Past 2008-2009 Events
| June 21 | Appalshop-Indonesia Exchange Film Screening Lexington Public Library, Lexington, KY Sponsored by Appalshop and the University of Kentucky Asia Center |
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| June 1-28 |
“Revolutionary Voices” Art Exhibition: Cultural Revolution Posters of China Cressman Center for Visual Art, University of Louisville |
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| Aug. 23 | JAPAN! Summer Family Festival Shelter 1, Jacobson Park, Lexington, KY — for more information, click here.Sponsored by the Japan/America Society of Kentucky |
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| Sept. 10 | Asian Studies Colloquium: “Contemplating Byzantium: A Buddhist Deconstruction of W. B. Yeats” Robert Campbell ‘09 Room 103, Frost Building Sponsored by Asian Studies Program |
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| Sept. 13 | Moon Festival Celebration and Picnic Shelter 5, Shillito Park, Lexington, KY — for additional information, click here. Sponsored by the Kentucky Chinese American Association |
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| Sept. 19 | Asian Student Union Open House Baird Lounge, Alumni Building Sponsored by the Asian Student Union |
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| Sept. 27 | “The Madness of Terrorism”: A Presentation on Conflict in Sri Lanka Baird Lounge, Alumni Building Sponsored by the Cosmopolitan Clu |
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| Oct. 8 | Asian Studies Colloquium: “A Year in Japan” Adam Ledford ‘09 Room 103, Frost Building Sponsored by Asian Studies Program |
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| Oct. 15 | Orville Schell (Director, Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations), “The U.S. and China” Haggin Auditorium, Mitchell Fine Arts Center, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY Sponsored by Transylvania University — tel. 859-233-8124 for information |
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| Oct. 24 | “The Japan/American Relationship: An Historic Perspective and Future Opportunities” Mr. Naoyuki Agawa (former Minister and Director of the Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC) Room 230, Student Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Sponsored by the Japan/America Society of Kentucky, the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, and the UK Asia Cente |
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| Oct. 28 | International Cinema Series: Doing Time, Doing Vipassana (India, 2005) Room 108, Crabbe Library, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY Sponsored by EKU Libraries |
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| Oct. 30 | Chautauqua Series: “Spiritual Freedom in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism” Prof. Ravi Gupta (College of William and Mary) Prof. Abraham Velez (Eastern Kentucky University) Prof. Jeff Richey (Berea College) O’Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY Sponsored by EKU Chautauqua Lecture Series |
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| Nov. 1 | Kentucky Asian Studies Association 5th Annual Meeting Jessamine Career and Technology Center, Nicholasville, KY For program and registration information, click here. |
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| Nov. 12 | Asian Studies Colloquium: “Playing the Changes: Composing with the Yijing” Marty Edwards ‘08 Room 103, Frost Building Sponsored by Asian Studies Program |
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| Dec. 2 | Asian Studies Colloquium: “Market Meltdown and the Asian Connection” Wayne Tolliver (Associate Professor of Economics and Business) and Mark Roselli (Assistant Professor of Economics and Business) Room 103, Frost Building Sponsored by Asian Studies Program |
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| Dec. 9 | International Cinema Series: Tuya’s Marriage (Mongolia, 2008) Room 108, Crabbe Library, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY Sponsored by EKU Libraries. |
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| Dec. 16 | International Cinema Series: Still Life (China, 2008) Room 108, Crabbe Library, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY Sponsored by EKU Libraries |
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| Jan. 14 | Asian Studies Colloquium: “East Asian Holistic Medicine: The Acupuncture Perspective” Douglas MacLaren(Community Acupuncture Berea) Room 103, Frost Building Sponsored by Asian Studies Program |
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| Jan. 22 | Chautauqua Series: “Taking Freedom for Granted: Human Rights in China” Dr. Jianli Yang (1989 Tiananmen Square activist and chair, Foundation for China in the 21st Century) O’Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY Sponsored by EKU Chautauqua Lecture Series |
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| Jan. 24 | Chinese New Year Celebration Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY — for additional information, click here. Sponsored by the Kentucky Chinese American Associatio |
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| Jan. 27- Feb. 1 | Noh Theater Workshop with Faculty from Kanze School of Noh, Kyoto, Japan Georgetown College and Yūkōen Friendship Garden, Georgetown, KY Contact |
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| Mar. 5 | “Globalization and the World Food Crisis” Dr. Vandava Shiva Phelps-Stokes Chapel Sponsored by Convocations Program and Women’s Studies Program |
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| Mar. 11 | Asian Studies Colloquium: “The Ryūkyūs: Caught Between Cultures” Adam Ledford ‘09 Room 103, Frost Building Sponsored by Asian Studies Program |
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| Mar. 12 | Wings of Defeat Film screening and discussion with director Linda Hoaglund W. T. Young Library Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Sponsored by the UK Asia Center |
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| Mar. 20-22 | International Symposium: “China’s Rise and Its Impact on Asia: Democratization, Development, and Culture” University of Louisville Sponsored by the University of Louisville Center for Asian Democracy |
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| Apr. 1 | An Evening with Amitav Ghosh (prize-winning Indian author) Memorial Hall, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Sponsored by the UK Asia Center |
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| Apr. 1-30 | The Art and Science of Origami Exhibitions at W. T. Young, Fine Arts, and Science Libraries, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Sponsored by the UK Asia Center |
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| Apr. 8 | Asian Studies Colloquium: “Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture: Images of Buddha in Japanese Comic Books” Dr. Mark MacWilliams (St. Lawrence University) Room 103, Frost Building Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and the Department of Philosophy and Religion |
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| Apr. 19- May 24 | Seeking Enlightenment: Selected Art of India and Southeast Asia from the Permanent Collection Rogers Gallery Sponsored by the Department of Art |
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| Apr. 19 | “eats, shoots, and weaves” Artist talk by Lisa Lee Peterson Lower Traylor Gallery Sponsored by the Department of Art |
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| Apr. 20-23 | Samurai Film Festival Kentucky Theatre, Lexington, KY Sponsored by the UK Asia Center |
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| Apr. 23 | Lecture by Dr. Michael Raine (University of Chicago) on samurai cinema Niles Gallery, Fine Arts Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Sponsored by the UK Asia Center |
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| May 2 | Japanese Tea Ceremony Dr. Andrew Maske (University of Kentucky) and Ms. Mari Isobe Baird Lounge, Alumni Building Sponsored by the Asian Student Union |
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| May 13 | Asian Studies Colloquium: “History, Memory, and Media in Cambodia” Daniel Huck (William R. Gruver Chair of Leadership Studies and Co-Director, Entrepreneurship for the Public Good Program) Room 103, Frost Building Sponsored by Asian Studies Program |
