Appalshop-Indonesia Exchange Film Screening

June 21
Lexington Public Library, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by Appalshop and the University of Kentucky Asia Center

“Revolutionary Voices” Art Exhibition: Cultural Revolution Posters of China

June 1-28
Cressman Center for Visual Art, University of Louisville

JAPAN! Summer Family Festival

Aug. 23
Shelter 1, Jacobson Park, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the Japan/America Society of Kentucky

Asian Studies Colloquium: “Contemplating Byzantium: A Buddhist Deconstruction of W. B. Yeats”

Sept. 10
Robert Campbell ‘09
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Moon Festival Celebration and Picnic

Sept. 13
Shelter 5, Shillito Park, Lexington, KY. Sponsored by the Kentucky Chinese American Association

Asian Student Union Open House

Sept. 19
Sponsored by the Asian Student Union

“The Madness of Terrorism”: A Presentation on Conflict in Sri Lanka

Sept. 27
Baird Lounge, Alumni Building
Sponsored by the Cosmopolitan Club

Asian Studies Colloquium: “A Year in Japan”

Oct. 8
Adam Ledford ‘09
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Orville Schell (Director, Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations), “The U.S. and China”

Oct. 15
Haggin Auditorium, Mitchell Fine Arts Center, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by Transylvania University

“The Japan/American Relationship: An Historic Perspective and Future Opportunities”

Oct. 24
Mr. Naoyuki Agawa (former Minister and Director of the Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC)
Room 230, Student Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the Japan/America Society of Kentucky, the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, and the UK Asia Center

International Cinema Series: Doing Time, Doing Vipassana (India, 2005)

Oct. 28
Room 108, Crabbe Library, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Sponsored by EKU Libraries

Chautauqua Series: “Spiritual Freedom in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism”

Oct. 30
Prof. Ravi Gupta (College of William and Mary), Prof. Abraham Velez (Eastern Kentucky University), Prof. Jeff Richey (Berea College)
O’Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Sponsored by EKU Chautauqua Lecture Series

Kentucky Asian Studies Association 5th Annual Meeting

Nov. 1
Jessamine Career and Technology Center, Nicholasville, KY

Asian Studies Colloquium: “Playing the Changes: Composing with the Yijing”

Nov. 12
Marty Edwards ‘08
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Asian Studies Colloquium: “Market Meltdown and the Asian Connection”

Dec. 2
Wayne Tolliver (Associate Professor of Economics and Business) and Mark Roselli (Assistant Professor of Economics and Business)
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

International Cinema Series: Tuya’s Marriage (Mongolia, 2008)

Dec. 9
Room 108, Crabbe Library, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Sponsored by EKU Libraries.

International Cinema Series: Still Life (China, 2008)

Dec. 16
Room 108, Crabbe Library, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Sponsored by EKU Libraries

Asian Studies Colloquium: “East Asian Holistic Medicine:  The Acupuncture Perspective”

Jan. 14
Douglas MacLaren(Community Acupuncture Berea)
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Chautauqua Series: “Taking Freedom for Granted: Human Rights in China”

Jan. 22
Dr. Jianli Yang (1989 Tiananmen Square activist and chair, Foundation for China in the 21st Century)
O’Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Sponsored by EKU Chautauqua Lecture Series

Chinese New Year Celebration

Jan. 24
Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the Kentucky Chinese American Association

Noh Theater Workshop with Faculty from Kanze School of Noh, Kyoto, Japan

Jan. 27 – Feb. 1
Georgetown College and Yūkōen Friendship Garden, Georgetown, KY

“Globalization and the World Food Crisis”

Mar. 5
Dr. Vandava Shiva
Sponsored by Convocations Program and Women’s Studies Program

Asian Studies Colloquium: “The Ryūkyūs: Caught Between Cultures”

Mar. 11
Adam Ledford ‘09
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Wings of Defeat

Mar. 12
Film screening and discussion with director Linda Hoaglund
W. T. Young Library Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the UK Asia Center

International Symposium: “China’s Rise and Its Impact on Asia: Democratization, Development, and Culture”

Mar. 20-22
University of Louisville
Sponsored by the University of Louisville Center for Asian Democracy

An Evening with Amitav Ghosh (prize-winning Indian author)

Apr. 1
Memorial Hall, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the UK Asia Center

The Art and Science of Origami

Apr. 1-30
Exhibitions at W. T. Young, Fine Arts, and Science Libraries, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the UK Asia Center

Asian Studies Colloquium: “Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture: Images of Buddha in Japanese Comic Books”

Apr. 8
Dr. Mark MacWilliams (St. Lawrence University)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and the Department of Philosophy and Religion

Seeking Enlightenment: Selected Art of India and Southeast Asia from the Permanent Collection

Apr. 19- May 24
Rogers Gallery
Sponsored by the Department of Art

“eats, shoots, and weaves”

Apr. 19
Artist talk by Lisa Lee Peterson
Lower Traylor Gallery
Sponsored by the Department of Art

Samurai Film Festival

Apr. 20-23
Kentucky Theatre, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the UK Asia Center

Lecture by Dr. Michael Raine (University of Chicago) on samurai cinema

Apr. 23
Niles Gallery, Fine Arts Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the UK Asia Center

Japanese Tea Ceremony

May 2
Dr. Andrew Maske (University of Kentucky) and Ms. Mari Isobe
Sponsored by the Asian Student Union

Asian Studies Colloquium: “History, Memory, and Media in Cambodia”

May 13
Daniel Huck (William R. Gruver Chair of Leadership Studies and Co-Director, Entrepreneurship for the Public Good Program)
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program