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East Asia lecture series will begin March 8 2:07 p.m., March 7, 2007--UD's East Asian Studies Program has three presentations and one colloquium set for the “East Asia in a Globalizing World” lecture series this semester. Topics will range from civil society in Japan to Confucianism to the geography and contemporary culture of East Asia. The schedule follows. From 4:30-6 p.m., Thursday, March 8, in room 205 of Kirkbride Hall, R. Bin Wong, director of the UCLA Asian Studies Institute and professor of history at the University of California Los Angeles, will give a lecture titled “From Regional World to World Region.” Wong will explore several historical events that affected European expansion in East Asia and will focus on how cultural differences and cultural blending have influenced contemporary East Asia. From 4:30-6 p.m., Thursday, April 19, in room 205 of Kirkbride Hall, the second lecture in the series, “Getting Civil Society Right: Lessons from Japan,” will be given by guest speaker Robert Pekkanen, a professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. From 4:30-6 p.m., Monday, May 7, in room 005 of Kirkbride Hall, Roger T. Ames, a professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaii, will give the final lecture of the series, “Confucianism and Atheistic Religiousness.” An additional colloquium, “Spatial Scales in World History: From Local to Global,” will cap the series and will be held in room 203 of Munroe Hall, with a time and date yet to be announced. The series is funded by a Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education, with additional funding from UD's Office of Multicultural Programs, Department of History, Department of Political Science and International Relations, and Department of Philosophy. All three lectures and colloquium are free and open to the public, though seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call (302) 831-0799. |
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