Exploring Asia Series

L E C T U R E S

2007 - 2008

Performing Arts of Asia

November 9, 2007 @ Meany West Lobby

Judy Mitoma will deliver a pre-show talk before the Gamelan Cudamani performance at Meany Hall.

Judy Mitoma is Director of the UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance and Professor of Dance in the Department of World Arts & Cultures. As the founding chair of the Department of World Arts and Cultures, in 1995 she established the only arts department in the United States based on interdisciplinary, international and intercultural research with a performance agenda. She is recipient of the distinguished 2003 John D. Rockefeller Foundation award from the Asian Cultural Council for her service in support of cultural exchange between the United States and Asia. Over the course of her tenure at UCLA, Professor Mitoma has spearheaded many special projects. From 1997-1988 she conceived and directed five Asian Performing Arts Summer Institutes in which outstanding artists from the United States and Asia participated in teaching and performance workshops on the UCLA campus. These artists performed in Los Angeles, the Asia Society (NYC) and the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.).

7:15pm - 7:40pm

February 23, 2008 @ Meany West Lobby

James Millward will deliver a pre-show talk before Wu Man's performance at Meany Hall.

James Millward is Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Service and the History Department at Georgetown University, where he teaches Chinese, Central Asian and World History. Professor Millward received his B.A. at Harvard University in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, his M.A. at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies in Far Eastern Studies, and his Ph.D. at Stanford University in History. His numerous books and articles on Xinjiang, China, and the Uighur Muslims include the forthcoming A History of Xinjiang: Crossroads of Culture on the Silk Road. As a recipient of many honors and fellowships, Professor Millward has lived and studied in China, Japan and Taiwan, and speaks Chinese, Uighur and other Asian languages. He is a popular speaker on China at various venues including the Smithsonian Institution and the Textile Museum, and he recently briefed Congress and Washington think tanks on the Xinjiang region. A frequenter of China and the Silk Road, Professor Millward has crossed the Taklamakan Desert by jeep, camped with Kazakhs in the Heavenly Mountains, and played Uighur lutes in the bazaars of Kashgar. His knowledge of the region and its people makes him an excellent lecturer for our Silk Road tour.>

7:15pm - 7:40pm

April 26, 2008 @ Meany West Lobby

Lorraine Sakata will deliver a introductory lecture before the Ali Brother's performance.

Lorraine Sakata is the author of Music in the Mind: The Concepts of Music and Musician in Afghanistan, published by Kent State University Press in 1983 and reissued by Smithsonian Institution Press in November of 2002. She is producer of Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan (Smithsonian Folkways, 2002). Her other recent publications focus on devotional music of Pakistan, in particular, the music at Sufi shrines in Pakistan. She is currently working on a book on Asian and Asian American music, based on her experience working with Asian and Asian American musicians and musical organizations in the United States. Sakata taught in the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington for twenty years before joining the UCLA faculty.

7:15pm - 7:40pm

2006 - 2007

Youth Culture in Asia

Childhood and Youth Culture in Asia — Free Lecture Series at UW. Join the Asia Outreach Centers of the Jackson School of International Studies for this series of presentations addressing issues surrounding the diverse situations of youth populations in 4 regions of Asia. These events are free and open to the public. All are in Communications Building 120 on the UW campus, at 7:00 PM.

* Educators who attend at least 2 of the lectures will receive 3 WA State Clock Hours.*

May 8 – Youth Culture in Central Asia

Speaker: Charles Carlson

Charles Carlson holds a Ph.D. in Uralic and Altaic Studies from Indiana University with a concentration on Finno-Ugric studies and Turkology. He joined Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in 1979 and served as director of the non-Russian nationality services, director of the Turkic and Tajik Services, and director of the
Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek Services.

May 15 -- Young and Free in Asia

Speaker: Nyugen Qui Duc

Based in Ha Noi, Nguyen Qui Duc was Regional Editor for KQED’s Pacific Time, a public radio program focusing on Asian and Asian American affairs, broadcast on more than 30 stations across the U.S., and in Hong Kong. A former commentator for National Public Radio (NPR) Nguyen is also a contributing producer for PBS’s FRONTLINE/World. He is the author of Where The Ashes Are, The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family (Addison-Wesley, 1994).

May 22 – Educating Global Citizens in China

Speaker: Ann Anagnost

Ann Anagnost is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. She is currently working on a project called Global Futures in East Asia, which encompasses a transnational network of scholars integrating teaching and research around the theme of youth and globalization.

May 29 – Going to School in India (Film)

A clever and inventive introduction to social and environmental differences within India’s varied landscapes through an exploration of its education system. Told through the eyes of children attending class in unique geographical pockets - deep in the Himalayans, in a desert or on a city bus - Going to School in India celebrates social difference and the environmental challenges that students must confront in order to gain access to education.

This series is supported in part by Title VI US Education Department Grants to the East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Ellison Centers of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.

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