Please send announcements to
        Clayton Dube
        USC-UCLA Joint Center in East Asian Studies
        11266 Bunche Hall, UCLA
        Los Angeles, California  90095-1487

        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

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