Sunday, September 24 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
SSA Auditorium (SSA 13.330) in the Student Services Addition Building (SSA) at UT Dallas
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Join us for the Dallas Hua Yun Chinese Orchestra’s annual concert where they will be presenting an enchanting exploration of the classic Chinese novel, Dream of the Red Mansion.
In addition to repertoire pieces and solos, the orchestra will be featuring compositions by the celebrated Wang Liping, from the renowned 1987 television adaptation. This performance will weave the tales of romance and melancholy into a rich auditory experience. Join us for a mesmerizing journey through one of China’s most cherished literary works, brought to life in sound!
Wednesday, October 11 from 7:30 – 9:00 PM
Jonsson Performance Hall (JO 2.604) in the Erik Jonsson Academic Center
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Jai Chakrabarti presents his lecture, “Writing Into Our Many Bodies: Narratives of Diaspora and Home” along with a reading from his novel, A Play for the End of the World.
Jai Chakrabarti’s fiction masterfully weaves Indian and Jewish themes to depict the depths and heights of human experience. His hauntingly brilliant novel A Play for the End of the World, that received the National Jewish Book Award, explores the role of art in horrific circumstances, the persisting burden of survival, and the possibility of redemption. In his is award-wining short fiction, whether the setting is India or the United States…there is a universality to the characters’ concerns” (New York Times).
Co-sponsors:
Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies
Crow Museum of Asian Art
US India Chamber of Commerce DFW
Participating sponsors:
Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
Hobson Wildenthal Honors College
Dallas Literary Society
Thursday, October 19 from 7:30 – 9:00 PM
Jonsson Performance Hall (JO 2.604) in the Erik Jonsson Academic Center
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Prof. Bernard Faure (Columbia) will present the 11th annual Anlin Ku Lecture on Chinese Culture on the topic “New Perspectives on the Life of the Buddha.” He is an internationally renowned scholar whose recent book 1,0001 Lives of the Buddha is the basis of his remarks.
The Anlin Ku Lecture series is co-sponsored with the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, & Technology and is generously supported and endowed by Jeffrey Robinson and Stefanie Schneidler
Wednesday, November 8 from 4:00 – 5:30 PM [Reception at 3:15 PM]
BAHT Conference Room (JO 4.122) in the Erik Jonsson Academic Center (JO)
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Join us for readings by Indian-American authors Sindya Bhanoo and Nina McConigley, followed by a panel discussion with Maurine Ogbaa and Rose Skelton.
An open reception with light refreshments will be held beforehand at 3:15 PM. Please join us to meet the authors!
Sindya Bhanoo | Author
Her anthology of stories about Asian immigrants Seeking Fortune Elsewhere achieves a level of poignancy most writers can only dream of (Harvard Review). A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers, Bhanoo has received an O. Henry Prize and the 2023 Oregon Book Award for Fiction, among others. She is Assistant Professor of English at Oregon State University.
Nina McConigley | Author
The stories in PEN Award recipient McConigley’s collection Cowboys and East Indians – “destined to be a classic” [Judges’ Citation] – describe “Wyoming with the same mythic nostalgia that many Southern writers write about the South.” She received an MFA from the University of Houston and currently is Assistant Professor of English at Colorado State University.
Maurine Ogbaa | Panelist
Ogbaa’s scholarly research, fiction, and non-fiction focus on the experience of diasporic African women. Her creative writing has appeared in Prairie Schooner, AGNI, third coast, The Elephant (Kenya) and elsewhere. She is a UTD Assistant Professor of Literature and Creative Writing.
Rose Skelton | Panelist
An award-winning reporter, author, and editor, Skelton is currently at work on Homescar, a collection of short stories set on an island in her native Scotland. Her fiction and non-fiction writing has been published in Four Way Review, Waxwing and Ecotone Magazine.
Saturday, January 21 from 11:00 AM – 5:30 PM CST
UTA Texas Hall – 701 Nedderman Dr, Arlington, TX 76019
Co-hosting with the CAS, the UT Arlington (UTA) Department of Modern Languages, and the International Leadership of Texas Global, the Texas Cultural Exchange Center will be having their 2023 Asian New Year Art Festival on the UTA Campus! Events include:
For free tickets and/or any questions, please contact tickets.tcec@gmail.com, Neal at (817) 891-0045, or Tina at (469) 243-7320.
Tuesday, February 21 from 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM CST
ATC 3.225 in the Arts & Technology Building (ATEC)
Join the CAS and the Japan-America Society of Dallas Fort Worth (JASDFW) as we host author Michiko Yoshikawa Johnson, whose earliest childhood memories inspired many of the characters in her historical fiction novel, The Red Paper.
Based on real events during WWII and immediately after the war. The novel focuses on the Sekihara Family. Giichi, who has decided to refuse his Japanese military draft notice, a choice that could lead to torture and family dishonor, and Kinuko, his wife who is caught trying to protect her family from the chaos of war.
The first English-language novel of it’s kind, it speaks of the minority report of Japan’s conscientious objectors. Painting a portrait of the Japanese political landscape and citizens’ everyday lives between the years leading up to Pearl Harbor and the end of the War. The novel represents the author’s desire to honor the best of humanity and provide Western readers with what they have not heard ― a side of Japan beyond Japanese official records and American war time propaganda.
Get tickets here or scan the QR code in the poster!
Sunday, February 26 from 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts – 2351 Performance Dr, Richardson, TX 75082
The Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra (DAAYO)’s evening Winter Concert will feature their Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras. This concert will be an exciting night of music featuring a blend of western classical music and two beautiful pieces drawn from Asia, with a special solo performer – Ms. Yuxin Mei on pipa. Award winning conductors Matthew Moreno (Symphony) & Sadarius Slaughter (Philharmonic) conduct the two groups.
Sunday, February 26 from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel – 6007 Legacy Dr, Plano, TX 75024
The US China Chamber of Commerce – Dallas (USCCC) will be celebrating the Year of the Rabbit and its 29th anniversary. The annual conference and lunch banquet is expected to attract 500+ DFW area members of the Chinese American business community together with other community leaders and politicians at all levels. The theme for the conference is Chinese New Year Celebration and Post-Pandemic Opportunities and Challenges.
Founded in 1994, USCCC focuses on serving members consisting of large and small businesses as well as individual entrepreneurs and aspiring professionals. We regularly organize gatherings on and offline, for networking, education, collaboration, and mutual support among our members. USCCC has also established the Youth Entrepreneurs Society program for local high school students to prepare them with insights and advice on work-readiness, leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
March 2 – 4, Various locations and times (see festival page)
The Center for Asian Studies is honored to be a sponsoring partner of the 21st Annual Texas Guitar International Competition and Festival! Two of this year’s three featured performers are Asian:
Sohta Nakabayashi was born in Tokyo (Japan) in the year 2000 and began studying guitar at the age of three, with teacher Takayuki Azuma. In 2004, he met the guitarist Manuel Babiloni on one of his tours of Japan, who became his reference teacher and with whom he maintained constant contact through regular meetings, both in Spain and Japan, until his sudden death, in 2015.
Currently, he studies the Superior Degree of Guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid (RCSMM), with Professor D. Miguel Trápaga. He has attended numerous courses, such as the “José Luis González Memorial” International Guitar Course, directed by Manuel Babiloni (Estella, 2005-2014); or the International Guitar Course “Manuel Babiloni Memorial”, with professor Óscar Ebro (Vilafamés, 2016-2021).
One of his most recent achievements includes being junior winner at the 2022 Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Alhambra.
Shih-yu (Jimmy) Liu was born in Taiwan. He obtained his Master’s degree under Professor Nicholas Goluses from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, NY.
In 1993, Shih-yu Liu entered the Taiwan National University of Arts with the best entry exam results, majoring in classical guitar. Excelling at this guitar training, Shih-yu was chosen to perform a guitar concerto with the university’s orchestra. In 1997, Shih-yu graduated first in his class, and in 1999 received a scholarship to enter the Eastman School of Music.
In addition to recitals and ensembles, Shih-yu is often invited to perform together with a variety of orchestras today and presents the radio program “Sound of The Guitar” since 2009, which was nominated in “49th Taiwan National Radio Award (Gold Bell Award)” in 2014.
Shih-yu has been invited to play for many guitar festivals over the world, and currently teaches at the Taiwan National University of Arts, and is also the artistic director of “Taiwan International Guitar Festival & Competition.” (Since 2012)
Come join us at UTD for this spectacular 3-day event! Visit the Guitar Festival Page for more information and schedule of events!
Wednesday, March 8 from 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Student Union (SU) Faculty Dining Hall
This year, UTD will observe International Week, or iWeek, from March 6-10. Partnering with the UTD Global Engagement Office and Intercultural Programs (ICP), the CAS and AHT Chinese Program will once again be showcasing the Chinese Tea Ceremony and Calligraphy Workshop at the iWeek on March 8!
iWeek is a week of intercultural focused programs and events that showcase international culture through food, music, performance art and much more. iWeek is brought to you by Intercultural Programs with the participation of student cultural organizations and several departments across Campus.
Visit the iWeek 2023 Schedule of Events for more information!
Wednesday, March 29 from 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Location provided upon RSVP
The CAS is co-sponsoring this upcoming lecture held by the School of Economics, Political, and Policy Sciences (EPPS).
Michael Cunningham is a research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, where he focuses on China’s domestic politics and foreign policy.
Prior to relocating to Washington, D.C. in 2021, Cunningham spent over a decade in the Greater China region, where he advised multinational businesses on the political, operational, and security risks associated with their business activities in China and Northeast Asia.
Cunningham obtained a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in international affairs from American University. He has lived extensively in both mainland China and Taiwan and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Portuguese.
RSVP for the lecture and a specific location on the UTD main campus will be provided after registration!
Saturday, April 1 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Davidson Auditorium (JSOM 1.118) in the JSOM Building
A celebration of Taiwanese artists on the autism spectrum will be hosted on Saturday, April 1 in the Davidson Auditorium (JSOM 1.118) at the Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM).
In addition to an exhibition of 25 paintings from eight artists, Grace Chen will speak on working with artists on the spectrum. She will discuss using hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell to enhance creativity as well as present a brief workshop on using hand massage to improve brain function and prevent brain shrinkage.
This program is free to the public.
Sponsors for this event are the UTD Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM), UTD Center for Asian Studies (CAS), Taiwan Autistic Arts Association (TAAA), ECLAT Foundation, and BonBon USA Story Town.
For free UTD parking permits, please email shinystar88usa@gmail.com. For additional information, text (214) 202-6478.
Sunday, September 11 from 2:00 – 3:30 PM CST at the University Theatre
To begin the Fall semester, join us for a concert by the Dallas Huayun Chinese Orchestra as we celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the CAS and the Mid-Autumn Festival!
To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, the Center for Asian Studies is co-sponsoring the 2022 Asian Mid-Autumn Festival in collaboration with Texas Culture Exchange Center and Chase Oak Church.
Presented by Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth
Program partner Crow Museum of Asian Art of the University of Texas at Dallas
Saturday, September 10 from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. CDT
Simpson Plaza at Frisco Square
8843 Coleman Boulevard, Frisco TX 75034 (MAP)
FREE
The 23rd annual Otsukimi will return to its normal in-person September schedule for the first time since 2019! This event has become one of the region’s largest Japanese cultural celebrations. Festivities include musical performances, haiku readings, vendors selling Japanese food and collectibles, themed art, and family-friendly activities. See some of the scheduled festivities below and learn more at https://jasdfw.org/event/2022-otsukimi-moon-viewing-festival/.
Performances and Demonstrations (more listed on event website)
Activities and Vendors (more listed on event website)
Friday, September 16 – Sunday, September 18
In partnership with the Crow Museum of Asian Art of UTD and the Indonesian Consulate, join us for the 2022 Festival of Indonesian Cultures! Over the span of three days, the festival will take place at both the Crow Museum and the UTD Campus. Click here for complimentary parking permits!
Friday, September 16 from 7:00 – 9:30 PM @ Davidson Auditorium in the Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM 1.118)
An international seminar will be held to discuss the recent developments of Indonesia, updates on Indonesian policies, and the potential collaboration for research partnership between the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and UTD. A reception will also be held beforehand at 6:00 PM in the JSOM Atrium. Light refreshments will be provided.
Speakers:
Moderator:
Saturday, September 17 from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM @ Crow Museum of Asian Art
Debbie Margaretha, a Batik collector and designer with 30+ years in the Batik Design Industry, will be sharing her collection and expertise in the following events:
Sunday, September 18 from 1:00 – 3:00 PM @ SSA Auditorium in the Student Services Building Addition (SSA 13.330)
To conclude the festival, a showcase of Indonesian cultures will be performed by local Dallas people and members of the KJRI. The performances will consist of:
Wednesday, October 26 at 7:30 PM at Jonsson Performance Hall (JO 2.604)
The tenth annual Anlin Ku Lecture on Chinese Culture features Dr. Yunte Huang, who will discuss the life and career of the first Chinese American movie star, Anna May Wong, and the light that her troubled career shines on the history of Chinese in America. Dr. Huang’s lecture, originally scheduled for 2021, was postponed due to complications associated with the Pandemic.
Co-sponsored with the School of Arts, Humanities, & Technology
Saturday, November 12 at 4:00 PM at Jonsson Performance Hall (JO 2.604) in the Erik Jonsson Academic Center (JO building)
MAP for exact location
Daniel Chen, Conductor of the Huayun Chinese Orchestra of Dallas, will be returning for the Asian Culture Forum series. He will discuss (and demonstrate) traditional Chinese music and musical instruments.
Thursday, February 24 from 6:00 – 7:30 PM CST. Free virtual event.
As part of the Anlin Ku Lecture hosted by both the CAS and the UTD School of Arts & Humanities, Dr. Erika Lee from the Organization of American Historians (OAH) will be giving a virtual lecture via Zoom based on her book, “The Making of Asian America” on February 24 at 6:00 PM CST. As the fastest growing group in the United States, Asian Americans are helping to change America. But much of their long history has been forgotten. In a lecture that spans centuries and continents, Lee shows that the long history of Asian Americans offers a new way of understanding America itself, its complicated histories of race and immigration, and its place in the world today.
Erika Lee is President-Elect of the Organization of American Historians and a Regents Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, the Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History, and Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota. The granddaughter of Chinese immigrants, Lee was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and testified before Congress in its historic hearings on anti-Asian discrimination and violence. She is the author of four award-winning books including The Making of Asian America (2015) and America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in America (2019), which won the American Book Award and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, as well as other honors. Named to many best books lists and identified as an essential book illuminating the Trump era and the 2020 elections, it was recently re-published with a new epilogue on xenophobia and racism during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Making of Asian America was also recently republished with a new postscript about the latest campaigns against Asian Americans. Lee directs three major digital humanities projects: Immigrant Stories, #ImmigrationSyllabus, and Immigrants in COVID America and also regularly appears in the media, including featured appearances in the PBS film series “Asian Americans,” the History Channel’s “America: The Promised Land,” and interviews with CNN, PBS NewsHour, National Public Radio, the BBC, the New York Times, ABC News, NBC News, and many podcasts. Her opinion pieces have been published in the Washington Post, Time, the New York Daily News, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times.
Thursday, February 17 from 7:30 – 9:30 PM CST. Free virtual event. Click here to watch the recording.
Dr. John Brender, author of “Millennial Expats in China: Experiences and Observations”, will be having a virtual fireside chat with Iris Wu, Noah Lipnick, and Lauren Menkemeller. They will be discussing their perspectives on what it’s like to live in a foreign country.
Dr. John Brender is Director of Special Initiatives for the Office of International Programs at Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan. Professionally dedicated to language and cultural education, he has taught Spanish, Japanese, linguistics, foreign-language teaching methods, and English as a second language. He has also presented multiple lectures on cross-cultural communication in China and the U.S. Dr. Brender’s research has focused principally on international and ethnic student identity and values at North American universities and on North American experiences abroad. He is actively involved with the Great Lakes Chinese Consortium, an online source for Chinese language and cultural learning, of which he is a co-founding member. Between 2008 and 2021, Dr. Brender served as Director of the Confucius Institute at Wayne State University.
Based on extensive interviews with 20 diverse, North American expats, Dr. Brender’s recently published book, “Millennial Expats in China”, is a roadmap that will take the reader from culture shock and an array of inevitable misunderstandings to better comprehending a culture that is often elusive and wildly misrepresented in the West. It is a book that is as much about overcoming obstacles and evolving as a person as it is about China, its people, its institutions, and its wide array of international residents. Whether you are a current or future sojourner to China, a concerned family member, or someone with a healthy curiosity about the Middle Kingdom, you’ll be interested in this book that showcases China through the eyes of a diverse group of outsiders!
Sunday, January 9 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM CDT. Free virtual event. Click here to watch the recording.
A cross-generational and cross-cultural conversation that will explore the concept of education as adventure and impact of being both American and Chinese on enhancing – or constricting – that quest. Dr. Dennis Kratz, Director of the CAS, and Dr. Da Hsuan Feng, Chair of the CAS International Advisory Council, will be in conversation with two students, Michelle Liang and Frank Zhou.
Michelle Liang is a freshman at MIT, currently planning on studying computer science and Comparative Media Studies. Throughout high school, she was involved in a variety of academic interests, including robotics, film, dance, and the classics (Latin). Her current dream is to find a career that combines both of her loves for STEM and art, potentially within the video game industry. Outside of the classroom, she loves to play video games, draw, watch anime, and cook.
Frank Zhou is a Senior at Phillips Academy, where he is the editor of the campus literary magazine and has coordinated 90+ climate advocacy events. His archival research on the history of China-U.S. educational exchange is supported by the Academy’s Community and Multicultural Development Scholarship, and his creative writing and Chinese-English translations can be found in the Chinese Film Classics Project at the University of British Columbia. He’s recently become an A-list smoothie enthusiast after tasting dozens of his younger sister’s newest recipes.
Wednesday, October 20 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CDT. Free virtual event. Click here to register for the event. Registration deadline is October 15.
The distinguished philosopher of science, Dr. Sundar Sarukkai (Anant National University India), will make available a lecture addressing “The Challenge of Translating Scientific and Ethical Concepts Across Cultures.” On October 20, he will participate in an invited on-line discussion about the ideas presented in the lecture. A limited number of places are available to attend an in-person gathering of faculty and students for the discussion with Dr. Sarukkai.
Sundar Sarukkai, trained in physics and philosophy, has a PhD from Purdue University. He works primarily in the philosophy of the natural and the social sciences. He is the founder of Barefoot Philosophers (www.barefootphilosophers.org). He is currently a Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Society and Policy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is the author of Translating the World: Science and Language (2002) , Philosophy of Symmetry (2004), Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Science (2005), What is Science? (2012), and two books co-authored with Gopal Guru – The Cracked Mirror: An Indian Debate on Experience and Theory (2012) and Experience, Caste and the Everyday Social (2019). His book titled JRD Tata and the Ethics of Philanthropy was published in 2020. He is the Co-Chief Editor of the Springer Handbook of Logical Thought in India and the Series Editor for the Science and Technology Studies Series, Routledge. Sarukkai was a professor of philosophy at the National Institute of Advanced Studies until 2019 and was the Founder-Director of the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities from 2010-15. His most recent book is Philosophy for Children: Thinking, Reading and Writing and is published in English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali.
Saturday, October 16 from 4:00 – 5:30 PM CDT. Free virtual event. Click here to register for the event. Registration deadline is October 14.
Dr. Songyao Ren, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, in her first public lecture as a member of the UTD Faculty, will discuss “The Good and the Beautiful in the Analects of Confucius.” A panel discussion featuring UTD professors Dr. Ming Dong Gu and Dr. Lawrence Amato, moderated by Dr. Dennis Kratz, will then discuss the connection of goodness and beauty in Asian and Western thought.
Wednesday, April 14. 8PM CDT. Free virtual event.
Dr. Huiyao Wang will discuss the implications of the recent in-person meeting of high-ranking US and China officials in Anchorage, Alaska, for hopes of a “long-anticipated start of warming bilateral relations” between the two nations during the Biden Administration. In his words, “One face-to-face meeting is worth a thousand other forms of communication.” Dr. Wang’s address takes place at a critical historical moment – following the face-to-face talks between high-ranking US and Chinese government officials; moreover, as a Western educated director of the top Chinese think tank who has close contacts with the Brookings Institute and leading American scholars, he brings a uniquely global and cosmopolitan perspective to his commentary. Read more about Dr. Huiyao Wang.
Saturday, April 24. 4PM CST. Free virtual event. From her presentation last November, Professor Nami Kroska continues to discuss Hayao Miyazaki’s animations and movies and explore what Japanese culture and society are revealed in his works. Nami Kroska is Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Saturday, March 27. 4PM CST. Free virtual event.
Professor Kevin Caffrey is an expert in Chinese Muslin people and their interlocutors, with particular emphasis on the stigma, rumor, and stereotyping of the Hui as a “dangerous” people. He ahs written many articles on Chinese ethno-religious politics, fear, stigma/rumor, mass sport, and soft power. He currently is Director of Ronald E. NcNair Scholars Program and Professor in The University of North Texas.
Tuesday, March 23rd. 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST. Virtual event. Free. Dr. Dennis M. Kratz, Founding Director of the Center for Asian Studies, will explore the origins of the concept of heroism in Greek antiquity and trace its impact on American and Chinese culture, business and politics. Dr. Dennis M. Kratz is Ignacy and Celina Rockover Professor of Humanities and Senior Associate Provost at the University of Texas at Dallas. He served as Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities from 1997-2019. His scholarship and teaching focuses on the reception and transformation of ideas, concepts and practices inherited from Greek and Roman Antiquity.
Saturday, January 30, 4-5:30PM. Free virtual event. In this special Asian Culture Forum, Prof. Michelle Cho, University of Toronto, Prof. Cho will provide an overview of the online activities, politicization and media coverage of K-pop fans in the Black Lives Matter movement and anti-racist activism; she will also discuss the K-pop group BTS’s cultural and historic relationship with Black pop cultural forms, and Black-Korean relations in the U.S. since the 1980s.
Michelle Cho, is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of East Asian Studies. Her research and teaching focus on questions of collectivity and popular aesthetics in Korean film, media, and popular culture. She has published on Asian cinemas and Korean wave television, video, and pop music in such venues as Cinema Journal, the International Journal of Communication, The Korean Popular Culture Reader, and Asian Video Cultures (2019 “Best Edited Collection” Award winner, Society for Cinema and Media Studies).
Dr. Dennis Kratz is Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Thursday, January 21, 7-8:30PM. Free virtual event.
In this featured lecture, Professor Andrew Rubin will explore the connection between politics and the literary imagination. He will ask what is at stake for the novel’s commitment to the human pursuit of truth if we fail to view Nineteen Eighty-Four as, above all else, a work of English literature.
Professor Andrew Rubin is the author of Archives of Authority: Empire, Culture, and the Cold War (Princeton University Press, 2012), and most recently, the editor of The Selected Works of Edward Said, 1966-2006 (Vintage, 2019). He has taught at Georgetown University, Columbia University, and Barnard College.
“Perception of Images in India-China Relations”
In this featured lecture, Professor Deepak will talk about the perceptions of images in Indian-China relations. Prof. B. R. Deepak is Professor of Chinese and China Studies at the Centre of Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He is a globally recognized expert in Sino-Indian relations and an award-winning translator of Chinese Classics into Hindi.
“Japanese Culture and Society in Hayao Miyazaki’s Animations and MoviesSaturday, November 7, 4:00p.m. Virtual.
In this monthly Asian Culture Forum, Prof. Nami Kroska, will introduce Hayao Miyazaki’s animations and movies; explore what Japanese culture and society are revealed in his works. Nami Kroska is Visiting Assistant Professor in Japanese of the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas.
“Asia and the West Discuss Friendship: Odysseus Meets the Monkey King”
Saturday, September 26, 4:00p.m. Virtual.
What if we could eavesdrop on a conversation between Odysseus and the Monkey King? What might we learn about resolving the tension between individual excellence and social obligations? In this Asian Culture Forum, Dr. Dennis Kratz will discuss what we can learn from Odysseus and the Monkey King. Dr. Dennis Kratz is professor and founding director of the Center for Asian Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas.
“Learn to Pronounce Chinese Names and Connect with Chinese Students”Thursday, September 17, 2-3:30p.m. Virtual. A workshop presented by Bei Chen, Associate Professor of Chinese at the School of Arts & Humanities at The University of Texas at Dallas.
