USC-UCLA
Joint East Asian Studies Center
- Southern California East Asian
June 1998
Please send announcements of appropriate events to
Clayton Dube
USC-UCLA Joint
East Asian Studies Center
11266 Bunche
Hall, UCLA
Los Angeles,
California 90095-1487
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
(to June 8)
"Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968"
Yayoi Kusama is known for combining surrealism and abstract expressionism
together with
minimalism and pop art. She created collages, paintings, objects and installations.
This is the
first U.S. museum exhibition to focus on her work. Some 80 works are included
in this
exhibition.
Los Angeles County
Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Free parking is available after 5 pm in the lot directly opposite the entrance.
Ongoing
(to July 15)
"The Creative Voices of Reason: PhilippinePainters, Poets and Craftsmen''
This Pacific
Asia Museum exhibit celebrates the centennial of Philippine independence
and features the work of Fernando Amorsolo.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, California
[626] 449-2742
Ongoing
"From the Rainbow's Varied Hue: Textiles of
the Southern Philippines"
Note the opportunity to learn about the dye techniques in a family workshop
scheduled
for Saturday, June 13 (see below).
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History
(Located just west of Royce Hall. Take Sunset Boulevard to Westwood Plaza
and get a parking permit - $5 - for lot 4 or 5.)
(310) 825-4361
June
1
"Displacements of Conquest: Or, The Tale of Genji in the Post War Academy"
Richard Okada
East Asian Studies, Princeton University
Hacienda 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)
June
4, 2pm
"Long Division and the Length of Following Chinese Dynasties and Republics"
Harry Hongyi Lai
Doctoral Candidate
Political Science, UCLA
4269 Bunche, UCLA
This talk is part of the China Workshop Series funded by the Ford Foundation
and organized by Steven Day. Contact him
for additional information.
June
6
"The Hong Kong Transition One Year Later"
9:30 am session
"The 1998 Legislative Council Elections"
Lo Shiu Hing
Government, University of Hong Kong
"Hong Kong Since the Handover: Politics as Usual?"
Suzanne Pepper
Universities Service Centre, Chinese University of Hong Kong
"Britain's 'Betrayal' of Hong Kong: A Second Look"
Richard Baum
Political Science, UCLA
Discussant: Stanley Rosen, Political Science, USC
1:30 pm session
"The Future of Hong Kong: Business as Usual?"
Chair: Tom Plate, Los Angeles Times
6275 Bunche Hall, UCLA
sponsored by the UCLA Center for
Chinese Studies (310) 825-8683 and the
UCLA Center for Pacific Rim Studies
June
8, 7:30 pm
"Tian'anmen Revisited"
Gary Gach
San Francisco writer and journalist
Zhang Min
former reporter for China Central People's Radio
Location: Museum of Tolerance, 9786 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA.
Sponsored by the Visual Artists Guild. Call (310) 539-0234 or (213) 876-2662
for additional information. There is a $5 charge for this program.
June
13, 2-4 pm
"World of Art" Family Workshop at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural
History
"To Dye For"
Visit the exhibition of textiles from the Philippines (see May 10, "The
Rainbow's
Varied Hue" above)
and then participate in a workshop intended for adults and children over
age 12. You should call
(310) 825-8655 for more information and to register for the workshop.
UCLA Fowler Museum
of Cultural History
(Located just west of Royce Hall. Take Sunset Boulevard to Westwood Plaza
and get a parking permit - $5 - for lot 4 or 5.)
(310) 825-4361
June
14, 6 pm
"Tian'anmen Commemoration and Annual Award Dinner of the Visual Artists
Guild"
Wei
Jingsheng
Chinese Democracy Advocate
Mr. Wei was sentenced to 15 years in prison following his prodemocracy
activities during China's
"democracy wall movement" in the winter of 1978-79. Wei was released from
prison (in the
midst of a second prison term) and expelled from China on November 16,
1997.
Wei
came to international attention with his December 1978 essay: "The Fifth
Modernization:
Democracy." You may read it by clicking here
and visiting a site maintained by Democracy in
China.
He
has recently published The Courage to Stand Alone. Click here
to visit a site devoted to this
book, a collection of Wei's prison writings. This site includes information
on Wei's activities in
the West since his release.
Location:
Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA.
Sponsored by the Visual Artists Guild. Call (310)
539-0234 or (213) 876-2662
for additional information. There is a charge for this dinner and program.
$20 advance purchase, $25 on the day of the event, $50 donor ticket
June
15, 7:30 pm
"An Evening with Wei Jingsheng"
See June 14 "Tian'anmen Commemoration" above for information about Mr. Wei.
Location: Museum of Tolerance, 9786 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Sponsors: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, PEN West USA
Contact: (310) 815-0450
Cost: $5
June
16, 11:30 am
"China in the World's Future"
Wei Jingsheng
See June 14 above for information and links to the writings of Wei Jingsheng.
Location: Hotel Intercontinental, 251 South Olive Street, Los Angeles,
CA
Sponsors: Human Rights Watch and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council
Luncheon Cost: $33 for members; $43 for non-members
Contact: (213) 628-2333
June
29 ?
"After Suharto: Indonesia in Transition"
Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti
Indonesian Ambassador to the United States
Location:
Regal Biltmore Hotel
This event is sponsored by the Asia
Society's California Center. Call 213-624-0945 for
the time of the event and to make reservations.
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