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Institute of
Asian Research |
For more information, phone (604) 822-4688 or email iar@interchange.ubc.ca |
Seminars are sponsored by: CAS - Centre for Australian Studies | CAPRI - Canada Asia Pacific Research Initiatives | CCR - Centre for Chinese Research | CISAR - Centre for India & South Asian Research | CJR - Centre for Japanese Research | CKR - Centre for Korean Research | CPIRD - China Program for Integrated Research Development | CSEAR - Centre for Southeast Asia Research | PICSA - Program in Inter-Cultural Studies in Asia. Sessions are typically held in the C.K. Choi Building. Last update: 19 April, 2001.
May, 2001
3 May Thur.
12:30pm -2:00pm
CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
"LOCAL GOVERNMENT, USER GROUPS AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR
IN INDIA: IN CONFLICT ? CO-EXISTING ? COMPLEMENTARY ?" by
Dr. George Mathew, Founder-Director of the Institute of Social
Sciences in New Delhi, India
C.K. Choi Bldg. Seminar Room #129
April, 2001
2 April Mon
2:45 - 4:00 pm
CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
Informal seminar/discussion by Asa Kashmir Johal Chair Candidate Joseph Alter, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Alter will give an informal seminar/discussion on his research interests at 2:45pm in the C.K. Choi Building conference room #120 . He will give a seminar on Tuesday 3 April, at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology Room 205 on "Subjecting Yoga to Science: Swami Kuvalyananda and Global Modernity in India" at 1:15 - 2:15 pm.
C.K. Choi Building Conference Room #120
2 April Mon
5:00 - 6:00pm
Green College, Coach House 6201 Cecil Green Park Rd.
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH AND GREEN COLLEGE GLOBALIZATION AND LOCAL SOCIAL COHESION IN ASIA
"Globalization and Canada-Asia Relations" by Yuen Pau Woo, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
"Despite 'globalisation', the Canadian economy is more tied to the US Today than it was 10 years ago. In relative terms, Asian economies have grown less important to Canada, with the reverse also holding true. What does globalisation -- in the narrow sense of economic integration -- have to do with this state of affairs? Is our dependence on the US reversible? The lecture will review current debates about a "free trade agreement" with Japan -- Canada's second largest trade partner -- and discuss the prospects therein for strengthening Canada-Asia relations."
4 April Wed
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
C.K. Choi Bldg, Conference Room #120
Informal Seminar/Discussion by Asa Kashmir Johal Chair Candidate William Sax, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Dr. Sax will be giving an informal seminar/discussion on his research interests at 11:00 am in the C.K. Choi Building conference room #120. He will presenting a seminar on April 5th at noon in the Department of Anthropology & Sociology. Room and Title of seminar to be announced on Monday.
6 April Fri
3:30 - 5:00 pm
CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH
Conference Room #120
"Righteous Army" and Choson Society in the Imjin War, 1592-98 by Professor Nam-Lin Hur, Department of Asian Studies, UBC
"Righteous armies" are often regarded as a major factor that deterred the easy territorial occupation of Japanese invaders in the Imjin War. In this seminar, the following issues will be discussed in the context of Choson society and politics: Why "righteous armies" arose and who they were, who provided leadership for them, what relationship they had with the government troops, what impact they brought upon the war, and how these irregular forces eventually dissipated during the war.
19 April Thur.
12:30pm - 2:00 pm
C.K. Choi Bldg. Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
"Bewarish Bangla Bhasha: Language and its Guardians"
by Tithi Bhattacharya, Post-doc fellow, Centre for India &
South Asia Research, UBC
The paper is about the history and the historical constitution
of the Bengali language. It examines the social processes involved
in the historicization of language particularly in a colonial
context.
20 April Fri.
3:30pm - 5:00pm
CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH
C.K. Choi Bldg. Room #120
"New Russian Materials on 'Kaehwagi' (Enlightenment Period)
Korean from1907" by Dr. Ross King, Asian Studies, UBC and
Dr. Dong-un Kim, Dept. of
Language and Literature, Kangnam University
The period from approximately the 1880s until annexation by Japan
in 1910 is an interesting and exciting time in the history of
the Korean language. In recent years, historians of the Korean
language have begun to focus on 'Kaehwagi' Korean as an important
transitional period between 'early modern' and 'modern' Korean.
In our talk, we will outline some of the salient features of
'Kaehwagi' Korean and then introduce two important new texts from
this period previously unknown in Korea. Both are 'Russian':
*G. V. Podstavin's collection of satirical teaching texts (1907)
-Kyo^ngso^ng Paegin Paeksaek -- 'Seoul Sketches'
-Yo^t Changsa -- 'The Taffy Peddlar'
*Chaam chinmyong -- 'From Darkness to Light' -- (1907)
-published by the Russian Orthodox Mission, Seoul
The talk will be conducted in both English and Korean.
25 April Tues.
3:30pm - 5:00pm
CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH
C.K. Choi Bldg. Conference Room #120
"Towards An Industrial Society: Transformations in Twentieth
Century Korea"by Dr. Steven H. Lee, Dept. of History, UBC
This talk will address a number of themes which arose out of
scholarly papers presented at UBC under the theme "Korea:
Towards an Industrial Society". These themes include Korea's
agricultural transformation, industrialization, ideology, and
the role of women and the family in contemporary Korean society.
27 April Fri.
3:30pm - 5:00pm
CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH
C.K. Choi Bldg. Conference Room #120
"Catholicism and Resistance in 19th Century Korea"
by Jong Sun RyuVisiting Scholar, Centre for Korean Research and
Professor, University of Ul-San,
Korea
Dr. Ryu will discuss how catholicism, in particular its conception
of God, influenced the political thought and behavior of the first
Korean Catholics, and, in what respect it contributed to the development
of a 'modern' political thinking in Korea. Special focus will
be upon the 'language' in which the western religion was spoken,
and its role in shaping the political thought of the converts.
19 April Thur.
12:30pm - 2:00 pm
ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH
Institute of Asian Research, CK Choi Building Conference Room,
1855 West
Mall
26 April Thur.
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
"The Good, the Green and the Crafty Creative Recycling
Workshop" Oliver Samonte will show you how to make crafts
out of recycled materials (ages seven and up, free admission,
materials provided)
2:00 - 2:30 pm
"Origami with Joseph Wu" (ages six and up, drop-in,
materials provided)
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27 April Fri
11:00 - 11:30 am
"Rajan Sen Art Exhibition" Hear the artist talk about
his paintings
12:00 (LUNCH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE BY KING MAHAL RESTAURANT)
1:00 - 1:30 pm
"Classical Indian Dancing Demonstration" by Anusha
Fernando
March, 2001
1 March Thurs
9:00 am 4:30 pm
CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
Undergraduate Conference on South Asia
Conference Room #120
2 March Friday
12:30 2:00 pm
CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH
Michael David Kwan will be reading from his book Things That Must not be Forgotten, about his childhood in Wartime China. Mr. Kwan is a Vancouver writer
Seminar Room #129
2 March Friday
4:30 6:00 pm
CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH
"Developmental ambiguities in East Asian classical politics" by Professor Woodside
The lecture will look at Confucian societies in East Asia in comparative perspective. Alexander Woodside is professor of History at UBC professor of Chinese and Vietnamese History in the Department of History, UBC
Conference Room #120
2 March Friday
12:00 1:15 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
"Culture and Well-Being: What makes Japanese happy?" by Professor Shigehiro Oishi, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota Professor Oishi is a candidate for the Keidanren Chair
Previous cross-cultural studies have found that Japanese are less satisfied with their lives than are North Americans and Europeans. Though this finding has been replicated numerous times, previous research has failed to examine processes involved in a sense of well-being. That is, "What makes people happy?" And "how are Japanese different from North Americans and Europeans in the sources of happiness?" In a series of studies, I have examined cultural differences in the ways in which Japanese and Americans attain and maintain a sense of well-being. In one study, European American and Japanese participants evaluated their life satisfaction during the previous week. Then, they listed five goals that they were pursuing at that time, and rated each goal in terms of reasons (e.g., "I pursue this goal for the fun and enjoyment that it provides" "I pursue this goal to make my friends and family happy"). One week later, participants were again asked to evaluate their life satisfaction during the past week. Then they were given the list of goals that they had produced one week earlier, and rated the degree to which they achieved each goal. Consistent with the previous literature on intrinsic motivation, European Americans experienced an improved sense of well-being when they achieved the goals that they pursued for intrinsic reasons, whereas they did not experience a positive change in well-being when they achieved the goals that they pursued for extrinsic reasons. On the other hand, Japanese experienced a positive change in well-being when they achieved the goals that they pursued to make friends and family happy and to meet the expectations of others, whereas they did not experience any positive change in well-being when they achieved the goals that they pursued for fun and enjoyment. The findings suggest that independent and interdependent goal pursuits result in divergent affective consequences across cultures.
Conference Room #120
5 March Mon
12:30 2:00 pm
CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH
"Jet setting with the Dalai Lama: Some notes on Tibet's current situation, the Berlin Conference, and email by telepathy" by Victor Chan
Victor Chan is a Research Associate of the Institute of Asian Research and the author of Tibet: A Pilgrimage Guide. He is currently working on a book with the Dalai Lama.
Conference Room #120
8 March Thurs
1:00 3:00 pm
PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN ASIA (PICSA)
PICSA is pleased to present a new film series that will feature a selection of contemporary films from Asia or about Asia related topics. Everyone is welcome to attend and there is no charge for admission. All films will be subtitled in English and shown at the CK Choi Building in the Conference Room on the main floor. Screening dates and titles are as follows:
The Square Circle (India) March 8
Conference Room #120
9 March Friday
12:00 - 2:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN STUDIES AND INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
"The emerging tri-lateral world of Europe, Asia and the Americas" by Sir Andrew Burns, British High Commissioner to Canada
A light lunch will be served from 12:00 - 12:30 pm
Conference Room #120
9 March Friday
3:30 5:00 pm
CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH, INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN STUDIES AND CENTRE FOR TRANSPORTATION STUDIES
"Continental Logistics/Distribution Hub Building: The Success of the Netherlands and Singapore, and the Strategy for Transforming Korea as the Northeast Asian Hub"
by Tae Hoon Oum, UPS Foundation Professor and Director, Centre for Transportation Studies, UBC Commerce, Canada and Prof. Yeong-Heok Lee (CTS visitor)
Since creation of the WTO and continental free trade blocs (European Union and NAFTA), international trade is increasingly being liberalized. Multinational corporations (MNCs) are given more freedom to access foreign markets and to choose their place of production and sourcing materials/parts/components. In addition, the transport industry becomes more efficient and thus, able to offer increasingly faster and more reliable services at increasingly lower prices. As result, MNCs have been busy rationalizing their global production, sourcing and distribution activities. Since the early 1990s, there has been a clear trend for most of major MNCs to consolidate their distribution centers continentally and/or globally. By doing so they have improved their customer services quite dramatically while making substantial saving in the combined cost of purchasing, inventory and transportation.
By taking advantage of this global trend in MNCs business, the Netherlands has been wildly successful in attracting a lion's share of Euro Distribution Centers since 1993. Singapore has been also very successful in attracting MNCs global and Asian regional distribution centers despite the fact that intra-Regional trade in Asia has not been liberalized as much as it did in Europe or North America.
The purposes of this paper are: (a) to describe major multinational firms' key factors for selecting locations of continental distribution centers; (b) to examine the key success factors of the Netherlands and Singapore for turning themselves into major European and Asian logistics/distribution hubs; (c) to examine the potentials for Korea to become the major Northeast Asian logistics/distribution hub nation, and (d) to discuss what's needed to transform Korea as a successful logistics/distribution hub.
Conference Room #120
12 March Mon
12:30 2:00 pm
CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA RESEARCH
"Human rights in West Papua (Irian Jaya, Indonesia)" by John Rumbiak
John Rumbiak is the leading human rights activist in West Papua (Irian Jaya). He works as program coordinator for ELS-HAM, the Institute for Human
Rights Study and Advocacy, in Jayapura. He is a former participant in the Canada World Youth program. Mr Rumbiak has travelled extensively to promote awareness of human rights by the Indonesian authorities, and is visiting Canada prior to a trip to the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva.
Conference Room #120
14 March Wed
4:30 6:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES:
"Frustrated Transnationalism? The Case of the Chinese in the Philippines, 1949-75" by Edgar Wickberg, Honorary Professor, Institute of Asian Research, UBC
Conference Room #120
15 March Thurs
9:00 am 4:30 pm
CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
A Special Graduate Conference on South Asia
This conference on South Asia is an opportunity for UBC Graduate students to present papers they have written on any South Asia related topics to an audience of their peers and various faculty members from UBC and SFU.
For more information, call Amandeep Mann 221-6186 email: amanmann2@hotmail.com Conference Room #120
19 March Mon
12:00 1:30 pm
CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
"Gandhi and Tagore" by Professor Trichar Rukmani, Hindu Studies, Concordia University Conference Room #120
22 March Thur
1:00 3:00 pm
PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN ASIA (PICSA)
FILM: The Blue Kite (China)
Conference Room #120
22 March Thur
1:30 2:30 pm
PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN ASIA (PICSA)
"Gender and Development: One man's cross-cultural perspective" by Shiraz Ramji, SFU
Shiraz Ramji will focus his talk on his experiences working with women and men of Asian origin in various community development activities. He will review gender and development at family, community and global level. His expertise is specifically in the field of health, education, and senior's care in Southern Africa and Canada.
Shiraz Ramji works as a Family Gerontologist with seniors living with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease, particularly South Asians of the Ismaili Muslim community. He is doing research on Grandparent-Grandchildren relationship in different communities as well as the Social Construction of Disabilities for Women and Men living with Alzheimer's disease. Shiraz Ramji has a Masters degree from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a Diploma in Gerontology from Simon Fraser University.
Seminar Room #129
23 March Fri.
3:30 - 5:00pm
CETRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH AND DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
"Political Changes in North Korea" by Kyung-Ae Park, Korea Foundation Chair
The talk will examine recent political changes in North Korea, including leadership and policy changes. It will analyze the level of changes, forces that brought about changes, and the goal that North Korea is seeking to achieve through these changes.
Conference Room #120
27 March Tues
1:30 -3:00 pm
CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
"Japanese perspectives on South Asia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present" by Dr, Riho Isaka, Dept. of Area Studies, Tokyo University
Conference Room #120
27 March Tues
5:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH AND GREEN COLLEGE GLOBALIZATION AND LOCAL SOCIAL COHESION IN ASIA
"Regional Disparities, Centralization and Conflict: The Case of the Southern Province in Sri Lanka" by Sathyapala Pinnaduwage, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Green College, Coach House 6201 Cecil Green Park Rd.
28 March Wed
12:00 -1:15pm
CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
"Flying Geese in Asia: The Impacts of Japanese Multinational Corporations as a Source of Industrial Learning" by Professor David Edgington, Dept. of Geography, UBC
This paper reflects on the impacts of Japanese multinationals (MNCS) in Asia as a source of Asian countries' industrial learning or know-how. The paper first reviews a burgeoning literature which seeks to make sense of Japanese MNC experience in Asia, using the product cycle model as a framework for understanding technological transfer, and by exploring industrial learning from political economy and cultural perspectives. Empirical evidence is provided of Japanese MNCs operating in the Malaysian electronics sector to assess the degree of local `industrial learning' provided by over three decades of Japanese investment and production activity.
Conference Room #120
28 March Wed
4:30 6:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES:
"Relevant Universities, Alternative Education and International Linkages: The Included and Excluded in Higher Education Reforms after 1994 in Sri Lanka"
by Sathyapala Pinnaduwage, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Conference Room #120
30 March Friday
12:00 - 1:00pm
CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH, FACULTY OF COMMERCE AND JETRO
"Canada-Japan Trade Issues: What are the strategies for major trading partners?" by Motoshige Ito, Professor of Economics, University of Tokyo.
Reception/light lunch will follow the seminar. (Free admission but spaces are limited and reservation required) For reservation, please call JETRO Vancouver, 484-4174.)
Professor Ito is a member of the Information Technology Strategy Council of the Japanese Cabinet. In addition he is a member of the Economic Strategies Commission (established by Former Prime Minister Obuchi), Advisor to The Prime Minister of Japan, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Professor Ito's presentation will first look at Japan's impact on Canada's international trade position. As Japan is the largest trading partner for Canada, next to the United States, trade relations between the two countries are of vital importance. Japan's significant purchasing power will continue to ensure its position as one of Canada's top trading partners. He will then discuss Canada's experiences with existing Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and the recent suggestions of establishing such an agreement between Canada and Japan.
Conference Room #120
February, 2001
1 February Thurs
11:30 - 12:30pm
CENTRE FOR INDIA & SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH/DEPT. OF ANTHR/SOC
"The Rise of the Modern Child Soldier- with special reference
to India"
by Professor Margaret Trawick, Massey University, New Zealand.
Professor Trawick is the first candidate for the Asa and Kashmir
Johal Chair to be interviewed
Conference Room #120
2 February Fri
12:30-2:00pm
CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
"The Danka System and Tokugawa Society"
by Professor Nam-Lin Hur, Department of Asian Studies, UBC.
Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868) had two major cultural
functions: prayer and funeral. Taking up the issue of funeral,
practiced in the form of the danka system, this seminar explores
how funerary Buddhism was woven into and at the same time projected
the social order of Tokugawa Japan.
Conference Room #120
7 February Wed
4:30 - 6:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES:
"Old and new Faiths: Transnational Religions and the Chinese World" by Professor Diana Lary, Director, Center for Chinese Research, UBC
Conference Room #120
8 February Thurs
1:00pm - 3:00pm
PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN ASIA (PICSA)
PICSA is pleased to present a new film series that will feathre a selection of contmporary films from Asia or about Asia related topics. Everyone is welcome to attend and there is no charge for admission. All films will be subtitled in English and shown at the CK Choi Building in the Conference Room on the main floor. Screening date and titles are as follows:
Life on a String (China) - February 8
The Square Circle (India) - Mar 8
The Blue Kite (China) - March 22
12 February Mon
5:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEAARCH AND GREEN COLLEGE GLOBALIZATION AND LOCAL SOCIAL COHESION IN ASIA
"Globalization, National Unity, and Local Identity: Questioning the Future of Indonesia" by Dr. Bobi B. Setiawan, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Green College, Coach House 6201 Cecil Green Park Rd.
14 Feb Wed
12:30 - 1:30 pm
CENTRE FOR AUSTRALIAN STUDIES/ LAW AND SOCIETY
"The Politics of Reconciliation: Dispossession and Constitutionalism
in Australia" by Professor Andrew Buck Lecturer, Division
of Law, Macquarie University
co-editor of Land And Freedom: Law, Property Rights And The British
Diaspora
(Ashgate, forthcoming 2001)
Perhaps the most important political issue in Australia today is the question of reconciliation; that is, the question of whether it is possible, or in the eyes of some, even desirable, to bring about an effective reconciliation between the dominant white community and the aboriginal peoples of Australia. Why has the question arisen? The answer to that is simple. The origins of modern Australian society represent for the aboriginal peoples of Australia, their dispossession from the land. The birth of a nation was the dispossession of a people. We are then led to the next question: why has the question arisen now? Why not 1950, for example? The answer to that question lies in an understanding of the political, cultural and social changes wrought to Australian society over the course of the last 50 years, in particular, the emergence of a more multicultural society. And finally, why has the question of reconciliation emerged in the form that it has? By that I mean why has the question of reconciliation been so closely tied to the land question, and not simply to the question of the destruction of aboriginal culture? The answer to that lies in an understanding of the role and political significance of the Constitution and the High Court in Australia.
Conference Room #120
14 February Wed
4:30 - 6:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES:
"When free Expression Hits the Fan: Contemporary Art in Indonesia" by Professor Astri Wright, Fine Arts, University of Victoria
Conference Room#120
20 February Tue
11:30 - 1:00pm
CENTRE FOR AUSTRALIAN STUDIES/ LAW AND SOCIETY
"Imper Cultures: The frontier myth in Australia" by
Dr. Robert Foster, History, University of Adelaide
The Legend of James Brown'. What do you do when one of your
local pastoralists is a mass murderer? You take advantage of the
'pioneer legend' and generate a convenient myth. This paper looks
at the case of James Brown who was arrested for the murder of
nine Aboriginal people in South Australia in 1849. Not only was
he never committed for trial, but he was remembered in the district
not as a mass murderer but as a pioneer renowned for an heroic
horse ride.
Dr. Foster is a specialist in South Australian Aboriginal history.
His research interests include colonial representations of Aboriginal
people, government policy and administration, history and memory,
the 'frontier', and the history of Aboriginal rights to land under
colonialism. He has published numerous articles on South Australian
Aboriginal History. His new book, Fatal Collisions: The South
Australian Frontier and the Violence of Memory, co-authored with
colleagues in English and Australian Studies, will be published
by Wakefield Press in 2001
Conference Room#129
28 February Wed
4:30 - 6:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES:
"Between Heaven and Earth: Christianity in Papua New Guinea" by Professor John Barker, Anthropology/Sociology, UBC
Conference Room#120
Janurary, 2001
8 January Mon
5:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH AND GREEN
COLLEGE GLOBALIZATION AND LOCAL SOCIAL COHESION IN ASIA
"Globalization of Labour and Corporate Enterprise in South
Korea" by Professor Hyun-Ho Seok, Sungkyunkwan University,
Seoul, Green College, Coach House 6201 Cecil Green Park Rd.
9 January Tues
12:30 - 2:00 pm
10 January Wed
4:30 - 6:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH GLOBALIZATION
AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES: "
Bringing up Baby in the 21st Century
Asia, Managing Fragmented Societal Reproduction" by Barrie
Morrison, Honorary Professor, Institute of Asian Research The
seminar will review recent changes in marriage and childbearing
in different countries and explore some of the consequences of
declining or negative rates of population growth. It will also
consider the question of
whether governments, linguistic/religious/cultural communities
have an interest in encouraging marriage and reproduction and
how this conflicts with the right of women to control their own
childbearing.
Conference Room #120
11 January Thurs
1:00 - 3:00 pm
PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN ASIA (PICSA)
PICSA is pleased to present a new film series that will feature a selection of contemporary films from Asia or about Asia related topics. Everyone is welcome to attend and there is no charge for admission. All films will be subtitled in English and shown at the CK Choi Building in the Conference Room on the main floor. Screening dates are 11 and 25 January.
In Custody (India)
Ismail Merchant, producer of The Remains of the Day and Howard's
End, directs this passionate comedy about an Indian poet who learns
that his famous idol has feet of clay. Om Puri stars as Deven,
a poet who writes in the almost-obsolete Indian language of Urdu.
No one wants to read, hear or publish Urdu poems, so when a magazine
editor asks Deven to interview
Nur (Shashi Kappor), Urdu's greatest living poet, Deven jumps
at the chance. Interviewing Nur amid the brawling life of a Bhopal
brothel, Deven enters a dark comedy of errors populated by Nur's
dueling wives, drunken followers and the surprising paradox of
Nur himself. A "wise and rueful comedy . . .excruciatingly
funny, striking a perfect balance between laughter and
pain." (Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times)
Conference Room #120
12 January Fri
11:30 - 1:00 pm
CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
" Japan's Challenges in the New Century: Reflections on Canada-Japan
Relations" by Yuichi Kusumoto, Consul-General of Japan -
Vancouver
As a professional diplomat Mr. Kusumoto
has been involved in various aspects of the Japanese foreign affairs
over the last few decades. Prior to his assignment to the present
post, he was involved in tasks focusing on Russia. In this seminar
Mr. Kusumoto will first discuss contemporary issues facing Japan
in the post-cold war era and then explore future directions in
the relations between Canada and Japan in the 21st century.
Conference Room #120
22 January Mon
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH, UBC
"Socializing the Modern Vietnamese
Family" by Dr Lisa Drummond, Centre for Advanced Studies
National University of Singapore
From the 1930s to the present, the Communist Party of Vietnam
has actively used social mobilization campaigns to present models
and encourage ideal behaviour in the populace. This paper, which
introduces research from a larger project to analyze the extension
of urban lifestyles beyond contemporary urban landscapes, examines
the way in which these campaigns operate to instigate and mold
social change, and in particular to instill so-called ‘modern’
patterns of behaviour in the population (to replace ‘backward’
peasant ways). The paper briefly traces the changes in the 'Cultured
Family' campaign to note how earlier versions targetted individuals
in their productive activities and inculcated ties to the state
rather than the family, while the contemporary campaign focusses
on social roles and on women’s roles within the family, emphasizing
women’s responsibilities as nurturers and care-givers, roles
which are designated ‘traditional’ to Vietnamese culture.
In concluding, the paper will allude to the ways in which these
themes are reinforced via popular culture, specifically women's
fashion magazines, where images of women in domestic consumption
roles are now promoted and circulated.
Conference Room #120
23 January Tues
4:00 - 6:00 pm
CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH
"Odysseys Across Generations and Continents: The Complex
Fate of Being Canadian " by Denise Chong, Author, Concubine's
Children, The Girl in the Picture
Conference Room #120
24 January Wed
4:00 - 6:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH GLOBALIZATION
AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES:
" Changing Chinese Society" by Professor LIU Peng, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
Conference Room #120
25 January Thurs
1:00 - 3:00 pm
PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN
ASIA (PICSA)
Film
The Eel (Japan)
A man, acting on an anonymous tip, finds his wife in bed with
another man and in a fit of rage stabs her to death. Eight years
later, after being released from prison, he moves to a small,
lakeside town and opens a barbershop. In the corner of the shop
is an aquarium housing his companion from his prison stay, his
pet eel - the only living thing he will talk to. Eventually the
town's eccentric characters accept the man and happily make his
barbershop their meeting place while he tries desperately to forget
his past and guard against any attraction he may feel for women.
One day he happens upon a young woman unconscious after a suicide
attempt. Once recovered she comes to work for him in the shop.
She would like to know him more intimately, but he remains reluctant.
He soon learns, however, that she has a past every bit as painful
as his own. Directed by Shohei
Imamura, director of The Ballard of Narayama and one of the most
important post-war Japanese directors.
Conference Room #120
25 January Thurs
12:30 - 2:00 pm
PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN ASIA (PICSA)
"Gender mainstreaming inside and outside the United Nations"
by Dr. Tony Beck, Research Associate, Centre for India & South
Asia Research, UBC
Dr. Beck will talk about his ongoing work leading a team reviewing
gender mainstreaming in the UN system, as well as ongoing work
with one of the large Bangladesh NGOs.
Seminar Room #129
31 January Wed
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
Lunar New Year Festival
12:00pm Lion Dancing
12:30pm Classical Indian Dance Performance (Bharatanatya style of South India) by Anusha Fermnando
1:30pm Feng Shui by Maureen Powers
11:30 - 3:00pm Food and Craft Sale
Orgami, Caligraphy and Pottery demonstrations
Conference Room #120
November, 2000
2 Nov Thurs
12:30 - 2:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Seminar Room #129
CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH AND CENTRE FOR HUMAN
SETTLEMENTS
"Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict In The Context Of Global Change"
by Sisira Pinnawala, Professor and Head, Dept. of Sociology, University
of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
2 Nov Thurs
12:00 - 1:30 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
Xu Jilin And The Sinification Of Liberalism: Popular Historical
Essays in 1990s China
By Professor Timothy Cheek, Department of History, Colorado College
Dr. Cheek will look at the current debate
on liberalism in China as a way to understand how Chinese intellectuals
are responding to the massive social changes of the reform period.
Popular historical writings by Xu Jilin, a professor of History
at Shanghai Normal University, are compared with similar popular
essays from Deng Tuo, a senior Party propagandist, in the early
1960s in order to assess what has changed and what has endured
in Chinese historiography and public debate over the past forty
years. The seminar tentatively suggests that we are witnessing
a "sinification of liberalism" reminiscent of Mao Zedong's
"sinification of Marxism" in the 1940s.
3 Nov Fri
3:30 - 5:00 pm
New Continuing Studies Bldg. room 213-2121 West Mall
CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH & CENTRE
FOR INTERCULTURAL LANGUAGE STUDIES
"Korean language development for Korean-Americans and Teachers",
Dr. Sung-ock Sohn,
Associate Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics, UCLA
3-4 Nov
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH, CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN WOMEN'S STUDIESAND
GENDER RELATIONS, UBC AND WOMEN'S STUDIES DEPARTMENT (SIMON FRASER
UNIVERSITY)
"Women's Studies: Asian Connections"
For more information, please call 822-9171 email litton@interchange.ubc.ca
or www.wmst.ubc.ca
6 Nov Mon
2 lectures
12:30 Choi Building and
7:00 pm Asian Centre Auditorium
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
Enjoy an extraordinary slide presentation and commentary by Vancouver
photographer, author and UBC alumnus Stuart Dee.
"A true son of the Philippines,
Stuart sees with an innate sense of the Filipino, the beauty of
his Islands" writes national Poet Laureate Jaime Zobel de
Ayala.
The photographer will also be available to autograph copies of
his award-winning book "The Philippines Rediscovered".
6 Nov Mon
4:30 - 6:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA RESEARCH AND
CANADA ASIA PACIFIC RESOURCE NETWORK
"Canadian Mining in the Philippines: The Impact of TVI Pacific
on The Subanen People"
Speakers: Onsino Mato, Subanen campaigner, Zamboanga del Norte,
the Philippines, Fr. Albert Bael, DIOPIM Committee on Mining Issues,
Zamboanga del Norte, the Philippines, Geoff Neddleton, Phillippines
Indigenous People's Links, Oxford, UK
In 1995, the Philippine government reformed its mining legislation
to ease foreign investment. One third of the country's land mass
has been claimed for concession by mining companies since then,
much of which is on lands occupied by indigenous and peasant communities.
Many of these companies are Canadian, including TVI Pacific of
Calgary, which holds over 20 concessions totaling 1.3 million
hectares. TVI has plans for a gold mine in the legal territory
of the Subanen. Their lands have been subject to excessive logging
by large forestry companies and cannot stand further abuse. The
Subanen together with communities, fishers, grass roots organizations,
churches, and tribal leaders in the area vigorously oppose the
TVI mine. They fear environmental damage to rice paddies and water
supplies and destruction of their culture and livelihood. Heavily
armed paramilitary outfits hired by the company to patrol the
mine site have intimidated and assaulted local people, while a
road blockade was set up that cut off supplies of food to some
villages. Given the extent of coverage of ancestral lands under
mining concessions, the successful tactics employed by TVI may
influence their approach and those of other mining companies elsewhere
in the country. Protests in London dissuaded British investors
from financing the project earlier, however now TVI, listed on
the Toronto Stock Exchange, has secured the support of Japanese
investors. The delegation are visiting Canada to bring awareness
and support to their campaign.
7 Nov Tues
1:00 - 2:30 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Seminar Room #129
PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN
ASIA (PICSA)
"How Are Poor Women And Men Governed In Poverty Alleviation?
Linking Gender, Participation And Governance For Sustainable Poverty
Reduction In Asia"
By Leonora Angeles Assistant Professor of Planning and Women's
Studies
Although some international development agencies such as the World
Bank and the UNDP have long been recognized the centrality of
gender, participation and governance issues in sustainable poverty
reduction, these issues still tend to be treated separately, and
it was only in recent years that some attempts have been made
to link them together. This seminar addresses some questions and
issues linking poverty reduction and gender inequality, on the
one hand, and governance, participation and poverty reduction,
on the other, without assuming that their synergies would automatically
lead to gender equality or empowerment. It underscores the gendered
institutional arrangements and practices that underlie the constraints
to re-framing governance, participation and anti-poverty debates
using gender analysis. Drawing from examples of Asian countries,
it examines the gender, governance and participation issues in
the delivery of social services to rural and urban poor communities
in the Philippines and Vietnam.
7 Nov Tues
12:30 - 2:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH "Chinese
Spirituality and Health"
by Prof. Lyren Chiu, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing,
UBC
The seminar will explore the concept of Chinese spirituality in
relation with health and illness. Two field studies will be presented
and discussed.
8 Nov Wed
4:30 - 6:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES: "Globalization, the Asian Way, and Dichotomous Development: Who is to Blame for the Asian Crisis and Persistent Poverty-With Particular Reference to Indonesia?" by Geoffrey Hainsworth, Economics, Institute of Asian Research, UBC
9 Nov Thurs
12:00 - 1:15 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
"Defense Industrialization in Mao's China." By David
Bachman Chair, China Studies Program, University of Washington
(Prof. Bachman is a candidate for the Louis Cha Chair)
The core of China's economy under Mao was defense industrialization. Defense industrialization consumed a very high percentage of investment resources, had priority in the allocation of technical personnel, and dramatically influenced provincial growth patterns during and after the Maoist era. In rough terms, China's military industrial complex was probably on the same order of magnitude of that of the Soviet Union.
While there appear to be many irrational elements to defense industrialization under Mao, the political economy of people's war (ca. 1964-1978) was internally consistent, multifaceted, and quite different than what is often assumed when people's war is discussed. In fact, it contained four elements: nuclear deterrence; conventional weapons to defend the border produced by centrally managed facilities; local factories to support guerrilla war in remote parts of provinces; and urban civilian factories with defense production mobilization lines that would not produce the highest technology weapons, but heavier weapons than those produced in local factories.
9 Nov Thurs
1:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Seminar Room #129
PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN
ASIA (PICSA)
PICSA is pleased to present a new film series that will feature
a selection of contemporary films fro
m Asia or about Asia related topics. Everyone is welcome to attend
and there is no charge for admission. All films will be subtitled
in English and shown at the CK Choi Building in the Conference
Room on the main floor. Screening dates between now and Christmas
are as follows:
Thursday 09NOV00 1:00 pm Three Seasons
(Vietnam - US)
Thursday 23NOV00 1:00 pm Ermo (China)
9 Nov Thurs
3:30 pm
Asian Centre Auditorium
CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH AND SCHOOL
OF MUSIC
Concert of Chinese Erhu Music
By MA Xiang-hua, erhu, accompanied by LI Jun, yangqin
Widely recognized as one of the most talented young erhu performers in China, Ms. Ma has played throughout East Asia, Australia and Europe, and has won numerous first prize awards in Chinese music competitions. She presently teaches at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
10 Nov Fri
12:30 - 2:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
"Aboriginal Medicine in Asia Pacific: the Ainu and Their
Neighbours"
by Sherry Tanaka, Centre for Japanese Research, UBC
11 Nov Sat
7:00 - 9:30pm
(location TBD)
THE GOEL FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
& CENTER FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
To celebrate the Nehru Humannitarian Awards Ceremony
13 Nov Mon
12:00 - 1:30 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR AUSTRALIAN STUDIES
"Development in Australian's East Asian Diplomacy" by
Peter Drysdale, Australia-Japan Research Centre, Australian National
University
14 Nov Tues
12:00 - 1:15 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
Rethinking the "Northern Territories" Problem by Professor
Kimie Hara, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary
(Prof. Hara is a candidate for the Keidanren Chair in Japanese
Research)
More than fifty years after the end of World War II, relations between Japan and Russia have yet to be normalized. The so-called "Northern Territories" dispute has proved to be a major stumbling block in preventing the two countries from formally signing a peace treaty and improving their relations. What is the "Northern Territories" problem? Why is it still there? Hara will take you through the course of the dispute in its various phases, sharing her research findings and analysis.
14 Nov Tues
4:30 -6:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA RESEARCH
"Malaysia and the Region: From Command Politics to Civil
Society?"
by Karim Raslan, author
16 Nov Thurs
12:30 - 2:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH
"The End of the Queue: Hair as Symbol in Chinese History"
by Prof. Michael Godley, Professor Emeritus, Monash University
and Research
Associate, Fairbank Center, Harvard University
Hair has a way of personalizing history. As the anthropologist
Raymond Firth once concluded, 'different
forms of social control may demand different forms of hair treatment
even in the same society'. Both long locks and bald craniums have
demonstrated political power or its absence. Hair has represented
the life force - strength, energy, vitality and the power of Samson.
Its removal has signified surrender, rejection of the feminine
or material worlds, as well as the bonding of martial groups.
Loose hair has sometimes expressed the nubile state, freedom,
sorrow and insurrection, just as dishevelled hair has been a common
but not universal sign of grief. However there may be no better
case study than the queue, which helps illustrate a number of
the different symbolic uses of hair in Chinese history.
A Chinese athlete attempting the high jump in the autumn of 1910
reportedly displaced the bar with his queue. When he returned
to the contest without the offending hairpiece, one foreign wag
remarked that China had many useless appendages to be dispensed
with. Before another year had passed, the Qing dynasty was itself
in danger of being toppled by revolutionaries who, in a gesture
of defiance as well as practicality, severed their own pigtails.
Thus, the removal of the queue easily became the best-known symbol
of the fall of Manchu
rule and political modernization. Yet, as this revisionist talk
based on primary-source evidence sets out to demonstrate, much
that has been written about the end of the queue (as well as its
long history) has been compromised by modern political rhetoric.
Indeed, on 7 December 1911, two months before the formal abdication
of power, the prince regent had already decreed that the emperor's
subjects were entirely free to wear their hair anyway they wished.
16 Nov Thurs
2:00 - 3:30 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR INDIA & SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
AND PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN ASIA (PICSA)
"Domestic Violence, Dowry, and Sexual Harassment at Work
Place"
By Professor Poonam Saxena, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi,
India
Professor Poonam Saxena, a Shastri Fellow, is on a lecture tour
visiting several Canadian Universities. She specializes in Family
Law. One of her latest publication is entitled "Gender Imbalance
in the Family and Economic Emancipaion of an Indian Woman."
17 Nov Fri
12:30 - 2:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH
"Multicultural Job Opportunities at Canadian Heritage",
by Dhiru Patel, Canadian Heritage, Ottawa
22 Nov Wed
(location TBD)
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
" Globalization and the transformation of Asian societies
series -- Freedom of Expression in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Ayu
Utami and Pramoedya Ananta Toer." by Tineke Hellwig, Dept
of Asian Studies UBC.
The seminar will discuss Ayu Utami's novel "Saman" (1998) and literary works by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, in particular his memoir about his time on Buru "The Mute's Solilqui" (1999) (Nyanyi Sunyi Seorang Bisu, 1995). It will contextualize these publications within the framework of the political and social changes which have taken place in Indonesia since 1998.
22 Nov Wed
12:30 - 2:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA RESEARCH
"Gender Impacts of Urbanization and Poverty: Preliminary
Findings in a
Commune in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam", by Julie Nguyen, Ph.D.
Candidate, Interdisplinary Studies, Institute of Asian Research,
UBC
In the process of doi moi (economic renovation),
rapid urbanization in outskirt areas of Ho Chi Minh City has had
major impacts economically and socially on both women and men.
Using the case of one particular commune, the presenter will talk
about the differential impacts on women and men, and their implications
for gender planning for the development in these areas.
22 Nov Wed
4:00 - 5:30pm
C.K. Choi Building, Seminar Room #129
CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH
"The Fujian emigration setting" (talk will be in Mandarin)
by Wang Lianmao, Quanzhou Maritime Museum,
Fujian
22 Nov Wed
4:30 - 6:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH GLOBALIZATION
AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES:
"Freedom of Expression in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Ayu Utami
and Pramoedya Ananta Toer" by Tineke Hellwig, Asian Studies,
UBC
27 Nov Mon
Green College, Coach House
GLOBALIZATION AND LOCAL SOCIAL COHESION
IN ASIA Green College Thematic Lecture Series:
"The Changing Labor Market in the Post-Bubble, Globalized
Japanese Economy: Implications for Social Cohesion and Government
Policy"
by Professor Atsushi Seike, Keio University, Tokyo
Professor Seike took his B.A. and Ph.D.
in economics from Keio University and is currently Professor in
the Faculty of Business and Commerce at Keio University. He is
a leading expert on the current Japanese labour market
and policy issues on aging. He has published extensively and also
serves currently on several important policy committees of the
Japanese government including the following:
(1) Member of the Expert Committee on the "Future of Social
Security," special committee formed by the Japanese Cabinet
(2) Chair of the Research Committee on "Non-Discrimination
of the Older Workers in Employment," Japanese Economic Planning
Agency
(3) Member of the National Committee on "Institutionalizing
Long-term Vacations and Rethinking Home Life," Japanese Ministry
of Labour.
October, 2000
2 Oct Mon
C.K. Choi Bldg. Conference Room #120
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
"Legislating Discretion"
(The talk will be about the developing legislative framework for
police detention powers in China)
by Sarah Biddulph, Assoc. Director, Asian
Law Centre and Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne,
Counsel with Blake Dawson Waldron Int'l Lawyers, Shanghai (Ms.
Biddulph is a candidate for the Louis Cha Chair)
6-7 Oct
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH AND JAPAN STUDIES
ASSOC. (JSAC)
The Centre for Japanese Research will host
the annual meeting of the Japan Studies Association of Canada.
All sessions will be held at the IAR Conference Room on Friday,
October 6th and Saturday, October 7th. A preliminary program
is found at the following website: http://www.iar.ubc.ca/centres/cjr/jsac2000.html
11 Oct Wed
4:30 – 6:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF
ASIAN SOCIETIES:
“Australian Trade Policy: After the
Asian Crises”
by David Edgington, Geography, UBC
16 Oct Mon
12:30 - 2:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room
#120
CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA RESEARCH AND INSTITUTE
OF ASIAN RESEARCH
"Cambodia 2000: Shadowed by the Past"
by Dr. David P. Chandler, PhD, Professor
Emeritus of History, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and
Adjunct Professor, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington,
DC., Adjunct Professor, Georgetown, University and Visiting Professor
Cornell University. Professor Chandler is recognized as the leading
authority on Cambodian history. His recent publications
include his newly revised edition of the distinguished History
of Cambodia, a new edition of Brother Number One: A Political
Biography of Pol Pot, and Voices from S-21: Terror and History
in Pol Pot's Secret Prison. He carries a uniquely impartial
approach to the situation in Cambodia and how it has developed
over the past three decades.
19 Oct Thur
12:00-4:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Lounge
CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH, INSTITUTE OF
ASIAN RESEARCH
Exhibition of Paintings
by LO Shyh-charng
24 Oct Tues
12:30 – 2:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120
CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH
“Yang-ming hsueh yu Fo Chiao”
The Thought of Wang Yang-ming and Buddhism (in Chinese)
by Prof. KU Ching-mei, National Taiwan University
25 Oct Wed
4:30 – 6:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF
ASIAN SOCIETIES:
“British Engineers, Technology Transfer,
Labour Processes and the Emerging Infrastructure of the Global
Economy in the 19th Century India”
by Ian Kerr, History, University of Manitoba
September, 2000
8 Sept Friday
12:00 – 1:30 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
“Asian Development Bank’s Programs and Policies for
China”
by Bruce Murray, Asian Development Bank’s Resident Representative
for China Conf. Room #120
11 Sept Monday
1:00 - 2:15 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
"Paternalist Terror: The Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries
and Regime Consolidation in the People's
Republic of China"
by Julia Strauss, Political Science, School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London
(Dr. Strauss is a candidate for the Louis Cha Chair)
12 Sept Tues
1:00 – 2:30 pm
PROGRAMME IN INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN ASIA (PICSA)
Gender and Development in Asia Speaker Series:
“Addressing Women’s Poverty in Asia: 50 years of Observation”
by Irene Tinker, Professor Emerita, City & Regional Planning
and Women’s Studies, University of California Berkeley.
Irene Tinker, Professor Emerita of City & Regional Planning
and of Women's Studies, University of California Berkeley, has
divided her professional career between university teaching and
conducting action-research with organizations or offices she founded.
Her activism led to a policy shift within development agencies
toward a recognition of the differential impact of development
on women.
13 Sept Wed
4:30 – 6:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES:
“China’s Evolving Land Systems: Legal, Grey, and Black
Markets”
by Samuel Ho, Economics, Institute of Asian Research, UBC
14 Sept Thur
12:30 – 2:00 pm
CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
Shakuhachi (Japanese end-blown flute) Performance
by Bonchiku Hoshi, Master of Shakuhachi, Kyoto
18 Sept Mon
5:00 pm
Green College, Coach House
GLOBALIZATION AND LOCAL SOCIAL COHESION IN ASIA
Green College Thematic Lecture Series:
"Conceptualizing Globalization and Social Cohesion"
by Pitman Potter, Director, Institute of Asian Research
22 Sept Fri
12:30 – 2:00 pm INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
“The End of the (Mass) Line? Chinese Policing in the Era
of the Contract”
by Michael Dutton, Dept. of Political Science, University of Melbourne
22 Sept Fri
3:30 – 5:00 pm
PROGRAM ON CANADA-ASIA POLICY STUDIES (PCAPS) AND INSTITUTE OF
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (IIR)
"Roundtable on China's Changing Role in Asia"
with presentations by Song Baoxian, Vice President, China Institute
of Contemporary International Relations and colleagues, and
Brian Job, Director of the Institute of International Relations,
UBC
27 Sept Wed
4:30 – 6:00 pm
INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIAN SOCIETIES:
“Incoherent Developments: Nuclear Power and the Green Revolution
in India”
by Robert Anderson, Dept of Communications, SFU
29 Sept Fri
2:00 – 4:00 pm
DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES AND INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH
“Cross Straits Relations and Taiwan’s New Government”
Speakers: Prof. Ambrose Y.C. King, Vice Chancellor, Chinese University
of Hong Kong; Prof. CHANG Chak-yan, Director, Research Programme
on Ethnicity and Overseas Chinese Economies, Lingnan University;
Prof. Hungdah CHIU, Professor of International Law and Director,
East Asian Legal Studies Program, University of Maryland. For
more information contact Michael Duke, mduke@interchange.ubc.ca
Seminars in: 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008