September 3 – 17: U.S.-Asia Health Journalism Fellowships:
Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
September 6 – 11: International Forum on Education (IFE) Senior Seminar
September 12 – 27: Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships
Sept. 17 – Oct. 6: AsiaPacificEd Fall Institute: Implementing Best Practices and Learning Across Cultures
Oct. 9 – 10: ASDP Faculty Outreach Workshop
Oct. 15 – Nov. 12: Fall 2006 Jefferson Fellowships
Oct. 27- Nov. 18 (Thai Students): AsiaPacificEd Workshop: Partnership for Youth (P4Y) in Building Disaster-Resilient Communities
EWC Washington: Congressional Study Group on Asian Security: "The Six Party Talks on North Korea: The State of Play and How to Move Forward"
In the Arts . . .
Exhibition: Quiet Splendor: Yup'ik Eskimo Culture
Performance: Japanese Court Music and Dance
Performance: Indian Classical Music: Sitar and Tabla
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2006 New Generation Seminar
EWC, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles or New Orleans
September 3 - 17, 2006
16th New Generation Seminar Thematic Focus
"Building a Resilient Asia Pacific Community: Disaster Risk Reduction Tools and Strategies
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Recent devastating natural disasters in the Asia Pacific region—the December 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States, and earthquakes in Pakistan and India, among others—have raised questions around the world about how well governments and communities prepare for and respond to disasters in order to save lives and mitigate suffering.
After an introduction to broad Asia Pacific regional concerns in Honolulu, participants will travel to two U.S. cities to explore new ways of looking at risk that can help them make decisions and take steps to better prepare their communities for likely natural and man-made disasters, including acts of terrorism.
The 16th New Generation Seminar will include up to 16 participants, approximately 4 Americans and 12 from Asia and the Pacific. Each participant will be asked to give a short presentation that can help enlighten fellow participants about his or her country.
EWC contact: Ann Hartman (808) 944-7384
email: seminars@eastwestcenter.org
U.S.-Asia Health Journalism Fellowships: Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
Hong Kong, Yunnan, China and Hanoi, Vietnam
September 3 – 17, 2006
Four U.S. and five Asian journalists will travel to Hong Kong, Yunnan, China, and Hanoi, Vietnam, to meet with public health, medical and other experts for discussions on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. The fellowships are cosponsored by the East-West Center and Hong Kong University, which will host a three-day program in Hong Kong on media and infectious diseases.
EWC contact: Susan Kreifels, kreifels@EastWestCenter.org
International Forum on Education (IFE) Senior Seminar EWC
September 6 – 11, 2006
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. The core of any society’s capacity to deal with such dramatic change lies in its educational system. Rapidly accelerating and uneven change calls for educational responses that go beyond simply reforming existing institutions.
The 2006 Senior Seminar will explore the increasing tension between higher education viewed as a public good to be provided primarily by government and higher education provided as a commodity through the operation of the market. This transformation is particularly important in Asia where the historic role of the governmental sector in providing higher education is being rapidly supplemented by active private sectors responding to "liberalization" policies of national governments. The seminar will be constructed around invited papers focused on Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, China, Japan and Korea.
Other papers focus on the historic construction of notions of "the public good" and the implication of global agreements such as the Global Agreement on Trade and Services for the development of higher education in the Asia Pacific region. Papers developed through the senior seminar will be subsequently published.
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano (808) 944-7765
email: hidanoc@EastWestCenter.org
2006 Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships
EWC, Beijing, Nanjing, Nanning, Guilin and Hong Kong
September 12 - 27, 2006
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 in Honolulu and the Better Hong Kong Foundation co-sponsor the Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships, a short-term professional program for six senior print and broadcast journalists from U.S. news organizations.
Journalists participate in a two-day China seminar at the East-West Center, followed by a twelve-day study tour to Hong Kong, Beijing, Nanjing, Nanning, and Guilin. Fellows meet with government officials, political leaders, business executives, scholars, journalists and others.
EWC contact: Eugene Alexander (808) 944-7332
email: seminars@eastwestcenter.org
AsiaPacificEd Fall Institute -- Implementing Best Practices and Learning Across Cultures
For educators from S. Thailand and Indonesia from Muslim-majority K-12 schools
EWC and K-12 schools in U.S. locations
September 17 - October 6, 2006
In this institute, educators from Indonesia and southern Thailand will travel to Hawaii and U.S. mainland schools to work with their U.S. counterparts in workshops, and homestays to share “best practices” and to learn about each others’ communities and cultures. In the first week, two U.S. teachers from each American host school will attend the first few days of the program to work with visiting Asian teachers on teaching strategies aimed at helping learners in heterogeneous classrooms develop and apply skills in literacy, critical thinking, global awareness, and learning across cultures. In week two, Asian teachers will visit U.S. schools to observe “best practices” in action. In week three, Asian teachers will return to Honolulu to develop a plan to share their newfound knowledge with their colleagues at home.
EWC contact: Cherylene Hidano (808) 944-7765
email: hidanoc@EastWestCenter.org
2006 ASDP Faculty Outreach Workshop
For college and university instructors.
Louisville, Kentucky
October 9 - 10, 2006
This is a two-day workshop for scholars and educators to address issues related to the history, culture, and political economy of Korea. The workshop will include lectures, panel discussions, and exhibits. The objective of this program is to assist college and university faculty with infusing Korean studies into their respective school curricula.
This workshop will be hosted by University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
EWC contact: Peter Hershock (808) 944-7757
email: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org
Fall 2006 Jefferson Fellowships
EWC, Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan, Bangkok, Thailand and Mumbai, India
October 15 - November 12, 2006
Theme: "Population and Social Dynamics in the Asia Pacific"
Baby busts and aging booms, more women joining the work force and more young adults looking for jobs, globalization and urbanization reshaping traditional cultures and family roles: dynamic forces such as these are changing the face and future of the Asia Pacific and creating new economic and social challenges in the region.
In presentations to one another and in sessions with East-West Center and other Honolulu-based experts, Jefferson Fellows will discuss a wide range of demographic and social issues facing countries throughout the Asia Pacific region and in the United States. In a 21-day study tour, Fellows will visit Japan, Thailand and India -- three democratic nations experiencing varying stages of economic development and population transition -- to explore each country's unique set of challenges and how they are being met by policymakers and the larger societies. Issues will be examined within the greater context of economics, politics, security, religion and culture.
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: seminars@eastwestcenter.org
AsiaPacificEd Workshop: Partnership for Youth (P4Y) in Building Disaster-Resilient Communities
EWC and Thailand
An International Exchange and Civic Learning Opportunity for U.S. & Thai students.
October 27- November 18, 2006 (Thai students)
In the second phase of the 'Partnership for Youth' program, 24 Thai high school students from the predominantly Muslim south will travel to Hawaii for a cross-cultural exchange focusing on comparative civic process and the public policy challenges posed by recent natural disasters and, specifically, on the "role of youth" in preparing for and responding to disasters. Students will meet with specialists in disaster preparedness; Hawaii government officials and civic leaders responsible for disaster management; and learn from the experience of communities, and especially young people, who have been affected by disasters. Through intensive workshop sessions, and a detailed examination of 'best practice' disaster planning, preparation, and education in Hawaii, as well as through homestays and Honolulu school placements, the students will not only develop strategies for greater youth leadership in disaster management, but will also learn about American society and develop lasting relationships with their American peers. To build on their own experience in Thailand, some of the U.S. students who participated in the P4Y program in July will rejoin their Thai peers in Honolulu to present their policy recommendations on the "role of youth in building disaster-resilient communities" to Governor Lingle and assist with preparations for the program's culminating public presentation.
This program is part of the East-West Center's Islamic Initiative project in collaboration with the Maui-based Pacific Disaster Center and Russell Sage College's Civic Mosaics program, and is funded by the U.S. State Department.
EWC contact: Rosita MacDonald (808) 944-7378
email: macdonar@eastwestcenter.org
East-West Center Washington
Washington, D.C.
Congressional Study Group on Asian Security: "The Six Party Talks on North Korea: The State of Play and How to Move Forward"
Monday, September 18, 2006
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Rayburn House Building, Room 2105
Speaker: Michael Green, professor at Georgetown University and former senior director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council.
EWC Washington contact: Megan Hayes (202) 327-9752 email: hayesm@EastWestCenter.org
In the Arts . . .
Exhibition: "Quiet Splendor: Yup'ik Eskimo Culture"
September 8-November 20, 2006
East-West Center Gallery
Guest Curator Chuna McIntyre will present a performance-demonstration on September 10, 2:00-2:45 p.m., followed by an opening reception.
The Yup’ik pride themselves in retaining their ancestral customs. They continue to practice hunting and gathering traditions handed down from their ancestors. The Yup’ik are the largest group of native Alaskan people and live in small villages along the Bering Sea and the lower Yukon.
Chuna McIntyre was born in the village of Eek along the southwestern coast of Alaska on the Bering Sea. He is a storyteller, artist and musician who uses the traditional Yup’ik stories he learned from his grandmother to create contemporary stories sounds and images of Yup’ik culture. Mr. McIntyre acquired an extraordinary knowledge of Yup’ik culture as well as his extensive collection of traditional art to this exhibition. The exhibition will feature artifacts such as masks, carvings and traditional clothing, augmented by photographs and Chuna’s commentaries.
Michael Schuster, curator, EWC Gallery (808) 944-7543
email: schustem@EastWestCenter.org
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.
Performance: Japanese Court Music and Dance
Monday, September 17, 2006, 4:00 – 5:45 p.m.
Imin Center-Jefferson Hall (opp. Kennedy Theatre)
In September 2006, the East-West Center will host Gagaku (Japanese Court music and dance) performers from Germany, Hawai’i, and Japan, in a trilateral seminar and performance.
Because of nurturing and preservation by Japan’s thousand-year-old Imperial Court as well as by temples and shrines, Gagaku is often considered the world’s oldest continuous orchestral music tradition. Gagaku ensembles include string instruments, flute and oboe-like wind instruments, a mouth organ employing 17 pipes, and a variety of percussion. In addition, stately dances have been preserved, most employing powerful masks and exquisite costumes.
The continued presence of this ancient music in 21st century Japan is particularly remarkable in its stark contrast with the modern character of much of Japanese society.
Performance: Indian Classical Music: Sitar and Tabla
Imin Center-Jefferson Hall
October 21 - 22, 2006 | Saturday 8:00-9:30 p.m. and
Sunday 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Admission: $15 general; $10 students & senior citizens. Tickets available from October 1 at the UH-Manoa Campus Center Box Office, or charge-by-phone 944-7341.
Pandit Manilal Nag is considered one of the finest and most accomplished sitar masters. Now that he is touring internationally with his equally talented daughter Mita Nag, audiences are being treated to the exciting combination of two sitarists, accompanied by tabla drum master Pandit Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay.
The ensemble hails from Kolkata (formerly spelled Calcutta), where they perpetuate the distinctive West Bengal style of Indian classical music. The Nags are heirs to several generations of family virtuoso sitarists, and both have received numerous national awards. They perform frequently on Indian Television and All India Radio, and have toured every region of India, as well as Europe, the United States, and Japan.
The sitar is an impressive multi-stringed instrument – 6-to-7 melody strings and 13 sympathetic resonating strings -- that requires decades of diligent practice to master. Both father and daughter began their studies at age four. The tabla is a set of two hand drums, capable of a wide variety of pitches and tone colors, and in the hands of a master such as Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay, contributes lightening-fast rhythmic accompaniment and improvised solo passages.
These concerts are part of a statewide educational and performance tour that will include Maui and the Big Island, as well as O'ahu. Presented in cooperation with Roger Worldie of Sangeet Productions. Supported by the Watumull Foundation, Kahilu Theatre Foundation, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, and contributors to the EWC Foundation, including members of the Arts `Ohana.
EWC contact: William Feltz (808) 944-7612
email: feltzb@EastWestCenter.org
LOOKING AHEAD . . .
2006
November 2 - 4
Asian Issues Workshop
Valparaiso, Indiana
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
November 11 – 12
Pacific Panpipes: Music and Dance from the Solomon Islands Nov. 11 at 8:00 p.m. | Nov. 12 at 4:00 p.m.
Imin Center-Jefferson Hall
The Solomon Islands has been racked with political divisiveness and instability in recent years, and the traditional performing arts, particularly panpipe ensembles, serve as a common element that bridge the nation’s diverse islands. The East-West Center is working closely with Maui and the Big Island to bring a dynamic group of musicians and dancers from Santa Isabel Island whose music was one of the crowd pleasers of the 2004 Pacific Festival of Arts in Palau. (Admission: to be determined)
EWC contact: William Feltz (808) 944-7612
email: feltzb@EastWestCenter.org
November 14 – 18
2nd Workshop on "Nuclear Weapons and Security in 21st Century Asia"
Singapore
EWC Washington contact: Muthiah Alagappa
email: alagappm@EastWestCenter.org
EWC contact: June Kuramoto
email: kuramotj@EastWestCenter.org
November 16 – 18
Islam in Asia Workshop
Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
November 17
Asian Issues Workshop
Ohio
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
November 17 – 18
Association of Regional Centers Meeting
Charleston, South Carolina
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki, email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
Matato’a from Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
7:30 p.m.
Leeward Community College Theatre, Pearl City
Matato’a was created in 1996 by Kevamatato’a Atan. Today it is one of the most famous music and dance groups in Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile). Matato’a (the watchful eye of the Pacific warrior) was created to promote the ancestral traditions, dances, costumes and body painting of Rapa Nui. Their repertoire, though based on the ancient traditions of Rapa Nui, incorporates Polynesian, Reggae, Latino and Rock styles. This fusion of styles has gained them worldwide recognition.
(Admission: to be determined)
EWC contact: William Feltz (808) 944-7612
email: feltzb@EastWestCenter.org
December 7 – 10
EWC/EWCA 2006 International Alumni Conference
Theme: "Building an Asia Pacific Community for Sustainable Development" Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
The East-West Center Association, which represents the Center’s 50,000 alumni, is holding a major international conference in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The conference will explore significant issues facing the region and consider ways to assist in their resolution. In addition it will bring together chapter leaders and Association members to expand the network and energize the EWCA chapters.
Invited speakers for the program include Ambassador Le Van Bang, deputy foreign minister for Vietnam, Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, vice chair for International Relations of the Vietnam National Assembly, U. S. Ambassador Michael Marine, East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison, and other leaders from government, education, and business sectors. In addition to these keynote addresses, the program will include plenary sessions, concurrent panel sessions, and poster sessions. In addition, there will be informal networking, an opening reception and closing banquet, luncheons, and cultural presentations.
EWC contact: Gordon Ring, ringg@EastWestCenter.org
December 14 – 15
Asia’s New Institutional Architecture
EWC contact: Eugene Alexander
email: alexande@EastWestCenter.org
2007 Tentative Schedule
Feb. 16 – 18
Japan Workshop
Arkansas
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
March 4 – 6
ARC Meeting
Missouri
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
March 8 – 11
ASDP National Meeting
Washington
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
March 16 – 24
Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research Annual Meeting
EWC
EWC contact: Eileen Shea
email: sheae@EastWestCenter.org
March 30 - April 1
Islam in Asian Workshop
Nashville, Tennessee
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
April 29 - May 27
Spring Jefferson Fellowships
EWC,U.S. mainland and Asia Pacific
EWC contact: Ann Hartman
email: hartmana@EastWestCenter.org
May 21- June 16
Korea Institute
EWC & South Korea
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
May 29 – June 28
38TH Summer Seminar on Population
EWC
Three concurrent workshops, each with an independent instructional program.
Application Deadline: December 31, 2006
EWC contact: Eugene Alexander (808) 944-7332
email: AlexandE@EastWestCenter.org
June 15 - 17
Asian Studies on the Pacific Cosast (ASPAC) conference
EWC & UH
EWC contact: Gordon Ring
email: ringg@EastWestCenter.org
June 18 – July 20
NEH Summer Institute
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
June 18 - July 12
Exeter Academy China Program
Honolulu & China
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
July 2 – July 22
U.S. - China Faculty Exchange
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
July 24 – Aug 10
Infusing Institute
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
August 6 – 8
Senior Policy Seminar
EWC
EWC contact: Jane Smith-Martin
email: smithj@EastWestCenter.org
August 24-27
70s Reunion
EWC
EWC contact: Gordon Ring
email: ringg@EastWestCenter.org
September 7 – 9
Islam in Asian Workshop
Savannah, Georgia
EWC contact: Sandy Osaki
email: osakis@EastWestCenter.org
Contact information and dates are subject to change.