Events

Fall 2008   

(Summer/September/October/November/December/)

September 4, Thursday
Indian Students and Scholars Welcome Reception

• 4:00 p.m., rooms 302, 303, 305 International Center
• Supported by the India Council endowment

September 11, Thursday
Film: Lust/Caution

• Ang Lee, 2007
• 7:00 p.m., B104 Wells Hall
• Part of the fall film series ”On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Cinema“

September 18, Thursday
Film: The Platform

• Zhangke Jia, 2001
• 7:00 p.m., B104 Wells Hall
• Part of the fall film series ”On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Cinema“

September 21, Sunday
Japan Picnic

• 1:00-4:30 p.m., MSU Horticultural Gardens
• Part of Japan Week

September 23, Tuesday
“Memories in Ruins: Hiroshima's Nuclear Annihilation and Beyond”

• Presented by Lisa Yoneyama (University of California San Diego)
• 4:00 p.m., room 305 International Studies
• Part of the Fall 2008 Colloquium ”History and Memory in Asia“

September 23, Tuesday
Korean Language Coffee House

• Sponsored by Korea Council
• 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., International Center 302

September 24, Wednesday
Film: Densha Otoko (Train Man)

• 7:00 p.m., N101 North Kedzie Hall
• Part of the Fall Japanese film series and Japan Week

September 25, Thursday
“Japan’s Policies on Climate Change”

• Special Presentation by the Honorable Tamotsu Shinotsuka, Consul General of Japan in Detroit
• 5:00 p.m., International Center 303-305

September 26, Friday
Symposium:
“Celebrations Challenged? Transformations to Japanese Local Culture and Traditions”

• a full day of panel presentations by scholars considering the state of traditional local culture in Japan
• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., International Center Rooms 302, 303, and Library
• Part of Japan Week

September 27, Saturday
Midwest Japan Seminar

• 1-5 p.m., 105A-B Kellogg Center
• A gathering of Japan scholars from the Midwest for the discussion of two presented papers
• For more information, see the MJS website.

September 29, Monday
Gallin Lecture in Asian Anthropology

• Presented by Veena Das, (Johns Hopkins University)
• 4:00 p.m., International Center 303

September 30, Thursday
Symposium:
“Human Health Risks to Low-Level Radiation”

• Keynote speaker: Shunichi Yamashita (Nagasaki University)
• 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., room 162 Food Safety and Toxicology
• Presented by MSU Division of Genetics & Epigenetic Toxicology, Oncology, & Human and Adult Stem Cells
• Click here for information brochure.

September 30, Tuesday
Korean Language Coffee House

• Sponsored by Korea Council
• 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., International Center 302

October 1, Monday
Annual Kapur Lecture
"Nonviolent Action and Struggles for Land in India and Brazil"

• Presented by Kurt Schock (Rutgers University)
• 7:00 p.m., room 303 and 305 International Center.
• The presentation will be followed by a reception in room 302.

October 7, Tuesday
“Genre, Media, and Contested Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution”

• Colloquium Presentation by Guobin Yang (Barnard College)
• 4 p.m., International Center 303
• Part of the Fall 2008 Colloquium ”History and Memory in Asia“

October 7, Tuesday
Korean Language Coffee House

• Sponsored by Korea Council
• 5:30 P.M. to 7:00 p.m., International Center 302

October 9, Thursday
Film Showing: Summer Palace (Yihe Yuan)

• (2006, Ye Lou)
• Part of the fall film series "On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Cinema"
• 7:00 p.m, B104 Wells Hall

October 11, Saturday
Korean International Awards Ceremony

• Sponsored by Korea Council
• Time and Location TBA

October 14, Tuesday
Korean Language Coffee House

• Sponsored by Korea Council
• 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., International Center 302

October 16, Thursday
Film Showing: Lost in Beijing (Ping guo)

• (2007, Yu Li)
• Part of the fall film series "On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Cinema"
• 7:00 p.m., B104 Wells Hall

October 21, Tuesday
“Historical Fiction and Literary Memory:
War Atrocity in Hotta Yoshie’s Jikan and Beyond”

• Daqing Yang ( George Washington University)
• 4:00 p.m., International Center 303
• Part of the Fall 2008 Colloquium ”History and Memory in Asia“

October 21, Tuesday
Korean Language Coffee House

• Sponsored by Korea Council
• 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., International Center 302

October 22, Wednesday
Annual Joseph Lee Memorial Lecture
“Tibetan Buddhism and the Cultural History of Tibet”

• Charles Willemen (International Buddhist College)
• Sponsored by the J. Lee Endowment
• 7 p.m., Kellogg Center Auditorium

October 23, Thursday
Film Showing: Kamikaze Girls

• Part of the Japanese Film Series
• 7:00 p.m., B104 Wells Hall

October 28, Tuesday
Colloquium Presentation (title TBA)

• Yazira Zamindar ( Brown University)
• 4:00 p.m., International Center 303
• Part of the Fall 2008 Colloquium ”History and Memory in Asia“

October 28, Tuesday
Korean Language Coffee House

• Sponsored by Korea Council
• 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., International Center 302

November 4, Tuesday
“Mystical Transfers: Situating the Holy Land in the Philippines"

• Presentation by Smita Lahiri (Harvard University)
• 4:00 p.m., International Center 303
• Part of the Fall 2008 Colloquium ”History and Memory in Asia“

November 11, Tuesday
“Memories of the Nation and War: Some Comments on Viet Nam Under Renovation (Doi Moi)”

• Presentation by Rudolf Geibel (University of Washington)
• 4:00 p.m., International Center 303
• Part of the Fall 2008 Colloquium ”History and Memory in Asia“
• event flier here

November 20, Thursday
Film Showing: Ping-Pong

• Part of the Japanese Film Series
• 7:00 p.m., B104 Wells Hall