Cultural anthropologist Theodore Bestor, a specialist on contemporary Japanese culture, will talk about the confluence of food and cultural values among the Japanese today. The audience will sample freshly made sushi. Sponsored by the Rosenberg [...]]]> Sushi, Sushi 寿司寿司

With Harvard’s Theodore Bestor
Monday, October 25 at 5:30pm
McDermott Conference Room, Donahue Building
41 Temple Street

Cultural anthropologist Theodore Bestor, a specialist on contemporary Japanese culture, will talk about the confluence of food and cultural values among the Japanese today. The audience will sample freshly made sushi. Sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies along with Dr. Micky lee, Department of Communication and Journalism.

“It’s going to strengthen our collection in the area of Japanese and Korean studies,” Acting Sawyer [...]]]> The Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies has helped enhance the East Asian collection at Suffolk’s Mildred F. Sawyer Library by accepting bookdonations from both the Japan Foundation and Wontak Hong, professor emeritus at Seoul National University in Korea.

“It’s going to strengthen our collection in the area of Japanese and Korean studies,” Acting Sawyer Library Director Rebecca Fulweiler told Suffolk University in a news story. “Our collection is heavily used by students and faculty, and I am sure these books will begin circulating soon after we place them on the shelves.”

The Japanese government established the Japan Foundation in 1972 as a means of introducing Japanese culture abroad.

The Japan Foundation donation to Suffolk consists of seven novels, all of which are modern, avante gard stories that display the best of contemporary Japanese fiction.

The English language editions of these novels include: Bedtime Eyes by Amy Yamada, The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa, The Apprenticeship of Big Toe by Reiko Matsuma, and Silence by Shusaku Endo, one of Japan’s foremost contemporary fiction writers.

Professor Hong’s contributions, Ancient Korea-Japan Relations and East Asian History, emphasize the links between early East Asian cultures, particularly the interactions between Korea and Japan.

Ronald Suleski, professor and director of the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies, said in a Suffolk news story, “Suffolk University is continually increasing its course offerings dealing with Asia, so all of these books will be welcomed by our students who are always exploring a wide range of ideas.”

Monday, October 18, 2010 7pm Sargent Hall, R496 120 Tremont Street, Suffolk University Law School

U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman will speak about issues in U.S.-China relations and take questions from the audience via live video feed. Douglas Spelman, Deputy [...]]]>

Monday, October 18, 2010
7pm
Sargent Hall, R496
120 Tremont Street, Suffolk University Law School

U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman will speak about issues in U.S.-China relations and take questions from the audience via live video feed. Douglas Spelman, Deputy Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center of Scholars in Washington, D.C. will also speak. National Committee on U.S.-China Relations president Steve Orlins will moderate the talk.

Audience members are encouraged to submit questions in advance in the hope of fostering dialogue on U.S.-China trade relations, environmental issues, domestic Chinese politics, energy policy and security.

To submit a question: visit www.ncuscr.org/cth and type your question in the appropriate field. Click “Submit.” The question field is now open, and will remain so until the end of the webcast. Due to limited time for the webcast, it is not guaranteed that your question will be asked.

]]> http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/eastasianstudies/2010/09/29/china-town-hall-forum/feed/ 0 http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/eastasianstudies/2010/09/29/incoming-freshman-wins-chinese-heritage-scholarship/ http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/eastasianstudies/2010/09/29/incoming-freshman-wins-chinese-heritage-scholarship/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:12:18 +0000 Natalie Moravek http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/eastasianstudies/?p=216 Congratulations to Jonathan Huang (’14), recent recipient of the Waterman-Waring-Langone Scholarship, an award that encourages students to become well-versed in their heritage and to contribute to the growth of the Chinese American community.

Huang is a martial arts instructor at Nam Pai Kung Fu Academy in Boston’s Chinatown, and has launched a martial arts program [...]]]> Congratulations to Jonathan Huang (’14), recent recipient of the Waterman-Waring-Langone Scholarship, an award that encourages students to become well-versed in their heritage and to contribute to the growth of the Chinese American community.

Huang is a martial arts instructor at Nam Pai Kung Fu Academy in Boston’s Chinatown, and has launched a martial arts program in Randolph’s recreational department.

Huang plans to major in economics and political science, and said that “the scholarship means new opportunities that will connect me with the Chinatown community.”

Suffolk Cinema Series Hidden Warriors: Women on the Ho Chi Minh trail With Director Dr. Karen Gottschang Turner, College of the Holy Cross Turner, author of Even the Women Must Fight: Memories of War from North Vietnam and China [...]]]> The Rosenberg Institute is proud to announce a new academic year of events with visiting scholars:

Suffolk Cinema Series
Hidden Warriors: Women on the Ho Chi Minh trail
With Director Dr. Karen Gottschang Turner, College of the Holy Cross
Turner, author of Even the Women Must Fight: Memories of War from North Vietnam and China Bound: A Guide to Life and Work in China will be on-hand for Q&A following the film
Thursday, September 28, 2010
12:45pm to 3:45pm
Donahue  Building, third floor, D311

China Town Hall Forum: Issues in US-China Relations
With Jon Huntsman, US Ambassador to China
Jon Huntsman will speak via live video feed and take questions from the audience. Douglas Spelman, Deputy Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. will also address the audience.
Monday, October 18, 2010
7pm to 9:20pm
Sargent Hall R496
120 Tremont Street

Burning Questions in Asian American Studies
With Dr. Huping Ling, Truman State University
Dr. Ling will discuss how Americans look at the Chinese in their midst, and how Chinese-Americans react to being hyphenated Americans
Friday, November 5, 2010
11am to Noon
Munce Conference Room, 110 Archer Building
20 Derne Street

Being Asian in America
With Maxine Hong Kingston
The award-winning author visits Boston to launch her new book of personal memoirs, and discuss issues such as anti-Asian discrimination, hope and despair among Asian-Americans, and the reasons it is fun to be an Asian in the United States
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
10am to 11:15a,
Munce Conference Room, 110 Archer Building
20 Derne Street

Zen Friends: Literary Friendships Between Late Imperial Chinese Women Poets and Buddhist Nuns
With Dr. Beatta Grant, Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Grant discusses the lives of educated women in pre-modern China
Monday, April 11, 2011
10am to 11:15am
Munce Conference Room, 110 Archer Building
20 Derne Street

Suffolk’s own Dr. Ronald Suleski, the director of the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies, is featured in a new three-volume set titled China in the Eyes of Harvard: Interviews with the Experts on China Issues in Harvard University 哈佛看中國: 全玖頂級中國問題專家談中國問題.

The book, published in [...]]]>

Suffolk's Ron Suleski in China with scholar Yang Jinhai

Suffolk’s own Dr. Ronald Suleski, the director of the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies, is featured in a new three-volume set titled China in the Eyes of Harvard: Interviews with the Experts on China Issues in Harvard University 哈佛看中國: 全玖頂級中國問題專家談中國問題.

The book, published in China early this year, features Chinese scholars interviewing Harvard’s China experts.

Suleski, the former Assistant Director of the John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University, appears in the volume on Culture and Academics. Suleski discusses his time in Korea under the U.S. Army, the difference between Chinese and Japanese culture, and American scholar interest in the Qing dynasty.

The volume was compiled by Zhang Guanzi of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and published in Chinese to offer an American perspective to scholars in China. Guanzi told China Daily, “The results of research carried out at Harvard are the most likely to influence America’s policy toward China. The university’s professors, who also serve as think tanks for the U.S. government, have many different but remarkable insights into China.”

As head of  the Rosenberg  Institute, Suleski was proud to note his move from Harvard to Suffolk. “Chinese scholars all know the name of the Fairbank center,” he said, “and they need to be aware that serious academic study of China is ongoing at Suffolk.”

The Chinese version can be purchased from Amazon China, and there are plans to publish an English language version in China.

The show’s creator, Ding Wei, was a director of the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony. In the “Wind of Colorful Guizhou” Wei combines stage art, [...]]]> “Wind of Colorful Guizhou,” a large-scale traveling show of folk dances from the Guizhou province in China, will be stopping in Boston September 5th for one of only two U.S. performances.

The show’s creator, Ding Wei, was a director of the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony. In the “Wind of Colorful Guizhou” Wei combines stage art, stunning ethnic costumes, and music and dance to create an awe-inspiring show performed by acclaimed Chinese performers.

Event details:

Sunday, September 5
7:00 p.m.
John Hancock Hall
180 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116

Click here for ticketing information

Foreign Parts documents the struggle of a contested Queens, NY neighborhood before its demolition and disappearance under [...]]]> J.P. Sniadecki, a 2009-2010 Rosenberg Institute visiting scholar, and Verena Paravel were awarded “Leopard for Best First Feature” and “Special Jury Prize – Filmmakers of the Present” at this month’s Locarno Film Festival for their film Foreign Parts.

Foreign Parts documents the struggle of a contested Queens, NY neighborhood before its demolition and disappearance under the capitalization of New York’s urban ecology.

Sniadecki and Paravel are both Harvard Film Study Center fellows. Sniadecki’s 2008 documentary Chaiqian (Demolition) focuses on migrant labor and urban space in Chengdu, Sichuan province in China. It received the Joris Ivens Award at the 2009 Cinéma du Réel documentary film festival in Paris and has been shown around the world.

J.P. Sniadecki is a doctoral candidate in the Social Anthropology Department at Harvard University with an emphasis on Chinese society and sensory ethnography, and a former Rosenberg Institute visiting scholar.