CEAS Events List for Spring 2007

January 25 - 28 (Thursday - Sunday) Korean Percussion Workshop
Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
Dr. Eun-Ha Park, Master Percussionist and Dancer from the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, Seoul
Thurs. 1/25 5-7 pm, 249 Lathrop Hall
Fri. 1/26 4:30 – 6pm, 510 Lathrop Hall
Sat. 1/27 2 – 4 pm, 249 Lathrop Hall
Sun. 1/28 2-4 pm, 249 Lathrop Hall
*** Sign-up required, for more information, contact T.Kim,
Sponsored by UW-Madison School of Music, part of the larger "Women of the Scarred Earth Performance and Outreach Project," co-sponsored by Women’s Studies, Dance Program, School of Music, Dept. of Theatre and Drama, Asian American Studies Program, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, with funding from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Fund, Brittingham Fund, Anonymous Fund, Morgridge Center, Pathways to Excellence, and the Office of the Dean of Students.
January 26 (Friday) 4:30 – 6:00 Confucius Seminar Guest Lecture
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"The Confucius of the Analects versus the Confucius of the Shiji"
Michael Nylan, Professor of History, UC-Berkeley
Organized by Julia K. Murray (Art History) and Mark Csikszentmihalyi (East Asian Languages and Literature; Religious Studies), along with Sarah Thal (History) and Zhou Yongming (Anthropology), the Confucius Seminar is a Mellon Workshop funded for 2006-07 through the UW Center for the Humanities.
January 29 (Monday) 7:00 pm Guest Lecture/Demonstration
Morphy Hall, Room 2330 Humanities Bldg., 455 N. Park St.
"Korean Percussion Music and Movement"
Dr. Eun-Ha Park, Master Percussionist and Dancer from the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, Seoul
For more information, contact Peggy Choy, (608) 263-1755;
Sponsored by UW-Madison School of Music, part of the larger "Women of the Scarred Earth Performance and Outreach Project," co-sponsored by Women’s Studies, Dance Program, School of Music, Dept. of Theatre and Drama, Asian American Studies Program, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, with funding from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Fund, Brittingham Fund, Anonymous Fund, Morgridge Center, Pathways to Excellence, and the Office of the Dean of Students.
January 30 (Tuesday) 2:00 pm EALL Guest Lecture Series
Room 222 Ingraham Hall
"Creating the Gods: Thunder Ritual and Late Ming Fiction"
Mark Meulenbeld, East Asian Studies, Princeton University
January 31 (Wednesday) 12 noon CEAS Brown Bag Lecture Series
Room 336 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"Different Paths: Trajectories and Transformations of the Chinese Supernatural"
Rania Huntington, Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (and presently a visiting scholar in the Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literature at UW-Madison)
February 1 (Thursday) 5:30 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room L140 Elvehjem Building of the Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Avenue
"Temptation of the East: The Influence of Japanese Color Woodcuts on British Printmaking"
Nancy E. Green, Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell Univ.
(A lecture in conjunction with the exhibition "Color Woodcut International: Japan, Britain, and America in the Early 20th Century" Dec. 9, 2006 – Feb. 23, 2007 at the Chazen Museum of Art.)
Sponsored by the ChazenMuseum of Art, co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, with funding from the University Lectures Committee courtesy of the Anonymous Fund.
February 1 (Thursday) 7:30 pmDance Performance
Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St.
"Age of Fire: Women of the Scarred Earth"
Featuring women master performers from Hawaii, Korea and Wisconsin. Masters of hula Puanani Kanahele and Kekuhi Kanahele will perform chanting and dance rooted in stories of the goddess Pele.
Wisconsin's own Native American master performer Ojibwe Nicole Hockings of Lac de Flambeau pays homage to generations of strong women.
Project Director and lecturer in the UW-Madison Dance Program, Korean American Peggy Choy collaborates with master drummer Eun-ha Park of Seoul Korea's National Traditional Performing Arts Institute in a dance for Korean villagers who lost their lives through war.
Free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Peggy Choy, (608) 263-1755;
Co-sponsored by Women’s Studies, Dance Program, School of Music, Dept. of Theatre and Drama, Asian American Studies Program, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, with funding from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Fund, Brittingham Fund, Anonymous Fund, Morgridge Center, Pathways to Excellence, and the Office of the Dean of Students.
February 6 (Tuesday) 2:00 – 3:30 pm EALL Guest Lecture Series
1418 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
"Secret Powers and Public Therapies: Illustrating Some Body Image Problems in Late Medieval Chinese Religious Ritual"
Lowell Skar, Assistant Professor of History, University of Michigan-Dearborn
February 8 (Thursday) 4:00 pm EALL Guest Lecture Series
1418 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
"Crossed Conventions: Salvation, Martyrdom and Meaning in Tang Daoism"
Theodore Cook, Dept. of Religious Studies, Stanford University
CANCELLED & RESCHEDULED
February 13 (Tuesday) 12 noon Brown Bag Lecture
Room 336 Ingraham Hall
"Regional Innovation Policy of South Korea, Compared with, and Learning from the European Union"
Haknoh Kim, Marshall Monnet Scholar in Residence at the European Union Center of Excellence, UW-Madison and Director, National Unification Research Institute, Dept. of Political Science & Diplomacy, Yeungnam University
Co-sponsored by the European Union Center of Excellence and the Center for East Asian Studies, UW-Madison
CANCELLED & RESCHEDULED
February 13 (Tuesday) 4:00 pm EALL Guest Lecture Series
Room 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive.
"Embattled Bodies: Late Qing Discourses in Women's Inner Alchemy Practices"
Sara Neswald, Dept. of East Asian Studies, McGill University
February 14 (Wednesday) 12 noon CEAS Brown Bag Lecture Series
Room 336 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"The Script Factor in Citing Chinese References"
Jyh-Ming Yang, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
February 15 (Thursday) 5:30 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room L140 Elvehjem Building of the Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Avenue
"Collaboration (and Resistance): Japan and the West in Prints, 1900-1930"
Kendall H. Brown, Assoc. Professor of Art History, California State University at Long Beach
(A lecture in conjunction with the exhibition "Color Woodcut International: Japan, Britain, and America in the Early 20th Century" Dec. 9, 2006 – Feb. 23, 2007 at the Chazen Museum of Art.)
Sponsored by the ChazenMuseum of Art, co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies.
February 20 (Tuesday) 2:00 pm EALL Guest Lecture Series
(RESCHEDULED FROM LAST WEEK)
Room 479 Van Hise, 1155 Observatory Drive.
"Embattled Bodies: Late Qing Discourses in Women's Inner Alchemy Practices"
Sara Neswald, Dept. of East Asian Studies, McGill University
February 21 (Wednesday) 12 noon CEAS Brown Bag Lecture Series
Room 336 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"Learning & Teaching Asia as a Process of Self-Reflection"
Taik Kyun Kim, Visiting Professor, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literature
February 22 (Thursday) 4:00 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room 3155 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave. (Enter at the corner of Park and University Ave.)
“Transnational Popular Culture in Asia”
Shin Dong Kim, Director, Institute for Communication Arts & Technology, Hallym University
Sponsored by Global Studies, Ctr. for East Asian Studies, and the Department of Communication Arts.
February 23 (Friday) 4:30 – 6:00 Confucius Seminar Guest Lecture
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"Reconsidering Confucius on gods"
Thomas Wilson, Professor of East Asian History, Hamilton College
Professor Wilson will discuss Confucius's pronouncements on ghosts and spirits, refuting the conventional modern belief that the ancient master avoided discussing the supernatural. Instead, Wilson will show how traditional interpreters used Confucius's ideas in creating rituals for sacrificing to the gods in the imperial pantheon -- which included Confucius.
Organized by Julia K. Murray (Art History) and Mark Csikszentmihalyi (East Asian Languages and Literature; Religious Studies), along with Sarah Thal (History) and Zhou Yongming (Anthropology), the Confucius Seminar is a Mellon Workshop funded for 2006-07 through the UW Center for the Humanities.
February 28 (Wednesday) 12 noon East Asian Studies Undergraduate Info Session
Room 336 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
Life After Graduation: Careers in East Asia
Come learn more about opportunities for teaching and working in East Asia or share your expertise with fellow students!
Pizza will be provided. You must RSVP by Tues. Feb. 27 if you plan to attend so we can have enough pizza on hand. To RSVP, email:
March 5 (Monday) 5:30 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room L140 Elvehjem Building of the Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Avenue
"Making Chinese Art 'Chinese': Archaeology, Politics, and National Identity in 20th-Century China"
Sarah E. Fraser, Associate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Art History, Northwestern Univ.
Sponsored by University Lectures Committee, the Dept. of Art History; co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, Dept. of Anthropology, Chazen Museum of Art, and Art History Grad Forum.
March 7 (Wednesday) 12 noon
Room 336 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
East Asian Studies Graduate Info Session
Come learn more about professional development opportunities during graduate education to better prepare you for future careers!
Pizza will be provided. You must RSVP by Tues. March 6 if you plan to attend so we can have enough pizza on hand. To RSVP, email:
March 9 (Friday) 4:30-6:00 Confucius Seminar Talk
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"Representations of Confucius: Distinctions between Portraits, Icons, and Narrative Illustrations"
Julia K. Murray, Professor of Chinese Art History, UW-Madison
Organized by Julia K. Murray (Art History) and Mark Csikszentmihalyi (East Asian Languages and Literature; Religious Studies), along with Sarah Thal (History) and Zhou Yongming (Anthropology), the Confucius Seminar is a Mellon Workshop funded for 2006-07 through the UW Center for the Humanities.
March 13 (Tuesday) 5:00 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room 114 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
"Deconstructing the Myth of Deforestation: Northwest Yunnan and the Greater Himalaya"
Jack D. Ives, Honorary Research Professor, Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ontario
Sponsored by the UW-Madison NSF IGERT China Program and CALS International Programs, co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and by the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
March 14 (Wednesday) 12 noon CEAS Brown Bag Lecture Series
Room 336 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"From Imperialist Enemies to Socialist Friends: Japanese Civilians in Soviet-Occupied Dalian, 1945-1950"
Christian Hess, Visiting Professor, Dept. of History
March 16 (Friday) 8:00 pm Dance Performance
Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St.
“Gateless Gate: Women of the Scarred Earth”
Project Director and lecturer in the UW-Madison Dance Program, Korean American Peggy Choy will be joined by award-winning Massachusetts-based poet/playwright/performer Magdalena Gomez, dancer-martial artists from New York--Merina Celander, Ai Ikeda and Takemi Kitamura, and UW-Madison students Amanda Kimble and Ariele Riboh. Warrior women meet on an urban battlefield that extends across time and space through the memories of an old woman survivor.
Free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Peggy Choy, (608) 263-1755;
Part of the "Women of the Scarred Earth" Performance and Outreach Project.
Co-sponsored by Women’s Studies, Dance Program, School of Music, Dept. of Theatre and Drama, Asian American Studies Program, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, with funding from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Fund, Brittingham Fund, Anonymous Fund, Morgridge Center, Pathways to Excellence, and the Office of the Dean of Students.
March 19 (Monday) 4:00 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room 5230 Social Sciences Bldg., 1180 Observatory Dr.
"Names Have Memories: History, Semantic Identity and Conflict in Mongolian and Chinese Language Use"
Naran Bilik, Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies and Anthropology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Anthropology and CREECA (Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian Studies).
March 27 (Tuesday) 12:30 – 1:30 pm CEAS Brown Bag Series
Room 336 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
Grant-Writing and Fellowship Workshop for EAS Graduate Students
Led by Sarah Thal, Assoc. Professor of Japanese History, and Erin Crawley, Fellowships Advisor in the International Institute. This is a great (and rare) opportunity to learn about grant writing strategies and techniques, so we hope you can make it.
We will be serving lunch. Please RSVP to so that we can plan accordingly.
March 27 (Tuesday) 4:00 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room 494 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
Chinese Women's Script – The Fantastic Creativity of Women
Orie Endo, Prof. of Sociolinguistics & Japanese Lang. Ed. at Bunkyo Univ
Co-sponsored by Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literature.
CANCELLED
April 11 (Wednesday) 12 noon CEAS Brown Bag Lecture Series
Room 336 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"Missing Poems from an Early Medieval Anthology"
Wang Ping, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Literature
April 11 (Wednesday) 4:30 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room 206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"Some Thoughts on China's Sexual Revolution: Sexuality and Social Change in Contemporary China"
Zhongxin Sun, Assoc. Professor of Sociology, Fudan Univ. and Visiting Scholar, Harvard Yenching Institute
Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Sociology, the Women's Studies Program, and the Women's Studies Research Center, with support from the University Lectures Committee.
April 13 (Friday) 4:30 - 6:00 pm Confucius Seminar Guest Lecture
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"Images for Iconoclasts"
Deborah Sommer, Assoc. Professor and Chair of Religion, Gettysburg College
Organized by Julia K. Murray (Art History) and Mark Csikszentmihalyi (East Asian Languages and Literature; Religious Studies), along with Sarah Thal (History) and Zhou Yongming (Anthropology), the Confucius Seminar is a Mellon Workshop funded for 2006-07 through the UW Center for the Humanities.
April 13 (Friday) 2007, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Room 6561 Humanities Bldg. 455 North Park St.
Free Demonstration of Japanese Woodblock Print Techniques (including a
Q & A session with the artist)
Led byKeiji Shinohara, Master Printmaker in Japanese ukiyo-e style woodblock printing, and Visiting Artist and Faculty Fellow, Wesleyan University
This free demonstration in an art studio classroom is for art students at UW-Madison, but other interested artists or educators are welcome to attend. This is a rare opportunity to see a master printmaker demonstrate his work live and up close! The demonstration will include a question & answer session with the artist.
Space is limited, so we are asking people to sign up on a first-come first-served basis.
Sign up for the demonstration by April 10th by contacting:
DAVID ANDREW RAINE
Or sign up in the Art Department office (Ask for Teri Van Genderen) 608-262-1660
Sponsored by the Department of Art and the Center for East Asian Studiesat UW-Madison, with fundingfrom the Association for Asian Studies Northeast Asia Council and a U.S.Dept. of Education Title VI NRC grant.
April 13 (Friday) 7:00 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room L150 Elvehjem Building of the Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Avenue
"Tradition and Innovation: Japanese Woodblock Print Technique"
Keiji Shinohara, Visiting Artist and Faculty Fellow, Wesleyan University and Master Printmaker in Japanese ukiyo-e style woodblock printing
Sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and the Chazen Museum of Art, co-sponsored by the Dept. of Art. and Dept. of Art Education at the Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison, and the Madison Metropolitan School District, with funding from the Assoc. of Asian Studies Northeast Asia Council and a U.S. Dept. of Education Title VI NRC grant.
April 14 (Saturday), 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Room 6561 Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
"Exploring Japanese Woodblock Prints in the K-12 Art Classroom"
Led by Keiji Shinohara, Visiting Artist and Faculty Fellow, Wesleyan University and Master Printmaker in Japanese ukiyo-e style woodblock printing
This workshop for K-12 art teachers in an art lab classroom will include a discussion of traditional Japanese woodblock print techniques and materials, how to adapt those techniques and materials to the classroom environment, ideas for exploring elements of technique and design principles in the classroom with kids, and a hands-on lesson in using a hand-press technique requiring minimal equipment.
Sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and the Chazen Museum of Art, co-sponsored by the Dept. of Art. and Dept. of Art Education at the Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison, and the Madison Metropolitan School District, with funding from the Assoc. of Asian Studies Northeast Asia Council and a U.S. Dept. of Education Title VI NRC grant.
April 17 (Tuesday) 4:00 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room 494 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
"A History of the Garden in Pre-Tang China"
David R. Knechtges, Professor of East Asian Languages & Literature, Univ. of Washington
(visiting the UW-Madison campus as a Halls Visiting Fellow April 16-20, 2007)
Sponsored by the Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literature, co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies.
April 18 (Wednesday) 12 noon CEAS Brown Bag Lecture Series
Room 336 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive
"SomeAspects of Urbanization and Population Redistribution in South Korea: 1960-2005"
Kwang-Hee Jun, Professor of Sociology, Chungnam University, and Visiting Scholar at UW-Madison Dept. of Sociology
April 19 (Thursday) 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
Memorial Union 800 Langdon St. and the Pyle Center 720 Langdon St. on the University of Wisconsin – Madison campus.
World Languages Day

World Languages Day promotes the study of world languages and cultures by offering sessions led by UW faculty, staff, and students to over 700 high school students from around Wisconsin.

For more information, see:

April 19 (Thursday) 4:00 pm CEAS Guest Lecture Series
Room 8417 Social Sciences Building, 1180 Observatory Drive