January 6 – 7 -- China, Japan, and the U.S.: Deeper Integration
January 9 – 10 -- 6th Annual National Transfer Accounts Project
January 21 - 22 -- International Seminar on New Approaches to Governance and Economic Self-Reliance in Pacific Island Societies
January 29 – 31 -- ASDP Faculty Outreach Workshop: Asian Cultures in Secular and Sacred Relations - Pasts and Presents
February 8 – 20 -- Southeast Asia Journalism Fellowships: “Reinventing ASEAN”
February 11 – 13 -- Urban Asia – In-Country Follow Up Workshop: "Governance and Infrastructure Development Challenges"
February 12 - 14 -- The 8th Annual East-West CenterInternational Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region
Feb. 22 – March 7 -- International Forum for Education 2020 Institute
February 26 – 28 -- Cities at Risk: Building Adaptive Capacity for Managing Climate Change in Asia's Coastal Megacities
EWC in Washington
December 16, 2008 -- Asia-Pacific Security Seminar: A Japanese Perspective of Cross-Strait Relations with Dr. Yasuhiro Matsuda
In the Arts . . .
Through – Dec. 31 -- Exhibition: Field of Flowers: Mughal Carpets and Treasures
Jan. 18 – March 22, 2009 -- Noh and Kyogen in the 21st Century
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2008 EWC/Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) International Conference on Energy Security in the North Pacific
December 15 - 16, 2008
Asia Room, EWC Hawaii Imin International Conference Center
The conference aims to provide independent insights on pressing strategic energy issues facing the North Pacific countries affecting national energy policies.
EWC contact: Penny Higa (808) 944-7131
email: higap@EastWestCenter.org
China, Japan, and the United States: Deeper Integration
January 6 - 7, 2009
East-West Center
Participants will meet to present their preliminary findings, explore synergies among their research efforts, and identify gaps in the research program.
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi, (808) 944-7510
email: eguchic@eastwestcenter.org
The 6th Annual National Transfer Accounts Project
January 9 - 10, 2009
Berkeley, California
Primarily funded by the National Institute of Aging, this project involves researchers from more than 20 countries throughout Asia, the Pacific, Europe, North America, and Latin America. The focus is on developing a comprehensive approach to measuring and studying the systems countries use to meet the economic needs of children and the elderly. The NTA will be used to study the evolution of familial support systems, public pensions, health care, and education systems, and their influence on economic growth, generational equity, and other features of the macroeconomy when completed.
EWC contact: Eugene Alexander 808-944-7332
email: alexande@eastwestcenter.org
International Seminar on New Approaches to Economic Self-Reliance in Pacific Island Societies
January 21 – 22, 2009
The Pacific has entered a new era which calls for a reassessment of the approaches we take to the issues facing us. In a rapidly changing world, Pacific communities need to find their proper place, a place that will bring real and lasting benefits to local communities.
Measuring the challenges the countries and communities have to develop tools which are the most adapted to their current situation and their ambitions of short and long term and reinforce the implementation of policies and action plans.
The relationships among local, national and regional entities is also closely related to the broader issue of sovereignty. Thus, we need to know the nature of this sovereignty and its limits. It is a fact that an element of effective sovereignty is transferred from the State to a larger grouping every time a country signs a treaty or convention, or indeed joins a regional or international organization. A globalizing world will continue to lead the Pacific communities into a more complex definition of sovereignty, one that seems bound to depart further from the old, classical concept of the nation-state.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
- To reinforce the capacities of research and expertise and to optimize the impact of programs and actions favoring development of their communities.
- To reinforce the role and the visibility of the French Pacific universities, in international networks in particular, by promoting partnerships.
- To promote examination of economic policies in the French and American affiliated Pacific, with particular emphasis on the prospects for fostering greater economic self-reliance
This gathering will engage scholars and policymakers from the Pacific and continental capitals to shed light on where these new approaches may lead us over the medium and long term.
PARTICIPANTS
This seminar is for faculty, scholars, executives of the national, local and regional administrations, diplomatic representatives, civil society, and other interested individuals.
EWC contact: Darlene Spadavecchia, 808-944-7731
email : spadaved@eastwestcenter.org
ASDP Faculty Outreach Workshop
January 29 – 31, 2009
Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
The workshop will bring together scholars and educators to address issues and questions related to the interplay of social, economic, political and religious forces in Asia with a focus on China, Tibet, Mongolia and Vietnam.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808-944-7757
email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org
Southeast Asia Journalism Fellowships: “Reinventing ASEAN”
February 8 – 20, 2009
Journalists from ASEAN nations and the United States will participate in this new program, developed to provide media with a first-hand look at how the recently ratified ASEAN Charter will impact the region. Journalists will start their travels in Jakarta, home of the ASEAN secretariat, and then proceed to Singapore, and Bangkok. This EWC program is cosponsored by the Pacific Century Institute, Singapore International Foundation and ASEAN-U.S. Technical Assistance & Training Facility.
EWC contact: Susan Kreifels, 808-944-7176
email: kreifels@eastwestcenter.org
Urban Asia – In-Country Follow Up Workshop
February 11 - 13, 2009
"Governance and Infrastructure Development Challenges"
Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal
EWC contact: Meril Fujiki, 808-944-7352
email: fujikim@eastwestcenter.org
The 8th Annual East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region
February 12 – 14, 2009
EWC
The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) is an annual interdisciplinary conference that welcomes presentations in a number of thematic and disciplinary areas focusing on the Asia Pacific region.
EWC contacts: Neneng Rosmy and Carl Polley
email: studentconference@eastwestcenter.org
International Forum for Education 2020 Institute
Feb. 22 – March 7, 2009
East-West Center
Worldwide issues of higher education quality have taken center stage in both public policy debates over higher education's efficacy and within institutions of higher education themselves. Policy makers and citizens everywhere—seemingly—want to be reassured that the steadily increasing costs for higher education, combined with increasing demand, result in satisfactory access for applicants, equity in distribution, sufficient systemic capacity and acceptable quality throughout the process.
The institute will bring together mid-career individuals to focus on the access, equity and capacity theme as well on concepts developed in previous seminars. Instruction will be provided by EWC staff and an international group of scholars familiar with IFE 2020.
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, (808) 944-7765
email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org
Cities at Risk: Building Adaptive Capacity for Managing Climate Change in Asia's Coastal Megacities
February 26 - 28, 2009
Chulalongkorn University (TBC) Bangkok, Thailand
The Cities at Risk workshop will bring together scientists, urban planners and officials and representatives of disaster management and development agencies to review scientific findings and projections regarding climate-related risks (e.g. sea level rise, extreme climate events, intensification of storms) as well as related health risks in Asia's coastal megacities. The workshop will target the following cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Shanghai and Hong Kong/Shenzhen (China), Mumbai and Calcutta (India), Jakarta (Indonesia), Manila (Philippines), Bangkok (Thailand), and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam).
The Cities at Risk workshop is expected to facilitate heightened awareness in official and academic communities of climate risks, vulnerabilities, and potential adaptation options in Asia's coastal megacities. In particular, it is expected to enhance urban officials' awareness of the need to take early action.
EWC contact: Penny Higa, 808-944-7131
email: higap@EastWestCenter.org
East-West Center in Washington
Asia-Pacific Security Seminar: A Japanese Perspective of Cross-Strait Relations
Speaker: Dr. Yasuhiro Matsuda, Associate Professor of the Institute of Oriental Culture at the University of Tokyo
December 16, 2008
The East-West Center in Washington Conference Room, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
The dispute between the People's Republic of China and Taiwan remains a potential source of conflict in the Asia-Pacific, but its dynamics also continue to shift. Democratic politics in Taiwan, U.S.-China and U.S.-Taiwan relations, and the wider regional context shape management of the dispute. Cross-strait relations also have important implications for great power relations and the U.S.-Japan alliance. Dr. Yasuhiro Matsuda will discuss the security, political, and economic issues currently at play in cross-strait relations, including the implications for the U.S.-Japan alliance.
EWC in Washington contact: Allison Hazell
email: hazella@eastwestcenter.org
In the Arts . . .
Exhibition: Field of Flowers: Mughal Carpets and Treasures
Presented in cooperation with the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Through – December 31, 2008
East-West Center Gallery
A pair of rare large carpets on exhibit at the East-West Center Gallery from the collection at Shangri La, in addition to being historically significant markers of an artistic tradition, stand alone as important works of art due to their unusual shape and pairing. Each carpet has an arched interior with pointed ends. When paired, the carpets form a bold field of flowers with an interior void wherein a person, most likely a royal personage, could have sat in splendor.
In mid-17th century Mughal India, the taste for naturalistic floral sprays reached an apogee of artistic expression. The aesthetic style seen in the carpets and other art forms of the period dominated the arts of south Asia from the 17th century to the present and has had an impact on aesthetic traditions of the West and China. Other artworks, inspired by Mughal idioms that include brassware, painting, stonework, woodwork, and textiles, show the continuity of this tradition in contemporary India and Pakistan. Photographs and demonstrations by a rug maker and designer from India augment the presentation.
Exhibition: Noh and Kyogen in the 21st Century
Masks, Fans and Costumes from the Living Japanese Traditions
January 18 - March 22, 2009
East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu
In residence Jan. 13 - Feb. 4, 2009
Master mask carver Hideta Kitazawa
Depicting such characters as heroines, ghosts, demons and deities, the vivid masks, elaborate costumes and other intricate accoutrements of Japan’s classical noh musical drama and kyogen comedies are among the most prized of Japanese cultural treasures. This exhibition will feature noh and kyogen masks by guest mask carver Hideta Kitazawa; costumes and fans from the collections of the University of Hawai‘i Department of Theatre and Dance and guest artist Akira Matsui; rare noh and kyogen scrolls; a corner highlighting 21st century experiments in noh and kyogen; and lecture-demonstrations on noh music and dance, mask carving, and costuming.
The exhibition is being held in conjunction with an English-language premier of the noh play Sumida River (Sumidagawa) at the John F. Kennedy Theatre from Mar. 6 through 15, 2009, probably best known in the West as the play that inspired Benjamin Britton’s Curlew River.
EWC contact: Eric Chang, Arts Program Assistant, EWC Gallery, (808) 944-7584
email: ChangE@EastWestCenter.org
http://arts.EastWestCenter.org
Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m; Sunday noon-4 p.m. Closed Saturdays and holidays and May 18. 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.
Address: John A. Burns Hall, 1601 East-West Road (corner Dole St. & East-West Rd.)
These East-West Center Arts Programs are made possible by generous support from the Hawai`i Pacific Rim Society, Friends of Hawai`i Charities, the Cooke Foundation, Jackie Chan Foundation USA, and generous contributors to the EWC Foundation, including members of the EWC Arts `Ohana.
LOOKING AHEAD . . .
2009
March 5 - 8: ASDP National Conference
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org
March 12 – 14: Asia and the Environment
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AK
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org
March 15 – April 4: Senior Journalists Seminar
Three-day EWC seminar and study tour
Americans to Islamabad, Pakistan; Singapore; Johor, Malaysia and
Asians to Washington, D.C; Nashville, Tennessee; Los Angeles, California
EWC contact: Liz Dorn, email: dorne@eastwestcenter.org
April 2 - 4: Identities, Insights and Expressions in East Asia
Middlesex Community College and Bridgewater State University
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org
April 15 – 30: Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
Three-day EWC seminar and study tour – Americans to Korea and Koreans to U.S. cities.
EWC contact: Marilyn Li, email : lim@eastwestcenter.org
May 4 – 31: China Protected Areas Leadership Alliance Project
China-based seminar, study tour in Continental U.S. and EWC-based seminar.
EWC contact: June Kuramoto, email: kuramotj@eastwestcenter.org
May 9 – 31: Spring Jefferson Fellowships
Honolulu based seminar followed by study tour to Asia or the Continental U.S.
EWC contact: Jane Smith-Martin, email: smithj@eastwestcenter.org
May 11 - 13: The U.S. Asia Pacific Council's 6th Annual Washington Conference will be held in conjunction with the 18th General Meeting of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
Washington, D.C. at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel.
Theme: "New Pacific Relations for the 21st Century."
EWC contact: Barbara Wanner, email: wannerb@eastwestcenter.org
June 1 – 19: Institute on Infusing Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org
June 2 – July 2: 40th Summer Seminar on Population
EWC contact: Eugene Alexander, email: alexanda@eastwestcenter.org
June 15 - 17: Asia Pacific Executive Forum
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, email: hartmana@eastwestcenter.org
June 21 – July 2: Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Program
EWC contact: Liz Dorn, email: dorne@eastwestcenter.org
June 22 – July 10: ASDP China Field Seminar
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org
June 24 – July 5: 2009 Summer Institute on Human Rights and Transitional Justice
Bali, Indonesia
EWC contact: Phil Estermann, email: estermap@EastWestCenter.org
June 28 – July 25: Partnership for Youth (P4Y)
EWC and Cambodia
EWC contact: Cheryl Hidano, email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org
July 1 – 25: Travel and Teach (Cambodia)
EWC contact: Cheryl Hidano, email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org
July 6 – 18: Japan-U.S. Journalists Exchange
Study tour to Japan and U.S. cities
July 20 – 21: Trilateral Conference of Mainland China, Taiwan, and U.S. Experts
EWC contact: Raymond Burghardt, email: burghardr@eastwestcenter.org
July 25 – Aug. 8: NEH Landmarks Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, Memorial
EWC contact: Cheryl Hidano, email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org
August 2 – 5: Senior Policy Seminar
East-West Center
EWC contact: Jane Smith-Martin, email: smithj@eastwestcenter.org
August 30 – Sep. 13: Health Journalism Fellowships
Study tour in Asia Pacific, TBA
September 8 – 23: Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships
EWC-based seminar and study tour to Beijing, 1-2 cities in mainland China, and Hong Kong
EWC contact: Marilyn Li, email: lim@eastwestcenter.org
Sept. 20 – Oct. 4: New Generation Seminar
EWC-based seminar, study tour to Continental U.S. or Asian citieis
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, email: hartmana@eastwestcenter.org
October (TBA): Fall Jefferson Fellowships
EWC contact: Jane Smith-Martin, email: smithj@eastwestcenter.org
November 16 - 18: Urban Asia – Challenges of Transition and Governance
EWC
EWC contact: Meril Fujiki, email: fujikim@eastwestcenter.org
Contact information and dates are subject to change.
The EAST-WEST CENTER is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. The Center contributes to a peaceful, prosperous and just Asia Pacific community by serving as a vigorous hub for cooperative research, education and dialogue on critical issues of common concern to the Asia Pacific region and the United States. Funding for the Center comes from the U.S. government, with additional support provided by private agencies, individuals, foundations, corporations, and the governments of the region.