Seminars are sponsored by:| CCR - Centre for Chinese Research | CISAR - Centre for India & South Asia Research | CJR - Centre for Japanese Research | CKR - Centre for Korean Research | CSEAR - Centre for Southeast Asia Research | CPIRD - China Program for Integrated Research Development | CTSP - Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program | PAR - Program on Australasian Research | PCAPS - Program on Canada Asia Policy Studies | PICSA - Program in Inter-Cultural Studies in Asia. Sessions are typically held in the C.K. Choi Building, 251-1855 West Mall, Vancouver, B. C. V6T 1Z2, Canada.

"Corruption and the Philippine Budget Crisis" (more detail...)

Tess Bacalla, journalist and editor with the Philippine Centre for Investigative Journalism

DATE: Wednesday, November 3

TIME: 12:30 - 2:00pm

PLACE: C.K. Choi Bldg. Room #120

FORMAT: Seminar

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST RESEARCH

"Global Terrorism and International Criminal Law"

Dr Andreas Schloenhardt, The University of Adelaide, Law School, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia, andreas.schloenhardt@adelaide.edu.au

DATE: Wednesday, November 8

TIME: 12:30 - 1:30pm

PLACE: Small Dining Room, Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Rd.

FORMAT: Seminar

SPONSOR: AUSTRALASIAN STUDIES, LAW&SOCIETY@UBC, AND THE UBC FACULTY OF LAW SEMINAR SERIES PRESENT:

'DEVRAI' A Marathi Movie with English Subtitles (more detail...)

DATE: Thursday, November 11 (Remembrance Day)

TIME: 2:00- 4:00pm

PLACE: Norm Theatre Main Level, Student Union Building

FORMAT: Film Showing

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH

There is no admission charge. FREE movie, however, donation in any amount is acceptable to defray costs incurred.

(Movie will start ON TIME so please come early)

"Kanto Resident Ainu and the Urban Indigenous Experience"(more detail...)

By Mr. Mark Watson, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Alberta and Centre for Japanese Research, UBC

DATE: Friday, 12 November

TIME: 4:00- 6:00pm

PLACE: C.K. Choi Building Conference Room #120

FORMAT: Seminar

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH

Celebration of Jawharlal Nehru's Birthday and Awarding of Nehru Award

This year's recipient is Ms. Terri Tomsky, a PhD. student at UBC working on India.

DATE: Sunday, 14 November

TIME: 6:30- 9:30pm

PLACE: Community hall, 2122 Kingsway, Vancouver

FORMAT: Seminar

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR INDIA & SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH

FINDING THE ROOTS OF DIASPORA: KOREAN ADOPTION AFTER 50 YEARS (more detail...)

by Eleana Kim, Ph.D. candidate, NYU

DATE: Tuesday, 16 November

TIME: 4:00- 5:30pm

PLACE: C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room #120

FORMAT: Women and Development Lecture Series

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH AND CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN WOMEN'S STUDIES & GENDER RELATIONS

"Reforming Municipal Government in China: Innovation, Policy Diffusion, and the Entrepreneurial Executive"(more detail...)

by Kenneth W. Foster

DATE: Wednesday, November 17

TIME: 4:00- 5:30pm

PLACE: C.K. Choi Bldg. Conference #120

FORMAT: Seminar

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH

"Cantonese Opera and Fujian Marionette Theatre: A Comparison Of Rituals and Festivals in Honor of Their Patron Deities" (more detail...)

By Mary Yeung, Ph.D.Candidate, Department of Asian Studies, UBC

DATE: Wednesday, 19 November

TIME: 12:00- 1:30pm

PLACE: C.K. Choi Building, #120

FORMAT: Deities, Operas and Puppets

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH

'Malthusian Dreams, Colonial Imaginary: the Oriental Development Company and Japanese Migration to Colonial Korea'

Hyung Gu Lynn, Institute for Asian Research, UBC

DATE: Wednesday, 24 November

TIME: 12:00- 2:00pm

PLACE: Multipurpose Room of the Liu Institute for Global Issues

FORMAT: Seminar

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH AND INTER-FACULTY INITIATIVE ON MIGRATION STUDIES (IFIMS)

Slavery in Korean History (more details...)

Dr. James Palais, University of Washington

DATE: Friday, 26 November

TIME: 2:00- 3:30pm

PLACE: Asian Centre, Room 604

FORMAT: Seminar

SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES AND CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH