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The East Asia Center hosts a broad array of events covering the arts, humanities and social sciences. These events range from academic lectures by professors from the U.S. and East Asia to film festivals featuring documentary and feature films.

All Events

November 2009

Tuesday November 17, 2009
7:00 PM
Seattle Art Museum, Simpson Auditorium

Hannah Pakula

Center for Asian Art and Ideas, Elliott Bay Books and the East Asia Center

Renowned author of the historical biographies Hannah Pakula discusses her latest book. The Last Empress is the story of the founding of modern China and a biography of the beautiful and controversial Madame Chiang Kai-shek (1897-2003), one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century. It is an action-filled epic of revolution, war, insurrection, Japanese invasion and finally the Communist take-over and the Nationalists’ exile. Co-presented with Elliot Bay Books. Free but registration required. Register online at www.seattleartmuseum.org

Friday November 20, 2009
11:30 AM
Thomson 317

Today's scheduled lecture by Bradley Jensen Murg has been cancelled due to illness.

Saturday November 21, 2009
8:30 - 9:30 AM (Aikido class) 9:30 - 11:00 AM (Lecture)
Seattle Asian Art Museum

Speaker: Kenneth Pyle

Part of the "Saturday University: Asia in Focus" series, presented by the Seattle Art Museum, The Center for Asian Art and Ideas, and the East Asia Center and Japan Studies Program at University of Washington

For information, contact eacenter@uw.edu

As the inaugural lecture series from the Center for Asian Art and Ideas, "Saturday University: Asia in Focus" provides a firm foundation for understanding the rapid rise of India, China and Japan in today's world. This ten-week series of lectures by University of Washington professors provides an overview of each country's rich history, intriguing contemporary politics and society, and distinctive art and culture. Together we will explore an array of issues that confront these multifaceted Asian civilizations and affect out lives.

Admission for this event is $10 for SAM members, and $15 for non-members.  Other presentations on India precede these lectures.  Details on those presentations are
at http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/events.php

December 2009

Thursday December 3, 2009
3:30 PM
Thomson Hall, Room 317

Gary Hamilton, Dept. of Sociology

China Studies Program

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Saturday December 5, 2009
8:30 - 9:30 AM (Aikido class) 9:30 - 11:00 AM (Lecture)
Seattle Asian Art Museum

Speaker: Cynthea Bogel

Part of the "Saturday University: Asia in Focus" series, presented by the Seattle Art Museum, The Center for Asian Art and Ideas, and the East Asia Center and Japan Studies Program at University of Washington

For information, contact eacenter@uw.edu

As the inaugural lecture series from the Center for Asian Art and Ideas, "Saturday University: Asia in Focus" provides a firm foundation for understanding the rapid rise of India, China and Japan in today's world. This ten-week series of lectures by University of Washington professors provides an overview of each country's rich history, intriguing contemporary politics and society, and distinctive art and culture. Together we will explore an array of issues that confront these multifaceted Asian civilizations and affect out lives.

Admission for this event is $10 for SAM members, and $15 for non-members.  Other presentations on India precede these lectures.  Details on those presentations are at http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/events.php

Tuesday December 8, 2009
5:00-8:00 PM
Thomson Hall, University of Washington, Seattle

Presenters include Ethan Casey, Dr. Talant Mawkanul

Sponsored by South Asia Center, Ellison Center, East Asia Center, Southeast Asia Center, and Center for Global Studies of the Jackson School

Contact: Keith Snodgrass 206-543-4800

This workshop is now full.

Muslim societies in Asia are fast changing, and often at the crossroads of global social, economic and geopolitical conflicts. Long standing educational systems and traditions are evolving in multiple ways as these societies became more integrated into the global economy. Local institutions, national bureaucracies, international non-governmental organizations, and other actors are influencing how schools educate both male and female students.

This workshop will focus on Pakistan, Indonesia and Xinjiang, China, and how different influences are coming to bear on educational systems in these areas.
Join us for this engaging 3 hour workshop intended for educators of grades 6-12.
Each attendee will receive at least 20 copies of Greg Mortenson's award winning book
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time
Space is limited, so register early.

Date: Tuesday, December 8
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Thomson Hall, UW Campus, Seattle
Cost: $25.00
Dinner will be provided.
Clock hours available at no extra charge

This workshop is now full.

February 2010

Thursday February 4, 2010
7:00 PM
Kane Hall 210, UW Seattle campus

Professor Ted Mack will give a preshow introduction

Sponsored by the East Asia Center and East Asia Resource Center of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

For information, please visit http://jsis.washington.edu/smak/.

Classic Japanese film co-written, edited and directed by the incomparable Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshio Mifune. (1954) 160 minutes. 16th century Japanese farmers face a band of roving thieves. Their solution is to hire samurai for protection. The farmers are poor and can only offer food and lodging but they soon recruit Kambei Shimada who determines that they will need a total of seven samurai to properly guard the village...

This screening is preceded by a brief introduction by Professor Ted Mack of the Department of Asian Languages and Literature.

Part of the SMAK 2010 International Film Series (See Movies at Kane) showing every Thursday night: January 14---March 18, 2010.

No tickets required / Free and open to the public

Please note that this event does not provide clock hours to teachers.

All showings at 7:00 p.m., Kane Hall, Room 210, University of Washington, Seattle.