Asian Studies Program

Past 2009-2010 Events

9-4-2009 to 9-24-2009
 Asian Film Series
Louisville, KY
Sponsored by Crane House
9-9-2009 Asian Studies Colloquium: “Meditation, Mindfulness, and Monastic Living: Engaged Buddhism at Deer Park Monastery”
Denny Scalf ’11
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program
9-29-2009
 Film Screening: Abduction – The Megumi Yokota Story
W. T. Young Library Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the UK Asia Center
10-14-2009
 Asian Studies Colloquium: “The Spirits of Noh Theatre: Self, Suffering, and Liberation Onstage”
Jessica Higginbotham ’11
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program
10-16-2009
 Faculty Colloquium: “Jackie Chan as Confucian Critic: Contemporary Popular Confucianism in China”
Dr. Jeffrey L. Richey (Director of Asian Studies & Associate Professor of Religion)
Room 211, Traylor Building
Sponsored by the Office of the Dean
10-17-2009 to 10-24-2009
 ArtsAsia Festival 2009
Various locations, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the University of Kentucky Asia Cent
11-7-2009
 2009-2010 Ani-lympics
Activities Room, Alumni Building (basement)
Sponsored by the Berea Anime and Manga (BAM) Club
Registration  required – contact tonelloj@berea.edu  
11-11-2009
 Asian Studies Colloquium: “An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine”
Dr. Lin Zhang (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and Center for International Education
11-12-2009
 “Security Issues in Contemporary East Asia”
Dr. Tae-hyung Kim (Daemen College)
Room 216, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and Center for International Education
11-12-2009
 “Diet and Nutrition in Traditional Chinese Medicine”
Dr. Lin Zhang (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine)
Room 100, Emery Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and Center for International Education
11-19-2009
 Education Abroad Fair
Baird Lounge, Alumni Building
Sponsored by the Center for International Education
11-23-2009
 “Global Interactions and Issues of Criticality: Notes on China and its Recent Architecture”
Dr. Jianfei Zhu (University of Melbourne)
Pence Hall, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the UK Asia Center
12-9-2009
 Asian Studies Colloquium: “A Summer in China”
Jessica Frazier ’09
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program
1-15-2010 to 1-17-2010 Southeast Conference Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting
The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
1-16-2010
 “Confucian Role Ethics: Family Feeling as the Entry Point for Moral Competence”
Dr. Roger T. Ames (University of Hawai’i)
Crane House (The Asia Institute), Louisville, KY
1-25-2010 to 2-19-2010
 Zhang Shengtai: Paintings and Calligraphy
Giles Gallery
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
1-28-2010
 Highlights from the Asian Collection – Gallery Talk & Reception
Dr. Sandy Kita (Chatham University)Doris Ulmann Galleries
Sponsored by the Department of Art
1-28-2010 to 3-26-2010
 Highlights from the Asian Collection
Doris Ulmann Galleries
Sponsored by the Department of Art
2-6-2010
 Chinese New Year Celebration
Lexington Opera House, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by Kentucky Chinese American Association
2-10-2010
 Asian Studies Colloquium: ” The Buddha and the Possibility of Sustainable Interreligious Dialogue”
Dr. Abraham Velez (Eastern Kentucky University)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program
2-15-2010
 Deadline for Application to Study in Malaysia, South Korea, or Thailand in Fall 2010
Contact Center for International Education for more information
2-15-2010
 Deadline for Application to Study in China or Japan with KIIS Program in Summer 2010
Contact Center for International Education for more information
2-19-2010
 Lunar New Year Celebration
The Commons, Woods-Penniman Building
Sponsored by Asian Student Union
2-22-2010
 Deadline for Application to Participate in 62nd Japan-America Student Conference
3-5-2010
 Deadline for Application to Participate in 3rd Korea-America Student Conference
3-10-2010
 Peanut Butter and Gender: “Women’s Studies Turns Forty: New Horizons for Women of Color”
Dr. Yi-Chun Tricia Lin (Southern Connecticut State University)
Room 204, Phelps-Stokes
Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program
3-10-2010
 Asian Studies Colloquium: “The Status Quo and Future Directions of Chinese Education”
Prof. Xuejun Zhang (Jiangsu University of Science and Technology)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and Department of Economics and Business
4-14-2010 Ross Lecture:  ”China’s Only Female Emperor and Religious Pluralism”
Dr. N. Harry Rothschild (University of North Florida)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Department of Philosophy & Religion and Asian Studies Program
4-25-2010
 “Warrior Lives: Battlefield Biographies, East and West”
Bluegrass Ancient Studies Seminar
Room 307, Draper Building
Sponsored by Center for International Education, Department of Foreign Languages, and General Studies Program
4-27-2010
 “Encounters with the Roof of the World: The Himalaya”
Prof. David Zurick (Eastern Kentucky University)
Madison County Public Library
319 Chestnut Street, Berea KY
5-1-2010
 Japanese Tea Ceremony
Memorial Park (Jefferson & North Broadway Streets), Berea KY
5-1-2010
 Japanese Koto Performance
Memorial Park (Jefferson & North Broadway Streets), Berea KY
5-22-2010 Asian Cultural Festival
Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY