| Lectures
of Year Three: 2003-2004
Past
Events |
| October
21
8:00 pm
Dewing 103 |
Marc
Keane |
Mr.
Keane is a leading expert in Japanese landscape gardens
and their aesthetics. It is rare for him to be in the
U.S. We are inviting him, together with the U. of M. and
the Japan America Society of Detroit. This is a rare treat
for us. |
January
15
8:00 pm
Dewing 103 |
Howard
Yuen Fung Choy |
Howard
Yuen Fung Choy, a PhD candidate at the University of
Colorado, will be presenting, "Sexing Modernity:
Commercial Posters from Old Shanghai." |
February
19
8:00 pm
Dewing 103 |
Susan
Napier |
Professor Napier will speak on the history
and cultural significance of "anime" |
April
7
8:00 pm
Dewing 103 |
Jennifer
Robertson |
Professor Robertson's Current research is
on the Japanese eugenics movement. She has in this connection,
published on the Miss Nippon contests of 1931 and 1934
(at which Takarazuka provided entertainment!), and also
on the debates between the "pure-blood" and
"mixed blood" advocates with respect to marriage
politics during the period of imperialism and colonization.
She has lots of pictures (slides) as usual. |
May
17
1:15 pm
Dewing 210 |
Cyndy
Ning |
Cyndy Ning presents "Comedy in
Chinese Film: Understaning the Culture through the Laughter"
|
Past Lectures at the Center for Asian Studies