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Non-Credit Chinese Language and Culture Classes
The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the Smith School will again be offering non-credit foreign language and culture classes this spring:
Mandarin - I: Mondays, 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Instructor: Mr. Jianxin Cui, Confucius Institute
VMH 1415
Mandarin - II: Mondays, 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Instructor: Dr. Phoenix Liu, SLLC
VMH 4534
Duration: February 11 - April 21
Fee: $350 per course (including the cost of the textbook)
Eligibility: UMD graduate students, UG honors students, faculty, and staff
For more information, please contact:
Ms. Janet Woodruff
(301) 405-0200
jwoodruff@rhsmith.umd.edu
Website: www.rhsmith.umd.edu/ciber/students/courses/mandarin.html
Ticket Information:
Charges: Fee $350; ;
Available at: Please call/email to register
For more information, contact:
Eileen Spear
+1 301 405 9563
vjain@umd.edu
www.rhsmith.umd.edu/ciber/students/courses/mandarin.html
Doing Business and Managing Enterprises in China
The Smith School CIBER is pleased to offer a topical seminar on China for
the university and business communities:
Doing Business and Managing Enterprises in China
Five Saturdays: February 9 * February 23 * March 8 * March 29 * April 12
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Participation Fee:
$195 for faculty and staff
$95 for students
Target Audience: Graduate students, faculty, and staff (and others)
Register at: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/ciber/china2008/
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Silent Blossoms: Indigo Dyeing & Noh Masks
The deep indigo pigment formed from the polygonum plant is known as Japan Blue. The opulent blues that can be derived from this plant have been utilized by artisans for centuries. Artist Tamiko Matsumura utilizes Japan Blue and a tie dyeing technique to create breathtaking pieces centered on her profound sentiments towards Cherry Blossoms and Nature.
Her husband, Yasuo Matsumura, is also a master of an ancient craft- Noh mask carving. The classical theater art of Noh has continued for over 600 years. An integral aspect of Noh Theater is the use of masks. Though the masks are often subtle, great detail goes into carving and painting them. The play of light and shadow on the masks gives them great versatility.
"In bringing together Noh masks and Indigo we hope to create a new dimension and bring about an innovative and uncommon space. Nothing would make us happier than if our creations resonate with the guests who kindly visit them."
- Tamiko & Yasuo Matsumura
The 2009 9th Annual DC APA Film Festival
Submissions for eligible feature length and short films are now being accepted for the 9th Annual DC APA Film Festival. Films can be submitted online through our Withoutabox site for a discounted submission fee. Early deadline for all submissions is May 2, 2008!
The Etsuko and Joe Price collection: "Patterned Feathers, Piercing Eyes"—November 10, 2007-April 13, 2008
The Etsuko and Joe Price collection is regarded as one of the world's finest collections of paintings from Japan's Edo period (1615-1868).
Ironically, within the more than two centuries of imposed national isolation, Japan's traditional painting ateliers witnessed both continuity and unprecedented splintering, the emergence of individual talents, and degrees of eccentricity, variety, and creativity unmatched in previous centuries. The results are featured in the Price collection, which recently completed a highly acclaimed one-year tour of four major Japanese museums (July 2006-May 2007).
A variation of that exhibition is now presented at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery as Patterned Feathers, Piercing Eyes: Edo Masters from the Price Collection (November 10, 2007-April 13, 2008). The collection next will be on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (June 22-September 14, 2008), where the Prices have been instrumental in advancing the study and appreciation of Japanese art.
While the Price collection offers exceptional examples of the traditional and divergent styles of the Edo period, it was assembled with an eye to beauty rather than encyclopedic aims. Thus, it can be presented in multiple ways. We have chosen here to explore three major areas: the manifestations of legend, spirit, and myth in everyday life; the multiple meanings of landscape; and the preternatural presence of birds and beasts.
Although arbitrary, these divisions reveal an overall phenomenon: during the Edo period (1615-1868) in Japan, paintings began to incorporate a new sense of intimacy, even jocularity, with the divine and the revered past. In addition, birds and animals moved from having largely symbolic, heraldic roles to assuming more complex functions with highly individualized personalities. Images of the land reverberate with spirit and layers of meaning. In a sense, vertical hierarchies of the universe begin to tilt toward the horizontal.
The paintings of the Edo period announced that the alert eye could expect wholly new ways of encountering the world. By paying heed to the structure of nature, the structure of beauty would be revealed.
This exhibition has been made possible through the generosity of the Anne van Biema Endowment and Nikkei, Inc.
Rotations:
To accommodate both the size of the collection and conservation requirements, the paintings in this exhibition will be rotated several times. Generally, screen displays will be changed three times and most hanging scrolls changed twice, with a few exceptions. There are 109 titled paintings in the exhibition. Because some "titles" are actually painting ensembles, the number of actual paintings runs to approximately 150. At any given time, approximately 50 works will be on display.
Most hanging scrolls will change during the period between January 14 and 25, 2008. Most screens will change between January 2 and 4 and, again, between February 18 and 22.
Time & Location: November 10, 2007–April 13, 2008. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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Internships at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) is currently soliciting resumes for summer internships (paid) in Washington, DC, working on Chinese human rights and rule of law issues. We value the contribution that interns make to our work, and we have benefited from the intellectual and practical contributions of the interns who have worked with us so far. We are also gratified about the number of very highly qualified people who apply to work with us as interns each year.
Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to the CECC via fax at (202) 226-3804, attention: Judy Wright, Director of Administration, or via e-mail to Judy Wright (Judy.Wright@mail.house.gov). Please discuss in your cover letter how your professional goals, interests, and background relate to the Commission's legislative mandate regarding human rights and the rule of law in China.
The CECC seeks interns for three periods of the year:
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Duration
(approximate) |
Applications Must Be Received By Our Office No Later Than 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time |
Fall Semester |
September 15-December 15 |
July 1 |
Spring Semester |
February 1-May 1 |
November 1 |
Summer |
June 15-August 15 |
February 1 |
Those who wish to apply for internships should understand the following:
* CECC interns receive a salary of $10/hour;
* Interns must be U.S. citizens;
* We regret that interns are not eligible for federal benefits.
* During the fall and spring semesters, CECC internships are part-time, and we expect interns to work between 15 and 20 hours per week;
* During the summer, CECC internships are full-time, and we expect summer interns to work between 32 and 40 hours per week;
* Interns should have completed at least some China-related coursework. It is also desirable that they have some background in one or more of the specific human rights and rule of law issues in the CECC legislative mandate.
* Interns should be able to read Chinese well enough to assist with research in newspapers, journals, and on websites. More advanced Chinese language capability would be a plus. The successful candidate for an internship often will have lived or studied in mainland China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan.
* Interns will conduct research and writing projects on human rights and rule of law issues in China under the supervision of Commission staff. Interns may also assist with researching and updating records on the Commission’s Political Prisoner Database. Interns may also be invited or required to attend some of the many rule of law and human rights events organized by the Commission and other organizations in Washington, D.C.
* Although our interns are generally current students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree, others are also welcome to apply.
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East Asia Forum
The East Asia Forum was born ten years ago out of a conviction that graduate students very frequently produce scholarship of publishable quality, but find few outlets to display it in a landscape crowded with the work of better established academics. Along with several colleagues in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto, I hit upon the idea of producing an annual journal, which would feature the best papers of our own graduate students.
Our aim was twofold. We sought not only to showcase the variety of research taking place in our doctoral programme, but also to expose graduate students to the processes of revision and rigourous external review which would later become a part of their lives in the academy. As the East Asia Forum began to take on a life of its own, a partnership was formed with doctoral students in the East Asian field at York University, and in recent years, articles by young scholars from American and Asian Universities have found their way into the journal. These latter are the more outstanding papers presented at the International Graduate Student Conference held each year in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto.
In the previous nine years, more than forty articles on a wide range of subjects have appeared in the East Asia Forum. The choice of articles for review has always been left to a student editorial board, whose members are rotated each year so that as many students as possible are exposed to the experience of academic publication. The index of articles in this volume will suggest that while China-related subjects claimed the most attention in the early years of the journal, the last few years have reflected a greater emphasis on Japan, Korea and Taiwan as the field of East Asian studies broadens, becomes more cross-cultural, and reflects a greater commonality of East Asian approaches to current discourses such as those concerned with nation/nationalism, post-modernism, memory, civil society, gender and identity.
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