Asia Pacific Reader

Dr. Lobsang Sangay is a Senior Fellow at East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School. Lobsang Sangay studied at Tibetan refugee school in Darjeeling and did his B.A. (Honors) and LLB (Bachelor in Law) from Delhi University . In 1995, he received a Fulbright scholarship to pursue Master Degree at Harvard Law School . In 2004, he completed his Doctorate in Law and became the first Tibetan among six millions to graduate from Harvard Law School . He was a recipient of 2004 Yong K. Kim' 95 Prize of excellence for his Doctorate dissertation. In 2006, he was selected as one of the twenty-four young leaders of Asia by Asia Society, a global organization based in New York City.

This seminar is originated from the author’s recent published biography “The Bitter Sea: Coming of Age in a China before Mao.” During the seminar, Professor Li will talk about his experience in China and Hong Kong of the 1940’s and 1950’s.

Prof. Li was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong in 1950. After graduating from Bowdoin College in 1963, he enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in mathematics at Stanford University and later transferred to UC Berkeley to study linguistics. Before his retirement in 2007, Prof. Li was the Dean of Graduate Division and a Professor of Linguistics at University of California, Santa Barbara.

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The May 4th Movement of 1919 and the Tiananmen Uprising that took place seven decades later are two of the best known protest struggles in modern Chinese history. They are movements that have been commemorated and discussed in many contexts, getting even more attention than usual in years, such as this one, that end with the number nine. They are also events that have been mythologized and oversimplified, as well as events that have been misremembered and misrepresented, sometimes intentionally and sometimes inadvertently. This talk will focus on aspects of the struggles of 1919 and 1989 that have tended to be overlooked, downplayed, or airbrushed out of the picture completely.

An interdisciplinary workshop on the political economy of architecture and urbanism in contemporary China.

http://www.utoronto.ca/ai/architectureandspectaclechina/

At this point we would like to invite all applications for editor positions for this 2009-2010 school year. In addition to the available editor positions all applications will be considered for available staff positions. Successful applications will be awarded with a $2000 grant. Please tailor your application to suit either the Research or Publication departments.

The application deadline has been set as next Friday October 2nd at midnight, with notification shortly after. All participants should be prepared to attend a general meeting the following Friday afternoon.

Applications should include:

a) Program of Study and Year
b) A note on Asia Pacific related scholarships, courses and any related languages
c) A brief cover letter
d) Resume

Ryan Pyle is a freelance photographer based in Shanghai. Below is a message from him about his recent work on Baotou city, and his photos can be viewed here: http://archive.ryanpyle.com/c/ryanpyle/gallery/Sales-Baotou-Steel-Town/G...

Centre for the Study of Korea Seminar Series

The Wages of Looking in Yushin Korea

Joan Kee

History of Art Department, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

September 25, 2009, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
208 – Seminar Room, North House
Munk Centre for International Studies
North House – Room 108N
1 Devonshire Place

Please register online at: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=7841

Centre for the Study of Korea Seminar Series

U-turn, New Beginning, or Beginning of the End?
Socialist Neoconservatism in North Korea

Ruediger Frank

University of Vienna
September 22, 2009, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
208 – Seminar Room, North House

Munk Centre for International Studies
North House – Room 108N
1 Devonshire Place

Please register online at: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=7906