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| Wednesday, May 28 | |
| Visual Culture in Modern China "Visual Culture in Modern China" workshop. Featuring keynote speaker Wu Hung (University of Chicago: "Monumentality of Time: Giant Clocks, the Drum Tower, the Clock Tower." Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the East Asian Studies Center, and the China Program. For more information, see the workshop schedule. May 28-30, Parrington Commons. |
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| 12:00 PM | Digital Media Lecture "Internet Content Control and Privacy Issues in Singapore," Dr. Peng Hwa Ang (Associate Professor and Vice-Dean, School of Communication and Information Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore). A lawyer by training, Ang teaches and researches media law and policy with a special focus on the internet. He has consulted for government and private bodies in Singapore, as well as international agencies such as the United Nations Development Program regarding internet law and policy issues. In 2000, he was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for which he spent a semester as a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. In 2001, he was a visiting scholar at Oxford University. Since 1999, he has been involved with the Bertelsmann Foundation in a series of projects looking at Internet self-regulation, self-rating and filtering. He is currently a member of both the main board and advisory council of the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA), which is working to create an internationally-accepted seal of self-rating and which launched officially on March 21, 2002. Sponsored by the Southeast Asia Center and the Digital Media Program, Department of Communications. 12:00-1:20 pm, Raitt Hall, Room 114. |
| 5:30 PM | Latin American Studies Lecture "International Updates 2003: Race and Gender Relations in Latin America: Lessons for the United States," Latin American Studies Chair and Director Jonathan Warren. One in a lecture-dinner series addressing current international issues, offering the latest insights from top university scholars, convenient early evening programs and buffet dinners featuring catered international cuisine. COST: $25.00 per session (Check or money order only, payable to University of Washington). REGISTRATION DEADLINE: one week prior to session. 3 clock hours are available. For registration form and more information, call (206) 543-4800 or e-mail sascuw@u.washington.edu. Sponsored by Latin American Studies. 5:30-8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. |
| 5:30 PM | Humanities Lecture "Monumentality of Time: Giant Clocks, the Drum Tower, the Clock Tower," Wu Hung (Henry Vanderstappen Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago). Part of the services, "Public Spaces and the Public Sphere: Multidisciplinary Inquiries into Urban Change in the Asia Pacific." Sponsored by the Institute for Transnational Studies, the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the East Asia Center, and the China Program. 5:30 pm, Kane Hall 110. |
| 7:00 PM | German Film Series "Erleuchtung garantiert / Enlightenment Guaranteed" (Doris Doerrie, 2001). In German with English subtitles. Doris Dörrie's comedy has been called a "coming of age story for 40-year-olds." German brothers Gustav and Uwe embark on a Buddhist retreat to Japan. The film chronicles their humorous and difficult time coping with life in Japan as well as with one another as they pursue enlightenment on Buddhist terms. The camera's perspective switches between Uwe's video and Doerrie's sophisticated filming. Sponsored by the UW Department of Germanics. Full schedule and updates available at: http://staff.washington.edu/jstoff/film.html. 7 pm, Savery 239. |
| Thursday, May 29 | |
| Visual Culture in Modern China "Visual Culture in Modern China" workshop. Featuring keynote speaker Wu Hung (University of Chicago: "Monumentality of Time: Giant Clocks, the Drum Tower, the Clock Tower." Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the East Asian Studies Center, and the China Program. For more information, see the workshop schedule. May 28-30, Parrington Commons. |
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| Germanics Conference "Generations: A Conference Dedicated to Past, Present, and Future Scholarship in Germanics at the University of Washington." Full schedule: http://depts.washington.edu/uwgerman/events/generations.htm. May 29-31, Communications 206. |
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| 9:00 AM | Germanics Conference "Generating Difference: Identity and Alterity as Generational Conflict," a Germanics Graduate Student Conference. Featuring a Keynote Address by Dr. Wilhelm Vosskamp (University of Cologne). In association with the Generations conference in the UW Department of Germanics, this interdisciplinary graduate student conference will explore issues of identity and alterity in German culture. For more information, visit http://staff.washington.edu/rdurff/. 9 am - 3:30 pm, Communications 206. |
| 3:30 PM | Asian Languages Colloquium "What is all that Graffiti Doing in Prince Ning's Garden? Research on Chinese Occasional Verse," Matt Carter (UW, Asian Languages and Literature). 3:30-5:00 p.m. Johnson Hall 223 |
| 3:30 PM | Germanics Lecture Germanics lecture by Wilhelm Vosskamp (University of Cologne). Born in Osnabrück in 1936, Wilhelm Vosskamp studied Germanics, Philosophy, and History in Münster, Munich, Göttingen, and Kiel. From 1972-1982 he taught and directed the research center at the University of Bielefeld, and since 1987 has also taught and currently directs the research college at the University of Cologne. He has been invited and held positions as a guest professor and fellow at numerous institutions, both in Germany and internationally. In addition to his director and professor positions, he has performed various additional services to the intellectual community. Since 1994, he has served at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science, Berlin. His diverse book and other publications present historical perspectives back to the 17th century, considering also classicism and the Enlightenment periods, the 19th century, and modern media studies. He specializes in the genres of poetry and the novel, spanning the breadth of literary theory and science, from Weimar classicism to contemporary literature. He has contributed to several recent editions of Goethe, and edits the journal Germanistik and book series Communicato. 3:30 pm, Communications 206. |
| 7:30 PM | International Studies Lecture "Israel and Palestine after Iraq," Moshe Ma'oz (Middle East History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; and former Director, Harry S. Trume Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace). Sponsored by the Middle East Center, Jackson School of International Studies. For more information, contact mecuw@u.washington.edu or 206-543-4227. 7:30 pm, Kane 210. |
| 7:30 PM | Middle East Studies Lecture "Pop for the Audience: Islamist Song and Politics in Yemen," Flagg Miller (Anthropology, University of Chicago). Sponsored by the Middle East Center (mecuw@u.washington.edu) of the Jackson School of International Studies and the Ethnomusicology Office of the School of Music. 7:30 pm, Music Building, Room 213. |
| Friday, May 30 | |
| Visual Culture in Modern China "Visual Culture in Modern China" workshop. Featuring keynote speaker Wu Hung (University of Chicago: "Monumentality of Time: Giant Clocks, the Drum Tower, the Clock Tower." Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the East Asian Studies Center, and the China Program. For more information, see the workshop schedule. May 28-30, Parrington Commons. |
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| 12:00 PM | South Asian Studies Lecture "Virtuous Queens Recovered: Reformed Patriachies and the Nation's History in Colonial South Asia," Ramya Sreenivasan (Visiting South Asian Scholar, Jackson School of International Studies, UW). In the late nineteenth century, the middle classes in colonial India embarked upon the re-casting and re-forming of their patriarchal and cultural practices. During this period of nascent nationalism, Indian history - and especially the position of women in it - became areas of contest between the colonial state and vernacular intelligentsias, for the simultaneous defence and reform of 'tradition'. This presentation focuses on one particular legend about a virtuous queen from the thirteenth century. Its transformation in the nineteenth century reveals the nationalist appropriation of Indian history and its relation to the re-formed patriarchies and cultures that characterized Indian middle-class nationalism. 12-1:30 pm, Denny 313. |
| 2:30 PM | Modern Girl Lecture "Consuming Indexicality: 'Women's Language' as a Commodity Experience in Early Twentieth Century Japan," Miyako Inoue (Anthropology, Stanford University). Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. This lecture is part of a series on "Nationalism and Ethnicity: The Modern Girl Around the World". For more information, please see http://depts.washington.edu/its/moderngirl.htm. 2:30-5:00 pm, Communications Building 226. |
| 3:30 PM | Japanese Humanities Lecture "Erotic Themes in The Tale of Genji," Royall Tyler (Visiting Professor, Stanford University; Professor Emeritus, Australian National University). Sponsored by the Department of Asian Languages and Literature and the Japan Studies Program. For more information, contact the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, (206) 543-4996. 3:30-5:00, Smith (SMI) 107. |
| 5:00 PM | West European Studies Lecture "Out of the Ghetto: Living Inside Walls, Crossing Invisible Frontiers," Mireille Rosello (Northwestern University). Part of the lecture series "Europe After 9-11." Sponsored by the Center for West European Studies. 5:00 pm, Thomson 119. |
| Saturday, May 31 | |
| Asian Cinema Studies Symposium Asian Cinema Studies Symposium, featuring sessions on cinema in Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China. For more information, visit the symposium schedule. Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. May 31-June 1, Smith Hall. |
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| Sunday, June 1 | |
| Asian Cinema Studies Symposium Asian Cinema Studies Symposium, featuring sessions on cinema in Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China. For more information, visit the symposium schedule. Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities. May 31-June 1, Smith Hall. |
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