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New Staff

EASC welcomes Mary Beth Kennedy as the new Accounts Coordinator. Kennedy has an M.A. in Public Health from George Washington University and a B.A. in Economics and Environmental Science from the University of Virginia. She joined EASC on a temporary basis in November and has since become a permanent staff member.

EALC welcomes Lara Tokarski as the new Administrative Secretary for the department. Tokarski has a B.A. in Linguistics from Indiana University.

Summer Language and Culture Courses for IUB Faculty and Staff

The East Asian Studies Center is pleased to announce our Summer Language and Culture Programs on China, Japan, and Korea. Fun and interactive, these three special two-week courses offer faculty and staff of Indiana University-Bloomington the opportunity to learn about the cultures of these East Asian countries and to acquire some basic language skills in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in a low-pressure, hands-on environment. The courses are free and all resources will be provided. Pre-registration is required due to space limitations.

The Korean course will run from Friday, May 19 to Friday, June 2 (no class on Monday, May 29), 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Ballantine 314. It will be taught by FOLK/EALC Ph.D. student Liora Sarfati.

The Japanese course will be team-taught by EALC Ph.D. student Susan Furukawa and EALC M.A. student Vance Schaefer. It will be held from Monday, June 5 to Friday, June 16, 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Student Building 140.

The Chinese course will be taught by EALC Ph.D. student Jonathan Pettit, from Monday July 10 to Friday July 21, 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Ballantine 337.

Registration forms are available online and can be mailed or faxed (855-7762) to EASC.

For more information, please contact Nancy Alexander at 855-3765 or easc@indiana.edu.

Current and Upcoming Art Exhibits

The Mathers Museum of World Cultures presents:

Japan-in-America : The Turn of the Twentieth Century.

March 23 to December 20, 2006.

This exhibit samples the vast number of images, stories, performances, and accounts of Japan that circulated in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The project director is Gregory A. Waller, chair of the Department of Communication and Culture.

The Mathers Museum is located at 416 North Indiana Avenue and is open Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Indiana University Art Museum presents:

Conspiring with Tradition: Contemporary Painting from the Guilin Chinese Painting Academy

September 30 to December 17, 2006

Special Exhibitions Gallery

The beautiful landscape of Guilin, China has nurtured a group of superb local painters from the Guilin Chinese Painting Academy.

The IU Art Museum is proud to be the exclusive venue for the first-ever exhibition of their paintings in the United States. Conspiring with Tradition: Contemporary Painting from the Guilin Chinese Painting Academy will feature approximately sixty large-scale contemporary paintings, the majority of which have been painted in the last two years.

The Guilin Academy artists show great diversity in their themes and techniques as well as in their life experiences—the oldest member of the academy is in his nineties, the youngest in his thirties. Some are highly acclaimed masters; others are rising new stars. Against long odds, these artists have held sacred the shared goal of giving life to a contemporary “ Guilin School ” of painting, reflecting their profound artistic heritage.

The exhibition is made possible with support from Indiana University 's New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Program.

The Indiana University Art Museum is located at 1133 East 7 th Street and is open Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Artist: Xiao Shunzhi

Indiana University Chinese Culture Club

This year marks the Chinese Culture Club's (formally known as China House) second year as an official IU student organization. The club sponsored an early semester meeting attended by undergraduates and graduates for an informal gathering and Go tournament. In October, along with Delta Sigma Pi, a fraternity from the Kelley School of Business, the club sponsored a seven-course Chinese dinner at the Forest Greenleaf dining center with Scott Kennedy (EALC/POLS) as guest speaker. The club also partnered with the Indiana University Asian Culture Center to host a hot pot ( huo guo ) open house which was attended by students and people from the local community, and it plans to end the semester with an end-of-year banquet. The club hopes to continue its outreach efforts and establish further partnerships with other Indiana University organizations.

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