Coming up in March and April 2004

EWCA Reception for Alumni at the Annual Meeting of The Association for Asian Studies

4th Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowships

EWC Board of Governors Meeting

ASDP Workshops and National Conference:

Global Ambitions: Art, Culture and National Identity
in South Korea

India in Three Keys: the Interplay of History, Religion,
and Politics in Event, Expression, and Experience

ASDP Tenth Annual National Conference

The Domestic Politics of the U.S. Military Presence in the
Asia Pacific: Okinawa Workshop

EWC Washington

New Publications

Islands of Globalization Film Series

IN THE ARTS . . .

LOOKING AHEAD . . .

EWCA Reception for Alumni will be held during the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (March 4 – 7 in San Diego)
The reception is scheduled on Saturday, March 6 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. in the Le Sommet Room of the Town and Country Resort Hotel where the AAS Meeting is being held. The program will include welcoming remarks by EWC President Charles E. Morrison. An informal no host dinner is also being scheduled that evening for interested alumni.
EWC contact: Gordon Ring (808)944-7743, email: RingG@EastWestCenter.org

4th Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowships
March 9-21 – EWC, Singapore and Taiwan
Six American broadcast and print journalists will participate in a two-day Asia Seminar at the East-West Center, Honolulu, followed by a ten-day study tour to Singapore and Taipei. In Singapore and Taipei the journalists will meet with government, business, civic and cultural leaders to garner a better understanding of these important economies and societies. The Singapore International Foundation and the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association will organize and host the programs in their respective countries.

The Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowships was initiated in 1998 for the purpose of expanding mutual understanding between Asia and the United States through study, dialogue and field study in the Asia Pacific region for American journalists. The program is cosponsored by the East-West Center, the Singapore International Foundation and the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association of Taipei.
EWC contacts: Dennis Donahue (808)944-7192, email: donahued@EastWestCenter.org and Marilyn Li (808)944-7258, email: lim@EastWestCenter.org

EWC Board of Governors Meeting
March 26 at 10:30 a.m. in the Pacific Room, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at Jefferson Hall
Open to the public

Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP) Workshops and National Conference

Global Ambitions: Art, Culture and National Identity in South Korea
March 25 - 28
Atlanta, Georgia
This is a four-day workshop for scholars and educators to address issues related to the impact of globalization on the traditional aspects of Korean culture. The workshop will include lectures, panel discussions, and art exhibits on both campuses of Kennesaw State University and Oglethorpe University. This will be one of many events connected with the celebration of Korea that will take place in the city of Atlanta. This workshop will be co-hosted by Atlanta College of Art and Kennesaw State University, with the cooperation of Oglethorpe University.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock (808) 944-7757, email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org

India in Three Keys: the Interplay of History, Religion, and Politics in Event, Expression, and Experience
April 1 - 3
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
This is a three-day workshop for scholars and educators to address issues related to the history, religion, and politics of India. The workshop will include lectures, panel discussions, and exhibits. The objective of this program is to assist college and university faculty with infusing Indian studies into their respective school curricula. This workshop will be hosted by The College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock (808)944-7757, email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org

ASDP Tenth Annual National Conference
April 15 - 17
Kansas City, Missouri
The annual meeting of ASDP alumni and other interested faculty will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted by Johnson County Community College and organized by faculty at ASDP regional centers. The national meeting is an opportunity for ASDP-involved faculty and others to present research and models for developing Asian studies courses and programs. The two-day program includes keynote presentations by outstanding scholar-teachers. Participants pay a modest registration fee and cover their own travel expenses.
EWC contacts: Peter Hershock and Elizabeth Buck, (808)944-7315, email: bucke@EastWestCenter.org
For further information: Asian Studies Development Program

The Domestic Politics of the U.S. Military Presence in the Asia Pacific: Okinawa Workshop
April 19-23
Okinawa
Members of the research team for the project \"Shifting Terrain: The Domestic Politics of the U.S. Military Presence in the Asia Pacific\" will meet with senior experts and on-site advisors on the country case study. EWC coordinator: Dr. Sheila Smith
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi (808) 944-7510, email: EguchiC@EastWestCenter.org

EWC Washington:

The East-West Center Washington & The U.S.-Indonesia Society Present:
\"National Integration in Indonesia: The Cases of Aceh & Papua\" A Public Forum
March 1, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
The University Club, 1135 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036

Moderators: Dr. Muthiah Alagappa, Director, East-West Center Washington
Ambassador Paul Cleveland, President, the United States-Indonesia Society
Speakers:
Ambassador Sastrohandoyo Wiryono, Chief Negotiator for the Indonesian Government in Peace Talks with the Free Aceh Movement
Dr. Edward Aspinall, Lecturer, Departments of History and Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies,
University of Sydney
Dr. Richard Chauvel, Director, Australia Asia Pacific Institute, Footscray Campus, Victoria University

For more information or to RSVP, please email: PolicyStudies@EastWestCenter.org

The East-West Center Washington & The Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George Washington University Present: \"Minorities & National Integration in China: The Cases of Tibet & Xinjiang\"
March 2, 4:30 - 6:30pm
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20052

Moderators:
Dr. Muthiah Alagappa, Director, East-West Center Washington
Dr. Mike Mochizuki, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Speakers:
Mr. Tseten Wangchuk, Senior Broadcaster, Tibetan Service, Voice of America
Dr. Eliot Sperling, Associate Professor of Tibetan Studies, Department of Central Eurasian
Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington
Mr. Nuri Turkel, General Secretary, Uyghur American Association
Dr. Arienne Dwyer, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas
Dr. Gardner Bovingdon, Assistant Professor, Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington

For more information or to RSVP, please email: PolicyStudies@EastWestCenter.org

The East-West Center Washington & The United States Institute of Peace
Present: \"The Moros and National Integration in the Philippines\"
March 3, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
The University Club, 1135 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036

Moderators:
Dr. Muthiah Alagappa, Director, East-West Center Washington
Dr. Alan Tidwell, Program Officer, Education Program, United States Institute of Peace
Speakers:
Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles, Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process, Philippines
Dr. Christopher Collier, Research Fellow, Department of Social & Political Change,
Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, Australian National University

For more information or to RSVP, please email DowneyK@EastWestCenter.org

Congressional Study Group on Asian Security \"Whither Indonesia: Elections & the Situation in Aceh\"
March 3 – Invitation only
Ninth Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Moderator: Dr. Muthiah Alagappa, Director, East-West Center Washington
Speakers:
Ambassador Sastrohandoyo Wiryono, Chief Negotiator for the Republic of Indonesia
in peace talks with the Free Aceh Movement
Dr. Harold Crouch, Senior Fellow, Department of Social & Political Change, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, Australian National University

For more information, please email Washington@EastWestCenter.org

The East-West Center Washington & The Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George Washington University Present: \"The Okinawa Question: U.S.-Japan Alliance\"
March 12
A Congressional Luncheon
Invitation only

For more information please email Washington@EastWestCenter.org

New Publications:

“Failed State” and War on Terror: Intervention in Solomon Islands
by Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, Fellow, EWC Pacific Islands Development Program
Asia Pacific Issues No. 72, February 2004

Summary: A heightened sense of vulnerability to terror has touched every part of the world, including the Pacific Islands, and has linked small nations to large in new ways. Since the September 11 tragedy, concern has risen that so-called “failed states,” losing the struggle to maintain law and order at home, could become springboards for terrorism. Australia has shed its reluctance to intervene militarily in Pacific trouble-spots--such as Solomon Islands, whose descent into chaos and violence was sparked in 1998 by ethnic tensions in the capital. With regional support, Australia led a mission in 2003 to restore law and order. A short-term success, the mission leaves questions about its long-term ability to achieve either well-being for the Solomon Islands or security for the region. Its emphasis on shoring up a perennially weak central government, and its inattention to other pillars of Solomons society, threaten to undermine its success and create a crippling sense of dependency. For the mission to succeed, it must empower Solomon Islanders to take charge of their own destiny.

U.S.-India Technology Cooperation and Capability Building: The Role of Interfirm Alliances in Knowledge-Based Industries
by Rakesh Basant
Occasional Papers, Economics Series No. 2, January 2004
This paper was prepared when the author was a Jhamandas Watumull Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center. Supported by the Jhamandas Watumull Fund, the fellowship seeks to promote economic and technology cooperation between India and United States through research on key issues in their bilateral relations in these sectors.

Abstract: The paper reviews several Indo-U.S. technology cooperation initiatives and analyzes data on interfirm alliances in knowledge-based industries. The market driven increase in alliances between Indian and U.S. enterprises has significantly enhanced the variety of linkages between Indian and U.S. entities both public and private, and that these linkages have contributed to capability building and diversification by Indian partners. A variety of spillover benefits of international technology alliances are highlighted. It is suggested that issues relevant for Indo-U.S. cooperation at different levels need to be analyzed together in order to appreciate complementarities across linkages of various types.

Islands Of Globalization Film Series
John A. Burns Hall 3121/3125
Noon

March 4: “Sugar Cane Alley/ Rue Cases Negres” by Euzhan Palcy; 1984; 107min

March 11: “Kilim Taem” by the Vanuatu Cultural Centre; 1998; 52min

March 18: “Black Harvest” by Robin Anderson & Bob Connolly; 1992, 90min
Sequel to \"First contact” and \"Joe Leahy\'s\" neighbors

April 1: “Living on Islands” by Victoria Keith; 1997; 48min

April 8: “Home on the Range” by Adam Horowitz; 1991; 58min

April 15: “Sugar Slaves: The History of Australia’s slave trade” by Film Australia; 1995; 55min

April 22: “Peter Tosh-Stepping Razor: Red X” by Nicholas Campbell; 1992; 103min

April 29: “The Harder They Come” by Peter Henzell; 1973; 102min

See a list of all films in the series here.
For more information, please contact: Pacific Islands Development Program at
(808) 944-7745 or email: pidp@eastwestcenter.org

In the Arts . . .

Exhibition: “Japanese Contemporary Crafts”
EWC Gallery
March 10-April 25, 2004

OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday, March 10, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

This exquisite exhibition of 64 new works from Japanese master craftsmen is being toured by the Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibition Program, and seeks to illustrate to Hawaii audiences that traditional characteristics (quiet refinement, crispness, fine detail, elaborate workmanship, the beauty of unevenness, etc.) remain important in contemporary works. Works include ceramics, porcelain, lacquer ware, glass, metal works, and wood.

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

For further information: Michael Schuster, 944-7543
SchusteM@EastWestCenter.org
For group tours: Pattie Dunn, 944-7584
DunnP@EastWestCenter.org

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

May 2-29
Spring 2004 Jefferson Fellowships (EWC, US mainland, Asia)
EWC contacts: Dennis Donahue and Ann Hartman
email: hartmana@EastWestCenter.org

May 10 - 12
3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Emerging Technologies (Seoul)
EWC coordinator: Meheroo Jussawalla
EWC contacts: Sheree Groves and Marilyn Li
emails: grovess@EastWestCenter.org, lim@EastWestCenter.org or jussawam@EastWestCenter.org

May 16 – June 6
ASDP -- China’s Contending Metropolitan Regions: Hong Kong and Shanghai Seminar/Field Study
EWC contact: Elizabeth Buck
email: bucke@EastWestCenter.org

May 24 – June 21
ASDP Institute on Korean Culture and Society (EWC, Korea)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, email: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org

June 1 – 30
35th Summer Seminar on Population (EWC)
EWC contact: June Kuramoto, email: kuramotj@EastWestCenter.org

June 7 – July 9
ASDP NEH Summer Institute on Religion and Politics in India: Culture, History and the Contemporary Experience (EWC)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock

June 15 – 28
Pacific Island Training Institute on Climate and Extreme Events (Suva, Fiji)
EWC contact: Eileen Shea, email: sheae@EastWestCenter.org

June 20 - July 17
AsiaPacificEd Travel Seminar: Experiencing Southeast Asia: Vietnam and Thailand (EWC, Southeast Asia: Vietnam and Thailand)
EWC contact: Donna Lee, email: leed@EastWestCenter.org

June 27 – July 19
ASDP Institute on Teaching About China and the United States
(Beijing, Shanghai, Washington, D.C., Ohio, EWC)
EWC contact: Siegfried Ramler, email: ramlers@EastWestCenter.org

June 27 – August 2
ASDP Malaysia and Indonesia Field Seminar (Malaysia, Indonesia)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock

July 11-21
3rd Changing Faces: Women’s Leadership Program (EWC)
EWC contact: Abigail Sines, email: sinesa@EastWestCenter.org

July 14
An International Affair 2004
Mark your calendar for An International Affair, the EWC Foundation\'s annual dinner, on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. The event will celebrate the culture of the Philippines. The Honorable Corazon Aquino, former President of the Republic of the Philippines (1986-1992), 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. Invitations will be mailed in June.

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
EWC contact: Stephanie Handa, email: handas@EastWestCenter.org

July 18 - 31
AsiaPacificEd Institute – Teaching Southeast Asia: Strategies, Standards,
and Resources (EWC)
EWC contact: Donna Lee, email: leed@EastWestCenter.org

July 19 – 29
2nd Building the Foundation Training Seminar: Pacific Islands Water Managers (EWC)
EWC contact: Meril Dobrin-Fujiki, email: fujikim@EastWestCenter.org

July 19 – August 6
ASDP Institute on Infusing East Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum (EWC)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, email: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org

August (Tentative)
U.S.-Pacific Island Journalists Exchange (3 weeks)
EWC contact: Meril Dobrin-Fujiki

August 1–4
EWC/EWCA 2004 International Alumni Conference in Tokyo
EWC contact: Gordon Ring, email: ringg@EastWestCenter.org

August 2-6
AsiaPacificEd NEH Workshop -- Remembering Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, and Memorial (EWC).
EWC contacts: Namji Steinemann and Geoffrey White
emails: SteinemN@EastWestCenter.org, or white@hawaii.edu

August 15 - 18
6th Senior Policy Seminar (EWC)
EWC contact: Sheree Groves, email: grovess@EastWestCenter.org

August 29 – 31
14th New Generation Seminar (EWC, two US mainland cities)
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, email: hartmana@EastWestCenter.org

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

September 1 – 5
In-Country Workshop: Korea (Seoul, Korea)
EWC contact: Sheila Smith, email: smiths@EastWestCenter.org

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
Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) Information Technology Exposition
EWC contact: Allen Clark, email: clarka@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 7 – 2 (Tentative)
6th Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships (EWC, Hong Kong, China)
EWC contact: Marilyn Li, email: lim@EastWestCenter.org

October 3 - 30
Fall 2004 Jefferson Fellowships (EWC, U.S. mainland, Asia)
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, email: hartmana@EastWestCenter.org

October 7 – 8
Workshop on U.S. Military in Asia
EWC contact: Sheila Smith, email: smiths@EastWestCenter.org

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

November (to be determined)
Japan-U.S. Journalists’ Exchange (EWC, U.S. mainland, Japan)
EWC contacts: Ann Hartman and Marilyn Li

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