Asian Studies Seminar Series
Michaelmas Term, 2009
The University of Cambridge Department of East Asian Studies is pleased to announce the programme for its Michaelmas Term series of East Asian Seminars.
The Asian Studies Centre acknowledges with gratitude financial support from the Japanese Embassy.
Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are at 5pm in Lecture Room 8-9 on ground floor of the Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (formerly Oriental Studies), Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge.
ALL ARE WELCOME
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Monday, 12th October, 2009
Self-Observation from the Outside: Heritage and Planning in Quanzhou City
Professor Stephan Feuchtwang, London School of Economics -
Friday, 23rd October, 2009 in Umney Theatre, Robinson College
(note: this event is outside the usual sequence of Mondays
and takes place in Robinson College, not in the AMES Faculty building)
The Ra Jong-Yil Lecture in Korean Studies:
The US and North Korea: Dealing with Irrationality
Professor Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago (USA) -
Monday, 26th October, 2009
China’s Renewable Sector: Clean Energy Firms in the World’s most Polluted Country
Joe Studwell, University of Cambridge, University of Bristol -
Wednesday, 28th October, 2009 in Linnett Room, Robinson College
(note: this event is outside the usual sequence of Mondays
and takes place in Robinson College, not in the AMES Faculty building)
The Aesthetic Dilemmas of Writing Fiction
Ch’oe Yun, Korean Novelist
The talk will be given in Korean, with English translation -
Monday, 2nd November, 2009
The Axis of Vaudeville: Images of North Korea in South Korean Pop Culture
Dr Stephen Epstein, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) - Tuesday, 3rd November, 2009 in Teaching Room A, Robinson College
(note: this event is outside the usual sequence of Mondays
and takes place in Robinson College, not in the AMES Faculty building)
A talk and reading of Park Wan-suh’s Who Ate Up All the Shinga?
Dr Stephen Epstein, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
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Monday, 9th November, 2009
Explaining the Impact of Japan’s Educational Reform: or, Why are Junior High Schools so Different from Primary Schools?
Dr Peter Cave, University of Manchester
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Monday, 16th November, 2009
1968 and Beyond: The New Left and Red Army (Sekigun) Extremism in Japan
Professor Claudia Derichs, University of Hildesheim (Germany) -
Friday, 20th November, 2009 at 3.30pm at the Needham Research Institute
(note: this event is outside the usual sequence of Mondays, starts earlier than usual
and takes place at the Needham Research Institute (8 Sylvester Road, Cambridge),
not in the AMES Faculty building)
A Lost Tang Icon: Rediscovering the Protector-Spirit Baize (White Marsh) in Manuscripts and Painting from Dunhuang
Professor Donald Harper, University of Chicago (USA) -
Friday, 20th November, 2009
(note: this event is outside the usual sequence of Mondays)
Is a new Japanese social contract in the making? Or,
How the Japanese have never understood liberalism, modernity's master model
Dr Masaru Tamamoto, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, New York -
Monday, 23rd November, 2009
A New Look on xian 祆 Religion and Religious Beliefs among Central Asians in Mediaeval China
Dr Pénélope Riboud, INALCO-Langues'O, Paris -
Wednesday, 25th November, 2009 at 12.30pm in Room 7
(note: this event is outside the usual sequence of Mondays,
is at lunch time and takes place in a different room)
Predicting Change in North Korea: the Post Kim Jong-il Era
Mr Kwang-Joo Sohn, South Korean Jounalist
Please note: this session is in a round-table brown bag format. (No food will be provided, but do feel free to bring your own sandwich lunch). Places are limited so please arrive early.
An audio recording of this session is now available here. -
Monday, 30th November, 2009
Whose Genre? Transnationalism, (Auto-)Orientalism and Anime Horror
Dr Rayna Denison, University of East Anglia -
Tuesday, 1st December, 2009 at 5.30pm
(note: this event is outside the usual sequence of Mondays and starts later than usual)
Ch’udo yebae: A Korean Protestant Response to a Confucian Ritual Need
Professor James H. Grayson, University of Sheffield
For further information, contact:
Dr Brigitte Steger
Lecturer in Modern Japanese Studies
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Telephone: +44(0)1223 335140
Email: bs382@cam.ac.ukDr John Swenson-Wright
Senior Lecturer in Japanese Politics and International Relations
Asian Studies Centre, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Telephone: +44(0)1223 335172
Email: jhs22@cam.ac.ukDr Adam Chau
Lecturer in Anthropology of Modern China
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Telephone: +44(0)1223 335146
E-mail: ayc25@cam.ac.ukDr Michael Shin
Lecturer in Korean Studies
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Telephone: +44(0)1223 335173
Email: mds71@cam.ac.uk
