USC-UCLA Joint East Asian Studies Center 

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Bringing East Asia to Los Angeles Area Students:
The 1998 Summer Seminar for Educators
August 1 – 13, 1998

This year our seminar focuses on strengthening our understanding of ancient and medieval East Asia. Except as noted, all sessions will be held in 6275 Bunche Hall, UCLA

Click here to see links related to China, Japan, or Korea. For sites particularly useful to educators, click here.
Participants and others will want to examine a list of links tied to the sessions of the seminar. Click here for the complete Asia on the Web collection. For the latest radio/television news from Asia, click here.

Saturday, August 1

9 -noon

Jonathan Friedlander
International Studies and Overseas Programs, UCLA
"Welcome"
 
Dean Cho, Director, Information Systems/ISOP and
Steven Williams, Global Learning Outreach/ISOP
"International Studies on the Web: New Prospects"

Keynote Address: Ruben Martinez
Author and Commentator, KCET and National Public Radio
"New Departures: Migrant Culture and the 21st Century"

  1 – 4 pm

Clayton Dube
USC-UCLA Joint East Asian Studies Center
“Why study ancient and medieval East Asia?”

Monday, August 3

 9 – noon

Adam Kessler
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
“How do we know what we know about early China?”

1 –4 pm

Clayton Dube
“Debating the past, present and future in early China”
Encounter: “One Hundred Schools Contend”

Tuesday, August 4

 9 – noon

Clayton Dube
“Creating China: The Qin and Han Dynasties”
Encounter: “The Salt and Iron Debates”

 
1 - 4 pm

Robert Ellwood
Religious Studies, USC and Auburn University
“The Origins and Impact of Buddhism in East Asia”
Visit the USC religious studies faculty page.
Examine Buddhism via the web.

Wednesday, August 5

9 – noon

Yang Ye
Comparative Literature, UC Riverside
“China's Cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty”
Visit Prof. Ye's UCR page.

1 – 4 pm

Benjamin Elman
History, UCLA and Director of the Center for Chinese Studies
“Science in Traditional China”
Visit Prof. Elman's JEASC page and his history department page.

Thursday, August 6

9 – noon

John Duncan
East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA
“Korea’s Middle Ages: From Koryo to Choson”
Visit Prof. Duncan's JEASC page.

1 – 4 pm

Timothy Tangherlini
East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA
“Korean Folklore”
Visit Prof. Tangherlini's JEASC page.

Friday, August 7

9 – noon

Fred Notehelfer
History, UCLA and Director of the Center for Japanese Studies
"From Heian to Muromachi: Change and Continuity in Japan"
Visit Prof. Notehelfer's JEASC page and his history department page.

 
1 – 4 pm

Clayton Dube
"Creating Charts and Web Presentations to
        Teach About East Asia”
Powell Library Computer Lab (CLICC)

Monday, August 10

9 - noon

Lynne Miyake
Literature, Pomona College
"Literature from Japan's Classical and Warrior Ages"
Read about Asian language and literature and Asian studies at Pomona.

1 - 4 pm

Jan Goodwin
History, UCLA
“Women in Pre-modern Japan”

Tuesday, August 11
  Field Trip: Assemble at Wyton/Hilgard parking kiosk by 8:15 am  

9 – 11 am

Rick McBride
Korean Cultural Center
5505 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA  90036
“The KCC and Your Students” and “Buddhism in Ancient Korea”
Visit the KCC page.

11 - noon

Lunch in Koreatown ($12 per person)

1 –  4 pm

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
A tour of  the new Chinese exhibition and the Japanese Pavilion
Read about East Asian art at LACMA.

Wednesday, August 12

 9 - noon

Wellington Chan
History, Occidental College
“Trade vs. Power of the State:
The Silk Route from Han-Roman World to the Mongol Empire”
Visit Prof. Chan's Occidental page.

1 - 4 pm

Lynda Bell
History, UC Riverside
“Women in Pre-modern China”
Visit Prof. Bell's UCR page.

Thursday, August 13

 9 – noon

Clayton Dube
"East Asia in Your Classroom"
 

1- 4 pm

Institute Closing Session
147 Dodd Hall

Mehdi Bozorgmehr
City University of New York
Ethnic L.A. in National and International Perspectives

 

For more information contact:

Clayton Dube
Outreach Director
USC-UCLA Joint East Asian Studies Center
11266 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, California  90095-1487
(310) 825-0007 fax: (310) 206-3555
email: cdube@isop.ucla.edu    website: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/

The summer seminar for educators is sponsored by a Title VI grant by the U.S. Department of Education, the USC-UCLA Joint East Asian Studies Center, and the UCLA Center for Pacific Rim Studies. UCLA's International Studies and Overseas Programs provides much appreciated logistical assistance. We also want to acknowledge the generous assistance of the Korean Cultural Center, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Consulate General of Japan, and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles.
 
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