Wednesday Evening Seminar
The Wednesday Evening Seminar (WES) is a weekly gathering of Center participants in their first fall and spring semester. WES brings together fellows from diverse academic disciplines, geographic areas, life experiences, and East-West Center programs to learn and dialogue on issues of common concern that impact the U.S. and Asia Pacific region. Read more...
Spring 2010 Program
Syllabus - "Cultural Foundations and Contemporary Expressions in the Asia-Pacific"
January 27 - April 21, 2010
Keoni Auditorium
Hawai'i Imin International Conference Center
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Feb 3 - "WOT, Bodda You? Challenging Stereotypes about Pidgin in Hawai'i"
Click here to view the film Ha Kam Wi Tawk Pidgin Yet?
Feb 17 - "Thinking Through Race as Cultural Foundation and Contemporary Expression in Japan: The Case Study of Obamamania"
Feb 24 - "Ancient Monuments and Nationalism in Southeast Asia"
Mar 3 - "A Mouthful of Diversity: Cider Production Around the World and Conservation of Traditional Apple Diversity"
Mar 10 - "Confucianism and a Changing Cultural Order"
PAST WEDNESDAY EVENING SEMINARS
2009 Fall - "Current Challenges and Empowering Voices in the United States, Asia and the Pacific"
2009 Spring - "Toward a Regional Literacy of the Asia-Pacific and the United States"
2008 Fall - "The Politics of Globalization and Social Networks in the Asia-Pacific"
2008 Spring - "Emerging Issues in the Asia and the Pacific"
2007 Fall - “Sustainability: Behind the Veneer of the Rhetoric”
2007 Spring - "Creating Futures for Asia and the Pacific: Choices and Behaviors" (syllabus)
2006 Fall - "Empowering People for the Future of Asia and the Pacific" (syllabus)
