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FALL 2001

Carole McGranahan, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will be showing the Indian film "The Terrorist" by Santosh Sivan (1998) in Hellems 201. The film is the story of a young girl in South India who decides to become a suicide bomber for a political cause. An open discussion will follow the film, which is 95 minutes long. Students from Prof. McGranahan's classes will be attending, and any interested members of the Asian Studies community are also invited to attend.
Thursday, September 20, 2001 7:30 PM
Hellems 201

The University of Colorado is hosting a campus forum that serves to provide an opportunity to discuss the events of the last week, and help to identify ways to support students on campus who have been affected. Participants will include: Frederick Denny, Professor of Religious Studies and a specialist in Middle Eastern culture and Islamic religion; Tiffany Ito, Assistant Professor of Psychology and supervising faculty member in the Stereotyping and Prejudice Laboratory.
Thursday, September 20, 2001 7:30 PM
Eaton Humanities 1B50

The Globalization and Democracy Colloquium Series welcomes Takashi Yamazaki, University of Colorado GAD Fellow and Lecturer at Osaka City University, Japan. Takashi will be reporting on his dissertation field work this summer in Okinawa. The focus of his dissertation is the conflict in Okinawa about US bases and the trilateral relations between Okinawans, Japanese and Americans on the islands. His framework is based on the social mobilization approach and the use of territory to build identity.
Friday, 21 September, 2001 12:00 - 1:00
IBS_3 Conference Room, 1424 Broadway (two doors north of Starbucks)

In "Soundscapes of Silk and Bamboo, IX", masters Yoko Hiraoka and David Wheeler present a program of solos and ensembles, both modern and classical for VOICE and three classical Japanese instruments, KOTO (13-string zither), SHAMISEN (3-string lute) and SHAKUHACHI (bamboo flute). Centuries-long traditions of art, literature, music and spirituality are brought to life in an evening of music performed on silken strings, bamboo pipes and the singing voice.
WHEN: Sept. 22, 7:30 pm
WHERE: The Yoga Workshop - 2020 21st Street, Boulder (just south of Spruce Pool)
ADMISSION: $10 at the door (Students with ID $7, Children $5)
INFO: David Wheeler (303)449-2935 or dwheeler@ecentral.com
Supported by The Yoga Workshop

Join a variety of CU faculty as they address the historical, political, cultural, religious and economic background and possible repurcussions of the current international crisis. Speakers will include:
Frederick Denny, Professor of Religious Studies, who will speak on "Myths and Realities of Islam."
Colin Dueck, Professor of Political Science, who will speak on "Terrorism, Counter-terrorism, and Rationality."
Barbara Engel, Professor of History will act as moderator.
Peter Gries, Professor of Political Science, will speak on "Reactions and Consequences in Asia."
Stuart Hoover, Professor Center for Mass Media Research, will speak on "The Media and the Crisis."
Amin Kazak, Professor of Political Science at CU-Denver, will speak on "Consequences for the Middle East."
David Leblang, Professor of Economics, will speak on "Economic Implications of the Crisis."
Frank Beer, Professor of Political Science; Cathy Comstock, Professor, Farrand Residential Academic Program; Thomas Mayer, Professor of Sociology; and Paul Wehr, Professor of Sociology, will conduct a roundtable discussion which will be moderated by Ira Chernus, Professor of Religious Studies.
Monday, September 24, 2001 5 - 10 p.m.
UMC Forum Room

Join the History Department at the University of Wyoming for a lecture series on the recent discovery of mummies in northwest China, by Professor Victor H. Mair, of the University of Pennsylvania.
Wednesday and Thursday, September 26 and 27, 2001

The Student Alliance For Global Awareness (SAGA) and the University of Colorado invite all to join distintinguished journalist David Barsamian as he moderates dialogue between Nasim Zehra from "The News", Siddharth Varadarajan of "The Times of India" and Ghulam Nabi Fai from Kashmir American Council. Prior to the conference, enjoy a live tabla show, Indian/Pakistani hors' devours, and hot chai.

Monday, October 1
7:30pm - 10:00pm
Math 100 (on Colorado Ave. next to Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For more information please telephone SAGA at (303)683-9167
or email SAGA.

You are cordially invited to a celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong-Qiu jie), which commemorates the coming of Autumn on the night of the Harvest Moon, the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. This year, the festival falls on Monday, October 1. There will be lots of delicious Chinese food and performances by students in the Chinese language program. Hope to see you there!

Date: Monday, October 1, 2001
Time: 6-9 P.M.
Place: Humanities 250

The Department of International Student Services and the Department of Multicultural Affairs invite you to join them for the Mahatma Gandhi Celebration. Celebrate the birthday of the man of the century with renowned speaker Ms. Srimati Kamala, President of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Foundation and Director of the Gandhi Memorial Center at Washington, D.C. Refreshments and music will also be provided.

Monday, October 1, 2001
5:30pm - 8:30pm
University Center room 303
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

For more information please contact -
the Department of Multicultural Affairs at (719)262-3596
or Irene Martinez in International Student Services at (719)262-3238

October is SASA Awareness Month! On Tuesday, October 2nd, the South Asian Student Association will be presenting a speaker, Mike Ghouse. He is a member of the South Asian Journalists Association, and is the chairperson for the Foundation for Religious Pluralism. He will be discussing issues such as unity among South Asians as well as the effects the recent events have had on the South Asian community. The talk will be held at 7:30 PM in Old Main at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

For details about this or other events please visit the SASA webpage at http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/SASA or telephone the office at 303-492-1540

Lecture by Jim Nickel. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Center for Values and Social Policy. Friday, October 12, 12:00pm, Hellems 269, at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

The Center for Humanities and the Arts welcomes you to hear a Works in Progress presentation by Dr. Carole McGranahan, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at CU Boulder, who will be discussing guerrilla warfare in Tibet. There will be a 10-minute presentation, followed by 50 minutes of questions from the audience.

Wednesday, October 17, 2001
4:00 P.M.
Macky 202, at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Refreshments will be served.

The next meeting of the History Honor Society will be held on Thursday, 18 October, in Hellems 263 from 6-8pm. Our topic will be the current situation in Southwest Asia in a discussion format with Drs. Jim Jankowski and Mithi Mukherjee. We will be exploring the historical context of the present war and the value of appreciating that context to better understand the events.
Dr. Jankowski is the department's Middle East historian and will address questions on Islam and the role of the Palestinian situation. Dr. Mukherjee is the department's new South Asian historian and will address questions on the geopolitical context of Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and the region.
Please come with questions or comments. This situation didn't just "happen", and the roots of its origins may present the keys to its solution.

Thursday, October 18, 2001
6-8 P.M.
Hellems 263, at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

The Globalization and Democracy colloquium series welcomes, Nina Laurie, from the Department of Geography at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. Her talk is entitled "Indigenous Professionalization: Towards Constructing a Transnational Community."

Friday, October 19
Noon
IBS #3 Conference Room (1424 Broadway), at CU Boulder

For information about the colloquium contact John O'Loughlin.
or visit the colloquium website at http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/news/colloquia.html

A multi-media Lecture by Professor Kim Ik-Doo, Chonbuk National University. Professor Kim, currently a Visiting Scholar in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, is a celebrated poet and an expert on Korean folklore and traditional performing arts. He will be lecturing on several aspects of Korean culture and art and showing slides and film of performance traditions. Sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the Center for Asian Studies.

Friday, October 19, 2001
5:00 P.M.
HUMN 1B90, at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Refreshments will be served.

Join the CU East Asian Graduate Association for its 4th Annual Graduate Student Conference. This year's conference will seek to address the concept of culture and its creation in China and Japan. The conference opens with a keynote address by Stephen R. Bokenkamp, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Indiana. The title of his talk is "Caring for the Caregivers: The Repositioning of the Ancestor Cult in Medieval Chinese Religion" and will begin at 6:00 pm in HUMN 150. A reception will immediately follow the address in HUMN 160.
The conference continues on Saturday, from 8:30-6:00, and Sunday from 8:30-12:00, with paper presentations by graduate students from across the University and as far away as Oxford.
This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of Women's Studies, the Center for Asian Studies, the United Government of Graduate Students, the Asian Studies Program, the Council of Colleges and Schools, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Center for Humanities and the Arts.

Friday-Sunday, October 26-28
Location: HUMN 150, at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

For more information about the conference or for a schedule of events, email Sean.Hamlin@colorado.edu
or visit http://www.colorado.edu/ealld

The Boulder Public Library presents the photographs of historian Joyce Lebra. She has compiled several volumes of oral history in Hawaii, Japan, India and Southeast Asia, recording the stories of individuals and capturing some of their unique characters through photographs. A selection of these images, along with images from Ireland, are presented here.

October 26 - November 25
Boulder Public Library
1000 Canyon Blvd, Boulder

Shanghai novelist Wang Anyi will speak on the Boulder campus (UMC Aspen 215) at 3:00 Tuesday, October 30. Her talk, "Dreams of an Age," will be in Chinese, interpreted. One of the most prolific and widely respected novelists of the post-Mao era, Wang has often been considered the literary heir of Eileen Chang, perhaps China's finest stylist of the last century. Many of her works have been translated into English, including Baotown, translated by Boulder's Martha Avery. Her latest work, Song of Everlasting Sorrow, has been hailed as the great Shanghai novel. The talk is being sponsored by CAS and the Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations. (Howard Goldblatt)

3:00 PM
Tuesday, October 30
UMC Aspen 215
University of Colorado, Boulder

The CU Boulder Japanese Student Association invites everyone to celebrate Japan Culture Day. Events will include a guest speaker, Japanese entertainment, food, crafts, and information about studying Japan at CU Boulder.

Saturday, November 3
10AM - 4PM
First floor, Eaton Humanities
University of Colorado, Boulder

Join us for four short documentaries on life in contemporary China by Chinese filmmakers: "Root", "20 Weihui Road", "Romantic Lake", and "A New Life" followed by discussion with CU Chinese studies faculty. The films focus on a variety of topics, including the floating population, folk religion, ethnic minorities, and urban living.
Sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies (CAS), the Developing Areas Research and Teaching Program (DART), the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the History Department.

Thursday, November 8
7 - 10 PM
HUMN 150
University of Colorado, Boulder
Free and open to the public.

On Friday, November 9, the Center for Asian Studies proudly welcomes gayle k. yamada to the CU Boulder campus for the showing of her film "Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties." This incredible film will be followed by a roundtable discussion with Ms. yamada and several Japanese-Americans from the Denver Metro area.

This film, written, produced and directed by gayle k. yamada, "tells the story of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) during World War II and the Occupation of Japan. Thousands of MIS soldiers, primarily Japanese American, fought for the United States in the Pacific interrogating Japanese prisoners, translating documents, intercepting communications, and infiltrating enemy lines. Ironically, at the same time, many of their families back in America were locked behind barbed wire in isolated imprisonment camps, stripped of their civil rights. A dramatic and moving personal saga, these soldiers showed Uncommon Courage as they fought to overcome fear, discrimination, and racial prejudice in the land of their birth" (Yahoo!)

Friday, November 9
7:00 PM
Refreshments will be served.
Second floor, Eaton Humanities 250
University of Colorado, Boulder

This November, the University of Colorado at Boulder will host a conference titled "Re-presenting Chinese Religion." This international meeting will gather scholars of Chinese religion from around the country to discuss the state of the field and how best to convey this to our students and colleagues in other specializations. Each speaker will discuss a specific topic in which he has special expertise and will present both key concepts derived from current research and concrete ways in which the topic can be approached through readings, handouts, images, and activities. Attendance is open to all and it is hoped that all those attending will participate in discussion and share their own experiences in teaching about China and religion. Co-sponsored by EALC, Religious Studies and CAS

Friday, November 16 and Saturday, November 17
Benson Earth Sciences 380
University of Colorado, Boulder

For more information please email Prof. Terry Kleeman at Terry.Kleeman@colorado.edu for a complete schedule visit http://www.colorado.edu/cas/china.html