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July 1, 2007

Professor Duncan Williams' research makes the news

An article about Duncan Williams' research on the role of Buddhism in American internment camps makes UCB headlines.

Chancellor Robert Birgeneau appears on Chinese television

A recent article in the UC Berkeley NewsCenter notes that Chancellor Robert Birgeneau was the featured guest on "Eastern Horizon: Top Talk," a Chinese talk show featuring face-to-face interviews with foreign dignitaries, heads of state, industry leaders, and other prominent figures. During the program, which aired on China's largest national TV network, China Central Television (CCTV), producer and host Shui Junyi interviewed Birgeneau about the campus's mission as a public university, his career, and former UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien.

June 1, 2007

Center for Japanese Studies Spring 2007 Events

The Yomiuri Shimbun, From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor: Who Was Responsible?
Takahiko Tennichi, Editorial writer, The Yomiuri Shimbun
January 24, 2007
Center for Japanese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, Walter H. Shorenstein Fund, Graduate School of Journalism

January 1, 2007

2007 IEAS Events Calendar

Exhibit: Shanghai Alleyways 上海弄堂
Photographs by Jianhua Gong 龚建华摄影展
January 18 – May 8, 2007
Institute of East Asian Studies

December 1, 2006

Center for Japanese Studies Fall 2006 Events

Maruyama Masao and America the Incomprehensible
Yasuhisa Shimizu, CJS Visiting Scholar, History of Japanese Political Thought, Kyushu University
September 18, 2006
Center for Japanese Studies

IEAS announces a scholarship fund honoring the life and work of Fred Wakeman.

A scholarship fund has been created honoring the life and work of Fred Wakeman. For more information, see the announcement from David Hollinger.

June 1, 2006

Center for Japanese Studies Spring 2006 Events

Confessions of a Diplomatic Interpreter
Cornelius Iida, Simultaneous Interpreter
January 20, 2006
Center for Japanese Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures

An Analytical Approach to the Moral Economy of the Late Tokugawa Rural Society
Mario Oshima, Economics, Osaka City University
January 27, 2006
Center for Japanese Studies

January 1, 2006

2006 IEAS Events Calendar

Confessions of a Diplomatic Interpreter
Cornelius Iida, Simultaneous Interpreter
January 20, 2006
Center for Japanese Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures


Speaking Pacific: A Poetic Fête
January 21, 2006
Center for Korean Studies, The Korean Center, Inc., The Intercultural Institute of California, The Korean Literature Translation Institute

December 1, 2005

Center for Japanese Studies Fall 2005 Events

Evaluating the Japanese Election
T.J. Pempel, Political Science, UC Berkeley
Steve Vogel, Political Science, UC Berkeley
Ethan Scheiner, Political Science, UC Davis
Robert Madsen, MIT Center for International Studies
Rob Weiner, Cornell University
September 16, 2005
Center for Japanese Studies

June 1, 2005

Center for Japanese Studies Spring 2005 Events

A Stitch in Time: The Sewing Machine and the Modern Transformation of Japan
Andrew Gordon, History, Harvard University
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Center for Japanese Studies

January 1, 2005

2005 IEAS Events Calendar

Sex Underground — JPEX: Japanese Experimental Film and Video, 1955–Now
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Pacific Film Archive; Image Forum Archive; University of California, Irvine; University of Chicago; Institute for East Asian Studies

December 1, 2004

Center for Japanese Studies Fall 2004 Events

What Happened to Japanese Telecom: Stumbling into the 21st Century
Robert Cole, Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, UCB
September 2, 2004
Center for Japanese Studies

October 31, 2004

Joanne Sandstrom retires.

After twenty four years as Editor of IEAS Publications, Joanne Sandstrom retires on June 28. During her distinguished career Joanne applied her expert editing skills and knowledge of academic book production to bring to fruition literally hundreds of titles in the Institute's China, Japan and Korea Research Monograph Series, the Research Papers and Policy Studies, and other ongoing Institute publications.

June 1, 2004

Center for Japanese Studies Spring 2004 Events

Three Rapes: The Status of Forces Agreement and Okinawa
Chalmers Johnson, President, Japan Policy Research Institute
January 29, 2004
Center for Japanese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies

April 30, 2004

2004 fellowships announced.

IEAS announces its 2004-2005 fellowship competition for continuing graduate students in East Asian Studies. Approximately ten competitive awards of up to $6000 are available. Successful applicants should propose a coherent plan of research/study that will result in tangible progress towards their graduate degree. Applications are due Wednesday, April 21, 2004.

Jane Kaneko retires.

Jane Kaneko, IEAS Business Officer, will retire in late June after almost forty years of service to the university. Jane has worked at the Institute of East Asian Studies since its inception in 1978. Before that time she worked at the Center for Chinese Studies, for Health Sciences, and at University Extension. In her twenty six years at IEAS, Jane has been responsible for nearly all the business functions of the Institute, including fiscal management, personnel, and payroll. She has seen the Institute through times of enormous growth and change.

January 1, 2004

2004 IEAS Events Calendar

One Size Doesn't Fit All: Why Western Democracy Won't Work in East Asia
Daniel Bell, Associate Professor, Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong
January 23, 2004
Center for Chinese Studies


Three Rapes: The Status of Forces Agreement and Okinawa
Chalmers Johnson, President, Japan Policy Research Institute
January 29, 2004
Center for Japanese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies

IEAS announces new fellows program.

IEAS announces a new program for mid-career professionals in business, law, government, industry and related fields to become Fellows at the Institute in order to broaden their perspectives on East Asia and to pursue their career development goals through the resources available at Berkeley.

December 1, 2003

Center for Japanese Studies Fall 2003 Events

Where the Girls Are: Establishing Japanese Girlhood and Identity in Women's Magazines
Kazue Sakamoto, Associate Professor, Sociology, Ochanomizu University
August 28, 2003
Center for Japanese Studies

The Japanese Constitution in the 21st Century
Taro Nakayama, Chairman, Research Commission on the Constitution, House of Representatives, Japan
September 2, 2003
Center for Japanese Studies

October 31, 2003

IEAS hosts 2003 East Asia at Berkeley conference.

The Institute of East Asian Studies hosted "East Asia at Berkeley," a three-day event showcasing a small cross-section of the intellectual and artistic pursuits integral to the East Asia programs on the Berkeley campus. A wide array of different activities and topics were presented ranging from panels on the region's pre-historic hunter-gatherers and modern financial markets to screenings of Japanese animated films and performances of modern dance from Taiwan.