Schedule of Seminars:   1999 - 2000     2000 - 2001     2001 - 2002

2001 - 2002 Year Three
Orientation Session
Thursday, September 13 2:00 - 3:00pm
September Seminar
Thursday, September 20 2:00 - 5:00pm
Lee Yearley, Ph.D. "Taoist Wanderings in the Mysterious East"
Religious Studies
Stanford University
October Seminar
Tuesday, October 16 2:00 - 5:00pm
Kate Zhou, Ph.D. "Rise of Entrepreneurs in China"
Political Science
University of Hawaii
November Seminar
Thursday, November 15 2:00 - 5:00pm
Van Gessel, Ph.D. "And There Can Be No Twain: Bridging the Gap to Japanese Fiction and Poetry"
College of Humanities
Brigham Young University
December Seminar
Thursday, December 13 2:00 - 5:00pm
Vincente Rafael, Ph.D. "Filipino Histories: Using and Abusing the Past in the Present"
Communication Department
UC San Diego
February Seminar
Tuesday, February 19 2:00 - 5:00pm
Laurene Wu McClain, J.D. "China's Contribution to American Law"
Social Sciences Department
City College of San Francisco
March Seminar
Tuesday, March 19 2:00 - 5:00pm
Qi Wang, Ph.D. "How the Self Remembered: Cultural Contexts of Autobiographical Memory"
Human Development Department
Cornell University
April Seminar
Thursday, April 11 2:00 - 5:00pm
Barbara Metcalf, Ph.D. "Islamic Issues"
History Department
UC Davis
May Seminar
Tuesday, May 14 2:00 - 5:00pm
Schedule of Seminars
2000 - 2001 Year Two
Orientation Session
Thursday, September 14th 2:00 - 3:00pm
September Seminar
Thursday, September 21st 2:00 - 5:00pm
Roger Ames, Ph.D. "Chinese Religiousness"
East/West Center
University of Hawaii
October Seminar
Thursday, October 12th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Larry Michalak, Ph.D. "Islamic Movements from Southwest Asia Outward: Ethical, Political, and Economic Dimensions"
U.C. Berkeley
Middle Eastern Studies
November Seminar
Thursday, November 16th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Douglas Lee, Ph.D. "On the Cutting Edge, Without Losing the Edge: Power and Culture in East Asia in the New Millennium"
Asian Studies, CCSF
December Seminar
Thursday, December 7th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Eric Crystal, Ph.D. "Transitional Ethnography: Hmong Villagers Here and There"
U.C. Berkeley
Southeast Asia Studies
February Seminar
Tuesday, February 6th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Dr. Raisa Gareyeva "The Transition from a Soviet Dominated State to an Independent Nation" and "What Distinguishes Uzbekistan from Other Central Asian Countries"
March Seminar
Thursday, March 1st 2:00 - 5:00pm
Dr. Joyce Gelb "Feminism in Japan"
Graduate Center CUNY
Department of Political Science
April Seminar
Thursday, April 26th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Dr. Kyeyoung Park "New social Movements and the Use of History in Korea"
UCLA
Anthropology Department
May Seminar
Thursday, May 10th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Participants' Presentations
Schedule of Seminars
1999 - 2000 Year One
Orientation Session
Tuesday, September 14th 2:00 - 3:00pm
September Seminar
Thursday, September 30th 2:00 -5:00pm
Roger Ames, Ph.D. "Uncommon Assumptions Common Misconceptions"
University of Hawaii
October Seminar
Thursday, October 21st 2:00 -5:00pm
Emily Sano, Ph.D. "Asian Art and the Movement of Culture and Commerce Throughout Asia"
Asian Art Museum
November Seminar
Tuesday, November 16th 2:00 - 5:00pm
David Keightley, Ph.D. "Death and the Birth of Civilization: Ancestors, Art, And Culture in Early China And Early Greece"
U.C. Berkeley
December Seminar
Tuesday, December 7th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Judy Yung, Ph.D. "Unbound Voices: A Documentary History Of Chinese Women in San Francisco"
U.C. Santa Cruz
February Seminar
Tuesday, February 15th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Mr. Chuong Chung, M.A. "Vietnam: A Country In Transition"
City College of San Francisco
March Seminar
Thursday, March 30th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok, Ph.D. "Comparative Urban Evolution: Political Economy of Beijing and Tokyo"
University of Hawaii
April Seminar
Tuesday, April 11th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Leland Yearley, Ph.D. "Confucian & Taoist Ideas Of Human Flourishing"
May Seminar
Tuesday, May 9th 2:00 - 5:00pm
Participants' Presentations  

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