The Institute Of Asian Research And The Asian Nationalisms Project At The University Of Victoria PRESENT

A special symposium: PERSPECTIVES ON ASIAN NATIONALISM featuring speakers from the UVic project. This symposium brings three speakers from the international conference to be held at UVic to reflect on that meeting on to speak to each scholar's research focus. The symposium should offer fresh perspectives on this burning problem.

Chair: Timothy Cheek (IAR)

Radhika Desai (UVic), "The Asian Nationalisms Project: Reflections on Two Years of Collaborative Work"

Laura Hein (University of Connecticut) "Feminism and Nationalism"

Jonathan Spencer (University of Edinburgh) "Nationalism in South Asia: Culture, Politics, and Development" Discussion: audience

For more information, contact Dr.Timothy Cheek, IAR, t.cheek@ubc.ca

CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH

"An American Concubine in Old Korea: Missionary Discourse on Gender, Race and Modernity"

by Hyaeweol Choi Associate Professor, Department of Languages and Literatures at Arizona State University

In my lecture, I will talk about an unpublished missionary novella, The Concubine, written by Ellasue Canter Wagner (1881-1957), a veteran missionary of the U.S. Southern Methodist Church who served in Korea from 1904 to 1940. The novel is an anecdote about the perils of modernity with a hint of growing modern sensibilities that betray a binary oppositional worldview. I relate Wagner's discourse on modern womanhood to the prevailing narratives of New Woman in the West and in Korea in the first half of the twentieth century in order to capture the complexity of the novel beyond the Christian-prescribed moral message. I also consider in my analysis Wagner's own subject positions as an unmarried white western missionary woman, who cherished the Victorian ideal of "true womanhood" and yet had to grapple with the rapidly changing configurations of gender and race at the time.

Tues 5 October
4:30-6:00pm

CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH

"What is the Point of an Economy? Citizenship and Consumption in Postwar Japan"

By Laura Hein, History, Northwestern University

Fri 8 October
4:00pm

Co-sponsored by the Centre for India and South Asia Research, The Creative Writing Program in the Department of Theatre, Film & Creative Writing, Department of English, Women's Studies Programme and the Centre for Research in Women's Studies & Gender Relations at UBC

Looking for the Nightbird
Prem Goel Memorial Lecture by Anita Rau Badami

Anita Rau Badami will deliver the Prem Goel Memorial Lecture at 4pm on Friday October 8th, 2004 in the main lobby of Liu Centre for Global Issues, UBC. Anita Rau Badami is the author of two critically acclaimed novels 'Tamarind Mem' and 'The Hero's Walk' both of which have been published in several countries around the world. In 2000, she won the Marian Engel Award and in 2001 the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Canada & Caribbean). She is currently completing her third novel 'Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?'. She will share with the audience her experience of discovering the story of 'the Nightbird'.

The admission is free and all are welcome.

Please note that Prem Goel Memorial Lecture has been made possible by the generosity of Dr. Devendra Goel. The late Mrs. Prem Goel cared deeply for students and believed in the value of an all rounded university education.

Tues 12 October
8:30-5:30pm

Canada-Indonesia Symposium - The New Shape of Government in Indonesia and Implications for Bilateral Relations

The UBC Centre for Southeast Asia Research, SFU International, and the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Vancouver, with the assistance of Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian Embassy in Jakarta, are pleased to invite you to a one day symposium, "Canada-Indonesia Symposium - The New Shape of Government in Indonesia and Implications for Bilateral Relations," to be held Tuesday, October 12th, 2004, 8:30 - 5:30, in the Segal Room of the Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre Campus, Vancouver.

On 20 September, Indonesia will have completed what has been described as the longest and most complex electoral exercise in the world today. On April 5 2004, elections for national, provincial, and district legislatures were held in Indonesia, with some surprising results. On July 5, Indonesians voted directly for the first time for a president and vice-president. As expected, no pair of candidates received a majority in this first round, so a second, runoff round will be held on September 20. The new government will begin a five-year term on October 20 2004.

The Canada-Indonesia Symposium will take place on October 12 2004, after the final presidential election and as policy directions governing bilateral relations in the future are being formed. This timing will permit discussions and recommendations bearing on policy development in both Jakarta and Ottawa to have maximum impact.

Participants will be drawn from the government, political parties, academe, civil society, and the private sector in both countries. They will focus on topics in three areas: the emerging political situation in Indonesia following the elections and their implications for domestic, regional, and international security; investment and the economy; and social development and development assistance. In each area, they will address such issues as the prospects for on-going reform, governance and the future of decentralization, and government priorities. The implications for Canada-Indonesia bilateral relations will emerge, which can inform both Governments' strategies of engagement and can help identify the adjustments in policies required to address their respective concerns.

It is anticipated that attendance will total 75-100. Preliminary plans call for four sessions and a wrap-up panel discussion. Each session will be structured to commence with formal presentations by Indonesian and Canadian officials, opinion leaders, and/or academics. These will be followed, in a panel format, by short presentations by discussants designed to provoke lively discussion. A policy panel and secretariat will record the primary points emerging from each session, focusing on recommendations for policy.

Please RSVP to Stephanie Lim at stephlim@interchange.ubc.ca by October 4th so that we may anticipate your attendance at this symposium. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support and advice of Foreign Affairs Canada in the organization of this symposium.

Sincerely Yours,

Michael Leaf, UBC Centre for Southeast Asia Research
Chris Dagg, SFU InternationalM.
Hery Saripudin, Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia in Vancouver SFU Harbour Centre

SFU Harbour Centre Campus
Segal Room

Wed 13 Oct
12:30-2:00pm

CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA RESEARCH

"Islam and Public Policy in Indonesia"

by Azyumardi Azra
Professor of History and Rector of Universitas Islam Negeri (State Islamic University), Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia is the world's fourth largest country in terms of total population and contains within it the largest Muslim population of any country in the world today. Since the 1980s, and especially since the end of the Suharto era in the late 1990s, the country has experienced an historically unprecedented Islamic revival and an increasing fragmentation of opinions on the role of Islam in Indonesian state and society today. What is the role of Islam in shaping contemporary understandings of politics? How might Islam play a role today in efforts to deepen social supports for democracy, tolerance and human rights? How much will the answer to these questions depend upon the rule of law, or better, the role of the state? And finally, what are the implications of today's geopolitics for Indonesia's future, and for Islam in Asia and the world? These are some of the important and far-reaching questions that will be addressed by Professor Azyumardi Azra, a noted figure in the study of historic and contemporary Islam in Southeast Asia today.

Professor Azra is the head of Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah in Jakarta and has published numerous books and articles on subjects related to Islam. His most recent works in English include: Origins of Islamic Reformism in Southeast Asia: Networks of Malay-Indonesian and Middle Eastern Ulama in the 17th and 18th Centuries. (Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 2004); and the forthcoming three volumes: Islam in Indonesia: Continuity and Changes in Modern World; Islam in the Malay-Indonesian World; and Islam, Ulama and the State System. His Indonesian publications include, among others: Contemporary Islamic Historiography: Discourses, Realities and Agencies (Gramedia, 2002); Repositioning State - Religion Relation (Kompas, 2002); Reaching Solidarity: The Tensions between Democracy, Fundamentalism, and Humanism (Pustaka Panjimas, 2002); The Clash of Civilizations: Globalization, Radicalism, and Pluralism (Rajawali Press, 2002); Islamic Renaissance in Southeast Asia: Historical Discourse and Power (Yayasan Buku Utama, 1999); The Outburst of Political Islam: From Fundamentalism, Modernism to Postmodernism (Paramadina, 1996); Essays on Muslim Intellectual and Islamic Education (Logos Wacana Ilmu, 1999); Islamic Education: Tradition and Modernization towards the New Millennium (Logos Wacana Ilmu, 1999); and the collection of interviews, Substantive Islam (Mizan, 1999). Prof. Azra has also (co-)edited and translated several books related to issues around Islam, social problems and politics in Southeast Asia, such as Shari'a and Politics in Modern Indonesia (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2003). He is also Editor-in-Chief for Studia Islamika and editorial member of other several influential Islamic journals in Indonesia.

C.K. Choi Bldg Room #120

DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY, VISUAL ART AND THEORY AND CENTRE FOR
CHINESE RESEAR

Joan Carlisle-Irving Lecture Series

(The day after the lecture will be a graduate seminar hosted by the speaker at 210 Lasserre, UBC, between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m.)"Contemporaneity in contemporary Chinese Art"

by Wu Hung

This lecture series and workshop are co-sponsored by and in-collaborationwith Joan Carlisle-Irving, Greta Ho, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, Department of Asian Studies, St.John's College, Emily Carr Institute for Art and Design, and Yishu Magazine.

Thurs 14 Oct
10:30-noon

CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH AND DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES

"From Zhunti to Juntei: The Japanese Transformation (and Masculinization?) of a Buddhist Goddess"

By Robert Gimello, Professor of East Asian Buddhism, Harvard University.

C.K. Choi Bldg.
Room #120

ART HISTORY, ASIAN STUDIES & CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH

"Notes of Flesh: The Value of the Courtesan's Song in Seventeenth -Century China"

by Professor Judith Zeitlin

Prof Zeitlin teaches at the University of Chicago & is a well-known literary scholar whose publications and research encompass fiction and drama. Her book on the writer Pu Songling is highly regarded. In recent years she has been working on ghosts and spirits in Chinese culture and dramatic song.

There will be a dinner at St. John's College following Prof. Zeitlin's talk. Please RSVP to Tsao Hsingyuan (htsao@interchange.ubc.ca) as soon as possible. Dinner costs $13 for faculty & $10 for students.

Asian Centre
Room 604
1871 West Mall

CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH, ASIA PACIFIC FOUNDATION OF CANADA AND DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

"Economic Growth, Governance and Voting Behaviour: An Application to Indian Elections"

By Dr. Arvind Virmani, Director

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.

CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA RESEARCH

CSEAR Seminar Series: Vietnam - Maintaining the System, Elite and Popular Strategies

"State Neotraditionalism and the Dialogic Restructuring of Public Rituals in Two Vietnamese Villages"

By Hy Van Luong, University of Toronto

In this first of an occasional seminar series honouring the career of Alexander Woodside (Emeritus Professor, UBC Dept. of History), Prof. Hy Van Luong (U. of T. Dept. of Anthropology) will discuss themes of continuity and change in village Vietnam with reference to his recent fieldwork. Prof. Woodside will act as a discussant for this seminar presentation.

CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH/DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

"Japan as #1 in Old Age Care?"

by John Campbell, Political Science, Univ of Michigan

Japan has long had the reputation of a laggard welfare state. That claim isn't really warrented, but certainly today Japan has taken a pioneering role in the field of care for frail old people with its public, mandatory Long-Term Care Insurance program. Why did they do it?

John Campbell is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is generally recognized as an outstanding comparative political scientist who has focused his research on Japanese policy-making, especially on social policy. His 1977 book on _Contemporary Japanese Budget Politics_ (Univ of Calif Press) continues to be one of the touchstone publications in the literature on Japanese political processes.

Tues 19 Oct
12:30-2:00pm

CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA RESEARCH

"The Welfare Cost of the 1997 Asian Crisis"

by Tatsuyoshi Miyakoshi

Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan.

C.K. Choi
Bldg. #120

THE CECIL H. AND IDA GREEN VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS OF GREEN COLLEGE

Public Lecture in conjunction with Centre for India and South Asian Research

Sport and the Nation: How an English Game Became an Indian Obsession

By Dr. Ramachandra Guha, Historian and biographer, Bangalore, India

The sociologist Ashis Nandy once remarked that 'cricket is an Indian game accidentally invented in the West'. Why has this most English of sports become so popular in India? Why is cricket not only our national sport, but our national obsession, such that our top cricketers are more popular than even our film stars? This talk will answer these questions with the help of some history, some sociology, and some anecdotes.

CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH

"Balancing Democracy and Security Interests: unique challenge to Taiwan or region-wide concern?"

Dr. Chyungly Lee is associate research fellow at Institute of International Relations, a Taiwan-based think tank, and currently a visiting scholar to CIR and IAR at UBC. In addition to Taiwan security issues, Dr. Lee's research interests are mainly on multilateral approaches to non-traditional security in Asia Pacific. Her international experiences include active participations in working group meetings of CSCAP; multiple visitorships to CMC, USA and UBC, Canada; and international research collaborations. She is an editor / co-editor of six boo! ks. Titles of her most recent co-edited volumes are Arms and Security in Asia (2004) and The Emerging North-South Divide in East Asia (2004). Topics of her recent book chapters and journal articles are mainly on economic security and human security.

CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH AND CENTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Seminar on "Understanding North Korea and the Nuclear Issue"

"The Bush Administration on North Korea: Conceptions and Misconceptions"Dr. Han S. Park (University of Georgia)

"Would North Korea Give Up Nuclear Weapons?"Dr. Kyung-Ae Park (UBC)

Dr. Han S. Park is University Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Center for the Study of Global Issues at the University of Georgia. He has published extensively in the areas of East Asian politics, political development and globalization. He was instrumental in former President Jimmy Carter's visit to North Korea in 1994, which may have averted a major military conflict in Korea. He has visited North Korea nearly 40 times and invited North Korean policy makers to the United States for an array of venues for peacemaking. He has appeared regularly on CNN, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS, ABC's World News with Peter Jennings, and ABC's Nightline. Dr. Han S. Park is University Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Center for the Study of Global Issues at the University of Georgia. He has published extensively in the areas of East Asian politics, political development and globalization. He was instrumental in former President Jimmy Carter's visit to North Korea in 1994, which may have averted a major military conflict in Korea. He has visited North Korea nearly 40 times and invited North Korean policy makers to the United States for an array of venues for peacemaking. He has appeared regularly on CNN, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS, ABC's World News with Peter Jennings, and ABC's Nightline.

Dr. Kyung-Ae Park is Korea Foundation Chair of the Institute of Asian Research at UBC. She has published extensively on North and South Korean politics, foreign relations, and gender and development. As a leading expert, she has participated in policy dialogues among Korean and North American policy makers on such issues as inter-Korean relations, North Korean foreign policy, and policies of North America toward the two Koreas. She has also been actively involved in promoting Track-two exchanges and diplomacy between Canada and North Korea.