SPRING QUARTER 2004 BULLETIN

Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture

This lectureship was established in memory of the late Andrew L. Markus, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Washington. Once a year, it brings to the University of Washington a distinguished scholar in the field of Asian languages and literature.

David McCann, Professor of Korean Literature at Harvard University, will be the speaker for the 2004 Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture. The lecture will be held on Wednesday, 12 May 2004 at 8:00 p.m. in the Walker-Ames Room of Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus. Please join us for this major departmental event. There will be a reception following the lecture. Professor McCann will be speaking about the work of Korean poet Kim Sowol. The title of his talk is "What's 'Lovely' About It? (Korean) Poetry's Appeal and Survival (even in English)"

Announcements

	Thursday and Friday, 1-2 April 2004
		The graduate student book sale will be held April 1-2 in the graduate student lounge, Gowen Hall room M218.
	Friday, 2 April 2004, 3:30-5:00pm
		The Department of Asian Languages and Literature and The South Asia Center of the University of Washington present a lecture by Professor Philip Lutgendorf (University of Iowa) on "The 'Hanumayana': an Emerging Epic in Hindi Literature." Thomson Hall 134, University of Washington campus
	Friday and Saturday, 2-3 April 2004
		The South Asia Center, the Simpson Center for the Humanities, and the Department of Asian Languages and Literature proudly present an international symposium: CLASSICS ON CELLULOID: BOLLYWOOD RECASTING THE TRADITION Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park and the University of Washington All are welcome; admission is free
	Friday, 2 April 2004, 6:30-9:30pm
		Screening and discussion of the classic movie "Devdas" (1955) by Bimal Roy (with Dilip Kumar, Vayjanthimala, and Suchitra Sen) Introduced by Corey Creekmur (University of Iowa, Iowa City) Seattle Asian Art Museum, auditorium
	Saturday, 3 April 2004, 9:30am-5:30pm
		Symposium with featured speakers: Nasreen Munni Kabir (BBC Channel 4/Hyphen Films, London) "The Wisdom of Mehboob Khan, Bimal Roy, Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt" Mandakranta Bose (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) "Film Adaptations of Bengali Classics: Tagore's Chokher Bali and Devdas" Philip Lutgendorf (University of Iowa, Iowa City) "Bending the Bharata: Two Radically Modern Cinematic Retellings" Vidyut Aklujkar (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) "Family, Feminism, and Film in Remaking the Ramayana" Naseem Hines (Harvard University, Cambridge) "Performance: Classical and Film Versions of Songs" The symposium will take place at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, Alvord Board Room
	Saturday, 3 April 2004, 8:00-9:30pm
		Please join us for an exclusive screening of the brandnew documentary by Nasreen Munni Kabir of Channel 4 / Hyphen Films, London: THE INNER WORLD OF SHAH RUKH KHAN The fim follows this popular movie star (recently in Devdas) for a week. Discover what daily life for a Bollywood star is like as he slowly reveals his life and his fears. This documentary has just been released in Mumbai (Bombay) to much critical acclaim. Screening with introduction and opportunity for discussion with the director Thomson Hall 101, University of Washington campus All are welcome; admission is free
	Wednesday, 7 April 2004, 3:30-5:00pm
		Asian Languages and Literature Colloquium Series Colloquium lectures are free and open to the public K.P. Singh, Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington The Outcaste in Hindu Epics Thomson Hall 134, University of Washington campus
	Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 3:30-5:00pm
		Christine Marran, Professor of Japanese Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Minnesota, will speak on "Submissive Masculinity or Transhistorical Femininity?: Reading Okamoto Kanoko and the Japanese Romantics." Communications 202, University of Washington campus
	Saturday, 15 May 2004, 1:00-5:00pm
		MORI Tatsuya, director of the ground-breaking documentaries A and A2 on the Aum Shinrikyô religion, will be visiting the University of Washington to speak before a screening of A2. His talk, which will be in Japanese with sequential interpretation, is entitled "Recapturing Our Ability to Imagine the Other." Introductory comments will be given by Matthew Keyes, a graduate student in Comparative Religion. The showing will be followed by a panel discussion and a question-and-answer session. Watch the department website for more information; date, time, and location are tentative and subject to change. Kane Hall 220, University of Washington campus
	Spring Quarter 2004
		RIMBARA Sumio, Professor of modern Japanese literature at Kobe University, will be in residence at the University of Washington for the spring quarter 2004. He will co-teach JAPAN 533, a graduate seminar on Ozaki Kôyô's Konjiki yasha, with Professor Ted Mack.

To request disability accommodations for department events, please contact the Office of the ADA Coordinator at least ten days in advance of the event. 543-6450 (voice); 543-6425 (TDD); dso@u.washington.edu (e-mail).

For more information on the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, please visit our website at http://depts.washington.edu/asianll.