UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
Southern California
East Asian Calendar of Events and Exhibitions
May 2000
Ongoing Exhibitions | Lectures,
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Ongoing Exhibitions
Through May 21, 2000
Precious Cargo: Treasures of the China Trade
This exhibition features approximately 110 works encompassing the extraordinary breadth
of Chinese export art of the 18th and 19th centuries, with examples in painting,
metalwork, lacquerware, ceramics, carving and textiles. Drawn mainly from the collection
of the Kelton Foundation and supplemented by Museum's collection and loans, this
exhibition explores the creative expression of mostly unknown Chinese artists. Most of
these works are selected from the extensive collection of The Kelton Foundation and
supplemented with the Museum's collection and other loans. Richard Kelton, who assembled
the collection, remarks "Neither purely Chinese or European, these objects represent
a new art form. They demonstrate the cultural exchange between Asia, Europe and
America."
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2746
Phone: (805) 963-4364 Fax: (805) 966-6840
Admission: Adults $5; Seniors (65+) $3; Students w ID $2; Youth (6-17) $2; Under 6 free
Through May 21, 2000
Of Battle and Beauty: Felice Beato's Photographs of China
Of Battle and Beauty features photographs made by Felice Beato (1820s-1907) as part of
the Anglo-French campaign that finally ended the Second Opium War in China in 1860.
Beato's photographs survive in the form of private albums, which were originally compiled
by British officers as a record of their experiences. Now, as the principal visual record
of this conflict and as the earliest known photographs of Beijing, these albums constitute
an important historical document; they also reveal how photography functioned as an
integral component of British imperialism in preserving and transmitting information and
in shaping perceptions about a distant country and culture. The exhibition is based upon
an album of 85 photographs in the private collection of Michael G. Wilson and also draws
from other private and institutional sources; it comprises approximately 100 photographs,
maps, and publications. It is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.The exhibition
is organized by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. It is co-curated by David Harris, an
independent curator, and Karen Sinsheimer, Curator of Photography at the Santa Barbara
Museum of Art.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2746
Phone: (805) 963-4364 Fax: (805) 966-6840
Admission: Adults $5; Seniors (65+) $3; Students w ID $2; Youth (6-17) $2; Under 6 free
May 1 - 30, 2000
Chinese Dolls and Toys: Selections from the Los Angeles
Public Library's International Doll Collection
Children's Literature Department
Los Angeles Public Library
Central Library
630 West Fifth Street
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: (213) 228-7000
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 10 am - 8 pm; Friday and Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm; Sunday, 1 -
5 pm
This display features thirty artifacts which provide a glimpse of
tradtional family life. Includes are dolls representing different Chinese provinces,
wooden toys featuring people at work, transport vehicles, and buildings. Held in
conjunction with the exhibition Visible Traces: Rare
Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China. Validated parking
is available at the 524 S. Flower Garage.
Through June 25, 2000
Visible Traces: Rare Books and Special Collections
from the National Library of China
This exhibition reveals the evolution of the written and printed word in China -- from
ancient inscribed oracle bones to lavish silk scrolls printed for the imperial family. The
exhibition features rare books, maps, relics, rubbings and other treasures never before
seen outside of China.
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Getty Gallery
Los Angeles Public Library
Central Library
630 West Fifth Street
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: (213) 228-7000
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 10 am - 8 pm; Friday and Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm; Sunday, 1 -
5 pm
The exhibition was made possible by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, the
Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles, the UCLA Center for East Asian Studies, the Starr
Foundation, Intex Corporation, Oakwood Corporate Housing, News Corporation Foundation,
Bank of America, United Airlines, KPMG, and Friends of the Chinatown Library. Validated
parking is available at the 524 S. Flower Garage.
See related events for May 4, May 20,
May 21, June 10, and June 11.
Through September 3, 2000
"Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors From
China's Imperial Palace"
This exhibition features the largest collection of items (more
than 300 objects) ever loaned by Beijing's Palace Museum. According to the museum, these
objects have been in storage and are now being displayed for the first time. In addition
to various items of clothing, jewelry, paintings, and ceramics, the exhibition includes a
recreation of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Bowers Museum of
Cultural Art
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana, California
Exhibition website
Exhibition hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm; Saturday -
Sunday 10 am - 6 pm
Exhibition admission (price includes audio tour):
|
weekdays |
weekends |
| adults |
$14 |
$16 |
| seniors/students |
$12 |
$14 |
| children 5-18 |
$8 |
$10 |
| children under 5 |
free |
free |
Vista Ticketing (877) 250-8999
Lectures, conferences, and
performances
May 1, 2000
"The Third Japan in 21st Century Asia"
Sam Jameson,
Paul Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations, UCLA Center for Japanese Studies
3-5 p.m.
Hacienda Room, UCLA Faculty
Center
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese
Studies. Call (310) 825-8681 for additional information.
May 3, 2000
"Japan's Struggle for Economic Recovery and Its Relationship with the
United States"
12 - 2 p.m.
The Regal Biltmore Hotel, 506 S. Grand Avenue (@ 5th Street), Los Angeles, CA.
$35 Asia Society members & University of Tokyo alumni US$40 Non-members
Luncheon presentation with Shijuro Ogata, former Deputy Governor, Japan Development
Bank. After 1997's Asian financial crisis, the Japanese economy is presently moving toward
recovery from a severe recession. Is Japan now crisis free? What are the biggest
challenges currently facing Japan and how would Japan's economic reform and recovery
affect its relations with the United States? During a 41-year career in banking, Mr. Ogata
has held many senior positions including Deputy Governor for International Relations at
the Bank of Japan. He currently serves as a member or advisor to several prominent
corporations and international organizations.
Sponsored by the Asia Society and the Japan America Society. Seats are limited, please
register early. For more information, please call Tiffany Chen at 213-624-0945 or email tiffanyc@asiasoc.org.
May 4, 2000
"Globalization and Governance in China"
Anthony Saich
Government, Harvard University
noon
4269 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Professor Saich is a Visiting Fellow of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies. This event
is sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies.
Please call (310) 825-8683 for additional information.
May 4, 2000
"Decentralization and Local Politics in Metro Manila, the
Philippines"
Gavin Shatkin,
Dept. of Urban Planning & Policy Development, Rutgers University
4 p.m.
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Call (310) 206-9163 for more
information.
May 4, 2000
Children's Program: Storytelling and Dragon-Making Workshop
7 pm
Children's Literature Department
Los Angeles Public Library
Central Library
630 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone: (213) 228-7000
Held in conjunction with the exhibition Visible Traces:
Rare Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China. Storytelling
to feature fairy tales and a hands-on workshop for children to make their own Chinese
dragons. Validated parking is available at the 524 S. Flower Garage.
May 4, 2000
Japanese Fukusa
John McMullen
7-8:30 p.m.
Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA
John McMullen will share his insights on one of the largest and most varied collections
of Japanese Fukusa textile. Participation limited to 20. For
reservations and membership, please call (310) 206-0306.
May 4, 2000
Southern California Japan Seminar: TOKYO BLUES
Craig McTurk will screen and discuss his highly-regarded documentary on
jazz in Japan.
8-10 pm
161 Dodd Hall (located near Murphy Hall), UCLA
Mr. McTurk has also produced "Street Songs Pittsburgh's Street
Singer Bill Dorsey." The seminar is sponsored by the USC/UCLA Joint East Asian
Studies Center. Samuel Yamashita (history, Pomona College) coordinates the seminar. You
can reach him at <syamashita@pomona.edu>.
May 5, 2000
"Romance and Revolution: Celia
Mariano-Pomeroy and Women in the Huk Rebellion"
Vina Lanzona
University of Wisconsin, Madison
noon
11377 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Lunch will be provided.
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast
Asian Studies. For more information please contact (310) 206-9163.
May 6, 2000
Seventh Annual UCLA Graduate Student Symposium, "Voices from the Empire:
Japanese Colonialism and Its Legacy"
8:30 am- 4:45 pm
Covel Commons, West Coast Room, UCLA
9 am to noon Literature and Music
Modern Love in Manchuria: Race and Romance in Yokota Fumiko's "Koibumi"
Kimberly Kono University of California, Berkeley
Music, Identities and Agendas: Japanese Colonialism and Pan-Asianism in Indonesia
Kenneth E. Lawrence University of Hawaii, Manoa
Complicity and Art in the Era of National Expansionism: Reconsidering Natsume Sa´seki
John McClain San Francisco State University
To Be or Not To Be Japanese: The Question of Identity in the Literature of Kim Saryang
Christopher D. Scott Stanford University
Commentator: Edward Fowler, Prof. of Japanese Literature, UC Irvine
1:30 - 4:30 pm
History and Politics
Another Voice of Empire: Enomoto Takeaki (1836-1908) and Maritime Expansion into the
Pacific Todd Henry University of California, Los Angeles
"Postmodernity" in Manchuria: Japanese Colonialism and the Absence of
Nationality Law in Manzhouguo Taro Iwata Univerity of Oregon
Echo of the Empire: Japan's Relations with Southeast Asia, A Vietnamese Perspective
Duong Quoc Thanh University of Washington
The South Manchuria Railway: Maps, Advertising, and the Construction of an Empire John
Treiber University of Hawaii, Manoa
Commentator: Louise Young, Assistant Professor of History, New York University
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese
Studies. Call (310) 825-7671 for more information or contact one of the organizers
Suzette Duncan (qchan@ucla.edu), Hajime Imamasa (himamasa@ucla.edu), and Serk Bae Suh (serk@ucla.edu).
May 6, 2000
A workshop: "Transnational and Transcolonial Studies"
8:30 - 6:00 p.m.
UCLA Herbert Morris Seminar Room, 306 Royce Hall
European and Asian nations, along with the United States, have a history of colonial
and imperial domination. As a result, their languages, literatures, and cultures have
reached into all continents. Today, cultural activity around the world bears the traces of
this history. Immigrant and minority writers in many countries use and transform the
traditions of former colonizing powers as well as those of their native and adopted
cultures. This workshop will explore comparative perspectives on minority 20th century
literature and culture that exhibit transnational and transcolonial processes of human
creativity.
8:30 Coffee
9:00 Introduction: Françoise Lionnet and and Shu-Mei Shih, UCLA
9:10 - 10:40 Panel I
Moderator: Shu-Mei Shih, UCLA
Lindon Barrett, University of California, Irvine
"Family Values/Critical Values: the Analogy of Race and Value"
Susan Koshy, University of California, Santa Barbara
"Minority Discourse and Postcolonial Inscriptions"
Suzanne Gearhart, University of California, Irvine
"Transnationality and Transindividuality:
Psychoanalysis and Postcolonial Culture"
10:50 - 12:10 Panel II
Moderator: TBA
Kathleen McHugh, University of California, Riverside
"Transnational Cinematic Autobiographies"
Elizabeth Marchant, UCLA
"The Dialectics of Afro-Brazilian Cultural Expression"
Michael Bourdaghs, UCLA
"Translation and Minority Discourse: Sakamoto Kyu
and the Transnational Pathways of Rockability"
12:15 Lunch
Panel III
Moderator: Liz Constable, University of California, Davis
Jenny Sharpe, UCLA
"The 'New Atlantis' in the Black Atlantic"
Raphael Perez-Torres, UCLA
"The Tropics of Mestizaje: Race and the Shape of Chicana/o Culture"
Takashi Fujitani, University of California, San Diego
"E. O. Reischauer on Mr. Moto, Hirohito,and Japanese American Soldiers:
Race and the Foundations of Postwar Japanese Studies in the U.S"
3:00 - 4:20 Panel IV
Moderator: Lisa Lowe, University of California, San Diego
Harryette Mullen, UCLA
"How the Cookie Crumbles: Fran Ross's 'OREO', a Lost and Found Black Feminist
Novel"
Efrain Kristal, UCLA
"Representation of the Marrano in the Latin American Novel"
Seiji Lippit, UCLA
"On the Margins of the Margin: The Space of Minority Literature in Japan"
4:30 - 5:50 Panel V
Moderator: Françoise Lionnet, UCLA
David Carroll, University of California, Irvine
"The Transnational Nation: French Identity After Colonialism"
Lisa Yoneyama, University of California, San Diego
"Okinawa Discourse as U.S. (Post)coloniality: Area Studies, Militarism, and
Colonialism in American Studies"
Vicente Rafael, University of California, San Diego
"Southeast Asian Studies in the Age of Asian America"
Closing Remarks: Vincent P. Pecora, UCLA
6:00 Reception
This event was made possible through the generous support of the UC
Office of the President, the French Cultural Services, the UCLA Dean of
Humanities and the UCLA Center for Modern and Contemporary Studies.
No reservations required, however, seating is limited. Parking is available in Lot 5 of
the UCLA campus. Please enter at the kiosk on Hilgard and Wyton Avenues. Parking fee is
$5. For further information, please contact Corie Goodloe at cgoodloe@humnet.ucla.edu or at 310.825.9581.
Website: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/transnation
May 8, 2000
"The Latest Round of Chinese State Owned Enterprise
Reform: Last Supper or Just Another Free Lunch?"
Edward Steinfeld
International Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
noon
4269 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Sponsored by the UCLA
Center for Chinese Studies and the UCLA Center
for East Asian Studies. Call (310) 825-8683 for additional information.
May 8, 2000
"Monkey Magic, or How the Animal Scroll Makes Mischief with Art History
"
Mimi Yiengpruksawan, Japanese Art, Yale University
3-5 p.m.
Hacienda Room, UCLA Faculty
Center
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese
Studies. Call (310) 825-8681 for additional information.
May 9, 2000
A Discussion: The Blind Man and the Elephant: Analyzing the Local State in
China
Guest Participant:
Anthony Saich
Government, Harvard University
noon
4269 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Professor Saich is a Visiting Fellow of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies. This event
is sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies.
Please call (310) 825-8683 for additional information.
May 10, 2000
“When Bachelors went on the Hajj: Highland Jambi during the Colonial
Period"
Professor Heinzpeter Znoj
Berne University, Switzerland
noon
11377 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Lunch will be provided.
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast
Asian Studies. For more information please contact (310) 206-9163.
May 11, 2000
"Banking on the Past: Recovery and Re-invention in Vietnamese Craft
Villages"
Michael DiGregorio,
UCLA Dept. of Urban Planning
4 p.m.
10383 Bunche Hall
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast
Asian Studies. For more information please contact (310) 206-9163.
May 13, 2000
Regions, Space, and Landscapes: Geographic Approaches in China Studies
10:00 am
Laurence J.C. Ma
University of Akron
"Overview of post-1949 Urban China"
Carolyn Cartier
Geography, University of Southern California
"Origins and Evolution of a Geographical Idea: The Macroregion in China"
Discussant: James Tong
Political Science, UCLA
1:30 pm
Ronald G. Knapp
State University of New York, New Paltz
"Scripting Space: The Use of Words in Chinese Landscapes"
Tim Oakes
University of Colorado, Boulder
"Trading in Places: Globalization & New Spaces of Identity in China"
Discussant: Francesca Bray
Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
6275 Bunche Hall, UCLA
This conference is organized by the UCLA Center
for Chinese Studies in cooperation with the Southern California China Colloquium.
May 13, 2000
"Defining Okinawan Identity, Culture and Community"
Moderator/Discussant:
Dr. Ben Kobashigawa, Asian American Studies Department, San Francisco State University
Speakers:
Martha Matsuoka, Urban Planning Department, UCLA
Stephanie Moore, Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project
Wesley Ueunten, Ethnic Studies Department, UC Berkeley
1 p.m.
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Conference Room A, Second Floor
244 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 628-2725
Sponsored by the UCB Humanities Diversity Dissertation
Fellowship, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, JACL
Pacific Southwest District, Okinawa Peace Network (Los Angeles and Bay Area), Japanese
Peruvian Oral History Project, Young Okinawans of Southern California, and Campaign for
Justice: Redress for Japanese Latin Americans Now! .
May 14, 2000
Asian Musicals Series: Raj Kapoor's Awara (India, 1951)
7 p.m.
The James Bridges Theater (formerly Melnitz Theater).
Northeast corner of UCLA near the intersection of Sunset Blvd. and Hilgard Ave.
Admission: $6 general; $4 students and seniors. Parking: $5 in Lot 3; purchase parking
from Wyton Kiosk.
The "dean of Indian popular cinema" Raj Kapoor directed and starred in this
spectacular melodrama about a thief who murders his surrogate father and tries to kill his
biological father, a judge. His childhood sweetheart, now a lawyer (Nargis), defends him
at his trial. Oedipal violence (enacted interestingly enough by the Kapoor family: Raj's
brother Shashi plays the thief as a young boy and patriarch Prithviraj plays the
biological father), feudal and class oppression boil over into a hallucinatory fever-dream
set to some of the biggest hit songs of '50s India. AWARA made Kapoor and Nargis movie
idols throughout India and the Middle East. Even Mao Zedong counted it among his favorite
films, presumably for its mildly socialist romanticism. Producer: R. Kapoor. Screenplay:
K.A. Abbas, V.P. Satha. Cinematography: Radhu Karmakar. Editor: G.G. Mayekar. Music:
Shankar-Jaikishen. Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra. With: R. Kapoor, Nargis, Prithviraj
Kapoor, Leela Chitnis. 35mm, in Hindi with English subtitles, 170 min.
For more information please call (310) 206-FILM or visit www.cinema.ucla.edu .
May 15, 2000
Pragmatic word order in Bouyei
Somsonge Birisphat, Mahidol University,Thailand
10 am
243 Royce Hall, UCLA
Sponsored by the UCLA Asian Linguistics Club. Bouyei is a langauge of the Tai/Kadai
language family which shares grammatical features of both Thai and Chinese. Prof.
Birisphat will speak on word order phenomena in this language. Contact Shoichi Iwasaki
(East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA) with any questions: (310) 794-8933.
May 16, 2000
Silence Broken, a film by Dai Sil Kim-Gibson
Film-maker Dai Sil Kim-Gibson will speak, and sign copies of her book based on the
film.
7 p.m.
Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance
9786 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035
This powerful documentary combines interviews with dramatized storytelling in revealing
the experiences of Korean women, who during World War II were forced to serve the Japanese
imperial soldiers as sex slaves, euphemistically referred to as "comfort women."
Drafted from Japan's pre-war colonies and a wide range of occupied territories, there were
an estimated 200,000 women. Korea was the single major source. SILENCE BROKEN is a film in
which human tragedy, savagery and courage are presented by the people themselves: former
comfort women, Japanese soldiers and recruiters.
For more information, please contact (310) 772-2528
May 17, 2000
"Thailand's Response to the Asian Economic Crisis: The Vision Thing”
Professor Craig Reynolds
Australian National University
noon
11377 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Lunch will be provided.
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast
Asian Studies. For more information please contact (310) 206-9163.
May 17, 2000
Discussion of China's Entry into the World Trade
Organization and the US Government's Extension of Permanent Normal Trade Relations to
China
Speakers to include:
Harry Hongda Wu (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
Lila Garrett (Southern California Americans for Democratic Action President)
Ani Pachen, Lama Gyatso
Lila al-Maryati (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Imam Saadiq Saafir
7:30 pm
Westwood United Methodist Church
10497 Wilshire Blvd. (at Warner)
Sponsored by a large number of human rights groups (including
State Department Watch, Amnesty International, and the Visual Artists Guild), labor
organizations (including the AFL-CIO), and environmental groups (including the Sierra
Club).
May 20, 2000
Festival of the Pacific Rim, Family Festival Day
1-4 p.m.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, California 91101
The museum is one half block north of Colorado Boulevard in downtown Pasadena.
Tenative schedule:
1:15 Phyliss Chang presents "Songs from the Heart."
This program is an upbeat performance of Chang's original and popular children's songs for
children and the "young at heart."
2:30 Great Leap presents "A Slice of Rice, Frijoles and
Greens." This performance is a fun-filled, poignant mix of cross cultural
stories that give vivid insights into the Asian, Latino and African American experience.
3:30 Russ Furnas presents "Thailand, Gate to
Indochina." This slideshow and talk showcases Furnas' beautiful travel
photography and experiences while traveling in Southeast Asia.
In addition to artist performances and talks, a series of hands-on children's workshops
will be offered that link pieces from the museum's upcoming exhibition "Shifting
Perceptions" to fun and educational art projects. Snacks will be provided
during the day.
Presented by the Asian Business Association and the Pacific Asia Museum. For more
information about this event please contact Rebecca at (626) 449-2742 ext. 31.
May 20, 2000
Dream of the Red Chamber
2 pm
Mark Taper Auditorium
Los Angeles Public Library
Central Library
630 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone: (213) 228-7000
Held in conjunction with the exhibition Visible Traces:
Rare Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China. Based on the
classic novel by Cao Xueqin, this stage adaptation blends realism and the supernatural as
it takes on family history, a comedy of manners, and a moral fable. Written and produced
by award-winning playwright Henry Ong and featuring a cast of 20 actors, many playing
multiple roles. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Call (213) 228-7507.
Parking is available at the 524 S. Flower Garage.
May 20, 2000
"Jewel of the World: A Night in Bali"
7:00 p.m.
Japan America Theater,
244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles
Directed by a prominent Balinese dancer, Mr. I Nyoman Wenten Ph.D who has performed
extensively throughout Asia, Europe, North and South America, this event features eight
classical Balinese musical and dance pieces, including Kecak, the Balinese Monkey Chant,
an ancient exorcist rite imitating the sound of nature with an episode of the Ramayana
Epic.
All proceeds from these performances will fully benefit Indonesian Education and Arts.
Tickets in Los Angeles are $25 orchestra, $23 balcony, $18 balcony with student ID.
For ticket information, visit http://www.idea-foundation.org.
For UCLA tickets, please contact: Priscilla: Mmpk97@aol.com
Organized by IDEA (Indonesians for the Development of Education and Arts)
May 21, 2000
Children's Program: Chinese Cultural Festival
1 - 5 pm
Mark Taper Auditorium
Los Angeles Public Library
Central Library
630 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone: (213) 228-7000
Held in conjunction with the exhibition Visible Traces:
Rare Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China. The afternoon
begins with Chinese folk tale videos and a theatrical performance of Chinese myths and
legends by the storytelling troupe Eth-Noh-Tec. Later, in the Lodwrick M. Cook Rotunda,
traditional Chinese crafts (knotting, brush painting, calligraphy, lantern making, and
opera face painting) are demonstrated. Validated parking is available at the 524 S. Flower
Garage.
May 22, 2000
"Mammoth Crusades and Korean
Christianity"
Timothy Lee
East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA
noon - 1:30 pm
10383 Bunche Hall (CNES Library/Conference Room), UCLA
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of
Religion.
May 22, 2000
"1949-1976: 'Writing With Potential' within Contemporary Chinese
Literature"
Chen Sihe
Modern Chinese Literature, Fudan University
3 pm
243 Royce Hall, UCLA
Professor Chen Sihe has recently completed a comprehensive study of contemporary
Chinese literature. Chen's presentation is sponsored by the UCLA Department of East Asian Languages and
Cultures, the Center for Chinese Studies,
and the Center for East Asian Studies. Call
(310) 206-8235 for more information.
May 22, 2000
"Japanese Language and Software
Internationalization and Localization: Myth and Reality"
Katsuhiko Momoi,
Netscape Communications Corporation
3 p.m.
Hacienda, UCLA Faculty Center
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese
Studies. Call (310) 825-8681 for additional information.
May 23, 2000
EMASIA 2000: Entertainment and Media in Asia
8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Stage 22, 20th Century Fox Studios,
10201 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064-2606.
The conference fee is $150 which includes breakfast, lunch, and a closing reception.
Register for the conference at <www.emasia.com> or by
calling (213) 624-0945. Parking is available at Fox Studios and is free.
The globalization of entertainment and media is creating unique opportunities and
challenges in China. This day-long conference will bring together leading U.S. and Chinese
private sector individuals and key counterparts in government to discuss critical issues.
TOPICS: Post-WTO Implication for Entertainment & Media Industries Financing and
Business Outlook Production and Distribution for a Market of One Billion The Dragon and
the Net: Entertainment and the Internet in China
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
K. Rupert Murdoch Chairman & Chief Executive, News Corporation
His Excellency Tian Congming Minister, State Administration of Radio, Film, and
Television, the People's Republic of China
Jack Valenti President & CEO, Motion Picture Association of America
STATE ADMINISTRATION OF RADIO, FILM AND TELEVISON, PRC DELEGATION:
Mr. An Li, Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Department Mr. Luo Jianhui,
Deputy Director-General of the Broadcasting Affairs Supervision Department Mr. Yang
Buting, Deputy Director-General of the Film Bureau Mr. Zhang Changming, Executive Vice
President, China Central Television Mr. Chen Minyi, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Radio
International Ms. Song Chunli, Actress, August 1st Film Studio Mr. Cao Yin, Director of
European & American Affairs, Foreign Affairs Department Mr. Li Qiankuan, Film
Director, Changchun Film Studio Mr. Chen Yin, Division Director of Planning &
Development, Telecommunications Administration Bureau, Ministry of Information Industry
MODERATORS, SPEAKERS, PANELISTS:
James F. Griffiths, President, International Television Distribution & MGM Networks
Lora Chen, Manager, International Operations, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Thomas Chung, Group Managing Director, Media Asia
James Gianopulos,President, 20th Century Fox International
Dudley Mendenhall, Managing Director/Industry Manager, Entertainment/Media Group,
Corporate & Investment Banking, Bank of America
Thomas Plate, Los Angeles Times columnist, UCLA
Hamilton Tang, Executive Director, Lark International Entertainment Ltd.
Fred Wang, Salon Films HK Ltd.
Pierre Wuu, Co-founder & COO, Click2asia.com
Yair Landau, President, Digital Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment
May 23, 2000
Asian Musicals Series: John Woo's Dinu Hua (Princess Chang Ping, Hong Kong,
1975) and Feng Peilin's Huawai Liuying (Orioles Banished From the Flowers, Hong Kong,
1948)
7:30 p.m.
The James Bridges Theater (formerly Melnitz Theater).
Northeast corner of UCLA near the intersection of Sunset Blvd. and Hilgard Ave.
Admission: $6 general; $4 students and seniors. Parking: $5 in Lot 3; purchase parking
from Wyton Kiosk.
Much has been written about John Woo's balletic action films, but less well known is
the director's youthful love of musicals. This screening is a rare chance to see Woo
working in the genre that inspired him to become a filmmaker. Set during the fall of the
Ming Dynasty to the Manchus in the 17th century, PRINCESS CHANG PING tells of the doomed
love between the last Ming emperor's daughter and a scholar (played Yam Kim Fai-style in
female-to-male drag). Besides its much beloved songs, perhaps the most haunting aspect of
this Cantonese opera classic is its tremulous revelation of a daughter's heartbreak and
anger against a father who would kill her to uphold dynastic honor. Screenplay: J. Woo.
Based on the opera Dinu Hua by Dang Xianzu. Lyrics: Tong Tik-Sang. With: Lung Kim-Sang,
Mui Suet-Si, Leung Sing-Bor, Lang Chi-Bak. 35mm, in Cantonese with English subtitles, 97
min.
Zhou Xuan warbled into the history books in the landmark Chinese film STREET ANGEL
(1937). The singer-actress, dubbed "Golden Throat" for her honeyed vocal chords,
plays the archetypal wholesome Chinese songbird in this engaging musical comedy by emigre
director Fang Peilin that has Shanghai on its mind. The daughter of a prosperous
restaurateur feuds over her nightime singing with the private tutor across the street.
Romance bubbles up in a school outing but it takes the test of mistaken identity and an
extended bedroom farce in the big city (of Shanghai) for love to be sealed. Zhou's voice
soars in tandem with the pans, dollies and shots of expansive natural vistas in the joyous
musical sequences. Producer: Xie Bingjun. Screenplay: Hong Mo. Cinematography: Cao Jinyun.
Editor: Shen Yuqi, Cao Sannong. Music: Chen Gexin. Songs: Chen Dieyi, Hou Xiang, Jing
Gang, Lin Mei, Yao Min. With: Zhou Xuan, Yan Hua, Lu Yukun, Li Luling. 35mm, in Mandarin,
84 min.
Note: ORIOLES BANISHED FROM THE FLOWERS is unsubtitled.
For more information please call (310) 206-FILM or visit www.cinema.ucla.edu .
May 24, 2000
"'It's Authentic, of Course!’: Linguistic Ideology, Globalization,
and Gay/Lesbian Subjectivities in Indonesia”
Thomas Boellstorff
Stanford University
noon
11377 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Lunch will be provided.
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast
Asian Studies. For more information please contact (310) 206-9163.
May 24, 2000
"The Intellectual Tradition of Korean Buddhism: With Focus on the Buddhism
of Shilla "
Doo-Jin Kim - Kookmin University
3:00 - 4:30 p.m
243 Royce Hall, UCLA
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for
Korean Studies and the International Studies and
Overseas Programs. Phone: (310) 825-3284 E-mail: koreanstudies@isop.ucla.edu
May 25, 2000
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Chalmers Johnson
UC San Diego and the Japan Policy Research Institute
6-7 pm
The New Otani Hotel & Garden
120 South Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA. Tel: 213-624-0945
Chalmers Johnson will discuss Blowback which details how United States
policies and practices cause the nation trouble in today's world. The talk is sponsored by
the Asia Society, the Japan America Society and the World Affairs Council. The charge for
Asia Society members is $18; for non-members and guests the charge is $23. RSVP by May
23rd to (213) 624-0945.
May 28, 2000
Asian Musicals Series: Guru Dutt's Pyaasa (India, 1957)
7 pm
The James Bridges Theater (formerly Melnitz Theater).
Northeast corner of UCLA near the intersection of Sunset Blvd. and Hilgard Ave.
Admission: $6 general; $4 students and seniors.
Parking: $5 in Lot 3; purchase parking from Wyton Kiosk.
As the producer, director and star of PYAASA, Guru Dutt-like Ritwik Ghatak, one of
India's great film tragedians-crafts a mesmerizing tale of an artist's struggle to
maintain his passion and integrity in the face of a mercilessly crass and materialistic
world. Though a gifted poet, Vijay (Dutt) is ridiculed by his peers and forced to live as
a beggar. Poetry leads him to true love but also sinks him in a miasma of obsessions. Fame
arrives but only after the loss of his identity. A film of startling tensions-neorealist
images of Calcutta's mean streets are set in close proximity to dreamy flights of romantic
fantasy-PYAASA is a musical of truly extraordinary visual and thematic power. Producer: G.
Dutt. Dialogue: Abrar Alvi. Cinematography: V.K. Murthy. Editor: Y.G. Chauhan. Music:
Sachin Dev Burman. Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi. With: G. Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Mala Sinha,
Johnny Walker. 35mm, in Hindi with English subtitles, 153 min.
For more information please call (310) 206-FILM or visit www.cinema.ucla.edu .
May 30, 2000
Korean War: The Last 50 Years
See the calendar for other events in this series: June 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 10.
This film and lecture series commemorates the Korean War by asking: How is it
remembered in South Korea cinema? In the intervening half century, the war has
become one of the most enduring and contentious issues in Korean culture. And every
decade the biggst political controversies in South Korean film industry have been posed by
some of the film presented in this series-which draws from works that deal directly with
the war as well as works that investigate the lingering trauma of the war as manifested by
the partition. This series has many sponsors: UCLA Film and Television
Archive, UCI Film and Video Center, Korean Cultural Center-Los Angeles, Korean War
Veterans Association-Southern California Chapter, Chosen Fe-Korean War Veterans
Association, UCI Department of East Asian Studies and Literatures, UCI Center for Asian
Studies, UCI Department of History, UCLA Center for Korean Studies, Southern California
Korean and Korean American Studies Seminar, Korean American Museum.
Two Films: The Marines Who Never
Returned and Shiri
7:30 p.m.
James Bridge Theater, UCLA
Located in Melintz Hall, on the northeast corner of the UCLA campus in Westwood near the
intersection of Sunset Blvd. and Hilgard Ave. (east of the San Diego/405 Freeway, Sunset
Blvd. exit). Box office opens one hour before showtime.
$6 general, $4 students (with i.d.) and seniors.
The Marines Who Never Returned
(Toraoji annûn haebyông), South Korea, 1963
Directed by Yi Man-hûi
This film chronicles the harrowing experiences of a marine
platoon fighting in the Korean War. The film ends with this admonition: "You
must be a witness to this war. Tell others about the dead. Ask them if war is a necessary
thing."
Shiri, South Korea, 1999
Directed by Kang Jegyu
This film is a spy- thriller about a South Korean secret
agent on the trail of a North Korean proffessional killer.
Both films are in Korean with English subtitles.
May 31, 2000
"North - South Korea Relations in Transition"
Prof. Yong-Sup Han
Korea National Defense University, and Visiting Fellow at RAND
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
2258A Franz Hall, UCLA
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for
Korean Studies and the International Studies and
Overseas Programs. Phone: (310) 825-3284 E-mail: koreanstudies@isop.ucla.edu
May 31, 2000
Covering China: Does the Media Always Get It
Wrong?
Seth Faison
New York Times
noon
4269 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Seth Faison served for five years as New York Times
Shanghai Bureau Chief. Prior to that he was based in Beijing and wrote for the South China
Morning Post. Faison is drawing on his decade of China-reporting and other studies for the
book he is currently writing. He is a visiting fellow of the Pacific Council for
International Policy.
Sponsored by the UCLA
Center for Chinese Studies. Call (310) 825-8683 for additional information.
May 31, 2000
"Pornography, Anti-Communism and
Modernism in Vietnam: The Case Against Vu Trong Phung"
Professor Peter Zinoman
University of California, Berkeley
noon
11377 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Lunch will be provided.
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast
Asian Studies. For more information please contact (310) 206-9163.
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
