Coming Up May, June, and July 2011
Click to download pdf file Ongoing - May 8 -- Exhibition: North Korean Art on Paper
May 4 -- EWCW Seminar: “Asia Pacific Regionalism …”
May 5 -- Public Seminar: “Politics of Korea’s National Treasures …”
May 5 -- Ho’opuka Ceremony
May 11 -- EWCW Public Seminar: “Human Trafficking Issues in Malaysia & SE Asia”
May 13-14 -- Workshop on Democratic Local Governance in Asia
May 14-29 -- Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
May 16-24 -- Tenth East-West Philosophers’ Conference
May 22–Sept. 11 -- Exhibition: Port Vila, Mi Lavem Yu (I Love You); Opening Reception- May 22
May 23 -- US Asia Pacific Council's Annual Washington Conference
May 25-31 -- China-US Educational Exchange (CUSEE) Program Debriefing
May 28-June 18 -- 42nd Summer Seminar on Population
June 1-2 -- Second EWC-KIHASA Conference on Low Fertility
June 5–26 -- Spring 2011 Jefferson Fellowships
June 6-17 -- ASDP’s UISFL Residential Workshop
June 12 -- EWC Arts Program Public Event: Film showing -- “Grassroots, Those Who Vote”
June 19 – July 10 -- ASDP’s China Field Seminar: Northeast China
June 20 – July 1 -- ASDP’s Wabash – DePauw Chinese Studies Seminar
June 20 – July 22 -- ASDP’s NEH Summer Institute on Southeast Asia
June 26–July 15 -- AsiaPacificEd’s NEH Summer Institute on Southeast Asia at Crossroads of WWII
July 4–16 -- The 4th Summer Institute on International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights
July 10 -- EWC Arts Program Public Event: Film showing: “Kilim Taem”
July 11–Aug 7 -- American Youth Leadership Program with Cambodia
July 25–Aug 12 -- ASDP’s Infusing Institute
July 30-31 -- Asia Pacific Dance Festival & Discussion
Exhibition: North Korean Art on Paper
Ongoing – May 8 (EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
With a selection of works on paper from the collections of Nicholas Bonner and Abbot Ki Dae Won, this exhibition displays the most diverse selection of North Korean art ever seen outside of that country, thereby offering a rare glimpse into the largely unknown and often misunderstood art world of North Korea.
EWC Contact: Eric Chang, 808.944.7584
Email: ChangE@EastWestCenter.org
EWCW Public Seminar: “Asia-Pacific Regionalism: More a Competition Than a Community”
May 4, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
(Washington, DC: EWC in Washington, Conference Room) Free Admission; open to the public.
Asia Pacific Security Seminar featuring: Professor Malcolm Cook, Dean of School of International Studies, Flinders University, Australia. Lunch will be served. RSVP: EastWestCenter.org/go/178
EWC Contact: Alison Hazell, 202.327.9752
Email: HazellA@EastWestCenter.org
For additional information on other upcoming EWC in Washington events,
visit: EastWestCenter.org/go/148
EWC Public Seminar: “The Politics of Korea’s National Treasures & Formation of an Art History”
May 5, 12:00 -1:30 p.m. (EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
Virginia Moon, Professor of Asian Art History, Mt. San Antonio College, will discuss how Korea's National Treasures system, originally established by the Japanese authorities during Korea's colonial period (1910-1945), helped to define the traditional Korean art canon of today, and why this canon continues to be hailed as representative of the Korean nation.
EWC Contact: Floren Elman-Singh, 808.944.7193
Email: ElmanF@EastWestCenter.org
Ho’opuka Ceremony
May 5, 2:00-5:00 p.m. (EWC, Imin Center)
East-West Center will host a ceremony honoring student fellows who have completed their awards at the Center.
EWC Contact: Mamta Panwar, 808.944.7583
Email: PanwarM@EastWestCenter.org
EWCW Public Seminar: “Addressing Human Trafficking Issues in Malaysia and Southeast Asia”
May 11, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Washington, DC: EWC in Washington Conference Room) Free Admission; open to the public.
Asia Pacific Democracy & Human Rights Seminar featuring: Hariati Azizan Senior Writer, Star Publications; Rita Jong Courts Reporter, New Straits Times; Lydia Edwina Simpson Journalist, New Straits Times;and Discussant: Andrea M. Bertone, Visiting Assistant Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University. RSVP: EastWestCenter.org/go/186
EWC Contact: Alison Hazell, 202.327.9752
Email: HazellA@EastWestCenter.org
Workshop on Democratic Local Governance in Asia: Reforms and Innovations for Local Democracy
May 13-14 (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Organized by: East-West Center’s Asia Pacific Governance and Democracy Initiative and the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy
This regional workshop examines local governance reform and change processes. Each country delegation includes decision-makers from the central and local government ministries, and civil society organizations. Countries represented include Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
EWC Contact: Eugene Alexander, 808.944.7332
Email: AlexandE@EastWestCenter.org
Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
May 14-29 (Washington, DC; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Honolulu) (Seoul, Pusan, Kwangju, & Kunsan, Korea; Honolulu)
Theme: Bridging the Gaps in Understanding between Korea and the United States: Threats and Alliances on the Korean Peninsula
Funding Co-sponsors: East-West Center and the Korea Press Foundation. The exchange is supported by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
Participants will focus on threats and alliances on the Korean peninsula, as well as US-Korea relations overall including political, economic, and environmental issues, and technology.
EWC Contact: Marilyn Li, 808.944.7258
Email: lim@eastwestcenter.org
Tenth East-West Philosophers’ Conference
May 16-24 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Theme: Value and Values: Economics and Justice in an Age of Global Interdependence
Funded by: University of Hawaii – Philosophy Department and the East-West Center.
Philosophers from different cultures will reflect upon a productive and sustainable relationship between economics and ethics.
Conference Co-directors: Dr. Roger Ames, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii; and Peter Hershock, ASDP Coordinator
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
Exhibition: Port Vila, Mi Lavem Yu: Port Vila, I love you
May 22 – Sept. 11 (EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
This is the first exhibition devoted to Vanuatu’s urban culture, focusing on the marketplace, the home, the urban nakamal or kava bar, and Bislama (Vanuatu’s creole) and contemporary art. Everyday objects, archival images, documentary film, and contemporary art will be featured.
Opening Reception
Sunday, May 22, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
(EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
Exhibition walk-through with curator Haidy Geismar
EWC Contact: Eric Chang, 808.944.7584
Email: ChangE@EastWestCenter.org
US Asia Pacific Council's Annual Washington Conference
May 23 (The Cosmos Club, Warne Ballroom, Washington, DC)
Theme: U.S.-Asia Relations in a Changing Regional Order
The program will take place just after the APEC meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade, held in Montana. It will feature commentary by key Asia Pacific Trade Ministers, such as Hon. Tim Groser, Minister of Trade of New Zealand; Hon. Mari Pangestu, Minister of Trade of Indonesia; and Hon. Craig Emerson, Minister of Trade of Australia. Rep. Kevin Brady (R- Texas), chairman of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, will give the luncheon address. Other key participants include: Rep. Rick Larsen (D - Washington), co-chair, of the House U.S.-China Working Group; Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki; and C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
EWC Contact: Barbara Wanner, 202.327.9761
Email: WannerB@EastWestCenter.org
China-US Educational Exchange (CUSEE) Program Debriefing
May 25-31 (East-West Center, Honolulu)
Funded by: Chinese Ministry of Education
The CUSEE Residency Program will conclude with a debriefing at the East-West Center. As part of their implementation project, Chinese educators will develop action plans covering classroom teaching and school management issues, parent and community engagement and support, and educational evaluation. Director: Namji Steinemann
EWC contact: Qinghong Wang, 808.944.7520
Email: WangQ@EastWestCenter.org
42nd Summer Seminar on Population
May 28 - June 18 (EWC, Honolulu)
Seminar participants identify emerging research and policy issues, learn new research methods, and network with other researchers and practitioners from the Asia Pacific and other regions. Workshops include: Designing Fertility Analyses in the Context of Low Fertility; Effective Responses to HIV in a Funding-Constrained Environment-- Asia; and Communicating with Policymakers about Population and Health
EWC Contact: Eugene Alexander, 808.944.7332
Email: AlexandE@EastWestCenter.org
Second EWC-KIHASA Conference on Low Fertility
June 1-2 (EWC Honolulu)
Participants from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), the East-West Center, and the University of Hawaii will discuss low fertility and aging in Asia.
EWC Contact: Minja Kim Choe
Email: ChoeM@EastWestCenter.org
Spring 2011 Jefferson Fellowships
June 5 – 26 (Honolulu; Okinawa and Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, Korea; and Beijing, China)
Theme: New Challenges for Asia Pacific Security
Funded by: The Freeman Foundation
Participants will focus on security dynamics in the Asia Pacific region and the future of the U.S. role with emphasis on the sensitivities surrounding the presence of U.S. troops in Okinawa, and Japan’s renewed debates about its defense strategy given the perceived threat from North Korea and territorial disagreements with China and Russia. In Seoul, participants will focus on the tensions along the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
EWC contact: Ann Hartman 808.944.7619
Email: Jefferson@EastWestCenter.org
ASDP’s UISFL Residential Workshop
June 6-17 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Theme: Chinese Culture and Humanities: A Faculty Development Institute for Building Chinese Studies
Funded by: U.S. Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies & Foreign Languages (UISFL) Grant
The complexity of Chinese cultural identities and their transformations will be the focus of the course designed to enable participant teams to develop one of three core courses in Chinese cultural studies. (For Title VI Consortium participants only) Director: Dr. Roger Ames, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
EWC Arts Program Public Event: Film showing: “Grassroots, Those Who Vote”
June 12, 2:00-3:30 p.m. (EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
(Directed by Eric Wittersheim, 2003, 85 minutes.) The film relates the struggles of newly-settled urban populations coping with harsh economic realties and the fate of democracy in an indigenous island-state.
EWC Contact: Eric Chang, 808-944-7584
ASDP’s China Field Seminar: Northeast China
June 19 – July 10 (Various cities in China)
Theme: History, Culture, and Economic Development in Northeast China
Funded by: The Freeman Foundation
U.S. college social science faculty will focus on Chinese culture and society in the context of rapid globalization, with an emphasis on the northeast region of China. The seminar will include daily lectures at universities in Beijing and Shanghai, with site visits in both cities, Yanji, Harbin, and Daqing. Coordinators: Frederick Lau, Chair – Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Hawaii; and Betty Buck, Education Senior Fellow and ASDP Co-Director
Co-sponsored by: The Chinese Ministry of Education; Peking University; and the EWC’s Asian Studies Development Program.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
ASDP’s Wabash – DePauw Chinese Studies Seminar
June 20 – July 1 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Theme: Chinese Culture and the Humanities: A Faculty Development Seminar for Wabash College & DePauw University
Funded by: Mellon Grant
The complexity of Chinese cultural identities and their transformations will be the focus of the course designed to enable participants to develop a core course in Chinese culture and humanities. (For Wabash College and DePauw University faculty only.) Director: Dr. Roger Ames, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
ASDP’s NEH Summer Institute on Southeast Asia
June 20 – July 22 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Theme: The Dynamics of Cultural Unity and Diversity in Southeast Asia
Funded by: National Endowment for the Humanities
The Institute will examine how various Southeast Asian cultures and societies have negotiated challenges for both unity and diversity, with a particular focus on how the interplay of indigenous and outside cultures of authority have distinctly shaped religious, historical, and political traditions in the region. Director: Leonard Andaya, Professor of History, University of Hawaii
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
AsiaPacificEd’s NEH Summer Institute
June 26–July 15 (East-West Center, Honolulu)
Theme: Southeast Asia: At the Crossroads of World War II
Funded by: National Endowment for the Humanities
The institute will explore the events that turned Southeast Asia into a major theatre of World War II, and how the war transformed the region, realigned the world, and set in motion historical processes that continue to be crucial today. Director: Namji Steinemann.
EWC contact: Bryan Smith, 808.944.7378
Email: SmithB@EastWestCenter.org
The 4th Annual Summer Institute on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
July 4–16 (Singapore & Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Funded by: East-West Center, UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center, Singapore Management University School of Law, Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore, International Institute for Child Rights and Development, and the Human Rights Resource Center for ASEAN
Theme: The Rights of Women and Children
With course work in Singapore followed by a field-trip in Phnom Penh, the program will focus on the rights of women and children in wartime and peace. The curriculum will focus primarily on case studies from Asia-Pacific countries, while encouraging comparative exploration with other regions of the world.
EWC Contact: Penelope Van Tuyl
Email: SummerInstitute@EastWestCenter.org
EWC Arts Program Public Event: Film showing: “Kilim Taem”
July 10, 2:00-3:00 p.m. (EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
The film explores the lives of young people living in Port Vila. Attracted to the capital by the hope of work and opportunity, many young people instead find themselves "kilim taem"mailto:—killing time—looking for and waiting for work.
EWC Contact: Eric Chang, 808-944-7584
Email: ChangE@EastWestCenter.org
American Youth Leadership Program with Cambodia
July 11–Aug 7 (EWC Honolulu and Cambodia)
Theme: Channeling the Story: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Modern Media
Funded by: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), US Department of State.
U.S. high school students and teachers will work with their counterparts in Cambodia as they examine the role of the media in shaping people’s understanding of events and issues, including gender, human rights, education, the environment, and the Khmer Rouge history. Participants will also explore the role of free speech and expression in building societies that are more open, innovative, prosperous, fair, and peaceful. Director: Namji Steinemann.
EWC contact: Cheryl Hidano, 808.944.7765
Email: HidanoC@EastWestCenter.org
ASDP’s Infusing Institute
July 25–Aug 12 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Theme: Infusing Chinese and Korean Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum
Funded by: The Freeman Foundation
Undergraduate faculty and administrators will explore the cultures and social structures of China and Korea. This institute aims to help participants develop new curricular components for programs at their institutions, and to foster institutional development of Asian studies. Director: Stanley Murashige, Professor of Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
Asia Pacific Dance Festival & Discussion
July 30-31 (Kennedy Theatre & EWC - Imin Center)
Co-Sponsors: UHM Outreach College & EWC Arts Program
Featuring traditional/contemporary works from local masters of Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Okinawan, Pacific Islands, and Indian styles.
Contact: 808.956.8246 tickets available from May 16th at www.etickethawaii.com
May 4 -- EWCW Seminar: “Asia Pacific Regionalism …”
May 5 -- Public Seminar: “Politics of Korea’s National Treasures …”
May 5 -- Ho’opuka Ceremony
May 11 -- EWCW Public Seminar: “Human Trafficking Issues in Malaysia & SE Asia”
May 13-14 -- Workshop on Democratic Local Governance in Asia
May 14-29 -- Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
May 16-24 -- Tenth East-West Philosophers’ Conference
May 22–Sept. 11 -- Exhibition: Port Vila, Mi Lavem Yu (I Love You); Opening Reception- May 22
May 23 -- US Asia Pacific Council's Annual Washington Conference
May 25-31 -- China-US Educational Exchange (CUSEE) Program Debriefing
May 28-June 18 -- 42nd Summer Seminar on Population
June 1-2 -- Second EWC-KIHASA Conference on Low Fertility
June 5–26 -- Spring 2011 Jefferson Fellowships
June 6-17 -- ASDP’s UISFL Residential Workshop
June 12 -- EWC Arts Program Public Event: Film showing -- “Grassroots, Those Who Vote”
June 19 – July 10 -- ASDP’s China Field Seminar: Northeast China
June 20 – July 1 -- ASDP’s Wabash – DePauw Chinese Studies Seminar
June 20 – July 22 -- ASDP’s NEH Summer Institute on Southeast Asia
June 26–July 15 -- AsiaPacificEd’s NEH Summer Institute on Southeast Asia at Crossroads of WWII
July 4–16 -- The 4th Summer Institute on International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights
July 10 -- EWC Arts Program Public Event: Film showing: “Kilim Taem”
July 11–Aug 7 -- American Youth Leadership Program with Cambodia
July 25–Aug 12 -- ASDP’s Infusing Institute
July 30-31 -- Asia Pacific Dance Festival & Discussion
Exhibition: North Korean Art on Paper
Ongoing – May 8 (EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
With a selection of works on paper from the collections of Nicholas Bonner and Abbot Ki Dae Won, this exhibition displays the most diverse selection of North Korean art ever seen outside of that country, thereby offering a rare glimpse into the largely unknown and often misunderstood art world of North Korea.
EWC Contact: Eric Chang, 808.944.7584
Email: ChangE@EastWestCenter.org
EWCW Public Seminar: “Asia-Pacific Regionalism: More a Competition Than a Community”
May 4, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
(Washington, DC: EWC in Washington, Conference Room) Free Admission; open to the public.
Asia Pacific Security Seminar featuring: Professor Malcolm Cook, Dean of School of International Studies, Flinders University, Australia. Lunch will be served. RSVP: EastWestCenter.org/go/178
EWC Contact: Alison Hazell, 202.327.9752
Email: HazellA@EastWestCenter.org
For additional information on other upcoming EWC in Washington events,
visit: EastWestCenter.org/go/148
EWC Public Seminar: “The Politics of Korea’s National Treasures & Formation of an Art History”
May 5, 12:00 -1:30 p.m. (EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
Virginia Moon, Professor of Asian Art History, Mt. San Antonio College, will discuss how Korea's National Treasures system, originally established by the Japanese authorities during Korea's colonial period (1910-1945), helped to define the traditional Korean art canon of today, and why this canon continues to be hailed as representative of the Korean nation.
EWC Contact: Floren Elman-Singh, 808.944.7193
Email: ElmanF@EastWestCenter.org
Ho’opuka Ceremony
May 5, 2:00-5:00 p.m. (EWC, Imin Center)
East-West Center will host a ceremony honoring student fellows who have completed their awards at the Center.
EWC Contact: Mamta Panwar, 808.944.7583
Email: PanwarM@EastWestCenter.org
EWCW Public Seminar: “Addressing Human Trafficking Issues in Malaysia and Southeast Asia”
May 11, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Washington, DC: EWC in Washington Conference Room) Free Admission; open to the public.
Asia Pacific Democracy & Human Rights Seminar featuring: Hariati Azizan Senior Writer, Star Publications; Rita Jong Courts Reporter, New Straits Times; Lydia Edwina Simpson Journalist, New Straits Times;and Discussant: Andrea M. Bertone, Visiting Assistant Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University. RSVP: EastWestCenter.org/go/186
EWC Contact: Alison Hazell, 202.327.9752
Email: HazellA@EastWestCenter.org
Workshop on Democratic Local Governance in Asia: Reforms and Innovations for Local Democracy
May 13-14 (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Organized by: East-West Center’s Asia Pacific Governance and Democracy Initiative and the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy
This regional workshop examines local governance reform and change processes. Each country delegation includes decision-makers from the central and local government ministries, and civil society organizations. Countries represented include Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
EWC Contact: Eugene Alexander, 808.944.7332
Email: AlexandE@EastWestCenter.org
Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
May 14-29 (Washington, DC; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Honolulu) (Seoul, Pusan, Kwangju, & Kunsan, Korea; Honolulu)
Theme: Bridging the Gaps in Understanding between Korea and the United States: Threats and Alliances on the Korean Peninsula
Funding Co-sponsors: East-West Center and the Korea Press Foundation. The exchange is supported by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
Participants will focus on threats and alliances on the Korean peninsula, as well as US-Korea relations overall including political, economic, and environmental issues, and technology.
EWC Contact: Marilyn Li, 808.944.7258
Email: lim@eastwestcenter.org
Tenth East-West Philosophers’ Conference
May 16-24 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Theme: Value and Values: Economics and Justice in an Age of Global Interdependence
Funded by: University of Hawaii – Philosophy Department and the East-West Center.
Philosophers from different cultures will reflect upon a productive and sustainable relationship between economics and ethics.
Conference Co-directors: Dr. Roger Ames, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii; and Peter Hershock, ASDP Coordinator
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
Exhibition: Port Vila, Mi Lavem Yu: Port Vila, I love you
May 22 – Sept. 11 (EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
This is the first exhibition devoted to Vanuatu’s urban culture, focusing on the marketplace, the home, the urban nakamal or kava bar, and Bislama (Vanuatu’s creole) and contemporary art. Everyday objects, archival images, documentary film, and contemporary art will be featured.
Opening Reception
Sunday, May 22, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
(EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
Exhibition walk-through with curator Haidy Geismar
EWC Contact: Eric Chang, 808.944.7584
Email: ChangE@EastWestCenter.org
US Asia Pacific Council's Annual Washington Conference
May 23 (The Cosmos Club, Warne Ballroom, Washington, DC)
Theme: U.S.-Asia Relations in a Changing Regional Order
The program will take place just after the APEC meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade, held in Montana. It will feature commentary by key Asia Pacific Trade Ministers, such as Hon. Tim Groser, Minister of Trade of New Zealand; Hon. Mari Pangestu, Minister of Trade of Indonesia; and Hon. Craig Emerson, Minister of Trade of Australia. Rep. Kevin Brady (R- Texas), chairman of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, will give the luncheon address. Other key participants include: Rep. Rick Larsen (D - Washington), co-chair, of the House U.S.-China Working Group; Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki; and C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
EWC Contact: Barbara Wanner, 202.327.9761
Email: WannerB@EastWestCenter.org
China-US Educational Exchange (CUSEE) Program Debriefing
May 25-31 (East-West Center, Honolulu)
Funded by: Chinese Ministry of Education
The CUSEE Residency Program will conclude with a debriefing at the East-West Center. As part of their implementation project, Chinese educators will develop action plans covering classroom teaching and school management issues, parent and community engagement and support, and educational evaluation. Director: Namji Steinemann
EWC contact: Qinghong Wang, 808.944.7520
Email: WangQ@EastWestCenter.org
42nd Summer Seminar on Population
May 28 - June 18 (EWC, Honolulu)
Seminar participants identify emerging research and policy issues, learn new research methods, and network with other researchers and practitioners from the Asia Pacific and other regions. Workshops include: Designing Fertility Analyses in the Context of Low Fertility; Effective Responses to HIV in a Funding-Constrained Environment-- Asia; and Communicating with Policymakers about Population and Health
EWC Contact: Eugene Alexander, 808.944.7332
Email: AlexandE@EastWestCenter.org
Second EWC-KIHASA Conference on Low Fertility
June 1-2 (EWC Honolulu)
Participants from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), the East-West Center, and the University of Hawaii will discuss low fertility and aging in Asia.
EWC Contact: Minja Kim Choe
Email: ChoeM@EastWestCenter.org
Spring 2011 Jefferson Fellowships
June 5 – 26 (Honolulu; Okinawa and Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, Korea; and Beijing, China)
Theme: New Challenges for Asia Pacific Security
Funded by: The Freeman Foundation
Participants will focus on security dynamics in the Asia Pacific region and the future of the U.S. role with emphasis on the sensitivities surrounding the presence of U.S. troops in Okinawa, and Japan’s renewed debates about its defense strategy given the perceived threat from North Korea and territorial disagreements with China and Russia. In Seoul, participants will focus on the tensions along the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
EWC contact: Ann Hartman 808.944.7619
Email: Jefferson@EastWestCenter.org
ASDP’s UISFL Residential Workshop
June 6-17 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Theme: Chinese Culture and Humanities: A Faculty Development Institute for Building Chinese Studies
Funded by: U.S. Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies & Foreign Languages (UISFL) Grant
The complexity of Chinese cultural identities and their transformations will be the focus of the course designed to enable participant teams to develop one of three core courses in Chinese cultural studies. (For Title VI Consortium participants only) Director: Dr. Roger Ames, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
EWC Arts Program Public Event: Film showing: “Grassroots, Those Who Vote”
June 12, 2:00-3:30 p.m. (EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
(Directed by Eric Wittersheim, 2003, 85 minutes.) The film relates the struggles of newly-settled urban populations coping with harsh economic realties and the fate of democracy in an indigenous island-state.
EWC Contact: Eric Chang, 808-944-7584
ASDP’s China Field Seminar: Northeast China
June 19 – July 10 (Various cities in China)
Theme: History, Culture, and Economic Development in Northeast China
Funded by: The Freeman Foundation
U.S. college social science faculty will focus on Chinese culture and society in the context of rapid globalization, with an emphasis on the northeast region of China. The seminar will include daily lectures at universities in Beijing and Shanghai, with site visits in both cities, Yanji, Harbin, and Daqing. Coordinators: Frederick Lau, Chair – Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Hawaii; and Betty Buck, Education Senior Fellow and ASDP Co-Director
Co-sponsored by: The Chinese Ministry of Education; Peking University; and the EWC’s Asian Studies Development Program.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
ASDP’s Wabash – DePauw Chinese Studies Seminar
June 20 – July 1 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Theme: Chinese Culture and the Humanities: A Faculty Development Seminar for Wabash College & DePauw University
Funded by: Mellon Grant
The complexity of Chinese cultural identities and their transformations will be the focus of the course designed to enable participants to develop a core course in Chinese culture and humanities. (For Wabash College and DePauw University faculty only.) Director: Dr. Roger Ames, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
ASDP’s NEH Summer Institute on Southeast Asia
June 20 – July 22 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Theme: The Dynamics of Cultural Unity and Diversity in Southeast Asia
Funded by: National Endowment for the Humanities
The Institute will examine how various Southeast Asian cultures and societies have negotiated challenges for both unity and diversity, with a particular focus on how the interplay of indigenous and outside cultures of authority have distinctly shaped religious, historical, and political traditions in the region. Director: Leonard Andaya, Professor of History, University of Hawaii
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
AsiaPacificEd’s NEH Summer Institute
June 26–July 15 (East-West Center, Honolulu)
Theme: Southeast Asia: At the Crossroads of World War II
Funded by: National Endowment for the Humanities
The institute will explore the events that turned Southeast Asia into a major theatre of World War II, and how the war transformed the region, realigned the world, and set in motion historical processes that continue to be crucial today. Director: Namji Steinemann.
EWC contact: Bryan Smith, 808.944.7378
Email: SmithB@EastWestCenter.org
The 4th Annual Summer Institute on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
July 4–16 (Singapore & Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Funded by: East-West Center, UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center, Singapore Management University School of Law, Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore, International Institute for Child Rights and Development, and the Human Rights Resource Center for ASEAN
Theme: The Rights of Women and Children
With course work in Singapore followed by a field-trip in Phnom Penh, the program will focus on the rights of women and children in wartime and peace. The curriculum will focus primarily on case studies from Asia-Pacific countries, while encouraging comparative exploration with other regions of the world.
EWC Contact: Penelope Van Tuyl
Email: SummerInstitute@EastWestCenter.org
EWC Arts Program Public Event: Film showing: “Kilim Taem”
July 10, 2:00-3:00 p.m. (EWC Gallery, Burns Hall) Free Admission; open to the public.
The film explores the lives of young people living in Port Vila. Attracted to the capital by the hope of work and opportunity, many young people instead find themselves "kilim taem"mailto:—killing time—looking for and waiting for work.
EWC Contact: Eric Chang, 808-944-7584
Email: ChangE@EastWestCenter.org
American Youth Leadership Program with Cambodia
July 11–Aug 7 (EWC Honolulu and Cambodia)
Theme: Channeling the Story: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Modern Media
Funded by: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), US Department of State.
U.S. high school students and teachers will work with their counterparts in Cambodia as they examine the role of the media in shaping people’s understanding of events and issues, including gender, human rights, education, the environment, and the Khmer Rouge history. Participants will also explore the role of free speech and expression in building societies that are more open, innovative, prosperous, fair, and peaceful. Director: Namji Steinemann.
EWC contact: Cheryl Hidano, 808.944.7765
Email: HidanoC@EastWestCenter.org
ASDP’s Infusing Institute
July 25–Aug 12 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Theme: Infusing Chinese and Korean Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum
Funded by: The Freeman Foundation
Undergraduate faculty and administrators will explore the cultures and social structures of China and Korea. This institute aims to help participants develop new curricular components for programs at their institutions, and to foster institutional development of Asian studies. Director: Stanley Murashige, Professor of Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, 808.944.7757
Email: HershocP@EastWestCenter.org
Asia Pacific Dance Festival & Discussion
July 30-31 (Kennedy Theatre & EWC - Imin Center)
Co-Sponsors: UHM Outreach College & EWC Arts Program
Featuring traditional/contemporary works from local masters of Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Okinawan, Pacific Islands, and Indian styles.
Contact: 808.956.8246 tickets available from May 16th at www.etickethawaii.com