EVENTS, 2003-2004

Asian Studies Lecture/Workshop Series, 2002-2003 &  (Archival Gallery)

Weekly events hosted by native/experienced Chinese speakers
(Spring 2004):
-- Chinese Lunch Table (Fridays 11:30-1:00, Goudy) --
-- Chinese Game/Calligraphy Table (Fridays 2:00-3:00) --
(Fall 2003):
-- Chinese Lunch Table (Fridays 12:00-1:00, Goudy) --
-- Chinese Dinner Table (Wednesdays 5:00-6:00, Goudy) --
-- Chinese Game/Calligraphy Table (Fridays 4:00-5:00) --

and ...

Department of Japanese and Chinese & Asian Studies Program

Present

Asian Studies Lecture/Workshop Series, 2003-2004

(Made possible by the support from the Henry Luce Foundation)

(1) A Trip to the Japanese Garden in Portland

Led by Professor Miho Fujiwara
10:00 - 4:00, October 4.
(Contact Professor Fujiwara for details.)

(2) A Workshop on Tai Ji and Inner Alchemy

by Master Zhongixan Wu

Zhongxian Wu is a 17 generation lineage holder of the Wudang Dragon Gate
and 7th generation lineage holder of the Emei Zhen Gong styles of Qigong.

2:00 - 4:00, October 10.
(Contact Professor Xijuan Zhou for details. Sponsor by the Religious Studies)

(3) A Trip to the Classic Chinese Garden

10:00 - 3:00, October 18.
(Contact Professor Zhang for details.)

(4) Asian Women, U.S. Men, and Ethnography in a Virtual Global Community

by Dr. Nicole Constable
Professor of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh

Author of Romance on a Global Stage: Pen Pals, Virutal Ethnography, and "Mail Order" Marriage (UC Berkeley Press, 2003), Maid ot Order in Hong Kong (1997), and Christian Souls and Chinese Spirits (1994).

4:00 - 6:00, October 21. Hatfield Room, Hatfield Library

(5) A Talk About His Legendary Thirty-Five Years in China Based His Book:

The Man Who Stayed Behind

by Sidney Rittenberg, Sr. (Li Dunbai)

Mr. Sidney Rittenberg went to China in the 1940s, joined the Communist Party, worked for the government, started a family, spent 16 years in prison, and returned the United States after 35 years. He has told his stories elsewhere, but tonight he tells to the people in Willamette University.

6:00 - 8:00 pm, November 6.  Hatfield Room, Hatfield Library

(6) An Exam/Party: Seeing is Believing

4-6 pm, Dec. 10.

Click here to see some picutres.

(7) Spring Semester Asian Film Series

Suzhou River (China)-- Friday Jan 30th;
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Japan)-- Wed. Feb 11th;
Christmas in August (Korea)-- Friday Feb 27th;
The Road Home (China)-- Wed. March 10th;
Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Japan)-- Friday April 2nd;
Beijing Bicycle (China)--Wed. April 14th;

Time and Place: 7 PM; Smullin B-17.

(8) Asia Pacific Studies in an Age of Global Modernity

by Dr. Arif Dirlik 
Professor of History and Anthropology, University of Oregon

2-4 pm, April 20. Hatfield Room, Hatfield Library

Author of Postmodernity's Histories: The Past as Legacy and Project (2000);
The Postcolonial Aura: Third World Criticism in the Age of Global Capitalism (1997);
Anarchism in the Chinese Revolution (1991);
The Origins of Chinese Communism (1989);
Revolution and History: Origins of Marxist Historiography in China, 1919-1937 (1978),
to name just a few.

(9) A Trip to the Buddhist Temple and the Japanese Garden in Portland

Led by Professor Zhou

April 18 (Sunday). Contact Professor Zhou at: xzhou@ or x6682

(10) Bikinis and Bingata: Gender and Dress in the Packaging of Okinawa as
Tourist Site

by Dr. Linda Isako Angst
Professor of Anthropology, Lewis and Clark College

(Date and place: TBA)

For details and questions, please email Dr. J. Zhang, Juwen@willamette.edu