Asian Studies Program, University at Buffalo

Asian Studies Past Events

Spring 2012

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT UB, APRIL 27-28

"Beyond New Confucianism: Confucian Thought for Twenty-first Century China"

Scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America will examine the revival of Confucian thought and the role it plays in contemporary Chinese debates on democracy, modernity, morality, pluralistic society, and culture. 107 Capen Hall (Honors College Colloquium Room). Panels are free and open to the public. Click the link above for a complete schedule.

Feburary 3

Dr. Vida Vanchan, Department of Geography and Planning, Buffalo State College

"Promoting and Enhancing Education in Developing Countries: Cambodia’s Experience"

February 10
Kritika Agarwal, Doctoral Candidate, Department of American Studies, University at Buffalo

"Aliens and Ex-Citizens: Citizenship Loss in Asian American Communities"

February 17

Ho Hon LEUNG, Ph.D., Sociology Department, State University of New York College at Oneonta

"Constructing Place and National Identity through Architecture: Comparison between Contemporary China and Greece"

February 24

Dr. Mustafa Gokcek, Niagara University

"Debates on secularism and Islam in the late Ottoman Empire"

March 22
Dr. David Banks & Dr. Yunus Kumek, University at Buffalo

"Neo-Sufi Trends in Gülen Movement"

April 6

Dr. Thomas Burkman, Emeritus, Univesity at Buffalo

"Okinawa - In Japan, but not of it"

April 20

Deborah Chung, Department of Engineering, University at Buffalo

"Modern Chinese History as Witnessed by Its Contemporaries"

Sichuan University Arts Troupe Performance
(sponsored by CI Headquarters in Beijing, China)

Date:Saturday, February 18, 2012
Time: 6:30--8:30pm,,
Location: Warren Enters Theater, Buffalo State College
Free and open to the public

The performance features classical Chinese songs, music, dances, and Sichuan Opera (Face Mask change in a second), with an emphasis on the culture of the Western part of China, this event will showcase the joyous and harmonious atmosphere in which the Chinese people celebrate their most important festival and will bridge the understanding about China and its culture. Established in 1999, as one of the earliest university troupes in the Western part of China, the Sichuan University Troupe is highly-regarded for its unique performances depicting life from that part of the country.

Presentation

China's Roles in World History and Historiography
Dr. RogEr Des Forges, Department of History, University at Buffalo

Date: March 9
Time: 3-5 pm.
Location: 532 Park Hall
Free and open to the public

These days, many historians emphasize interactions among civilizations and between humans and the environment as keys to world history. In this paper, ...I emphasize in addition interactions between the present and the past and the ways in which those interactions have been interpreted, particularly in the case of what we call China. Taking off from the views of Chinese historians, I suggest that we can best understand Chinese history by dividing it into three major eras, each of which witnessed the unfolding of a cycle of five different kinds of polities. Drawing on this pattern of Chinese history and historiography, I argue that world history and historiography can be conceptualized as a series of five world regions which played central roles of diminishing duration but equal importance. While China played peripheral roles in the first two and last two periods of world history, it arguably played a central role in the middle period.

Film Screening

"Treeless Mountain," by So Yong Kim

Date: March 8

Time: TBA

Location: Market Arcade, downtown Buffalo

Hosted by the Gender Institute

What is the nature of childhood resilience? Sisters Jin and Bin, ages 6 and 3, live with their mother. Jin likes school and does well. One day, their mother leaves the girls with their father's sister, a woman they do not know. The mother seeks a reconciliation with their father. She leaves them a plastic piggy bank, promising to return when the bank is full. The girls scrub and clean for their aunt, a tippler who's often cranky and complaining. She gives them a few coins for their work. They earn more money catching, grilling, and selling grasshoppers. They miss their mother. The bank fills. They watch for her from a mound of dirt. Will she return? Will stoic faces give way to a smile?

Global Perspectives Undergraduate Academy 2012 Keynote Lecture
Featuring Acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh

“The World’s Emporium: Canton’s Foreign Enclave in the 19th Century”

Date: Monday, March 19, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, UB North Campus
Free and Open to the Public

You won’t want to miss this talk by award-winning novelist Amitav Ghosh, whose 2011 novel River of Smoke, the second volume of his Ibis trilogy, continues where Sea of Poppies (2008) left off, weaving a tale of the 19th-century opium trade by following the ship Ibis and its motley crew of characters. In these and other captivating works, Ghosh shows how water brings disparate people together and challenges easy understandings of fixed terrestrial boundaries and spatial structures. His stories also point to how, historically, water facilitated the transportation of goods and people around the globe, contributing to global economic and human interconnectedness.

Sponsored by the UB Undergraduate Academies, Humanities Institute, and Asian Studies Program.

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Tao: The Art of the Drum

Date: Wednesday, March 28
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Mainstage Theatre (Center for the Arts, UB North Campus)
Tickets: $29.50, Students $16.50, Groups $26.50

Athletic bodies and contemporary costumes meet explosive Taiko drumming and innovative choreography in a spectacular expression of the power of rhythm.TAO: The Art of the Drum features expert musicians who play with acrobat-like grace, demonstrating extreme precision, energy, and stamina.TAO melds modern entertainment with the traditional art of Japanese drumming for a show that has massive international appeal.

For more information and tickets: www.ubcfa.org

TRC Conference,

October 24, 2011,

“Implementing Truth and Reconciliation: Comparative Lessons for Korea"

Organized by Asian Studies Program, in conjunction with the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy and the Buffalo Human Rights Center,

Fall 2011

September 2

Dr. Danny S. Paau, Chair & Professor in History, Hong Kong Shue Yan University

"China in the Contemporary World"

September 23
Ian Wilson Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University

"A Somewhat Oppositional Center: The Celebrations of Centrality and Memories of Resistance in the Oral Traditions of the Village of Bharatpur's Kings"

October 7

Special Asia at Noon presentation cosponsored by the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy of the UB Law School

Flora Sapio,Centre for Advanced Studies on Contemporary China, Turin, Italy, and Visiting Scholar, New York University School of Law

"Finding a New Foundation for Justice in China"

Ocotber 21

Natalie Sarazin, Associate Professor, Department of Theater, SUNY Brockport

"Picturize This! Musical Manifestations and Meaning in Bollywood Song and Dance"

November 4

Kristin Stapleton, Director, Asian Studies Program, University at Buffalo

The Chinese War and Peace: An Intimate Portrait of 1911 in Chengdu

Asian Studies-sponsored events during International Education Week (November 14-18) (Click here for a full IEW schedule, with many more Asia-related events!)

Asia After Graduation

Tuesday, November 15

2:00-3:00 pm

107 Capen

How to Make Change Happen: Stories of Social Innovators from around the Globe

Keynote address by David Bornstein, author of How to Change the World: Social Entreprenuers and the Power of New Ideas

Wednesday, November 16

3:30 pm

China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections

Featuring

Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski (via live, interactive webcast)

Peter Geithner, Ford Foundation’s first representative in China (speaking on-site at UB)

Wednesday, November 16

120 Clemens Hall, UB North Campus

Free and open to the public

6:30 pm Doors open; refreshments

6:50 pm Opening remarks

7:00 pm Webcast with Dr. Brzezinski

7:45 pm Address by Peter Geithner

8:15 pm Q&A / Discussion

Rhythm of Rajasthan in Concert!

Friday, November 18

8:00 pm

CONFERENCE

Implementing Truth and Reconciliation: Comparative Lessons for Korea

Date: Monday, October 24, 2011

Time: 8:45am

9:00 am -10:45 am; Panel 1

11:15 am - 1::00 pm; Panel 2

Location: Cellino and Barnes Conference Center, 509 O’Brian Hall, UB’s North Campus

INIDAN CLASSICAL DANCE PERFORMANCE

Natya-School of Indian Classical Dance in Buffalo presents the Compositions of Saint Purandaradasa

Date: Sunday, October 16, 2011
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Sweethome High School, 1901 Sweet Home Road, Amherst, NY
Free and open to the public

HINDUSTANI VOCAL MUSIC

Triveni presents a Tribute to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

An Evening of Hindustani Vocal Music

Nagaraj Rao Havaldar with Kendranath Havaldar on tabla and Omkarnath Havaldar on harmonium

Date: Friday October 7th, 2011

Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Baird Recital Hall, UB North Campus

Suggestion Donation: Gneral $15, Student $10

Music Workshop

Date: Friday October 7th, 2011

Time: 3:00 pm

Location: Baird Recital Hall, UB North Campus

Free and open to the public

MOON FESTIVAL CELEBRATION

October 1

7:00 pm

Slee Hall, University at Buffalo North Campus

Featuring lively music and colorful dance performances by student artists from the College of Music at Beijing's Capital Normal University.

Free and open to the public

Event is presented by The Confucius Institute at UB

FUSION: EASTERN/WESTERN AESTHETIC

2-part Educators Seminar Workshop

October 6 & 13

4:00-7:00 pm

UB Anderson Gallery

One Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo (off Englewood Ave., Near UB South Campus)

ASIAN STUDIES TO HOST ANNUAL NEW YORK CONFERENCE ON ASIAN STUDIES (NYCAS)

SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2011

NYCAS 2011 will include panels on East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia from many disciplinary perspectives; a Saturday morning Arts in Asia teacher workshop; exhibition openings by world-renowned Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. Lê and by students from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing; keynote addresses by Melissa Chiu, vice president for Global Arts Programs at the Asia Society, and Gail Hershatter, president of the Association for Asian Studies; and a reception sponsored by UB's Confucius Institute.

Venues

Ramada Hotel and Conference Center, North Forest Road, Amherst, NY (panels and vendor exhibits Friday and Saturday)

University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, North Campus (Friday evening Melissa Chiu lecture, Chinese art exhibtion, and reception)

UB Anderson Gallery, Martha Jackson Place, near UB South Campus (Saturday evening Dinh Q. Lê exhibition opening)

120 Clemens Hall, UB North Campus (Saturday morning Arts in Asia teacher workshop)

Spring 2011

Lectures, Films, and Other Events

Lecture-Concert

Jin Hi Kim on komungo and electric komungo (performance and talk)

Date: Wednesday, April 27

Jin Hi Kim's Digital Buddha

with guests Ravi Padmanabha (tabla, percussion) and Steve Baczkowski (didjeridu, winds)

Date: Friday, April 29

Presentation

Southeast Asia for Teachers

Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Lecture-Concert

The Sitar-Cello duo of Shubhendra Rao and Saskia Rao de Haas with Biplab Bhattacharya on tabla

Lecture-Demonstration
Date: Thursday, April 7
Concert
Date: Sunday, April 10

Asian Cultural Bazaar

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Chat Room: Asian Culture

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011

Disaster Relief

Japan Day

Date: Saturday, April 16, 2011

The 2011 Professor Ibrahim Jammal Memorial Lectures on International Planning

"Urban Development in the Koreas"

Presentation

Domestic Violence and Women's Security from Owning Property

by Bina Agarwal, Director and Professor of Economics Institute of Economic Growth,

University of Delhi

Date: Monday, March 28

Film Screening

The Sun Behind The Clouds - Tibet's Struggle for Freedom

Time: 5:00 pm

Presentation

Mission To Madurai: Dutch Embassies to the Nayaka Court of Madurai in the Seventeenth Century
Time: 5:00 pm

Date: Friday, March 11

Documentary Screening

Pakistan One on One

Time: 6:30 pm

Date: Thursday, March 24

2011 Chinese New Year Celebration

February 5, 2011

2011 Chinese New Year Celebration Program

Movie - My Tehran for Sale

Date:Thursday, February 24

Movie - Oxhide (Niu Pi)

Date:Thursday, March 24

Fall 2010

Lectures, Films, and Other Events

Fundraiser for Pakistan Flood Victims

Monday, September 6

Asian Studies Fall Picnic

Sunday, September 19

Matteo Ricci and His Legacy in China: The Perils of Success

Presentation by acclaimed historian Jonathan Spence

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

7:00 pm

City Honors High School

186 East North Street, Buffalo

Living with the Enemy: Insights from the Manchurian Diary of Jin Yufu, 1931-1935

Presentation by Professor Annping Chin

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

12:00-1:30 pm (lunch will be served beginning at 11:45 am)

Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy

509 O’Brian Hall

Chinese Moon Festival Celebration

Friday, October 1,
7:00 pm
Flickinger Performing Arts Center
Nichols School 1250 Amherst St., Buffalo

Event is free and open to the public

Merchants of Bollywood

Tuesday, October 12

7:30 pm

Mainstage Theatre

UB Center for the Arts

$36.50; students $19.50

Vijay Kichlu Indian Music Performance and Lecture-Demonstration

Friday, October 15

3:30 pm

Baird Recital Hall

UB North Campus

China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections

Monday, October 18

120 Clemens Hall, UB North Campus

Featuring Jon M. Huntsman Jr., U.S. Ambassador to China, via interactive webcast, and a panel of UB faculty and students

Marriage On The Street Corners of Tehran

Book Signing & Reading by author Nadia Shahram

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Asia after Graduation

Wednesday, November 17

3:00 pm

200G Baldy Hall

Understanding Classroom Cultures: China

Ellen Dussourd, Director of International Student and Scholar Services, and Chinese students

Friday, November 19

12-2:00 pm

120 Clemens Hall

Asia at Noon presentation

Please note the unique time and location for this Asia at Noon forum.

Spring 2011

April 22

Thomas Burkman, Research Professor, Asian Studies Program, University at Buffalo

"Postwar Repatriation in East Asia, 1945- "

April 8

Elise Anne DeVido, Assistant Professor, Department of History, St. Bonaventure University

"'Dia linh sanh nhon kiet, Wondrous places engender outstanding people': The Life and Buddhist Heritage of Thich Quang Duc, 1897-1963"

April 1

Dr. Doreswamy AG, Professor of Marketing Amrita University, India

"Doing Business in India: What Americans Need to Know"

Dr. Pooja Sharma Assistant Professor Amrita University, India

"Reaching the Rural Indian Market through Creative Advertising"
pertinent to rural India.

February 18

Eleana Kim, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Rochester

"Adopted Territory: Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging."

February 11

Alagappan Gangatharan, Visiting Professor, Department of History, Banaras Hindu University, India.

"The Emergence of Community Consciousness and Caste associations in Modern India: Some reflections on caste historiography"

January 28

Jeff Gower, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo

"The Unintended Consequences of Low U.S. H-1B Visa Caps: Brain Blocking, Brain Diversion, and Racial Discrimination Against Asian Technology Professionals."

Fall 2010

September 17

Shirlena Huang, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore

"Caring for the Elderly: The Embodied Labor Of Female Migrant Care Workers In Singapore"

October 15

Robert Vanwey, Graduate Student, Department of History and School of Law, University at Buffalo.

"A Spiritual Journey in China"

October 22

Tae Hyung Kim, Assistant Professor of History and Government, Daemen College.

"South Korea’s Space Policy and Its National Security Implications"

October 29

Tony Ong, Director, Press Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, New York

"Taiwan’s Relationship with China and the U.S.: The Unique Position of an East Asian Democracy"

November 5

Robert Kane, Associate Professor, Department of History,Niagara University.

"Race and Representation: Japan and the Limits of a Wilsonian Democratic Peace"

November 19

Ellen Dussourd, Director of International Student and Scholar Services, University at Buffalo.

"Understanding Cultures: China"

Spring 2010

Lectures, Films, and Other Events

Performing Arts Troupe of the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

February 10

“Law, Environment, and the Public Sphere in India” by
Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan

Asian Law Working Group Speaker, Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy
March 2

Korean P’ansori Traditional Korean Music and Storytelling

March 11

12th Annual Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Conference
March 12-14, Friday –Sunday

Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

Zakir Hussain, Grammy Award Tabla player

March 16

Confucious Institute Grand Opening.

April 9

Ou Ning on the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale: Mobilizing Cities

April 22

Art Exhibition by Manish Arora

Asian Studies Program and Visual Studies Program, UB

Visiting Professor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

ART 447 Studio Exhibition: "Advertising Bazar"
22nd April, 2010, 132 Visual Studies, Center for Arts, UB

Winter 2009-2010 Interim

Study Tour to India

Mid-December 2009 to early January 2010

Students will trace the steps of Buddha through the Ganges River Valley, concluding their experience at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, where they will collaborate with BHU students and faculty on a piece of artwork based on their travels.

Fall 2009

Lectures, Films, and Other Events

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Anne Hardgrove, UT San Antonio

Mainstage Theatre, UB Center for the Arts

Rhythm of Rajasthan

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Japanese Deviation in Colonial Korea: Revisiting Customary Law in a Comparative Context

Marie Seong-Hak Kim (St. Cloud State University, History Department)

Monday, October 5, 2009
Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries (USA; Seoul, South Korea)

Monday, October 12, 2009

Asian Studies Information Session

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Nichols School, Library Reading Room

Dr. Daniel Bell, China’s New Confucianism to speak at Nichols

Tuesday, November 3
Legal Reform in Northeast Asia: Institutional Change and Constitutionalism in
Comparative Perspective by Tom Ginsburg, Professor of Law, University of Chicago

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Fire Under The Snow

Producer Makoto Sasa.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Speaker Series Fall 2009 -Xu Bing’s

Monday, November 23

Chinese Digital Lives

Presentation by Tom Doctoroff, CEO of JWT Group

Fall 2009 Speakers

Friday, September 11

Deborah Reed-Danahay

Professor, Department of Anthropology

University at Buffalo

Abstract: The Tet Festival: Communities of Practice and Citizenship among Vietnamese Americans

Friday, September 25

Anne Hardgrove

Associate Professor of History

University of Texas, San Antonio

Abstract: Translation and Sexuality in South Asia

Special Asia at Noon presentation (Time and location for this event only)

Art and the Sichuan Earthquake: The Experience of Aba Teachers’ College

Date: Friday, October 2,
Time:11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: 708 Clemens

Friday, October 16

Jianqiang Wang

Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Studies, University at Buffalo

Abstract: Serving Users with Information in Different Languages

Friday, October 23

Ram Alagan

Visiting Professor, UB, Department of Geography, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Abstract: "Sri Lanka" the Island of the Indian Ocean: The Aftermath of the Civil War

Friday, October 30
Ji Young Park

Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning University at Buffalo

Abstract: Empirical Investigation on Korean immigrants to the U.S.

Friday, November 13

Jeffrey Chow

Ph.D Student, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo

Abstract: Islamic Finance: A Panacea to the Current Global Financial Problems ?

Spring 2009

East Asia for Teachers

A 30-hour National Consortium for Teaching about Asia

Seminar Alternating Thursday Afternoons and Saturday

Mornings,beginning January 15 Buffalo Teacher Resource

Center,150 Lower Terrace, Buffalo. Organized by the Asian

Studies Program in collaboration with theUB/Buffalo Public

Schools Partnership. Administered by the Five College

Center for EastAsian Studies, with funding from the

Freeman Foundation

"Why Understanding Ming Autocracy Matters Now"
Sarah Schneewind, Univerity of California, San Diego

Presented by Asian Studies Program and the
Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy

Tuesday, January 20

11:30 am–1:00 pm
509 O’Brian

"Srishti Dances of India"

Saturday, February 28

6:30 pm

Student Union Theater

University at Buffalo, North Campus

Ji-li Jiang Presentation to Western New York Educators

Saturday, March 7

9:00 am

Buffalo Seminary High School

205 Bidwell Parkway, Buffalo

Autism and Education in the People’s Republic of China since 1982

Helen McCabe, Assistant Professor of Education
Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Thursday, April 9, 7:00 pm

Unitarian Universalist Church of Amherst

6320 Main Street, Williamsville, across from ECC North Campus

Asian Cultural Bazaar

Hosted by Intercultural and Diversity Center

University at Buffalo

Tuesday, April 15, 2009

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Student Union

University Commencement

College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate ceremony

Sunday, May 10, 2009

10:00 am

Alumni Arena

Law, Society, and Culture in Asian History

A Spring 2009 Luncheon Seminar Series

Cosponsored by UB’s Asian Studies Program and

the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, UB Law School

With additional funding provided by Mentholatum

January 20

Why Understanding Ming Autocracy Matters Now
Sarah Schneewind, Associate Professor of History, University of California, San Diego.

Summary: The Ming dynasty is often seen as representing the height of Chinese autocracy. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang has been portrayed as an all-powerful autocrat with a clear plan for China whose power was such that he could pound and shape the state and society like soft plastic. Professor Schneewind will reexamine this image of the Ming founder and of Chinese society as completely under the thumb of the state. She will examine tendencies of autocracy and democratization in China, and show that even subjects of the highly autocratic Ming regime challenged its policies and made political demands.

March 3

Modernization and Traditionalism in Buddhist Almsgiving in Taiwan

Charles Jones, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of America

Summary: Professor Jones will discuss the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Association, which came into being in 20th century Taiwan at the end of a process of modernization that appears to have transpired both in China and the West whereby “almsgiving” became modern “scientific charity.”

Click here to view an article by Charles Jones that will be discussed at the luncheon.

March 17

Crime and Social Order in early 20th Century Chinese Cities

Zhao Ma, Assistant Professor of History, State University of New York-Fredonia

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Summary: Professor Ma will examine the legal implications of customary wedding rituals in early 20th-century Beijing. The adjudication process brings to light legislative reforms and new administrative measures that sought to subject individual life-cycle events to government scrutiny. However, the experiences of lower-class women highlight the importance of customary nuptials and neighborhood networks in helping women engage in a rather fluid pattern of marriage. Bigamy trials offer a case study revealing the role of women in contesting and redefining the urban social order of the period.

Click here to view an article by Zhao Ma that will be discussed at the luncheon.

March 31

International Law in Shaping Asia’s 20th Century

Alexis Dudden, Associate Professor of History, University of Connecticut

Summary: Professor Dudden will explain how, by making the terminology of international law standard Japanese practice by the outset of the 20th century, Japanese state aggrandizers enabled Japanese officials to define legal and political power for Asia. The consequences of their actions hold sway to this day.

Click here to view an article by Alexis Dudden that will be discussed at the luncheon.

April 7

Consent, Coercion, and Influence: Election Law and Democracy in 20th Century India

David Gilmartin, Professor of History, North Carolina State University

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Summary: Professor Gilmartin will address the colonial roots of India’s election law and the importance of the legal concept of “undue influence,” and examine how legal structures since 1947 have shaped the meanings of elections and the concept of the people’s sovereignty in the Indian context.

Click here to view an article by David Gilmartin that will be discussed at the luncheon.

David Gilmartin's article, with commentaries, is also available in the Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 68, no. 1, at Cambridge Journals Online by clicking here. This link may only be available if you are associated with UB.

Questions: Contact Bruce Acker at 645-0763 or email backer@buffalo.edu

FALL 2008

Lectures, Films, and Other Events

"Just Say 'Noh' - The Art of Translation from a Performer's Perspective"

Presentation by Jubilith Moore of San Francisco's Theatre of Yugen

Thursday, October 2, 2008

11:00 am -12:20 pm

190 Alumni Arena

Free and open to the public

Please click on this link for more information: Yugen_Visiting_Artist_at_UB

"The Muslims I Know"

Film and Presentation by Mara Ahmed

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

5:00 pm-6.30 pm

120 Clemens

Free and open to the public

"Punches 'n Ponytails"

Documentary about Women Boxers in India

Followed by discussion with filmmaker Pankaj Kumar

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

4:00 - 6:00 pm

120 Clemens

Free and open to the public

Punches 'n Ponytails (2008, 74 min.) is a journey into the science of boxing as practiced by two Indian women. The film unfolds with them as they wrestle with their day-to-day existence as boxers and the conflicts that surround them. Using cinema verite style, the film articulates the boxers' concerns and shares their ideas about their futures.

Cosponsored by the Asian Studies Program, Department of Media Study, and the Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender

Japanese Cultural Day

Monday, November 2, 2008

1:00 pm-5:00 pm

Buffalo Botanical Gardens

2655 South Park Avenue,

Buffalo NY

Panel Discussion

Friday, November 7, 2008

Asian-American authors panel

Location: Talbert 107

Time: 7:00 pm

Admission is free and open to the public

The Asian American Student Union (AASU) is offering an open discussion with a panel of Asian American authors on the evening of Nov.7th. The panel consists of Bino Realuyo, Ed Lin and David Yoo

Performance

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Rise Up: Lakas ng Bayan” by Filipino-American Student Association

Location: Student Union Theater

Time: 5:00 pm

Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the door or in advance at the SBI Ticket Offic

Asian Night Competition

Hosted by Asian American Student Union (AASU)

Sunday, November 16, 2008

7:00 pm

Student Union Theater

Admission: $5 (Advance Ticket), $7 (At the door)

"In the Mood for Love"

Film by Wong Kar Wai, Buffalo Film Seminar Series

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

7:00 pm

Market Arcade Theater, 617 Main Street Buffalo

"Walking a Fine Line: Telling Our Life Stories in the Mao Years"

Lecture by Weili Ye, Professor of History and Women Studies,

University of Massassuchetts, Boston

Friday, November 21, 2008

3:00pm -5.00 pm

532 Park Hall

Free and open to the public

ASIA AT NOON. SPRING 2009

Friday, January 23

“Anti-Catholicism in the Philippines during the American Period, 1898-1941”

Tino Rodao, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Friday, February 6

“Psychological Health of Elder Adults with Dementia: India, Taiwan and the U.S.”

Machiko Tomita, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science,

University at Buffalo; Amsita Sarang and Kuo-Feng Lee, Graduate Students,
Occupational Therapy, University at Buffalo

Friday, February 13

“ A Street with No Name”

Margo Kren, Professor, Art Department, Kansas State University

Friday, February 20

“A Study of Individual Investors in China: How Behavioral Biases Affect Their Trading Performance”

Kenneth Kim, Associate Professor of Finance, Jacobs School of Management, University at Buffalo

Friday, February 27
"Everything You Want to Know About Tibet"

Craig Preston, Adjunct Instructor, Asian Studies Program, University at Buffalo

Friday, April 10

Recent Developments in Autism in the People's Republic of China

Helen McCabe, Assistant Professor of Education, Hobart and William Smith College

ASIA AT NOON. FALL, 2008

Friday, September 5 “Evaluating the Beijing Olympics”

UB Faculty and special guest Jerry Sullivan, Buffalo News

Senior Sportswriter, who covered the Beijing Olympics for the

News

Friday, September 19 “Poverty, Child Trafficking, and Structural Change: Participant’s

Report on NGO Work with Children and Families In the Mekong

Delta, Vietnam”

Michael Frisch, Professor of American Studies and History,

Senior Research Scholar, UB

Friday, October 3 “The Next President's Strategies for Engagement'”

Asia Policy Debate for Students, Professionals, and Scholars

Friday, October 10 “Feeding the Olympians: Breakfast (and Lunch and Dinner)

of Champions”

William O'Brien, President, Greater China Beijing HAVI Food Co.

Friday, October 17 “Publishing Outstanding Scholarly Works”

Toni Tan, Director, Cambria Press, Amherst, NY

Friday, October 31 “Sustainable Development, Water Resources Management and

Women’s Empowerment: The Wanaraniya Water Project in

Sri Lanka”

Seela Aladuwaka and Ram Alagan, Professors of Geography,

University of Peradeniya

UB visiting scholars in Asian Studies and Global Gender Studies

Friday, November 14 “Tibetan Pop Music”

International Education Week Amalia Rubin, UB Asian Studies senior

Friday, November 21 “From a Hierarchy in Time to a Hierarchy in Space:

Early 20th Century Chinese Perception of Global Order”

Tze-ki Hon, Professor of History, SUNY Geneseo

SPRING 2008

Friday, February 1.
Kristen Schultz Lee (kslee4 AT buffalo.edu), Asst. Professor, Sociology
"Sibling Structure, Gender, and Caregiving in Japan"

Friday, February 15.
Rajiv Kishore (rkishore AT buffalo.edu), Assoc. Professor, School of Management
Roundtable discussion: “Outsourcing and Offshoring to Asia-Pacific: Issues, Trends, and Management"

The confirmed panelists are:
Shamistha Bagchi-Sen, Professor, Department of Geography
Winston Chang, Professor, Department of Economics
Rajiv Kishore, Associate Professor, School of Management
Jessie Poon, Professor, Department of Geography
John Thomas, Dean, School of Management
Niraj Verma, Professor and Chair, Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Friday, April 4.
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei, Vice Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper, NY
"Buddhist Compassion in a Troubled World"

Friday, April 11.
Zhao Ma (zhao.ma AT fredonia.edu), Asst. Professor of Chinese & East Asian History, SUNY Fredonia
"Transgressing the Boundaries: The Story of a Female Abductor in Early Twentieth-Century Beijing."

Friday, April 25.
Heather Fried (mhfried AT buffalo.edu), Graduate Student, Anthropology
"Takers Anyone?: Tu Thangka and the Tibetanizing Effects of Tourism in Tongren County, China."

FALL 2007

Asia@Noon, Brown Bag Symposia

Friday, September 7. Elaine Howard Ecklund, Asst. Professor of Sociology

“Korean American Evangelicals: New Models for

Civic Life”

Friday, September 21. Michael Lazich, Assoc. Professor of History, Buffalo State

“American Missionaries and the Opium Trade in Nineteenth-Century China”

Friday, October 5. Jennifer Gaynor, Asst. Professor of History

“Narrative transformation in Sama social memory” (Maritime peoples of Southeast

Asia)

Friday, October 19. Craig Preston, Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Studies

“The Nirvana Track: Becoming a Top Scholar in Tibet”

Friday, November 2. Tae-Hyung Kim, Asst. Professor of Political Science, Daemen College

“North Korea’s Nuclear Ambition: Choice or Necessity?”

Friday, November 16. Chris Johnston, Ph.D. Candidate in Geography; President, World Trade Center Buffalo/Niagara

“Chinese Direct Investment in North America: Geographies, Industries, and Strategies”

(International Education Week)

SPRING 2007

Asia@Noon, Brown Bag Symposia

FEB. 2
Niharika Banerjea, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology
“Poor Women’s Mobilization and Participatory Practices in Kolkata, India: A Critical Review”

FEB. 16
Robert Dentan, Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus
“From Savages to Serfs: How Malaysia Schools its Aborigines”

MAR. 1 [Thursday]
Takashi Nishiyama, Assistant Professor of History, SUNY/Brockport
“The Kamikazation of War, 1944-45: What Engineers Did and Why They Did It”

MAR. 23
Ryushin Marchaj, teacher, Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper NY
“Enlightenment Comes from Within”

APR. 6
Robert G. Kane, Assistant Professor of History, Niagara University
“The Twenty-One Demands (1915) as Politics and History”

APR. 20
Panel of UB Sinologist faculty

Lectures, Films, and Other Events

Friday, February 29, 3:00-5:00pm. Professor Sherman Cochran, Cornell University. "Chinese Business Dynasty: Family Survival Strategies in War and Revolution". 532 Park Hall.

Abstract: How did a Chinese business family, the Lius of Shanghai, survive the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45 and the Communist Revolution of 1949? Its strategies are revealed in more than 2,000 letters exchanged by its members: father, mother, nine sons and three daughters. Their intimate correspondence provides a window on their their decision making within their own family and business and in relation to the wider world of national and international affairs.

Sponsored by: History Department and Asian Studies Program, with support from the School of Management

Saturday, March 8, 6:00pm. Geeta Desai. "Modern India: Sacred Cows and High Tech Business." Samuel's Grande Manor in Clarence.

Geeta Desai, an organizational development consultant and women's advocate, will speak at the 7th Annual International Women's Day Celebration and Discussion sponsored by the American Association of University Women. Tickets for the dinner and talk are $35. For more information, contact Judy Weidemann at 655-3649 or JWeide7170 AT aol.com.

Monday, March 24, 3:00-5:00pm. Professor Bill Tsutsui, University of Kansas. "War and the Environment: The Case of Japan during World War II". Park 280.

Saturday, March 29, 8:00pm. HT Chen and Dancers. Center for the Arts Mainstage.

HT Chen & Dancers is an innovative modern dance company which has created a uniquely Asian-American expression by embodying its cultural heritage. Admission is $10 for students and $18 for general admission.

Tuesday, April 15, 7:30-9:00pm., Main Stage Theater, CFA

“Explosive Beats: Japanese Taiko Drumming’”

Come and experience the thunderous beats and dynamic movement brought to you by master musicians Takumi Kato and Ryo Shiobara. Notably, Ryo Shiobara won the grand prix at an international Taiko contest in Tokyo last October.

This event is hosted by the Asian Studies program and sponsored by The Office of Student Life and The Office of the Provost of International Education.

Thursday, April 17

China Town Hall Webcast

Lectures, Films, and Other Events

NEW COURSE - Tibet: Myth and Reality

The Tibet course, Wednesday evenings at 7:00-9:40, is in a large lecture hall, Knox 20 on North Campus. We still have space for students to register for credit. Please click here to download the Tibet course speaker list, as well as the Tibet course speaker bios [both in Microsoft Word format]. We can also accommodate registered auditors as well as visitors who want to attend and or all of the lectures. Some of the finest Tibet specialists in North America will be speaking in this exciting course, presented as a lead-up to the visit to UB of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, September 18-19, 2006.