Up-coming Events - Inst. for Asian Studies
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted below.
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Spring 2013
First Saturday East Asian Program Series
The Ideology of Power: The Architecture of the Lama Temple in Beijing
A lecture by Dr. Kevin Greenwood, Professor of Art History, Willamette University
Saturday, April 6 | 09:30 am
PSU Urban Building Room 250
507 SW Mills St.
Legacies of War
Voices from Laos: Clearing Bombs, Protecting Lives
Panel Discussion and dialogue on Vietnam War-era UXO (unexploded ordance, or unexploded boms) in Laos.
Friday, April 12 | 4:00 pm
PSU Urban Center building, 2F Gallery
507 SW Mills St.
PSU Institute for Asian Studies
Venturing to China – One Oregonian’s Story
Mr. Peter Nickerson, Director & Co-founder at Growth-Link Overseas; Principal at Chinus Asset Management
Tuesday, April 23 | 6:00 pm
Location: PSU Native American Student Center (710 SW Jackson St)
First Saturday East Asian Program Series
Overview & Tour of the Chinese Magnolia Collection
Martin Nicholson, Curator of the Hoyt Arboretum
Saturday, May 4 | 9:30 am
Hoyt Arboretum (4000 Southwest Fairview Boulevard, Portland)
PSU Institute for Asian Studies – Quartely Korea Lecture
Tourist Images of Korea: The historical origins & their contemporary legacies
Dr. Hyuing-il Pai, University of California – Santa Barbara
Thursday, May 9 | 6:00 pm
PSU campus, 5th Ave Cinema, room 92 (510 SW Hall St.)
PSU Institute for Asian Studies
Lesbian Fiction as Historical Fiction: Gender, Nationalism, and Sexual Politics in the South Asian Novel
Dr. Sridevi (Sri) Nair, PSU Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program
Tuesday, May 14 | 4:00 pm
PSU campus, Women’s Resource Center, Montgomery Hall basement (1802 SW 10th Ave & Montgomery St)
PSU Institute for Asian Studies & Confucius Institute at PSU
BOOK TALK: The Lius of Shanghai: A Chinese Family in Business, War, and Revolution
Dr. Sherman Cochran, Emeritus Professor, Cornell University
Wednesday, May 29 | 6:00 pm
PSU Smith Memorial Student Union, room 238
1825 SW Broadway
First Saturday East Asian Program Series
A City within a City: Zijin Cheng, the Purple Forbidden City
A lecture by Francis Li
Saturday, June 1 | 09:30 am
PSU Urban Building Room 250
507 SW Mills St.
PSU Institute for Asian Studies
Mo Yan and China’s New Historical Fiction
Dr. Jeffrey Kinkley, Professor of History, St. John’s University
Tuesday, June 4 | 6:00 pm
PSU Smith Memorial Student Union, room 298
1825 SW Broadway