Events
Events
U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations, Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with U.S. Diplomat Erik Black, in conversation with U of I's Slayton Endowed Assistant Professor Chen Wang, April 18, 2024, 5 p.m., Room 221, University of Idaho College of Law—Boise, 501 W. Front Street. A talk in the Ambassador Philip C. Habib Asian Affairs Speakers Series. Co-sponsor: Idaho Asian Pacific American Law Student Association. Light refreshments will be provided.
The Asia on the Palouse Speakers Series brings renowned Asia scholars to Moscow to present their latest research and engage with our university community.
AY 2023-24
Melvin Barnes, Jr., Ph.D (Ohio State University)
“Learning from the South: The Black Experience and Reform in Republican China”
April 22, 3:30 p.m., Clearwater Room, ISUB
Co-sponsors: Black/African American Cultural Center, Black Research Institute for Flourishing and Thriving, Department of History.
Gary Rudgers (Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, J.R. Simplot Company)
"Doing Idaho Ag Business in Asia"
Oct. 26, 3:30 p.m., TLC 031
Jessica Fernández de Lara Harada (Lecturer, Oxford University)
"Renditions of Asians in Post-Revolutionary Mexican Racial Science Literature"
Nov. 6, 3:30 p.m., Clearwater-Whitewater Room
AY 2022-23
Gi-Wook Shin (Stanford University)
Eleana Kim (UC-Irvine)
Jerry C. Zee (Princeton University)
Mel Gurtov (Portland State University)
AY 2021-22
Brian Hurley (University of Texas)
Ho-fung Hung (Johns Hopkins University)
Judy Ju-Hui Han (UCLA)
Puck Brecher (Washington State University)
Aaron Skabelund (BYU)
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua (University of Illinois)
AY 2020-21
Stefania Travagnin (University of London)
Ambassador Chas Freeman (Brown University)
Reed Chervin (University of Colorado)
Andrew Jones (UC-Berkeley)
Marcella Szablewicz (Pace University)
Harold Tanner (University of North Texas)
Marta Hanson (Johns Hopkins University)
AY 2019-20
Qinna Shen (Bryn Mawr College)
Dong Luo (South China University of Technology)
Robert V. Percival (University of Maryland)
AY 2018-19
Thomas Talhelm (University of Chicago)
Mark Warner (University of Idaho)
Anna Pegler-Gordon (Michigan State University)
Wang Ping (Macalester College)
Anna Sun (Kenyon College)
You Qiang (University of Idaho)
Ecocinema has recently drawn scholarly attention in East Asian cinema studies, though usually within nation-state frameworks. This conference will contribute to exploration of ecological thinking with regards to media by encouraging inter-Asian conversations about ecocinema. Given the global issue of climate change, it is urgent to develop ecocritical perspectives beyond national cinema frameworks. By providing scholars in East Asian cinema with a space for dialogue, this conference aims at mapping out alternative perspectives toward ecocinema beyond national borders.
See the Ecocinema page for event details.
Hong Kong Kung Fu Double Feature
Lee vs Li
6:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 28, Kenworthy Theatre, Moscow
Free Screening of "Fist of Fury" & "The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk"
Monday, Oct. 23
"Passing the Torch of Peace: Remembering Hiroshima"
4:30 p.m., Legacy Pointe Room, Idaho Water Center, Boise Campus
U of I Japanese language students' presentation of their translation of atomic bomb survivor Keiko Ogura's children's story.
Tuesdays | 7 p.m.
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre
508 S. Main St., Moscow, ID
Admission is FREE
Schedule
- Jan. 24, 2023: Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953) | Japan
- Feb. 21, 2023: Double Suicide (Masahiro Shinoda, 1969) | Japan
- March 21, 2023: The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1985) | Taiwan
- April 25, 2023: Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) | Hong Kong
The Asia Research Brown Bag highlights and promotes Asia-related research happening at U of I and around the Palouse. Faculty members, postdocs, and graduate students are welcome to present their research, at any stage of development.
AY 2022-23
Bal Sharma (English), “Linguistic Landscape during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nepal”
Yuta Kaminishi (HIAS and JAMM), “The Art Theater Movement: The Spectators and 1960s Shinjuku Culture”
AY 2021-22
Xiao Hu (Architecture), "Crafting Greener and More Livable cities: China's Emerging New Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change"
MJ Vega (WSU), "'A Citizen Same As You And I': Japanese American Student Relocation to Moscow, Idaho and Pullman, Washington, 1942-1945"
Mark Coleman (Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences), "Poplar Trees in China: An Enduring Symbol and a Tool for Environmental Change"
Aug. 17-Sept. 15
- "Manga and War" exhibit | Reflections Gallery (in cooperation with Kyoto International Manga Museum)
- Idaho student manga competition exhibit | Ridenbaugh Gallery (and online)
Monday, Sept. 11
- Manga drawing workshop with Dennis Lo (Manga Artist) - Space is limited, you must register in advance.
3:30-4:45 PM ONLINE
5:00-6:15 PM Clearwater-Whitewater, ISUB
Tuesday, Sept. 12
- 2:00 PM: Heekyoung Cho (University of Washington), “The Webtoon and Its Affordances” | Clearwater-Whitewater, ISUB
- 4:00 PM: Ben Applegate (Penguin Random House), “An Overview of Manga Publishing and Localization” | Clearwater-Whitewater, ISUB
- 7:00 PM: Sailor Moon R: The Movie | Kenworthy Theatre
Wednesday, Sept. 13
- 10:30 AM: Jessica Record (Consulate General of Japan in Seattle), “Japan Exchange and Teaching Program: Information Session” | Admin 317
- 1:30 PM: Akiko Sugawa-Shimada (Yokohama National University), “Magical Girl Anime in Japan: Empowerment or Problems?” | Clearwater-Whitewater, ISUB
- 4:00 PM: Mari Morimoto (Manga Translator), “Mari & Manga's Most Interesting Adventure" | Clearwater-Whitewater, ISUB
- 7:00 PM: The First Slam Dunk | Kenworthy Theatre
Thursday, Sept. 14
- 2:00 PM: Yukari Fujimoto (Meiji University), "Women Loving: The History of 'Yuri' (Girls' Love) Manga" | Clearwater-Whitewater, ISUB
- 4:00 PM: Anne Yatco (Anime Voice Actor), “Engineering a Career in Anime and Video Games (Or, how to simultaneously disappoint and impress your Asian parents)” | Crest-Horizon-Aurora, ISUB - (Ms. Yatco will be signing 2D images only at the meet and greet and autograph session to follow directly in Panorama)
Tuesday, Sept. 13
“The Aesthetics of Post-Atrocity Building Projects”
10:30 a.m., Clearwater-Whitewater Room, ISUB
Yutaka Sho, Associate Professor of Architecture, Syracuse University
Xiao Hu, discussant
“Godzilla and Japan’s Nuclear Imaginary, from Hiroshima to Fukushima”
2:30 p.m., Clearwater-Whitewater Room, ISUB
William M. Tsutsui, President of Ottawa University
Yuta Kaminishi, discussant
Screening of Gojira (the original 1954 Godzilla) with introductory remarks by William M. Tsutsui
7 p.m., Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre
Wednesday, Sept. 14
“Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Environmental Age”
10:30 a.m., Borah Theater, Pitman Center
Toshihiro Higuchi, Assistant Professor of History, Georgetown University
Kerri Clement, discussant
Keynote Address: “An A-bomb Survivor’s Testimony-The Voice of the Hibakusha for Peace”
4 p.m., International Ballroom, Pitman Center
Keiko Ogura, Hiroshima Survivor
Followed by a panel discussion with Yutaka Sho, William M. Tsutsui, and Toshihiro Higuchi
Other Events
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Exhibit
Reflections Gallery, Idaho Student Union Building
Aug. 16 - Sept. 16, 2022 (Opening reception, Aug. 25, 3:30-5 p.m.)
Japanese literature, manga and film display
University Library
Aug. 16 - Sept. 16, 2022
Origami crane making
Entrance to the Idaho Student Union Building
weekdays, Sept. 1-16, noon to 1 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, 3:30-5 p.m.
Crest Room, Idaho Student Union Building, University of Idaho
For those who can't make it in person, there will be a Zoom webinar option.
Co-sponsors: Habib Institute for Asian Studies and the Department of English
Moderated by Scott Slovic, Department of English, University of Idaho
Speakers:
Qiang Pi, Tongji University and the University of Idaho, “The Cross-Cultural Representation of the Environmental Themes in Jiang Rong’s Wolf Totem”
Qiang Pi is a Ph.D. student at the College of Foreign Languages, Tongji University, China, and is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Idaho. He received his master’s degree in Translation Studies from the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His research focuses on the intersection between ecocriticism and translation studies. He is particularly interested in understanding the cross-cultural translation of Chinese literature into the English world and developing new theories with regard to the phenomenon of translation. He has published a book review of Zhao’s Translation and Modern China (2018) and an article titled “Translation through a Zen Mind: Sam Hamill’s Translation of Li Bai’s ‘Du Zuo Jing Ting Shan’.”
Cheng Li, Yale University, “Planting the Borderland: Politics, Nature, and Ethnic Borderlands in Maoist Ecocinema”
Cheng Li is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University. He is interested in modern Chinese literature and culture, environmental humanities, and migration studies. His articles appear in Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Environmental History, and Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism. While teaching environmental humanities of China and East Asia this semester, he has been working on his dissertation, tentatively titled “Trees and the Making of Modern China.”
Xinmin Liu, Washington State University, “Greenwashing and Its Discontent: Affect in a Chinese Muslim’s Search for Ethnic Roots”
Xinmin Liu is Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Cultures at Washington State University. He received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Yale in 1997. Since 2005, he has focused in his research on cultural geography, landscape aesthetics, and ecocriticism in China and the West and has just completed co-editing (with Dr. Peter I-min Huang) a volume of ecocritical writings titled Embodied Memories, Embedded Healing: New Ecological Perspectives from East Asia (forthcoming from Lexington Books in November 2021).
From Missionary Education to Confucius Institutes: Historical Reflections on Sino-American Educational Exchange
A one-day, international conference of scholars studying the history and current state of Sino-American educational exchange. Conference is online, free and open to the public.
8:40 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT Monday, November 1, 2021 on Zoom