February 04, 2010
20th Annual Asia Business Conference Keynote Address
Please click on flier to be directed to the conference Web site.
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February 03, 2010
Winter 2010 CCS Chinese Documentary Film Series - Daughters of Wisdom
The film showing is FREE and open to the public.
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010
Time: 7 pm
Place: Angell Hall, Auditorium A
(enter via glass doors at fishbowl, off diag)
Director Bari Pearlman; 2007; Tibet; 68 minutes (Tibetan and Mandarin with English subtitles)
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Freer and Sackler Galleries launch first Web resource of "Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy"
Freer and Sackler Galleries are pleased to announce the launch of an exciting resource for scholars and lovers of Chinese painting and calligraphy: "Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy" is a new Web site featuring the Freer Gallery's exceptional holdings of 85 works of Chinese brushwork from the 10th through the 14th centuries. The site contains hundreds of images and comprehensive documentation of some of the earliest Chinese paintings in one of the most important collections in the West.
Every work is fully documented with transcriptions of Chinese texts accompanied by annotated English translations. The format enables users to simultaneously examine images of each work and all documents related to it, an advantage for study and scholarship. The goal of the project is to create a virtual catalog of the collection that can readily incorporate new documentation, scholarship and photography.
Among the highlights of the collection are two 10th-century scroll paintings from the Buddhist caves at Dunhuang and the only surviving works by Chinese masters Yan Ciyu (active 1160s-80s), Li Shan (active late 12th-early 13th century) and Zou Fulei (active mid-14th century). The collection also includes three independent works of calligraphy and more than 90 other examples of exquisite brushwriting from the period.
The project, made possible by the support of the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, was developed by museum staff members Joseph Chang and Stephen Allee, with the help of project coordinator Ingrid Larsen.
Please click on image to be directed to the "Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy" Web site.
元 巖叟 墨梅圖 卷
Ink Plum Blossoms
Yansou (unidentified)
Southern Song-Yuan, late 13th to mid-14th century
Handscroll; ink on silk
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January 31, 2010
U-M professor Richard Nisbett focuses on China at Davos
Sometimes yes means yes; sometimes yes means maybe; and sometimes yes means no.
"Bulls in a China Shop: The East-West Divide"
by Katrin Bennhold, The New York Times/International Herald Tribune Davos Diary
01/28/2010
2010 World Economic Forum Theme: The "Clash of Civilisations" Revisited
Posted by zzhu at 06:51 PM
January 28, 2010
Job opening: Outreach Manager at Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center
Outreach Manager (http://www.brookings.edu/about/employment/CHI9157.aspx?p=1)
Please email your application to foreignpolicyjobs@brookings.edu.
Basic Function
Responsible for assisting in the creation and implementation of strategy to raise funds and enhance media coverage for the John L. Thornton China Center in the Foreign Policy (FP) program; conduct development and media outreach.
Education/Experience Requirements
Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred, preferably in international communications, marketing, political science, or related fields. Minimum four years relevant professional work experience required (external affairs, communications, marketing, development, or similar field). Experience with media and donors interested in foreign policy and international affairs, and experience working with both American and Chinese business culture and media preferred.
Knowledge Requirements
Fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese required (writing, reading, and speaking). Familiarity with foreign policy issues and international relations. Knowledge of contemporary Chinese social, political, and economic issues, including relations with the United States. Superior qualitative writing and editing ability, excellent organizational and communication skills, proficiency in Internet research and standard office software programs, ability to prioritize in a heavy-workload environment. Must possess initiative, discretion, mature judgment, entrepreneurial spirit, and the ability to be good team player. Applicants must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the United States.
Posted by zzhu at 11:40 PM
January 27, 2010
Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Bridie Andrews-Minehan
Blood and Self in Modern Chinese Medicine and Culture
April 13, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Nicholas Howson
Dirty Water - The Danone-Wahaha Battle and Law, Politics and Contested Value in the PRC
April 6, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Richard Baum
Confessions of a Peking Tom: A China Odyssey
March 23, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Bill Baxter
Sounds from the Ground: Recently Excavated Warring-States Texts and the Linguistic Reconstruction of Early Chinese
March 16, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Christian de Pee
The Song Is You: Histories of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE) in the United States
March 9, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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January 26, 2010
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies Presents: Richard Chu on Chinese Merchant Families of Manila
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies invites the public for a Friday-at-Noon lecture
Friday, January 29
Chinese Merchant Families of Manila: Negotiating Identities from the Spanish Colonial Period to the Present
Richard Chu, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
noon – 1:30 pm
1636 SSWB/International Institute
Mariano Limjap and family, circa 1920s. Mariano was a Chinese mestizo whose father was one of the known Chinese "tycoons" of Binondo in the late 19th century. As one of the leading participants in the Reform Movement and the revolutions against Spain and the United States, Mariano's "Chinese-ness" is often neglected in nationalist histories.
Posted by zzhu at 03:19 PM
January 25, 2010
Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Jason McGrath
Reevaluating Chinese Cinematic Realism in the Age of the Digital
February 23, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Robert Adams
Background Beijing Urban House: Qing Shui Yuan and Linked Hybrid as Non-Identical Topological Twins
February 16, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Xiaobing Tang
On Socialist Conceptual Art
February 9, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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Posted by zzhu at 01:24 PM
Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Judith Zeitlin
Specters on Screen in Chinese Opera Film: A Case Study of A Test of Love (Qingtan, 1958)
February 2, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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January 21, 2010
Winter 2010 CCS Chinese Documentary Film Series - 24 City
The film showing is FREE and open to the public.
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Time: 7 pm
Place: Angell Hall, Auditorium A
(enter via glass doors at fishbowl, off diag)
A film by Jia Zhangke; China, 2008; 107 minutes (Mandarin with English subtitles)
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Posted by zzhu at 05:33 PM
Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Miranda Brown
Modeling Early Chinese Medicine: Reflections on the Relationship Between Law and Science
January 26, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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Posted by zzhu at 04:10 PM
Congressional Research Service Seeks Asian Affairs Expert
ANALYST IN ASIAN AFFAIRS, GS-14
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENSE AND TRADE DIVISION
Congressional Research Service, Washington DC
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division is seeking an Analyst in Asian Affairs to focus on U.S.-China relations and Chinese politics and foreign policy.
CRS works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS has been a valued and respected resource on Capitol Hill for nearly a century.
If selected for this position, you will:
• Support the U.S. Congress by conducting public policy analysis on China in areas pertinent to U.S.-China relations
• Provide objective, expert public policy analysis and consultation to congressional committees, Members, and staff, including preparing objective, non-partisan, and innovative analytical studies on public policy issues of national or international significance
• Provide personal assistance as an expert on public policy issues throughout the legislative process, including analyzing, appraising, and evaluating legislative proposals
• Participate in multi-disciplinary team research projects and seminars
Individuals with expert knowledge of trends and current developments regarding China's political and economic systems and security issues and those with expertise in Asian regional affairs are highly encouraged to apply.
This position is being offered at GS-14 ($105,211- $136,771). Please apply online at: www.loc.gov/crsinfo. If you are unable to apply online, please call 202.707.5627 to request an applicant job kit and refer to vacancy #100013 in all correspondence. Applications must be received by February 22, 2010.
CRS is the public policy research arm of the United States Congress and is fully committed to workforce diversity.
Posted by zzhu at 04:04 PM
Dow Chemical Hong Kong - Michigan Scholarship Program 2010-2011
Application deadline is February 26, 2010
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January 20, 2010
U-M Ross Business School hosts Micheline Maynard of the New York Times
Free and open to the public
4:30 pm, Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Blau Auditorium, Ross School of Business
701 Tappan St.
Ann Arbor
Micheline Maynard, a former Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan and an adjunct faculty member at the Ross School, will discuss her newly published book, "The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream." A book-signing will immediately follow the event, which will be broadcast on C-SPAN's Book TV.
Maynard has written four books, including the "The End of Detroit: How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market," which foresaw the collapse of Detroit carmakers.
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Chinese New Year Gala hosted by U-M Chinese Students and Scholars Association
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January 18, 2010
Global Policy Perspectives Symposia: Key Issues in Southeast Asian Development - Friday, January 22, 2010
This panel will feature a discussion of key policy issues in Southeast Asian development, including efforts to alleviate poverty, trends in Chinese foreign investment in the area, and attempts to improve the region's resilience to economic shocks or crises. Please click on poster for more information.
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January 15, 2010
Notes from Carol Stepanchuk, CCS Outreach Coordinator
Chinese New Year - On February 14, the careful plodding of the Ox gives way to the explosive trek of the Tiger. Welcome, Year of the Tiger. According to zodiac lore, those born in Tiger years 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 are passionate, impulsive, and unpredictable. The Chinese horoscope is only one facet of this multi-dimensional celebration beginning each year on the second new moon following the winter solstice. For more info, visit the U-M Center for Chinese Studies Website, ii.umich.edu/ccs/resources/outreach and enter "Features."
For: The Visual Learner
• CCS Photo Exhibit of "China: Global/Local" on view at University of Michigan Hospital.
Taubman Health Center Lobby, Gifts of Art, South 2D Gallery, Floor 1, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor
February 15 - April 12, 2010
Images taken by U-M affiliates and students reflect different perspectives of a changing world in which China plays a pivotal role.
Have students visit the exhibit and write about their impressions; send submissions to cstep@umich.edu. The photographs can also be viewed on-line at http://www.ii.umich.edu/ccs/events_programs/photocontest
• Tradition Transformed: Chang Ku-nien, Master Painter of the 20th Century on view at U-M Museum of Art.
525 South State Street; Ann Arbor 734-764-0395; 734-763-UMMA (24-hour information hotline); www.umma.umich.edu
January 23-April 18, 2010
Curator Talk
Saturday, January 23, 2:00pm
The A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I
Brush Painting Demonstration
Saturday, January 23, 3:00pm
Forum
Guest curator Wen-chien Chang (U-M alum) will introduce the expressive work of Chang Ku-nien (1906-1987), a versatile and proficient artist from the ancient tradition of Chinese painting. Myong Raymond, who was a student of Chang Ku-nien, will give a demonstration of brush painting.
For: The World Music Afficianado
• Korean Kayagum Sanjo: Schools and Players
Wednesday, 01/27/2010; 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Penny Stamps Auditorium, North Campus, University of Michigan
Center for Korean Studies (CKS)
Lecture demonstration with Keith Howard, University of Sydney, of the Korean genre of sanjo “scattered melodies,” one of the most popular genres of traditional music using solo melodic instruments and drum. Guest appearances by renowned musician, Jin Hi Kim and musicologist, Chan E. Park
For a sneak preview of this style of music, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpnEuqgiaII (Professor Chan E. Park giving a "P'ansori" performance).
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January 11, 2010
Recent CCS Lectures on Michigan TV Channel 22
James Millward: CCS Public Lecture Series
Talk originally given on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009
"China as Eurasian Subcontinent"
January 13th at 9:30pm
January 14th at 11:30am
January 16th at 4:00pm
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CHINA Town Hall
Co-sponsored with the National Committee on US-China Relations
Webcast and presentation originally given on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009
Interview with Asst. Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific, Kurt M. Campbell
On-site presentation by economist Nicholas Lardy on "China: Leading the Global Economic Recovery"
January 15th at 8:00pm
January 16th at 10:00am
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January 07, 2010
Winter 2010 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Thomas Buoye
Christian Chroniclers of Chinese Cruelty: Western Misperceptions of Chinese Criminal Justice
January 19, 2010
Tuesday 12 noon to 1:00 pm
Room 1636 School of Social Work Building
1080 South University
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January 06, 2010
UMMA Exhibit - Tradition Transformed: Chang Ku-nien, Master Painter of the 20th Century - January 23 through April 18, 2010
Exhibit: January 23 - April 18, 2010
Curator Talk
Saturday, January 23, 2:00pm
The A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I
Brush Painting Demonstration
Saturday, January 23, 3:00pm
Forum
Guest curator and CCS alumna Wen-chien Chang (PhD 2003, History of Art) will introduce the expressive work of Chang Ku-nien (1906-1987), a versatile and proficient artist from the ancient tradition of Chinese painting. Myong Raymond, who was a student of Chang Ku-nien, will give a demonstration of brush painting.
Please click on image for detailed information.
張穀年 臺灣橫貫公路圖
Chang, Ku-nien (1906 – 1987)
1967
Taiwan Cross-Island Highway – section 1
4 hanging scroll as a panel, ink and color on paper (to be remounted)
Ptg: 152 x 82.5 cm
UMMA Gift of Cheng-yang and Shirley Chang
Posted by zzhu at 12:08 PM
January 05, 2010
Can Chinese language training make higher education more "relevant"?
The University of Michigan has seen a 38 percent increase in students enrolling in Asian language courses since 2002, while French has dropped by 5 percent.
"Making College 'Relevant'"
by Kate Zernike, The New York Times
12/29/2009
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