Fall 2008
Asian Studies Events:
Fall In China Information Meeting: November 24th at 6:00 and December 3rd at 4:00 in Johns Hall 109
Asia Club presents: CLP Event! Mah Jong , learn to play the Chinese game of Mah Jong, McEachern Lecture Hall, Furman Hall 214; 3:30-4:30, Monday December 1st.
First Wednesday of every month: Brown Bag Series in the Asian Studies Suite, Furman Hall 222. Monthly talk from 11:30-12:30. Bring a sack lunch. Feel free to attend as much or as little of the session as your schedule permits. Click here for this month's topic.
Second Wednesday of every month: Chinese Conversations in the Asian Studies Suite, Furman Hall 222. Monthly topics and speakers from 11:30-12:30. Feel free to attend as much or as little of the session as your schedule permits. Click here for this month's topic.
the Curry Gift for Chinese Studies, the Department of Asian Studies will host part-four of the popular China's Global Rise series in the spring of 2008. The series began in the Spring of 2004 with the former U.S. Ambassador to China James R Lilley’s public address on US-Chinese Relations in the 21st Century. The Fall 2004 symposium on the Chinese Economy and the Spring 2006 Conference on China’s Human Rights brought internationally renowned activists, scholars, analysts, and government officials to Furman’s campus.Past Events
2008
November 17th, 2008: CLP Event! Chinese Traditional Arts Performance
November 17th, 2008: CLP Event! An Afternoon of Japanese Calligraphy
November 12th and 13th, 2008: India Study Abroad 2009 Information Meeting:
November 3rd, 2008: JET Information Session
October 15th, 2008: Bharatnatyam Dance demonstration.
September 13th, 2008: Chinese Moon Festival
May 15th , 2008: CLP Event - Film " What's Going On? Girls Education in India" - 7 pm Furman Hall 214
May 12th , 2008: CLP Event - Film "Born into Brothels" - The film will take place in Burgiss Theater at 6:30 pm. Dr. Savita Nair will introduce the film.
May 12th , 2008: Lecture by Dazheng Feng, Director of the US Office of the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone. 3:30 Furman Hall 107
May 7th, 2008: Brown Bag Series - Dr. Savita Nair shares Furman's first ever Study Abroad trip to India.
May 7th, 2008: CLP Event - Dr. Ed Yazijian will perform Bengali Folk Music. The event will take place in McEarchan Lecture Hall from 3 pm - 4 pm.
April 30th, 2008: CLP Event - Taste of Indian Cuisine and Tale of Religious Traditions - 6:00 pm in the Younts Conference Center. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the DH or Paladen (students), or Johns Hall 112 (faculty & staff). Students can pay with PalaPoints. Presentations by Dr. Jim Leavell and Dr. Savita Nair.
April 2nd, 2008: Brown Bag Series - Dr. Yazijian will demonstrate Bengali Folk Music & Instruments.
March 31-May 13, 2008: Tai Chi offered every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 pm-4pm and Wednesday evenings 5:30-6:30. The classes will be held outside between Johns and Furman Halls. Open to all, there is no need to register and no fee. Shoes optional!
March 22-25, 2008: Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting
Location: Atlanta, GA
March 14-16, 2008: 15th Annual ASIANetwork Conference
Location: San Antonio, TX
March 5, 2008: Brown Bag Series - Graduate Study Information
January 18-20: South East Regional Association of Asian Studies Conference Location: Hilton Head, SC
Ms. Hiraoka performed Biwa music accompanying the Tale of Heike. During her performance she explained the historical background of such tales and the instrument. The Biwa is an earthy and dynamic string instrument and conjures up a dramatic sound stage. Here, it was used to accompany the sung storytelling based on classic stories as told in the Tale of Heike, an account of the rise and fall of the Taira clan of medieval Japan. Ms. Hiraoka told the stories of: Gion Shõja (The bell of Gion Temple), Nasu no Yoichi (Yoichi the archer), Saga no Aki (Autumn in Saga) and Dan no Ura Hikyoku (The tragedy at Dan no Ura). The recital took place on April 30th.
Chinese Delegation Visits Furman
At Homecoming ’06 a group of Chinese Delegates to the USA visited Furman for the first time. The delegation came to South Carolina for a Symposium in Columbia honoring Brigadier General Evans F. Carlson. On October 22, the Department of Asian Studies hosted a dinner after which Ambassador Mei Ping gave an address on the subject, “China and the Americas: Forging Relationships in the 21st Century”. The following morning, an Asian Studies drop in provided a setting for students, faculty and friends to mingle with the entourage of 3 ambassadors, Tianjin sister city representatives and other government officials.
Imagine beginning your Furman career with a trip to China! Such a trip has been a reality for four years, thanks to a generous gift from Alumnus Ravenel Curry. Incoming freshmen who applied and were selected to participate in the program of travel and seminars with Chinese students at Suzhou University were required to study a full year of Chinese language as freshmen. Student response to SCE and subsequent study of Chinese has been enthusiastic.
The faculty of the Department of Asian Studies are well-traveled in their regions of expertise and a 2004 trip proves just that. During the Summer of 2004, several faculty members traveled to Japan thanks to the Andrew Mellon Foundation. The faculty members met with local officials and scholars, attended cultural events, and visited numerous religious and historical sites in order to increase their breadth and depth of understanding Japan.