EVENTS ARCHIVE

FALL-WINTER 2004-05 EVENTS

March 3 , 2005

CAS Dinner Seminar: Korea

The Center for Asian Studies will hold its second dinner seminar, featuring renowned director Im Kwon-Taek. (Reservations for dinner are now closed.)

Following dinner there will be a special screening of one of Director Im's most influential movies.

Special Screening: Sopyonje
1993, South Korea (in Korean with English subtitles)

Special Guest: Im Kwon-Taek to appear

8:00 pm, Thursday, March 3, 2005
Humanities Instructional Building, Room 100

Kyung Hyun Kim describes Director Im as "undoubtedly the most decorated filmmaker in Korea. His filmography features no less than 99 titles and he is considered one of the most important directors working in the world today. He has won the director's prize at Cannes Film Festival in 2002 (shared with P.T. Anderson) and his films have won prizes in many prestigious international film festivals, including Venice and Berlin.

"The movie Sopyonje (1993, 112 min., 35mm, color, Korean w/English subtitles) is probably the most important film Im Kwon-Taek has directed in a career that spans 5 decades. This beautiful film chronicles the lives of three itinerant musicians devoted to the aesthetics of p'ansori, a dying folk music tradition in Korea. The thatched roofs, barren landscapes, and traditional plain white clothes are meticulously photographed in the film that have typically underscored and enfranchised Im Kwon-Taek's cinematic imagination. The film, though ostensibly made for an arthouse audience, unexpectedly became one of the biggest box-office films in the Korean film history, grossing over a million tickets sold and jump-starting the moribund industry at the time." For more information, visit the FVC website.

This event is also being sponsored by the Film and Video Center at UCI and the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles

(In addition, the prestigious Berlin Film Festival has just decided to do a retrospective of Im Kwon-Taek. For more information, visit their website.)

February 25, 2005

Talk: "Pourous Borders, Fluid Citizenship: Redefining India"

Kamal Sadiq (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, UCI

12:00-1:00 p.m.
Friday. February 25
Social Science Tower, Room 777

The Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies
Seating limited. Please RSVP to Laura Ferejohn (leferejo@uci.edu)

February 23, 2005

CAS Co-sponsored Talk: “The Asia-Pacific Region and Japan’s Goals"

Yoshio Nomoto
Consul General of Japan, Los Angeles

3:00-5:00
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Social Science Plaza Building A, Room 2112

Reception to follow

Co-sponsored by the UCI Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies

February 18, 2005

CAS Co-sponsored Talk: "The Parallel Development of Democracy and Markets in East Asian Public Opinion"

Doh Chull Shin
Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri

12:00 noon (luncheon)
Friday, February 18, 2005
University Faculty Club (room TBA)

Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democracy

To reserve a space at lunch, please RSVP to Sandra Cushman at scushman@uci.edu or 949-824-1207. A paper of his talk is also available.

February 17, 2005

CAS Co-sponsored Panel: "The Political and Sociocultural Fallout in Post-Tsunami Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka"

Tom Boellstorff (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, UCI

Karen Leonard (CAS)
Professor of Anthropology, UCI

Kamal Sadiq (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, UCI

Ira Lippke
Photographer recently returned from Banda Aceh, Indonesia

3:30-5:00 p.m.
Thursday. February 17
Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100

Co-sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies and the International Studies Program, School of Social Sciences, UCI

February 10, 2005

CAS Co-sponsored Film Event: Films of Kawase Naomi

Special Guest: Director Kawase Naomi to appear

Embracing
1992, Japan (in Japanese with English subtitles)

Katatsumori
1994, Japan (in Japanese with English subtitles)

7:00 pm, Thursday, February 10, 2005
Humanities Instructional Building, Room 100

Suzaku
1997, Japan (in Japanese with English subtitles)

9:00 pm, Thursday, February 10, 2005
Humanities Instructional Building, Room 100

Co-sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies
For details, please visit UCI Film and Video Center

February 3, 2005

Panel: "Religion in Asian America"

Moderator: R. Radhakrishnan (CAS)
Chair Asian American Studies

Jane Naomi Iwamura
Assistant Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity, USC

Duncan Williams (CAS)
Assistant Professor of East Asian Buddhism and Culture, UCI

Shampa Mazumdar
Lecturer of Sociology and Asian American Studies, UCI

David Yoo
Associate Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College

Karen Leonard (CAS)
Professor of Anthropology, UCI

N. Gerald Barrier
Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri

12 noon - 2:00pm
Thursday, February 3, 2005
135 Humanities Instructional Building

Presented by Asian American Studies. Click for flyer.

February 3, 2005

Film Event: Films of Kim Hong-Jun

Special Guest: Director Kim Hong-jun to appear

My Korean Cinema
2002, South Korea (in Korean with English subtitles)

4:00 pm, February 3, 2005
Humanities Instructional Building, Room 135
(free and open to the public)

Film will be followed by panel discussion

Kim Hong-Joon
Director

Eunsun Cho
University of Southern California

Kyung Hyun Kim (CAS)
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature, UCI

Reception to follow
6 p.m., Humanities Instructional Building, Room 137

Film: Jungle Story
1996, South Korea (in Korean with English subtitles)

7:00 pm, February 3, 2005
Humanities Instructional Building, Room 100
($5 general admission/$4 faculty and staff/$3 students)

For details, please visit UCI Film and Video Center

January 24, 2005

CAS Co-Sponsored Talk: "Some Ideas for a ‘Critique of Terrorism’ to Come - Schmitt, Lenin, Derrida"

Satoshi Ukai
Professor of Contemporary French Literature & Thought
The School of Language & Society, Hitotsubashi University, Japan

3:00-5:00 p.m.
Monday, January 24
Humanities Instructional Building 135

The lecture will be presented in English, followed by a Q&A in translation.

Co-sponsored by the Humanities Center, the Center for Asian Studies, the Department of East Asian Studies, and the Department of Comparative Literature.

Film:  Take Care of My Cat

2002, South Korea (in Korean with English subtitles)
Directed by Jae-Eun Jeong

7:30 pm, December 2, 2004
Room 100, Humanities Instructional Building

For details, go to the UCI Film and Video Center

Talk:  China in the Age of Globalization

Kenneth Pomeranz (CAS)
Professor of History, UC Irvine

Event begins at 11:15 am
December 1, 2004
UCI University Club

For more information see Flyer (Acrobat file)

Presented by The UCI University Club Forum
Call 949-824-2555 for reservations
Price: $10 (includes lunch service)

CAS Panel:  Funded Graduate Student Presentations II

Center graduate students who received CAS funding for their summer research will present some results of their research. All CAS members are encouraged to attend.

3:00: Kate Merkel-Hess (History)
3:20: Tsui-O Tai (Sociology)
3:40: Ken Berthel (East Asian Languages And Literatures)
4:00: Yuan Liu (East Asian Languages And Literatures)
4:20: Jesse Palmer (History)

3:00 to 5:00 pm, Thursday, November 20, 2004
Room 5206 Social Science Plaza B

For more details, see e-mail message from Dorie Solinger: Acrobat file

Talk:  Military Integration in a Unified Korea

Jinpyo Yoon
Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, UCI

1:30 to 3:00 pm
November 19, 2004
2112 Social Science Plaza A

Presented by The Department of Political Science, UCI

Film:  Final Solution

2004, India (subtitled in English)
Directed by Rakesh Sharma
3:00 pm, November 15, 2004
Room 5206 Social Science Plaza B

Special guest: Director Rakesh Sharma will discuss this award-winning documentary film following its screening.

Flyer (Acrobat file)

For more information contact Kavita Philip or Kaushik Sunder Rajan

CAS Panel:  Funded Graduate Student Presentations

Center graduate Students who received CAS funding for their summer research will present some results of their research. All CAS members are encouraged to attend.

3:00 Titus Chen (Political Science)
3:20 Jiyoung Kim (Political Science)
3:40 Wai-kit Choi (Sociology)
4:00 Wensheng Wang (History)
4:20 Ting Jiang (Sociology)

3:00 to 5:00 pm, Thursday, November 4, 2004
Room 5206 Social Science Plaza B

For more details, see e-mail message from Dorie Solinger: Acrobat file

Film:  Japanese Documentary Filmakers

Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
7:30 pm, October 28, 2004
1974, Japan (in Japanese with English subtitles)
Directed by Hara Kazuo

Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
7:30 pm, October 30, 2004
1987, Japan (in Japanese with English subtitles)
Directed by Hara Kazuo

Peep "TV" Show
7:30 pm, November 4, 2004
2004, Japan (in Japanese with English subtitles)
Directed by Tsuchiya Yutaka

The New God
7:30 pm, November 6, 2004
1999, Japan (in Japanese with English subtitles)
Directed by Tsuchiya Yutaka

Special guests: Directors Hara Kazuo and Tsuchiya Yutaka will be present during the screening of their respective films.

All screenings: Room 100, Humanities Instructional Building

For details, go to the UCI Film and Video Center

CAS Dinner Seminar:  South Asia
The Center for Asian Studies invites you to a Welcome Dinner for our three new South Asian faculty members.  Each will speak briefly about their current work.

Kamal Sadiq (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Kaushik Sunder Rajan (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

R. Radhakrishnan (CAS)
Professor of English and new Director of Asian American Studies

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Thursday, October 28, 2004
University Club Library

Open to the public. $30 for vegetarian dinner (Eggplant Parmesan), $40 for non-vegetarian dinner (Citrus Salmon).

For more information and to make your dinner reservations, please contact Sandra Cushman at scushman@uci.edu or 949-824-9752. Flyer (Acrobat file)

Click here for photos

Panel Discussion:  Gender and Sexuality in Dang Nhat Minh's Films

Dang Nhat Minh, director
Kathryn McMahon, Women's Studies, CSU Long Beach
Lan Duong, Comparative Literature, UCI
Daniel Tsang, Libraries, UCI

12-1:30 pm, October 18, 2004
Cross-Cultural Center, UCI

Film:  The Films of Dang Nhat Minh

Bao Gio Cho Den Thang Muoi (When the Tenth Month Comes)
1984, Vietnam (in Vietnamese with English subtitles)
4 :00 pm, October 17, 2004

Mua Oi (The Season of Guavas)
1997, Vietnam (in Vietnamese with English subtitles)
7:00 pm, October 17, 2004

Special Guest: Director/Screenwriter Dang Nhat Minh will discuss his films following each screening

Room 100, Humanities Instructional Building
For details, go to the UCI Film and Video Center

Film:  JPEX: Japanese Experimental Film and Video Festival

Program 1: Expanded Visions
7:30 pm, October 14, 2004

Program 2: Exploded States: War, Politics and National Identity
7:00 pm, October 15, 2004

Program 3: Sex Underground
9:00 pm, October 15, 2004

All screenings: Room 100, Humanities Instructional Building

For details, go to the UCI Film and Video Center

Talk: The 2004 Indonesian Presidential Elections: Democratization and the Future of Elite Politics

Tom Boellstorff (CAS)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, UC Irvine

12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
October 7, 2004
777 Social Science Tower

Announcement (PDF file)

Presented by The Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPACS). Lunch served. Please RSVP to Jaci Murray

CAS Co-sponsored Conference:  "Issei Buddhism"

September 3-5, 2004, UC Irvine

This three-day conference drew over fifty of the most distinguished researchers from Japan, the U.S., Canada, and Brazil to explore the Japanese immigration experience in those countries and the role of Buddhist temples in those communities. The vast majority of the "Issei," or the first generation Japanese immigrants, were active in the establishment and growth of Buddhist temples in the Americas. The Buddhist temple served not only as a spiritual refuge for these pioneers, but as a cultural center where Japanese language and cultural traditions was transmitted from the first generation to their Nisei children born in the Americas. In this groundbreaking conference, scholars based on both sides of the Pacific Rim presented research on seven sects of Japanese American Buddhism, the role of Buddhist women's auxiliaries, Buddhist life on the plantations of Hawaii, and Buddhism in the internment camps of World War Two. During the course of the conference, we discussed pre-circulated papers, held events opens to the public, toured Little Tokyo Japanese-American Buddhist temples, and hold a special exhibition organized by the California Civil Liberties Education Project and the Japanese American National Museum (in L.A.) in conjunction with the conference.

This conference received major funding from the Center for Asian Studies.

Program (PDF file)