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October 2007

Who: BAM Next Wave Festival in association with Asia Society When:   Oct. 2, 4-6 at 7:30 pm; Oct. 7 at 3:00 pm. Where: BAM Howard Gilman Opera House 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY

Massive scrolls of translucent rice paper unfurl onto the stage. Slowly, their pristine surfaces are inscribed with rivulets of black ink seeping from above, evoking Chinese calligraphy at its freest and most revealing. The improvisatory spirit of this ancient form is echoed through fluent, spiraling movement in Wild Cursive, an enthralling and dynamic work by choreographer Lin Hwai-min. Trained in martial arts, tai chi tao yin (an ancient form of chi kung), modern dance, ballet, meditation, Chinese Opera movement, and calligraphy, members of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan move with astonishing power. “An extraordinarily exciting, brutishly physical contemporary dance company.” —The San Francisco Examiner

When:   October 2, 2007

This is a national holiday celebrated in India to mark the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the "Father of the Nation".

Who: Asia Society When:   October 2; 6:00 - 7:00 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY

Exhibition Opening Lecture - Pratapaditya Pal: "The Artistic Heritage of Kashmir"
Eminent scholar and curator Pratapaditya Pal discusses the extraordinary artistic achievements of Kashmir as presented in the exhibition "The Arts of Kashmir." Free to members. Limited seating. Followed by John W. Seyller on painting (November 2) and Frank Ames on textiles (December 6).

When:   October 3, 2007

According to legend, Tan-gun founded Korea in 2333 BC.

When:   October 3-9. 2007 Where: AMC Lincoln Square (1998 Broadway at 67th Street) New York, NY

The South Asian International Film Festival is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting established and emerging artists from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. With a focus on dynamic, visionary independent cinema, SAIFF aims to bring communities together to support these artists and unite in celebration of a common spirit.

We're proud to announce the return of the third annual South Asian International Film Festival, a groundbreaking cinematic and entertainment extravaganza in Manhattan. This year, SAIFF 2007 will be held from October 3 through October 9 in New York City. With several screening locations, a team of high-profile sponsors, and a slate of top-notch films, the festival will give audiences of all ages and ethnicities the chance to discover new South Asian voices and celebrate established ones.

Kicking off with a feature film premiere and opening night gala, the five-day event will present a select combination of full-length films, shorts, and documentaries in a variety of genres. In addition to a retrospective honoring an internationally renowned filmmaker, the Festival will attract new films from the entire South Asian continent (i.e. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka) and the South Asian Diaspora. Hosted by influential young and established South Asians, the festival will mix in dynamic entertainment, cutting-edge nightlife, and exclusive social events with its slate of high-quality film programming.

For more information about the 2007 South Asian International Film Festival, contact us at info@saiff.org or 212-274-8787.

Who: Regge Life (Documentary film maker, Global Film Network, Inc.) When:   October 4th, 2007; 6-7:30 PM Where: Held Auditorium, 304 Barnard Hall (3rd Fl.), Barnard College (117th St., between Broadway and Claremont Ave.) New York, NY

Fraternization between United States soldiers and Japanese women during the American occupation of Japan resulted in a number of children being born in and out of wedlock. In the 50 years since then, intermarriage has continued, producing a new generation of intercultural children who are growing up in both America and Japan. This documentary explores the still taboo subject of "Doubles," children born of American and Japanese parents, living in Japan and in America. Their struggle for acceptance in the rigid, homogeneous society of Japan and in the racially polarized society of the United States, gives a unique perspective to how Japanese and Americans view themselves and their relationship to the outsider or the "other."

All events are free and open to the public.

Who: The University of Hong Kong Music Department When:   October 4, 2007 at 5:30 PM Where: Loke Yew Hall, Pokfulam Road, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong Music Department presents Cuban Music (piano works of Ernesto Lecuona) with Filipino pianist Adolovni Acosta in the historic Loke Yew Hall at The University of Hong Kong.

Who: BAM Next Wave Festival in association with Asia Society When:   Oct. 2, 4-6 at 7:30 pm; Oct. 7 at 3:00 pm. Where: BAM Howard Gilman Opera House 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY

Massive scrolls of translucent rice paper unfurl onto the stage. Slowly, their pristine surfaces are inscribed with rivulets of black ink seeping from above, evoking Chinese calligraphy at its freest and most revealing. The improvisatory spirit of this ancient form is echoed through fluent, spiraling movement in Wild Cursive, an enthralling and dynamic work by choreographer Lin Hwai-min. Trained in martial arts, tai chi tao yin (an ancient form of chi kung), modern dance, ballet, meditation, Chinese Opera movement, and calligraphy, members of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan move with astonishing power. “An extraordinarily exciting, brutishly physical contemporary dance company.” —The San Francisco Examiner

Who: Center for Chinese Studies When:   October 4; 4 PM Where: IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor Berkeley, CA

Led by:
Fan Jinshi, Director, Dunhuang Research Academy
Wang Xudong, Deputy Director, Dunhuang Research Academy

Rich in Buddhist murals and painted statues of exquisite craftsmanship, the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang have become a mecca for artists, scholars and tourists. Its fame has been it's downfall, though, and now the grotto caverns and their famous works of ancient art are under siege. In March 2003, the president of the Dunhuang Academy, Fan Jinshi, and 24 members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) submitted a proposal for the preservation of the grottoes, a plan that included the use of digital technology and the promise of a virtual tour of the grottoes, in a bid to keep visitors from destroying the caverns with their sheer numbers.

Who: The DMZ Forum, Inc. When:   October 4, 2007 : 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM Where: The Korea Society, Eighth Floor, 950 Third Avenue (Building entrance on the SW corner of Third Avenue) New York, NY

The DMZ Forum, Inc. is a New York-based 501 (c) 3, non-profit organization, dedicated to preserving the species and habitats of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. See our website at: http://www.dmzforum.org

Cost: Complimentary for all DMZ forum members, $15 for all others (includes boxed lunch)

Keynote speech by Evans Revere, President of The Korea Society
Reviews by DMZ Coalition members of their recent activities that relate to Coalition goals, including brief report on June meetings in Seoul and DMZ Forum activities
Discussion of strategies to preserve DMZ ecosystems
Discussion and prioritizing of realistic next steps that can be taken by Coalition members-suggestions will be sent in advance of the meeting
Suggestions of additional Coalition members

Who: SLC Center When:   Thursday, October 4 • 7 to 9 pm Where: 352 7th Ave, 16th Floor New York, NY

Face reading provides simple, elegant and practical tools for you to find the career that gives you joy, relationships that nurture you, and reveals how to fall in love with who you really are.
• Discover your lifepath written on your face
• Understand clients’ and colleagues’ behavior
• Realize why you tend to have certain patterns of experience
• Find healthy friendships and success with on-line dating
• Improve parenting skills and resolve family conflicts
• Gain a profound new understanding of why you are who you are, and where to go from here.

Based on the same ancient foundation as acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, face reading has a depth of over 3,000 years of “research & development.” When translated to make it meaningful for our Western lives, it’s a powerful source of wisdom we can all access.

Reserve Your Seat: Toll-free in US 800-625-6307
Questions for Local Organizer Judith Wendell at 212-410-1832

Jean Haner teaches internationally about powerful ways to help people discover their true
nature. With her 25-year background in ancient Chinese principles of balance and health,
Jean provides grounded, practical information that can be put to immediate use in your life.
Jean’s book, “The Wisdom of Your Face” will be published by Hay House in Feb., 2008.
While in New York, Jean is available for private face reading consultations.
Contact us for details.
Jean will be teaching the full workshop on October 20-21 in New York City.
Please join us! Detailed flyer available at www.wisdomofyourface.com

Change Your Life With Chinese Face Reading With Author Jean Haner.
$35 in advance; $45 at the door
(If you decide to attend the Oct. 20-21 workshop, this fee will be deducted from your cost.)

Who: Breakthrough TV When:   October 4, 2007, 6:30-8:30 PM Where: Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium and Garden Court, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY

Rethink the fight against HIV/AIDS by examining exciting recent studies from Africa that prove male circumcision is an effective preventative tool. What does this mean for women? How will this play out in the Asian context? Join Mallika Dutt, Breakthough, for a discussion on whether male circumcision is the key to stemming the epidemic in Asia.

Who: Hong Kong Baptist University Music Department When:   October 5, 2007 at 1:30 PM Where: Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Hong Kong

Hong Kong Baptist University Music Department presents Adolovni Acosta in piano works of Ernesto Lecuona.

Who: Asia Circle When:   October 5; 6:00 - 9:00 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, LeoBar (Garden Court), 725 Park Avenue New York, NY

Asia Circle, the Asia Society’s young patrons membership group, hosts a networking and cocktail evening open to the public at Asia Society’s Leo Bar. These informal gatherings offer opportunities to reunite with old friends, network with members and their guests, tour the Society’s exhibitions and find out why you should join Asia Circle. Enjoy exhibition tours at 7:15 pm and 7:45 pm. Free admission. Cash bar. No reservations required.

Who: Institute of East Asian Studies, Center for Chinese Studies When:   October 5-6 Where: Toll Room, Alumni House, UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA

This conference will explore a number of broad threads under the rubric of "soft power." The overarching goal is to examine some of the important ways in which culture, product branding, export projection of national cultures, athletic events, and global NGOs serve to create a more unified (or divided) Asia. To what extent are cultural and athletic activities used by national governments to project positive images? Do transnational groups such as NGOs operate independently of governments as cross national cultural unifiers? Are cultural products such as films, soap operas, and toys moving more easily across national borders in ways that foster some comprehensive sense of "Asian-ness" or "Asian identity?"

When:   October 5; 6:30 PM Where: Lindenhurst High School Cafeteria 300 Charles Street Lindenhurst, NY

Please come Help the First Precint Suffolk County Police Explorers Post #555
Raise Money for Uniforms and Equipment Prizes valued at $40.00 & higher
50/50 & super sweeps prizes!
Light refreshments will be served
For additional information please email epost555@hotmail.com or call
(631) 854-8129

Who: THE CENTER FOR KOREAN STUDIES When:   October 5, 2007, 4:00 p.m. Where: Institute of East Asian Studies 2223 Fulton Street 6th Floor Conference Room Berkeley, CA

THE CENTER FOR KOREAN STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
cordially invites you to the following COLLOQUIUM

The Rise of Phonocentricism and Its Implications for the Korean Language
by Young-mee Yu Cho, Rutgers University

Many progressive intellectuals in the 1890s advocated the idea of ŏnmun ilchi in the sense of “write as you speak” as an integral part of modernization. This movement began by encouraging the use of the phonetic script, han’gŭl, in place of Classical Chinese, and promoted experimentation on various colloquial written styles, finally resulting in the modern narrative prose style. With the spread of han’gŭl through the vernacular press, the private and public initiatives to educate the masses and to raise the national consciousness in the wake of the Japanese annexation led to the birth of the modern literature. This “phonocentricism” (Derrida 1982), which recognizes the primacy of speech over writing, continues on to present-day Korea although emerging language contact involving English is quite different. In the Chinese diglossia model, literary Chinese was studied as a noble means in the search for truth, not for its utilitarian or communicative value. English is ubiquitous both as writing and as speech, which causes xenophobic responses among language purists, who function as watchdogs against massive flows of foreign words and syntactic expressions. However, it might be impossible (or not even desirable) to weed out millennia-old Chinese translation styles, century-old Japanese borrowings and English loans flooding the country at an unstoppable speed. Rather, we notice the adaptive power a live language has in absorbing, rejecting, and assimilating foreign elements; there is an increasing vitality in native morphological power of word-formation, word plays such as puns and rhymes, and other creative innovations in cyberspace.

Young-mee Yu Cho is Associate Professor of Korean Language and Culture at Rutgers University.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsored by a Grant from the Koret Foundation

For more information, call (510) 642-5674 or e-mail cks@berkeley.edu

Who: AAARI When:   October 5, 2007 Where: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 New York, NY

Getting Involved in Public Service: An Asian American College Student's Experience
by Julia Yang

Using my personal experience as an anchor, Ms. Julia Yang will discuss the reasons as to why Asian American students should find ways to become involved in public service (broadly defined). Ms. Yang will talk about how my various internship and volunteer experiences have provided a strong framework for her to pursue a career in the non-profit sector.

When:   October 5, 7:30 - 9:00 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium & Garden Court Cafe, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY

Bollywood produces more movies than any other film industry in the world, and Shah Rukh Khan, a modern-day god in India, is one of its biggest stars. King of Bollywood delves into the phenomenon that is Bollywood through the story of its number-one star. Join us for a panel discussion that will give you an insider's view of the colorful and idiosyncratic world of Bollywood. Special guests on the panel include internationally renowned film critic and author of King of Bollywood Anupama Chopra, and leading filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Book signing to follow

Who: The Center for Korean Studies When:   October 5, 2007, 8:00 PM Where: Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

The Center for Korean Studies invites you to attend:

KOREAN TRADITIONAL DANCE

FREE ADMISSION, No Tickets Required

AEJU LEE
Korean National Treasure (Intangible Cultural Property) No. 27
Professor of Seoul National University
President of Korean Traditional Dance Society

with

KUM JU LEE
YEON HEE JOO
JI HYUN AN
members of Korean Traditional Dance Society

Sponsored by the Center for Korean Studies and the Institute of East Asian Studies
Supported by the Korea Foundation and the Koret Foundation

For further information, call (510) 642-5674, e-mail cks@berkeley.edu, or visit us on the web at http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/

Who: The New Yorker When:   October 5; 7 PM Where: Ailey Citigroup Theatre Joan Weill Center for Dance 405 West 55th Street New York, NY

An evening of paired readings by writers whose stories have appeared in The New Yorker and conversations between writers on the themes that feature in their work; a New Yorker Town Hall Meeting on Iraq; an Errol Morris film project; and the second New Yorker Dance Party. Ticket prices are as follows: Fiction Night readings, $16; Fiction Night conversations between writers, $25; the Town Hall Meeting, $16; the film project, $25; the Dance Party, $20.

Jhumpa Lahiri was born in England to Bengali parents and emigrated to the United States as a child. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her début story collection, “Interpreter of Maladies,” which included three stories that first appeared in The New Yorker. Her first novel, “The Namesake,” part of which also appeared in the magazine, was published in 2003; a film adaptation by the director Mira Nair was released this year.

Edward P. Jones won a Pulitzer Prize and an International impac Dublin Literary Award for his first novel, “The Known World.” He is also the author of two story collections: “Lost in the City,” which received a Hemingway Foundation / pen Award, and “All Aunt Hagar’s Children,” which came out last year. He has been a contributor to The New Yorker since 2003.

Tickets: $16

When:   October 5, 2007, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Where: Houston Club, 8111 Rusk Avenue Houston, TX

As President Bush and Japan’s Prime Minister Abe work together to tackle global issues, U.S.- Japan relations have an increasing influence on the international community. Problems ranging from climate change to the threat of North Korean nuclear weapons programs have been at the forefront of recent bilateral talks. The Honorable J. Thomas Schieffer, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, will speak about the latest state of U.S. Japan relations and its impact on the Asian region. Prior to his assignment in Japan, Ambassador Schieffer served as U.S. Ambassador to Australia from July 2001 until February 2005. A native Texan, Schieffer was also a member of the state House of Representatives and President of the Texas Rangers baseball club.

Call 713-439-0265 for more information.

Who: Stony Brook University When:   October 6, 2007 Where: Wang Center, Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY

Butoh-inspired MacArthur "Genius" awardees Eiko & Koma collaborate with acclaimed avant-garde pianist Margaret Leng Tan in celebrating their idiosyncratic styles and spirits. Delving into themes and images associated with dislocation, death and mourning, this fusion of dance and music allow intimacy and inspiration, evoking the depth of the ocean and the density of a remote forest.

For more information contact wangcenter@lyris.cc.sunysb.edu

Who: Office of Multicultural Affairs, Harrisburg Area Community College When:   October 6, 2007 Where: Harrisburg, PA

Mark your calendars for our second annual gathering to celebrate Chusok!

Volunteers Needed
We are looking for volunteers to join our Chusok Planning Committee and/or to volunteer that day. This includes people able to teach or demonstrate Korean cooking, dance, games, and drumming, as well as those willing to help with set up/tear down, registration,

If interested, contact Stacy Schroeder at Nestleroth@comcast.net.

Who: Committee for Korea Studies When:   Tuesday, October 9th, 7:30 Where: Lipman Room, Barrows Hall UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA

During World War II, women from multiple countries including Korea, China, the Philippines and other Japanese territories, were forced into sexual slavery to serve the Japanese military. These women suffered incredible physical and mental pain due to their enslavement as well as their ostracization after the war. As of today, these now elderly women have yet to receive a formal apology from the Japanese government. Recently, House Resolution 121, which urges for such an apology from Japan, was passed by the US House of Representatives. However, Japan has not recognized this resolution and continues to ignore similar calls.

To teach us more about the issue, and to better grasp what it was like to be a "comfort woman", Yee Mak Dal will share her painful experiences as a former comfort woman. Please come out to listen to this survivor's story and support this cause to help ensure that the history of sexual slavery will not be repeated in future generations.


Hosted by:
the Bay Area Coalition for Justice for Comfort Women, UC Berkeley Committee for Korea Studies, Han In Hoe (Korean American Community Center of San Francisco & Bay Area, Pyung Tong (The Advisory on Democratic Peaceful Unification)

This event will be held in English and we encourage all who are interested to join us.

Who: Hidden Voices When:   October 9, 2007, 6 PM-12 AM Where: 100 East Franklin Street Chapel Hill, NC

If you want to raise money for an upcoming project that will raise awareness and connect communities in the Triangle fighting to end domestic violence - come have a drink with us!

Join us October 9th at Top of the Hill in Chapel Hill and ask for the Charity Beer! Proceeds will go toward the implementation of our upcoming domestic violence proejct, Speaking without Tongues.

About the Project:
With an ensemble of six Indian, Asian, Hispanic, Euro-American, and African-American performers, this project interweaves historical narratives of enslaved peoples, fairy and folk tales from each performers' ethnic background, and personal narratives from those among that company who are actual survivors of violence. It blends the almost unspeakable truths of these contemporary and historical lives with the surreal images and language of legend to create a complex and interlocking narrative with no clear beginning and no palpable end. At the core of these tales and of these women's lives is the seemingly magical ability of a broken human to rise up and even integrate this fracturing into a more expansive world-view. It is this unexpected intervention, whether from the realm of magic or from the evolution of thousands of years of struggle that informs the words these women speak.

“Charity Tuesdays” is Top of the Hill’s premier charity opportunity. Their Brewmaster selects one beer to be the “Charity Beer” and one dollar from every Imperial pint sold on that Tuesday goes to the selected Charity.

When:   10/10, 8:00 am - 6:30 pm Where: Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, 811 7th Avenue 53rd Street New York, NY

Asian Women In Business is a partner of this Third Annual Summit from The New York Times. On Oct. 10, join the New York Times, OPEN/American Express and leading small business leaders for a day of information, networking and tips on growing your business. Keynote speakers include Tom Scott, Co-founder, Nantucket Nectars & Plum TV, and Danny Meyer, President, Union Square Restaurant Group. Panel and breakout session topics include managing fast growth, marketing, PR strategies, raising capital and going green. The all-day event includes breakfast, breakout sessions and keynotes, a vendor fair and lunch, concluding with a networking cocktail reception. For more information, visit www.nytimesbusinesssummit.com.

Who: Asia Silicon Valley Connection (ASVC) When:   October 11, 6:00pm Where: Santa Clara Marriott Santa Clara, CA

If you are a Clean-Tech start-up or an emerging growth company in other industries looking for the next round funding or business development opportunities, the ASVC Gong Show cordially invites you to participate in this year's Gong Show. We are currently accepting executive summaries for review until midnight on Sept 10th, 2007.

Confirmed judging panel includes:
Alexei Andreev, Managing Director, Harris & Harris Group
Tony Luh, Managing Director, DFJ Dragon Fund China
Ben Yu, Managing Director, Sierra Ventures
Bo Varga, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Nano Ventures
Eric Wesoff, Senior Analyst, Greentech Media
Tim Wilson, Partner, Partech International

The executive summary should include a description of the market opportunity, product or service being offered, intellectual property, revenue model, strategic partners and customers, competition, management team (with professional biographies) and financial projections. Please submit your executive summaries to bizplan@asvc.org. The Gong Show committee will notify you by Sept 17th, 2007 if your executive summary is selected.

Don't miss out on this great opportunity to become the next hot Clean Tech company. Submit your executive summary now!

The Gong Show
When: October 11, 2007
Where: Santa Clara Marriott
Time: Registration - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Show - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

The Pre - Gong Show Coaching Session
Prior to the Gong Show, founders from each selected company are invited to two coaching sessions, where they can rehearse their pitch in front of a team of executives, consultants and VCs, who will provide critic on their business plans and advise on their presentation skills.

First coaching session:
Sept 27th, 2007 6:30pm - 9:30pm. Registration begins at 6:00pm.

Second coaching session:
October 4th, 2007 6:30pm- 9:30pm. Registration begins at 6:00pm.

For further information, please contact:
Tina Wang (email: tingxiu2001@yahoo.com; 650-224-9080)
Porter Wang (email: porter_wong@sbcglobal.net; 650-380-0039)

Who: San Diego Asian Film Foundation When:   Thursday, October 11, 2007-Thursday, October, 18, 2007 Where: 7969 Engineer Rd Ste 206 San Diego, CA

The San Diego Asian Film Festival is an annual event of the San Diego Asian Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the diverse Pan Asian experience through the media arts.

Since 2000, the San Diego Asian Film Festival has premiered hundreds of films and videos from around the world, gaining an international reputation as one of North America's premiere Asian American film festivals for our excellent programs, outreach to the community, and support for independent artists.

Our emphasis is on Asian American cinema, but we also showcase international films, along with shorts, animation, experimental films and music videos.

Who: Alliance for the Study of Adoption, Identity and Kinship When:   October 11 - 14, 2007 Where: Pittsburgh, PA

How is adoption today redefining family, parenthood, identity? How are adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents redefining adoption? Perspectives from literary critics, creative writers, anthropologists, philosophers, historians, sociologists, and others on representations, practices, histories, meanings, and experiences of adoption.

Keynote Speakers
Susan Bordo, Professor of English, University of Kentucky, "Will the "Real" Parent (s) (s) (s) (s) Please Step Forward: Beyond Our Fantasies and Fears about Open Adoption"
Emily Prager, Author of Wuhu Diary: On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown in China, "Adoption: A Two-Way Street"
Dorothy Roberts, Professor of Law, Northwestern University, "Adoption and Culture: The Difference Politics Makes"

Filmmakers
Phil Bertelsen presenting Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption in America
Jean Strauss presenting The Triumvirate

Other Plenary Sessions
Adoption Memoirs, Classic and New, read by Betty Jean Lifton, Lorraine Dusky, Margaret Moorman, Emily Hipchen
International Adoption, with Barbara Yngvesson, Sara Dorow, and Sandra Patton-Imani
Adoption and its Challenges, with Sally Haslanger, Judith Schachter (Modell), and Signe Howell
Evening of Adoption Memoir, Poetry, and Film, with Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Nancy McCabe, Jeanne Marie Laskas, Jan Beatty, Jean Strauss, Sheila Ganz, and Mary Anne Cohen
KAAN President, Chris Winston, will also be speaking at this conference.

Email: adoptnew@pitt.edu

Who: Donald Keene Center When:   October 11; 6:00 – 7:30 PM Where: 403 Kent Hall, Columbia University (116th St. and Amsterdam Ave.) New York, NY

Free and open to the public.

When:   October 11, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY

Almost 40 million widows currently suffer in India under oppressive stigmas. How do they deal with it? What can they do? Inspired by true events, White Rainbow follows four women as they overcome these barriers and face the brutal reality of widowhood in modern Indian society. Post-screening discussion with Mohini Giri, Guild of Service (North India).

Who: Center for Chinese Studies When:   October 12, 3:30 PM Where: Lipman Room, Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA

Xiao Qiang, Director, the China Internet Project; Professor, Graduate School of Journalism Barrows Hall

China is in the nascent stages of a momentous transition. The development of participatory media technologies, such as Weblogs, Wikis, and Social Network Services, are transforming communication. Will this significantly alter the Chinese political system by promoting the growth of a networked public sphere? Or will China's authoritarian regime ultimately domesticate Chinese cyberspace, turning it into an Orwellian monster?

Who: Anindya Bhattacharya When:   [October 12, 2007 Where: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 New York, NY

Offshore Outsourcing of High-Tech Services: How Far Does India Benefit From Its IT
and ITES/BPO Outsourcing Industry?

The existing literature on offshore outsourcing focuses almost exclusively on the extent of job losses in the home country, and the plight of the unemployed worker whose white-collar job has been outsourced. The impact on recipient countries is rarely examined in the debate on offshore outsourcing. This paper attempts to close this gap by examining some key economic and technological issues pertaining to offshore outsourcing in the service industry in India, particularly the information technology (IT) sector, and IT-enabled services (ITES) sector, including business process outsourcing (BPO). Specifically, the paper examines the impact of offshore outsourcing on (a) employment in India, and (b) technology diffusion/innovation gap in India.

With respect to employment generation, the paper critically assesses the chances for long-term success of the Indian strategy of “leapfrogging” into the big league of advanced nations by exporting high-tech services without first going through the labor-intensive, manufacturing export stage. It argues that being a service industry, the IT/ITES sector cannot possibly be expected to solve India’s massive unemployment problem. India needs to build labor-intensive, manufactured products, not just services, in order to create jobs for millions of unemployed Indians. With respect to technology diffusion/innovation gap, in spite of impressive progress achieved by Indian service providers, they continue to lag behind in high-end areas that call for creativity and innovation such as inventing innovative business products or processes that could sell globally, and creating new markets for such products or services.

When:   October 13-14, 2007 Where: 10800 Collins Avenue Miami, FL

The South Florida Dragon Boat Festival is to bring together the South Florida community and community-at-large for an ancient Chinese cultural team water sport experience that promotes harmony and understanding among people of all ages, diverse ethnicities and backgrounds. A 2000-year-old traditional sport event comes alive in a spectacular and exciting Dragon Boat Racing.

Other fun activities: Stage Cultural Performance, Egg Roll Eating Contest, Martial Arts Demonstration, Kids? Kite Contest, Lion & Dragon Dance, Authentic Asian Food, Kid Dragon Land for Face Painting and Bounce House, Health Booth, Asian Marketplace with variour exhibits and information, etc. Dragon Boat race's register before Aug. 15th to get a 10% Discount on your Team Registration Fee & 2 extra practices and Out-of-Town teams with special discount.

Who: Asia Society with the Coca-Cola Company When:   October 13; 12:00 - 3:00 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium and 8th floor, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY

Discover the world of the Silk Road with a tour of our Kashmir Exhibition. Celebrate Eid al Fitr by creating cards inspired by designs found in Islamic art. Accessorize your hand with mehndi. Learn Tibetan dance and music. Family Days continue with: Celebrate Diwali! on November 3 and Dance Asia! on December 1.

Who: BAM/PFA When:   October 14, 2 pm Where: PFA Theater, 2575 Bancroft Way at Bowditch Berkeley, CA

Duan Jia is a professor at the Beijing Film Academy, the author of the soon-to-be-published Animation World History, and an award-winning animator.

The entire family will enjoy this selection of classics of Chinese animation, drawing on a variety of styles and techniques. A Clever Duckling was adapted from the folk art of folded paper. Monkeys Fish the Moon is a charming cut-paper animation about some very silly monkeys. The most beloved animation in China, Three Monks, offers a unique version of an ancient proverb about learning to live and work together. Snipe-Clam Grapple uses delicate cut-paper animation to illustrate a proverb. Te Wei's final brush-painting animation, Feeling from Mountain and Water, tells the tender story of the bond between a master musician and his young protégé. Duan Jia's Lotus was created as a 3-D animation choreographed to music; it integrates Chinese and Western art, and moves from poetic beauty to destruction and rebirth.

—David Ehrlich

• A Clever Duckling (Yu Zhenguang, 1960, 5 mins, DigiBeta). Monkeys Fish the Moon (Zhou Keqin, A Da, 1981, 10 mins, 16mm). Three Monks (A Da, 1980, 20 mins, 35mm). Snipe-Clam Grapple (Hu Jingqing, 1983, 7 mins, DigiBeta). Feeling from Mountain and Water (Te Wei with Yan Sanchun, Ma Kexuan, 1988, 20 mins, DigiBeta). Lotus (Duan Jia, 2000, 10 mins, 35mm)

• (Total running time: c. 90 mins, Color.) This program would not be possible without the invaluable assistance of Karl Cohen and David Ehrlich. Our thanks also to Shanghai Animation Studio, ASIFA-SF, and Andre Coutu, Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Who: Korea Society When:   Monday, October 15 Where: Alpine Country Club 80 Anderson Avenue Demarest, NJ

Save the Date for the 17th Annual Van Fleet Memorial Golf Tournament!
For more information, email Sophia Kang at sophia.ny@koreasociety.org
Registration required.

Who: Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and Ethica, Inc. When:   October 15/16, 2007 Where: Marriott Crystal Gateway 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, VA

The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and Ethica, Inc. are co-sponsoring an exciting and timely conference, Adoption Ethics and Accountability, on October 15-16, 2007, in Washington, D.C. This is the second conference hosted by the Adoption Institute that focuses on critical ethical issues in the field today. Join us as we explore ethical issues in adoption with adoption experts and members of the adoption community. Conference participants will have the opportunity to attend panel discussions and workshops focusing on a variety of issues, including birth family rights, sibling relationships, transracial adoption, pre- and post-adoption services, access to identifying and non-identifying information, and the regulation of adoption agencies and professionals.

Visit www.ethicsconference.net for more conference and registration information. On-line registration will begin on June 1, 2007. Fee: Early registration discount: $275 for registrations by August 15, 2007 ($137 for one day) $325 full conference registration ($162 one day) Reserve your hotel room now and save!

Call: 1-800-228-9290 or 703-920-3230
Reference: Adoption Ethics Conference to get your reduced hotel rate: $179 for single/double; $189 for triple and $209 for quad. Book now - Rates are normally $269 to $329 and higher.
For more information, please contact: Mari Cochran, Project Administrator at the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute at mcochran@adoptioninstitute.org | 617.680.0808 direct | 775.796.6592 fax

Who: Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University When:   Monday October 15, 7:00 pm Where: Wang Theater Stony Brook, NY

The remarkable story of a thirty-year search for Megumi Yokota, a 13 year old Japanese girl who was kidnapped by North Korean spies in 1977 while coming home from school. Director Jane Campion chronicles the twists and turns faced by an ordinary banker and housewife as they search for their long-lost daughter in an internationally hostile political climate. Abduction uncovers the strange layers of facts and deceptions that shroud what exactly happened. More intimately, the film follows the extraordinary journey of Megumi's parents, as their search for a missing daughter thrusts them into the center of a volatile international conflict. "Though the film seeks to draw attention to a tragedy largely ignored by Western media, it proves to be much more than a political or investigative expose. At heart, the film is a moving testament to the indomitable love of a parent for a child"–Taro. Co-sponsored with the Greater Port Jefferson Northern Brookhaven Arts Council. (In Japanese & Korean with English subtitles). Winner of the Best Documentary, Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

Who: Baruch College When:   October 15, 12:15-1:45 Where: Newman Library Building, 151 East 25th Street ROOM NO. 750 New York, NY

Mitsui USA Lunchtime Forum "Managing the Risk/Return Trade-off for a Global Financial Firm," featuring Neal A. Shear, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley.

ADMISSION Free

Who: Asian Women in Business When:   OCTOBER 16, 2007 Where: Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY

AWIB's annual fundraiser and a celebration of the success and contribution of Asian women in the small business and corporate world. Each year hundreds of our supporters have joined us in honoring some of the business world's best - women who have set up and run incredibly successful small businesses as well those who have risen to the top echelons of the corporate world. Often they have overcome gender, linguistic and financial hurdles on their way to the top. AWIB's honorees are Asian women from across the country who are trailblazers in business and also champions of the community, making them role models for all to emulate.

AWIB is currently accepting nominations for the 2007 AWIB Corporate Leadership Award and Entrepreneurial Leadership Award. If you know someone (including yourself) who qualifies, send us their nomination so we can highlight another incredible Asian woman.
The event is AWIB's annual fundraiser and proceeds from the Gala go to our 2008 programs and services. The evening will include a reception followed by a sit down dinner. As usual we will feature entertainment and an exciting Silent Auction.

The 2006 Awards was attended by over 650. For more information on the 2007 Leadership Awards, including sponsorship, tickets or ads, please call us at 212.868.1368.

Time: 6:00 pm reception. 7:00 pm Dinner and Awards

Who: Entertainment Asia Network When:   October 17-18 Where: Pacific Design Center Los Angeles, CA

The APEM Summit 2007, hosted by Entertainment Asia Network (EAN), is a 2-day executive-level conference and networking forum focused on discussing, analyzing and identifying critical areas of business in the entertainment industries of Asia.

It was organized to bring some of Asia's most recognized, high-profile film/TV production and distribution houses, online game companies, mobile service providers, product manufacturers, legislative leaders, and more to discuss and analyze how to most effectively generate and maximize profits in the Asia regions. It is the industry’s most Asia-focused business conference that provides the opportunity to gain vital up-to-date market information, discuss business strategies and network with some of the most high-profile executives and major Asian and Western media conglomerates that do business in this rapidly growing region.

Why should I attend?

With the explosive growth of Asia’s economy, consumer spending on entertainment products and services in the Asia regions has risen to unprecedented heights. From the popularity of Asian movies, TV shows, online games, music and digital contents, what was once considered a niche market is now being looked upon with great envy. Western entertainment and media companies had little to fear just a few years ago, when Hollywood was easily able to dominate Asian markets and inject Western influence through pop culture. This is no longer the case. Locals now have better access to its own entertainment consumers in Asia, the fastest growing market in the world.

It has become necessary for Westerners to take a more proactive approach to reaching the consumers in Asia if they want to profit significantly from the region. Asia’s entertainment and media industries are, however, very different from the West. Therefore, they are often misinterpreted by foreign companies who look to expand into the region, making it extremely challenging to do business in the space.

The APEM Summit 2007 was organized to clear up much of the confusion associated with the industry and identify key opportunities in the rapidly emerging entertainment markets in Asia. It is a must-attend conference for industry members who are looking to meet some of the most important names currently working within Asian entertainment and for those who seek to expand their business into the rapidly growing region.

This year's 2nd annual Asia Pacific Entertainment & Media (APEM) Summit 2007 will be held at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, California on October 17 & 18, 2007.

Visit the website at http://www.apemsummit.com/.

Who: Center for Chinese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, Cal Performances When:   10/19; 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Where: IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor Berkeley, CA

Led by:
Joshua Goldstein, Associate Professor, History, USC
Zhang Dandan, Artistic Director, Guangzhou Ballet
Ban Wang, Professor, Chinese Literature, Stanford University

This colloquium will will introduce the themes of Peking Opera, 20th-century Chinese dramatic arts, and the life of Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), the outstanding star of Peking Opera.

Mei Lanfang is the subject of a new production by the Guangzhou Ballet Company (Oct 19-21). The ballet will be presented as part of the opening celebrations for the Chang-Lin Tien Center for East Asian Studies and C. V. Starr East Asian Library.

Who: Asia Society When:   October 19-21; 6:30 - 11:00 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, Auditorium, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY

Join Asia Society for the “International Short Film Festival - Independent Films on Iran.” Curated by Bahman Maghsoudlou, the festival features a judged competition, short films from Afghanistan and Tajikistan, shorts by leading filmmakers of the Makhmalbaf family, and a retrospective of the renowned documentary filmmaker Kamran Shirdel. Film critic Godfrey Cheshire will lead a seminar discussion with Kamran Shirdel and Bahman Maghsoudlou. In addition, prominent filmmakers from Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Europe will be on hand for Q & A’s after screenings.

Who: AAARI When:   October 19, 2007 Where: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 100 New York, NY

Tibetan Studies in China:
Culture & Buddhism
by Du Yong Bin, Dawa Cairen, Zhou Wei & DeJi DroMa

Professors from the China Tibetology Research Center in Bejing, will share their research on various aspects of Tibetan culture and Buddhism:

Du Yongbin - Tibetan Studies in Contemporary China: The Styles and Characteristics

Tibetan studies is a discipline both about geography and society of Tibetan areas, and about history and today of the Tibetans. China is the hometown of Tibetan studies, and Tibetan studies in China have a long history.

Entered into modern times, particularly, the term Tibetology was created by Hungary Tibetologist Cosma since 1830s,Tibetan studies had been considered as an independent discipline from humane studies, and it become a popular discipline in the world.



Dawa Cairen - Present day Tibetans’ views on reincarnate lamas

Tibetan reincarnate lama has already existed for more than eight hundreds years. The reincarnate lama is the highest religious practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism. An incarnate lama is someone that has gone through the process of reincarnation in order to carry on the religious status and position of the reincarnate lamas.

This article relies on a combination of questionnaires and interviews in an attempt to understand present day Tibetans’ basic opinions of and attitudes towards reincarnate lamas.

This study employs survey and intensive interview as its data collection methods to investigate Tibetan’s general perspective on and attitude to reincarnate lamas. reincarnate lama is a special group among Tibetan religious elite. In fact, there are at least three aspects of reincarnate lamas research: Institutional research, identification research and social impact research. The content I am going to talk to you today is basically an identification or recognition-level research.



Zhou Wei - Tibetan Legislation on Tibetan language and Its Linguistic Rights and Interests Protection - A Comparative Study with European Legislation on Minority Languages China Tibetology Research Centre

The legislation on Tibetan language, as an important part of Chinese legislation on minority languages, is not only closely related to the development of Tibetan society and Tibetan language status, but also to “Constitution of the People’s Republic of China”, “Law of the Peoples Republic of China on Regional National Autonomy”, “Law of the People's Republic of China on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language” and Chinese policies on minority languages. The policy on Tibetan language has its own ethnic features but also represents the characters of Chinese policy on all of the other minority languages.



Deji Droma - The Practice of Tibetan Buddhist Nuns

In the long course of human history, each area and nation has its own different religious Life-style and their different manifestation in different times. After Buddhism entered Tibet, it had chosen its existence in the process of Tibetanization. As the religious females and women practitioners who acted as one of vehicle spreading and implementing Buddhism, they had set up their optimal value of life and religion behavioral pattern ,with distinctive individuality.

The paper will illustrate the practice of the Tibetan Buddhist nuns from 3 aspects

Who: Asian Professional Exchange (APEX) When:   Saturday, October 20 (11:00am - 1:00pm) Where: BAR CELONA 46 East Colorado Boulevard Old Pasadena, CA

The Asian Professional Exchange (APEX) is proud to introduce a new series of events to cultivate our community and champion leadership by introducing figureheads in the Asian Pacific American (APA) community. With a more intimate crowd of attendees, this is a great opportunity to build real relationships with our special guests.

Each luncheon will be structured as follows:
11:00am - 11:30pm: Registration/Networking Reception
11:30pm - 12:15pm: Lunch
12:15pm - 1:00pm: Discussions with Special Guest

After the lunch portion, Jason Scott Park, APEX President, will ask several opening questions so that the attending special guest will have an opportunity to share information about them. During this time, guests have an opportunity to ask questions and really pick their brain about what inspired them to pursue their goals.

** To respect all attendees, please keep in mind that discussions should focus on the topic of leadership. Any specific issues should be discussed after the event.

You MUST prepay for this event. SPACE IS LIMITED. Walk-ins will NOT be allowed.

The cost is ONLY $22 per person which includes lunch. All lunch selections include Bar Celona Salad or Lentil Soup, Fresh Bread, and Olive Tapenade. In addition, the cost includes a non-alcoholic beverage, decaf coffee, coffee, and tea.

For this luncheon, you have a choice of the following:
Ensalada de Pollo Asado al Ajillo
Grilled chicken breast served on a bed of a Mixed Greens &Arugula Tossed with Red Wine Vinaigrette, Cucumber, Cherry Tomatoes and Green Apples
or
Salmón a la Parillada
Pan Seared Wild Alaskan King Salmon on a Bed of Saffron Rice and Sautéed Spinach Garnished with an Olive and Tomato Relish

You will be asked to place your order as soon as you arrive to the restaurant.

Bill Imada is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the IW Group (formerly Imada Wong Communications Group), a full-service communications firm that specializes in the growing multicultural markets here in the U.S. With more than a decade of experience in marketing, public relations, advertising and training, Bill and his company have and continue to represent some of the top global brands, including Metropolitan Life, McDonald's USA, Wal-Mart Stores, Farmers Group, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, Nike, Merrill Lynch, Washington Mutual, American Airlines, GlaxoSmithKline, Blue Cross/WellPoint, AT&T and many others.

The IW Group also represents a number of prominent governmental agencies, including the California Department of Health Services - Tobacco Control Section, U.S. Army and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

IW Group has capabilities in 12 languages and dialects. The company has 51 employees with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City. A fourth office is being opened in Texas.

Bill is active on the speakers' circuit and has served as a guest lecturer and presenter at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management; UC Berkeley Haas School of Business; the USC Marshall School of Business; and, the UC Irvine Merage School of Business. Bill is a graduate of California State University, Northridge, and later graduated from the AMBEP Program at Tuck School of Business (at Dartmouth). He is also a graduate of the Coro Foundation Fellow's Program.

Who: New York Botanical Garden When:   Saturday, October 20 - November 18, 2007 Where: New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road Bronx, NY

This month-long flower show is the culmination of a cultural exchange and collaboration between Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo and the Botanical Garden, featuring distinct styles of kiku and other Japanese garden plants, including maples and bamboos, in the expansive courtyards of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, the largest Victorian-style glasshouse in America.

Kiku: The Art of the Japanese Chrysanthemum will display several traditional styles of the Japanese chrysanthemum, highlighted by dramatic shapes, vibrant colors, and numerous blossoms. The “thousand bloom” plants feature hundreds—if not quite thousands—of simultaneous blossoms in massive, domed-shaped arrays, all from a single plant. Another type, single-stem plants ranging up to six feet in height, present one single perfect flower balanced atop the stem. Quantities of these are arranged in diagonal lines to form disciplined color patterns. A third type, cascades, present dramatic waterfall-like frameworks covered by small-flowered chrysanthemums. Additional programming includes an exhibition in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library gallery of works on paper illustrating the plants of Japan and a wide range of events for adults, children, home gardeners, and aficionados of Japan.

Who: JKA of New York When:   October 21, 2007; 10 AM-4 PM Where: 55 Lexington Avenue New York, NY

JKA Shotokan Karate-Do International

Spectators free

Who: The Wall Street Journal, CareerJournal.com and Lucas Group When:   Tuesday, October 23 (10 A.M. – 5 P.M.) Where: Embassy Suites Hotel Old Town Alexandria, VA

Candidates Wanted: Executive, managerial and professional minority candidates and women, including recent graduates of M.B.A. programs; however all candidates are welcome.
Cost: The event is free of charge to candidates.
Registration: On-site only. Attendees should bring multiple copies of their resume.
Environment: All interviews will be conducted in private suites with company representatives.
Career Assistance: Free seminars covering topics such as strategic career management and job search strategy as well as a free resume critique will be offered throughout the day.

Employers: Top employers in a range of industries will attend. Among the companies participating at past events: Accenture, Blue Cross, Cardinal Health, CDW Corporation, Chase Paymentech, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Citigroup -- Smith Barney, ConAgra, Coors Brewing Company, Disney Parks and Resorts, The Dow Chemical Company, Eaton Corporation, Exelon Corporation, Fitch Ratings, General Electric, Grainger, Harris Bank N.A. / BMO Financial Services, Illinois Tool Works Inc., International Truck and Engine Corporation, Medline Industries, Merrill Lynch, Miller Brewing Company, Morgan Stanley, NAVTEQ, Schneider Electric, Smith Barney, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Target, The Timken Company, UBS, Unitrin Inc., W.W. Grainger, Zurich North American Insurance.

Who: The Kai-Yin Lo Distinguished Program Series When:   October 24; 6:30 - 8:30 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, 8th Floor, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY

Breakout: Chinese Art Outside China is the first book to focus on China’s artistic diaspora—and to differentiate it from the artistic community inside China. Breakout assembles the work of 14 artists who left China around the time of the 1989 June Fourth Movement at Tiananmen Square. Now settled in New York, Paris, and Sydney, these artists—including Cai Guo-Qiang, Xu Bing, Wenda Gu, Zhang Huan, Huang Yong Ping, and Chen Zhen—have over the past decade become leading international figures, showing at major museums such as Tate Modern in London and The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Author Melissa Chiu, Director and Contemporary Arts Curator of the Asia Society and Museum, will talk with artists Xu Bing and Wenda Gu regarding their work in the international art world. Followed by a book signing and reception. The Kai-Yin Lo Distinguished Program Series provides a platform for discussion the role of arts and culture in society. Previous participants have included Han Feng, Shen Wei, Douglas Chi Chiu Young, and Bright Shen.

When:   Saturday, October 24 - October 27, 1:00 - 4:00 pm Where: AsiaStore at Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY

Don’t miss this chance to meet internationally renowned designer Kai-Yin Lo and see the largest collection of her jewelry in the U.S. Her innovative designs, many incorporating the antique jade and semi-precious stones she has collected over the years, bridge the divide between fine and fashion jewelry. Personal appearances by Kai-Yin Lo: Wednesday - Saturday, October 24 - October 27, 1:00 - 4:00 pm

When:   October 24, 2007 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Where: Columbia University Morningside Campus Low Memorial Library Rotunda New York, NY

Poet, writer, and environmental activist Gary Snyder will deliver the annual Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture.

Reservations are required for this event. Please reserve by Wednesday, October 17th by sending an email to donald-keene-center@columbia.edu, or a fax to 212-854-4019.

For further information regarding this event, please contact Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture by sending email to donald-keene-center@columbia.edu or by calling 212-854-5036.

Who: Korea Society When:   Thursday, October 25, 2007; 3-5 PM Where: 950 Third Avenue New York, NY

Assessing the Impact of the Second Inter-Korean Summit
with Chung-in Moon, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea

3:00 PM-3:30 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
3:30 PM-5:00 PM ♦ Presentation and Q&A

The first inter-Korean summit, in June 2000, was a watershed moment in modern Korean history. Now Kim Jong-il and Roh Moo-hyun are set to meet on October 2 in Pyongyang for a second North-South summit and their first encounter with one another. With the daunting work of reconciliation on the agenda, the nuclear crisis still looming, and with the eyes of the international community focused on the Korean Peninsula, the stakes are high for both North and South Korea – and for the United States.

As one of the few South Koreans to attend both the first and second inter-Korean summits, Chung-in Moon’s analysis will be particularly relevant. On October 25, Moon will share his perspective on what the second inter-Korean summit means for both Koreas, Northeast Asia, and the United States

Who: Asia Society When:   October 25; 6:30 - 8:30 pm Where: Asia Society and Museum, 8th Floor, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY

From the Tomb of the Yellow Emperor to the ancient Mediterranean port of Antioch, writer Colin Thubron traveled 7,000 miles in eight months by local bus, truck, car, donkey-cart, and camel. Setting out through Western China during the SARS epidemic, Thubron crossed Central Asia republics seething with discontent and through strife-torn Afghanistan. Thubron will discuss his latest and most challenging journey chronicled in Shadow of the Silk Road with fellow travel writer Simon Winchester (Krakatoa.) Discussion followed by a book signing and reception. “Shimmering prose.... When I reached the end, I wanted to read it all over again.”—Sunday London Times.

Who: The Korea Society When:   Thursday, October 25 at 6:30 PM Where: 950 Third Avenue New York, NY

Communist regimes are often described as "drab," but North Korea is highly fashion conscious-a place where style and politics go hand in hand.

For decades, North Korea's political leaders have been preoccupied with designing uniforms for almost every sector of society. Fashion, especially women's fashion, is seen as a national project, meant to promote group identity and ideology. Like many authoritarian regimes, North Korean designers have been drawn to masculine, military styles that seem to embody revolutionary spirit. But women's fashion in North Korea also openly allows for a contradictory, sense of traditional femininity.

Suk-Young Kim, Professor of Theater at the University of California at Santa Barbara, will discuss the purpose of state-direct fashion in North Korea, as well as the ways in which the country's dress codes affect women's body politics.

About the Presenter
Suk-Young Kim is an assistant professor of Theatre at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Her research interests include East Asian performance, gender and nationalism, Korean cultural studies and Russian literature. She has received the International Federation for Theatre Research's New Scholar Prize (2004), the American Society for Theater Research Fellowship (2006) and the Library of Congress Kluge Fellowship (2006). Her articles have appeared in Theatre Research International, Theatre Journal and The Drama Review. She is currently working on a book project titled Illusive Utopia: Theater and Film in North Korea, which explores how propaganda performances affect everyday life in North Korea.

Registration Fee:
Single-Program Ticket: $5 (members) / $10 (non-members)
Series Pass (for all seven monthly gallery talks): $20 (members) / $50 (non-members)
buy tickets online or use the fax registration form (pdf)

Exhibiting Korea, a new monthly series of presentations on the fine arts, film, fashion and architecture of the Korean Peninsula, is debuting this April. Series programs will address contemporary trends in cultural expression in Korea, and take audiences back to important movements they might have overlooked. These gallery talks, given by top experts, critics and artists, will put the colors and shapes of modern Korea on display-and explain the cultural and historical contexts behind them. Please join us.

Who: AAARI When:   October 26: 6PM to 10PM Where: Gala Manor Banquet Hall 37-02 Main St. (Entrance on 37th Avenue) Flushing, NY

Ticket Price: Student: $35 each | Member: $80 each
Over 65 Years Old: $80 each

Non-Member: $100 each w/ Complimentary Membership for 2008

The Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) of The City University of New York will be holding its 6th Anniversary Celebration at Gala Manor Banquet Hall in Flushing, Queens, the heart of New York City’s largest Asian American community.

The success of this fundraising dinner depends upon your support. Your contributions through ordering a ticket, purchasing a table or placing an advertisement in our banquet journal will enable AAARI to continue to serve friends and members of the Asian/ Asian American community. Please join us for this special event.

Who: Tenri Cultural Institute When:   October 26, 8 PM Where: Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street New York, NY

The excellent acoustics and intimate gallery setting of Tenri Cultural Institute create a superb venue for listening to chamber music. Arts at Tenri offers audiences the rare opportunity to hear both traditional and contemporary music from two cultures in an atmosphere reminiscent of formal rooms at the courts and castles of both Europe and Japan. Over 300 years of tradition will be represented throughout this series. Chamber Music of the great composers of Europe will alternate with ensemble music from Japan’s Edo period written for the standard trio of shamisen, koto and shakuhachi. Contemporary and new music for both Western and Japanese instruments will be heard as well.

Tickets for Arts at Tenri are $25 and $15 for students and seniors. Reservations may be made online at www.brownpapertickets.com, or by calling (800) 838-3006.

Detailed information for each concert in the series is available on our web site at artsattenri.org. To schedule an interview or for further details please contact Michael Yuge at (212) 645-2800 or Artistic Director, Dr. Albert Lotto, at (212) 496-6345.

Tenri Chamber Players
Albert Lotto, Piano; Natasha Lipkina, violin; Maxine Neumann, cello
Circle of Brahms and Schumann
Works by Clara Schumann, Josef Joachim, Schumann, Op. 105, and Brahms, Op. (1891)


Arts at TCI promotes the appreciation of international art forms in an effort to foster cultural understanding, harmony and community by presenting both performing and visual arts of the highest caliber in a supportive, intimate setting.

To fulfill its mission, Arts at TCI will host a monthly series of chamber music and world music concerts, and maintain a gallery space with on-going, year-round exhibitions featuring performers and visual artists of every nationality. Audiences will experience exceptional quality in a community-based venue that values a high appreciation of the arts.

Who: TIGER CLAW and Disney's Wide World of Sports® When:   10-26-2007 (3 Days) Where: The Milkhouse at Disney’s Wide World of Sports® Complex near Orlando , FL

The seventh annual Disney's Martial Arts Festival combines the positive atmosphere of competition with the magic of the Walt Disney World® Resort for competitors, spectators, families and volunteers. This event is open to both children and adults, from White Belt/White Sash to the Black Belt/Black Sash. Whether you are a competitor, family member or a fan there is something for you at Disney's Martial Arts Festival.

TIGER CLAW and Disney's Wide World of Sports® have come together to create a new martial arts championship to showcase our elite competitors. TIGER CLAW and Disney's Wide World of Sports® started this championship so martial arts competitors from all over can come together and compete. TIGER CLAW ELITE QUALIFIER AND CHAMPIONSHIPS

For more information, contact: Rob Hartman at 866-706-2900 or info@tournament.info -

Who: Center for Japanese Studies When:   October 26; 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Where: IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor Berkeley, CA

Led by Tak Watanabe, Lecturer, Anthropology, Sophia University

How is a mining enterprise aestheticized after centuries of industrial growth and ecological damage? This paper examines the tension between corporate environmentalism and industrial tourism in Niihama, a blue-collar city on Shikoku island widely known as the ancestral home of the Sumitomo keiretsu. The city and the corporation trace their origins to the Besshi Mine, one of Japan's richest and oldest copper mines. But with the mine exhausted and factories moving overseas, residents are faced with the economic and environmental aftereffects of the sustained development that began in the late seventeenth century. This economic decline has coincided with the promotion of industrial ruins as monuments of environmentalist triumph, thus turning earlier connotations of brutal exploitation and social discrimination into proud stigmata of ecological suffering. The paper will focus on the representation of industrial ruins in corporate literature and tourism-promotion haiku, the apotheosis of a Meiji-period corporate mogul as the father of environmentalism in a local musical, and the cynicism found in the responses of former mineworkers who live on Besshi mountain. In sum, this moral and aesthetic appraisal of modern industrialization is part of the search for meaning in a post-high-growth-era Japan.

Who: Center for Chinese Studies When:   October 26, 2007; 4 PM Where: IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor Berkeley, CA

Led by Ben Read, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Iowa

Most East and Southeast Asian countries feature dense networks of organizations at the neighborhood and village level that are cultivated if not directly managed by the state. Beijing's Residents Committees (jumin weiyuanhui) and Taipei's Neighborhood Heads (lizhang) share many characteristics, yet also contrast in that the former are essentially appointed by the authorities while the latter vie for their positions in open and competitive elections.

Extensive participant-observation, interviews, and surveys all shed light on the behavior of these ultra-local institutions as well as the ways in which residents perceive and interact with them. Though they differ from and even compete with the kinds of independent associations that we think of as civil society, they enjoy substantial
popular support in both cases. The Taiwanese case shows that even state-fostered institutions growing out of an authoritarian past can become channels for bottom-up demands and representation.

Discussant: Kevin, O'Brien, Professor, Political Science, UCB

Who: Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center When:   Saturday, October 27, 2pm Where: 38 Ash Street Boston, MA

A Book Talk by Ruthanne *Lum McCuun*, author of /God of Luck/

In this new novel Ah Lung and his wife Bo See are separated when he like
thousands of other Chinese men in the nineteenth century is kidnapped,
enslaved and sent to the deadly guano mines off the shores of Peru.

/Sponsored by Asian American Resource Workshop, Boston Chinatown
Neighborhood Center, Chinese Historical Society of New England and
Primary Source/

Who: Chinatown Chamber of Commerce When:   October 28-30, 2007 Where: Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Chicago, IL

The Chinatown Chamber of Commerce is looking for contestants to compete in the 2008 Miss Friendship Ambassador Pageant. The contest will be held during the Chinatown Chamber’s 25th Anniversary Fundraising Gala on Sunday, October 28th, 2007, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Chicago.

Who: Mitsuwa Market When:   10/28, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m Where: Mitsuwa Market Edgewater, NJ

One Session. Sun., 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., Oct. 28. $70; includes lunch.

Longtime instructor of Japanese cooking Pat Kinney

Mitsuwa is a giant Japanese supermarket in Edgewater, N.J. and offers a true taste of Japan. Cooking teacher Pat Kinney is our guide to this trove of Japanese culinary delights and cultural insights. Students learn how to identify Japanese ingredients, observe a variety of specialty foods being prepared in open kitchens, and sample delicacies. The tour concludes with lunch, which includes a discussion of dining etiquette and suggestions for dishes to order in Japanese restaurants.

More information or to register contact nscularts@aol.com, call 212.255.4141 or go to http://www.newschool.edu/registertoday/

Who: Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University When:   October 29, 7:00 pm Where: Wang Theater Stony Brook, NY

New Year Baby chronicles one daughter’s search to recover her family’s past that takes her back to her birthplace in Cambodia and ends with a more profound respect and understanding of her parents, especially her father. Director Socheata Poeuv will be on hand to delve into the questions surrounding her journey. "This fine first feature is a disarming personal documentary that turns into a very moving consideration of historical genocide and individual heroism"—Variety.
Co-sponsor: Greater Port Jefferson Northern Brookhaven Arts Council.

Who: Center for Chinese Studies When:   October 30; 4 PM Where: IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor Berkeley, CA

Led by Yu Jianrong (于建嵘), Director, Institute of Rural Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Lecture will be conducted in Chinese with English translation




于建嵘，男，1962年9月生，汉族，湖南省衡阳市人。2001年7月毕业于华中师范大学中国农村问题研究中心，获法学博士学位。随后进入中国社会科学院农村发展研究所博士后流动站从事博士后研究。现为中国社会科学院农村发展研究所社会问题研究中心主任、教授。兼任教育部重点研究基地华中师范大学中国农村问题研究中心博士生导师；教育部重点研究基地山东大学科学社会主义研究所学术委员会委员；河北大学中国乡村建设研究中心学术委员会主任。曾在香港中文大学、香港浸会大学、美国哈佛大学做访问学者。主要著述有《岳村政治——转型期中国乡村政治结构的变迁》，《中国工人阶级状况：安源实录》和《当代中国农民的维权抗争：湖南衡阳考察》等。

Discussant: Kevin O’Brien, Professor, Political Science, UCB

Who: Center for Chinese Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures When:   October 31; 12 PM Where: 3401 Dwinelle Hall Berkeley, CA

Join this brown-bag lunch lecture, given by Bao Shixiu, Chief Expert, Marxist Military Theory Studies Program, Academy of Military Sciences, PLA.