Asian Studies Program

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Past 2010-2011 Events
 
7-21-2010   “Angel Island: The History of Chinese Immigration to the U.S.”
Joe and Elizabeth Chan
Crane House (The Asia Institute), Louisville, KY
     
8-6-2010 to
10-17-2010
  Tiếng Nóí Lưu Vong: Moving Voices from Vietnam
Crane House (The Asia Institute), Louisville, KY
Sponsored by Vietnamese Oral History Project
     
8-21-2010   JAPAN! Summer Festival
Jacobson Park, Lexington, KY
     
8-26-2010 to
11-12-2010
  Handcrafted Identities: Japanese Women's Accessories
Curated by Dr. Terry Kita
Doris Ulmann Galleries, Lower Traylor Gallery
Sponsored by the Department of Art
     
8-26-2010 to
10-8-2010
  Lessons from the Silk Road: Art and Artifacts from Central and Southeast Asia
Doris Ulmann Galleries, Rogers Gallery
Sponsored by the Center for International Education and the Department of Art
     
9-2-2010   Opening Reception for Lessons from the Silk Road: Art and Artifacts from Central and Southeast Asia
Doris Ulmann Galleries, Rogers Gallery
Sponsored by the Center for International Education and the Department of Art
     
9-3-2010 to
9-4-2010
  WorldFest 2010
6th and Main St., Louisville, KY
     
9-8-2010   Asian Studies Colloquium: "An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine"
Dr. Marro Inoue (University of Kentucky)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program
     
9-10-2010 to
9-30-2010
  Asian Film Series
Village 8 Theatres, Louisville, KY
Sponsored by Crane House (The Asia Institute)
     
9-16-2010   Larry Coryell and Bombay Jazz
Phelps-Stokes Auditorium
Sponsored by Convocations Program
     
9-20-2010 to
11-12-2010
  The Horse in Japan, 1615 – 1912
Curated by Dr. Sandy Kita (Chatham University)
Doris Ulmann Galleries, Upper Traylor Gallery
Sponsored by the Department of Art
     
10-9-2010   Kiku Matsuri Chrysanthemum Festival
Yuko-En Japanese Garden, Georgetown, KY
     
10-13-2010   Asian Studies Colloquium: "Revolutionizing Antiquity: The Shanghai Cultural Bureaucracy in the Cultural Revolution, 1966-68"
Dr. Denise Ho (University of Kentucky)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program
     
10-28-2010   Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company
Singletary Center, University of Kentucky
     
10-29-2010 to 11-30-2010   Memories of the Past: Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting
Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
     
10-29-2010   Noh Theatre Workshop
Mr. Atsuyoshi Asano (Kanze School of Noh, Kyōto, Japan)
Dance Studio (Room 211), Seabury Center
Sponsored by the Asian Studies Program, the Berea College Theatre and the Department of Foreign Languages
     
10-30-2010
Symposium: The Reign of the Horse -- Exploring Cultural Connections Through Equine Images in Art
Room 218, Frost Building
Sponsored by the Department of Art

   
11-1-2010  

Central Asia and Globalization
Dr. Morris Rossabi (Columbia University)
Woods-Penn Commons
Sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Center for International Education   

     
11-6-2010 to 11-13-2010   ArtsAsia Festival
Sponsored by the University of Kentucky Asia Center
     
11-8-2010   Chinese Ink Painting Demonstration with Zheng Chongbin
Cowgill 102, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
     
11-8-2010   "Contemporary Chinese Art"
Dr. Kuiyi Shen (Transylvania University) Carrick Theater, Lexington, KY
     
11-10-2010   Asian Studies Colloquium: "Fujita Tsuguharu and the Impossibility of Being ‘International’: Japanese in Europe in the 1920s and ’30s"
Dr. Douglas Slaymaker (University of Kentucky)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program
     
11-11-2010   Orchid Ensemble: Road to Kashgar
Phelps-Stokes Auditorium
Sponsored by Convocations Program
     
11-29-2010   Silk Roads and the Imaginaire
Jeanne Larsen(Hollins University)
Woods-Penn Commons
Sponsored by the Center for International Education
     
12-4-2010   Taiko Drum Workshop (session 1)
Guignol Theater, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY For information and registration, contact programs@jask.org
     
12-7-2010   KIIS Summer Program in Japan Information Session
Room 207, Woods-Penniman Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and the Center for International Education
     
12-10-2010   Totoro’s Travels:  A Semester in Kyūshū, Japan
Sarah Resnick ’11
Room 207, Woods-Penniman Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and the Center for International Education
     
12-18-2010   Taiko Drum Workshop (session 2)
Guignol Theater, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY For information and registration, contact programs@jask.org
     
1-7-2011 to
2-24-2011
  Stage & Street: High & Low Japanese Craft Traditions Cochenour Gallery
Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
     
2-5-2011   Chinese New Year Celebration
Clifton Center, 2117 Payne Street, Louisville, KY
Sponsored by Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), Kentuckiana Chapter
     
2-9-2011   Asian Studies Colloquium: "The World’s Oldest Manual of Go"
Dr. Robert Foster (Berea College)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program
     
2-22-2011   Spring Festival Celebration
Lyric Theatre, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the Confucius Institute, University of Kentucky
     
3-25-2011   Accumulating Examples of Virtue and Vice: Collective Biography Writing in Medieval China
Dr. Keith Knapp (The Citadel)
West End Room, Patterson Office Tower, 18th Floor
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
4-7-2011  

Cherry Blossom Festival
Powell Building, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Sponsored by the EKU Dept. of Foreign Languages and Humanities

4-10-2011 to 7-3-2011  

Splendid Silk: Japanese Embroidery
University of Kentucky Art Museum

Lexington, KY

4-11-2011  

"Under the Ruffles: Shojo-Japan's 'Kawaii Power' and Its Affect on Global Society"
Dr. Frenchy Lunning (Minneapolis College of Art & Design)
W. T. Young Library Auditorium
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

4-11-2011  

TEA Time: Special Focus on Japan
Room 207, Woods-Penn Building
Sponsored by the Center for International Education and the Asian Studies Program

4-13-2011   Asian Studies Colloquium: "Seats of Culture: British Exploration in Central Asia, c. 1900"
Dr. Rebecca Bates (Berea College)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program
4-16-2011  

Asian Studies at Louisville: 2011 Lang Seminar
Research Building, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Sponsored by Crane House (The Asia Institute) and the U. of L. Asian Studies Program

4-16-2011  

Japanese Ambassador to Visit Kentucky
Yuko-En Friendship Garden, Georgetown, KY

Sponsored by Japan/America Society of Kentucky

4-21-2011   "Martyrs and Historical Memory: Momunents, Memorial Parks, and Museums of Dead Heroes in China and Taiwan"
Dr. Kirk Denton (Ohio State University)
Lexmark Room, Main Building
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
4-28-2011   Asian Studies Banquet for Prof. Lee and Graduating Seniors
Coyle Gathering Room, Boone Tavern Inn
By invitation only
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program
4-29-2011   Asian Studies Colloquium: "A Goddess' Journey to Power: Mazu and Gender in Taiwan"
Dylan A. Bracken '11
Room 100, Draper Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program