East Asian Studies Lecture Series
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The East Asian Studies (EAS) Program challenges the student to understand China and Japan through the rigors of language study and the analytical tools of various academic disciplines. This process demands both broad exposure to different subjects and a focused perspective on a particular feature of the East Asian landscape. Japan and China are related yet distinctive civilizations. Each has its own traditions and patterns of development. These traditions have played an important role in the development of culture around the globe and remain formative influences today. Students interested in East Asian Studies will be guided by the expectations for liberal learning at Wesleyan and by the program's inter-disciplinary approach.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | VideoPost 3/11 Japanese Economy | Takeo Hoshi, Professor/Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economics, University of California, San Diego | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoChina's Frustrated Quest for Global Influence | Richard Krauss, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Oregon Amidst China's economic growth and new military might, Beijing also believes that Chinese arts should enjoy respect and influence abroad. But this goal has been elusive. This f | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoMurakami Ryz and the Madonna Horror Complex | Murakami Ryu (b. 1952) is a prolific writer who has produced writings in a diverse array of genres, including his award-winning debut novel "Almost Transparent Blue" and his critically-acclaimed work "Coin Locker Babies". Takahashi Harb examines from a fe | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoReshaping Collective Consciousness: Hebrew and Chinese Narrative on the Holocaust and Nanking Massacre (1960-1980) Feb 28, 2012 | This presentation will survey how memories of historical trauma such as the Holocaust and Nanking Massacre were transferred into Hebrew and Chinese national literatures during the post-Holocaust and post-Nanking Massacre period. The focus will be upon how | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoTohoku Earthquake/Tsunami & Disaster, Food, and Fishing: The Aftermath of March 11 | Mike Yamashits(Class of '71) Photographer, National Geographic Magazine Ted Bestor, Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and Japanese Studies, Harvard University | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoStrange Times: Cannibalism and Capitalist Kitsch - Feb 16, 2012 | Dan O'Neil, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley One of the major new voices in contemporary Chinese cinema, the director Fruit Chan first gained international notoriety with his film Dumplings (200). Set in the aftermath of Hong Kong | 2/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoA Corpse Standing Straight Up in a Desperate Bid for Life: Exploring the Uncanny Body in Butoh - Feb 2, 2012 | Bruce Baird, Assistant Professor of Languages and Literature, University of Massachusetts Amherst Butoh defies description. Observers resort to verbal contortions to articulate what they see: "the grotesque and the beautiful, the nightmarish and the poet | 2/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoKeith Vincent - Whose Desire is Speaking: Cognitive Narratology and Homosociality in the Modern Japanese Novel - Dec 8, 2011 | Assistant professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature, Boston University Recent work in cognitive narratology has given us a new language with which to talk about the representation of consciousness in narrative. Rather than being localizable in a C | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoOn Naked, Eiko Otake - Nov 17th, 2011 | On Naked, Eiko Otake ,Artist-in-Residence Eiko will share videos from Naked and discuss the process of creating a durational performance and notions of intimacy between audience and performer. She will also reflect on the cultural perceptions of nakednes | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoFrom Writer to Painter Zhang Jie - Nov 15th, 2011 | From Writer to Painter Zhang Jie: Nov 15th, 2011 | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoTravels of Girls' Fiction Writer Yoshiya Nobuko: The Cosmopolitan Shtjt in Wartime Japan - Nov 10th, 2011 | Travels of Girls' Fiction Writer Yoshiya Nobuko: The Cosmopolitan Shtjt in Wartime Japan Sarah Frederick, Assistant Professor of Japanese Boston University Yoshiya Nobuko (1896-1973) was one of 20th-Century Japan's most popular writers, with her girls' fi | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoEnvironmental Activism in China Today - Sept 27th, 2011 | Ma Jun, Director, Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs, Beijing. The IPE developed the China Water Pollution Map. This is the first public database of water pollution information in China. He also serves as environmental consultant for the Sinos | 10/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoFresh Ink: Ten Takes on Chinese Tradition - Oct 6th, 2011 | Hao Sheng, Wu Tung Curator of Chinese Art, Museum of fine Arts, Boston. Fresh Ink presents ten of China's leading artists who have created new works in direct response to the collections of the MFA Boston. The artists' selections from the Museum collectio | 10/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Episodes |
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