Coming up in July and August 2006

July 5: Seminar: Australian Public Opinion Toward Defense, Security and the Iraq War

Through July 7: Senior Journalists Seminar

AsiaPacificEd Workshops and Travel Seminar:

• Through July 18 (for U.S. Students): Workshop: Partnership for Youth in Building Disaster Resilient Communities P4Y (Sept. 10 — Oct. 3 for Thai Students)
  
• July 14 — August 6: Travel Seminar: Experiencing Southeast Asia: Thailand & Cambodia
  
• July 23 — 28: Workshop: Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, Memorial

July 3 — 23: ASDP China Field Seminar: Traditions and Modernity: Performing Arts and Cultural Representation

July 9 — 23: Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Program

July 10 — August 11: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute: The Silk Road: Early Globalizationand Chinese Cultural Identity

July 14: Brown Bag Seminar: Tsunami Rehabilitation Program Restores Livelihoods

July 20 — 21: 2006 EWC/KDI Conference on Social Policy at a Crossroad: Trends in Advanced Countries and Implications for Korea

August 7 — 9: Senior Policy Seminar

EWC Washington Events

In the Arts . . .
Exhibition: From the Stage to the Page: Kabuki through Woodblock Prints

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RESEARCH PROGRAM
Seminar on Politics, Governance, and Security

Australian Public Opinion Toward Defense, Security and
the Iraq War
by
Ian McAllister
Professor of Political Science
Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
Visiting POSCO Fellow, East-West Center

Wednesday, July 5, 2006
12:00 noon - 1:15 p.m.
John A. Burns Hall, Room 3012, 3rd floor

The war in Iraq has cost the United States in many ways. One of those is the historically strong bond between the U.S. and Australia on security matters. Ian McAllister, a visiting POSCO fellow and a professor of political science at the Australian National University, uses public opinion polling data to highlight the volatility of Australian opinion.

Prof. McAllister was formerly the Director of the Research School of Social Sciences at the ANU and held chairs at the University of New South Wales and the University of Manchester. He has co-authored How Russia Votes (Chatham House, 1998) and The Australian Electoral System (UNSW Press, 2006), in addition to other books and papers.

Senior Journalists Seminar
Through July 7
The Senior Journalists Seminar is a dialogue, travel and exchange program for journalists from the United States and Asian countries with substantial Muslim populations (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Pakistan) and is intended to foster greater understanding among these Asian countries and the United States. The 2006 study tour for Asian journalists includes stops in Washington, D.C., Cincinnati, Ohio and San Jose/San Francisco, California. The study tour for American journalists includes stops in Honolulu, Jakarta, Indonesia, and Dhaka, Bangladesh.

AsiaPacificEd Workshops and Travel Seminar:

AsiaPacificEd Workshop: Partnership for Youth in Building Disaster-Resilient Communities P4Y
EWC and Thailand
International Exchange and Civic Learning Opportunity for U.S. & Thai students.
Through July 18, 2006 (U.S. students) | September 10-October 3, 2006 (Thai students)
U.S. high school students will travel to Thailand and Thai high school students will travel to Hawaii for a crosscultural exchange focusing on civics and the public policy challenges posed by recent natural disasters such as the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Students will visit key disaster sites to observe responses firsthand; meet with specialists in disaster preparedness as well as government officials and civic leaders responsible for disaster management; learn about the culture and society of their host country through homestays, and excursions to cultural sites, and meet peers. The students will also meet with their peers to develop follow-up projects that address the role of youth in preparing for and responding to natural disasters.

The program, sponsored by the AsiaPacificEd Program’s Islamic Initiative project in collaboration with the Maui-based Pacific Disaster Center and Russell Sage College’s Civic Mosaic program, is sending the selected American students to the mostly Muslim tsunami-devastated region of southern Thailand.
EWC contact: Cheryl Hidano (808) 944-7765, email: hidanoc@EastWestCenter.org

AsiaPacificEd Travel Seminar -- Experiencing Southeast Asia: Thailand and Cambodia
For U.S. teachers, school librarians and administrators in grades 3-12
Thailand and Cambodia
July 14 - August 6, 2006
This three-week travel seminar for teachers, which begins in Bangkok, Thailand, offers a cross-cultural learning experience that will broaden perspectives and transform teaching. Participants experience daily life and work through a weeklong homestay and job-shadowing teachers; learn about the impact of globalization and change through discussions with political and business leaders and social activists; explore the varied histories and cultures of Southeast Asia by visiting key historical and cultural sites, including the magnificent temple complex of Angkor Wat; and explore the dynamics of changing society in Asia today through interactions with local people in their communities, including hill tribes in the Golden Triangle region of Chiang Rai. In Cambodia, participants will learn about the country’s painful recent history, meeting “Killing Fields” survivors and hearing their heartrending personal accounts.

Thanks to support provided by the Freeman Foundation.

EWC contact: Soo Boo Tan, 808-944-7644
email: tans@eastwestcenter.org

Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, Memorial
A 2006 NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop
EWC
July 23-28, 2006
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 has become an enduring part of U.S. history and culture. Through visits to the Arizona Memorial (the historic site devoted to honoring those who died in the attacks) and related sites, meetings with Pearl Harbor survivors and witnesses, lectures by leading scholars, discussions with Japanese educators on issues they face in teaching about Pearl Harbor, and examination of key texts, participants will explore the historical significance of the attacks and important cultural and historical issues that continue to shape national perceptions of Pearl Harbor. Teachers will work in small groups to develop more effective and meaningful ways of using historic landmarks and archival resources for classroom applications.

Thanks to support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

EWC contact: Cheryl Hidano (808) 944-7765
email: hidanoc@EastWestCenter.org

ASDP China Field Seminar: Traditions and Modernity: Performing Arts and Cultural Representation
July 3 - 23, 2006
This three-week field seminar will provide an opportunity for U.S. college/university faculty in the social sciences to learn about and experience Chinese culture and society in the context of rapid globalization with a focus on the visual and performing arts. The field seminar will include daily lectures at universities in Beijing and Shanghai, with site visits in both cities, Xian, and the Xinjiang province.
Coordinators: Siegfried Ramler, EWC adjunct fellow, and Frederick Lau, area chair, Ethnomusicology at the University of Hawai‘i.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock (808) 944-7757
email: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org

Changing Faces Women's Leadership Program
Professional development program for women in leadership.
EWC
July 9 - 23, 2006
Changing Faces is a program designed to bring together women from the United States and the Asia Pacific region to participate in dialogue on leadership and issues specific to women in leadership around the region. The program seeks professional women at lower and middle level positions of leadership who have the potential to move into positions of greater responsibility and influence. The theme for the 2006 program is "Women's Political Empowerment and Civic Engagement in Asia, the Pacific, and the United States."

EWC contact: Abigail Sines (808) 944-7384
email: Seminars@EastWestCenter.org

NEH Summer Institute — The Silk Road: Early Globalization and Chinese Cultural Identity
EWC
July 10 - August 11, 2006
This five-week Institute for U.S. college/university faculty in the humanities and social sciences will focus on the relationship between location and identity within the historical and cultural context of the Silk Road of China, in terms of the ways in which global interconnectedness shapes and is shaped by culture and cultural change.
Coordinators: Peter Hershock, ASDP coordinator, and Roger Ames, professor of philosophy at University of Hawai‘i.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock (808) 944-7757
email: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org

Brown Bag Seminar: Tsunami Rehabilitation Program Restores Livelihoods: The Experiences of Heifer International Indonesia

with
Henri Sitorus, country director
Heifer International Indonesia

July 14, 2006
Burns Hall 2012, Noon - 1:00 p.m.

On December 26, 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated portions of Indonesia. Soon after, Heifer International initiated rehabilitation programs to help rebuild the livelihood of tsunami-affected farmers in Aceh and Nias. The move was part of Heifer’s commitment toward poverty reduction through the provision of livestock and training. Mr. Sitorus will discuss Heifer’s experience and reflections on these currently ongoing programs.

EWC contact: Floren Elman-Singh (808) 944-7193
email: elmanf@EastWestCenter.org

2006 EWC/KDI Conference on Social Policies at a Crossroads: Trends in Advanced Countries and Implications for Korea
Organized by the East-West Center and Korea Development Institute
Imin Center-Jefferson Hall, EWC
July 20 — 21, 2006
This conference will investigate the conventional economic problems faced by many countries and the heavy burden social problems are putting on government budgets as well as to exchange ideas and solutions based on each country’s experience through papers written and presented by participants.

Coordinators: Andrew Mason and Sang Hyop Lee.

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

Senior Policy Seminar
EWC
August 7 - 9, 2006
The Senior Policy Seminar brings together senior and influential policy makers, government officials, and academic experts from the United States and the Asia Pacific region for discussions on the economic, social and strategic dynamics and the future of U.S. policy in the region.

Topics include:
Tense Relations in Northeast Asia
Is The Economic Growth Wave Sustainable?
The Ferment in Asian Islam

2006 Diplomat's Panel/Public Luncheon Seminar
Imin Center-Jefferson Hall, EWC
August 9, 2006
Noon - 2:00 p.m.
At the conclusion of the seminar, several diplomats share their observations and viewpoints in a public luncheon/discussion. Details of luncheon panel to come. For information visit EWC website (www.East-WestCenter.org) in mid-July.

EWC contact: Raymond Burghardt (808) 944-7524
email: seminars@eastwestcenter.org

East-West Center Washington:
Washington, D.C.
EWC Washington contact: Megan Hayes hayesm@EastWestCenter.org
(202) 327-9752

Study Group Meetings:
July 10-11, 2006
2nd Study Group Meeting on Burma
Bangkok, Thailand
Cosponsored by East-West Center Washington & The Institute of Security and
International Studies (ISIS), Chulalongkorn University.

July 12-13, 2006
2nd Study Group Meeting on Southern Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand
Cosponsored by East-West Center Washington & The Institute of Security and
International Studies (ISIS), Chulalongkorn University

July 17-19, 2006
2nd Study Group Meeting on Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Cosponsored by Social Science Baha.

In the Arts . . .

Exhibition: From the Stage to the Page: Kabuki through
Woodblock Prints
Through August 24, 2006
EWC Gallery

Highlighting the recent gift of more than 200 ukiyoe prints from the Utagawaha Monjinkai Foundation, 19th century works have been selected that illustrate the renowned Japanese kabuki theatre. This exhibition features an exciting array of prints, focusing on actors, plays, and the milieu. In addition, the exhibition will be theatricalized with beautiful costumes, a model of a 19th century theatre, scenery and stage elements, and video.

Guest curated by Julie A. Iezzi, Onoe Kikunobu, and Onoe Kikunobukazu.

Sunday, July 16, 2:00 p.m.
“Kabuki Music,” a lecture by ethnomusicologist Ricardo D. Trimillos
Chairman, Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Wednesday, August 23, 3:30 — 4:30 p.m.
Lecture: Japanese Popular Culture: Roots and Influences
by Koichi Iwabuchi
Professor, Waseda University, Tokyo
and UH-Manoa Asian Studies Freeman Visiting Scholar

For information on group tours, please contact Pattie Dunn, arts outreach assistant,
(808) 944-7584 or email: dunnp@EastWestCenter.org

EWC Arts Programs are supported in part by the Hawai`i Pacific Rim Society, Friends of Hawai`i Charities, the Jackie Chan Foundation USA, and generous contributors to the EWC Foundation, including members of the EWC Arts ‘Ohana.

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.

LOOKING AHEAD . . .
2006

September 3 — 17: 16th New Generation Seminar
EWC & U.S. mainland
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, hartmana@EastWestCenter.org

September 3 — 17: U.S.-Asia Health Journalism Fellowships: Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
Hong Kong, Yunnan, China and Hanoi, Vietnam
EWC contact: Susan Kreifels, kreifels@EastWestCenter.org

September 6 — 20: Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships
EWC, China and Hong Kong
EWC contact: Marilyn Li, lim@EastWestCenter.org

September 6 — 12: International Forum on Education (IFE) Senior Seminar
EWC
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, hidanoc@EastWestCenter.org

Sept. 17 — Oct. 6: AsiaPacificEd Fall Institute: Implementing “Best Practices” and Learning Across Cultures
EWC & U.S. mainland
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano, hidanoc@EastWestCenter.org

Oct. 15 — Nov. 12: Fall 2006 Jefferson Fellowships
EWC and Asia
EWC contact: Ann Hartman, hartmana@EastWestCenter.org

December 7 — 10: EWC/EWCA 2006 International Alumni Conference
Theme: "Building an Asia Pacific Community for Sustainable Development"
Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
EWC contact: Gordon Ring, ringg@EastWestCenter.org

Contact information and dates are subject to change.