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Nov. 19, 2009
"A Showcase of the Chinese Underground"

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Three Underground Rock Bands from Beijing Rock Colby

Page Commons Room
7:00- 10:30

News items:

NYT Arts Beat, Nov. 12

CNN

Washington Post, Nov. 12

 

 


Nov. 12, 2009
Student-Faculty Research Colloquium

 Ariel Armony, China Explained to Americans (and the Chinese Reaction to It) 

Tray Dinner and Talk 5:00 -7:00 pm

Hurd Room
Roberts Union

Oct. 17, 2009
Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration

Join the Asian Cultural Society in celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. Enjoy performances and seasonal cuisine.

1:00 - 3:00
Pugh Center

for more information contact: kchen@colby.edu

Oct. 5, 2009
Meeting with Li Dan, Director of Dongjen Center for Human RIghts Education and Action

The Dongren Center is a Chinese NGO that helps people with HIV-AIDs. Mr. Li, an ethnic Manchurian, also works to promote the rights of ethnic minorities in China.

Tray Lunch Camp Room, Dana Dining Hall 12:00 - 1:30

Oct. 4, 2009
Freeman Outreach Program Meeting

Come find out more about opportunities to connect with the Waterville community and share your interest in and knowledge of East Asia. Cookies and tea, too!

7:00 pm Lovejoy 215

Sept. 28, 2009
Dr. Xiaobo Zhang Presents "Development Strategies and Regional Inequality in China”

 12:15
Fairchild Room, Dana Dining Hall.

Dr. Xiaobo Zhang ( International Food Policy Research Institute) is a
Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement Faculty Fellow
for the fall semester.  He is a well known authority on economic
development in China, particularly with regard to poverty, inequality,
and rural-urban migration.
Sept. 26, 2009
EAS Department Reception

Lovejoy 423
3:00-4:00 pm

Welcome students, alums, families, and friends!

Sept. 19, 2009
Shen Yun Performance at Merrill Auditorium in Portland

EAS trip to attend the performance of Shen Yun Performing Arts Troupe.
Show begins at 7:30, the bus leaves Colby at 5:30.

To find out more about this performance, please go to Shen Yun's homepage:
http://www.divineperformingarts.org/

To sign up for the Shen Yun performance, please register by Sept. 12 at the following Doodle link:
http://www.doodle.com/i8k4vm6z3tbrg8d7

This trip is only for Colby students and faculty.

Sept. 11, 2009
Tea to Welcome New and Returning Students

4:00-6:00 pm
Lovejoy 423

Come reunite with old friends and make new ones. Tea and homemade cookies will be served.

Thurs. May 7, 4:00 PM
Talk--China's Environment

EA Senior Amy Lu will present her research on China's Environmental Challenges.  Diamond 241

Friday May 1, 3:00 PM
Soccer Game and Awards Ceremony

 

Soccer Game and Department Awards Ceremony

The “Chinese team” will take on the “Japanese team” in a co-ed soccer game.  Come join the fun! We will present the senior prize and language awards at half-time (approximately 3:30  pm.RUNNALS FIELD

April 23-24, 2009
Ikebana Exhibition

AKIYOSHI KIDA Master of the Koryu school of ikebana (traditional Japanese flower arranging) presents an exhibition of modern and traditional floral arrangements inspired by medieval Japanese epic poetry in the COLBY MUSEUM OF ART.

April 24, 3:00 PM
Tea Ceremony Demonstration

SEN SO-OKU the next grand master of the Mushakouji Senke school of chado (Japanese tea ceremony) offers an introduction to this meditative and austere art form.  This event is free and open to the public; tickets can be reserved by calling 859-4415.  STRIDER THEATER

April 23, 7:30 PM
Biwa Performance

YOKO HIRAOKA Master of the Chikuzen biwa (Japanese lute) performs works that recount Japanese medieval stories of love, hardship, and the evanescence of life as portrayed in the Japanese epic Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike).  Performance is free and open to the public; to reserve tickets call 859-4415. STRIDER THEATER

January 22-March 8, 2009
Exhibition: Ink Tales

 Ink Tales, the result of a collaborative project by students at Colby and Bowdoin Colleges, features Chinese paintings drawn from the collections of both institutions. The exhibition, held simultaneously on both campuses, explores the variety of stories associated with the images, formats, and functions of Chinese paintings.

More info at: http://www.colby.edu/art/InkTales/

March 6, 2009 4:00-5:30 PM
Discussion

Dr. Patricia Thornton, Oxford University and Dr. Mary Gallagher, University of Michigan will discuss their experiences doing research projects in China in Lovejoy 319.

March 5, 2009 4:00-5:30
Lecture

Dr. Mary Gallagher, University of Michigan will give a lecture titled: "Developing China's Rule of Law from the Bottom-Up? Savvy Activists, Naïve Litigants, and Populist Officials" in Diamond 122.

March 4, 2009 5:00-6:30 PM PM
Tray Dinner & Lecture

 Dr.  Patricia Thornton, Oxford University will lecture on the topic: "Hackers and Heretics: Cybersects, Cyberwars and the Rise of a Virtual Public Sphere?"   in the Robins Room, Roberts Union

March 4, 2009 4:30 PM
Chinese Painting Demonstration

Traditional Chinese Painter Arnold Chang will demonstrate his art.

Bixler 84

Monday March 2, 2009
Antropology & East Asian Studies Lecture

Laura Miller 

Professor of Anthropology

Loyola University, Chicago

Will Lecture on:

"Japanese Girl Occult Hunters"

March 2, 2009

4:30 PM

Lovejoy 213

10:30 AM, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009
Chinese New Year at the Waterville Library

Colby EAS students will visit the Waterville Library and introduce Chinese New Year customs, through an interactive play, a song, and other fun activities.  All ages are welcome!  

Sponsored by East Asian Studies and a Freeman Foundation Grant

Friday, November 14, 2008 4:30 PM
World Vision Song Contest

Members of the Chinese and Japanese language programs will compete in a song contest sponsored bythe Colby Language programs and organized by the Lanugage TAs including our very own Kyoko Shiga (Japanese TA) and Vivian Chiang (Chinese TA).

Saturday November 8, 2008
East Asia at the Waterville Library

Students from the Chinese and Japanese language programs will tell stories and teach crafts at the Waterville Library Story Hour.

October 28, 2008 7:00 PM
Dai Qing, Author and Environmental Activist

Lecture: "On the Completion of the Three Gorges Dam Project and China's Environmental Issues"

Location: Diamond 142

October 18, 2008 3:00 pm
October 18, 2008 3:00 PM

Homecoming and Family Weekend Reception

Location: Lovejoy 423

October 1, 2008 7:00 PM
Ai Xiaoming, Noted Documentary Producer and Director

Lecture: "Visual Representation, Memory, and Public Interests"

Location: Lovejoy 215

September 25, 2008 4:00 pm
Documentary Film Screening

Screening of  "Care and Love" a documentary on AIDS in China by director Ai Xiaoming.

Location:  Lovejoy 213

September 23, 2008 4:00 pm
Info Session on Study Abroad in China

Students who went on a variety of programs to China during the last school year will share their experiences.

Location: Lovejoy 319

September 4, 2008 4:00 pm

Welcome Tea

Please join EAS faculty and fellow students for tea and home-made goodies. Catch up with old friends and meet new ones.

Location: Lovejoy 423


May 24, 2008
Reception for Graduates and their Families
2:30-3:30
Lovejoy 423
May 6, 2008

EAS Annual Awards Ceremony
4:30 - 5:30 pm

May 2, 2008

"Between Tradition and Modernity: Reconfiguration of Public Spaces in Urban China"
Undergraduate Research Symposium Panel
Chair: Hong Zhang
Presenters: Jessie Tang, Stella Kim, Robert Ferriter, Keane Ng, and Thomas Huff
1:00 - 2:30 pm

April 30, 2008

EAS Student-Faculty Research Colloquium
Stella Kim and Ling U
Present their Honors Research Projects
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Roberts Private Dining Room

April 29, 2008

Forum on Tibet
7:30 pm
Lovejoy 208

April 25, 2008

Lara Braitstein
Sacred Circle: The Mandala in Tibetan Buddhism
(bag lunch presentation)
12:00 pm
Marchetti Room, SSW

April 24, 2008

Charles Keyes
Buddhism and Human Rights
4:00 pm
Diamond 141

Mar. 31, 2008

Harmony by Decree: China’s Struggle to Contain Citizen Activism
Nick Young
Lovejoy 215
7:00 p.m.

Mar. 17, 2008

The Wind From Vulture Peak: How Japanese Court Poetry Got Religion (Buddhist Style)
Patrick Donnelly and Stephen Miller
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7:00 pm

Feb. 29, 2008

ChinaFear: Germs, Jobs, and Values
John Blair and Jerusha McCormack
Lovejoy 213
4:00 pm

Feb. 29, 2008

Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Japan Fair
For students of Japanese
Pugh Center
5:00 pm

Feb. 21, 2008

WGSS Colloquium Series:
Into the Streets! -- Asian Women's Global Labor and Local Activism
Mary-Beth Mills
SSWAC Parker-Reed Room
4:00 pm (lecture begins at 4:30)

Feb. 20, 2008

EAS Student-Faculty Colloquium
Student Interships in East Asia

Hurd Room, Roberts Union
5:00-7:00 pm

Feb. 9

Lunar New Year Celebration
sponsored by Asian Cultural Society


Performances
Given Auditorium
3:30

Games and Activities
Pugh Center
4:30

Dinner following
Pugh Center

CANCELLED Dec. 3, 2007
EAS Student-Faculty Colloquium
Student Interships in East Asia

5:00 - 7:00
Whitney Room
Nov. 30, 2007

Learning Chinese in Maine
Primary Source and Maine DOE Conference
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
more information

Nov. 12, 2007
Martin Ma speaks on Social Accountability in China
7:00 pm
more information
Oct. 29, 2007

EAS Student Faculty Colloquium
Freeman-ASIANetwork Student Research in China

5:00 pm
Whitney Room, Roberts Union

Oct. 25, 2007

Study Abroad in China
Information Session
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Lovejoy 307

Oct. 14, 2007
Moon Cake Festival
Organized by the Asian Cultural Society
AMS Basement
4:00 - 6:00 pm.
Oct. 13, 2007

Reception for Families and Alums
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Lovejoy 423

Oct. 6, 2007
Damming the Nu: Assessing Hydro-power on China's Angry River Conference
9:00 a.m.
Diamond 142
Oct. 4, 2007

Japanese Movie Night
"Letters from Iwo Jima"
7:00 pm
Lovejoy 100

March 9, 2009 7:30 PM
Korean Komungo Performance

Internationally-renowned cross-cultural musician Jin Hi Kim will perform Digital Buddha a multi-media work for komungo (Korean zither), electric komungo and video.  This event is free and open to the public.  Free tickets may be reserved by calling 859-4415, and will be available at the Strider box office the day of the performance.

Strider Theater