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April
6, 3-5 pm
"The Economy of Salvation: Capital, Productive Practices, and Soteriology
in
Medieval Japanese Religion"
Fabio Rambelli
Religion, Williams College
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)
April
16, noon
"Marriage in Northeast China during the 18th and 19th Centuries
Cameron
Campbell
Sociology, UCLA
252
Haines Hall, UCLA
Sponsored by the UCLA Department of Sociology
April
16, 8 -10 pm
Jeffrey Haines
6275 Bunche Hall, UCLA
part of the Southern California Japan Seminar
sponsored by the USC-UCLA Joint Center in East Asian Studies
April
17,
"Mongols, Moghuls, and Mughals"
Wheeler Thackston
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA
sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies (310) 825-1181
April
17, 4 pm
"Suburbanization in Chinese Cities: Comparison and Contrast with the Western
Experience"
Zhou Yixing
Peking University
11382 Bunche Hall, UCLA
sponsored by the UCLA Center for
Chinese Studies and the UCLA Center for Pacific Rim Studies
April
18, 10 am - 5 pm
"Policy-making in Contemporary China"
Conference organizer: Stanley Rosen, political science, USC
6275 Bunche Hall, UCLA
sponsored by the UCLA Center for
Chinese Studies (310) 825-8683
April
18, 1-5 pm
"New Perspectives on Japanese American Art: Photography, Gardens, Painting,
and
Sculpture"
Chair: Donald F. McCallum
art history, UCLA
Papers from:
Kristine M. Kim, art history, UCLA
Kendall H. Brown, art history, USC
Karin Higa, art history, UCLA and the Japanese American National Museum
Bert Winther-Tamaki, art history, UC Irvine
275 Dodd Hall, UCLA
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)
April
22, 4pm
"The Jewish Disapora in Modern China"
Xu Xin
Nanjing Universtiy
6275 Bunche Hall, UCLA
sponsored by the UCLA Center for
Chinese Studies (310) 825-8683
and the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies
April 22 and 23
"Textiles of Mindanao and Sulu"
part of the Members Roundtable Series at the UCLA Fowler Museum
of Cultural History
Curator Roy Hamilton will make a presentation on the preparation of an
upcoming exhibition "From the Rainbow's Varied Hue: Textiles
of the Southern Philippines"
two evenings, participation limited to 20 per evening
contact: Fowler Museum Reservations and Membership (310) 206-0306
April
24
"Authors on Asia: Beate Sirota Gordon's The
Only Woman in the Room"
Ms. Gordon is a long time advocate for women's rights and participated
in drafting
Japan's post-war constitution.
Pacific Asia
Museum
sponsored by the Asia Society
Book signing and reception follow. Call (213) 624-0945 for more information
and
reservations.
April
25, 9 am - 5 pm
"Japanese Popular Culture: Visual, Aural, Past and Present"
The 5th Annual UCLA Graduate Student Symposium for Japanese Studies
Griffin Commons, UCLA
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)
April
25, 11am- 1:15pm
"The Opium War" -- a film by Xie Jin
Mudd Theater location:1325 North College Avenue, Claremont CA (corner of
Foothill Blvd and Harvard). From Highway 10, exit at Indian Hill
Blvd. and
head North. Head east on Foothill Blvd. Admission is free and
free parking is available
in the adjacent Bank of America lot. For more information, contact:
Dr. Pedro Loureiro (909) 607-8065
sponsored by The Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College
April
26, 12:30 - 4:15 pm
"East Dresses West"
Part of the "Family Days at the Museum" Series
Two on-going exhibitions: "Japanism in Fashion" and "Hirado Porcelain"
family gallery tour at 2:30 pm
Performance: "A Slice of Rice" by Great Leap (Bing Theater)
12:30-1:15 pm
Workshops: "Traditional Japanese Arts: kitemaking, origami and bookbinding"
1:30 - 4:15 pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
All events are included in standard admission price. Reservations are not
accepted.
Call the LACMA Education
Department for more information: (213) 857-6512
April
28, 3pm
"The Dynamics of Growth and Inflation in Reform China: Redistribution in
a Decentralizing Economy"
Loren Brandt
Economics, University of Toronto
11382 Bunche Hall, UCLA
sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies (310) 825-8683