March 3 -- Evening Forum: U.S.-Asia Pacific Relations in the New Administration
March 5 – 7 -- 15th ASDP National Meeting
March 12 – 14 -- ASDP Faculty Outreach Workshop: Asia's Ecologies of Development: China and India
March 15 – April 4 -- Senior Journalists Seminar
From March 15 -- Khmer Rouge Tribunal-Regional Trial Monitoring Program Begins
March 25 – 27 -- 24th Population Census Conference
April 2 – 5 -- ASDP National Symposium: Crossing Borders: Identities,Insights and Expressions in East Asia
April 19 – May 3 -- Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
EWC in Washington
March 9 -- The Financial Crisis and Asia: Implications for U.S.-Asian Economic Policy
March 20 -- Island World: A History of Hawaii and the United States
In the Arts . . .
Through March 22 -- Exhibition: Mirror & Mirage: Japanese Noh and Kyogen Theatre
April 14-June 14 -- Exhibition: Mask Dance from Sri Lanka
April 11 -- Performance: Drums & Drama: Mask Dance from Sri Lanka ________________________________________________________________________________________________
International Forum for Education 2020 Institute
Through 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
U.S. - Asia Pacific Relations in the New Administration
Evening Forum featuring Dr. Satu P. Limaye
March 3, 2009
East-West Center Art Gallery
Time: 5:30 p.m. Registration & Pupus; 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Program
Cost: $10.00 co-sponsor members; $12.00 non-members
RSVP by Friday, Feb. 27
Parking: $3.00 -- Parking is available on the UH Manoa Campus. Please pay at guard kiosk along East-West Rd. or Maile Way. After 4 p.m. vehicles may park in any zone of the UH Manoa upper campus (Zones 9 & 11 are the closest to Burns Hall).
Satu P. Limaye is the director of the East-West Center in Washington. He regularly writes and speaks on Asia Pacific international relations, U.S.-Asia defense and security relations, and India's foreign policy. Limaye is currently leading "Asia Matters for America," a major EWC project that tracks economic, social, and educational ties between the U.S. and Asia by each U.S. state and congressional district.
Prior to joining the EWC, he was a researcher at the Institute for Defense Analyses. From 1998-2005 he was director of research and publications at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), a reporting unit to the U.S. Pacific Command. He has been an Abe Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy, and a Henry Luce Scholar and head of South Asia programs at the Japan Institute of International Affairs. Limaye has written, edited, and co-edited numerous books and studies, including Japan in a Dynamic Asia; "India" in America's Security Role in a Changing World, A Global Strategic Assessment 2009; and U.S., Australia and Japan and the New Security Triangle. He received his Ph.D. in international relations from Oxford University where he was a George Marshall Scholar.
Sponsored by East-West Center, Friends of the East-West Center, and Pacific and Asian Affairs Council.
EWC contact: EWC information, (808) 944-7111
email: ewcinfo@eastwestcenter.org
15th ASDP National Meeting
Annual conference for ASDP alumni and interested college faculty.
March 5 - 7, 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Participants will present original research on Asian and comparative subjects, and will share their strategies for infusing Asian studies into the undergraduate college curriculum.
This year's conference is being hosted by the Community College of Philadelphia.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, (808) 944-7757
email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org
2009 ASDP Faculty Outreach Workshop: Asia's Ecologies of Development: China and India
March 12 -14, 2009
University of Central Arkansas
Even in the midst of the current global economic downturn, China and India are developing socially and economically at unprecedented rates. This faculty development workshop brings together scholars and educators to address issues related to and draw comparative insights about the social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental dimensions of development in China and India.
This workshop is sponsored by the University of Central Arkansas Humanities and World Cultures Institute and Confucius Institute in collaboration with the Asian Studies Development Program—a joint program of the East West Center and University of Hawai’i at Mānoa—with generous funding from the Freeman Foundation and a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, (808) 944-7757
email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org
Senior Journalists Seminar
March 15 – April 4, 2009
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
The 6th 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. The seminar offers an opportunity for senior writers, reporters, editors, columnists and producers to engage their peers on issues in the relationships between these Asian countries and the United States, especially since 9/11.
Theme: Bridging Gaps Between the United States and the Muslim World
EWC contact: Liz A. Dorn (808) 944-7368
email: dorne@eastwestcenter.org
Khmer Rouge Tribunal - Regional Trial Monitoring Program Begins from March 15
Courts of Cambodia
The Asian International Justice Initiative, a collaboration between the East-West Center and the UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center, will begin its regional trial monitoring program at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia or 'Khmer Rouge Tribunal'. Proceedings in the first trial at the KRT are due to begin in the latter half of March. The trial is anticipated to take 4-6 months. Trial monitors from China and throughout Southeast Asia will join a Cambodian team to monitor the trials and write weekly reports and periodic analyses on the proceedings.
Further information can be found at:
www.eastwestcenter.org/research/asian-international-justice-initiative/current-projects/cambodia/
EWC contact: Michelle Staggs
email: staggsm@eastwestcenter.org
24th Population Census Conference
Changing Patterns of Utilization and Analysis of Population Census Data
Hong Kong, China
March 25 -27, 2009
A meeting of the heads of the national statistical agencies in the Asia-Pacific and America and leading demographers has been organized by the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China and the East-West Center in cooperation with the Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia and the Pacific (ANCSDAAP). The conference will be held in Hong Kong, China. The theme of this year’s conference is “Changing Patterns of Utilization and Analysis of Population Census Data.”
The East-West Center serves as the secretariat for the member agencies of ANCSDAAP. The Population Census conference series was initiated in 1972 to share experience, knowledge and techniques for the collection and use of population census and related statistical information among the countries of Asia, the Pacific and America.
EWC contact: Robert Retherford, 808-944-7403
email: retherfr@eastwestcenter.org
ASDP National Symposium: Crossing Borders: Identities, Insights and Expressions in East Asia
April 2 – 5, 2009
Boston, Massachusetts
Presentations will include highlights on the importance of China and Japan in traditional and contemporary contexts, with special attention given to maintaining cultural identity, shifting family and social structures, political economy, human rights, education systems, and cultural expressions in visual, literary, and dramatic art. Participants in this national symposium will include professors at two- and four-year public and private colleges. The symposium will include practical ideas for enhancing courses and curriculum in Asian Studies and roundtables on how to apply the knowledge gained at the symposium to real-life classrooms. Sponsored by Middlesex Community College and Bridgewater State University.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, (808) 944-7757
email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org
Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
April 19 – May 3, 2009
Korea Destinations: Seoul; Kwangju; Busan and Ulsan in South Korea and tentative trip to Kaesong or Kumgang Mountain in North Korea
U.S. Destinations: Washington, DC; New York City, New York and Detroit, Michigan
The program sends six to eight Korean journalists to the United States and six to eight U.S. journalists to South Korea to meet with government and business leaders, academics, non-governmental organizations and other members of the community. The program seeks to introduce journalists to the political, security, economic, cultural and social issues of each country. Funding Co-sponsors: East-West Center and the Korea Press Foundation. The exchange is supported by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
Theme: " Bridging the Gaps in Understanding between Korea and the United States: New Leadership and the Global Economic Crisis"
EWC contact: Marilyn Li , (808) 944-7682
email: journalismfellowship@eastwestcenter.org
East-West Center in Washington
Asia Pacific Security Seminar:: North Korean Shipping: The Potential for WMD Proliferation?
March 5, 2009, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
East-West Center in Washington
Featuring: Dr. Hazel Smith
Professor of Security and Resilience, Cranfield University, UK
Dr. Hazel Smith, author of North Korean Shipping: A Potential for WMD Proliferation? (Asia Pacific Issues, No. 87, East-West Center, February 2009), will discuss how North Korea's under-regulated shipping industry and the failures of the international community to eliminate smuggling through the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) create incentives for goods smuggling, including WMD. She notes that the few reported incidents of North Korean ships involved in WMD transportation are ambiguous: some ships were engaged in legal weapons trade, and some carried 'dual-use' goods suitable for nonmilitary applications such as agriculture. So far, international initiatives to constrain smuggling by North Korean ships have been unsuccessful. Dr. Smith will offer suggestions to improve this dangerous situation.
The Financial Crisis and Asia: Implications for U.S.-Asian Economic Policy
March 9, 2009, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
East-West Center in Washington
The financial turmoil that erupted in September 2008 has already had consequences for Asian economies. While the region was not heavily invested in "toxic assets," it has been dependent on external demand for economic growth since the Asian Crisis of 1997-1998. With the United States, the EU, and Japan all in recession, the prospects for growth are far bleaker than they have been in a decade. Moreover, this growth shock is taking place at a time of significant policy change in the region, particularly in the area of economic cooperation.
Michael Plummer will discuss how the crisis will affect policy directions in the region, what the implications will be for the United States, and what this financial crisis means for the formulation of the Obama Administration's Asia policies.
Michael G. Plummer is professor of international economics at The Johns Hopkins University, SAIS-Bologna, and non-resident senior fellow of the East-West Center.
Island World: A History of Hawaii and the United States
March 20, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
East-West Center in Washington
Hawai'i marks its 50th anniversary of statehood this year, coincidentally the first year in the presidency of the United States' first Hawaiian-born president. But the islands of the state of Hawai'i have long influenced the United States both culturally and politically and are integral to America's history. Hawai'i has also served as an active stage for the United States' interaction with the Asia Pacific region.
In this special public forum, Gary Y. Okihiro, author of Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United States, will explore the historic interactions between Hawai'i and the United States as well as the island's continuing influence on national life, and will describe Hawai'i's role in helping to build bridges between the United States and Asia.
Gary Y. Okihiro is professor of international and public affairs and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University.
EWC in Washington contact: Allison Hazell
email: hazella@eastwestcenter.org
In the Arts . . .
Exhibition: Mirror & Mirage: Japanese Noh and Kyogen Theatre through March 22, 2009
East-West Center Gallery
In residence: Master mask carver Hideta Kitazawa
Guest curators: Richard Emmert & Julie A. Iezzi
Installation: Michael Schuster & Lynne Najita
Noh and kyogen , collectively known as nohgaku , share a nearly 700-year-long history. The refined poetry and music of noh portrays the psychological journey of the main character, often a ghost in need of release from earthly ties or fulfillment of karmic destiny. Usually included on the same program is kyogen , with its exaggerated portrayals of everday human foibles.
The costumes, masks, scrolls, photos, accessories, and "pop-culture" noh and kyogen items featured in the current exhibition are on loan from the UHM Department of Theatre and Dance, and from noh masters training UHM students for the Kennedy Theatre classical noh production of Sumida River, March 6 - 15, 2009. Through these works of art and artistic oddities, the exhibit will acquaint the viewer with both the shared and specific elements of the "artistic team" of noh and kyogen , as well as provide a view of their respective paths into the 21st century.
Special Events
All in the EWC Gallery, admission free.
Sunday, March 1
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
"Capital Birds, Crazy Chicks: Literary and Dramatic Convention in Sumidagawa," lecture by Arthur Thornhill, Assoc. Prof. of Japanese, UHM Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literature.
March 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 at 8:00 p.m. and March 15 at 2:00 p.m.
In conjunction with this EWC exhibition, the UHM Dept. of Theatre and Dance and Music Department present the English-language premier of Sumida River ( Sumidagawa ) at Kennedy Theatre. For more information, visit http://www.hawaii.edu/kennedy . Admission charged for this production.
Saturday, March 7, 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 14, 7:00 - 7:30 p.m.
"Sumida River" Pre-show Chat: "In the Know About Noh " presented by UHM Dept. of Theatre and Dance.
Sunday, March 22
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
"The Art of Noh and Kyogen Mask Making," demonstration by master carver Hideta Kitazawa, whose works are featured in the exhibit. Final day of the exhibit.
Exhibition: Mask Dance from Sri Lanka
April 14-June 14, 2009
East-West Center Gallery
Curators: David Blundell & Michael Schuster
Gala Opening Reception: Sunday, April 19, 2:00-3:30, including performance-demonstration in the Gallery.
Performance: Drums & Drama: Mask Dance from Sri Lanka
Saturday, April 11, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
UHM Kennedy Theatre mainstage
Presented by the East-West Center and cosponsored by the UH Dept. of Theatre and Dance.
A dynamic ensemble of ten dancers and drummers present a variety of mask dances with percussion accompaniment, primarily from the southern region of Sri Lanka. Exquisitely costumed drummers create a complex rhythmic backdrop for the masked dancers, who present a wide array of human emotions and folkloric stories, including some that are hilarious.
Ticket Prices: $18 Regular, $16 Senior, Military, UH Faculty/Staff, $12 Student, $10 UHM students with valid Spring ‘09 ID. Prices include all fees. Tickets on sale online at etickethawaii.com, by phone at 483-7123, and at outlets. Tickets on sale at the Kennedy Theatre Box Office beginning April 6.
EWC contact: Eric Chang, Arts Program Assistant, EWC Gallery, (808) 944-7584
email: ChangE@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.
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, Atherton Family Foundation, Jackie Chan Foundation USA, and generous contributors to the EWC Foundation, including members of the EWC Arts `Ohana.
LOOKING AHEA D . . . 2009
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
May 18 – 20: Regional Stakeholders Conference on Cross-border Governance in Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand
EWC contact: G. Shabbir Cheema, cheemas@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: 40 th Summer Seminar on Population
EWC contact: Eugene Alexander, email: alexanda@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
June 28 – July 23: Partnership for Youth (P4Y)
EWC and Cambodia
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org
July 1 – 18: Travel and Teach - Cambodia
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org
July 6 – 18: Japan-U.S. Journalists Exchange
Study tour to Japan and U.S. cities
EWC contact: Susan Kreifels, email: kreifels@eastwestcenter.org
July 8 – 25: Travel and Teach – Indonesia
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org
July 25 – Aug. 1 and Aug. 1 - 8: NEH Landmarks Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, Memorial
EWC contact: Cherylene 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
EWC contact: Susan Kreifels, email: kreifels@eastwestcenter.org
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
Aug. 23 – Sept. 6: New Generation Seminar
EWC-based seminar, study tour to Continental U.S. or Asian citieis
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, email: hartmana@eastwestcenter.org
October 18 – Nov. 9: Fall Jefferson Fellowships
EWC contact: Jane Smith-Martin, email: smithj@eastwestcenter.org
November 15 - 18: Urban Asia – Challenges of Transition and Governance
EWC
EWC contact: Meril Fujiki, email: fujikim@eastwestcenter.org
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR 2010:
July 2 - 5, 2010: EWC/EWCA International Conference "Leadership and Community Building in the Asia Pacific"
Honolulu, Hawaii
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.
EWC contact: Gordon Ring, email: ringg@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.