Release Date:	7/1/2004

 

 

An International Affair 2004
The EWC Foundation Annual Dinner

EWC/EWCA 2004 International Alumni Conference in Tokyo

EWC Board of Governors Meeting

3rd Changing Faces: Women’s Leadership Program

14th New Generation Seminar

Building the Foundation Program

2004 EWC/KDI Conference on "Regulatory Reforms in the Age of Financial Consolidation: Emerging Market Economy and Advanced Countries"

Asian Studies Development Programs (ASDP):

- NEH Summer Institute on Religion and Politics in India: Culture, History and the Contemporary Experience

- Malaysia and Indonesia Field Seminar

- Institute on Teaching About China and the United States

- Institute on Infusing East Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum

Asia PacificEd Program for Schools:

- AsiaPacificEd Travel Seminar -- Experiencing Southeast Asia: Vietnam and Thailand

- AsiaPacificEd Institute -- Teaching Southeast Asia: Strategies, Standards, and Resources

- AsiaPacificEd NEH Workshop -- Remembering Pearl Harbor:
History, Memory, and Memorial

Gender Equality & Disaster Risk Reduction - An Action Workshop for Social Change

A Design for Northeast Asian Transport Market Integration: The Cases of ASEAN and NAFTA Conference

China’s Capitalist Transition

Senior Journalists Seminar

EWC Washington

In the Arts . . .
Exhibition: Monkeys: Myth, Magic, and Mischief in the Arts of Asia

LOOKING AHEAD . . .

An International Affair 2004
The EWC Foundation Annual Dinner
Hilton Hawaiian Village, Coral Ballroom
July 14, 2004
The event will celebrate the culture of the Philippines. Her Excellency Corazon C. Aquino, former President of the Republic of the Philippines, will receive the Asia Pacific Community Building Award of the East-West Center in recognition of her determination and courage in leading a democratic revolution in the Philippines. The evening's festivities will feature a silent auction. Proceeds from the auction will benefit student scholarships to the East-West Center.
6:00 p.m. Silent Auction & Cocktails
7:00 p.m. Dinner & Program
Honorary Chairs: Edison H. Miyawaki and Robin K. Campaniano
Co-chairs: Eddie Flores, Jr., and Joan M. Bickson

Click here for more details:
foundation.eastwestcenter.org
EWC contact: Stephanie Handa, (808)944-7105
email: HandaS@EastWestCenter.org

EWC/EWCA 2004 International Alumni Conference in Tokyo
August 1–4, 2004
The program will include keynote addresses by leaders from the region. The program includes 26 concurrent panels and seven plenary sessions. Plenary sessions will include discussions about the impact of the Japanese recession on the region, education initiatives in the 21st Century, population trends in Asia, the people’s right to know: the role of journalism and media, and international relations in the region.
A welcoming reception will feature a “Kyougen” (Japanese traditional Noh drama) performance. For more information, go to www.eastwestcenter.org/Japan2004

EWCA Chapter Leaders Workshop
August 1
Chapter Leaders from over 20 EWCA Chapters will meet prior to the Tokyo conference to consider goals and priorities for chapter development and expansion.
EWC contact: Gordon Ring, email: ringg@EastWestCenter.org

 

EWC Board of Governors Meeting
The Board's formal meeting is August 2 at 7:30 a.m.
in Tokyo

3rd Changing Faces: Women’s Leadership Program
East-West Center
July 11–22, 2004
Changing Faces is a program designed to bring together women from the United States and the Asia Pacific region to participate in dialogue on leadership and issues specific to women in leadership around the region. The program seeks professional women at lower and middle level positions of leadership who have the potential to move into positions of greater responsibility and influence. The theme for the 2004 program is "Environmental Conservation and Management in Asia, the Pacific, and the United States."

EWC contact: Abigail Sines (808) 944-7384, email: Seminars@EastWestCenter.org

14th New Generation Seminar
Honolulu/U.S. Mainland
August 29–September 12, 2004
Each year the Center invites rising young leaders from the United States and the Asia Pacific region to participate in a two-week educational and dialogue program. The program is developed around a thematic focus and provides participants with an opportunity to strengthen their understanding of regional developments and challenges, increase their contacts with counterparts in the region, and become more effective and international leaders. The program opens with a one-week seminar in Honolulu followed by a one-week study tour.
More information>>>
www.eastwestcenter.org/semeduprogram.asp?program_ID=6&Topic=Leaders%20ZZ%20Policymakers&Area=Seminars

EWC contact: Ann Hartman (808) 944-7384, email: Seminars@EastWestCenter.org

Building the Foundation Program
East-West Center
July 19–29, 2004
Professional Development Program for Asia Pacific Resource Managers
Resource management is becoming increasingly global in context, and resource managers in the Asia Pacific region are facing major challenges as they deal with issues that involve a complex and controversial mix of economic, environmental, and social/cultural priorities. The Building the Foundation Program, a new initiative of the East-West Center, is designed to assist developing countries in the region build effective management regimes that address resource sustainability in light of rising indigenous, regional, and international demands. The Program will offer senior resource managers opportunities to strengthen their organizations through enhanced leadership capabilities and a broader awareness and knowledge of emerging issues. More information>>>
www.eastwestcenter.org/semedu-program.asp?program_ID=29&Topic=Business%20Professionals&Area=Seminars

EWC contact: Meril Dobrin Fujiki (808) 944-7384, email: Seminars@EastWestCenter.org

2004 EWC/KDI Conference on "Regulatory Reforms in the Age of Financial Consolidation: Emerging Market Economy and Advanced Countries"
East-West Center
July 29-30, 2004
This conference will examine the regulatory implications of financial consolidation in emerging market economies in order to find the direction for a regulatory regime that will serve well the new financial environment. Cosponsored by the Korea Development Institute (KDI) www.kdi.re.kr/kdi_eng/main.jsp and the East-West Center.

EWC coordinators: Lee-Jay Cho and Yoon-Kyung Kim
EWC contact: Penny Higa (808) 944-7131, email: HigaP@EastWestCenter.org

Asian Studies Development Programs (ASDP):

NEH Summer Institute on Religion and Politics in India: Culture, History and the Contemporary Experience
June 7–July 9, 2004
East-West Center
A five-week NEH program for 25 participants selected from two- and four-year colleges and universities across the country focuses on the historical and contemporary dimensions of the complex interplay of religious identity and politics in India. Led by Sankaran Krishna, University of Hawai‘i professor of political science. For further information see: ASDP 2004 Summer Institutes and Field Seminars
www.eastwestcenter.org/stored/misc/NEHinf.pdf

Contact: Sankaran Krishna, Ph.D. (808) 956-8494
email: krishna@hawaii.edu

Malaysia and Indonesia Field Seminar
June 27–August 2, 2004
A five-week program, for full time faculty at two- or four-year colleges and universities, exploring the history, religion, and contemporary social issues of the Malay world. After several days of orientation in Kuala Lumpur, the participants will visit key sites in Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia. Led by Leonard and Barbara Andaya, University of Hawai‘i professors of Southeast Asian history.
For further information see: ASDP 2004 Summer Institutes and Field Seminars
www.eastwestcenter.org/stored/misc/MIDinf.htm
EWC contact: Peter Hershock (808) 944-7757
email: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org

Institute on Teaching About China and the United States
June 27–July 19, 2004
Beijing, Shanghai, Washington, D.C. Ohio, EWC
A three-week collaborative program to improve teaching about the U.S. and China. American and Chinese faculty will explore each other’s cultures and histories, focusing on common issues. American and Chinese participants will start with several days of orientation and dialogue at Peking University in Beijing. The Chinese will depart for the United States visiting Washington, D.C., and cities around Youngstown, Ohio. Meanwhile, the American faculty will travel to Yunnan Province, Nanjing, and Shanghai. At the conclusion, both groups will meet together in Honolulu for several days of discussion. Co-sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Education, Peking University, Youngstown University, and ASDP.

For further information see ASDP 2004 Summer Institutes and Field Seminars
www.eastwestcenter.org/stored/misc/USCHinf.htm
EWC contact: Siegfried Ramler (808) 944-7609, email: ramlers@EastWestCenter.org

ASDP Institute on Infusing East Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum
East-West Center
July 19–August 6, 2004
The annual three-week institute for faculty and institutional development for teaching about Asia. The focus will be on East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea). In addition to presentations and discussions on histories, cultures and issues of the region, this institute encourages participant teams from institutions seeking to develop Asian studies.

For further information see ASDP 2004 Summer Institutes and Field Seminars
www.eastwestcenter.org/stored/misc/INFinf.htm
EWC contact: Peter Hershock 808-944-7757
email: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org

The AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools

AsiaPacificEd Travel Seminar -- Experiencing Southeast Asia: Vietnam and Thailand
EWC and Southeast Asia
June 20–July 17, 2004
A four-week travel study seminar in Southeast Asia that begins with an orientation in Honolulu, Hawaii. Participants include full-time U.S. 3rd through 12th grade classroom teachers currently teaching a course/class that requires or can incorporate the study of Southeast Asia in the curriculum, K-12 librarians, and K-12 administrators or curriculum specialists responsible for curriculum instruction decisions in their schools or districts.

For further information, see the AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools
www.eastwestcenter.org/stored/misc/aped_sem.htm
EWC contact: Donna Lee 808-944-7378, email: leed@EastWestCenter.org

AsiaPacificEd Institute -- Teaching Southeast Asia: Strategies, Standards, and Resources
East-West Center
July 18–31, 2004
A two-week summer residential program in Honolulu, Hawaii. Program participation is open to full-time 3rd through 12th grade classroom teachers in the United States and the Asia Pacific (including Australia and New
Zealand) who teach a course/class that requires or can incorporate the study of Southeast Asia in the curriculum and also K-12 school librarians in public and private schools.

For further information, see the AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools
www.eastwestcenter.org/stored/misc/aped_inst.htm
EWC contact: Donna Lee 808-944-7378, email: leed@EastWestCenter.org

AsiaPacificEd NEH Workshop --Remembering Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, and Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii
August 2–6, 2004
As a turning point in U.S. and world history, the bombing of Pearl Harbor precipitated change in international affairs, racial and gender relations, and technology. It also ushered in the nuclear era and the Cold War. This National Endowment for the Humanities workshop introduces participants to the “living history” of a national memorial and helps them make connections between the methods of public history, the meanings of a “sacred” historic site, and classroom applications. Participants also work in cohort groups to develop standards-aligned, Web-based units aimed at developing perspective consciousness and historical thinking skills. This workshop is hosted at the East-West Center and the USS Arizona Memorial (the national historic site for the Pearl Harbor bombing).
For further information: AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools
www.eastwestcenter.org/stored/misc/aped_ph.htm
EWC contact: Donna Lee 808-944-7378
email: leed@EastWestCenter.org

Gender Equality & Disaster Risk Reduction - An Action Workshop for Social Change
East-West Center
August 10–12, 2004
The "decade of disasters" vividly demonstrates how catastrophic social events are gendered, and the corresponding need for engendering global approaches to reducing disasters. Because gender relations structure the lives of both women and men, with differences through the life cycle and across cultures, the work of reducing risk cannot fall to men alone. The full and equal participation of women and men is needed to mitigate hazards, reduce social vulnerabilities, and rebuild more sustainable, just, and disaster-resilient communities.

This workshop is sponsored by the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/ , the US Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service, www.fas.usda.gov and the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction www.unisdr.org/ with assistance from the University of Hawaii Social Science Research Institute www.ssri.hawaii.edu/, the East-West Center, members of the Gender and Disaster Network online.northumbria.ac.uk/geography_research/gdn/, PEACESAT - Telecommunications and Information Policy Group www.peacesat.hawaii.edu/01HOME/Welcome.htm, UH Disaster Management Humanitarian Assistance Program, NOAA Pacific Services Center and the Pacific Risk Management 'Ohana www.csc.noaa.gov/psc/, The Pacific Disaster Center www.pdc.org/,Center of Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance www.coe-dmha.org, Public Entity Risk Institute www.riskinstitute.org/newsite/index.php and others.

For further information, please see the workshop web site.
www.ssri.hawaii.edu/research/GDWwebsite/index.html
EWC contact: Penny Higa (808) 944-7131, email: HigaP@EastWestCenter.org

A Design for Northeast Asian Transport Market Integration: The Cases of ASEAN and NAFTA Conference.
East-West Center
August 16–17, 2004
The conference activity is aimed at preparing an action plan for reducing or abolishing legal, institutional, and physical barriers among China, Japan, and Korea. Sponsored by the Korea Transport Institute and the East-West Center.
EWC coordinator: Ken Breazeale
EWC contact: June Kuramoto (808) 944-7267
email: kuramotj@EastWestCenter.org

China’s Capitalist Transition
East-West Center
August 11–13, 2004
The purpose of the conference is to foster better understanding in the Asia Pacific region by generating a realistic and unclouded analysis of China’s economic rise. Experts from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States will explore the facets of China's capitalist transition. The objective is to work toward a unique integrated framework that conceptualizes the strong links existing between China's domestic transformation and changing external orientation. Experts attending the conference will generate paper proposals, finalize paper topics and approaches, as well as move toward the production of an edited volume.

EWC contact: Christopher McNally, (808) 944-7239
email: mcnallyc@EastWestCenter.org

The 2nd Senior Journalists Seminar
Washington (DC), Atlanta (GA), and Los Angeles (CA)
August 21–September 5, 2004.
Participants will include Asian journalists from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. A group of U.S. journalists will join their Asian colleagues in Washington for a colloquium on professional challenges in addressing issues of concern to Asian countries with substantial Muslim populations and the United States.
The Seminar is a follow-up to the 1st Senior Journalists’ Seminar which took place at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, September 16-19, 2003.
EWC contact: Dennis Donahue
email: donahued@EastWestCenter.org

EWC Washington

July 1: Congressional Study Group on the Pacific Islands.

July 19: Congressional Study Group on Asian Security.
(Sessions are by invitation only)

For more information, please email Washington@EastWestCenter.org

In the Arts . . .

Exhibition: Monkeys: Myth, Magic, and Mischief in the Arts of Asia
July 16 - September 30, 2004

Monkeys hold deep meaning for the peoples of South, East, and Southeast Asia. Artists throughout Asia have created diverse monkey images and have delighted viewers and audiences with monkey arts, stories and performances. In order to understand and appreciate both the wide variety and the unifying nature of the monkey in Asian arts, the East-West Center will exhibit paintings and prints on paper, canvas, and glass; carvings and sculpture from wood, stone, and metal; puppets and masks from dance and theater; and toys and miniatures. Viewers will see works created or inspired by the cultures of Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand. Most of the items were created in the 19th and 20th centuries although many are based upon much older prototypes and iconography. Some masks and puppets were created by artisans in their seventies, while one Chinese brush painting was painted by a child prodigy.

The year 2004 is being celebrated as the Year of the Monkey by millions of people throughout East Asia.

[related events will be announced soon; see www.EastWestCenter.org/arts ]

For information on group tours, please contact Pattie Dunn, arts outreach assistant, 944-7584, dunnp@EastWestCenter.org

For further information on the EWC Gallery, contact Dr. Michael Schuster, 944-7543, schustem@EastWestCenter.org

This exhibition is made possible by generous support from the Hawaii Pacific Rim Society, the Jackie Chan Foundation USA, the Arthur Goodfriend Fund, and generous contributors to the EWC Foundation.

Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday noon-4 p.m. Closed Saturdays and holidays. Admission is free. Visitor parking on the adjacent UH campus is $3 and is usually easily available on the upper campus after 4 p.m. weekdays; Sunday parking is normally free and ample.

LOOKING AHEAD . . .
2004

September (to be determined): USAPC/EWC Seminar on Asian Regional Institutions
EWC contact: Eugene Alexander, email: alexande@EastWestCenter.org

September: Mini-“Senior Seminar” to be held at Washington, D.C. office (one day follow-up event to the U.S.-Asia Pacific Council Meeting)

September (to be determined): Building the Foundation: Follow-up Workshop for Pacific Island Water Managers (in conjunction with the Pacific Water Authority Meeting in Fiji)
Coordinator: Meril Dobrin-Fujiki
email: fujikim@EastWestCenter.org

September 1–5 (continued from August): Muslim Initiative: Journalists Study Tour
EWC contact: Dennis Donahue

September 1–7: Islands of Globalization (EWC)
EWC contact: Gerard Finin
email: fining@EastWestCenter.org

September 1–7: Solomon Islands Futures Workshop (EWC)
EWC contact: Tarcisius Kabutaulaka
email: kabutaut@EastWestCenter.org

September 1–7: U.S. Pacific Island Nations Joint Commercial Commission Working Group (EWC)
EWC contact: Scott Kroeker
email: kroekers@EastWestCenter.org

September 1–7: Fiji Futures Workshop (EWC)
EWC contact: Sitiveni Halapua
email: halapuas@EastWestCenter.org

September 1–7: Talanoa Subcommittee Meetings (Fiji)
EWC contact: Sitiveni Halapua

September 1–12: (continued from August): 14th New Generation Seminar

September 7–22: 6th Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships (EWC, Hong Kong, China)
EWC contact: Marilyn Li, email: lim@EastWestCenter.org

September 28–30: Regulation and Telecommunications Market Development in China (Washington, D.C.)
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi
email: eguchic@EastWestCenter.org

October 10–31: Fall 2004 Jefferson Fellowships (EWC, U.S. mainland, Asia)
EWC contacts: Dennis Donahue & Ann Hartman
emails: donahued@EastWestCenter.org or hartmana@EastWestCenter.org

October 18–22: APEF Luncheon Workshops (Denver, Houston, New Orleans)
Coordinator: Abigail Sines: sinesa@EastWestCenter.org

October 18–28: 3rd Building the Foundation Training Seminar: Managers, Pacific Island Disaster Management Offices (EWC and PDC)
EWC contact: Meril Dobrin–Fujiki
email: fujikim@EastWestCenter.org

Oct. 23–Nov. 6: Japan-U.S. Journalists’ Exchange (EWC, U.S. mainland, Japan)
EWC contacts: Ann Hartman and Marilyn Li
email: lim@EastWestCenter.org

November 1–6: (continued from October): Fall 2004 Jefferson Fellowships (EWC, U.S. mainland, Asia)

November 1–6: (tentative): Workshop on U.S. Military in Asia, Seoul, Korea
EWC contact: Sheila Smith
email: smiths@EastWestCenter.org

2006

July 10–14: EWC/EWCA 2006 International Alumni Conference
(location to be determined)
EWC contact: Gordon Ring, email:ringg@EastWestCenter.org

For further information contact:
Charlene Fujishige
(808) 944-7198
email: fujishic@EastWestCenter.org