Coming up in September and October 2007
Through – Sept. 9: U.S.-Asia Health Journalism Fellowships
September 9 – 22: International Forum for Education (IFE) 2020 Institute
September 10 - 26: Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships
September 12 – 13: Workshop on Social and Ecological Factors in Emerging Infectious Diseases
September 27 - 29: Islam in Asia Workshop
Sept. 30 – Oct. 21: Fall 2007 Jefferson Fellowships
October 8 - 9: Project Team Mtg. on the Role of Landcover Change in
Altering Hydrology
October 14 – 18: Intercultural Intersections in Media Ethics
October 14 - 28: 2007 New Generation Seminar
October 18 – 20: Workshop for Educators on Contemporary Issues of China
October 28 – 29: 12th International Conference of the PBC: Environment and Health in 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions
EWC in Washington
September 7: Congressional Study Group on Asian Security
October 25 - 26: Joint EWCW-Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) program
In the Arts . . .
Through Sept. 10: Exhibition: Shaman Arts of Vietnam
9/30/07 – 01/17/08: Exhibition: Living Angkor
Oct. 13 & 14, 2007: Performance: Music Masters from Japan
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U.S.-Asia Health Journalism Fellowships
Through – Sept. 9, 2007
Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam, Jakarta, Indonesia
Theme: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases in the Asia Pacific
The 2007 Health Journalism Fellows (-- 10 senior U.S. and Asian health reporters --) will meet with medical and public health specialists both inside and outside of government; community leaders; farmers and businesses; journalists and others to learn how countries are dealing with infectious diseases. Discussions will focus on avian flu, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, dengue fever and other infectious diseases and public health issues that are of regional and global concern. Through dialogue and field visits in both urban and rural areas, journalists will learn firsthand lessons that can be drawn in preventing pandemics. At the University of Hong Kong, specialists will focus on health issues in China and how Hong Kong has prepared to contain infectious diseases since the SARS epidemic. Funding: East-West Center with program support from the University of Hong Kong.
EWC contact: Susan Kreifels, (808) 944-7176
email: kreifels@EastWestCenter.org
International Forum for Education (IFE) 2020 Institute
September 9 – 22, 2007
EWC
A Program for Generating New Strategies for Innovation in Education
The International Forum for Education 2020 was initiated by the East-West Center to address the need for new paradigms in education that will respond to transforming economic, social and cultural changes. These changes result from increased globalization, heightened interdependency and uneven development among nations.
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, (808) 944-7765
email: hidanoc@EastWestCenter.org
Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships
September 10 – 26, 2007
EWC, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong
To expand public understanding in the United States about the diversity and complexity of commercial, cultural and political issues in Hong Kong and mainland China, the East-West Center and the Better Hong Kong Foundation co-sponsor the Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships, a short-term professional program for six to eight senior print and broadcast journalists from U.S. news organizations. Journalists participate in a three-day China seminar at the East-West Center, followed by a 12-day study tour to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Fellows meet with government officials, political leaders, business executives, scholars, journalists and others. Co-sponsors: Better Hong Kong Foundation and East-West Center. The program covers air transportation, lodging, and program-related ground transportation and meals for participating journalists.
EWC contact: Marilyn Li, (808) 944-7384
email: seminars@EastWestCenter.org
Workshop on Social and Ecological Factors in Emerging Infectious Diseases: Toward an Ecosystem Approach to Research and Control of Avian Influenza (H5N1) and Dengue
September 12 – 13, 2007
Hanoi, Vietnam
The purpose of this workshop will be to lay the foundation for the development of proposals using ecosystem and landscape approaches to investigate the underlying causes of emerging infectious diseases (EID) and to develop integrated methods for disease prevention and control.
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi, (808) 944-7510
email: eguchic@EastWestCenter.org
Islam in Asia Workshop
September 27 – 29, 2007
Savannah, Georgia
This workshop for scholars and educators will provide a basic knowledge of the Islamic faith and address issues related to the politics, culture, and practices of Islam in Asia and will include exhibits, lectures, and panel discussions. Hosted by Georgia Southern University in Savannah, Georgia.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, (808) 944-7757
email: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org
Fall 2007 Jefferson Fellowships
September 30 - October 21, 2007
East-West Center, Bangkok, Thailand; Phonm Penh, Cambodia; and Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam
Theme: Mekong on the Move: Asia's New Economic Frontier?
In presentations to one another and in sessions with specialists at the East-West Center, Jefferson Fellows will discuss a wide range of issues focusing on economic and political development in the Greater Mekong Subregion, the impact of growing Chinese integration in its neighboring countries, and the implications for U.S. interests in the area. In a 16-day study tour, Fellows will travel to countries at different stages of economic and political development. In Bangkok they will look at Thailand’s more developed economy and recent political challenges, and talk to experts about the Mekong subregion. Cambodia lags far behind Thailand and Vietnam, but looks to its textile and tourism industries and to discovery of oil reserves as major sources of income. In Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Fellows will see dynamic Vietnam’s economic boom and market reforms, its relations with China and the United States, and the example it can set for other developing Asian nations.
The Jefferson Fellowships, founded by the East-West Center in 1967, promote better public understanding of the United States, Asia and the Pacific Islands through a program of dialogue, study and travel for print and broadcast journalists.
The program begins at the East-West Center with a week of lectures and discussions on key regional issues led by East-West Center, University of Hawaii and other experts from the Honolulu community. The Fellows then undertake field study in Asia and the United States mainland to further their understanding of the issues.
The Jefferson Fellowships are supported by a grant from The Freeman Foundation.
EWC contact: Susan Kreifels, (808) 944-7384
email: kreifels@EastWestCenter.org
Project Team Mtg. on the Role of Landcover Change in Altering Hydrology
October 8 – 9, 2007
EWC contact: Jefferson Fox, (808) 944-7248
email: foxj@EastWestCenter.org
Intercultural Intersections in Media Ethics
October 14 - 18, 2007
Schramm Room, East-West Center
This colloquium will explore how traditional Western-based media ethics can be informed by other cultural systems; and extend scholarship beyond the traditional lines of journalism, public relations and advertising into other forms of popular culture such as cinema, digital platforms and distribution, video games, television, and music. This colloquium, the eighth in the Colloquia 2000 series in Applied Media Ethics, is co-sponsored by the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Academy for Creative Media and School of Communications through the Carol Burnett Fund for Responsible Journalism; Brigham Young University, the Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., the Media Ethics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and others. This is the first year the East-West Center will join as a co-sponsor.
EWC contact: Susan Kreifels, (808) 944-7176
email: kreifels@EastWestCenter.org
2007 New Generation Seminar
Dialogue program for rising young leaders
East-West Center, Hiroshima, Shanghai
October 14 – 28, 2007
Thematic Focus: “Education Challenges in the 21st Century”
Policy and decision makers in the 17th New Generation Seminar will explore the challenges of education in the face of globalization and changing economic and social realities. Participants will have an opportunity to examine the changes taking place in Asia with Honolulu-based experts and in discussion sessions with one another, and in visits to Japan and China, two influential countries in terms of economic and political power, and two countries undergoing rapid and profound education reforms.
Each year the East-West Center invites rising young leaders from the United States and Asia Pacific to participate in The New Generation Seminar (NGS), a two-week intensive educational and dialogue program. The program is developed around a thematic focus and provides participants with an opportunity to strengthen their understanding of regional developments and challenges, increase their contacts with counterparts in the region, and to become more effective leaders with an international perspective. The first week of the program is held in Hawaii. In discussions with East-West Center researchers, other experts in the Hawaii community and one another, participants are introduced to key regional policy issues such as international relations, security, economics, population, health and environment. The second week involves field travel to either the United States or Asia Pacific for exploration of the program theme.
Through a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation, the East-West Center covers all air and ground travel expenses, meals, lodging and other per diem expenses for the participants related to the two-week program.
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, (808) 944-7384
email: seminars@EastWestCenter.org
Workshop for Educators on Contemporary Issues of China
October 18 – 20, 2007
Portland, Oregon
This workshop for scholars and educators will address issues related to the art, philosophical traditions, and contemporary issues of China and will include lectures, panel discussions, and exhibits. The program will assist college and university faculty with infusing Chinese studies into their respective school curricula. Hosted by Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock, (808) 944-7757
email: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org
12th International Conference of the Pacific Basin Consortium: Environment and Health in 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions
October 28 – 29, 2007 Beijing, China
A major focus of the conference is to address issues related to the threats to human health from exposure to environmental pollutants in the Pacific Region, including how to reduce the production of such pollutants and remove or destroy them when they are produced. Specifically, the conference will explore how to monitor levels of exposure in human populations and how to evaluate the health consequences of these exposures. Participants will explore the relationships between air quality and asthma, environmental contamination and breast cancer, mercury and neurobehavioral problems, and present information on new technologies for hazardous substance remediation.
EWC contact: June Kuramoto, (808) 944-7267
email: kuramotj@EastWestCenter.org
East-West Center in Washington (EWCW):
Congressional Study Group on Asian Security
Speaker: The Honorable Hans G. Klemm
U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
(second speaker to be announced)
Friday, September 7, 2007
12:30 -2:00 p.m. Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2105
Topic: Timor Leste
Joint EWCW-Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) program
Washington, D.C.
October 25 – 26, 2007
For more information: East-West Center in Washington Washington@EastWestCenter.org
In the Arts . . .
Exhibition: “Shaman Arts of Vietnam
”Through September 10, 2007
East-West Center Gallery
Curated by: Nguyen Thi Nhung and Mark Rapoport
Installation Design: Lynne Najita
Vietnam has 54 different ethnic groups that make up the country’s population. In addition to the majority population—the Viet community—there are distinct and diverse groups that maintain fascinating and rich cultural traditions. This exhibition focuses on the arts and ceremonial practices of the shamans (traditional spiritual leaders) in the northern part of the country.
Shamanism has been practiced for millennia throughout Southeast Asia and is still practiced by many ethnic communities in Vietnam. This exhibition showcases shaman costumes, masks, wood block calligraphy stamps, painting, musical instruments, and sculptures—all used for ritual.
Coming up:
September 9, 2007, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Illustrated discussion: "From South of the Clouds: Vietnamese Shamanic Tradition"
Guest Curator, Mark Rapoport, M.D.
Mark S. Rapoport, M.D., originally from New York, was trained in medicine and public health at Harvard and Boston Universities. As long-time residents of Hanoi, Vietnam, he and his wife, Jane C. Hughes, are avid collectors of Vietnamese ethnic arts. Rapoport is the founder of the extraordinary “54 Traditions Gallery” in Hanoi, and has served (with Nguyen Thi Nhung) as Guest Curator of the current East-West Center exhibition, which closes Sept. 10.
EWC contact: Michael Schuster, Curator, EWC Gallery (808) 944-7543
email: schustem@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.
Exhibition: “Living Angkor”
September 30, 2007-January 17, 2008
East-West Center Gallery
Curated by Michael Schuster
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 30
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Admission free.
Spectacular Angkor Wat in North Central Cambodia is one of the great monuments of the world. This exhibition will focus on the living aspects and continuity of culture found in Angkor and its environs today. For many Cambodians the monuments of Angkor are the continuous link to ancient Khmer culture despite the horrible devastation during the “killing fields” period, 1975-79.
The exhibition will feature several 13th and 14th century sculptures and will also depict how these are sometimes transformed into modern Buddhist worship. Motifs found in traditional textiles, puppets, and masks that are found within the 13th century friezes will be displayed. Images by National Geographic photographer Paul Chesley will depict both the monuments and the contemporary Cambodian people.
Film Showing, Sunday, October 7
2:00-3:30 p.m.
In the Gallery; admission free
Special Presentation: “Time For Justice” Two Films about the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The first two films in the “Time for Justice” series will be shown: "What Did They Do?" and "How Will They Be Held To Account?" They are in the Khmer language with English subtitles. EWC’s Dr. Phil Estermann will provide commentary and context.
EWC contact: Michael Schuster, Curator, EWC Gallery (808) 944-7543
email: schustem@EastWestCenter.org
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.
Performances: “Music Masters from Japan”
Saturday, October 13, 8:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 14, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Imin Center-Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road
Tickets will be available after September 17
http://arts.EastWestCenter.org
Charge-by-phone: 944-7584
Remaining tickets will be available at the door.
These performances feature Masateru Ando and Tamaki Ando, koto, and Christopher Yohmei Blasdel, shakuchachi.
This performance will include a variety of traditional and 20th century style of koto and shakuhachi performed by well known and oft-recorded masters from Tokyo. Mr. Ando is the principal koto master at the famed Tokyo University of the Arts. He was a disciple of the most revered koto master of all time, Michio Miyagi. His daughter, Tamaki, is highly respected in her own right. Mr. Blasdel, a respected performer and teacher of shakuhachi, recently celebrated his 35th year of residing and performing in Japan with a major Tokyo recital. All have toured Asia, Europe, and the United States extensively.
EWC is also cosponsoring performances at Kahilu Theatre (Oct. 7), Volcano Art Center (Oct. 9) and BYU-H (October 11).
EWC contact: Eric Chang, Arts Program Assistant, 944-7584
email: change@EastWestCenter.org
These East-West Center Arts Programs are made possible by 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. . .
November 2007: Japan-U.S. Journalists Exchange
EWC and U.S. mainland
EWC contact: Susan Kreifelsemail: seminars@EastWestCenter.org
November 7 - 9: East West Sports Summit
EWC
EWC contact: Gary Yoshida
email: YoshidaG@EastWestCenter.org
November 13 – 14: International Conference on Sustainability Science
EWC contact: Jefferson Fox
email: foxj@EastWestCenter.org
2008
January 2 – 11: Workshop on the Monsoon System: Prediction of Change and Variability
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi
email: eguchic@EastWestCenter.org
January 21 – 23: Professional Media Conference: "Changing Dynamics in the Asia Pacific: Power Politics, Economic Might, and Media Challenges "
Bangkok, Thailand
EWC contact: Susan Kreifels
email: kreifels@EastWestCenter.org
July/August: Summer International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Institute
Kenneth Wang School of Law
Soochow University
Suzhou, China
EWC contact: Michelle Staggs
email: staggsm@EastWestCenter.org
November 13 – 15: 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.
