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February 2014 News and Events at Michigan State University's Asian Studies Center.
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News and Events February 4, 2014 Bi-weekly Newsletter Please share with other faculty and students.
Announcement Asian Studies Specialization Changes
Dr. Siddharth Chandra, Director
About Us The Asian Studies Center at Michigan State University, named a National Undergraduate Resource Center (Title VI NRC) since 2000 by the U.S. Department of Education, directs one of the largest, most diverse programs of education about Asia in the Midwest. Unlike other programs, the Center is distinguished by its approach to East, South, Central, North, West, and Southeast Asia in the design of its curriculum, focus on faculty research, and scope of outreach activities.
Advising for the Asian Studies Specialization is now located in the Center for Integrative Studies in the College of Social Science, in 302 Berkey Hall. Students who are interested in the Asian Studies Specialization should refer to Academic Programs to view the specific requirements for the specialization (see link below). For questions and/or advising for the Asian Studies Specialization, contact Veda Hawkins at vhawkins@msu.edu or schedule an appointment at http://www.cisss.msu.edu/ids/index.php. Academic Programs: http://www.reg.msu.edu/academicprograms/ProgramDetail.asp? Program=4453
Announcement Mandarin Scholarship DEADLINE: TOMORROW, FEBRUARY 5
Presently, the Center’s 190 affiliated faculty members
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represent over 46 disciplines across MSU in teaching undergraduate and graduate students. Phone: (517) 353-1680 Email: asiansc@isp.msu.edu Website: asia.isp.msu.edu
Faculty Spotlight Charles Keith
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago invites applications for the 2014 Huayu Enrichment Scholarship, designed for studying Mandarin in Taiwan. Awards consist of a monthly stipend of approximately US$800/month from the Taiwan Ministry of Education. Awardees may choose a program from among 30 certified Chinese Language Centers at major universities in Taiwan. Instruction is available in both traditional and simplified characters. For general information, please visit: http://www.edutw.org/english/scholarships/ MSU students interested in applying should contact Professor Tze-lan Sang <tzelan@msu.edu> by February 5, 2014.
Assistant Professor Department of History Region: Southeast Asia Dr. Keith received his PhD from Yale University in 2008 in the cultural, religious, and political history of Southeast Asia. Since then he has received two awards (the 2012-2013 Andrew Alf Heggogy Prize and the 2013 John Gilmary Shea Prize) for his first book, Catholic Vietnam: A Church from Empire to Nation, which focuses on religious, cultural and political transformations in Vietnamese Catholicism during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His next book, tentatively titled Indochina in France: Colonial Subjects, Metropolitan Lives, will focus on the metropolitan context of the history of French colonial Indochina, particularly on ordinary lives and everyday experiences. Since his arrival at MSU in 2008, Dr. Keith notes that the Asian Studies Center "has played a central role in supporting my research and teaching as well as helping me make connections with faculty across campus." He received several small grants to support his travel to conferences and to purchase teaching materials for the MSU library's collections.
Announcement FLAS Fellowship Application Deadline Extended! NEW DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 14 This application announcement pertains to students who are enrolled in a program that combines Asian language study and international or area studies. FLAS academic year fellowships offer tuition payments of up to $18,000 per year for graduate students and $10,000 per year for undergraduates, including a monthly stipend for each semester the award is held. The 2014-2015 FLAS academic year fellowship awards are subject to availability of funds from the U.S. Department of Education. FLAS summer intensive foreign language study fellowships offer up to $8,500 for study abroad, or in the U.S. for graduate and undergraduate students. Undergraduate language learners need to be at the intermediate level or higher. Graduate student language learners can be at any level. Funds are available for the summer of 2014! Go to the Asian Studies Center website for more information, instructions, and application materials. Website link: http://asia.isp.msu.edu/resources/flas.htm
Upcoming Event Japanese Conversation Hour
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Dr. Keith has also served on the Center's faculty advisory board, which has allowed him to help shape a range of Asia-related programs and initiatives across campus. Dr. Keith is currently researching the experiences of Vietnamese in France during the era of French colonization of Vietnam (roughly 1850 to 1950). His work attempts to understand how direct experiences in the center of colonial power shaped Vietnamese culture, society and politics in diverse and often unexpected ways, a phenomenon with powerful implications for the country after independence.
Announcement: Study Abroad Summer 2014
Thursdays in Owen Hall cafeteria (center, near the northeastern windows) 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Come speak Japanese in the Owen cafeteria with the Japan Club! Anyone can participate regardless of level, experience, or background. The Japan Club offers help with homework for those taking Japanese classes, and speaking practice for everyone! Japanese Conversation Hour will be every Thursday of the semester, except holidays, finals week, and a few other exceptions.
Upcoming Event Shanghaied in Hoboken: Asian Sailors as Workers and Immigrants
Political-economic and Sociocultural Change in Modern Turkey
Students have the opportunity to study and live at Turkey's top public and private universities in Ankara and Istanbul. Courses are appropriate for all James Madison College majors and for the Muslim Studies and Asian Studies specializations. A few spaces are still available. The application deadline is approaching. An information session will take place on Wednesday, February 5 at 4:00 p.m. in Room 319L South Case Hall.
Friday, February 7, 2014 MSU Museum Auditorium 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. A lecture by Dr. Anna Pegler-Gordon, a professor in James Madison College as part of the "Our Daily Work / Our Daily Lives" project. "Our Daily Work / Our Daily Lives" is a joint project that focuses on the artistic traditions of workers and on workplaces as contexts for the expression of workers culture. The richness and diversity of workers' experiences and workers culture is explored and presented through an ongoing series of exhibits, lectures, and presentations; writing and research projects; reunions; and demonstrations and discussions. The program was established in 1992 and is coordinated by the Michigan Traditional Arts Program at the MSU Museum and the Labor Education Program in the College of Social Science's School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
Please contact Professor Linda Racioppi (racioppi@msu.edu) or Professor Norman Graham (grahamn@msu.edu) for more
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Upcoming Events
Turkic Chay & Chat Hour January 22 through April 16, 2014 on Wednesdays in Room 302 International Center 4:30 p.m. This event is a free, interactive gathering established for those MSU students who are currently studying one of the Turkic languages and those who have taken these Turkic language courses earlier. Contact: Timur Kocaoglu, Turkic Language coordinator, and Associate Director of CERES Email: timur@msu.edu Â
Hindi-Urdu Chai & Chat Hour February 6 through March 27, 2014 on Thursdays in Room 302 International Center 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Please join conversations in Hindi and enjoy homemade Indian chai tea.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
2014 Chinese Lunar New Year Festival
Japan Week 2014: Building Tomorrow Together
February 8, 2014 Downtown Howell, Michigan Events include: Howell Dragon Run 5k & Fun Run (Howell High School campus,10:00 a.m., $25) The Lion Dance--Blessing of the Businesses (Cobb Hall Courtyard, 12:00 p.m., free) Lion Dance performance and educational presentation (Howell Opera House, 1:00 p.m., free) Ceramic horse painting for kids & adults and a karate demonstration (Howell Opera house, 2:00 p.m., $2/$3 for arts & crafts, demo is free) Tai Chi/Martial arts demonstration (Howell Opera House, 3:00 p.m., free) Mah jong tournaments (Howell Opera House, 4:00 p.m., free) Free Silk Road Orchestra concert (Howell Opera House, 7:00 p.m., free) For more information and a full list of events; please visit facebook.com/howelllunarnewyear or contact info@downtownhowell.org.
Contact: Bhanu Sisodia, Hindi Instructor
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Translating "3.11: Temporary Shelter" Fifty Tanka on Flight, Vigil, and Impermanence Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Room 303 International Center 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Reception at 5:30 p.m. A sequence of fifty tanka (short poems) written by poet and schoolteacher Tanaka Takuya will be presented by Dr. Edith Sarra and Dr. Yasuko Ito Watt (Indiana University). A reception will follow. All are welcome! Â Raising One Voice at a Time: An Evening of Poetry by Japanese Language Students at MSU Thursday, March 13, 2014 B-310 Wells Hall 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Japanese language students at MSU will recite poetry that was composed in response to
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3.11 and its media representations in both Japan and abroad. Light snacks provided.
Sponsored by the Asian Studies Center and The Indian Council.
Sonobe Ball Origami Workshop Tuesday, March 18, 2014 B-342 Wells Hall 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Betsy Lavolette will lead a workshop that teaches participants how to fold a Sonobe module from a square of paper. As a group, participants will combine several modules to create an "Epcot Ball," a symbolic representation of rebuilding Japan together.
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