UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
June 2001
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Starts May 25, 2001
"Himalaya"
Directed by Eric Valli
Cecchi Gori Fine Arts Theater
8556 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills
(310) 652-1330
Through September 2, 2001
"Paintings, Prints and Drawings by Hokusai"
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave.,
Pasadena, CAUkiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) and other works from Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), one of Edo Japan's most distinguished artists, are on display.
Open 10 am - 5pm on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and 10 am - 8 pm on Thursdays.
Price: $5.
Seniors: $3.
Students: $3.
Children, free.Information: 626-449-2742, ext. x19
Through September 30, 2001
"The Nature of the Beast: Portrayals of Animals in Japenese Paintings"
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave.,
Pasadena, CAIn forty paintings, visitors can see different Japanese approaches to depicting animals. Among the artists being exhibited are Katsushika Hokusai, Mori Sosen, Ito Jakuchu, and Minol Araki. The exhibit has three parts: "Drawing From Tradition: Capturing the Ideal"; Capturing the Form: Drawing From Reality"; and "Capturing the Essence: Drawing From the Imagination."
For information on hours and admission prices, please see the above announcement.
Lectures, conferences, and performances
June 1, 2001
Music of Korea and Bali
DongSuk Kim, Director, Music of Korea
I Nyoman Wenten, Director, Music of Bali.7:30 p.m.
Schoenberg HallThe Music of Korea Ensemble presents a variety of styles of court and folk music and dance traditions. This year the 80-member percussion group will perform “Pogurak,” an old court dance, as well as a new composition on tae-pyung-so (an oboe-like instrument). The ensemble includes both students and professional Korean musicians and dancers.
The Bali Ensemble features gamelan music (the generic Indonesian word for orchestra) and dance. The Balinese gamelan gong kebyar is famous for its fast tempos, abrupt changes of texture and brilliantly costumed dancers who act out stories from the Ramayana.
Free to the public. Sponsored by the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology.
June 2, 2001
Visual Artists Guild Annual Tiananmen Commemoration
Guest Speaker: Ho Pin
5:30 p.m. registration
6 p.m. dinnerGolden Dragon Restaurant
960 North Broadway,
Los Angeles Chinatown
(213) 626-2039Years ago, Ho Pin published a collection of internal PRC government and Communist Party documents on the decision making that led to the government's violent crackdown on demonstrators in June 1989. At the time of the demonstrations, Ho Pin was a freelance journalist in Beijing. Among the publications that he contributed to at that time was Hong Kong's Ming Bao Daily.
Reservations and advance payment ($25 includes dinner) are required. For additional information or to make reservations, please call (310) 539-0234 or write to visualal@pacbell.net.
June 2, 2001
Music of China and Japan
Chi Li, Director, Music of China
Ikuko Yuge, Director, Music of Japan7:30 p.m.
Schoenberg Hall, UCLAThe 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 Music of Japan Ensemble performs chamber music for koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi known as sankyokyu, court orchestra music known as gagaku, and the now-famous taiko drumming. UCLA’s gagaku ensemble was founded in the 1960s by the first hereditary imperial Japanese musician ever to leave the confines of the court.
Free to the public. Sponsored by the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology.
June 4, 2001
"Sex and the Body Politic in Resident Korean Fiction"
Melissa Wender
Japanese Studies, Bates College, Maine3 p.m.
Hacienda Room, Faculty Center, UCLASponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese Studies.
June 4, 2001
"The Tian An Men Papers on the Tian An Men Anniversary:
A Roundtable Discussion"Invited Panelists:
Featured Guest: Ho Ping, Publisher of The Tian An Men Papers (early edition) Eugene Cooper Anthropology, USC
Daniel Lynch International Relations, USC
James Tong Political Science, UCLA3 - 4:30 p.m.
Hedco Neuroscience Building (HNB)
Conference Room 107
University of Southern CaliforniaParking: USC Gate # 1 (Exposition Blvd. at Watt Way, between Vermont and Figueroa) or Gate #6 (Vermont Avenue at 36th Place between Jefferson and Exposition).
This discussion is sponsored by the USC East Asian Studies Center. RSVP requested. Please reply by email to Chris Evans: ccevans@usc.edu, call (213) 740-2993, or fax (213) 740-8409.
June 5, 2001
Southern California Colloquium on South Asian History and Cultural Studies: "Imperial Ideology and the Politics of Display: The Indian Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London"
3-5 p.m.
6275 Bunche Hall (the History Conference Room), UCLAProfessor Mitter will speak on "Imperial Ideology and the Politics of Display: The Indian Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London."
Partha Mitter is a Scholar at the Getty Research Institute this year as part of the workshop on "Reproductions and Originals." He is Professor of Art History at the University of Sussex in England. He has been a Fellow of Clare Hall in Cambridge, England; Mellon Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; and Radhakrishnan Memorial Lecturer at Oxford. He has lectured in many of the world's leading universities. He is the author of Much Maligned Monsters (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1992); Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922 (Cambridge University Press, 1994) and Indian Art (Oxford University Press, April 2001), and numerous articles.
Abstract of the talk: This is the story of how the Indian art collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London was formed and what ideas were behind its display. An Indian silk sari was one of the first objects purchased by the museum in 1851 to teach British artisans "correct" decorative design. Its magnificent Indian collection originally came from the India Museum, which, as a showcase for Indian culture, was a key place to visit in 19th-century London, described admiringly by American tourists. The Victoria and Albert Museum came to rival the British Museum as a storehouse of national treasures. Yet the continued importance of the Indian collection demands an explanation. The talk will focus on the role British imperial ideology played in the evolution and display of the Indian collection, ascribing a central importance to its presence in the British capital.
June 6, 2001
Organizational Evolution of Non-Proliferation Policy
Amy Zegart Policy Studies, UCLA
12:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Room 3333 Public Policy Building (3rd Floor, Policy Building), UCLAAmy Zegart is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Policy Studies. Her primary research interests include organizational effectiveness and U.S. foreign policy making. Her first book, "Flawed by Design: The Evolution of the CIA, JCS, and NSC"(Stanford University Press, 1999) won the American Political Science Association's award for the best dissertation in public administration. Zegart spent three years as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, interned on the National Security Council staff, and more recently served as an advisor to the Bush 2000 foreign policy campaign team. A Fulbright scholar, Zegart received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University, where she studied under Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Krasner. Her current research examines why American foreign policy agencies have adapted poorly to the Cold War's end. Zegart is the Co-founder of the Harvard-Radcliffe Women's Leadership Project, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy.
This lecture is cosponsored by the Center for Globalization and Policy Research and the Burkle Center for International Relations, UCLA.
June 8, 2001
LACMA Tour: Art of Nepal and Tibet
1 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
June 9, 2001
LACMA Tour: Arts of Japan
1 pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
June 9, 2001
" Creating Across Cultures"
8 p.m.
Japan America Theatre
244 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles, CA
Little TokyoPresented by the UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance, the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures and the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center.
Eight APPEX artists will re-unite in a program of music, dance, and theater for one-night only in Los Angeles performance at the Japan America Theatre. The UCLA Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX), a residency fellowship program funded by the Ford Foundation, promotes cross-cultural and interdisciplinary research, artistic practice, and performance.
"My Father's Teeth in My Mother's Mouth" (Taiwan & L.A.)
Cheng-Chieh Yu, choreographer
Peter Melville, designer
West Coast Premiere
A dance solo by Cheng-Chieh Yu based upon her own conflicted dental identity and inspired by her journey through its reconstruction. Ms. Yu joyfully searches her psyche regarding the cultural etiquette of the mouth and the currency of the smile."Sosak ( A Magical Brewing)" (Java & Bali)
Eko Supriyanto, choreographer
I Dewa Putu Berata, composer
Using traditional and contemporary choreography, Supriyanto draws upon memories of his mother and grandmother to make this new work which celebrates the lives of women. Five dancers and eight musicians perform in this piece, taking a journey into the world of Javanese village life."One Hundredth Day" (Thailand)
Pichet Kluncheun, choreographer
World Premiere
Choreographer and director Pichet Kluncheun will premiere a new work created in collaboration with four dancers during his residency at UCLA. Pichet states: "One hundred days after passing of our ancestors, we meet them for the last time, knowing they will be reborn again.""Sleeping with Strangers" (China & L.A.)
Dan Kwong and Peng Jingquan, co-creators
A theater piece illustrating the ironies and miscommunication when 35 year old artists live in the same house, was originally created by Peng Jingquan during his APPEX 2000 residency. In this new version Peng will collaborate with performance artist Dan Kwong.The APPEX Music Ensemble (Bali & USA)
World premiere
Featuring the compositions of: I Dewa Putu Berata (Bali), Kenny Endo (Hawaii), Lenny Seidman (Philadelphia), and I Nyoman Wenten, guest artist (Bali/LA)
The APPEX Music Ensemble represents a collective process of creation. Artists compose and perform unique works that draw upon the strengths of the ensemble. These composers are known for their work in traditional music, dance and theater forms as well as for their creative Eas-West fusion. Three new works will be premiered.Tickets: $25, $23 General Public; $18, $16 JACCC Members; $15, $10 Students & Seniors with ID. For ticket information or to charge by phone: (213) 680-3700, Monday through Saturday from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Convenient parking is available directly across the street from the theater on San Pedro Street.
June 11, 2001
LACMA Tour: Japanese Ceramics
1 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
June 12, 2001
"Is China Expansionist?"
Neville Maxwell Politics, Oxford University
4 p.m.
11377 Bunche Hall, UCLAOne of the key elements of the "threat from China" school of strategic analysis is the charge that the expansionist PRC has bullied its samll neighbors and fought its bigger ones over territorial claims -- and there are the conflicts with India, the USSR and Vietnam to give substance to that charge. Then there are the on-going disputes over the South China Sea and the future of Taiwan. What is the PRC's real record, and what does that say about the future?
Neville Maxwell passed half his career as a journalist, beginning in his native Australia and then working as a foreign correspondent for The Times (of London), first in Washington and then for eight years in South Asia. At London University's School of Oriental and African Studies he wrote the then revisionist -- but soon accepted -- account of the 1962 Sino-Indian border conflict entitled India's China War, and continued his studies of the PRC's policies, foreign and domestic, at Oxford University, from which he recently retired. Maxwell's presentation is sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and the UCLA Asia Pacific Media Network.
June 13, 2001
Who's Winning the Tug of War: Is Hong Kong more like China or is China more like Hong Kong?
Chris Yeung, South China Morning Post
Shiu Sin-Por, One Country-Two Systems Economic Research Institute in Hong Kong
James Tong (Moderator) Director, UCLA Center For East Asian Studies12 noon - 2 p.m.
Ocean Star Seafood Restaurant
145 North Atlantic Blvd. (between Garvey and Emerson),
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(626) 308-2128Since the reversion of Hong Kong to China, the question uppermost in the minds of all has been which system will have the greater impact on the other. The panel will discuss the nature of Hong Kong before and after the handover, fresh concerns about Hong Kong's autonomy and what the future may hold. The discussion is open to the public and lunch will be served.
Pre-registration: $12 per person
Pay at the door: $15 per personCall the Asia Society at (213) 624-0945 Ext. 14 to register.
Sponsored by the Hong Kong Association of Southern California and the Asia Society's Southern California Center.
June 13, 2001
Baon Arts Collective Evening of Filipino American Arts
7 - 9 p.m.
Filipino American Heritage Institute
3200 W. Temple Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90026Jaime Ardena Asian American Studies, UCLA "Filipino American Spoken Word Artists in the Seattle Area"
Cristina Miguel-Mullen Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles "Participatory Art Presentation and Filipino Community Collaboration"
Carolina San Juan World Arts in Cultures, UCLA "Ballroom Dance as an Indicator of Immigrant Identity in the Filipino Community"
Mary Gamalinda Talusan Ethnomusicology, UCLA "Marching to Progress: The Philippine Constabulary Band during the American Colonial Era in the Philippines"
The program will bring together four Filipino American artist-scholars who will share their personal experiences and their research on such diverse topics as ballroom dancing, the American Spoken Word, Pilipino community collaboration in participatory art presentations, and the use of the Philippine Constabulary Band to legitimize America's continuing presence and "civilizing" mission in the Philippines.
The panelists are Jaime Ardena, Cristina Miguel-Mullen, Carolina San Juan and Mary Gamalinda Talusan. Originally from Seattle, Washington, Jaime Ardena is now completing his Masters in Asian American Studies at UCLA. He will be returning to Seattle to continue working with his arts collective, Isang Mahal, one of the most active arts organizations for Filipino Americans in the Northwest. Jaime will be presenting a paper on Filipino American Spoken Word artists in the Seattle area. Cristina Miguel-Mullen is an artist whose work includes mural painting, interactive multi-media, the internet, photography, installation, video, and performance. She is currently a museum educator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. She has an MFA in Drawing and Studio Art and an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies under a designed program with the Chicano Latino Studies, Anthropology, Asian American Studies and the Fine Arts Department. She will speak on participatory art presentation and Filipino community collaboration in regard to the importance of food to the culture and to the historical context of food labor in agriculture. Carolina San Juan hails from San Diego. She is an M.A. student in World Arts in Cultures at UCLA. After opening a ballroom studio in a primarily Filipino community, she earned a B.A. in Visual Performing Arts from Cal State San Marcos. She now continues her research with Filipino Ballroom Dance. Her presentation is titled, "Ballroom Dance as an Indicator of Immigrant Identity in the Filipino community." Mary Talusan is a doctoral student in the Ethnomusicology Department at UCLA. She has an M.A. in Music Composition from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD. Her works were performed at the 18th Annual Conference and Festival of Asian Composers which was held in the Philippines. She spent last year in the Philippines as a Fulbright Fellow conducting research for her dissertation on the musical activities of Muslim Filipinos who migrated to Metro Manila from Mindanao. Her presentation topic will be "Marching to Progress: The Philippine Constabulary Band during the American Colonial Era in the Philippines." Limited seating. Please come early.
June 16, 2001
LACMA Tour: China's Splendid Dynasties
2 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
June 18, 2001
LACMA Tour: Arts of Japan
1 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
June 19, 2001
NipponCircle Kick-Off Event
6:30-9:30 p.m.
Rix
1413 5th Street,
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 656-9688NipponCircle is an informal network of professionals with ties to Japan. It has no political, religious, or ethnic affiliations or restrictions. It is a place where ideas, thoughts and information are exchanged freely between all Japanese and non-Japanese individuals, companies, and other institutions. $10 with RSVP - $15 at-the-door Hors de ouvres served.
June 20, 2001
Digital Media Wire & socalTECH Present a Panel Discussion: "Digital Asia: Recent Developments & New Business Opportunities"
Ravin Agrawal - Partner, EastWest VentureGroup
James Hsu - Attorney, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue
Stuart Levy - Co-Founder & CEO, TOKYOPOP
Beth Minehart - SVP Business Development, Universal Studios TelevisionModerator: Stephen Liu -- Co-Founder & President, Reelplay; Founder & Chairman, APEX
6:30-9 p.m.
Wyndham Bel Age
1020 North San Vicente Boulevard
Los Angeles, CAThis panel of executives, investors and professionals will discuss the latest developments in digital media, with a focus on business opportunities, strategies and ventures being created between the United States and China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. For more information and to register at the discounted price of $35 (includes hors d'oeuvres and one complimentary drink coupon), please visit: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=14881&Referrer_id=4074, whereby you will be prompted for a password. Please enter: asia.
Sponsors: Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Loyola Marymount Int'l MBA in Media; Asian Business League; AINT; Asian Professional Exchange; and the Asia Society Southern California Center.
June 22, 2001
LACMA Tour: Arts of Japan
1 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
June 22, 2001
"Asia Pacific Security in the 21st Century"
Admiral Dennis Cutler Blair
6 -9 p.m.
The Mission Inn,
3649 Mission inn Avenue,
Riverside, CA 92501,
(213) 624-0945Admiral Dennis Cutler Blair is Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command. Admiral Blair assumed his duties at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, on February 20, 1999. As the senior military commander in the Pacific and Indian Ocean area, he leads the largest of the unified commands and directs Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force operations across more than 100 million square miles. He is the U.S. military representative for collective defense arrangements in the Pacific. Admiral Blair also commanded the USS Cochrance, deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, from 1984 to 1986 and the Kitty Hawk Battle Group from 1993 to 1995. Ashore, Admiral Blair commanded Naval Station Pearl Harbor from 1989 to 1990 and served as Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support from 1995 to 1996. Admiral Blair will deliver a dinner address on enhancing regional security cooperation, combating illegal drugs, and fighting piracy.
Sponsored by the Asia Society Southern California Center and World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California. The cost of the dinner is $33 (members) and $43 (non-members). For information, call 213-624-0945.
June 23, 2001
LACMA Tour: Arts of Japan
1 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
June 23, 2001
"Tilting the Continent" Southeast Asian American Writing"
Noel Alumit
M.G. Sorongon
Marianne Villanueva2 p.m.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave.,
Pasadena, CAThe authors will read from and sign their book by the same name. Reservations are recommended. Please call (626) 449-2742, ext. 20.
June 24, 2001
Third Asian Pacific Fusion Food and Wine Festival 2001
12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
20th Century Fox Studios,
10201 West Pico Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Tel: 213-624-0945.Sponsored by the Asia Society, the festival will include dance and musical performances: Taiko Drums, Samul Nori, Belly Dancing; Odissi Dance; Reog Ponorogo, and more. There'll also be food demonstrations from Hong Kong, Kathakali face make-up, Mehndi, walking tour of Fox Studios.
Call today for special group rate discounts (213) 624-0945. Advance Ticket Sales: $45 Single; $70 Couple; $135 party of 4; $25 ea. Ticket for party of 6 or more, Ticket Prices at the Door: $50 Single; $80 Couple; $150 party of 4; $30 ea. Ticket for party of 6 or more. Children under 12 free. Free parking at the Pico and Motor entrance.
June 25, 2001
LACMA Tour: Arts of Japan
1 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
June 27, 2001
"State Control of Grassroots Rural Societies in Imperial China"
Qin Hui, Qinghua University
4 p.m.
11377 Bunche Hall, UCLAQIN Hui is best known for his research on the Guanzhong plain, for which he demonstrated through archival and land reform documents a pattern of social and economic change different from those of the Yangzi delta and the North China plain. He has written extensively on other periods and other subjects as well. He was editor of a series of books in "peasant studies," including a translation of A. V. Chayanov's classic (done together with his Russian-East Europeanist wife Jin Yan). He has published also on contemporary subjects and is known, among other things, for his insistence on social justice.
Prof. Qin's talk is sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies. Call (310) 825-8683.
June 30, 2001
Forum on Religious Freedom in China
Panelists:
Rev. Jonathan Chao,China Ministries International
Rev. Douglas Shin, Exodus 21
Yingnian Wu, UCLA professor and Falun Gong member
James Zimmerman, China specialist, Amnesty International9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Westwood United Methodist Church
10947 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90024Topics to be discussed include the background of religious law and organizations in China; the current state of sanctioned and outlawed religions; evidence of religious oppression; the importance of religious freedom in China to that country and the world; and what can be done to improve protection of religious liberty in China.
This discussion/workshop is sponsored by the Visual Artists Guild with the support of Amnesty International and the Westwood United Methodist Church. For additional information go to http://www.visual-artists-guild.org. Please RSVP by calling 310-539-0234 or writing to visualal@pacbell.net. The recommended donation is $10 ($5 for students). Parking is free and box lunches can be ordered when registering. The Visual Artists Guild is a 501(c)(3) tax deductible non-profit organization registered in the state of California.
June 30, 2001
LACMA Tour: Korean Art
1 p.m.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000 (general information)
(323) 857-0098 (TDD)The tour is free, but museum admission must be purchased.
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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