Funded Research Opportunity in Indonesia - May/July 2010
ATTENTION UNDERGRADUATES
FUNDED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY IN INDONESIA – MAY-JULY 2010
INDEPENDENT EXPERIENTIAL STUDY PROJECTS (399Y)
APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 22, 2010
Producing Wealth and Poverty in Indonesia’s New Rural
Economies
Professor Tania Li, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto
Professor Pujo Semedi, University of Toronto/ Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
This research programme examines the social relations through which rural people gain
access to, or are excluded from, the benefits of high growth agriculture in Indonesia. It
uses a team approach to examine two rural sites currently undergoing high rates of
growth. In West Kalimantan, the focus is on a bulk commodity – palm oil – supplied to
East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference 2010 - Desire!
Saturday March 13, 2010 - 9am-7:30pm
Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto
14th Floor of Robarts Library, room RL14087
Full details about the conference can be found here: http://individual.utoronto.ca/tq_87/easgsu/index.html
"It is only once it is formulated, named in the presence of the other, that desire appears in the full sense of the term." - Jacques Lacan
Blood Brothers, or Worlds Apart?: A Canadian Ambassador's Personal Reflections on the Two Koreas
Date: 12 March 2010
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: 208N, North House (Munk Centre for International Studies)
SPEAKERS
Ted Lipman
Speaker
Canadian Ambassador to Korea
CONTACT INFO
Katherine Mitchell
DESCRIPTION
The Asian Diaspora Conference: Asia & Beyond
THE ASIAN DIASPORA CONFERENCE: ASIA & BEYOND
One of the BIGGEST conference events of the year on Asia
Date: Saturday 6th March 2010
Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm
Location: 108N, 208N, Munk Centre for International Studies, 1
Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario
LEARN, CHALLENGE, NETWORK.
MULTICULTURALISM. THE MEANING OF 'CANADIAN ASIAN'.
We want to give a chance for high profile leaders, academics, and
inspirational figures to contribute their insights and knowledge to
the academic community, general public and the new generation of
Asian diaspora. Our goal is to give a forum for them to share their
experiences and struggles, as well as academic or personal insights
towards issues related to the Asians living in Canada and beyond.
Asian Foodprints 2010: Rediscovering Japan Through a Culinary Odyssey
The Asian Institute, in collaboration with the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies at the University of Toronto, the Departments of Sociology and East Asian Students, the Japan Foundation and the Japanese consulate in Toronto, are proud to present the 2010 Asian Foodprints conference.
This second such event will focus on Japan and Japanese food. The aim of this event is to use Japanese food and its culinary traditions as windows to explore both continuities and change in Japanese society.
The Program
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010
VENUE:
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto
8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION and breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 WELCOME
Li Qingzhao / 李清照: The Eminent Scholar and Her Works - March 4th, 2010
The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library will host a lecture about Li Qingzhao, the prominent female poet of Song Dynasty, entitled "Li Qingzhao / 李清照: The Eminent Scholar and Her Works" on Thursday, March 4.
Please refer to the attached poster for more details. The lecture is free and open to all, but pre-registration is needed because of a limited number of seats. Please contact Lucy (lucy.gan@utoronto.ca, or 416-978-1025 ) to reserve a seat or request further information about the event.
Taiwan Cinema - Yesterday and Today
February 26-28, 2010
The Asian Institute is pleased to offer Toronto-based readers invitations to tickets. Please contact Rhema Kang.
The schedule is as follows:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
6:30 OPENING NIGHT WELCOME
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"Bentu: Taiwan Cinema's Sentiments and Marketplace" Professor Emilie Yueh-Yu Yeh (Department of Cinema-Television and Director , David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University)
GALA SCREENING
Tears (2009) | Directed by Cheng Wen-Tang | 111 min.
9:00 - 12:00 GALA PARTY (Innis Café)
Travel Grants Available at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh
The East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce travel grants for the 2010 calendar year. The purpose of these grants is to support scholars who wish to do research at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh. The grants are sponsored by the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. They are available at the range of $250-$500 for each candidate depending on the need and the location of the individual. Special consideration will be given to those researchers in southwestern Pennsylvania and the nearby regions with no major East Asian collections, and without receiving such grants previously.
The application deadline is March 20, 2010. Grants will be awarded by March 31, 2010. The awards must be used before July 15, 2010.
