UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
October 2001
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October 27-December 16, 2001
Exhibition: Travelers in Asia
Woodblock Prints by Lilian Miller and Paul Jacoulet1-5 pm
Wed.-Sun.
Williamson Gallery
Scripps CollegeThis exhibition is part of the Pomona College Asian Studies program. For additional information, please contact Prof. Samuel Yamashita at syamashita@pomona.edu.
Through November 11, 2001
The Shi-tro Mandala at the San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
(619) 232-7931The three-dimensional Buddhist mandala of Universal Peace measures 8 feet square and 10 feet high and represents a palace or residence for 100 deities, Shi-tro meaning 100 Buddha families. As described above, a sand mandala will also be created. This is the first time ever that a mandala in both its three- and two- dimensional forms have been on view simultaneously in the U.S. The mandala can be seen in the museum's Asian court.
Between August 28 and September 7, admission is just 75 cents. Ordinarily admission is: adults $8, seniors (65+) $6, young adults (18-24) $6, college students (w/I.D.) $6, military (w/I.D.) $6, children (6-17) $3, 5 and under free.
Lectures, conferences, and performances
October 3-7, 2001
UCLA Film and Television Archive and the Hong Kong Economic and
Trade Development Office, San Francisco present:HONG KONG NEON
The bright lights are on and the pulse is beating again. Hong Kong cinema appears to be back on its rollicking feet after an extended case of the reunification blues and the Asian financial crisis flu. Five years after it seemed as if the world's third largest film industry had suffered a serious brain drain to Hollywood, many of its topnotch talent like Ringo Lam and Peter Chan have either returned home or settled into dual-track, trans-Pacific careers.
Filmmakers such as Lawrence Ah Mon and Stanley Kwan who remained in Hong Kong during this period have continued to stretch and produce brilliantly personal work. In the depth of the pre-millennial doldrums, producer-director Johnnie To and his Milkyway collaborators, including Patrick Yau, forged the kind of fabulously propulsive, emotionally crackling actioners that Hong Kong popular cinema is justifiably known for (The Archive will mount a series on To's directorial work this November).
At the same time, a generational shift has taken place. Younger directors like Benny Chan, Aubrey Lam, and Wilson Yip have come to prominence in recent years. And a distinctly indie cinema, initiated by mavericks like Fruit Chan (whose work was recently shown at the Archive) and expanded upon by emerging filmmakers like Yan Yan-Mak, has added yet another facet to Hong Kong's newly revitalized film scene.
Unless otherwise noted, all films are in Cantonese with English subtitles. Performances will be at: James Bridges Theater (formerly Melnitz Theater), located at the corner of north campus fronted by Wyton Dr. and Hilgard Ave in Melnitz Hall. The box office opens one hour before showtime and there is no advanced ticketing. Phone number for the Archive Main Office is listed as: (310) 206-8013.
For directions, consult the online map.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3
7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Premiere
GEN-X COPS
(Dak Ging San Yan Lui)
(1999) Directed by Benny Chan
A box-office smash in Hong Kong, this movie about the crime-fighting high jinks of a group of police-cadet rebels heralded its film industry's current resurgence. Pop heartthrob Nicholas Tse (TIME AND TIDE) leads the mod squad of rookies charged with infiltrating a sinister arms-smuggling operation. Hip and multilingual, these Gen-Xers represent an irreverent new breed of Hong Kong action star. Director Benny Chan keeps his charismatic young performers on the run, orchestrating a dazzling array of fights, stunts, and special-effects setpieces, liberally punctuated with doses of brazen humor. Fetching American transplant Daniel Wu (BISHONEN) and tough guy-goofball Francis Ng (THE MISSION) add supporting cast sparks, while producer Jackie Chan drops in for a breezy cameo.
Producers: John Chong Ching, Solon So Chi-Hung, B. Chan. Screenplay: B. Chan, Chit Ka-Kei, Koan Hui, Lee Yee-Wa. Cinematography: Arthur Wong. Action Director: Nicky Li. Editor: Cheung Ka-Fai. With: Nicholas Tse, Sam Lee, Stephen Fung, Daniel Wu, Grace Yip, Eric Tsang. 35mm, 113 min.Reception following the screening of GEN-X COPS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4
7:30 p.m.
NEW FILM BY STANLEY KWAN
Best-known for his ravishing femme elegies of Chinas past-Anita Mui as a '30s Hong Kong concubine in ROUGE (1987), and Maggie Cheung as the tragic silent screen star Ruan Lingyu in CENTER STAGE (1991)--acclaimed Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan will present a sneak preview of his latest film. There will be a discussion with Mr. Kwan and his producer Zhang Yongning after the screening.Pre-screening reception begins at 6:30 p.m.
In person: Stanley Kwan, Zhang Yongning
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5
7:30 p.m.
U.S. Premiere
SPACKED OUT
(Miu Yan Ga Sai)
(2000) Directed by Lawrence Ah Mon
A pointed inversion of his own male-centered lost-youth film GANGS (1988), Lawrence Ah Mon's SPACKED OUT charts the delinquent pastimes of four adolescent girls from the housing-project fringes of Hong Kong. Bingeing through a landscape of broken homes, garish malls, and karaoke joints, the girls--two queer, two straight--grapple with friendship, sex, drugs, and abortion. The USC-educated Ah Mon (a.k.a. Lawrence Lau) coaxes startlingly nuanced performances from his quartet of newcomers, and depicts their marginal milieu with raw subjectivity. SPACKED OUT is an indelible portrait of girls coming of age in a perilously adult world.
Producer: Johnnie To. Screen play: Yeung Sin-Ling, Au Shui-Lin. Rat. Cinematography: Lai Yiu-Fai. Editor: Chan Chi-Wai. With: Debbie Tam, Christy Cheung, Angela Au, Maggie Poon. 35mm, 91 min.Los Angeles Premiere
TWELVE NIGHTS
(Sap Yee Yau)
(2000) Directed by Aubrey Lam
Borrowing its narrative from Bergman's SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE, TWELVE NIGHTS traces the contours of a relationship in 12 episodes over the course of a year. Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong's "It-Girl" du jour, and eason Chan play the young couple whose tumultuous love life the film depicts with wry humor and compassion. By increments, director Aubrey Lam fashions the portrait of a woman groping towards maturity. With lustrous visuals and insightful dialogue, the film is a smart, bittersweet chronicle of the vicissitudes of modern romance. Director Peter Chan, for whom Lam penned such films as WHO'S THE WOMAN, WHO'S THE MAN, produced her directorial debut.
Producer: Peter Chan. Screenplay: A. Lam. Cinematography: Cheng Siu-Keung. Editor: Kwong Chi-Leung. With: Cecilia Cheung, eason Chan, Ronald Cheng, Candy Lo. 35mm, 91 min.SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
7:30 p.m.
U.S. Premiere
VICTIM
(Muk Lau Hung Gwong)
(1999) Directed by Ringo Lam
Action maestro Ringo Lam infuses this police thriller with the atmospherics of supernatural horror. Lau Ching-Wan--often dubbed Hong Kong's "everyman" actor--is the nominal victim, a computer engineer who mysteriously disappears after losing his nest egg in the Asian financial crisis. Tony Leung Ka-Fai plays the cop who tracks him down to an old haunted hotel. A suspenseful cat-and-mouse tussle between Lau and Leung ensues, its escalating skirmishes eventually exposing the terrifying vulnerability of traditional masculinity to borderless capital. CITY ON FIRE meets THE SHINING in this tense mood piece that blends genres as cannily as it delivers offhand social commentary.
Producers: R. Lam, Joe Ma. Screenplay: J. Ma, R. Lam, Ho Man-Lung. Cinematography: Ross Clarkson. Editor: Chan Chi-Wai. With: Lau Ching-Wan, Any Kwok, Tong Leung Ka-Fai, Hui Siu-Hung. 35mm, 104 min.U.S. Premiere
JULIET IN LOVE
(Jue Lai Yip Yue Leung Sann Ang)
(2000) Directed by Wilson Yip
Director Wilson Yip earned notice as an action stylist with his pyrotechnic balletics in BULLETS OVER SUMMER (1999). Here his exuberant camera energizes a genre-bending tale of mismatched lonely hearts. Comedienne Sandra Ng sheds her comic chops as a world-weary survivior of mastectomy and divorce whose second chance comes in the unlikely figure of Francis Ng's street hoodlum. Simon Yam becomes their unwitting matchmaker as a triad boss desperately in need of a nanny for his illegitimate baby. Melding the gangster film and melodrama, JULIET IN LOVE adroitly transforms one's cliche into the other's prospect, turning a story about two working-class losers into an engaging offbeat look at life's unexpected twists.
Producer: Joe Ma. Screenplay: Matt Chow. Cinematography: Lam Wah-Chuen. Editor: Cheung Ka-Fai. Action Director: Adam Chan. With: Sandra Ng, Francis Ng, Simon Yam, Eric kot. 35 mm, 89 min.SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7
2 p.m.
Los Angeles Premiere
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
(Fei Sheung Tak Yin)
(1998) Directed by Patrick Yau
Shot through with post-reunification anxiety and characteristic kinetic flair of a Milkyway production, EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED is a high-concept police thriller with a decidedly fatalistic bent. Lau Ching-Wan and Simon Yam play the cops, a couple of cool pros taking on a band of jewel thieves while competing for the affections of restaurateur Ruby Wong. Patrick Yau directs the action with bravura verve and injects the love triangle as a refreshing comic digression. One of the standouts of recent Hong Kong cinema, EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED helped shake the territory's film industry out of its mid-'90s slump.
Producers: Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai. Screenplay: Szeto Kam-Yuen, Yau Nai-Hoi, Taurus Chow. Cinematography: Ko Chiu-Lam. Editor: Chan Chi-Wai. With: Lau Ching-Wan, Simon Yam, Ruby Wong, Yoyo Mung. 35 mm, in Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles, 90 min.SPACKED OUT
Repeat screening, see film notes for Friday, October 5.SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7
7 p.m.
North American Premiere
GEGE
(2001) Directed by Yan Yan-Mak
Yan Yan-Mak journeyed to the remote Mainland province of Qinghai to shoot her low-budget first feature. The minimalist plot concerns a Hong Kong man on a quest in northern China to find his missing older brother. Guided only by a postcard, he navigates warily through the unfamiliar rural terrain. His inconclusive interactions with the locals gently reveal the unresolved gulf between city and country, Hong Kong and the Mainland. An assured debut that has already racked up critics' awards and a Venice Film Festival berth, GEGE is a Hong Konger's self-reflexive inquiry into China's vast heartland.
Producer/Screenplay: Yan Y.M. Cinematography: Siuki Yip, Eric Lau. Editor: Tam K.M. With: Tam K.M., Jin Cai-Hsia, Cai Tao. 35 mm, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 90 min.VICTIM
Repeat screening: see film notes for Saturday, October 6.
October 3-October 28, 2001
Red
Written and directed by Chay Yew8pm
Los Angeles Premiere
East West Players
David Henry Hwang Theater
120 North Judge John Aiso Street (formerly San Pedro St.)
Little Tokyo
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Box Office (213) 625-4397
When Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution sweeps through China, the ancient, glorious art of Beijing Opera becomes a pawn in the dangerous new game of politics versus tradition. For an established star, whose life plays out on stage, and his young female protégé caught up in the Revolution, the game has stunning consequences. A TAP (Theater Access Performance) show, which is sign-interpreted for deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons, is on Friday, October 26th at 8:00 p.m.
October 4, 2001
An Evening with Herbert Bix, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan"
6:30-8 pm
The Water Garden, Main Lobby
2425 Olympic Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
- In his biography of the Showa emperor, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three year reign ushered in Japan into the modern world. Sponsored by the Japan America Society and The Japan Foundation and Language Center, Los Angeles. Parking will be validated. RSVP needed. For information, contact: (213) 627-6217, ext. 202 or japanamerica1@hotmail.com.
October 4, 2001
"Christianity and the Chinese People"
Zhiming Yuan, scriptwriter, People's Republic of China
4:15 pm
Hahn 101
Pomona College
333 North College Way
Claremont, CA 91711This lecture is part of the Pomona College Asian Studies program. For additional information, please contact Prof. Samuel Yamashita at syamashita@pomona.edu.
October 4-7, 2001
10th Los Angeles Arts of Asia Pacific Show
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Main St. at PicoThursday, October 4th
6-9 pm
Sneak PreviewFriday, October 5th
11 am-8 pm
Saturday, October 6th
11 am-7 pm
Sunday, October 7th
12-5 pmThis event includes 65 international antique and Asian art dealers exhibiting. It is the "most important Asian art event in the city," according to the Los Angeles Times. Tickets are $40 per person on October 4th; $10 per person on the other days. The admission price on October 4th includes hor d'oeuvres, repeat admission, and the first opportunity to view and purchase at the show. Reservations are needed for the October 4th showing. The price of admission on October 5-7 includes repeat admission. On Sunday, October 7th, there is no admission after 4:30 pm. For information phone (310) 455-2886 or go online at www.caskeylees.com.
October 5, 2001
"Workshop on the Art of Wayang Kulit"
Nyoman Sumandhi, master puppeteer
1:15 pm
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building
Pomona College
333 North College Way
Claremont, CA 91711This performance is part of the Pomona College Asian Studies program. For additional information, please contact Prof. Samuel Yamashita at syamashita@pomona.edu.
October 5, 2001
"Wayang Kulit Concert"
Nyoman Sumandhi, master puppeteer
8 pm
Bridges Hall of Music
Pomona College
333 North College Way
Claremont, CA 91711This performance is part of the Pomona College Asian Studies program. For additional information, please contact Prof. Samuel Yamashita at syamashita@pomona.edu.
October 7, 2001
"Home Sweet Home''
12:30 and 5 pm (film)
3 pm (Lecture by Tomio Kuriyama)
Japan America Theatre
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2725
Fax: (213) 617-8576
General Info Email: info@jaccc.orgThis film was directed by Tomio Kuriyama. Tomio Kuriyama, veteran of Shochiku films, adds his own touch to this film, based on Zenzo Matsuyama's original play/script which deals with the controversial theme of care for the elderly. The cast includes Shigeru Kamiyama, Nenji Kobayashi, Jun Yabuki, Mai Kitajima, Mii Sakai, and Michino Yokoyama. Co-sponsored by the JACCC and Keiro Services. For more information call the Japanese Chamber of Commerce at (213) 626-3087. Sponsored by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce
General Admission: $10 (Film), $10 (Lecture). To purchase tickets and for information, call the Japan America Theatre Box Office at (213) 680-3700.
October 8, 2001
"Shakespeare in India"
Asian Studies Lecture Series
Betty Bernhard, Department of Theatre4:15 pm
Hahn 108
Pomona College
333 North College Way
Claremont, CA 91711This lecture is part of the Pomona College Asian Studies program. For additional information, please contact Prof. Samuel Yamashita at syamashita@pomona.edu.
October 9, 2001
CULTURE ADVISOR AND AUTHOR, DR. EUN Y. KIM, TO SPEAK AT UCLA
6-9 pm
State Rooms 131 and 133 Kerckhoff Hall
UCLAAn Asian-American attempts to answer questions that emerged from her surveys of more than 2,000 Americans and non-Americans. In her new book The Yin and Yang of American Culture: A Paradox, Eun Y. Kim lists 23 American virtues and 27 American vices from an Asian perspective. Applying the unique Chinese yin and yang principle (complimentary opposites) to dualistic American culture, Kim lays out the possibilities for virtues in American vices and warns of potential vices in American virtues.
In this Meet the Author event, Dr. Kim will outline the world's perceptions of America, as well as the top ten American virtues and top 10 vices from an Asian perspective. She will conclude her talk with reflections on the global virtues which, in her view, can transform American culture into a truly world-class culture. Sponsored by the Asia Pacific Media Network.
Admission is FREE, but space is limited and reservations are highly recommended. For reservations or more information, contact Grace Hwang at (310) 206-9803 or email: apmn@sppsr.ucla.edu.
October 9, 2001
Hori Hiroshi Puppet Company- "From the Tale of Genji"
8 pm
Japan America Theatre
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2725
Fax: (213) 617-8576
General Info Email: info@jaccc.orgMaster puppeteer Hori Hiroshi creates a world of visual fantasy combining the beauty of traditional Japan with his own unique form of stylized expression. This internationally-acclaimed artist painstakingly handcrafts each of his near life-size puppets using luxurious silks and antique ornaments. In this special Los Angeles appearance, Hori Hiroshi brings to life the splendors of Lady Murasaki's epic romance, "The Tale of Genji." Through film and lecture, Hori takes you through the involved process of creation, and brings his puppets to life in performances of "Akashi" and "Aoi no Ue" from Murasaki's beloved novel, and "Hagoromo" based on the classic Noh drama. Presented in association with The Japan Foundation.
General tickets: $16; JACCC Members: $14; Students, Seniors& Groups: $12. To purchase tickets and information call the Japan America Theatre Box Office at (213) 680-3700.
October 10, 2001
Slaves, Brides and Other Gifts: Inequality and Exchange on Sumba (Indonesia)
Janet Hoskins,
Department of Anthropology,
University of Southern California3-4:30 pm
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLAThis event is sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Please call the (310) 206-9163 for additional information.
October 11, 2001
The State of Women in the Philippines and Sex Trafficking
Liza Masa,
Philippine House of Representatives12-1:30 pm
255 Kinsey Hall
UCLAThis event is sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women. Please call the (310) 206-9163 for additional information.
October 12, 2001
East Asian Studies Center University of Southern California
presents: "Peasantry and Freedom in China: The Wuxi Story"Manoranjan Mohanty,
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India
Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi
India Visiting Scholar, Center for Chinese Studies, UCLA2 pm
Center for International Studies Seminar Room (SOS Room B-40)
USCBased on periodic fieldwork done in the rural area of Wuxi since 1979, Professor Mohanty assesses the course of rural reforms in China, especially focusing on the lessons that can be learned from this experience in the third world context. He argues that for peasants to realize multi-dimensional freedom, a dynamic political role of the party, government, and community is more important than the market. Professor Mohanty is currently writing a book on this topic. For more information call the East Asian Studies Center University of Southern California at (213) 740-2993 or send email to easc@usc.edu.
October 12-13, 2001
Hong Kong Ballet's West Coast Premiere of "The Last Emperor"
8 pm
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
12700 Center Court Drive
Cerritos, CA 90703Commissioned by the Hong Kong Ballet to commemorate the hand-over of Hong Kong to China in 1997, renowned choreographer Wayne Eagling's "The Last Emperor” is the world's first full-length ballet with a Chinese historical background. It tells the story of Pu Yi, the last Manchu Emperor, from the time he assumed the throne at the age of 2 in 1908 until his death during the Cultural Revolution in 1967. For ticket information phone (800) 300-4345 or order online at www.cerritoscenter.com.
October 12-14, 2001
2001 Annual Meeting of the Western Branch of the American Oriental Society
Royce Hall, UCLA
This year the AOS Western Branch will hold its annual meeting on the UCLA campus on October 12-14, 2001. The AOS, the nation's oldest scholarly society, supports scholarship on all of Asia, with primary focus on literature, language, art, archaeology, philosophy, religion, and history in the premodern era. Although AOS encompasses all of Asia, the Western Branch annual meetings generally are heavily weighted toward East Asia: at the last AOS/WB meeting at UCLA in 1995, 32 of 33 papers were devoted to China, Japan, Korea, and Tibet. Faculty and graduate students wishing to present papers must be members of the AOS,* but everyone is cordially invited to attend (there will be a registration fee of $20). The sessions will be held in Royce Hall on the UCLA campus.
Any member of the AOS is invited to submit a paper or panel proposal plus the registration fee to Richard von Glahn, Dept. of History, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1473. Proposals must be received by Sept. 1, 2001, to be included in the program. Accepted papers will be given 15-20 minutes for presentation. Final programs will be mailed to registered participants in late September.
A reception for all participants will be held on the UCLA campus on Friday, Oct. 12, after the last panel of the day. A banquet will be held on Saturday evening, Oct. 13, on the UCLA campus. The cost for the banquet is $35. Anyone who wishes to attend the banquet must register by Sept. 1, 2001. If you will attend the banquet, please specify your choice of entree (meat / fish / vegetarian) when you submit your registration.
Anyone who does not intend to present a paper but would like to pre-register for the conference should send the $20 registration fee to Richard von Glahn at the above address. You can also register at the time of the meeting. Please remember that you must reserve a seat at the banquet ($35) by Sept. 1st.
By long-standing tradition, the AOS/WB annual meeting is preceded by a friendly softball game on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 11). Anyone who'd like to join in should assemble in the lobby of the Doubletree Hotel (where out-of-town participants will be staying), 10740 Wilshire Blvd. (corner of Selby), Los Angeles, at 2:30 pm on Oct. 11.
*Membership information is available at the AOS website: http://www.umich.edu/~aos
October 14, 2001
Japan America Kite Festival
10 am to sundown
Seal Beach Pier City of Seal Beach, California
At the intersection of Main St. and Ocean Ave. in Seal BeachThe Japan America Kite Festival is open to the public and will feature a variety of kite flying competitions, demonstrations, raffles, prizes, and an awards ceremony for the kite competitions. Activities will include free kite making and flying lessons, as well as performances by world famous kite performers. The public is encouraged to bring their own kites to fly at the festival. Participants in the kite flying will receive a free American flag pin in honor of the tragic events in New York and Washington, D.C.
Hosted by the Japan America Society, the Japan America Kite Festival is dedicated to highlighting traditional and modern Japanese kites and will feature several Japanese cultural events and activities, including free Japanese kite kits for children of all ages, Japanese kite battles, and taiko drummers.
World famous Japanese Kite Master, Mr. Mikio Toki, from Tokyo is this year's Japan America Kite Festival "Special Guest".
Mr. Toki will display and demonstrate his hand-made, traditional Edo Period kites. He will also lead a workshop for boys and girls to learn how to make a traditional Japanese kites (Mr. Toki's workshop is generously sponsored by The Japan Foundation Los Angeles Office & Language Center). Toki is famous as a master of Edo Period kites. For more information contact the Japan America Society at (213) 627-6217, ext. 203 or Douglas Erber (vice president) at jas_doug@hotmail.com.
October 14, 2001
9th Annual Thai Culture Day
11 am
Parade begins at Thailand Plaza in Hollywood and ends at Los Angeles City College (LACC).Sponsored by the Thai Community Arts and Cultural Center (310) 827-2910. Traditions presented include Thai classical dance and music, storytelling, fruits and vegetable carving, and food demonstrations.
October 14, 2001
Katsudo Shashin - Japanese Classic Films Return to Little Tokyo
The JACCC presents a festival of Japanese films. This monthly series of post-war Japanese films showcases popular and rarely-screened works dating from 1949 - 1977. These post-war masterpieces examine the restructuring of Japanese society, the breakdown of traditional family values, and the role of women in Japanese society.
Woman in the Dunes
(Teshigawara Production 1964)1 pm
Japan America Theatre
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2725
Fax: (213) 617-8576
General Info Email: info@jaccc.org
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigawara, featuring Kyoko Kishida. Hiroshima Teshigawara, avant-garde artist/director and master of traditional Japanese flower arrangement, directed this film based on Kobo Abe's masterpiece about a man caught in an eerie world made of sand. Toru Takemitsu's music adds to the unearthly atmosphere.The Makioka Sisters
(Kokusaihoei 1950)5 pm
Japan America Theatre
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 505
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Phone: (213) 628-2725
Fax: (213) 617-8576
General Info Email: info@jaccc.org
Directed by Yutaka Abe, featuring Hideko Takamine. Based on Junichiro Tanizaki's "Sasame Yuki (The Makioka Sisters)," this film captures the daily life of four beautiful sisters from a distinguished family in decline.
Screenings are presented with support from The Japan Foundation. General Admission: $6; JACCC Members, Students/Seniors, Groups: $4. To purchase tickets and for information, call the Japan America Theatre Box Office at (213) 680-3700.
October 15, 2001
"Japan As A Military Power: Strategic Options"
Ronald Morse,
Paul I. Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations, UCLA Center for Japanese Studies3 pm
Lounge, Faculty Center, UCLASponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese Studies. If you have questions, please contact the office at 310-825-8681.
October 17, 2001
"Early Korean Capitals"
Lothar von Falkenhausen
Art History
UCLA12 pm
Room A222
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
October 18, 2001
Chinese Art and the Silk Road
6 pm
Museum Galleries
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
PHONE (619) 232-7931
Thursday Insight Gallery Talk by David Smith, lecturer. Every month, the Museum offers educational talks in the galleries that are open to the public. These talks are free with museum admission. Talks begin in the Rotunda.
October 20, 2001
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies in conjunction with the Southern California China Colloquium
presents a day-long conference
SPATIALITY AND PRIVACY IN THE CHINESE HOUSE AND HOME
9:30 am-4 pm
4355C Bunche Hall
UCLA9:30 am to 12:30 pm - Morning Session
Eugene Cooper (USC), ChairEugene Anderson (UC Riverside), Space & Privacy among Chinese Fisherfolk: Variations on Chinese Themes
Maris Gillette (Haverford College), Houses & Memory: Case Studies from the Xian Muslim District
Yunxiang Yan (UCLA), A Room of One's Own: House Remodeling and the Quest for Privacy in a Chinese Village
2:00 to 4:00 pm - Afternoon Session
Nancy Levine (UCLA), ChairFrancesca Bray (UC Santa Barbara), Masculine-Feminine: Domestic Aesthetics & Consumption in the late Ming
Charlotte Furth (USC), Solitude, Silence & Concealment: Boundaries of the Social Body in Ming Dynasty China
Discussants:
Susan Greenhalgh (UC Irvine)
Stevan Harrell (Univ. of Washington)The Southern California China Colloquium is funded in part by the UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
October 21, 2001
Chinese Art and the Silk Road
2 pm
Museum Galleries
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
PHONE (619) 232-7931Sunday Insight Gallery Talk by David Smith, lecturer. Every month, the Museum offers educational talks in the galleries that are open to the public. These talks are free with museum admission. Talks begin in the Rotunda.
October 23, 2001
Information on the UC Education Abroad Program in the Philippines
Two sessions: 8am & 12 pm
11377 Bunche Hall
UCLASusan Quimpo, who will be in charge of the new Summer 2002 language and culture program, as well as of the Intensive Language component of the academic year program, will be showing slides and answering questions. Barbara Gaerlan of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies helped launch the program in spring 2001 and will also speak at the session. This is a unique opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to become acquainted with this exciting new program.
October 30, 2001
Temporal and Spatial Variations in the Muslim World: Southeast Asia
Anthony Reid, History
2-3:20 pm
2173 Bunche Hall, UCLAThis lecture is open to the public and is part of a new course: Introduction to Islamic Studies. The talk is sponored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.
October 24, 2001
"Chinese Culture during the Han Dynasty --- Recent Archaeological Findings "
by Professor Baoping Wang, The Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology (Translation by Professor Lothar von Falkenhausen)
12-1 pm
Fowler Room A222
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
October 24, 2001
Slipping Over the Border: Development and State-Ethnic Conflict in China and Burma
Sara Davis,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
UCLA Center for SE Asian Studies3-4:30 pm
1221B Bunche Hall, UCLAThis paper draws on new field research into migration and trans-border ethnic activism between China, Burma, Laos and Thailand (the "Golden Triangle"), and the emergence of pan-ethnic Buddhist and social movements. Such transborder alliances, formed around charismatic monks and other agencies, could destabilize several national projects. However, they spring from the pressures created by alliances between totalizing nation-states and the pressures of globalizing economic interests. These include internationally-funded tourism and infrastructure development projects, and the feverish competition for rich mineral, lumber and oil resources in hard-to-reach minority areas. These globalizing economic and political forces create openings, both on physical borders and in national rhetoric, for displaced and mobile ethnic activists.
This event is sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Please call the (310) 206-9163 for additional information.
October 24, 2001
World Premier: Genji: A Thousand Year Love
Directed by HORIKAWA Tonko
Produced and distributed by Toei Co.El Capitan Theater
6838 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
(800) 347-6396Murasaki Shikibu's novel is brought to life in this $10 million production featuring AMAMI Yuki as Genji and WATANABE Ken and YOSHINAGA Sayuri.
Click to read Mark Magnier article (Oct. 23, 2001) in the LA Times on the film.
October 24-26, 2001
Symposium on: "The Challenges of Reconciliation and Reform in Korea"
Wednesday, October 24, 2001
6:30 pm: Welcome Reception, UCLA Faculty Center, Courtyard Remarks: John Duncan, Director, Center for Korean Studies, UCLA
Joseph A.B. Winder, President, Korea Economic Institute of AmericaThursday, October 25, 2001
8:30 am: Continental Breakfast8:50 am: Welcoming Remarks by: Albert Carnesale, UCLA Chancellor Jong-chul Lim, Korea Council of Economic and Social Research Institutes
9:00 am: Panel I: "Sustaining Inter-Korean Reconciliation: North-South Cooperation"
Moderator: Tom Plate, UCLA
Presenters: Chung-in Moon, Yonsei University
Kyung-ae Park, University of British Columbia
Discussants: Ambassador Jan Eliasson, Embassy of Sweden Timothy Savage, Nautilus Institute
John Merrill, U.S. State Department10:30 am Coffee Break
10:45 am Panel II: "Supporting Inter-Korean Reconciliation: The Role of the United States and the Major Powers"
Moderator: Edward Chang, UC Riverside
Presenters: Chae-jin Lee, Claremont College
Tong-hwan Park, Northwestern University/UC Irvine
Discussants: Father John Daly, Loyola Marymount University Balbina Hwang, Heritage Foundation
Daniel Pinkston, Monterey Institute of International Studies1:30 am Panel III: "Redefining the Korean Economic Model in the Information Technology Age"
Moderator: Timothy Lim, California State University, Los Angeles Presenters: Ku-hyun Jung, Yonsei University
Lawrence Krause, UC San Diego
Discussants: Martin Sours, Thunderbird-American Graduate School of Int. Mgt.
Robert Myers, Hoover Institution3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm Panel IV: "Crafting a New Approach to Labor Market Flexibility and Social Welfare Policy in Korea"
Moderator: Gi-wook Shin, Stanford University
Presenters: Hagen Koo, University of Hawaii
Won-sun Park, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy Discussants: Young-nahn Baek, UCLA
Sun-hyuk Kim, University of Southern CaliforniaFriday, October 26, 2001
8:30 am Continental Breakfast9:00 am Panel V: "Deepening Korea's Trade and Investment Linkages in the Asia-Pacific"
Moderator: Gregory Treverton, Rand Corporation
Presenters: Benjamin Goodrich, Institute for International Economics Wook Chae, KIEP
Discussants: Robert Dekle, USC
Bernard Gordon, University of New Hampshire
Jane Skanderup, Pacific Forum-CSIS10:30 am Roundtable "Summation and Discussion"
Presenters: Sung-joo Han, Korea University
Douglas Paal, Asia-Pacific Policy CenterSponsored by the UCLA Center for Korean Studies. For additional information, please call (310) 825-3284 or email koreanstudies@isop.ucla.edu.
October 25, 2001
"Re-engineering the Japanese Mind-the Outlook
for the Twenty-first Century"R. Stanton Avery Lecture Series
Hayao Kawai, chair
Prime Minister's Advisory Commission on Japan's Goals for the Twentieth- First Century8 pm
Edmunds Ballroom, Smith Campus Center
Pomona College
333 North College Way
Claremont, CA 91711This lecture is part of the Pomona College Asian Studies program. For additional information, please contact Prof. Samuel Yamashita at syamashita@pomona.edu.
October 26, 2001
Ramayana
Music and dance interpretations of the Ramayana by the Malathi Iyengar and Rangoli Dance Company
1 pm
Burns Recreation Center, Loyola Marymount UniversityThe performance features "Bharata Natyam" (classical dance from South India) and "Kathak" (classical dance from Northern India). For additional information, please consult the dance company's website or write to <msiyengar@hotmail.com>.
October 26, 2001
Symposium: The Tale of Genji
Keynote speakers: Hayao Kawai & Liza Dalby
1:30-4 pm
Hahn 101
Pomona College
333 North College Way
Claremont, CA 91711This lecture is part of the Pomona College Asian Studies program. For additional information, please contact Prof. Samuel Yamashita at syamashita@pomona.edu.
October 27, 2001
14th Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology and Art: Sanxingdui and Jinsha: Expanding Horizon of a Lost Civilization
Jay Xu Foster Foundation Associate Curator of Chinese Art, Seattle Art Museum
3-4:30 pm
Lenart Auditorium
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
UCLAA Bronze Age civilization lost for more than three thousand years was found in China's southwestern Sichuan province in the mid-1980s. Remains of a large-scale walled settlement were discovered at the village of Sanxingdui which contained two underground pits that were filled with a staggering abundance of objects. This is a curious mixture of artifacts dating to the early Bronze Age in China. The selection includes bronze vessels and jade blades, and others unprecedented and utterly extraordinary, such as a monumental bronze tree, a life-size standing figure, and heads and masks of fantastic supernatural beings. At the beginning of 2001, another major discovery was made at the village of Jinsha, about 40 kilometers south of Sanxingdui, yielding artifacts remarkably similar to some at Sanxingdui. The lecture will discuss the material culture of the Sanxingdui civilization, introduce the new finds, and comment on the possible relationship between the two sites.
Jay Xu is the Head of the Department of Asian Art and the Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art at the Seattle Art Museum/Seattle Asian Art Museum. He joined the staff of SAM in 1996. Prior to that, he had been an assistant curator at the Shanghai Museum, a fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and attended graduate school at Princeton University. During his tenure at SAM, Jay Xu has overseen numerous special exhibitions including the groundbreaking display, Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan. He is a contributor to the book Art of the Houma Foundry, which won the prestigious Shimada Prize for the best book in Eastern Asian art history, 1998.
October 27, 2001
Wadaiko Yamato of Nara
8 pm
Orange County Performing Arts Center
600 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 556-2121
Email: thecenter@ocpac.orgPart of the third annual Eclectic Orange Festival. Based in Nara, Japan, this Taiko (Japanese drumming) group will perform their ancient style of drumming.
For information and tickets call (949) 553-242.
October 29, 2001
"Yanagita Kunio's (1875-1962) Theory of Japanese Origins and Okinawa"
Leith Morton
Japanese Literature, University of New Castle, Australia3 p.m.
Hacienda Room, Faculty Center, UCLASponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese Studies. If you have questions, please contact the office at 310-825-8681.
October 30, 2001
"Terrorism as a Way of Life"
Vinay Lal
History, UCLAnoon - 1:30 pm
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLAPart of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies brown-bag series. Call 310 825-1181 for more information.
Where to send announcements:
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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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