East Asian Studies Center

SEMINAR SPONSOR
The Illinois/Indiana (IL/IN) East Asia National Resource Center is a partnership between the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the East Asian Studies Center at Indiana University.

THE PROGRAM
The IL/IN East Asian Summer Seminars are designed to give graduate and advanced undergraduate students in the Midwest the opportunity to study intensively with some of IL/IN’s leading scholars and to create continuing networks for collaboration and exchange.

SEMINAR DESCRIPTION
East Asian cinema, especially the major cinemas of Japan, China (Hong Kong, P.R.C., Taiwan), and South Korea, have long engaged in intra-regional and transnational exchanges—of personnel, capital, and influence. Shared cultural values, increasingly intertwined histories, and new communication technologies have led to what some call a trans-East Asian Cinema. Yet in the last few decades “East Asian” cinema has extended its reach: to South Asia and Southeast Asia since the 1970s and to an increasingly global presence since the late 1980s. This seminar will examine, through case studies of individual films and filmmakers and discussion of theoretical perspectives of globalization and new media, the ways in which East Asian cinema has historically engaged in transnational exchanges and a globalizing film culture.

FACULTY
East Asian film specialists:

The seminar will be led by East Asian film specialists David Desser (Professor and Director of the Unit for Cinema Studies, UIUC), Frances Gateward (Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and African American Studies & Research, UIUC), Gary Xu (Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature, UIUC), and Greg Waller (Professor and Chair of Communication and Culture, IU).

FORMAT & TEXTS
The seminar will begin with a film screening on the evening of May 20th, include two full days of lectures and roundtables, and conclude May 22nd. Participants will receive reading materials and a syllabus six weeks in advance.

LODGING
Room reservations in Willkie Residence Center (single rooms with shared baths) have been made for out-of-town participants for the nights of Sunday, May 20th through Tuesday, May 22nd so that participants can arrive Sunday afternoon and leave either Tuesday after 4:00pm or Wednesday morning.

Participants who are staying in Willkie should check-in on Sunday afternoon in the lobby of Willkie A Quadrangle. Enter from Rose Avenue and park temporarily on the circle in front of the building. Parking permits can be purchased when you check in ($5/day).

Lodging costs are covered for Sunday and Monday night only. Participants who are staying on Tuesday night will be asked to pay $45 (approximately) for the additional night. Room payments must be made in cash or by personal check only. (CREDIT CARDS ARE NOT ACCEPTED).

DIRECTIONS & MAPS
For directions on how to get to Indiana University Bloomington's campus by car and from the Indianapolis airport see here.

To do a personalized Google Map search for directions see here. (Click "Willkie Residence Center" and choose "Get Directions: To here.")

For an interactive online map of Indiana University see here.

COST

Costs borne by participants:

$20 application fee (This will be returned to those not accepted.)
$45 (approximately) for Tuesday night lodging (only if participant chooses to stay Tuesday night)
Travel costs in excess of the travel stipend provided

Some meals

Costs covered for participants:

2 nights' lodging for out-of-town participants
Travel stipend for out-of-town participants
Some meals

ELIGIBILITY & APPLICATION

Open to:

Graduate students

Advanced undergraduate students (those who are currently juniors and seniors)

Limited to 20 students

Please complete the application form and mail it to the address on the form, postmarked by March 9th.

CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information, please contact:
Margaret Key
Associate Director
East Asian Studies Center
mskey@indiana.edu