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EASC Explores New Outreach Opportunities
EASC continues to grow and to expand its outreach programming. This spring, several new programs will get underway.
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STORYTELLING "Long ago, when tigers smoked long pipes and rabbits talked to dragons, a rich king ruled the land of Korea..." So begins one of the more than 40 children's books and kamishibai (traditional Japanese stories accompanied by picture cards) based on stories from China, Japan and Korea that EASC has recently acquired. The stories and illustrations are as varied as the cultures they represent. EASC hopes to bring some of the fascinating culture and history represented by these stories to children in Bloomington and beyond. “Pictures augment words and show children what different worlds look like, so we hope that the kids in our audiences will not only hear about but also visualize the cultures of East Asia,” explains Anne Prescott. Beginning in February, Anne and Susan Furukawa ( EASC staff members) will begin "Stories from East Asia," a program in which they will visit Campus View Apartments, on the Indiana University, Bloomington campus, and read stories to young residents and their parents. They will then introduce the children to an activity or game related to the stories they read. In the summer, Anne and Susan will take their show on the road and do a series of hour-long programs at the Monroe County Public Library. The program will also be available to elementary schools in Monroe and the surrounding counties. Susan concludes, "East Asia has a fascinating combination of rich cultures. We want children to have a chance to experience those cultures in a fun and familiar environment." |
TEACHING ABOUT EAST ASIA THROUGH MUSIC
Following in the footsteps of EASC's successful summer Teaching East Asian Literature in the High School Workshop, EASC is in the beginning stages of planning a three-day workshop on East Asian music. This workshop, which will target elementary school music teachers, is expected to take place in summer 2003. Information and resources about East Asian music appropriate for public schools is not readily available, resulting in no instruction, or perhaps worse, misinformation, being taught. The goal of this experience is for teachers to begin to understand the basics of the musics of China, Japan and Korea, hear quality examples, learn to identify resources for the classroom, have hands-on experience with some East Asian instruments, and meet with other teachers who have incorporated or are interested in teaching, East Asian music in their classrooms. Tentative plans also include a concert of music from all three cultures which will be open to the public.
DISTANCE LEARNING
The East Asian Studies Center at Indiana University began teaching two
pilot distance learning classes to Tell City in January 2003. These classes
are supported by a grant from the Freeman Foundation as well as contributions
from the recipient community. One course is a 15-week beginning Japanese
language class for high school students. The class, which meets twice a
week, is taught by Junko Dosaka, doctoral student in education who is certified
to teach Japanese in Indiana. Nine Tell City high school students are participating
in this credit class. The second class is a community enrichment Japanese
culture class which meets once a week for seven weeks. The class covers
various topics such as family, religion, art, and etiquette in Japan. This
class will be taught by EASC staff member, Susan Furukawa. Both of these
classes are geared toward a community which has a Japanese company in the
town and would like to increase its knowledge about Japan and its culture.
"The people of Tell City are really excited about these classes, so
the project has been a lot of fun to work on. We are looking forward to
using the model we have created for Tell City in other communities throughout
the state of Indiana," said Susan. This unique outreach program is
realized with the support of Vision Athena, which is part of Ameritech's
non-profit Corporation for Educational Communications.
CHINA FILM WEEKEND
In conjunction with China Century Entertainment, EASC will participate
in The NY Times Arts and Leisure Weekend from March 7 - 9, 2003. EASC will
screen three fascinating contemporary Chinese films. We hope you can join
us for one or all of the films.
March 7, 7pm, Woodburn Hall, Room 101, Indiana
University, Bloomington -- Postmen in the Mountains
March 8, 3 pm, Woodburn Hall, Room 101, Indiana University, Bloomington
-- The Saga of Mulan
March 9, 7 pm, Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood St., Bloomington
-- Silk Road
For more information call 1-800-441-EASC
A portion of the money from the Freeman Undergraduate
Initiative will be used to hire new faculty in the Schools of Education
and Business and the College of Arts and Sciences. While the search for
an East Asianist continues in the School of Business, EASC is proud to
announce two new hires.
Heidi Ross (Ph.D. Education, University of Michigan) comes to I.U. Bloomington from Colgate University, where she was an Assistant Professor in Educational Sciences, 1987 - 2002. Her research interests focus on education in East Asia, Chinese secondary schools, gender and education and the formation of social capital. She has lived in both Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, and spent a year teaching at Indiana University from 1986 to 1987. She has published two books: China Learns English (Yale University Press, 1993) and The Ethnographic Eye: Interpretive Studies of Education in China which she co-edited with Judith Liu and Donald Kelly (Garland Publishing, 1999). During the 2003-2004 academic year, she will teach one section of H340: Education & American Culture (a course required for most teacher education students), into which she plans to incorporate some perspectives on East Asian education. She will also teach H551: Comparative Education II (Issues in Comparative Education).
Ethan Michelson has been selected as the newest addition to the Sociology and East Asian Languages and Cultures departments. Michelson is a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Chicago whose research focuses on using the case of law and legal professionalization in China to inform theories of state-society relations, political transitions, social movements, and collective action. Specifically, he has been looking at the profession of law in China and how it has failed to promote fundamental social and political change. His book Lawyer Bao: Law and Morality in Contemporary China (Berkeley: University of California Press) is forthcoming. Jeff Wasserstrom, Director of the East Asian Studies Center, talks about the selection process, "Ethan Michelson is a scholar who, despite just recently finishing his doctorate, has already compiled an impressive publication record and has enormous potential. We had an excellent pool of candidates for our East Asia/Social Science search -- close to 150 applicants from five or six different disciplines -- and all of the departments involved were very supportive of the undertaking. In the end, it was extremely difficult to come up with a short list, as there were at least a dozen applicants who had both impressive records and would have added new dimensions to our programs. It was a tough choice, but the final decision definitely feels like a very good one."
Next year, Ethan will be teaching two courses
with East Asian content: "Contemporary Chinese Society" and
"Work and Occupations."
East Asian Film Series Spring Schedule Set
The films for the spring East Asian Film Series,
sponsored by the East Asian Studies Center, bring together a mixture of
films from Taiwan, the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Japan, and
Korea in a diverse spring line-up. This semester's films focus on branching
out into film styles that depart from the traditional understanding of the
motion picture. A Wind Named Amnesia is a classic anime film
from the early nineties that exposes us to an apocalyptic vision of the
future. Joint Security Area is a film focusing on the tension that
remains between North and South Korea. Constantly challenging political
standards in the South, this film was a huge success among South Korean
audiences who were eager to see the division in a new light. Finally, The
City of Lost Souls is the most accessible of the films of Takashi Miike,
who is known throughout Japan and the world for his controversial films
about hidden aspects of Japanese culture.
The film series schedule is as follows:
January 25: Rouge. Hong Kong, 1987, Dir. Stanley Kwan. **This
film will be shown in Jordan Hall A100, all other films will take place
in Woodburn Hall 101.
February 1: Take Care of My Cat. Korea, 2001, Dir. Jae-Eun Jeong.
February 15: A Wind Named Amnesia. Japan, 1993, Dir. Kazuo Yamazaki.
February 22: Breaking the Silence. China, 1999, Dir. Sun Zhou.
March 8: City of Lost Souls Japan, 2000, Dir. Takashi Miike.
April 5: Joint Security Area. Korea, 2000, Dir. Chan-Wook Park
April 19: The Puppetmaster. Taiwan,
1993, Dir. Hsiao-hsien Hou.
All films are shown on Saturday evening at 7:30pm in Woodburn Hall 101, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. They are free and open to the public, but are not intended for a young audience. A brief analytical introduction given by a film studies student from the Department of Communication and Culture will precede each film. For questions regarding the Fall 2002 Film Series, contact Jeff Payne at jespayne@indiana.edu.
Spring 2003 East Asian Colloquium Series
After a successful Fall Colloquium Series, EASC is proud to present the spring schedule. The spring series began on January 24th with Ruth Rogaski, a historian from Princeton University, who gave a thought-provoking lecture titled "Bruce Lee and the Evil Japanese Doctor: Medicine and Constructions of Chinese Nationalism." The following week, I.U. Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication
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and Culture, Soek-fang Sim, will give a talk entitled, "Not the End of History: Asian Values and the Re-amalgamation of Authoritarianism with Late-Capitalism." Visiting scholar to the Political Science Department, Jinsong Jiang, will speak on February 14th about "China's National People's Congress: How Its Deputies View Their Mandate." In March, Indiana University alum Anne Soon Choi, who currently teaches at DePauw University, will present part of her dissertation in her lecture "The Unofficial Ambassadors: The Sindo Haksaeng (Newly Arrived Students) and the Korean Independence Movement, 1919-1941." Jay Rubin, Harvard University, will speak about famous modern Japanese author Haruki Murakami on April 4th in a lecture titled "How NOT to Write a Book on Haruki Murakami." The final lecture of the year will be given by Jan Nattier, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of EALC. The title of her lecture is "'Three Disasters and Four Opportunities': On Interpreting Early Chinese Buddhist Translations." As always, you can learn more about upcoming lectures and listen to past ones on the EASC website at: http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/eaq/.
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