Asian Film Series

9-4-2009 to 9-24-2009
Louisville, KY
Sponsored by Crane House

Asian Studies Colloquium: “Meditation, Mindfulness, and Monastic Living: Engaged Buddhism at Deer Park Monastery”

9-9-2009
Denny Scalf ’11
Room 103, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Film Screening: Abduction – The Megumi Yokota Story

9-29-2009
W. T. Young Library Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the UK Asia Center

Asian Studies Colloquium: “The Spirits of Noh Theatre: Self, Suffering, and Liberation Onstage”

10-14-2009
Jessica Higginbotham ’11
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Faculty Colloquium: “Jackie Chan as Confucian Critic: Contemporary Popular Confucianism in China”

10-16-2009
Dr. Jeffrey L. Richey (Director of Asian Studies & Associate Professor of Religion)
Room 211, Traylor Building
Sponsored by the Office of the Dean

ArtsAsia Festival 2009

10-17-2009 to 10-24-2009
Various locations, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the University of Kentucky Asia Center

2009-2010 Ani-lympics

11-7-2009
Activities Room, Alumni Building (basement)
Sponsored by the Berea Anime and Manga (BAM) Club

Asian Studies Colloquium: “An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine”

11-11-2009
Dr. Lin Zhang (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine)
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and Center for International Education

“Security Issues in Contemporary East Asia”

11-12-2009
Dr. Tae-hyung Kim (Daemen College)
Room 216, Frost Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and Center for International Education

“Diet and Nutrition in Traditional Chinese Medicine”

11-12-2009
Dr. Lin Zhang (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine)
Room 100, Emery Building
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and Center for International Education

Education Abroad Fair

11-19-2009
Baird Lounge, Alumni Building
Sponsored by the Center for International Education

“Global Interactions and Issues of Criticality: Notes on China and its Recent Architecture”

11-23-2009
Dr. Jianfei Zhu (University of Melbourne)
Pence Hall, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by the UK Asia Center

Asian Studies Colloquium: “A Summer in China”

12-9-2009
Jessica Frazier ’09
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Southeast Conference Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting

1-15-2010 to 1-17-2010
The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

“Confucian Role Ethics: Family Feeling as the Entry Point for Moral Competence”

1-16-2010
Dr. Roger T. Ames (University of Hawai’i)
Crane House (The Asia Institute), Louisville, KY

Zhang Shengtai: Paintings and Calligraphy

1-25-2010 to 2-19-2010
Giles Gallery
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY

Highlights from the Asian Collection – Gallery Talk & Reception

1-28-2010
Dr. Sandy Kita (Chatham University) Doris Ulmann Galleries
Sponsored by the Department of Art

Highlights from the Asian Collection

1-28-2010 to 3-26-2010
Doris Ulmann Galleries
Sponsored by the Department of Art

Chinese New Year Celebration

2-6-2010
Lexington Opera House, Lexington, KY
Sponsored by Kentucky Chinese American Association

Asian Studies Colloquium: ” The Buddha and the Possibility of Sustainable Interreligious Dialogue”

2-10-2010
Dr. Abraham Velez (Eastern Kentucky University)
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program

Lunar New Year Celebration

2-15-2010
Sponsored by Asian Student Union

Peanut Butter and Gender: “Women’s Studies Turns Forty: New Horizons for Women of Color”

2-22-2010
Dr. Yi-Chun Tricia Lin (Southern Connecticut State University)
Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program

Asian Studies Colloquium: “The Status Quo and Future Directions of Chinese Education”

3-10-2010
Prof. Xuejun Zhang (Jiangsu University of Science and Technology)
Sponsored by Asian Studies Program and Department of Economics and Business

Ross Lecture:  “China’s Only Female Emperor and Religious Pluralism”

4-14-2010
Dr. N. Harry Rothschild (University of North Florida)
Sponsored by Department of Philosophy & Religion and Asian Studies Program

“Warrior Lives: Battlefield Biographies, East and West”

4-25-2010
Bluegrass Ancient Studies Seminar
Room 307, Draper Building
Sponsored by Center for International Education, Department of Foreign Languages, and General Studies Program

“Encounters with the Roof of the World: The Himalaya”

4-27-2010
Prof. David Zurick (Eastern Kentucky University)
Madison County Public Library
319 Chestnut Street, Berea KY

Japanese Tea Ceremony

5-1-2010
Memorial Park (Jefferson & North Broadway Streets), Berea KY

Japanese Koto Performance

5-1-2010
Memorial Park (Jefferson & North Broadway Streets), Berea KY

Asian Cultural Festival

5-22-2010
Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY