email: cdube@isop.ucla.edu
fax: (310)
206-3555
February 11
"Hong Kong Revisited: The First Six Months"
Keynote Speaker: Thomas Chan
Director of Government Information Services,
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Discussants: Dunson Cheng, Cathay Bank
Thomas Plate, Los Angeles Times
Moderator: James Tong, Political Science, UCLA
Sponsored by the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce and
the UCLA East Asian Speakers Series
For information: TACC (310) 540-5858
11:30am - 1:30pm (luncheon at noon)
fee: $25 (includes lunch)
February
13-15
"Chinese Cinema"
Screenings of ten films, comments by noted film directors, and
a seminar comparing US and Chinese film-making.
sponsored by UCLA's International Studies and Overseas Programs
and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
screenings
admission: $5, $3 for students and seniors
Friday, Feb. 13 at 1401 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica
(Ocean Avenue Screening Room)
Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 14-15 at the James Bridges Theater
at UCLA
call (310) 825-3999 for the schedule
seminar
free admission
Saturday, Feb. 14, 10am - 1pm
"Film-making in the US and China: Divergence and Convergence"
UCLA James Bridges Theater
February
19
"Bringing the Buddha into Town: Monastic Image Processions and
Fund Raising Techniques"
A lecture by Prof. Gregory Schopen of Texas University
Sponsored by the UCLA Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures
for information: (310) 206-8235
3 - 5pm
Royce Hall 243
UCLA
February 20
"Imagining Choson: Minsokch'on and the Politics of Display"
A lecture by UCLA Prof. Timothy Tangherlini
Sponsored by the UCLA Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures
and the Scadinavian Section
for information: (310) 206-8235 (EALC) and (310) 825-6828 (Scand.)
2 - 4pm
Royce Hall 243
UCLA
February 24
"Korea Update -- Challenges in 1998"
An evening program and reception sponsored by the Asia Society
(California Center) and the UCLA Center for Korean Studies
Speakers: Chaibong Hahm, Political Science, Yonsei University
Julia Lowell, RAND Corporation
Gi-Wook Shin, Sociology, UCLA
Fee: $15 for Asia Society members, $20 for non-members,
$10 for students
For information: (213) 624-0945
7 - 8:30pm
UCLA Faculty Center
February 27
"Korean Buddhism and Its Impact on Neighboring Traditions"
UCLA Center for Korean Studies Colloquium Series
"Wonch'uk and His Influence in China and Tibet"
Prof. Eun-Su Cho, University of Michigan
"Uich'on's Pilgrimmage Reassessed: The Korean Temple in
Hang-chou during the Sung-Yuan Period"
Prof. Chi-chiang Huang, Hobart and William Smith College
For information: Center for Korean Studies (310) 825-3284
3 - 5pm
4269 Bunche Hall
UCLA
"Is the Japanese Economy Falling Apart?"
A talk by Glen S. Fukushima,
Pres. of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese Studies
For information: (310) 825-8681
4pm
UCLA Faculty Center
February 28
11am
"Kayamanan Ng Lahi: Traditional Philippine Dance"
Ave Jacinto, director
part of "Children for Children" series
noon
"Stories about the Phippines and South Pacific"
Peter Kors, storyteller
part of the "Draw Me a Story" series
3pm
"Bontoc Eulogy" a film by Marlon Fuentes
a documentary about the Filipino experience at the
1904 World's Fair at St. Louis
UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024-4201
(310) 443-7000