Walsh (Vassar College)
"The Capital of Song Buddhist Monasteries"
Discussant: Timothy Brook (University of Toronto)12-1:20 pm Lunch
1:20-2:30 pm
Daniel B. Stevenson (University of Kansas)
"The 'Halls for the Sixteen Contemplations' as a Distinctive Institution for Pure Land Practice in the Song"
Discussant: Richard von Glahn (UCLA)2:40-4 pm
Mark Halperin (Ohio State University)
"Heroic Abbots and Their Literati Admirers in Southern Song China"
Discussant: Valerie Hansen4:10-5:20 pm
T. Griffith Foulk (Sarah Lawrence College)
"Anxious to Comply: What Buddhist Monastic Rules Reveal About the Sangha's Political and Social Standing in the Song"
Discussant: Timothy BrookSponsored by UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies.
May 18, 2002
UCI International Film Festival Human Rights 2002, Closing Speaker: Wei Jingsheng
5:30-6:30 pm
Irvine City Hall, IrvineKeynote Address by human rights activist and multiple Nobel Peace Prize candidate Wei Jingsheng. For full schedule of the three days film festival, please visit http://www.polyesterprince.com or e-mail Diane Chang: teach_ps@speakeasy.net or call Diane Chang: (949) 551-5186.
May 18, 2002
Authors on Asia: Terrence Cheng, Sons of Heaven
2-4 pm
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
General Information: (626) 449-2742
Free parking is available at the Museum parking lot, corner of Los Robles and Union.In his powerful new novel, Chinese American author Terrence Cheng explores one of history's most unforgettable moments. On June 5, 1989 in China's Tiananmen Square, a young man stepped into the path of People's Liberation Army tanks, forever becoming the symbol of the conflict that left thousands dead. Cheng creates a story that explores the personal struggles of family while revealing the political suffering of a nation.
* Books will be available for purchase and signing at all events. Authors on Asia programs are presented free of charge but RSVPs are strongly recommended. For further information or reservations, please call 626.449.2742 ext. 20.
May 18, 2002
Whispering Sands
(Pasir Berbisik) (Indonesia, 2001)
VC Filmfest 2002Program 9
Directors Guild of America - Theatre 2
7920 Sunset Boulevard
1 block west of Fairfax Avenue corner of Sunset at Hayworth Avenue Parking: $2 to the public. Enter on Hayworth avenue. Limited street parking, please read posted signs.Whispering Sands is a muted story that essays the relationship between a mother, Berlian (Indonesian screen idol Christine Hakim), and her daughter Daya (Dian Sastrowardoyo). Daya's father (Slamet Rahardjo), a traveling medicine peddler, left them when she was young. As a single mother, Berlian tends to be overprotective towards her adolescent daughter. Daya, on the other hand, feels imprisoned and longs for someone to take her away. Director Nan Achnas takes the viewer into the secret labyrinths of Daya's imaginary world, where she dreams of meeting the one person who can relieve her growing pains. 35mm, 106 minutes.
Tickets: $9 General admission/$7 Students, seniors, and those eligible for a member discount. Special Offer: Purchase tickets online and pay only $8 general admission or $6 for Students, Seniors, and those eligible for member discount. Phone: You may also order tickets using the VC FILMFEST 2002 Ticket Line, (213) 680-4462, x59, Monday through Friday, from Noon to 5 p.m. On-line: Go to: www.vconline.org/filmfest to order on line. Tickets are available online until Noon on Wednesday, May 15. Tickets can also be purchased in person.
Co-sponsored by UCLA Indonesian Bruins Student Association and UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
May 18, 2002
The Moonhunter
(Thailand 2001)
Director: Bhandit Rittakol6:30 pm
Directors Guild of America - Theatre 2
7920 Sunset Boulevard 1 block west of Fairfax Avenue corner of Sunset at Hayworth Avenue Parking: $2 to the public. Enter on Hayworth avenue. Limited street parking, please read posted signs.Part of VC Filmfest 2002. Sekan Prasertkul, a political science student, was a leader of the largest mass uprising in Thai history. He and the thousands of students who participated in the Bangkok demonstration on October 14, 1973, succeeded in forcing the heads of Thailand's ruling military junta into exile, but did not succeed however, in bringing stability or real democracy to Thailand. Determined to bring change to the ruling establishment, Sekan and many others were driven to take up arms. He fled into the jungles with his girlfriend and spent six years living rough as a guerrilla fighter in what was called the "People's War." Moonhunter recounts this chapter of Thailand's history, when a proud and determined people were thrust into popular struggle, only later to become disillusioned with their leadership. 35mm, 126 minutes
Tickets: $9 General admission/$7 Students, seniors, and those eligible for a member discount. Special Offer: Purchase tickets online and pay only $8 general admission or $6 for Students, Seniors, and those eligible for member discount. Phone: You may also order tickets using the VC FILMFEST 2002 Ticket Line, (213) 680-4462, x59, Monday through Friday, from Noon to 5 p.m. On-line: Go to: www.vconline.org/filmfest to order on line. Tickets are available online until Noon on Wednesday, May 15. Tickets can also be purchased in person.
Presented by Los Angeles' Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival and sponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
May 18, 2002
Water Boys
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Benefit Screening and Reception
7:30 pm Reception
9:30 pm Screening
Directors Guild of America
7920 Sunset Blvd.
Tickets: $12From the producers of Shall We Dance? comes a comedy about misfits and aspirations. This movie is billed as being the first about an all male synchronized swim team.
For further information email waterboiz@hotmail.com or call: (310) 289-1879.
Co-sponsored by Visual Communications Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival, Human Rights Campaign, and Asian Pacific Gays and Friends.
May 18, 2002
Looking for Liling: A Family History of World War II Martyr Rafael R. Roces, Jr.
Booklaunching
Alfredo "Ding" Roces12-3 pm
Marcello's Restaurant, 10825 Oxnard St, North Hollywood (Between Cahuenga and Vineland)Liling Roces was beheaded by the Japanese militia in August 1944. As the mastermind of the Resistance Movement known as Free Philippines, he paid the supreme patriotic sacrifice, for which he was posthumously awarded the US Medal of Freedom. Now, he is a vanished name. Inevitably, the natures of memory and heroism become the leitmotif of this extensively researched biography. Here is the saga of a Filipino family; from the first Roces to set foot in the Philippines - as alferez in the Governor General's elite guards, the "Alabarderos del Virrey," - and on through four generations down to Liling's eight younger brothers. This moving, intimate tale, painted with the broad brush of history, is told by youngest brother Alfredo, a writer-painter now based in Sydney, Australia. A product of years of research, it is a refreshingly original attempt at a century of Philippine history through the heartbeat of one family.
Admission: $10.00. Students and Veterans - $5.00 RSVP : LindaNietes@earthlink.net or BookSpecialist@PhilippineExpressions.com
An ongoing community outreach program sponsosred by Philippine Expressions Bookshop, 2114 Trudie Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275. Tel (310) 514-9139.
May 18-19, 2002
Memories of a Forgotten War
3:45 pm
Directors Guild of America
7920 Sunset Blvd.Part of the VC Filmfest 2002. Director: Camilla Benolirao Griggers, Sari Lluch Dalena. Video, 60 minutes. Most people remember Vietnam, but many have no recollections of the war in the Philippines. This movie tells the details of the war that occurred between 1899 and 1913 and claimed 1.5 million lives. The story is from the viewpoint of the grandaughter of a U.S. cavalry soldier and a Filipina seamstress. Shot on location in Vigan and Jolo, the film sheds light on the history of current conflict in the Southern Philippines.
For complete program schedule and ticket information, visit www.vconline.org.
May 20, 2002
East Becoming West? The U.S. and East Asian NICs
2-6 pm
6275 Bunche Hall, UCLASpeakers:
Walden Bello,
Visiting Scholar, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UCLAWu Yu-shan,
Dept. of Political Science, Taiwan National UniversityDiscussant:
Chalmers Johnson
Author of: Blowback: the Costs and Consequences of American EmpireCo-sponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies and UCLA Center for Social Theory and Comparative History. For more information call (310) 206-5675.
May 20, 2002
Lolo's Child
9 pm
David Henry Hwang Theater
120 North Judge John Aiso Street (formerly San Pedro Street), Los Angeles, CA 90012. The major cross streets are First and Temple Streets. The theatre is approximately 1/2 mile east down First Street from the Music Center.Part of the VC Filmfest 2002. Director: Romeo Candido. Video, 82 minutes. Inspired by his father's death, Junior (played by director Romeo Candido) embarks on composing the soundtrack to his life. After a two-year exile, Junior comes home to bury his father, to bury his childhood, and to bury the memories that drove him away.
For complete program schedule and ticket information, visit www.vconline.org.
May 21, 2002
Colloquium on Sino-Japanese Relations
2 pm
6275 Bunche Hall, UCLAChair: Richard Baum (Dept. of Political Science; Director, Center for Chinese Studies, UCLA)
Peter Berton (Distinguished Professor Emeritus of International Relations, USC)
The Tortuous Relations between the Japanese and Chinese Communist Parties, 1966-1998Peter Berton is the author of a dozen publications on the Japanese Communist Party including, most recently, "The Japanese Communist Party: The 'Lovable' Party'" in Ronald J. Hrebenar, ed. The New Japan Party System (Westview, 2000). He is working on a book-length monograph on the JCP since the mid-1960s. A shorter version of this paper was presented last summer at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
Robert A. Scalapino (Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus, UC Berkeley)
The Current State of Relations between China & JapanRobert A. Scalapino, founder of the East Asian Institute, UC Berkeley, is the author of The Japanese Communist Movement, 1920-1966 (Univ. of California Press, 1967), among forty other books and hundreds of articles. He has just returned from an extensive visit to China, Japan and Taiwan.
For additional information, please call Chris Evans at (213) 740-2993 or Richard Gunde at (310) 825-8683.
Co-sponsored by: Southern California Japan Seminar Southern California China Colloquium, UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, UCLA Center for Japanese Studies, USC Center for International Studies, and USC East Asian Studies Center.
May 22, 2002
Islamic Feminism in Indonesia
Suzanne Brenner,
Anthropology,
UC San Diego3-4:30 pm
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLAIs an Islamic feminism possible? While the recent media spotlight has focused global attention on fundamentalist Islam's impact on women, far less is known about how Muslim feminists have drawn on Islam in an effort to improve the conditions of women's lives. This talk focuses on three Islamic NGOs in Indonesia that have been active in raising public awareness about issues like domestic violence, women's reproductive health, and the rights of women workers. A key question is how values derived from Islam and liberal feminism, which are often seen as inimical to each other, can be combined to work towards change in Indonesian society.
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
May 22, 2002
First Person Plural (documentary - Korean war adoptees)
6 pm
MultiCultural Center Theater, UCSB
Free admissionIn 1966, at the age of nine, Deann Borshay came to the US from South Korea as one of tens of thousands of children adopted by white American families after the Korean War. In this extraordinary personal documentary, she chronicles her struggle to reconcile the demands of two families, two cultures and two nations. Directed by Deann Borshay Liem. (2000, 56 min.)
This film is part of the weekly "Cup of Culture" coffee house and movie night at the MultiCultural Center. Coffee House at 5:00 and films at 6:00.
May 23, 2002
Basilan: The Next Afghanistan
Video Showing
6-8:30 pm
161 Dodd Hall, UCLAA recently completed 90-minute documentary on the International Peace Mission which visited Basilan and Zamboanga in the southern Philippines on March 23-26, 2002. A central concern of the mission was to investigate the presence, rationale, and impact of US Special Forces units in Basilan. The peace delegation, which included parliamentarians, academics, and activists from all over the world, was denounced by Philippine national government officials, threatened by local warlords, and praised by human rights groups. The video, done by young, award-winning Filipino filmmakers, shows why.
Walden Bello, the head of the mission, will be present to answer questions and lead the discussion of the video. Dr. Bello is currently executive director of Focus on the Global South in Bangkok and professor of sociology and public administration at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. He is currently a Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
May 24, 2002
Shakuhachi: Music of the Japanese Bamboo Flute (performance)
8 pm
MultiCultural Center Theater, UCSB
Free admissionThis performance promises to be an enthralling and tranquil musical performance with Japanese- born Alcvin Ramos on the Japanese bamboo flute along with the soothing sounds of the Shakuhachi.
May 25, 2002
Visions of India 2002 (performance)
6 pm
UCSB Campbell HallThis is the 8th annual Visions of India, a night of Indian dance and culture. Tickets at the door: $7 students, $9 general public. For further information contact Indus_ucsb@hotmail.com or call 562-8508.
May 26, 2002
4th Annual Bruin Bhangra 2002 Competition
6 pm
Long Beach Terrace Theater (next to Long Beach Convention Center)The West Coast's Biggest and Baddest National Bhangra Competition. Bhangra is a North Indian Dance, originating from the state of Punjab. This upbeat traditional dance was originally done only by farmers commemorating the coming of Spring. Today, bhangra is celebrated everywhere--from the radio, to pop music, and even to college competitions. This year, Bruin Bhangra 2002 is expecting a capacity crowd of 2800 at the Long Beach Terrace Theater (Long Beach, CA). Twelve great Bhangra teams, including a team from Vancouver, B.C., will be showing Los Angeles their wonderful talent and school pride. This is a spectacular dance competition. Tickets: only $10 (available through Ticketmaster). For more information, contact Paul Sachdeva at singhjr@ucla.edu.
Sponsored by UCLA Bhangra Team.
May 27, 2002
Tea with Two Tibetan Nuns-Recently Released From Drapchi Prison (Tibet)
2-5 pm
LA Friends of Tibet's office, 8333 Airport Blvd. Westchester
Directions to 8333 Airport Blvd. Westchester (near LAX) 405 Fwy. to La Tijera exit. Head West. Left on Airport Blvd. Tibetan flag outside building on right. Free parking in rear.A speaking event involving two Tibetan nuns, Chuye Kunsang and Passang Lhamo who were released from Drapchi Prison in Tibet. The goal of the tour is to raise awareness about the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet, the poor conditions in Drapchi Prison, and the fate of many Tibetans who still remain in Tibet . Chuye Kunsang from Shar Bumpa Nunnery, Lhundrub County was detained at age 21 in February 1995. Passang Lhamo from Garu Nunnery was detained at age 19 in May 1994.
Since their release, the nuns quickly realized that they could not return to normal lives. Political prisoners are barred from religious centers in Tibet so the nuns could neither return to their old nunneries nor join new ones. They could not find jobs and they were constantly monitored by the authorities. They lived in the fear that they would be arrested again. Chuye Kunsang and Passang Lhamo recently traveled throughout Europe with a translator, Dechen Pemba. They visited various countries, including Italy, Finland, Sweden, England, and Netherlands. They have given testimony before the Italian and Swedish Parliaments. A portion of the award-winning documentary on Tibet by Rebecca & Ronnie Novick "Strange Spirit" will be shown. After the program traditional Tibetan tea and cookies will be served while having the opportunity to meet with the speakers and Amnesty International members. The event is free. Tibetan Tea for $2.
Hosted by Local Amnesty International groups and the Los Angeles Friends of Tibet.
May 27, 2002
UCLA Compania Ynangbayan
6:30 pm
Northwest Campus Auditorium, UCLACompania Ynangbayan is a Pilipino/Pilipino-American Student group in its first quarter @ UCLA. It is an organization that is genuinely and wholeheartedly interested in the recovery, preservation, perpetuation and upliftment in the United States of America of Philippine cultural traditions, including its language, and this culture's diverse performance traditions, as well as in providing a forum for the public discourse of issues, problems and aspirations that concern individuals of Filipino heritage. This is the organizations first-ever performance of Pilipino/Pilipino-American plays. The company will be performing excerpts from "Knives, Fans, and Whipping Sticks," by Chris Milliado and Nicolas Pichay and "Veronidia" by Cirio H. Panganiban. It will also be presenting, "May Buntot, May Buntot, sa Ilalim ng Pundya". The first play will be an adaptation of a side story from the Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal, which will be titled "Elias and Salome". The Veronidia is a comedic melodrama. "Buntot," is a Pilipino-American written play, which discusses Pilipino-American and Pilipino identity.
For further information, please contact CompaniaYnangbayan_UCLA@hotmail.com or at 310-804-1723 and ask for Robert.
May 28-29, 2002
U.S.-China Education Symposium 2002
Davidson Executive Conference Center, University of Southern California
Symposium Program:
May 28, 2002
3-4:30 pm USC campus tour (For the Chinese Participants)
4:30-5 pm Registration (Town and Gown Foyer)
5-7 pm Reception and dinner (western style)
Town and Gown Banquet Hall, University of Southern California.Welcoming remarks by:
Dr. Richard Drobnick, Vice Provost for International Affairs, University of Southern California
Dr. Gordon Berger, Director, East Asian Studies Center, University of Southern California
Mr. Norman Hsu, Vice President, Board of Education, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
Dr. George Mehaffy, Vice President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
May 29, 2002
8:30-9 am Registration
9 am-12 pm Panel Discussions
The morning program will be divided into two groups.
Group 1. Higher education (Embassy Room), Davidson Executive Conference Center
9-9:20 am
William Rideout (Rossier School of Education, USC)
"Issues in International Education"9:25-9:45 am
Prof. Wang Tiejun (Xi'an Jiaotong University)
"Problems and Prospects in Shaanxi Graduate Education"9:50-10:10 am
Dr. Joseph Hellige (Vice Provost for Graduate Education, USC)
"Problems and Prospects in American Graduate Education"10:15-10:35 am
Chinese Delegation member, TBA10:40-11:20 am
Prof. William Dutton (Annenberg School for Communications, USC)
Prof. Jon Silvester (Vice Provost for Distance Learning, USC)
"Distance learning and Globalization"11:25-11:45 am
Chinese Delegation member, TBAGroup 2. Basic Education (Board Room), Davidson Executive Conference Center
9-9:40 am
Dr. Edward Lee Vargas (Superintendent, Hacienda La Puente School District)
"Overview of the American School District and the Role of Superintendent"9:45-10:25 am
Mr. Stu Reeder (Principal, Wilson High School)
"American School Teacher Training and Management"10:30-11:20 am
Mr. Norman Hsu, Vice President, Board of Education Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
" The Role of a Board of Education Member"11:25 am-12 pm Signing Ceremony
Two Groups Reassemble for Lunch
12-2 pm Lunch Break
2-3 pm Local School Introductions and Discussion
Representatives from Cal State LA, Cal State Fullerton
3-4 pm "Issues in Sino-American Relations"
Professor Daniel Lynch (School of International Relations, USC)
Professor Richard Baum (Political Science, UCLA)
Professor Stanley Rosen (Political Science, USC)
3-4:25 pm
Ms. Sandi Goldstein (Goldstein Group)
"Issues in Fundraising for Education"4:30-5 pm
Dr. George Mehaffy (Vice President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities)
"Problems and Prospects for U.S. State Universities"5-5:15 pm
Dr. Eugene Cooper (Department of Anthropology, USC)
Concluding Remarks5:20-6 pm
Dr. George Mehaffy (Vice President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities)Dr. Eugene Cooper (Department of Anthropology, USC)
Distribution of Certificates of Participation
For further information, contact: Mr. Chris Evans East Asian Studies Center (213) 740-2993 or ccevans@usc.edu.
Sponsored by USC East Asian Studies Center.
May 29, 2002
Typhoon: Crisis and Change in Southeast Asia
Walden Bello,
Sociology,
University of the Philippines3-4:30 pm
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLAEver since the Asian financial crisis, Southeast Asia has been transformed from a model for the developing world to a storm center of world politics. After over a quarter century of relative peace and prosperity, the region has plummeted back to its historical role of being caught in the crosscurrents of global realpolitik. Walden Bello will address many of the key aspects of the contemporary Southeast Asian condition and ask what is in store for the region in the near future.
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
May 30, 2002
Asian Arts Committee: "Chinese Porcelains" with Helen Anderson
1 pm
Copley Auditorium
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
Phone (619) 232-7931
Click here for directions.Lectures are free for museum members, $5 for nonmembers. For information call Don Sohlin, (619) 435-7052. For information on Asian Arts Committee meetings and programs, call Joan Metzger at (858) 459-7913.
May 30, 2002
Did Dogen Go to China? Problematizing Dogen's Relation to Ju-ching and Chinese Ch'an
Steve Heine
Professor of Religious Studies and History and Director of Asian Studies at Florida International University2-4 pm
243 Royce Hall, UCLAThe key to Dogen's approach to Zen is his travels to China and attainment of enlightenment under the tutelage of master Ju-ching. How much do we really know about this trip that isn't rooted in Soto sect hagiography? Are accounts of Dogen's trip not similar to the "Travels" of Marco Polo, another 13th century visitor of China and observer of Chinese religion, which has been questioned by recent historiographical studies? Dr. Heine is the author or editor of a dozen books, including several studies of Dogen (Dogen and the Koan Tradition, The Zen Poetry of Dogen, and A Study of Dogen by Masao Abe). He is currently working on a comprehensive examination of what Dogen wrote and when he wrote it.
Sponsored by UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies.
May 31, 2002
Korean Christianity in Second half of the 20th century and its prospects in the 21st century
Prof. Wijo Kang
Luce Distinguished Professor of Korean Christianity at UCLA3-4:30 pm
243 Royce Hall UCLASponsored by the UCLA Center for Korean Studies. Please call (310) 825-3284 for additional information.
May 31, 2002
Vietnam Passage: Journeys from War to Peace
Premiere on PBS
10 pm
KCET/Channel 28For Americans, the Vietnam War ended in April 1975. But what happened to the Vietnamese left behind? Vietnam Passage: Journeys from War to Peace chronicles the stories of six Vietnamese whose lives took divergent directions both during and after the war.
A production of Wind & Stars Production Group, the program was directed and produced by Sandy Northrop and is hosted by Los Angeles Times reporter - and former South East Asia correspondent - David Lamb. Visit the website to Vietnam Passage: http://www.pbs.org/vietnampassage.
May 31, 2002
Taue: Planting of Rice
9:30 am
Japanese American Cultural Community Center (Plaza)
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505 Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: 213.628.2725, Fax: 213.617.8576, Box Office: 213.680.3700Field Trip and Hands-on Experience for School Groups Join us in the planting of the rice. Students will learn first hand how to grow rice and participate in the transplanting of the rice seedlings. Classes may take home rice seedlings to grow at home or in their own classrooms. Students will also make a cultural craft utilizing the rice straw. Part of the Kome Kome Festival which celebrates rice in Japanese culture.
Reservations are necessary. Contact Kym Aoki (213) 628-2725, ext. 112 or Email at aoki@jaccc.org.
Where to send announcements:
Please send announcements of East Asia-related events, performances, and exhibitions to
Clayton
Dube
UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
11266 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1487
email: <cdube@isop.ucla.edu>
fax: (310) 206-3555
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