Japanese Film Screenings
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
JAPANESE FILM SCREENINGS
FREE Screenings of Films from Japan
at the BLOOR CINEMA
506 Bloor Street West
December 9 - 13, 2009
The Japan Foundation presents four free screenings of contemporary Japanese films at the Bloor Cinema. Please visit our website for more information.
Films:
THE STARS CONVERGE - Wednesday, December 9 at 7:00 PM
WOMEN IN THE MIRROR - Thursday, December 10 at 7:00 PM
THE MILK WOMAN - Saturday, December 12 at 7:00 PM
DOG IN A SIDECAR - Sunday, December 13 at 4:30 PM
Location:
Bloor Cinema
506 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
416-516-2331
www.bloorcinema.com
Admission: FREE! No RSVP required.
Wednesday, December 9, 7:00 PM
THE STARS CONVERGE
(Japanese title: Chirusoku no Natsu)
2003, 114 min, 14A
Choosing to Collaborate: Yi Kwang-su and the Moral Subject in Colonial Korea
Today it is common to demur from censuring collaborators with the Axis powers in World War II, citing the impossibility of putting oneself in the untenable position such collaborators then found themselves. Nonetheless contemporary moral philosophy has much to say about the choices men and women face when confronted by complicity with evil. Yi Kwang-su (1892-1950?), Korea's most distinguished modern novelist as well as one of its more notorious pro-Japanese partisans during the colonial period, offers an compelling test case for ways in which we might attempt to not only understand, but judge, his words and deeds in support of Japan's occupation of his country.
The Clinical Encounter: Chinese and Western Epistemologies in Hong Kong, 1894-1930
****Wednesday, November 25 2009, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Rm 208N at the
Munk Centre****
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
The Lupina Foundation & Comparative Program on Health and Society in the
Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto present:
The Clinical Encounter: Chinese and Western Epistemologies in Hong
Kong, 1894-1930
by
Meaghan Marian (Lupina Senior Doctoral Fellow)
Wednesday, November 25 2009, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room 208N
Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON
Meaghan Marian in a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at
the University of Toronto. She holds an Honours BA in Literary Studies
and Philosophy and a Masters of Arts in East Asian Studies from the
Canada's Arctic Future: Lessons from East Asia
The impact of climate change on the circumpolar north has increased the value the Arctic Ocean to coastal states and presents serious foreign policy challenges to Canada. The Arctic dispute has two distinct features for Canada; a dispute over the status of the Northwest Passage and conflicting claims with coastal states over extended continental shelf claims. Canada?s response to these challenges will have a lasting effect on its relationships with neighbouring states as well as on the lives of those who inhabit the area. This paper concerns the latter challenge; overlapping extended continental shelf claims with coastal states such as Russia.
Biography and the History of Hong Kong
This seminar will explore the contributions and limitations of various modes of life-writing ([auto]biography, oral history, and memoir) for telling Hong Kong's past.
Can life-writing make visible histories that would otherwise be unknown, unwritten?
What roles does life-writing play in the telling of the story of Hong Kong, given the rapid social, economic and political change experienced by the territory and its people over many decades?
Presentations by: Canadian Senator Vivienne Poy and York University Professors Bernard Luk and Yuk- Lin Renita Wong
All are welcome. For more information e-mail ycar@yorku.ca
China's rising international financial power: The future of the Dollar System?
To what extent is China emerging as a major power in the international financial system? The presentation by Gregory Chin will examine the nature of China's growing international financial power, and draw comparisons with Japan's emergence as a creditor nation two decades ago. Attention will also be given to the factors that constrain China's financial rise, as well as recent developments whereby Chinese authorities are cultivating greater financial and monetary independence from the United States, and potentially challenging the dollar's preeminence in ways that previous rising powers have not or could not.
Photographic Expression of Asia by Dr. Neville Poy
An Exhibition and Presentation featuring Dr. Neville Poy’s Photographic Images
Dr. Neville Poy and Senator Vivienne Poy bring Asia to the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library and Munk Centre at the University of Toronto through captivating images, and compelling stories.
Come and share in artistically rendered photographs of urban and rural life in China, Hong Kong, Laos, Vietnam, Bhutan, and Thailand which reflect the character of nations rapidly changing in response to globalization.
Exhibition:
9 November – 18 December 2009
Robarts Library, University of Toronto
8th Floor, 130 St. George Street, M5S 1A5
Presentation:
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 6:00 pm
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility
Recent Acquisitions of East Asian Paintings & Prints on Display at the ROM
East Asian Paintings & Prints: Recent Acquisitions
Until July 4, 2010
Level 1, Herman Herzog Levy Gallery
This exhibit showcases more than 40 never-before-seen acquisitions, all important examples of paintings, calligraphies, and prints from Korea, China, and Japan. Acquired by the ROM through the past 12 years, the artworks span a period from the 15th to the early 21st century and demonstrate the generosity of donors and the prudent use of acquisition funds to expand the Museum’s already impressive Far Eastern collections. The Museum’s Chinese collections in particular are ranked among the finest outside China.
