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 | Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program | Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program | Program on Inner Asia. Sessions are typically held in the C.K. Choi Building.

2007 SEMINARS: JANUARY / FEBRUARY / MARCH / APRIL / MAY / JUNE / JULY / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER / NOVEMBER / DECEMBER

DRESSING UP JAPANESE HISTORY
GENDER, CLASS, AND CLOTHING FROM PREMODERN TO PRESENT

DATE: Wednesday September 5

TIME: 10:30 AM - 5:35pm

PLACE: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, Conference Room, University Centre, 6331 Crescent Road

FORMAT: CONFERENCE

SPONSOR: Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition ('70), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, and the Centre for Japanese Research

For further information see http://www.asia.ubc.ca/index.php?id=11043
Or contact Christina Laffin at christina.laffin@ubc.ca.

CONVERSATION WITH MR. BALRAJ PURI ON CHALLENGES TO MULTICULTURALISM IN INDIA (More details...)

DATE: Wednesday September 5

TIME: 1:00-2:30pm

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

FORMAT: SEMINAR

SPONSOR: Centre for India and South Asia Research

GENEALOGIES OF VIRTUE: ETHICAL PRACTICE IN SOUTH ASIA (More details...)

DATE: September 6,7,8

TIME:
Thursday September 6, 5:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Friday September 6, 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday September 8, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

PLACE: UBC Asian Centre, Auditorium; CK Choi Building Lobby; Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies

FORMAT: WORKSHOP

SPONSOR: PETER WALL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES, CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH

UNWARRANTED CONVERSATIONS: RECONSTRUCTING THE POST-WAR TRIAL OF LIANG HONGZHI (More details...)

BY: Timothy Brook, Principal, St. John's College, UBC and Professor of History

DATE: Tuesday 18 September

TIME: 12:30pm-2:00pm

PLACE: C.K. Choi Building, Conference Room

FORMAT: SEMINAR

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR CHINESE RESEARCH

TAKEMIYA KEIKO MANGA FESTIVAL AT UBC (More details...)

BY: Keiko Takemiya

DATE: Wed-Fri Sept 19-21

PLACE: Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, UBC, and UBC Robson Square

FORMAT: WORKSHOP, FILM

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH, THE DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES, AND THE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON LECTURES

CANADIAN MISSIONARY TO KOREA, JAMES SCARTH GALE, AND HIS [HITHERTO UNKNOWN] CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF KOREAN LITERATURE (More details...)

BY: Ross King, UBC Department of Asian Studies

DATE: Friday 21 September

TIME: 4:00-5:30 PM

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

FORMAT: SEMINAR

SPONSORS: CENTRE FOR KOREAN RESEARCH

SOUTH ASIAN EPIC AS PUBLIC MEMORY PRACTICE:
THE PRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTION OF THE SIGNIFICANT PAST IN THE SANSKRIT AND DOORDARSHAN MAHABHARATA (More details...)

BY: Professor Dr. James Hegarty, Lecturer in Indian Religions, Cardiff University in Wales, Visiting Scholar, Department of Asian Studies, UBC

DATE: Friday 28 September

TIME: 3:00-4:30pm

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

FORMAT: SEMINAR

SPONSOR: CENTRE FOR INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH