Asian/Asian-American Identity Dinner

Sept. 7
Sponsored by Asian Student Union

Asian Student Union Open House

Sept. 22
Sponsored by Asian Student Union

World Music Education Concert

Sept. 29
Singletary Center Recital Hall, University of Kentucky
Sponsored by University of Kentucky Asia Center

Asian Student Union Dance Party

Sept. 29
Sponsored by Asian Student Union

Asian Studies Colloquium: “Indigenous Boat-building in Asia, Polynesia, and the Andes”

Oct. 3
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

“Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars” Conference

Oct. 10-13
Lexmark Room, Main Building, University of Kentucky
Sponsored by University of Kentucky Asia Center

Asian Student Union Table Tennis Competition

Oct. 15
Sponsored by Asian Student Union

Asian Student Union Movie Night

Oct. 19
Sponsored by Asian Student Union

“Sunrise, Sunset: Japan in the American Imagination Since World War II”

Oct. 29
Professor William Tsutsui (University of Kansas)
W. T. Young Library Auditorium, University of Kentucky
Sponsored by University of Kentucky Asia Center

Japanese Cultural Exchange

Nov. 2
Sponsored by Asian Student Union

“The Goddess Visits Tampa: Hindu Women’s Divine Possession Experiences”

Nov. 7
Professor Eric Rothgery (Eckerd College)
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program, Campus Christian Center, Center for International Education, and Philosophy and Religion

Asian Studies Colloquium: “Reflections on a Summer in China”

Nov. 14
Jessica Slaton and Rachel Weaver
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Asian Student Union Movie Night

Nov. 16
Sponsored by Asian Student Union

“Japanland: a Journey into the Soul of Japan”

Nov. 29
Ms. Karin Muller
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program, Center for International Education, and Convocations Program

Asian Student Union Movie Night

Jan. 1
Sponsored by Asian Student Union

“Emphasis on Asia: Selected Work from the ASIANetwork Project”

Feb. 10-Mar. 3
Sponsored by the Department of Art

“Miniature Worlds: Art from India”

Feb. 10-Apr.11
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY

Asian Studies Colloquium: “A Semester of Service Learning in Central Vietnam”

Feb. 13
Lindsey Walker ‘09
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Asian Studies Colloquium: “Travel Writing in India: A Reading”

Mar. 5
Audrey Belanger ‘08
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Social and Environmental Justice in Asia Symposium

Mar. 20
Featuring Tatematsu Wahei, Judith Shapiro, Okinawa Environmental Network, and Greenpeace China.
W.T. Young Library Auditorium, University of Kentucky
Sponsored by University of Kentucky Asia Center (Free and open to the public)

Social and Environmental Justice in Asia Symposium

Mar. 21
Featuring Tatematsu Wahei, Judith Shapiro, Okinawa Environmental Network, and Greenpeace China.
W.T. Young Library Auditorium, University of Kentucky
Sponsored by University of Kentucky Asia Center (Free and open to the public)

“Mandalas in Tibetan Buddhism”

Mar. 24
A presentation by Dr. David Gardiner (Colorado College)
Sponsored by the Buddhist Student Association

“A Tale of Two Tibets? Nascent Tibetan cinema in China and in exile”

Apr. 1
Dr. Françoise Robin (Institut national des Langues et civilisations orientales, Paris)
Niles Gallery, University of Kentucky

“Sino-Tibetan Relations”

Apr. 2
Dr. Françoise Robin (Institut national des Langues et civilisations orientales, Paris)
Student Center, University of Kentucky

Sand Mandala Construction

Apr. 7-11
Tibetan Buddhist Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery
Sponsored by Campus Christian Center, Convocations Program, and Peace and Social Justice Studies

Asian Studies Colloquium: “Himalayan Adventures: Dharamsala, Kathamandu, Lhasa”

Apr. 9
Antwuan Buycks ‘08
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

“The Mystical Arts of Tibet”

Apr. 10
Tibetan Buddhist Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery
Sponsored by Campus Christian Center, Convocations Program, and Peace and Social Justice Studies