Upcoming Talks in the East Asia Speaker Series - Winter 2012

The East Asia Speaker Series is co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies, the ß÷ßäÉçÇø China Institute and the Prince Takamado Japan Centre. Please follow the link to learn about our upcoming talks.

29 February 2012

East Asia Speaker Series Upcoming Talks - all are welcome!

March 8th - 5:00pm, FAB 220:

Professor Sharalyn Orbaugh, University of British Columbia, "Killer Kitsch: Kamishibai in Japan's Fifteen-Year War, 1931-1945."

March 12th - 5:00pm, PB 358:

Professor Ross King, University of British Columbia, "Glossing and the Problem of Cosmopolitan and Vernacular on Both Extremities of the Eurasian Landmass: Current Research Trends."

March 13th - 11:00am, CAB 281:

Professor Ross King, University of British Columbia, "The Graphic Imagination: Script Primordialism and the Imagining of Script in Korean Antiquity."

March 19th - 5:00pm, PB 358:

Professor Sam Crane, Williams College, "Confucianism and Soft Power: Why Ancient Thought Doesn't Work for Modern Diplomacy."

March 30th - 4:30pm, PB 358:

Dr. Thomas Pellard, French National Centre for Scientific Research/Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, "The Ryūkyūan Languages and Their Relationship with Japanese."

Abstracts will be announced in advance of each talk.