Events > Asian Languages and Literature Colloquium

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All colloquium lectures are free and open to the public.

Past (2006-07)

Stevan Harrell , University of Washington & Lygur Ajy (Ergu Azhi), Southwest Nationalities Institute in Chengdu
"_Kepu Jjylur Shy-a-te_": Finding cosmology, ritual, geography, sociology, and reproductive physiology, all in a Nuosu (Yi) ritual text for repairing a broken marriage
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Communications 226

Chris Hamm, University of Washington
Huo Yuanjia: The Death and Birth of the Modern Chinese Martial Hero
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Communications 226

Paul Atkins, University of Washington
“The ‘trembling ghost of Yugao’ in a Ruined Garden”
Friday, 2 March 2007, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Communications 226

Jameel Ahmad, University of Washington
Translating Classical Urdu Poetry: Problems and Possibilities
Thursday, 22 February 2007, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Savery 211

Dr. Martine Robbeets , Leiden University
Is Japanese "made in Japan"?
Monday, 12 February 2007, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Suzzallo Library, Allen Library Auditorium

Dr. Kerri Russell, University of Hawaii
Ancient Texts and Prehistoric Verbal Structures: The Case for Japonic and Korean
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Suzzallo Library, Allen Library Auditorium

Carrie Reed, Middlebury College
Parallel Worlds, Stretched Time and Illusory Reality: The Tang Tale 'Du Zichun'
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Communications 226

Dr. Marc Miyake
The Path to Kana(da): An Overview of the Earliest Written
Evidence for Korean and Japanese
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Communications 226

Emily Curtis, University of British Columbia
Linguistic Rhythm in Japanese and Korean
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Communications 226

Lin Deng and Ed Lien, University of Washington
Impressions of Minbei (Northern Fujian)
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Communications 226

Past (2005-06)

Newell Ann Van Auken, Lecturer, University of Washington
Do "subtle words" convey "praise and blame"?
The implications of formal variation in the Chuenchiou records
Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 3:30 p.m.
Communications 226

D. Cuong O'Neill, University of California, Berkeley
Portrait of a Writer in Tokyo, 1910: Mori Ôgai's Seinen
Monday, 1 May 2006, 3:30 p.m.
Thomson 317

Kôno Kensuke, Nihon University
Japanese Literature Visiting Scholar
Modernity in Samurai Films
Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room

Cris Cyders and Tony Fairbank
Chan Buddhism in China Today
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 3:30 p.m.
Communications 226

Fumiyo Kobayashi, Graduate Student, University of Washington
Writing a (M)other's Lyricism: Okamoto Kanoko during the Rise of Nationalistic Discourses of Motherhood
Tuesday, 4 April 2006, 3:30 p.m.
Communications 226

Kuo Liying, École pratique des Hautes Études
The Transmission of the Uṣṇīṣavijaya-Dhāraṇī
Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 3:30 p.m.
Communications 226

Jiwon Shin, University of California, Berkeley
Intimate Objects: Material Culture and the Space of Literature in Late Choson Korea
Friday, 24 February 2006, 3:30 p.m.
Thomson 134

Indira Peterson, Mount Holyoke College
Speaking in Tongues: The Cultural Discourses of Multilingualism in Eighteenth-Century South Indian Court Poetry
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 3:30 p.m.
Savery Hall 211

Alisa D. Freedman, University of Oregon
Modernist Sketches of Tokyo Stations: How Stories of Ordinary Places Recall What History Forgot
Thursday, 16 February 2006
Communications 226

Richard Salomon, University of Washington
In Search of the Words of the Buddha
Thursday, 26 January 2006
Kane Hall 110

C.M. Naim, University of Chicago
The New Urdu Ghazal from 1947 to 1970
Thursday, 19 January 2005, 3:30 p.m.
Savery Hall 211

Zev Handel, University of Washington
Did 'Moat' End in M? Implications for an Old Chinese Word Family
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 3:30 p.m.
Thomson Hall, 211

Peter Skilling, President,
Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation, Bangkok
Relics at the Heart of Buddhist Devotion, Art, and History
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 3:30 p.m.
Communications 226

Han-yi Shaw, Microsoft
Using Asian Scripts via Unicode in Microsoft Office
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 3:30 p.m.
Mary Gates Hall 241

Stefan Baums, PhD. Candidate, Buddhist Studies
University of Washington
Field notes on Buddhism in Uzbekistan:
New Interest in Ancient Sites
Tuesday, 11 October 2005, 3:30 p.m.
Gowen Hall M21

Past (2004-05)

Seishi Karashima, Professor, International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan
A Project for a Chinese Buddhist Dictionary
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 3:30 p.m.
226 Communications Building

Zev Handel, University of Washington
Reconstructing the Pronunciation of Old Chinese -- and Beyond
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 3:30 p.m.
226 Communications Building

Keith Dede, Lewis & Clark College
The Anti-Agent: [ha] in Huangshui Chinese
Wednesday, January 5, 2005, 3:30 p.m.
226 Communications Building

Sudeshna Sen, University of Utah
Sublime Darkness in Heian Diary Literature
Wednesday, November 17, 2004, 3:30 p.m.
226 Communications Building

Michael Brownstein, University of Notre Dame
The Osaka Kannon Pilgrimage and Chikamatsu's 'The Love Suicides at Sonezaki': Text, Context, and Performance
Thursday, October 21, 2004, 3:30 p.m.
206 Communications Building

Jay Rubin, Harvard University
Is Akutagawa Worth Re-Translating?
Thursday, October 7, 2004, 3:30 p.m.
226 Communications Building

Past (2003-04)

Paul Atkins, University of Washington
Fetishizing a Medieval Japanese Text: Fujiwara no Teika's "Diary of the Brilliant Moon"
Friday, February 20th, 2004, 3:30 p.m.
226 Communications Building

Yomi Braester, University of Washington
"Cinema and Urban Renewal in the PRC"
Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 3:30 p.m.
226 Communications Building

Ted Mack, University of Washington
Technology, Commerce, and Community: The Production of Japanese Literature
Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 3:30 p.m.
226 Communications Building