Center for Chinese Studies

Newsletter Volume 1:1, Spring 2010 Letter from the Director

letter. With Diane Perushek as the utation, CCS still has a lot of work editor, we plan to make use of this to do. publication as an outlet to share As I see it, our immedi- news about our activities and to ate task is to refine the methods boost the visibility of CCS. through which CCS operates its The Center’s mission is programs. aimed at promoting an under- It will take concerted ef- standing of China through mul- fort to realize our goals, but I am tiple disciplinary perspectives and confident that our current Exec- a variety of scholarly and cultural utive Committee and staff have activities. Our ongoing goal is to the energy and vision to accom- appy 2010! Let me provide current information and plish this. We welcome sugges- take this opportunity news items of interest to the cam- tions and comments from mem- to welcome you to the pus community. Since its found- bers on ways to improve how we Hre-issuing of the CCS Newsletter. ing in 1978 (formerly known as serve you. In closing, I would like First published in 1984, the CCS Council for Chinese Studies), to express my thanks to my prede- Newsletter was founded as the CCS has been in the forefront in cessors Betty Ecke, Daniel Kwok, primary channel of communica- fostering the study of China to all Roger Ames, Ronald Brown, and tion between the center and the CCS members on and off campus. Rosita Chang for the founda- campus community but was sus- Since its inception, the organiza- tion they have laid down for the pended when the Center decided tion has developed a sound struc- Center. A special mahalo to Cyn- to focus its energy and resources ture and by-laws that serve the dy Ning and Daniel Tschudi for on other projects. Since that time, unique characteristics and needs their dedication and hard work the Center has flourished, grown of our campus. Our membership for more than a decade. Of course, in size, and expanded its activities. has grown to include full mem- Diane Perushek deserves special Because there is important news bers and associate members. With recognition for agreeing to take and exciting Chinese studies relat- the recent addition of the Con- on the daunting task of managing ed information that we would like fucius Institute to CCS, our net- editor for the newsletter. Please to disseminate, we feel that now is Center for Chinese Studies Staff work and activity potential have support our newsletter by submit- the right time to resume the news- Frederick Lau, Director expanded even further. ting newsworthy items to her or Cynthia Ning, Associate Director As the current director of Daniel. I wish you all a productive Contents CCS, I have set the immediate 2010!!! D.E. Perushek, Assoc. Director goal of strengthening the struc- Daniel Tschudi, Coordinator Letter from the Director...... 1 Frederick Lau ture of the center in order to pro- Faculty Forum: Kate Lingley...... 2 Address vide more effective services to 417 Moore Hall Recent Faculty Publications...... 3 colleagues in Chinese Studies. To University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2009 Faculty Presentations...... 3 this end and with the help of the Honolulu, HI 96822 Faculty Awards...... 3 Executive Committee and staff, Tel: 808-956-8891 Grants & Scholarships...... 4 we continue to reassess and im- prove on our various programs, Fax: 808-956-2682 Fall ’09 Research Seminars...... 4 publications, activities, and web- E-mail: [email protected] Spring ’10 Events...... 4 site. CCS members belong to http://chinesestudies.hawaii.edu Spring ’10 Research Seminars..... 4 one of the largest Chinese Stud- Alumni Encounter...... 5 ies Centers in the U.S., and we are © 2009. Center for Chinese Studies CI-UHM: An Update...... 5 proud of the productivity, visibil- All rights reserved. Symposium: The White Snake.... 6 ity, and honors that our members An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative have brought to us. Building on Action Institution our history, past success, and rep- Faculty Forum This feature article introduces the work and interests of one of the CCS faculty. This issue brings to you current work by Kate Lingley, BA, Harvard-Radcliffe College, MA and PhD, University of Chicago. In 2005, Professor Lingley joined the UHM Department of Art and Art History where she teaches course in Chinese Art and Culture, Chinese Painting, Chinese Sculpture and Applied Arts. Her research is on Buddhist votive sculpture of the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, with a particular in- terest in the social functions of religious art. On stretching our limits Kate Lingley, Department of Art and Art History

department which combines stu- investigates why cross-dressing dio art and art history in the same seems to have bothered Tang so- intellectual and pedagogical proj- cial critics so much less than the ect (itself a relatively traditional wearing of non-Chinese fashions. arrangement). My studio art col- I came with a handful of possi- leagues are active contemporary ble interpretations of the mate- artists, as are the majority of my rial I had so meticulously recon- students. Every day, my teaching structed from visual and historical and advising work requires me to sources; I left, three days later, re- think about the relationship be- plete with fascinating possibilities tween my own work and theirs. suggested by analogies to dress Furthermore, the study of practices of the modern day. It dress and self-representation in would never have been possible if the early historical period (which I hadn’t decided to take a chance is becoming an increasing focus on a conference with a sexy title, Three Lady Polo Players and Foreign Groom on Horseback. Anonymous, of my own work) suffers from a that seemed only tangentially re- Tang Dynasty, Earthenware. Honolulu Academy of Arts, Bequest of Re- nee Halbedl, 1981 (4911.1 - 4). scarcity of interesting theory to lated to my usual field. explain the visual and historical We come to our professorial evidence we spend so much time positions armored with expertise, recently returned from a con- is to say that I am a fairly tradition- carefully reconstructing. It is no painstakingly gathered over a de- ference in Hong Kong, where al scholar, whose work depends longer sufficient, in art history, cade or more of doctoral studies. I gave a paper titled “Cross- strongly on the close examination to identify the date and style and It can be difficult to contemplate IDressing and Silk Road Fash- of visual, historical, and epigraph- origin of a work of art; our object stepping outside those carefully ion in the Early Tang.” The con- ic sources. I also came to art his- of study is visual and material cul- drawn boundaries of discipline ference, Extra/Ordinary Dress tory from archaeology, which in- ture, and we are increasingly re- and period; but the result can be Codes: Costume and the Second creases my orientation toward the quired to address the meaning a kind of cross-fertilization be- Skin in Asia, aimed to “address the technical and historiographic side and social significance of the ob- tween fields that grants us what subject of fashion in all its aesthet- of art history, rather than the con- jects we study. This demands a dif- the botanists call “hybrid vigor.” ic, cultural, historical, performa- ceptual and cultural-studies side ferent intellectual toolset than tra- We expect our students to be pre- tive, ritual and social dimensions.” of art history. You can see why the ditional connoisseurship, though pared to stretch their limits when Conference papers ranged from conferences I attend (and the pa- the result is, to my mind, more in- they enter the classroom: it’s not an analysis of the appropriation pers I give) usually have much less teresting. bad advice for us to take ourselves. of hip-hop dress codes by gangu- sexy titles than this one. My paper examined a form of ro youth culture in 1990s Japan to So why did I bring my tradi- dress worn by early Tang women, a study of the use of recycled ma- tional, scholarly work to such an which has sometimes been iden- terials by street designers in con- event? tified as the “foreigners’ dress” temporary Phnom Penh. In part, it was because of which caused much anxiety for This is not my usual kind of the opportunity to link my tradi- social conservatives who worried conference venue. tional, early-historical work with that their wives were dressing like My research field is the social the work of people engaged with Silk Road “barbarians.” My work history of Buddhist art in medi- contemporary visual culture and argues that these women are ac- eval China (c. 398–618 CE). This contemporary theory. I teach in a tually wearing men’s dress, and tion and Documentation: Barce- Charles Booth. “Asian Corporate Recent Faculty Publications lona, Spain. Insolvency Reform Law Reform in the Aftermath of the 1997- Fi “Lower Xiajiadian Period Demog- nancial Crisis: The Need for the raphy and Sociopolitical Orga- Continued Development of Ef- nization—Some Results of Col- fective Insolvency Infrastructures.” laborative Regional Settlement OECD Forum on Asian Insol- Patterns Research in NE China.” vency Reform (FAIR), Bangkok, By Christian Peterson, et al. In Thailand, July 17. SAA Archaeological Record, May 2009. Cheng, Baoyan. “Access, Equi- ty, Capacity: Financing Higher “King Lear at the Shanghai Jingju Education.” International Forum Company: Dream of the King of Understanding Labor & Employ- for Education 2020 at East-West Qi.” By Elizabeth Wichman- ment in China. By Ronald C. Center, Honolulu, HI, February. Brown. University of Cambridge Walczak. In Alexander Huang et The Classic of Family Reverence: A “World-class Universities for Chi- Press. 2009. An overview of the al., Shakespeare in Hollywood, Asia, rd Philosophical Translation of the na?” 53 Comparative and Inter- current labor and employment and Cyberspace. Purdue Universi- Xiaojing 孝經. By Roger T. Ames national Education Society An- law environment in China and its ty Press. with Henry Rosemont, Jr. Univer- nual Meeting. Charleston, South legal requirements, as well as cur- sity of Hawai’i Press, 2009. On “Temperament, harsh and indul- Carolina. March. rent practices under these laws gent parenting, and Chinese chil- the basis of this translation and Cathryn H. Clayton. “China’s used to deal with growing labor dren’s proactive and reactive ag- supplemental passages found in 56th Ethnic Minority? Classify- issues. gression.” By Xu Yiyuan et al. In other early philosophical writings, ing the Macanese.” Association Child Development, 2009. this book articulates a specifical- for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, ly Confucian conception of “role “The Current Status of Chinese Chicago, March. ethics” that, in its emphasis on a CALL in the United States.” By Eric Harwit. “China’s Telecom- relational conception of the per- Tao-chung Yao. In Journal of the munications Revolution and Im- son, is markedly different from Chinese Language Teachers Associ- plications for a Future Interna- most early and contemporary ation, February 2009. dominant Western moral theories. tional Role.” International Studies “Technology in Chinese Language Association annual conference, Hong Kong Corporate Insolven- Teaching and Learning.” By Tao- New York, February 17, 2009. cy Manual (2nd edition). By chung Yao et al. In Michael Ever- “Control and Censorship of Data Charles D. Booth, et al. Hong Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau son and Yun Xiao, eds., Teaching Networks in China.” U.S. Depart- Kong: HKICPA, 2009. Expands and the Question of Chineseness. By Chinese as a Foreign Language: ment of State, Washington, DC, and updates an earlier work on Cathryn H. Clayton. Harvard Theories and Applications. Cheng September 25. corporate insolvency develop- East Asian Monograph Series. & Tsui Company, 2009. ments for for accounting and le- Lin, Shu Hwa. Invited lecture: This ethnography addresses the gal professionals working in the “Negotiation for action: English Graduate School, Department of question of how conceptions and field. Includes new chapters on language learning in game-based Fiber Art, Tainan Art University, practices of sovereignty in Macau two important areas of insolvency virtual worlds.” By Zheng Dong- Taiwan. March. Digitization vid- shaped how Chineseness is imag- law and practice – the new PRC ping, et al. In The Modern Lan- eo of Chinese Last Empire Dress ined through the example of the bankruptcy law and cross-border guage Journal, 2009. Code. American Institute for Con- former Portuguese colony. insolvency. servation of Historic and Artistic “History of Chinese Law: The Re- 2009 Faculty Presentations Works Annual Meeting, Los An- ABC Chinese-English Comprehen- public 1911–49,” “Confessions,” geles, CA. sive Dictionary. Ed. by John De- Poul Andersen. “雷聲普化天 “Confession and Acceptance of Francis. University of Hawai‘i 尊之圖像學.” Keynote address Wang, Chun Han. Keynote Sentence in Chinese Law,” and Press, 2009. An expansion of the at the conference 「台灣道教與 speaker. “The Future is Here: “Lawyers in Chinese Law.” By Al- ground-breaking ABC Chinese- 民間信仰神譜」國際學術會 Trends, Technology and Pros- ison W. Conner. In Stanley N. English Dictionary, this diction- 議, Baoan Temple 保安宮, Taipei, pects for the U.S. Creative Me- Katz. ed. in chief, Encyclopedia of ary was published soon after edi- May 30-31. “Laozi and the Gener- dia Industry.” International Con- Legal History. Oxford University tor John De Francis’ death. It is als: A Ritual Scroll for the Daoist ference on Digital Design and Press. the first strictly alphabetically Iconography Project.” Fifth Inter- Creativity Invited by College of ordered and Pinyin computer- “Telecommunications and the In- national Daoist Studies Confer- Digital Design Southern Taiwan ized dictionary. Contains over ternet in China.” Entry by Eric ence, Wudangshan, China, June University, Tainan, Taiwan. “King 196,000 entries in single-sort al- Harwit. In Asia-Pacific Yearbook. 18–22. Hu and Run Run Shaw and the phabetic order. Centre for International Informa- Motion Picture that made Martial Arts History.” First Prize Award, For insight into Professor 2009–’10 Academic Year Text, Legend, and Transnational BEA Paper Competition: History Lingley’s latest endeavors, see the Samuel August, Law Appropriations,” Crawford 105 Division Broadcast Education As- Faculty Spotlight column on p. 2. Brian Mackintosh, Law February 5–7, 10–14: UHM De- sociation (BEA) Conference Las Katherine Hardeman, Ling, PhD partment of Theatre and Dance Vegas Convention Center, Las Ve- Richard Page,* Anthropology, MA Grants & Scholarships English-language production the gas, Nevada. Ian Sullivan**, Philosophy, MA Chung-Fong & Grace Ning Fund Jingju “The White Snake.” Elizabeth Wichman-Walczak. *(Fall only); **(Spring only) Grants February 19: CCS Chinese New “Processes of Jingju (Beijing/Pe- The following faculty and stu- Year banquet. Legends Seafood king “opera”) Creation and Recep- dents were awarded Ning Foun- Fall 2009 Research Seminars Restaurant, 6:30 p.m. tion at the University of Hawai‘i dation grants for Fall 2009. (* in- Fall 2009’s research seminar series at Mānoa.” Third International March 18: Confucius Institute dicates PhD candidate) called upon a number of our fac- Jingju Studies Academic Sympo- at UHM “Distinguished Teacher Jiang, Hong ulty and visiting scholars to pres- sium on “Jingju and Contempo- Award” presentation to Jerome A. Kim, Yong Shin* ent the results of their research. rary Chinese Society,” Beijing. Cohen, followed by his talk, “Half Seo, Jungmin Professor Cathleen Clayton orga- a Century of U.S.–China Rela- Tao-chung Yao. Talks on “Cur- Vu, Linh D.* nized the Seminar Series. The top- tions: Some Personal Experiences,” rent Trends in Chinese Language Wang, Haidan ics and speakers were: QLC Room 412, 4:00 p.m. Teaching in the U.S.,” and “The Wen, Zhijun* September 8: “Development of Development of AP Chinese in Wu, Shu-ling* April 8: Cantonese Naamyum Telecommunications and the In- the U.S.” in Taipei, Taiwan; Xia- Xu, Yiyuan Narrative Singing and Instrumen- ternet in China, ” Eric Harwit, men and Guilin, China; and Los Zheng, Dongping tal Music performance, East-West Professor, UHM Asian Studies. Angeles. Eu Tong Sen Scholarship Center’s Imin Center, 7:30 p.m. The students below are recipients September 15: “China’s Long Awards of Eu Tong Sen grants: March to Freedom: Grassroots Modernization.” Kate Zhou, As- Spring 2010 Research Seminars Fall 2009: Nicholas Hanauer, Congratulations to Kate Lingley, sociate Professor, UHM Political Assistant Professor in the Depart- Asian Studies, MA January 12: Henry Rosemont Jr. Science. (Brown University), “On ‘Know- ment of Art and Art History, who Spring 2010: Young Eun (Ivy) ing’ (zhi): Praxis-Guiding Dis- won the University of Hawai‘i at Kim, Law September 29: Roundtable—“The Mānoa Chancellor’s Citation for People’s Republic of China at 60.” course in the Confucian Analects.” Chinese Government Fellowships Meritorious Teaching in Fall 2009, February 2: Elizabeth Wichmann- The following students received October 20: “In Search of Allah’s which recognizes UH Mānoa fac- Walczak, “Convention and Ex- scholarships from the govern- Chinese Name,” James Frankel, ulty members for significant con- pression in the Jingju (Beijing/ ment of the People’s Republic of Assistant Professor, UHM Reli- tributions to teaching and stu- gion. Peking opera) The White Snake.” dent learning. In the course of her China to study in China during work on early art of China, mod- 2009–’10: October 27: “China’s New La- February 9: Stan Henning (Inde- ern and contemporary art of Chi- Igor Nikitin bor & Employment Laws and the pendent scholar), “The Real Chi- na, Chinese sculpture and applied Dong Jo Shin Three “S’s:” Stresses, Strains, and nese Martial Arts.” Tyler Long arts, traditional Chinese painting, Significance,” Ron Brown, Profes- February 23: Zhang Qianyuan Andrew Lambert and tomb sculpture and funerary sor, UHM Law. (visiting scholar, UHM Philoso- Jordan Cormier art, Professor Lingley developed phy), “Implicit Beauty in Chinese Yong Shin Kim November 3: “Ecotourism in an undergraduate art history list China,” Li Yanqin, Associate Pro- Art.” serve to disseminate news about FLAS grants from the U.S. Depart- fessor, Central University of Na- March 9: Shana Brown, “Chinese jobs, internships, and scholar- ment of Education tionalities, and visiting scholar at Women as Reporters and Photog- ships, which enables the program The following students were UHM. raphers in the Second World War: to keep better track of students awarded Foreign Language and Daily Life and the Media in the and help them succeed in the field. Area Studies grants for Chinese November 10: “Sovereignty at the War of Resistance.” Her award stated that “The sup- language study (*one student Edge: Macau and the Question port Lingley gives to her students, studied Uyghur language): of Chineseness,” Cathy Clayton, April 7: Kate Lingley, “Sixth Cen- the exemplary model she sets for Assistant Professor, UHM Asian Summer 2009 tury Portraiture: Representation them in terms of her own schol- Studies. Cole Livieratos, Asian Studies, MA and Identity in Buddhist and Fu- arship, and the positive attitude Richard Page, Anthropology, MA nerary Art of North China.” she displays, makes her among Ian Sullivan, Philosophy, MA Spring 2010 Events the strongest teachers on the UH And others to be announced. Ronald Gilliam, Theatre, PhD* Mānoa campus.” CCS is most Come Join Us! Jy Xiong, Anthropology, MA proud that one of its own has won February 6: CCS Symposium— Stephen Flanigan, History, PhD this prestigious award. “Reimagining the White Snake: Alumni Encounter So next time you are in Bei- Tabasco eating competition. And jing, make a stop at one of the be sure to ask for Kro and tell him Tube Stations for a deli meal or about your UH connection. For Kro’s Nest where you might not information about Kro’s restau- only get good pizza and beer rants and photos, see http://www. buckets, but also happen upon a thekrosnest.net/

Olav Kristoffer Bauer, better known as “Kro,” shows off a few menu items at Tube Station Bistro, one of five restaurants he co-owns in Beijing. The UH graduate has made a name for himself with pizza as his specialty. KIM FASSLER, Special to The Advertiser. raduates in Chinese stud- Of course, gaining fluency ies at UH Mānoa end up in Mandarin helped Kro estab- in all sorts of careers— lish himself in China, but he also Gdiplomacy, the law, business, art, attributes his work as a student CCS enjoys the hospitality at the Kro’s Nest. Kro himself is front left, and restaurants. A recent grad, Olaf assistant in the UHM Student Cyndy Ning behind him. Nikki Shishido of the Hawaii State DBEDT of- Kristoffer Bauer, has combined Employment and Cooperative fice is in green, and UH alumnus (and current Beijing Foreign Studies his proficiency in Chinese, gained Education Office as experience professor) Li Jinzhao is to her right. Front right is Fred Lau, UH alumnus at UHM, and his interest in cook- valuable to a new entrepreneur. (and Beijing-based attorney) Michael Dardzinkski is to his left making ing into a career that is smokin’. It Business may not always the shaka sign, and Yao Hong is third from the right. does not hurt at all that Kro, as he seem like a piece of cake. He woke is known, has enviable fluency in up every morning at 4:00 a.m. Beijing Chinese and a sharp busi- and drank two pots of coffee be- Confucius Institute at UHM: An Update ness sense, which has led him to fore the restaurant opened at 6:00. ach December, an annual the U.S.). It focuses on helping open three Kro’s Nest pizzerias One of his cooks made off with three-day conference of build the infrastructure for Chi- and two Tube Station sandwich his pizza recipes. Rising prices worldwide Confucius In- nese language teaching in the US, shops around Beijing. put a squeeze on his business. Just Estitutes (CI) is held in Beijing, by offering teaching training op- 烏巢 Kro’s Nests ( ) are before last year’s Olympics, the hosted by the Confucius Insti- portunities through the Chinese found in Gongti, Beida and Bei­ cost of cheese rose from $62 for tute Headquarters (“Hanban”). Language Teacher Education pro- taipingzhuang. Recently Fred Lau, a 44-pound case to $217 per case. A four-member delegation repre- gram (in conjunction with the De- CCS Director, and Cyndy Ning, With five restaurants already sented the University of Hawai‘i partment of East Asian Languages CCS Associate Director, visit- in Beijing, Kro’s next target may in 2009: Fred Lau (CCS director), and Literature and the College of ed the Nest at Beitaipingzhuang be Shanghai. And why not? Peo- Hong Yao (CI director—PRC), Education) and the summer Chi- when they were in Beijing for a ple are looking for Kro’s “authen- Cyndy Ning (CI director—U.S.), nese Language Sports Camp and meeting of the Confucius Insti- tic taste of America.” One group and Ted Yao (CI academic advi- Teacher Training Institute (with tutes. Their take on the restaurant: drove five hours from Hebei prov- sor). major funding from the U.S. gov- friendly atmosphere, a highly ince just to eat his pizza; others As of October, a total of 282 ernment’s STARTALK program); personable owner bound to win came from Hong Kong and Tai- CIs had been established in 84 and through developing cutting- loads of loyal customers. wan. countries, including 56 in the edge language teaching materials. Kro lost no time after gradu- Kro has been asked to talk to U.S. These are supplemented by a One very concrete example of this ating with concentrations in Chi- MBA students interested in doing network of 241 Confucius Class- is Cyndy’ Ning’s participation as nese and Japanese to return to business in China. He stresses the rooms (smaller units generally af- lead author in a Yale University/ China, where he had spent his ju- importance of making and main- filiated with CIs). China International Publishing nior year in high school, and open taining connections, frequent- The Confucius Institute at the Group project to publish multi- a restaurant. Now 26, he has creat- ly reinventing your product and University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa media courseware titled Encoun- ed homey restaurants that ex-pats always seeking new opportuni- (CI-UHM) was established on ters: Chinese Language and Culture. gravitate to and Chinese can love ties (“have your hand in as many November 6, 2006 (the sixth in as well. cookie jars as possible”). CI-UHM also offers commu- Chinese (with translation) by dis- nity-based, non-credit Chinese tinguished critic Wang Yuanren, language courses, that have prov- speaking on the Baishezhuan. en popular. These classes will be The CI-UHM also supports expanded in the future. CCS by video documenting se- In addition to its language lected China-related public pre- focus, the CI-UHM will be work- sentations (for example, the Feb- ing closely with the Center for ruary 2 introduction to the Jingju Chinese Studies (CCS) to ex- The White Snake by director Eliza- pand its offerings in Chinese beth Wichmann-Walczak and her culture,through a series of sym- colleagues Lu Genzhang, Zhang posia, conferences, and distin- Ling, and Zhang Xigui from the guished lectures. On February Jiang­su Province Jingju Com- Symposium on “The White Snake” 6, 2010, for example, there will pany), and making these avail- symposium, titled “Re- The Symposium presenters and be a faculty symposium focus- able for public viewing through imagining the White their presentation titles were: ing on The White Snake, in sup- its website (see http://chinese­ Snake: Text, Legend, port of the concurrent presenta- studies.hawaii.edu/gallery/mov- Cathryn Clayton, Assistant Pro- Aand Transnational Appropria- tions of the eponymous Jingju by ies/lectures/). fessor, Asian Studies Program— tions,” was held on February 6 the Department of Theatre and We will be building our web- “Beyond Good and Evil: Snakes in under the auspices of CCS. Orga- Dance. Following that, there will site this spring and will alert you Chinese Culture” nized by four CCS faculty mem- be a February 9 presentation in via e-mail as resources are added. bers with the idea of celebrating Giovanni Vitiello, Associate Pro- and raising the University com- fessor, EALL—“Demonic Passion: munity and public’s interest in The White Lady in Late Ming Fic- the student Jingju production of tion” The White Snake at Kennedy The- Ming-Bao Yue, Associate Professor, atre (under the direction of Prof. EALL—“Green Snake: Li Bihua’s Elisabeth Wichman-Walzack), the Feminist Re-writing and Tsui Hark’s symposium offered stimulating Cinematic Adaptation of The Leg- and thought-provoking presen- end of the White Snake” tations looking at images of and Seio Nakajima, Assistant Profes- folktales surrounding the story sor, Sociology Department— of the white snake from the per- “Mapping the Trans­­national Gen- specitives of anthropology and esis of the Post-War Japanese folklore, classical Chinese litera- Cinematic Field: Case Studies of ture, and film in Hong Kong and the Productions of Madame White Japan. The subsequent Q & A ses- Snake (1956) and The Legend of sion was lively and invigorating. the White Snake (1958)”

CCS and CI-UHM staff meet with Deputy Minister of Culture Hao Ping. From L to R: Yao Hong, Tao-chung Yao, Cynthia Ning, Hao Ping, Fred Lau, and Zhang Xiaohui (head of the Beijing Foreign Studies University de- partment that oversees BFSU’s relationships with 11 Confucius Insti- tutes worldwide). Help Build the CCS Community Thousands of Center for Chinese please send us their contact infor- Studies students, friends and fac- mation: e-mail address, home or ulty are spread around the globe business address and phone num- who we think will be interested bers. We’ll send them the News- to know what we are doing and letter and perhaps reconnect in keep in touch. If you know of CCS person. Send that information to Symposium panelists, from L to R: Ming-Bao Yue, Cathryn Clayton, ’ohana who have lost touch with [email protected]. Thanks! Giovanni Vitiello, and Seio Nakajima. us and would like to renew ties,