USC-UCLA Joint East
Asian Studies Center
East Asian Studies Calendar of Events
November 1998
Please send announcements of appropriate events to
email: <cdube@isop.ucla.edu>
fax: (310) 206-3555
Please note: Underlined
names or phrases indicate links to that organization's website. You may click on such
links to visit that site for more information about the event or exhibition. Use your
browser's back button to return to the USC-UCLA Joint Center website. Click here to get directions to UCLA. Most UCLA lectures
are free and open to the public (on-campus parking costs $5).
Ongoing
"From the Rainbow's Varied Hue: Textiles of the Southern Philippines"
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History
November 2, 1998 3:00 pm
"The Japan Illness"
Sierra Room, UCLA Faculty Center
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese
Studies (310) 825-8681
This event is open to the public and is free of charge (on-campus parking is $5).
November 4, 1998
"Where Memory Lies in Nepali Songs"
David Henderson, Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Musin, Pomona CollegeRoom 108, Hahn Building
Pomona CollegeSponsored by the Asian Studies Program. For information, call Samuel Yamashita at 909-607-2924.
November 10, 1998 4:00 pm
Author on Campus--Iris Chang
Ms. Chang will discuss and sign her new book, The Rape of Nanking.
"A powerful work of history and moral inquiry. Ms. Chang takes great care to establish an accurate accounting of the dimensions of violence."
"Stomach-turning, tear-wrenching, thoroughly riveting"
Charles E. Young Grand Salon, Kerckhoff Hall, UCLA
Sponsored by UCLA BookZone (310) 206-4041
November 11, 1998 4:15 pm
"The Frenzy of Metamorphoses: the Body in Japanese Animation"
Susan Napier, Associate Professor
Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas-AustinRoom 108, Hahn Building
Pomona CollegeSponsored by the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, the Asian Studies Program, the Public Events Committee, and the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College. For information, call Lynne Miyake at 909-621-8931.
November 12, 1998 3:00 pm
Public Lecture: "From Thoughts of Privation to Thoughts of
Abundance"
Ms. Sungja Choe, Poet
243 Royce Hall, UCLA
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Korean
Studies (310 825-3284)
This event is open to the public and is free of charge (on-campus parking is $5).
November 13, 1998 3:00 pm
Poetry Reading
Ms. Sungja Choe, Poet
243 Royce Hall, UCLA
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Korean
Studies (310 825-3284)
This lecture is free and open to the public (on-campus parking is $5).
November 14, 1998
"From Late Imperial to Modern Chinese History: Views from the Eighteenth
Century"
Day-long conference
9383 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Morning Session 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
R. Bin Wong, UC Irvine
"Chinese State Transformation and Economic
Development: A View from Eighteenth-Century
Political Economy"
Timothy Brook, Stanford University
"From Late Imperial to Modern: Views
From Buddhism"
James Lee, California Institute of Technology
"The Political Economy of China's
Frontiers"
Discussant: Kenneth Pomeranz, UCI
Afternoon Session 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Mark Elliot, UC Santa Barbara
"Eighteenth-century Ideas of 'China' &
the 'Unified Polyethnic State'"
Susan Mann, UC Davis
"Gender Relations in Chinese
History: New Perspectives on the 18th Century"
Discussant: Benjamin Elman, UCLA
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies in conjunction with the Southern California China Colloquim. Contact the Center for more information: (310) 825-8683.
November 14 - 24, 1998
"Days of
Being Doyle"
" Hong Kong based
ChristopherDoyle's love affair with the camera began in the late '70's when a friend
Taiwan gave him an 8mm
camera to shoot a documentary on the Hakka Chinese. The results were
apparently disastrous.
But over 20 features and as many years later, having directed, shot and edited
copious experimental
shorts, music videos, commercials and lately, his first feature Away with Words,
Doyle is an
internationally acclaimed cinematographer whose name is instantly recognizable to young
cineastes". - UCLA Film and Television Archive
Christopher Doyle has worked with well known
directors such as Wong Kar-Wai, Stanley Kwan, and
Chen Kaige. The retrospective will begin on
November 14 at the James Bridges Theater, where Doyle will
be speaking and acclaimed director, Gus Van
Sant, will be moderating.
Saturday, November 14, 8:00 p.m.
Happy Together (Chunguang Zhaxie)
Preceded by excerpts from the documentary
on the remake of Psycho.
Sunday, November 15, 7:00 p.m.
That Day on the Beach (Haitan De
Yi Tian)
Preceded by Christine (A film about
her) and What Can We Do About the Broken Stairs
Thursday, November 19, 7:30 p.m.
Red Rose White Rose (Hong Meigui
Bai Meigui)
Black and White (Noir et Blanc)
Sunday, November 22, 7:00 p.m.
Temptress Moon (Feng Yue)
The Red Lotus Society (Feixia
Ahda)
Tuesday, November 24, 7:30 p.m.
Out of the Blue (Tiankong
Xiaoshuo)
Motel Cactus (Motel Seoninjang)
Preceded by two commercials Doyle shot
for Japanese fashion designer, Yohji Yamamoto.
Sponsored by the UCLA
Film and Television Archive and the Los Angeles Center for Photographic
Studies (LACPS). All films will be screened at the James Bridges
Theater located on the UCLA campus.
For recorded program information call (310) 206-FILM.
November 16, 1998 4:15 pm
"Reflections on a Shattered Fleet: the Japanese Navy and the Pacific War"
Mark Peattie, Senior Research Fellow
Hoover Institute, Stanford UniversityRoom 108, Hahn Building
Pomona CollegeSponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the History Department. For information, call Samuel Yamashita at 909-607-2924.
November 20, 1998 2pm
Birth and Death in Early Republican-Era Beijing: A Case Study of Midwives and Geomancers"
Yang Nianqun
Qing History Institute, People's University
Visiting Fellow, Center for Chinese Studies, UCLAThe presentation will be in Chinese.
243 Royce HallThis is a presentation in the China Workshop Series. Steven Day coordinates the series. The series is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation with additional support from UCLA's International Studies and Overseas Programs and the Center for Chinese Studies. Contact the Center for Chinese Studies at (310) 825-8683.
November 23, 1998 4 p.m.
"Democracy in the Hong Kong Special Adminstrative Region: The First Year"
A presentation by Martin C.M. Lee, Chair of Hong Kong's Democratic Party.
The California Room, of the UCLA Faculty Center
Sponsored by the USC-UCLA Joint Center for East Asian Studies and is co-sponsored by
Amnesty International, the Hong Kong
Schools Alumni Federation, the UCLA Hong Kong Student
Union, the Visual Artists Guild, and the Wah Yan Alumni Association of Southern
California.
For more information, click on the event website: www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/eass/m-lee.htm
November 30, 1998 4:15 pm
"The Marketing of Journalism in China"
Fang Xilang
Former editor of China Daily and advisor to Southern China Daily PostRoom 108, Hahn Building
Pomona CollegeSponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Pacific Basin Institue at Pomona College. For information, call Edie Young at 909-607-8035.
workshops and more
Go to Joint Center home page.