Coming up in February, March and April 2010
Feb. 11 – 13 -- The 9th Annual East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region
March 1 - 3 March 16 - 19 -- Senior Journalists Seminar
March 17 – April 1 -- Korea-U.S. Journalists Exchange
March 25 - 27 -- ASDP Workshop: Chinese Ways: History, Philosophy, Religion,
Art and Medicine
March 29 - 31 -- East-West Center seminar series on URBAN ASIA -- Urbanization Policy in an Uncertain Economy
April 10 -- East-West Fest
April 17 – May 9 -- 2010 Spring Jefferson Fellowships
April 24 – May 9 -- Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowships
April 25 - 28 -- International Media Conference -- Reporting New Realities
in Asia and the Pacific
In the Arts . . .
Jan. 20 - March 28 -- Exhibition: Cham: Syncretic Islamic Communities in Vietnam
and Cambodia
Performances: AURA-J: Music from Japan
• March 6 & 9 Contemporary repertoire, UHM Orvis Auditorium
• March 7 Japanese traditional repertoire, EWC
April 3 -- Kabu Ni Vanua: Dance and Music from Fiji, UHM Kennedy Theatre
April 11-June 10 Exhibition: Weddings: Festive Beauty in Asia Pacific
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The 9th Annual East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region
Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, EWC
Feb. 11 – 13, 2010
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.
Keynote speaker on February 11 is Mr. C.H. Tung, Founding Chairman of the China-United States Exchange Foundation. He previously served as the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HKSAR”), People’s Republic of China from July 1997 to March 2005. Mr. Tung is currently Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, People’s Republic of China.
For more information: The 9th Annual International Graduate Student Conference
c/o EWC Education Program
1601 East-West Road
Burns Hall, Rm. 2089
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848
Tel. 808.944.7588
Email: studentconference@eastwestcenter.org
Web: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/studentconference
Senior Journalists Seminar
March 1-3 and March 16-19, 2010
Study Tour for Asian Journalists: Washington, DC; Nashville, Tennessee; Chicago, Illinois
Study Tour for American Journalists: Mumbai, India and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Theme: Bridging Gaps Between the United States and the Muslim World
The Senior Journalists Seminar is a dialogue, travel and exchange program for journalists from the United States and Asian countries with substantial Muslim populations, specifically Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
EWC contact: Liz Dorn, 808.944.7368
email: DornE@EastWestCenter.org
Korea-U.S. Journalists Exchange
March 17 – April 1, 2010
Theme: Bridging the Gaps in Understanding between Korea and the United States: Emerging from Recession with a focus on Green Technology
The Korea-United States Journalists Exchange, launched by the East-West Center in 2005, is co-sponsored by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Korea Press Foundation to increase public understanding of the two countries and their relationship. The program sends Korean journalists to the United States, and U.S. journalists to South Korea to meet with government and business leaders, academics, non-governmental organizations and other members of the community. The exchange is supported by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
EWC contact: Marilyn Li, 808.944.7682
email: LiM@EastWestCenter.org
ASDP Workshop: Chinese Ways: History, Philosophy, Religion, Art and Medicine
March 25 – 27, 2010
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
This faculty development workshop will center around four distinct and interweaving ways of engaging Chinese culture and society -- a matrix of philosophical, historical, aesthetic, and anthropological perspectives that aims to bring Chinese ways into critical and yet pedagogically useful focus.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
Contact: Yan Weirong
Urbanization Policy in an Uncertain Economy
March 29 - 31, 2010
East-West Center
This is the second seminar in the East-West Center's seminar series on URBAN ASIA. Participation by invitation only.
This interdisciplinary, multi-country seminar series examines the current trends and implications of rapid urbanization from a "knowledge-based" approach that integrates experience and data.
EWC contact: Meril Fujiki, 808.944.7352
email: FujikiM@EastWestCenter.org
East-West Fest
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Hawaii Imin International Conference Center
The East-West Center Participants Association is hosting its 2010 cultural celebration, East-West Fest, on April 10 from Noon – 5:00 p.m. This year’s fest will include booths and performances. The local community is cordially invited. Admission is free and open to the public. More details to follow.
2010 Spring Jefferson Fellowships
April 17 – May 9, 2010
Study Tour Destinations: Honolulu, Hawaii; Hong Kong SAR; Shanghai, China; Jakarta, Indonesia
Theme: Reporting New Realities: Beyond the Economic Crisis
The Spring 2010 Jefferson Fellowships program for journalists will explore new realities in the U.S.- Asia Pacific region in the wake of the shock of the global economic crisis and in the face of the growing challenge of climate change. The journalists will also have an opportunity to attend the EWC’s 2nd International Media Conference in Hong Kong.
The Jefferson Fellowships program for journalists was launched in 1967 to enhance public understanding through the news media of cultures, issues and trends in the Asia Pacific region. All program and travel costs for participants funded by a grant from The Freeman Foundation.
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, 808.944.7619
email: Jefferson@EastWestCenter.org
Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowships
April 24 – May 9, 2010
U.S. journalists will travel to Taiwan and Singapore as well as attend the East-West Center’s 2nd International Media Conference in Hong Kong. The Fellows will meet with government, business, civic, cultural and religious leaders; educators and students; NGOs; and other community members to gain a better understanding of these important economies and societies.
The 2010 program is co-sponsored by the Association of Taiwan Journalists, the East-West Center, and the Singapore International Foundation.
EWC contact: Marilyn Li, 808.944.7682
email: LiM@EastWestCenter.org
International Media Conference --
Reporting New Realities in Asia and the Pacific
April 25 - 28, 2010 -- Hong Kong
The East-West Center will host its second international media conference at the University of Hong Kong. This event will cover important news and media issues in Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the United States. This professional networking conference will be open to all media professionals. The event will include keynote speakers and media panels, as well as a pre-conference study tour to Southern China and a post-conference newsgathering program in Hong Kong. Please see www.eastwestcenter.org/mediaconference for program and registration details.
EWC contact: Susan Kreifels, 808.944.7332
Email : mediaconference@EastWestCenter.org
In the Arts . . .
Cham: Syncretic Islamic Communities in Vietnam and Cambodia
January 20 - March 28, 2010
East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai`i
An exhibition co-presented by the East-West Center Arts Program and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Curators: Mohamed Effendy bin Abdul Hamid, Emiko Stock, and Michael Schuster
Installation: Michael Schuster and Lynne Najita
Visiting Scholar: Than Phan, Vietnam National University
The Cham of Vietnam and Cambodia are one of the most fascinating communities in Southeast Asia today. The Cham, descendents of the Kingdom of Champa that once ruled a region in southern Vietnam developed a vibrant civilization. Their achievements were manifest in the building of unique Cham temples (bimong) that can still be found scattered throughout the southern region of Vietnam. Originally a Hindu empire, the majority of Cham people converted to various forms of Islam over the centuries. Both Hinduism and Islam greatly influenced Cham political, religious, and cultural life.
This exhibition illustrates visual aspects of Cham culture and how the Cham have preserved their identity through ritual and religious practices, art and architecture, writing and language, and everyday life experiences. The exhibition elucidates how the Cham have localized and syncretized Islam into the Cham cultural context. The exhibition showcases textiles, ceramics, metal work, basketry, calligraphy, photography, and video from Vietnam and Cambodia that underline both the continuities and diversity across borders.
This exhibit was funded by a Title VI National Resource Center grant, with additional funding from Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts
(Shangri-la) and the Hawai`i Pacific Rim Society.
Special Events
All in the EWC Gallery, admission free
Sunday, February 7, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Visual Presentation by Paul Lavy, assistant professor, UHM Art Department, “An Introduction to Ancient Cham Sculpture and Architecture”
Sunday, March 7, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Visual presentation by Claire Park, artist and lecturer, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona, “Creating with Reverence: Art, Diversity, Culture and Soul,” a discussion of diverse art forms and artists from India, Japan, Mexico, and the U.S. Southwest native Americans.
EWC arts programs are supported by the Hawai`i Pacific Rim Society, Friends of Hawai`i Charities, the Cooke Foundation, Atherton Family Foundation, Jackie Chan Foundation USA, and generous contributors to the EWC Foundation, including members of the EWC Arts `Ohana.
For further information: 944-7584
http://arts.EastWestCenter.org
East-West Center Gallery
Honolulu, Hawai`i
John A. Burns Hall, 1601 East-West Road
(corner of Dole St. & East-West Rd.)
Gallery hours: Weekdays: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sundays: Noon-4:00 p.m.; Close Saturdays and holid ays
Performances
AURA-J: Music from Japan
• March 6 and 9, 7:30 p.m.
Contemporary repertoire
UHM Orvis Auditorium
• March 7, 4:00 p.m.
Japanese traditional repertoire
EWC Imin Center-Jefferson Hall
Tickets available after mid-February.
For further information:
http://www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic/events/2010-03.htm
and http://arts.EastWestCenter.org
Three concerts by the extraordinary AURA-J ensemble of Tokyo, performing new and traditional pieces on Japanese instruments (koto, biwa, shakuhachi flute, and traditional percussion). Besides the compositions of the noted Minoru Miki, their artistic leader, AURA-J commissions pieces by the younger generation of composers at every opportunity.
Kabu Ni Vanua: Dance and Music from Fiji
Saturday, April 3, 8:00-9:30 p.m.
UHM Kennedy Theatre
Co-presented by the UHM Kennedy Theatre and the East-West Center Arts Program
Ticket prices:
$20 regular
$18 seniors, military, UH and EWC faculty/staff
$12 students (special rates for EWC and UH students)
Tickets available in late March from the Kennedy Theatre Box Office, 956.7655
This award-winning dance company presents a spectacular show that will be one of the flagship events of the East-West Center’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
“Kabu ni Vanua” comprises of some of Fiji’s most accomplished college-age performers, and represented Fiji at the 2008 Festival of Pacific Arts. They went on to win all the top awards at Fiji’s 2009 Hibiscus Festival.
“Kabu” means “morning mist,” and “ni Vanua” is “of the Land.” The implication is the dawn or new beginning of a new day, and the group strives to keep alive Fijian culture and heritage in the face of urbanization, modernization, and Westernization.
This performance will include the men’s spear dance, men’s and women’s fan dances, men’s and women’s hand dances, and impressive multi-part singing. Some of the repertoire are steeped in historical events, others are newly created (in traditional style) to commemorate installment of chiefs or happy family occasions, such as births.
Exhibtion: The Golden Ceremony: Weddings in Asia
East-West Center Gallery
April 11-June 13, 2010
Weddings are the pinnacle of celebration, festivity, and happiness throughout Asia. People place a huge emphasis on the rituals, processions, feasts, and gatherings associated with these felicitous events in the human life cycle. More than an event uniting two individuals, weddings are a social enactment reinforcing community, family, and continuity. Imbued with both spiritual and practical implications, the wedding events are central to the social fabric and are intended to encourage the couple’s fertility.
This EWC exhibition focuses on garments/costumes, ritual objects, theatrical and artistic representations of wedding events, and dowry items including textiles and jewelry. The dowry items give us a unique entry into understanding women’s artistic expression because many of the exquisite textiles in the exhibition were produced and designed by women. Often this is a communal effort done by sisters, mothers, family, and friends for the bride.
Due to the enormity of the region with its wide diversity of ethnicities, religions, and sub-cultures, a few representative cultures have been selected to represent East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. In all regions, people devote extraordinary resources, energy, and time to creating memorable wedding celebrations.
This exhibition was created in honor of the East-West Center’s golden 50th anniversary celebration. Likewise, many of the weddings found in Asia are festooned with golden textiles, jewelry, and accoutrements. In order to underscore the symbolic union of East and West, a number of photographs depict Asian weddings with participants from both Asian and Western cultures.
The exhibited artifacts and photographs depict wedding traditions from China, Japan, Korea, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam, Burma/Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan.
Exhibition Design: Michael Schuster &
Lynne Najita
EWC contact: Eric Chang, 808.944.7584
email: ChangE@EastWestCenter.org
LOOKING AHEAD. . .2010
U.S. Asia Pacific Council Annual Washington Conference and East-West Center 50th Anniversary Dinner Washington, D.C.
(The dinner will take place at the conclusion of the day-long conference.)
May 6, 2010
Contact: Mark Borthwick
Email: BorthwiM@EastWestCenter.org
The Summer Institute in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Human Rights 2010 – Internal Armed Conflicts
May 10 – 21, 2010
Bali, Indonesia (optional fieldtrip to Aceh)
Summer Institute 2010 is a two-week workshop aimed at young and mid-career professionals and advanced law/graduate students working in the fields of human rights, humanitarian response and international justice throughout Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific region.
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi
email: EguchiC@eastwestcenter.org
China Protected Areas Leadership Alliance Project
May 10 – June 9, 2010
EWC contact: Meril Fujiki
email: FujikiM@eastwestcenter.org
EWC Day – EWCA Chapter Events Throughout the Region
May 14, 2010
NEH Summer Institute: The Silk Roads: Early Globalization and Chinese Cultural Identity
May 24 – June 25, 2010
EWC contact: Peter Hershock
email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
41st Summer Seminar on Population
May 29 – June 26, 2010
EWC contact: Eugene Alexander
Email: AlexandE@EastWestCenter.org
Obuchi Okinawa Education and Research Program Conference: 10th Anniversary
EWC 50th Anniversary Symposium
“Envisioning and Shaping the
Future of Okinawa”
June 18 – 20, 2010
Naha, Okinawa
EWC contact: Robert Nakasone
Email: NakasonR@EastWestCenter.org
Hawaii Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (HASCD) International Mini-Conference
June 19 – 30, 2010
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano
email: HidanoC@EastWestCenter.org
ASDP National Conference
June 28 – July 1
East-West Center
EWC contact: Peter Hershock
email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
EWCA Chapter Leaders Workshop
By invitation only
June 30 – July 1, 2010
A highlight prior to every EWCA international conference is the Chapter Leaders Workshop. Chapter Representatives from about 30 EWCA Chapters are expected at our Chapter Leaders Workshop on June 30 and July 1, 2010 in Honolulu at the EWC’s Hawaii Imin Conference Center at Jefferson Hall. We are expecting this year’s Workshop will provide a valuable learning experience for the participants.
EWC contact: Gordon Ring
EWC/EWCA International Conference 2010
"Leadership and Community Building in the Asia Pacific Region"
July 2 – 5, 2010, Hawaii Convention Center
In 2010, the East-West Center will mark 50 years of working to promote understanding and cooperation in the Asia Pacific region, including the United States. This golden anniversary year is an opportunity both to celebrate the accomplishments of the Center’s first 50 years and to look forward to addressing the needs and challenges of the Asia Pacific community today and in the years to come. Hosted by the East-West Center and the East-West Center Association .
For more information: www.eastwestcenter.org/hawaii2010
EWC contact: Gordon Ring
Email: hawaii2010@eastwestcenter.org
Partnership for Youth (P4Y) Cambodia Reporting for Change
July 1 – 21, 2010
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano
email: HidanoC@EastWestCenter.org
Partnership for Schools (P4S) Indonesia
July 5 – July 26, 2010
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano
email: HidanoC@EastWestCenter.org
U.S.-China Faculty Exchange
July 5 – 29, 2010
EWC contact: Peter Hershock
email: HershocP@eastwestcenter.org
Infusing South Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum
East-West Center
July 12 – 30, 2010
EWC contact: Peter Hershock
email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
Korea Development Institute Conference
July 15 - 16, 2010
EWC contact: Penny Higa
email: HigaP@EastWestCenter.org
Global Approaches Institute on Climate Change
July 17 – 31, 2010
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano
email: HidanoC@EastWestCenter.org
NEH Landmarks Program: History and Commemoration: Legacies of the Pacific War
July 25 – 31 & Aug. 1 - 7
EWC contact: Geoffrey White
email: WhiteG@EastWestCenter.org
Senior Policy Seminar
August 9 – 11, 2010
EWC contact: Raymond Burghardt
email: HolversoC@EastWestCenter.org
Korea Transport Institute Conference
August 12 – 13, 2010
EWC contact: Eugene Alexander
Email: AlexandE@EastWestCenter.org
Changing Faces Leadership Program
August 15 – 26, 2010
EWC contact: Liz Dorn
email: DornE@EastWestCenter.org
New Generation Seminar
August 29 – 31, 2010
EWC contact: Ann Hartman
email: HartmanA@EastWestCenter.org
China U.S. Journalists Exchange
September 10 – 25, 2010
EWC contact: Marilyn Li
email: LiM@eastwestcenter.org
2011
Feb. 27 – March 13, 2011
APEC Senior Official Meeting I Conference
Honolulu, Hawaii
Contact information and dates are subject to change.
East-West Center
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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.