UCLA Center for East Asian Studies  

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East Asian Calendar of Events and Exhibitions  

December 2000  

Ongoing Exhibitions | Lectures, conferences and performances

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Ongoing Exhibitions

Through December 17, 2000

"Reshaping History:  Japanese Prints from the Scripps College Collection"

This exhibition will focus on how Japanese print artists in the 19th and 20th centuries used historical narratives and current events to reflect the extraordinary social and political changes that were taking place in Japan. Featuring over fifty prints and related works by Yoshitoshi, Chikanobu, and others.

Roth Chandler Williamson Gallery
1030 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711-3948
Phone:  (909) 607-3397
Fax:  (909) 607 4691

Hours During exhibitions, Wednesday - Sunday, 1-5 pm; Closed Monday -Tuesday and during the summer.

Admission is free.

Lectures, conferences, and performances

December 1, 2000

"Philippine Nationalism Viewed From Spanish America:  Contrasts and Parallels"

Benedict Anderson

5 p.m.
HSSB, 6th floor, Mc Cune Conference Room, U.C. Santa Barbara Reception Follows.

" How distant is the Philippines from the rest of the "Pacific Empire" of Spain, and how close. How much of today's differences come from the Old Empire, how much from the American occupation? Thematic focuses are language (Spanish or indigenous), exterminations or not, catholicization, haciendas/big landowners, mestizaje (who is mixed?), lateness (Is the Philippines to be compared to Marti's Cuba rather than San Martin's Chile and Peru?). In what ways does the Spanish Philippines raise questions for Latin (Spanish) America?"

Contact Prof. Cecilia Mendez if you have any questions (805) 893-3974.

December 2, 2000

New Chinese Cinema: Tales of Urban Delight, Alienation and the Margins 

6:30 p.m.
Lobby, James Bridge Theatre, UCLA
Opening Night Reception 

7:30 p.m.
James Bridge Theatre
Screening of PLATFORM.  Directed by Jia Zhangke.  

New Chinese Cinema is curated by Bérénice Reynaud, author of Nouvelles Chines, nouveaux cinémas (Paris, 1999) and a faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts.

Pre-screening reception (opening night) sponsored by La Pizzaria in the theater lobby. The reception is free and open to all 12/2 Platform screening ticketholders.  All films are in Mandarin with English subtitles, unless otherwise noted.

All films are in Mandarin with English subtitles, unless otherwise noted. Tickets are available at the theater one hour before showtime. General admission is $6. Tickets are $4 for students, seniors, and UCLA Alumni Association members with ID. Parking is available adjacent to the theater in Lot 3 for $6. 

New Chinese Cinema also has other movie screenings on December 3, December 7, December 9, and December 10.

Sponsored by the UCLA Film Archive. For more information, call (310) 206-8013 or (310) 206-FILM.

December 3, 2000

New Chinese Cinema: Tales of Urban Delight, Alienation and the Margins

2 p.m. 
Screening of In the Heat of the Sun (1994), directed by Jaing Wen and Men Men Women Women (Nan Nan Nü Nü)
(1999), directed by Liu Bingjian

7 p.m.
Screening of Seventeen Years (Guo Nian Hui Jia) (1999), directed by Zhang Yuan and On the Beat (Minjing Gushi) (1995), directed by Ning Ying

All films are in Mandarin with English subtitles, unless otherwise noted. All screenings are at the James Bridge Theatre. Tickets are available at the theater one hour before showtime. General admission is $6. Tickets are $4 for students, seniors, and UCLA Alumni Association members with ID. Parking is available adjacent to the theater in Lot 3 for $6. 

New Chinese Cinema also offers movie screenings on December 2, December 7, December 9, and December 10.

Sponsored by the UCLA Film Archive. For more information, call (310) 206-8013 or (310) 206-FILM.

December 4, 2000

"Clothing Trauma:  Fabric and Mourning in Northern Japan"

Ellen Schattschneider
Anthropology, Emory University

3 p.m.
Downstairs Lounge, Faculty Center, UCLA

Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese Studies.  For more information please contact (310) 825-8681.

December 7, 2000

New Chinese Cinema: Tales of Urban Delight, Alienation and the Margins

7:30 p.m.
US Premiere of Rainclouds Over Wushan (Wushan Yunyu) (1995), directed by Zhang Ming and West Coast Premiere of City Paradise (Du Shi Tian Tang) (1999), directed by Tang Danian.

All films are in Mandarin with English subtitles, unless otherwise noted. All screenings are at the James Bridge Theatre. Tickets are available at the theater one hour before showtime. General admission is $6. Tickets are $4 for students, seniors, and UCLA Alumni Association members with ID. Parking is available adjacent to the theater in Lot 3 for $6. 

New Chinese Cinema also offers movie screenings on December 2, December 3, December 9, and December 10.

Sponsored by the UCLA Film Archive. For more information, call (310) 206-8013 or (310) 206-FILM.

December 8-9, 2000

"Writing and Visuality in Traditional China" Conference

December 8: 3 p.m.-10 p.m.
December 9:  9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Morris Room, 
306 Royce Hall, UCLA

For more information, please see the conference schedule and abstracts.  Presented by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and the Department of Art History.

December 9, 2000

New Chinese Cinema: Tales of Urban Delight, Alienation and the Margins

7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Premiere of Xiao Wu (1997), directed by Jia Zhangke and US Premiere of So Close to Paradise (Yuenan Guniang) (1998), directed by Wang Xiaoshuai.

All films are in Mandarin with English subtitles, unless otherwise noted.  All screenings are at the James Bridge Theatre. Tickets are available at the theater one hour before showtime. General admission is $6. Tickets are $4 for students, seniors, and UCLA Alumni Association members with ID. Parking is available adjacent to the theater in Lot 3 for $6. 

New Chinese Cinema also offers movie screenings on December 2, December 3, December 7, and December 10.

Sponsored by the UCLA Film Archive. For more information, call (310) 206-8013 or (310) 206-FILM.

December 10, 2000

International Human Rights Day Commemoration

12-3 p.m. 
The park on Ocean Ave. at Broadway in Santa Monica, California

Gaden Shartse Tibetan Monks will lead a ceremony. Sponsored by the Tibet Support Community of Southern California and the Vietnamese Human Rights Community.

December 10, 2000

New Chinese Cinema: Tales of Urban Delight, Alienation and the Margins

7 p.m.
North American Premiere Scenery (Feng Jing) (1999), directed by Zhao Jisong and screening of Mr. Zhao (Zhao Xiansheng) (1998), directed by Lü Yue

All screenings are at the James Bridge Theatre.  Tickets are available at the theater one hour before show-time. General admission is $6. Tickets are $4 for students, seniors, and UCLA Alumni Association members with ID. Parking is available adjacent to the theater in Lot 3 for $6. 

New Chinese Cinema also offers movie screenings on December 2, December 3, December 7, and December 9.

Sponsored by the UCLA Film Archive. For more information, call (310) 206-8013 or (310) 206-FILM.

December 11, 2000

"Pathways Abroad: Gender and International Migration Recruitment Choices in Northern Thailand"

Theresa Sobieszczyk, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

12 noon
Downstairs Lounge, Faculty Center, UCLA 

Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.  Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology

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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