ASIAN STUDIES LECTURE SERIES
The Asian Studies Lecture Series at SMU is thanks to the kind generosity of Felix Chen. This series brings in national and international experts on Asia to present their current work to SMU and the larger DFW community.
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SPRING 2013
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FEB. 28, 2013
ASIAN STUDIES PRESENTS A SCOTT HAWKINS LECTURE:
Women, Sanskrit and Religious Experience: Notes from the 21st Century Field
by Dr. Laurie Patton
Dr. Laurie Patton is the Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University. Patton joined Duke in 2011 from Emory, where she was the Charles Howard Candler professor of religions and inaugural director of Emory’s Center for Faculty Development and Excellence in the office of the Provost. While at Emory, Patton served as chair of the religion department from 2000-07, founded and co-convened the Religions and the Human Spirit Strategic Plan, and received the Emory Williams Award—Emory’s most prestigious honor for teaching—in 2005. Patton is an accomplished scholar and the author or editor of eight books on South Asian history, culture, and religion. In addition, she has translated the classical Sanskrit text,
The Bhagavad Gita, and has published two books of poetry.
Time: 5:00PM-7:00PM
Place: McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall
Flyer with Abstract
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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MARCH 5, 2013
ASIAN STUDIES PRESENTS:
Delineating the World: Eurasian Exchange of World Geographical Knowledge in the Premodern Era
by Dr. Hyunhee Park
Hyunhee Park is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at John Jay College. She received her BA in Asian and Western history at Seoul National University in South Korea. She studied in the Department of East Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where she received her MA. She came to the United States in 2001 and received her PhD from the department of history at Yale University in 2008. Her bookMapping the Chinese and Islamic Worlds: Cross-Cultural Exchange in Pre-Modern Asia will be published by Cambridge University Press. This study explores medieval contact and exchange between the Islamic World and China by utilizing geographic and cartographic information. At John Jay College, she teaches courses about Chinese history, global history, and justice in the non-Western tradition.
Time: 5:00pm
Place: Dedman Life Science 132
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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PAST EVENTS
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APRIL 13, 2012
ASIAN STUDIES PRESENTS:
Taiwan's 2012 Presidential Election
by Dr. Peter Hays Gries
Peter Gries is the Harold J. & Ruth Newman Chair in US-China Issues at the University of Oaklahoma.
Time: 3-4:30pm
Place: Fondren Science 155
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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MARCH 26, 2012
ASIAN STUDIES PRESENTS:
Japan's Unmarketable Girl Cool
by Dr. Laura Miller
Laura Miller is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis Center for International Studies, where she the Ei'ichi Shibusawa-Seigo Arai Professor of Japanese Studies Endowed Chair. She has published widely on Japanese popular culture and language, including topics such as the wizard boom, girls' slang, and print club photos.
Dr. Miller is the author of Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics (University of California Press, 2006), and co-editor of Bad Girls of Japan (with Jan Bardsley, Palgrave, 2005). She recently completed Manners and Mischief: Gender, Power, and Etiquette in Japan (co-edited with Jan Bardsley, University of California Press, 2011).
Time: 7pm
Place: Fondren Science 152
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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OCTOBER 17, 2011
ASIAN STUDIES PRESENTS:
Asian Studies Program, Departments of History and Religious Studies, and the Tower Center Present a Scott-Hawkins Lecture:
Pakistan Between Democracy and Radicalization
by Dr. Juan Cole
Dr. Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan.
Time: 5:15pm
Place: McCord Auditorium
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
ASIA @ SMU
Asia @ SMU is a list of Asia-related events, lectures, and conferences on campus. To have your SMU event listed, please contact the Director of Asian Studies.
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SPRING 2013
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LECTURE FEB. 7TH, 2013
The Tower Center, Asian Studies, and Dedman College present a Scott Hawkins Lecture:
China's Dangerous Future: Sources of Instability and the Crisis of Communist Party Rule
by Dr. Ralph Thaxton
Ralph Thaxton is a Professor of Politics at the Brandeis University and an expert on Chinese politics, international relations of East Asia, comparative revolutions, and comparative democratic movements. His publications include Salt of the Earth: The Political Origins of Peasant Protest and Communist Revolution in China and China Turned Rightside Up: Revolutionary Legitimacy in the Peasant World. Professor Thaxton received his PhD in Political Science from University of Wisconsin.
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Place: McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall
More information and free registration: here
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FALL 2012
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LECTURE OCT. 10TH, 2012
The Bush Institute, Asian Studies, and Embrey Human Rights Present:
Escape from North Korea, The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad
by Melanie Kirckpatrick
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: McCord Auditorium
Reception to follow; event is invite-only.
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CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 22, 2012:
Asian Studies and SARII co-present a one-day conference:
CITIES, COURTS, AND SAINTS:
Muslim Cultures of South Asia
TIME: 9am-5pm
PLACE: McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall
Presenters:
DR. RICHARD M. EATON (U. of Arizona)
DR. RAJIV KINRA (Northwestern University)
DR. AZFAR MOIN (Southern Methodist University)
DR. BARBARA D. METCALF (U. of MI, emerita)
DR. THOMAS METCALF (UC Berkeley, emeritus)
DR. KATHERINE SCHOFIELD (King’s College)
Chair:
DR. AZFAR MOIN (Southern Methodist University)
Flier downloadable here
Abstracts downloadable here
Registration is now closed.
For information on the South Asia Research and Information Institute (SARII), please see www.sarii.org
Special thanks to the Clements Department of History and the Department of Religious Studies
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PAST EVENTS
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LECTURE APRIL 16, 2012:
The Tower Center Presents:
China—Japan—U.S. Triangular Relationship
by Dr. Ezra Vogel
Ezra Vogel is the Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University. Dr. Vogel has served as Director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at the Center for International Affairs (1980-87), National Intelligence Officer for East Asia at the National Intelligence Council (1993-95), Director of the Fairbank Center (1995-99), and the first Director of the Asia Center (1997-99).
He is the author of a number of books including Japan as Number One: Lessons for America, which is the all-time non-fiction best-seller in Japan by a Western author; and most recently, Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China (2011).
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Place: Great Hall, Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Hall
Register here
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LECTURE APRIL 11, 2012:
Evolving Role of the Mosque in American Society by Dr. Ingrid Mattson Professor of Islamic Studies, Hartford Seminary
A Scott-Hawkins Lecture sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies in Dedman College and the Perkins School of Theology. Dr. Mattson will discuss the complex demographics of American Muslims, the cultural and ideological differences, the integration or lack of integration of mosques into the American landscape, the role of the imam and the way that the American context shapes the way Muslims organize their community priorities.
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall
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LECTURE MARCH 28, 2012:
The Tower Center Presents:
Economic & Political Leadership from the Emerging World?
by Dr. Stephan Haggard
Keynote Dinner Address
Stephan Haggard is a political scientist at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego, where he is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies and Director of the Korea-Pacific Program. His research centers on the international relations, politics, and economics of East Asia and Latin America.
He is the author of The Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing Countries, The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions, The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis, and North Korea: Aid, Markets and Reform.
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Place: Jones Great Hall, Meadows Museum
Register
here
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ROUNDTABLE FEBRUARY 28, 2012:
The Tower Center Student Forum in partnership with the National Unification Advisory Council Presents:
The Past and Future Development of the Korean Peninsula
In the wake of the recent death of Kim Jung-Il, North Korea faces tremendous challenges from economic stagnation and international criticism of its nuclear program. In stark contrast, South Korea has had a history of impressive economic growth and marks more than 60 years of democracy with its upcoming presidential election.
This panel of speakers explores the dramatically different paths followed by the “Two Koreas” and their possible futures.
Panelists:
Professor Hiroki Takeuchi, Political Science, SMU
Mr. Chong Choe, Chair, Korean American Coalition
Mr. Brian Park, National Unification Advisory Council
Time: 5pm
Place: McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall
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LECTURE NOVEMBER 2, 2011:
The Tower Center Presents:
India's Economic Miracle: Will It Endure?
by Dr. Prakash Sarangi
Prakash Sarangi is a Professor of Political Science and the Pro Vice Chancellor and Director of International Affairs at the University of Hyderabad. Dr. Sarangi is spending this year at SMU as a visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science and as a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Tower Center. He specializes in Indian Party Politics, Globalization, and Political Theory.
Time: 5:30-8:00pm
Place: Jones Great Hall, Meadows Museum
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LECTURE OCTOBER 11, 2011:
Dedman School of Law Presents:
Annual Symposium on Chinese Intellectual Property Law: China International Property Now!
The symposium features panels of international speakers including academics, judges, and lawyers from the major players in the Chinese intellectual property arena.
Time: 9am-4pm
Place: Hillcrest Classroom, Underwood Law Library
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ROUNDTABLE SEPTEMBER 15, 2011:
The Tower Center Presents:
One Hundred Years since the 1911 Republican Revolution: Nation and State Building in Republic of China
The year 1911 was a pivotal moment in history that marked China’s transformation from a traditional empire to a modern nation state, thereby ending the two thousand yearlong era of Chinese Imperialism. The events of the year unleashed a host of economic, political, and social changes in China and in other areas of the world which continue to reverberate today. In many important ways, the 1911 Revolution was the culmination of a protracted struggle for national independence, nation and state building, constitutionalism, republicanism, and economic development. All of these issues continue to be central to current political discussions in Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan), People’s Republic of China, and indeed in much of the rest of the world.
Panelists:
Anne Chao, Rice University
Joseph Esherick, University of San Diego
Ling Shiao, Southern Methodist University
Harold Tanner, North Texas University
Peter Worthing, Texas Christian University
Moderator: Hiroki Takeuchi, SMU
Time: 4:30-6:00pm
Place: Collins Executive Ed. Center, Rm. 200
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CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 24, 2011:
Asian Studies and the South Asia Research and Information Institute (Dallas) present a one-day conference:
Alternative Ramayanas: Variations in an Epic Tradition
Presenters:
Kathy Foley (UC Santa Cruz)
Phyllis Granoff (Yale University)
Philip Lutgendorf (U of Iowa)
S. Palaniappan (SARII)
V. Narayana Rao
Paula Richman (Oberlin College)
Moderator and Chair: Steven Lindquist (SMU)
Paper abstracts
here.
Registration required; More info at
www.sarii.org
Time: 9am-5pm
Place: McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall
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LECTURE SEPTEMBER 20, 2011:
The Department of History Presents:
Entangled Empires: Thoughts on the Iberians in Three Oceans in the 16th Century
Dr. Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair of Indian History, UCLA
Time: 5:30pm (reception), 6:00pm (lecture)
Place: McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall