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 PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION:
Occupied Japan, 1945-1952 (Gender, Class, Race)—April 20, 2006
Professor Marlene J. Mayo of the University of Maryland Department of History will give a presentation on her electronic research and teaching website. Everyone is welcome, however this event may be of particular interest to those studying/teaching modern Japan and East Asia, American History, American Studies, and Women's Studies. Time & Location: 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., Taliaferro Hall, Room 2110.
BUYO WORKSHOP WITH ONOE KIKUYUKI—April 13, 2006
A student of Japanese dance for over twenty years, Onoe Kikuyuki holds the Natori Certification (to perform) and the Shihan Certification (to teach) granted by the most distinguished Onoe School of Japanese Dance, Tokyo, Japan. The Onoe School is critically acclaimed throughout Japan as the recognized leader in preserving Japanese culture by inspiring traditional choreography with creative assimilation of diverse artistic genre from the modern world. This workshop will give students an opportunity to learn about buyo, or kaabuki theater dance, while practicing the basics of the dance under the instruction of Onoe Kikuyuki. Time & Location: 7:00 pm, Anne Arundel Hall, Downstairs Lobby (please use back entrance).
INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES: Taboo (Gohatto), 1999—April 5, 2006
In Kyoto, 1865, a promising young swordsman attracts the sexual attention of many of the higher-ranking men of the Shinsengumi samurai group. Love, jealousy and the code of the warrior unite the group -- and also tear it apart. Please join the International Film Series, which will be screening this Japanese film by Oshima Nagisa, starring Beat Takeshi. Time & Location: 7:00 pm, Hoff Theater, Stamp Student Union. The film will be screened on 35mm; free and open to the public. Taboo (Gohatto), 1999 Japan, 2001 In Japanese with English subtitles, Dir. Nagisa Oshima, 100 minutes.
JAPONISME IN JAPAN:
Painting the Nation's Past and Future—March 16, 2006:
This talk will given by Dr. Alica Volk, Yale University. Sponsored by the Dept. of Art History and Archaeology. Time & Location: 4:45-6:00 p.m., 2203 Art-Sociology Building.
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DC ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL: "The Tea Film"—March 24, 2006:
"Not since Robert Fortune clandestinely made his way through the tea growing districts of China in 1843 to steal plants and seeds for the British Empire has a Westerner attempted to gain access to the hidden world of Chinese tea. This as yet unfinished documentary follows the world-renowned American tea importer David Lee Hoffman to some of the most remote regions of China in search of the finest teas in the world. Trekking off the beaten path, Hoffman, also an expert in soil fertility and sustainable environmental practices, acquires handmade organic teas from small farmers who have been making them for generations. As the Chinese open their doors to the global marketplace, Hoffman focuses on the ancient tradition that links them, and all of us, to the distant past, while introducing the West to one of China's finest cultural contributions-the artistry and exquisite taste of fine, handmade tea. One of America's foremost tea authorities, James Norwood Pratt, author of The Tea Lover's Treasury, editor of 'Tea Trade-The Magazine of the World Tea Business' and one of the creators of the American Premium Tea Institute, also appears in the film. Directed and produced by Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht, Flower Films." Time & Location: 7:00p.m., National Geographic Society, Gilbert H. Grosvenor Auditorium, 1600 M St., NW ($10 members, $12 non-members).
"A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GARDEN IN PRE-TANG CHINA" —March 22, 2006:
Dumbarton Oaks and Georgetown University present a lecture by Professor Knechtges of the University of Washington, Seattle. Professor Knechtges will examine the development of the ancient and early medieval garden in China from the earliest written records in the Shang (traditional dates 1766-1027 B.C.E.) to the Period of Division (220-581). Time & Location: 5:30p.m., ICC Auditorium at Georgetown University (Georgetown Campus Map).
AMERICA THROUGH THE EYES OF JAPAN—March 1, 2006:
Professor Naoyuki Agawa, of Keio University, re-evaluates Japan-U.S. relations from the perspective of someone who returned to Japan last April after three years as a minister at the Embassy of Japan in Washington. Noticing a generally favorable state of domestic affairs Professor Agawa will discuss Japan's waning interest in the United States. Time & Location: 4:00p.m., JICC Auditorium (Directions).
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