Coming up in September 2002

COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER 2002 AT THE EAST-WEST CENTER Release Date: 8/30/2002 * Envisioning Women’s Leadership * U.S. and Korea: Challenges of Bi-Multilateralism in Northeast Asia * Grant Continues Pacific Scholarships * Taiwan Funds Pacific Project * 12th New Generation Seminar * EWC Washington Events * In the Arts . . . New Caledonia Dance Theatre, Korean Dress, Bhutan Exhibition * Looking Ahead . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHANGING FACES: Envisioning Women's Leadership in Asia, the Pacific and the United States September 9-17 at the EWC. This program is 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. Participants are professional women at lower and middle level positions of leadership who have the potential to move into positions of greater responsibility and influence. The following individuals have been selected to participate in this year's Changing Faces program: * Ananya Chatterjee, Chief Producer for News and Current Affairs, TARA Bangla Television Station, Kolkata, India * Magdalena Hallers, Assistant Professor, Education Division, College of Micronesia-FSM, Pohnpei, Micronesia * Sienna Maureen A. Hilario, Chief of Staff to Governor Josefina M. Dela Cruz, Bulacan, Philippines * Phally Hor, Executive Director, Project Against Domestic Violence, Phnom Penh, Cambodia * Harining Mardjuki, Program Officer, Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia, Jakarta * Rachel L. Matillano, Associate Director, HIV Care Services, Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center, San Francisco, CA, USA * Swe Swe Myint, Program Coordinator, Save the Children/U.S. Myanmar Field Office, Yangon, Myanmar * Keiko Nakano, Head Translator, Interpreter, and Protocol Official, Foreign Affairs Office, Secretariat of the Minister of State for Defense, Japan Defense Agency, Tokyo, Japan * Moushumi Das Purkayastha, Program Manager, Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers' Association, Dhaka, Bangladesh * Burma Radnaa, Founder and Director, Women for Social Progress, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia * Bhawani Rana, President, SAATHI Mid-West Nepal, Nepalgunj, Nepal * Alina Rastam, Founding Member, Sexuality Rights Project, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * Tep Savery, Team Leader, Reproductive and Child Health Alliance, Phnom Penh, Cambodia * Perveen Shaikh, President, Entrepreneurship and Career Development Institute, Karachi, Pakistan * Meera Sundararajan, Chief Executive Officer, Tamilnadu State Non-Governmental Organisations and Volunteer Resource Centre, Chennai, India Before the seminar, each participant is to identify a critical issue in her home community, consider means to address that issue, and take part in online discussion of issues with other participants and program staff. At the EWC, participants will explore leadership as a concept. Workshops will cover topics such as gender and leadership and models of leadership in differing cultural contexts. Each participant will make a presentation on a critical issue identified prior to arrival and how she may exercise leadership in this area to positively impact her community. After the seminar, participants will refine the action plan relating to the critical issue, identify steps to be taken to address the issue, maintain regular contact with program staff and participants, and provide updates on action plan progress. EWC CONTACT: Abigail Sines (808)944-7368. E-mail: sinesa@EastWestCenter.org U.S. AND KOREA: Challenges of Bi-Multilateralism in Northeast Asia September 27-28 at the EWC. The conference will address the complex question of how to engineer the bilateral relationship in the changing milieu of multilateral interactions – thus the terms "bi-multilateralism." Participants will commission original research on several aspects of U.S.-Korean relations with special emphasis on their regional and global implications. The conference will present three panels dealing with the political, military security, and economic spheres. Co-hosts are the EWC POSCO Fellowship Program and the Forum on Korean Affairs at Northwestern University in collaboration with Northeast Asia Economic Forum and Korea Economic Institute of America. Co-sponsors, in addition to the EWC POSCO program, are the Council on U.S.-Korean Security studies and the Korean-American Community in the U.S. EWC CONTACT: Choong Nam Kim (808) 944-7372. E-mail: KimCN@EastWestCenter.org GRANT CONTINUES PACIFIC SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT Joining the East-West Center for advanced study this fall are the newest members of a select group of academically talented Pacific island students. They are participants in the United States-South Pacific Islands Scholarship Program established in 1994 at the request of the U.S. Congress by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. With the 2002 grant of $500,000, the East-West Center has received a total of $4,400,000 from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to administer the program. Terance W. Bigalke, EWC dean of academic programs, said: “Through supporting their pursuit of bachelor and master degrees at U.S. universities, and actively involving them in the East-West Center’s enrichment and leadership training activities, the United States-South Pacific Islands Scholarship Program helps prepare these students to assume future leadership positions in their home countries. It also provides the students with an opportunity to obtain first-hand knowledge of American society, institutions, values and diversity.” Priority fields of study are environmental sciences, public administration, public policy, business administration and journalism. The competitive, merit-based scholarships range from 24 to 48 months. Eligible to compete are individuals seeking bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Students already must have completed a three-year baccalaureate program. The program has provided a total of 41 scholarships since 1995. The students are associated with the East-West Center’s Pacific Islands Development Program. TAIWAN GRANT TO FUND PACIFIC ISLANDERS SURVEY A market survey of Pacific Islanders living in the western United States will be conducted by the East-West Center to determine their needs for goods and services that could be provided by the private sector in Pacific Island nations. The EWC’s Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) has been awarded $90,000 from the government of Taiwan to implement the project, which also will include a workshop convened by PIDP to discuss the results of the survey and develop strategies to take advantage of the market opportunities identified. The survey will be conducted during the final quarter of this year. The award was announced in Suva, Fiji by the Taiwan Trade Mission representative there, Fu-Tien Liu. “The contribution will support private sector development -- one of the priority development projects of Forum countries and regional organizations,” said East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison. PIDP Director Sitiveni Halapua, an economist, noted that the market survey will utilize demographic information from the 2000 U.S. Census, which, for the first time, surveyed Pacific islanders separately from Asian populations in the United States. “The marketing data obtained in the west coast survey,” Halapua said, “will allow our PIDP researchers to determine those products and services that could best be provided by, and imported from, the Pacific.” The workshop will bring together key private sector representatives and government officials in the region to look at ways to exploit the markets for goods and services identified by the survey.” The dates of the workshop are yet to be determined. Both PIDP development projects will be conducted under the auspices of the United States/Pacific Island Nations Joint Commercial Commission (JCC), which promotes trade, investment and expanded commercial collaboration between the Pacific Islands and the United States. PIDP serves as the JCC Secretariat. Scott Kroeker is JCC Project Officer. Halapua said the new funding from Taiwan represents a continuation of past support to PIDP and the Pacific islands region. In accepting the assistance from Trade Mission Representative Liu, Halapua said, “This special assistance from the Government of Taiwan makes a most valuable contribution to the further development of the private sector in the Pacific Islands.” EWC CONTACT: Scott Kroeker (808)944-7721. E-mail: kroekers@EastWestCenter.org 12th New Generation Seminar September 1-15. Each year the Center invites rising young leaders from the United States and Asia Pacific to participate in the New Generation Seminar, a two-week extensive educational and dialogue program. The program provides participants with an opportunity to strengthen their understanding of regional developments and challenges, increase their contacts with counterparts in the region, and to become more effective international leaders. This year’s theme focuses on issues of security, both domestic and international. After a week of briefings and discussions at the EWC, the participants will travel to New York City and Washington, D.C. to meet with government policymakers and experts on domestic security, the economic impact of September 11 throughout the region, and international law and community responses to these events. They also will meet with EWC alumni chapters in the two cities. A total of 171 persons from 18 Asia Pacific countries and the United States have participated in 11 New Generation programs. The Freeman Foundation has funded the program for the last six years. The program was established in 1988 by now EWC President Charles E. Morrison. This year’s 14 participants are from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, India, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States. EWC COORDINATORS: Charles E. Morrison & Sheree Groves (808) 944-7615. E-mail: GrovesS@EastWestCenter.org EWC WASHINGTON PROJECTS September 9: "The U.S.'s Indonesia Policy" - Third Meeting of the Congressional Study Group on Asian Security. The purpose of the Group is to provide new and competing perspectives on Asian security and facilitate discussion of key issues in U.S. security policy toward Asia. Designed explicitly for the Congressional staff, the Study Group is being organized in consultation with several professional staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House International Relations Committee. This meeting's guest speakers will be Karen B. Brooks, Director for Asian Affairs on the National Security Council, and Michael S. Malley, Professor of Political Science at Ohio University. Muthiah Alagappa, Director of EWC Washington, will moderate. Study Group meetings are invitation only sessions for the Congressional Staff. For more information please e-mail: Washington@EastWestCenter.org September 30 - October 3: “The Dynamics and Management of Internal Conflicts in Asia” - First Study Group Meeting, Washington, D.C. This multiyear project (2002-2007) investigates the domestic, transnational, and international dynamics of internal conflicts in the Asia Pacific and explores strategies and solutions for the peaceful management and eventual settlement of these conflicts. Funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the first phase (2002-2004) investigates internal conflicts arising from the political consciousness of minority communities in response to the nation and state building projects of the national elite in China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. During this first study group meeting, scholars, officials, NGO leaders, and opinion makers from the U.S. and Asia Pacific will discuss the conflicts in Tibet, Xinjiang, Aceh, Papua, and the Southern Philippines. Background papers on the conflicts will be presented and work plans for future study group meetings will be developed. For further information on EWC Washington projects: E-mail: Washington@EastWestCenter.org In the Arts . . . * New Caledonia Dance Theatre Performance The “Lifou Island Dance Theatre” ensemble of New Caledonia will present a concert of traditional Melanesian music and dance at the Andrews Amphitheatre on Saturday, September 14, sponsored by the East-West Center Arts Program and the University of Hawai’i Outreach College. This 16-member ensemble is from Lifou, one of the “Neighbor Islands” of New Caledonia, in the Southwest Pacific. “The dance movements, musical harmony, and striking body decoration are quite distinct from the Pacific Island traditions normally seen in Hawai’i, representing such cultures as Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, and Tahiti,” note William Feltz, EWC Arts Program coordinator. Known at home as “Wetr,” the Lifou ensemble was an audience favorite at the 2000 Festival of Pacific Arts, held in Noumea, New Caledonia. Hawai’i was represented at that festival by Ha¯lau Ha¯loa, which will open the September 14 event with traditional Hawaiian chant and dance. General admission tickets are $12; students and seniors are $8. Tickets will be available at the gate, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Gates open at 4 p.m. Advance tickets will be sold at the UH Campus Center Box Office (Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.). On to Maui and California The performers will present a concert on September 15 at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center, followed by educational demonstrations in Maui and O’ahu schools. The group then travels to Northern and Southern California for performances, culminating with appearances at the World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles, Sept. 28-29. This U. S. tour was made possible by support from Hawaiian Airlines and Air New Zealand, as well as generous contributors to the East-West Center Foundation. For further information, telephone 944-7584. * Mini-Exhibition: Korean Dress -- September 27 – 29 “Korean Dress” is a mini-exhibition of contemporary Korean designs, some using exquisite traditional Korean silk fabrics. The event in the EWC Gallery will kick off the Center’s participation in the 2003 centennial celebrations of Korean immigration to Hawai’i. The hours are: Friday, Sept. 27, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, Noon-4 p.m. * Bhutan Exhibition Continues Continuing to September 25 will be “The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan,” and exhibition featuring photos of Bhutan people, their daily activities, and spectacular scenery, taken by John Wehrheim of Kaua’i. The exhibition is augmented by fabrics and other material culture. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday from 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 after 4 p.m. weekdays; Sunday parking is normally free and ample. EWC ARTS CONTACTS: Pattie Dunn (808) 944-7584 or William Feltz, E-mail: feltzb@EastWestCenter.org L o o k i n g A h e a d . . . October 1: Asia Pacific Executive Forum Workshop in Dallas, Texas, with the Greater Dallas Council on World Affairs. October 1: Public Forum on "Minorities and National Integration in Southeast Asia: The Cases of Aceh and Papua." EWC Washington. October 2: Asia Pacific Executive Forum Workshop in Houston, Texas, with the Asia Society-Houston. October 3: Public Forum on "Minorities and National Integration in China: The Cases of Tibet and Xinjiang." EWC Washington. October 6-9: Chaplin Fellow in Distinguished Journalism. October 6-9: 35th Anniversary Jefferson Fellowship Program Alumni Conference. October 6: Fall Jefferson Fellowships. Through November 2. October 9: Exhibition: “Ramayana in the Arts of Asia.” Through January 3, 2003. October 15 - 18: Fall 2002 Jefferson Fellows visit to Washington D.C. October 20 – 24: Fall 2002 Jefferson Fellows visit to Seattle, Washington October 23-27: NEH Regional Workshop on Authoring Community and State in Asian Contexts. October 24: 3rd Annual Hawaii International Education Week: "Responsible Global Citizenship" for K-12. EWC Imin Center. October 24-27: Civil Society and Political Change in Asia project, second workshop meeting, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. October 25: East-West Center Board of Governors Meeting. Oct. 25 – Nov. 2: Fall 2002 Jefferson Fellows visit to Tokyo, Japan. November 2-6: “Cuarteto Xallapan,” a guitar quartet from Veracruz, Mexico, under the direction of EWC/UHM alumnus Randall Kohn, performing at the EWC Imin Center and other educational venues. November 11-13: "Private Sector Talanoa on Transportation Issues in the Pacific Islands." US/Pacific Island Nations Joint Commercial Commission Workshop. November 13-15: Globalization Conference on Trafficking in Women and Children co-sponsored with the University of Hawaii Globalization Research Center. November 15-17: “Mahabharata: Shadow Puppet Theatre of Central Indonesia.” A presentation of Javanese wayang kulit puppetry depicting the other great Hindu epic, Mahabharata; featuring six visiting artists from Yogyakarta and the UHM Gamelan Ensemble. EWC Imin Center. 2003 February 20-22: A Sense of Place in the Pacific and Asia: Socioeconomic, Cultural, Political and Environmental Identities, the 2003 East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference. A call for papers is currently ongoing; deadline for submission is November 1, 2002. Please see our website: East-West Center March 5: “An International Affair," EWC Foundation annual dinner, Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. 2nd quarter: 3rd Asia Pacific Executive Forum in New Delhi, India. 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on E-Commerce in Shanghai, China. April 9-13: Regional Workshop on Traditions of Dissent in Asian Societies. National Endowment for the Humanities. June 1: 10th Workshop on Community-based Management of Forest Lands. June 20-23: ASPAC Regional Asian Studies Conference hosted by EWCA, EWC, and UH. October: Reunion for Alumni who were at the EWC from 1960 to 1965.