May 20--21: Pacific Islands Integrated Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) Hawaii Stakeholders Workshop and All-Hands Governance Meeting

June 3 - July 3: 39th Summer Seminar on Population

In the Arts . . .
        
April 13 – June 11    Exhibition: “Unseen Visions: Contemporary Painting in Pakistan”
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Spring Jefferson Fellowships
May 3 – 25, 2008
East-West Center, Beijing, Chongqing, and Chengdu, China

Theme: Beyond the Boomtowns: Development Challenges in ‘The Other China’

It has been almost three decades since China embarked on a transition towards an internationally open market economy, sparking enormous social, political and economic change. In this process, the People’s Republic of China lifted itself from the ruins of the Cultural Revolution to engender an economic boom with few parallels in modern history. China is now the world’s third largest economy and trading nation, encompassing a huge consumer market and production capacity.

In presentations to one another and in sessions with specialists at the East-West Center, journalists participating in the Jefferson Fellowship Program will discuss a wide range of issues focusing on the challenges of economic growth and development in China. In a 16-day study tour, Fellows will travel to regions at different stages of economic and political development in China.
 
The Jefferson Fellowships program was launched in 1967 to enhance public understanding through the news media of cultures, issues and trends in the Asia Pacific region, broadly defined as Asia, the Pacific Islands and the United States. The long-range goal is to help news organizations build staff expertise about regional concerns and trends, so that their readers, viewers and listeners may be better informed.

All program and travel costs for participants funded by a grant from The Freeman Foundation.

EWC contact: Ann Hartman, (808) 944-7384
email: seminars@eastwestcenter.org

Summer Institute in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
May 11 – 24, 2008
Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

The Inaugural Summer Institute in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, "Asia-Pacific Transitional Justice and Peace-Building," is a project of the East-West Center in partnership with the U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center, and the Mahidol University Office of Human Rights Studies and Social Development (OHRSD).  The Summer Institute is a program on human rights, bringing together key experts from the region (and internationally) to exchange ideas with scholars, practitioners and policy-makers from the region (and internationally).  

While admitting participants from all over the world, it will emphasize and give priority to education and capacity building of young human rights professionals in ASEAN countries.  The curriculum will be designed to focus on providing the expertise and skills necessary for dealing with issues that are of particular significance from an ASEAN regional perspective.

EWC contact: Penny Higa, (808) 944-7131
email: higap@eastwestcenter.org

China Protected Areas Leadership Alliance Project
May 14 - June 3, 2008
Lectures and Discussions: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Field Study: Burlington, VT; the Adirondacks in New York; Washington, D.C.; Sacramento, CA; Yosemite, CA; San Francisco, CA; Kahului, Maui; and East-West Center

Participants will undergo one week of classroom lectures and discussion at Tsinghua University in Beijing, followed by two weeks of field study in the U.S. including visits to selected national parks, public and private forest and wetland reserves, and discussions with government officials and conservation organizations.  The last week of the study tour will be held at the East-West Center in Honolulu for collaborative learning to consolidate knowledge gained from presentations and field visits, discuss lessons learned, and integrate the information from a cultural context between the U.S. and China.

EWC Coordinators:  Carol Fox and Meril Fujiki
EWC contact: June Kuramoto, (808) 944-7267
email: kuramotj@eastwestcenter.org

Asian Studies Development Programs

• China Institute
  May 19 – 30, 2008
  East-West Center
  This two-week institute on China is the first program activity of a new ASDP program, Asian Studies in Asia (ASIA). The institute is for undergraduate faculty from selected Southeast Asian Universities and American colleges and universities. The first week of the program will focus on Chinese philosophy, history and cultural traditions; the second week will cover contemporary issues concerning the environment, politics and socio-economic development. ASIA programs are designed to enhance teaching at the undergraduate level and further institutional network building among Asian and American higher education institutions.

• China Field Study: Focus on Southwest China
  June 3 - 20, 2008
  Hong Kong, Southwest China
  This field study, funded by the Freeman Foundation, will explore often missed, but historically, culturally and environmentally rich areas of Southwest China. The itinerary will include Chengdu and nearby areas in Sichuan Province, and areas in Yunnan Province, including the cities of Kunming and Lijiang. The program will conclude with two nights in Hong Kong.

• Institute on Infusing Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum
  June 30 - July 18, 2008
  East-West Center
  The annual three-week Institute, funded by the Freeman Foundation, focuses on faculty and institutional development related to undergraduate and universities.  The focus of the 2008 program will be East Asia (primarily China and Japan). The interdisciplinary Institute program features lectures and discussion on the culture, history, and contemporary complexion of the region, and works with participants in developing strategies to build Asian studies on their home campuses.

  For more information, please visit the EWC Asian Studies Development Program web site .
  
  EWC contacts: Peter Hershock, (808) 944-7757
  email: hershocp@eastwestcenter.org

Pacific Islands Integrated Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) Hawaii Stakeholders Workshop and All-Hands Governance Meeting
May 20--21, 2008
Imin Center (May 20) and UH POST Building (May 21)

The purpose of the Stakeholders Workshop on May 20 and the All-Hands Governance Meeting on May 21 is to bring together all interested stakeholders of the Hawaii Ocean Observing System (federal, state, and county agencies, NGO's, industry, and academia) to begin robust discussion regarding the development and expansion of the observing system.  Of particular interest are the topics of participation in regional governance, mechanisms for product development, data resources currently available, and priorities for further system augmentation and expansion.  This is the first such meeting of this group and has the intent of formalizing priorities for the upcoming fiscal year and catalyzing stakeholder participation and partnership development.

This workshop and meeting are cosponsored by the University of Hawaii’s School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology (SOEST) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): IDEA Center at the East-West Center.

Coordinators: Eric Wong, (808) 944-7429, email: wonge@eastwestcenter.org   and Chris Ostrander, PacIOOS Regional Coordinator – Hawaiian Islands.

39th Summer Seminar on Population
June 3 - July 3, 2008
East-West Center
The seminar features workshops on three topics:

• Population, Development, and Policy:  A Follow-Up Workshop
• Use of Discrete-Time Survival Models to Draw Out the Policy Implications of Demographic and Health Surveys
• Communicating with Policymakers about Population and Health

EWC contact: Eugene Alexander, (808) 944-7332
email: alexande@eastwestcenter.org

2008 Senior Journalists Seminar
Building Understanding Between the United States and the Asian Muslim World
June 8 - 28, 2008
East-West Center and study tour to Asia or U.S. mainland

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. 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. The program opens and concludes in Honolulu, Hawaii, for joint sessions between Asian and American participants.

Study Tour for Asian Journalists: Washington, DC; New York City; Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Study Tour for American Journalists: Kolkata (Calcutta), India; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

EWC contact: Susan Kreifels, (808) 944-7176
email: kreifels@eastwestcenter.org

Partnership for Youth 2008: The Politics of Power – Cambodia
June 28 – July 20, 2008   

The 2008 program will offer experiential learning in Cambodia as well as a hands-on opportunity to develop leadership and media literacy.  High school students from the U.S. will examine international and regional relations, and social, political and economic power-relations in the Cambodian content.

EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano (808) 944-7765
email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org
 

East-West Center in Washington

Asian Security Forum: “Normalizing Japan”
May 19, 2008
Speaker: Andrew Oros, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Washington College (Maryland)
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
EWC in Washington Conference Room
1819 L St. NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC

EWC in Washington contact: Justin B. Liang
email: liangj@eastwestcenter.org

 
In the Arts . . .

Exhibition: “Unseen Visions: Contemporary Painting in Pakistan”
April 13 - June 11, 2008
East-West Center Gallery

Unbeknown to many in the West, where the press tends to emphasize Pakistan’s political turmoil and violent struggle with Islamic extremism, Pakistan is a diverse and vibrant country with a lively contemporary arts scene. Now, for the first time in Hawaii, the East-West Gallery presents contemporary works by 12 important artists who epitomize the creativity, diversity, and vitality of modern Pakistan.

Curated by the EWC Gallery’s Michael Schuster and coordinated by Islamabad gallery owner and Center alumnus Dr. Arjumand Faisel, the “Unseen Visions” exhibition emphasizes contemporary issues among artists and contextualizes the works in relationship to traditional themes and motifs.

The artists featured in the exhibition are: Meher Afroz, Abrar Ahmed, Sana Arjumand, Rashid Arshed, Akram Dost, Ahmed Khan, Masood A. Khan, Ali Kazim, Mudassar Manzoor, R.M. Naeem, Ghulam Rasool and Mughees Riaz.

Birthplace of one of the oldest civilizations on earth, Mohenjodaro, Pakistan has been invaded and ruled by Aryans, Greeks, Persians, Arabs, Central Asians and the British, all of whom have left a legacy of varied artistic practices. Today, Pakistani artists often combine figurative and abstract motifs to produce fascinating hybrids, despite misperceptions of Islamic prohibitions against figurative art.

Special Events: All in the EWC Gallery; admission free

Sunday, May 4, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Roundtable:  “Contemporary Events in Pakistan: Technological Developments,
Role of Religion, Politics and Governance”
by Toufiq A. Siddiqi, Saleem Ahmad and Shabbir Cheema

Sunday, May 11, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Illustrated discussion: “Women in Pakistan: Diversity and Society”
by Azeema Faizunnisa and Qudisia Mehmood, EWC Pakistani students

Sunday June 1, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Reading of Urdu and Punjabi poetry, with English translation and discussion
by Dr. Inam Ur Rahman Mani (Urdu language) and Azeema Faizunnisa (Punjabi language

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. . .
2008

July 6 – 22: Travel and Teach: Cambodia
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org

July 8 – 9: Senior Policy Seminar
EWC contact: Raymond Burghardt, email: holversc@eastwestcenter.org  

July 14 – 16: Study Group of Eminent Scholars on Civil Society Engagement in National and Global Governance
EWC contact:  Darlene Spadavecchia, spadaved@eastwestcenter.org    

July 19 – 25: International Forum for Education (IFE) Senior Seminar
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org

July 20 – 31: Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Program
EWC contact: Liz Dorn, dorne@eastwestcenter.org

July 26–Aug. 1 (EWC) Aug. 2 – 9 (Tokai University): Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, Memorial
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org

August 3 – 8: XVII International AIDS Conference
Mexico City
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi, email: eguchic@eastwestcenter.org

August 11 – 13: Urban Asia: Challenges of Transition and Governance Inaugural Seminar
EWC contact: June Kuramoto, email: kuramotj@eastwestcenter.org

August 14 – 15: Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) Conference
EWC contact: Eugene Alexander, alexande@eastwestcenter.org  

September 3 - 5: Northeast Asia Dialogue
EWC Contact: Susan Kreifels, kreifels@eastwestcenter.org

September 11 – 27: Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships
Theme: The Aftermath of the Beijing Olympics
EWC, Beijing, Kunming, Shangri-la, Lijiang and Hong Kong
Accepting Applications, now until May 23, 2008
EWC contact: Marilyn Li, email: lim@eastwestcenter.org

September 15 – 19: Asia Pacific Executive Forum (APEF) Lecture Series
Texas
EWC contact: Raymond Burghardt, email: holversc@eastwestcenter.org

September 17 - 18: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi, email: eguchic@eastwestcenter.org  

September 21 – 24: U.S. Australia Leadership Dialogue Meeting
EWC contact:  Richard Baker, email: bakerr@eastwestcenter.org
 
Sept. 21 – Oct. 5: New Generation Seminar: Theme: "The Politics of Globalization"
Honolulu, Youngstown (OH) and Washington, DC
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, email: hartmana@eastwestcenter.org

October 12 - 21: Partnership for Schools (P4S) Leading Change: Indonesia and the United States
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, email: hidanoc@eastwestcenter.org

October 16 – 18: ASDP: India Focus (title to be determined)
Kansas City, KS

Oct. 18 – Nov. 9: Fall 2008 Jefferson Fellowships
Theme: "2008 U.S. Election Issues"
Honolulu, Phoenix (AZ), Erie (PA), Cleveland (OH), and Washington, D.C.
Accepting applications from now until June 4, 2008.
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, email: hartmana@eastwestcenter.org
        
November 6 – 8: Asia/Africa focus centered on Indian Ocean linkages (title to be determined)
Charleston, SC
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki, email: osakis@eastwestcenter.org

November 13 – 15: Building an Asia Pacific Community: Unity in Diversity
EWC/EWCA International Conference
Bali, Indonesia
EWC contact: Gordon Ring, 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.