Ongoing – January 16 -- Exhibition: Kyrgyzstan – Nomadic Life in the Modern World

Ongoing – May 31 -- China-U.S. Educational Exchange (CUSEE) Residency Program

December 10 -- APLP’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Series Conference

December 17 -- East-West Center Holiday Party

January 18 -- George Chaplin Lecture featuring Kathleen Hall Jamieson, noted media and political analyst (date subject to change)

Exhibition: Kyrgyzstan – Nomadic Life in the Modern World
Ongoing - January 16, 2011 (EWC Gallery)

This exhibition includes a yurt with its accoutrements, felt textiles and large embroidery hangings, traditional clothing, traditional musical instruments, silver ornaments, a video of the felt making process, and vivid photographs of nomadic life.

For further information: 808.944.7584
http://arts.eastwestcenter.org/

China-U.S. Educational Exchange (CUSEE): Residency Program
November 28, 2010 – May 31, 2011

Funded by:   Chinese Ministry of Education

This program is designed to help Chinese elementary and secondary school leaders and classroom educators develop skills to model best teaching, learning, and leadership practices that engage and motivate students.  The program also promotes sustained collaborative partnerships between Chinese teachers/schools and their U.S. counterparts. The 15 participants in this initial phase will travel to the U.S. to learn best practices in teaching and learning from a diverse range of U.S. schools.

EWC contact: Qinghong Wang
Email: WangQ@EastWestCenter.org

Asia Pacific Security Seminar featuring Prof. Nick Bisley, La Trobe University
December 1, 2010, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EWC in Washington)

Title: “Building Asia's Security”

Based on his book, Building Asia's Security, Prof. Nick Bisley will provide an up-to-date analysis of the region's distinctive and rapidly changing security arrangements and will look at how national rivalries, mutual mistrust and institutional failings frustrate efforts to build closer ties.

EWC contact: Beverly Cobb
Email: Washington@eastwestcenter.org

Asia Pacific Security Seminar featuring Prof. Hugh White, Visiting Fellow, Lowy Institute for International Policy, Australian National University
December 2, 2010, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EWC in Washington)

Title: Power Shift: Australia’s Future between Beijing and Washington

Prof. White will explore the implications for an Australia-U.S. alliance. It is clear how China's rise will transform Australia's economy, but it is harder to recognize the implications for Australia's political and strategic future. Australia takes for granted the protection that the U.S. provides, and the role it plays in keeping Asia stable. But, as China's power grows, Asia is being transformed, and the United States' role in Asia will have to change as well. As that happens, the benefits to Australia of its alliance with the U.S. will also change, and the costs and risks of the alliance will change too.

EWC contact: Beverly Cobb
Email: Washington@eastwestcenter.org

East-West Center Craft Fair
December 2-3, 2010, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (EWC Burns Hall)

EWC’s annual holiday craft fair will feature Asia Pacific handicrafts and clothing, and other gift items from local craftsmen.

EWC contact: Pat Matsunaga, 808.944-7103
Email: MatsunaP@EastWestCenter.org

Public Seminar featuring Esther Brimmer, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
December 3, 2010, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (EWC, Burns Hall, Rm 3015)

Title: The Relationship Between Regional and Global International Organizations

Assistant Secretary Brimmer leads the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, which strives to advance U.S. interests through international organizations in areas including human rights, peacekeeping, food security, humanitarian relief, and climate change.

EWC contact: Floren Elman-Singh, 808.944-7193
Email: ElmanF@EastWestCenter.org

Asia Pacific Security Seminar featuring Michael Sutton, EWCW Visiting Fellow
December 3, 2010, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EWC in Washington)

Title: Low Fertility in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan: Economic and Strategic Implications

Low fertility, population aging and population decline are often cited as three poisons which are draining the economic vitality and political influence of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Michael Sutton challenges this popular view. His presentation shows how and to what extent Japan, South Korea and Taiwan share a common demographic policy trajectory. His analysis also explores the strategic and political implications of demographic change for national identity, economic growth and foreign relations.

EWC contact: Beverly Cobb
Email: washington@eastwestcenter.org

Submission deadline for Impulse Journal -- December 3, 2010

Impulse Journal , the independent magazine published by East-West Center participants, invites all EWC participants, fellows, staff, and alumni to submit original creative work for the 2011 issue. This year’s theme is ‘aina (“land” in Hawaiian). We accept all forms of creative expression, including (but not limited to) poems, photographs, photo essays, short stories, essays, or photographs of other work, such as sculptures and paintings. For more information visit:
http://forum.eastwestcenter.org/impulse/

Luncheon presentation featuring Kurt Tong, Ambassador-designate to APEC
December 7, 2010, 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. (Pacific Beach Hotel, Honolulu)

Title: “Hosting APEC 2011: Opportunities and Challenges”

APEC USA 2011 will launch its first official event of the year when the Informal Senior Officials Meeting (ISOM) is held in Honolulu at the East-West Center December 8 & 9. Tong, Economic Coordinator for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and the U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), manages all aspects of U.S. participation in APEC. Mr. Tong will discuss what lies ahead as the United States prepares to host the APEC Leaders Meeting in Honolulu next November.

To register contact: 944-7111 or visit: EastWestCenter.org/event/2687

EWC contact: Floren Elman-Singh, 808.944-7193
Email: ElmanF@EastWestCenter.org

Asia Pacific Security Seminar featuring Maria Siow, EWC Southeast Asia Visiting Fellow; East Asia Bureau Chief, Channel NewsAsia
December 7, 2010, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EWC in Washington)

Title: China’s Confucius Institutes: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones

Maria Siow will present her research into the debates on soft power among Chinese analysts, academics and commentators. She will also present an update on the progress and development of China's Confucius Institutes worldwide, outlining their hits and misses.

EWC contact: Beverly Cobb
Email: Washington@eastwestcenter.org

ISOM (Informal Senior Officials Meeting) for APEC 2011
December 8-9, 2010 (EWC Imin Center, Honolulu)
Participation is by invitation only.

Winter Ho’opuka
December 9, 2010 (Imin Center – Jefferson Hall, EWC)

East-West Center will host a ceremony honoring student fellows who have completed their awards at the Center.

Asia Pacific Security Seminar featuring Prof. Yasuhiro Matsuda, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo
December 9, 2010 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EWC in Washington)

Title: Sino-Japanese Relations under the DPJ Government: A Japanese Perspective

After the Chinese fishing boat incident near the Senkaku islands in Sept. 2010, Sino-Japanese relations have suddenly become chilled – even more so than relations during the Koizumi administration.  Prof. Matsuda will discuss this sudden turn in Sino-Japanese relations as well as implications for the U.S.-Japan relationship.

EWC contact: Beverly Cobb
Email: washington@eastwestcenter.org

50th Anniversary Leadership Series Conference
December 10, 2010, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Campus Center Ballroom, U.H.M.)

Hosted by: Asia Pacific Leadership Program

The public is invited to engage in discussions with guest panelists on Leadership; Social Investment Initiatives; and Social Entrepreneurship.

EWC contact: Nina Dutra, 808-944-7744
Email: DutraN@EastWestCenter.org

East-West Center Holiday Party
December 17, 2011, 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (EWC Imin Center, Honolulu)
Participation is by invitation only.

EWC contact: Sharon Suzuki
Email: SuzukiS@EastWestCenter.org

Asia Pacific Outlook 2011 – Annual Legislative Breakfast Briefing featuring EWC President Charles E. Morrison
January 6, 2011, 7:15 – 8: 30 a.m. (Pacific Club, Honolulu)
Participation is by invitation only.

EWC contact: Floren Elman-Singh,
808.944-7193
Email: ElmanF@EastWestCenter.org

New Student Orientation
January 7-8, 2011 (Imin Center – Jefferson Hall, EWC)

The orientation program for students will provide an overview of the EWC, UH, and Hawaii’s unique multicultural community.  

EWC contact: Al Harjati, 808.944.7597
Email: HarjatiA@EastWestCenter.org

Asia Pacific Breakfast Briefing – Asia Pacific Outlook 2011 featuring EWC President Charles E. Morrison
January 11, 2011 7:15 a.m. (Bank of Hawaii, Honolulu)
Participation is by invitation only.

George Chaplin Lecture featuring Kathleen Hall Jamieson, noted media and political analyst; Chaplin Fellow in Distinguished Journalism
January 18, 2011 (date subject to change) (EWC Imin Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i)

EWC contact: Floren Elman-Singh, 808.944-7193
Email: ElmanF@EastWestCenter.org

Looking Ahead…

10th Annual International Graduate Student Conference
February 17-19, 2011 (EWC Imin Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i)

The East-West Center invites graduate students from around the world to participate in the 10th Annual International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific region. The Conference will provide an opportunity to share interdisciplinary perspectives formally, through presenting papers and attending other panel presentations. For more information visit:
www.EastWestCenter.org/studentconference

Contact information and dates are subject to change.

East-West Center, 1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawai‘i  96848-1601.
Phone: 808-944-7111  Fax: 808-944-7376  Website: EastWestCenter.org  E-mail: EWCInfo@EastWestCenter.org

The East-West Center promotes better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1960, the Center serves as a resource for information and analysis on critical issues of common concern, bringing people together to exchange views, build expertise, and develop policy options. The Center is an independent, public, nonprofit organization with funding from the U.S. government, and additional support provided by private agencies, individuals, foundations, corporations, and governments in the region.