East Asia Center Non-Profit Org. University of Washington U.S. Postage Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies PAID Box 353650, Thomson Hall, Room 301 Seattle, WA Permit No. 62 Seattle, WA 98195-3650 East Asia Center winter 2010 Asian Languages and Literature: Achievements and Challenges 1 Asian Languages and Literature: Achievements By Michael Shapiro and Challenges The past year has been an exciting 2 The Problem with China’s one for the University of Washington’s Urban Population Data Department of Asian Languages and 4 The Meaning of the Literature. The year has marked the Electoral Victory of the centennial of the establishment in 1908 Democratic Party of Japan by the University’s Board of Regents 6 United Nations Secretary- of a Department of Oriental History, General Ban Ki-moon Literature, and Institutions, headed by Visits Seattle the Reverend Herbert H. Gowen. That Department is the forebear not only of 7 Gardner Center for our own department, but also of the Kaoru Ohta presents a lecture to first-year Japanese language students. Asian Art and Ideas Jackson School of International Studies Launched at the Seattle and the Department of Slavic Languages and Asian language, culture, and civilization has had on Asian Art Museum Literatures. The year has also marked the 40th the UW campus over the past century. 8 Program Updates anniversary of the existence of our department in its It should be no surprise that virtually everything current form, namely as an autonomous department about the study of Asian languages and cultures has 10 Events in the Humanities division of the College of Arts and changed since the Reverend Gowen’s time. In the first 11 Global Asia Institute Sciences. In its present form, the Department has year for which we have catalogue records (1909-10) Founded been the unit on campus most centrally involved after the founding of the new department, the Rev- 13 2010 Summer Study Abroad with teaching and service with regard to representa- erend Gowen was listed as teaching two courses in FLAS FELLOWS tive languages and literatures of East, South, and each of the two semesters of the academic year. The 14 New Confucius Institute Southeast Asia. It has been a fundamental aspect four courses were (1) China, Japan and Korea, their UW - East Asia Center FLAS Fellows for the Academic Year 2009-2010 of Washington State of the Department’s mission that it not only teach history, literature and religious systems; (2) European a broad range of courses to enable students to de- conquests in Asia; (3) the literature of Persia; and Student Department Language 15 Faculty Publications velop practical skills in particular languages, but also (4) the primitive civilization of the Euphrates and Emily Anderson History Korean East Asia 16 FLAS Fellows to treat Asian languages and literatures in a broad Nile valleys, their history, religions, literatures, and Renee Balog Asian Languages and Literature Chinese Center humanistic context, taking care to examine them monuments. By the next year, 1910-11, a totally with reference to the cultures and cultural traditions different roster of courses was offered. Expanded Dillon Brown Jackson School - Japan Studies Japanese university of wa s h i n g t o n within which they exist and have developed. During now to three courses per semester, the Reverend Hudson Hamilton Law Japanese this past year, there has been a wide-spread celebra- Gowen’s teaching load comprised the classical Cindy Huang Art History Japanese William Lavely, Director tion on campus of the significance of the University literature of Japan, Buddhism as a philosophy and Samuel Lederer Jackson School - Japan Studies Japanese Mary Bernson, Director, of Washington’s accomplishments in Asian studies a religion, the classical literature of India, a history East Asia Resource Center during the past century. The organization of the of Semitic archaeology, elementary Sanskrit, and Frances Li Asian Languages and Literature Japanese Kristi Roundtree, Associate Director well-attended Centennial Lecture Series, sponsored elementary Hebrew. Clearly, the Reverend Gowen’s Dierdre Martin Jackson School - Japan Studies Japanese East Asia by the UW’s Alumni Association, and the awarding of purview was broad and extraordinary. But within a few Diane Atkinson, Outreach Coordinator Bradley Murg Political Science Chinese Center the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award to the UW’s decades after the establishment of the Department, Sara Caka, Program Coordinator Japan Studies Program in recognition of the UW’s such a one-man operation charged with providing Kristian Petersen Near and Middle East Studies - Interdisciplinary Program Chinese university of Peyton Canary, Program Associate long-standing contribution to Japanese studies, both instruction with regard to the languages, history, Mariko Troyer Jackson School - Japan Studies Japanese wa s h i n g t o n bear witness to the important place that the study of (continued on page 12) jsis.washington.edu/eacenter/

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EACnews Spr10.indd 2 12/23/09 9:15 AM develop programs that support teaching Table 1 in 2000) and Dongguan (32,091 RMB, or Chinese and sharing Chinese culture with Population Statistics of China’s Ten Largest Cities, 2000 and 2005 (in millions)a 3,876 USD, in 2000). New Confucius Institute teachers, students, and the community. These At the national level, similar confusion of Washington State will include mentoring, professional develop- 2000 2005 exists. A recent report by a fund manage- ment and certification programs for teachers, De facto Population b of ment firm claims that China already has over Rank Cities and Counties) (City Districts Region City Districts Districts Areas of City Urban Statistical local(with Population of City Districts Population De facto local(with Population By Brittain Barber and Peyton Canary Chinese language curricula and resources, of City Districts of City Districts 60% of the population living in urban areas evaluation and assessment tools for students and urbanization has basically finished in the Washington’s first Confucius Institute has such as The Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK), country. Consequently, capital investment

been announced. The Confucius Institute of hukou hukou and cultural and educational programs for in China is heading to a slowdown (don’t Washington State will be established as a c d c

both schools and communities. Other projects ) ) partnership between the UW, Seattle Public expect China to lead the world economy out will be run under the joint auspices of the Schools, and the Office of Chinese Language 1 Shanghai 16.41 14.35 13.46 11.37 17.13 12.90 of the slump…). To this author, this is a rather Confucius Institute Educational Center and misconstrued proposition. There may be other Council International (or Hanban) of the of students is well prepared to work with China 2 Beijing 13.57 11.51 9.88 9.74 14.43 11.14 the UW. Partners in these projects at the UW reasons for China’s capital investment to slow People’s Republic of China. Sichuan University in the future. Following the visit by Hu, an 3 Guangzhou 9.94 8.52 7.55 5.67 8.21 e 6.17 include the China Studies Program, the College down, but it is not because China has already in China has also been invited as a partner. ad hoc group chaired by former Washington 4 Wuhan 8.31 8.31 6.79 7.49 8.53 8.01 of Education, the Department of Asian Lan- According to the Confucius Institute’s Governor Gary Locke found considerable urbanized. Far from it, urbanites today remain guages and Literature, the East Asia Resource 5 Tianjin 9.85 7.50 6.76 6.82 8.57 7.73 website, the first Confucius Institute was support for establishing a Confucius Institute. a minority at 46% (see Table 3). There is still Center, the Language Learning Center, and the 6 Shenzhen 7.01 7.01 6.48 1.25 8.14 1.82 established in Seoul, South Korea, in 2004, The new Institute follows a trend of quite a bit of room for more urban expansion East Asia Center. In addition, the Institute will 7 Chongqing 30.51 9.69 6.17 8.96 10.41 10.30 as part of an effort by China to promote the increasing efforts within the state to raise the in that vast country! provide assistance for travel and conferences. 8 Shenyang 7.20 5.30 4.60 4.85 4.94 4.96 learning of Chinese as a foreign language public’s consciousness about China. At the Kam Wing Chan is a Professor of Geography Tentative plans call for the UW to host 9 Chengdu 11.11 4.33 3.96 3.36 4.72 4.82 and to enhance other nations’ understanding January 2006 International Education Leader- at the University of Washington. For a full five workshops and one public lecture. Four of 10 Dongguan 6.45 6.45 3.87 1.53 6.56 1.66 of Chinese culture at a time when China had ship Summit in Seattle, a group of Washington the evening and weekend workshops will be treatment of this issue, see: Kam Wing Chan, become a major player on the international business, education and government leaders Notes and sources: presented by the East Asia Resource Center. “Misconceptions and Complexities in the stage. Washington’s new Institute will be part set an ambitious goal to have 10% of Wash- a. These cities are ranked by the de facto population of urban statistical areas of city districts in 2000 census. The Department of Asian Languages and Boundaries of some cities and city districts may have changed after 2000. Study of China’s Cities: Definitions, Statistics, of an ever-expanding network of Confucius ington students learning Chinese by 2015. Literature will present the fifth. The East Asia b. Data are from the 2000 Census (November 1). and Implications,” Eurasian Geography and Institutes across the globe. By April 2009, Indeed, demand for Chinese has grown in c. Population with local hukou are year-end figures published by the Ministry of Public Security. Center will provide one public lecture featuring Economics, 48(4), pp.383-412, 2007, at more than 300 Confucius Institutes had been recent years; surveys show a steady increase d. Unless otherwise noted, these figures are implied mid-year population used to calculate the per capita GDP of these a national-level speaker. cities in China City Statistical Yearbook 2006. They are assumed to be the de facto population. http://courses.washington.edu/chinageo/ established in more than eighty countries. in the number of schools offering Chinese e. This is computed directly from the 2005 1% Population Survey (November 1), Guangdong volume. The UW’s Vice Provost for Global Affairs, ChanCityDefinitionsEGE2007.pdf. There are several Institutes already in the language programs. In addition, Seattle Public Dr. Stephen Hanson, will serve as Chair of the Northwest, with five Institutes in Oregon Schools supports over two dozen teachers of Confucius Institute Board of Directors. The Table 2 Table 3 and British Columbia. There are fifty-seven Chinese who are working towards a Chinese Executive Director, Karen Kodama, will run day- Per Capita GDP of Ten Largest Cities in 2000, 2005 and 2006 (in RMB¥, Current Prices) Total and Urban Population in China Institutes in the United States at universities World Language Endorsement. to-day operations. Kodama, who also works 2000-2008 (in millions) such as UCLA, Purdue, and the University of While most Confucius Institutes are located as the International Education Administrator 2000 2005 2006 Kansas. The stated mission of Washington’s on university campuses, the one in Washington Year Total Urban % Urban for Seattle Public Schools, has been respon- new Confucius Institute is to provide “lifelong State will be housed at the Confucius Institute Cities Per capita GDP Per capita GDP Per capita GDP Per capita GDP population population sible for expanding Chinese language to three (based on hukou (based on de pathways to learning Chinese language and Educational Center at Chief Sealth High 2000 1,267 459 36.2 elementary schools in Seattle. She recently population) facto population) culture” for people in Washington. School/Denny International Middle School 2005 1,308 562 43.0 received the World Citizen Award from the The establishment of the Confucius Institute in Seattle. The space includes a classroom Shanghai 36,054 28,565 52,889 59,306 World Affairs Council for her work on developing 2006 1,314 577 43.9 of Washington State is the culmination of used for teaching Chinese during the day, Beijing 23,942 20,264 46,878 52,042 international school programs in Seattle. 2007 1,321 594 44.9 negotiations that began with the historic which will be open to the wider community for Guangzhou 38,207 25,398 78,428 67,407 14 She is also the former principal of the award- 2008 1,328 607 45.7 3 visit of China’s President Hu Jintao in 2006. Institute-sponsored activities after school, in Wuhan 16,109 14,518 26,238 45,541 winning John Stanford International School. Note: 2000 and 2005 urban population figures are based Governor Christine Gregoire and President the evenings, and on weekends. In addition, Tianjin 20,422 18,574 39,695 52,017 The Washington State China Relations on 2000 urban definition; 2006-2008 figures are based Hu expressed mutual aspirations to expand the Confucius Institute Educational Center will on 2006 urban definition. Source: National Bureau of Council, the Trade Development Alliance of Shenzhen 133,305 23,759 60,801 69,450 Chinese language and cultural understanding provide library space to house a collection of Statistics, China. Greater Seattle, and the Alliance for Education Chongqing 8,770 8,112 16,712 17,080 in Washington State for educational and busi- books, media, and resource materials avail- will assist Seattle Public Schools and the UW Shenyang 19,336 17,686 36,779 45,827 ness purposes. These goals led to Gregoire’s able to teachers and students throughout the in launching the new Institute, and will provide Chengdu 19,944 15,457 32,131 39,286 proposal for the Institute; the final agreement state. The Center will also have thirty laptop financial and in-kind support. Dongguan 32,091 7,598 33,263 39,468 promises to further deepen Washington’s computers that can be used as a language- already strong ties with China. Given China’s learning lab on site or taken to other locations Brittain Barber is a Japan Studies MA Notes: Figures for 2000 are computed based on official GDP data (fromChina City Statistical Yearbook 2001) and city population figures in Table 1. Figures for 2005 and 2006 are directly fromChina City Statistical Yearbooks 2006 and 2007; increasing role in global affairs in areas such for technology-based workshops. Some larger candidate, and Peyton Canary is a China they are supposedly based on de facto population. As of November 2009, the exchange rate is 1 USD = 6.84 RMB¥. as trade and security, it is important for events will be held on the UW campus. Studies MA candidate in the Jackson School In 2000 the average exchange rate was 1 USD = 8.28 RMB¥; in 2005, the average exchange rate was 1 USD = 8.20 RMB¥; Washington to ensure that the next generation The operation plan of the Institute is to of International Studies. and in 2006, the average exchange rate was 1 USD = 7.98 RMB¥.

EACnews Spr10.indd 3 12/23/09 9:15 AM Japan’s Now for some negatives (or, in the being established in our state (see page 14), too few resources. newly elected prime minister newsletter speak of our time, “challenges”). and when Chinese and Japanese are making I do not wish to end this article on a nega- Yukio Hatoyama. It should be no surprise that some of them substantial inroads into curricula of the K-12 tive note. To be sure, that financial exigencies have to do with money, or the lack thereof. school systems. We should be increasing are upon us is something with which we have The explosive rise in interest in the languages capacity, building stronger connections to to deal. But it is also important to bear in and cultures of Asia simply has not been the K-12 system, improving our curriculum, mind that, in the century since the appoint- matched with a commensurate rise in funding expanding opportunities for overseas study, ment of the Reverend Gowen to the UW for departments such as our own. There are rebuilding faculty strength in our traditional faculty, the UW has grown into one of the elite historical reasons why this might be the case. areas of excellence, and laying the ground- institutions in the world for the study of the The Meaning of the The organizational structure of academic work for an institutional framework for the languages, peoples, cultures and civilizations Electoral Victory units at the UW is in many ways a relic of the study of Asian languages, literatures and of Asia. The various units whose centennial 1960s. We have separate departments for cultures that will meet the long-term needs of is currently being celebrated, including our of the Democratic Party Slavic, Scandinavian, German, Classics, and our constituency in the years to come. Department of Asian Languages and Literature, of Japan Romance languages (divided into divisions for I believe it is very important to place some have a justifiably good reason to be proud. Spanish/Portuguese and French/Italian), but emphasis on the phrase “long-term.” I do so The accomplishments of our unit during the In the wake of the historic victory of the only one for all the languages of Asia, whose out of the belief that the very best language past decades have been substantial. But the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), led by the speakers comprise approximately 40% of the and literature programs plan for the long-haul. continued success of Asian studies at the new prime minister Yukio Hatoyama, over the world’s population. Our Department actually They build curricula in which the teaching of University of Washington, with East Asian long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has fewer tenure-track faculty members than it languages at the elementary level is linked studies prominent among them, depends upon Japan Studies MA student Brittain Barber did in the early 1980s. Then there were twenty organically to what happens at the advanced the continued strength of the institution’s sat down with Japan Studies Chair Robert Pekkanen: At the moment, it is in disarray, as behind the US-Japan military alliance are tenure-track faculty members. That number is levels, where language work goes on in con- offerings in Asian languages and literature. Pekkanen to discuss the importance of this is to be expected. However, the very nature of solid and grounded in geopolitics and unlikely down to fourteen. Of course, we have many junction with work in literature, history, and I do not hide the fact that I am an unabashed new shift in political power in Japan. the DPJ’s victory indicates that there will be to change because of the change of govern- more lecturers and teaching assistants, who culture, and in which there is a community of proponent of the centrality of language and Q: First of all, how would you describe the alternation of power in the future. In fact, ment in Japan. do exceptionally good work under less than teachers and scholars with different research literature to area studies in general. We have recent election? many voters said, “Well, I do not expect that optimal conditions. Teaching loads are high, interests and teaching skills. This requires a at the UW a world-class operation in Asian Q: One last question about the Japan situation much from the DPJ, but if they do not do a salaries low, and (at least for lecturers) terms kind of expertise that is built up over time language and literature. With the resources Robert Pekkanen: This was a historic election before we move to more local issues. The DPJ good job, I will vote against them in the next of employment short. The budget cuts of and requires continuity in course content, to do our job properly, I am fully confident in Japan. The reason it was historic is that has signaled a fairly strong anti-bureaucracy election.” So, although the LDP doesn’t appear the past year have only made this situation faculty, and funding. For decades, we have that we will remain a premier institution in the the LDP, the conservative party that has ruled stance as they have taken power. Do you to be especially well poised for an immediate worse. Teaching assistant positions have had this kind of continuity at the UW. But decades to come. Japan almost continuously since its incep- believe this attitude is warranted and do you comeback, the nature of electoral competition been cut, section size increased, and some this community is put at risk when too many tion in 1955, lost an election for the first think it is significant? Michael Shapiro is the Chair of the Depart- is such that they will be back. Just like the course tracks (for example, the heritage track courses are taught by faculty on short-term time since it was formed. The LDP lost power ment of Asian Languages and Literature. Republicans in the US today: they are out Pekkanen: The number one reason the DPJ of first-year Korean) eliminated for the time contracts, languages are added or sub- in 1993 briefly, but in that election, all the of power in the legislative and executive got votes was because they were not the LDP. being. This makes little sense at a time when tracted from the curriculum based upon the Liberal Democrats who ran were pretty much branch, but nobody expects that to continue The number two reason they got votes was students are clamoring for instruction in Asian exigencies of annual budgets, or programs get returned to office. So in a sense, this is the for, say, the next 20 years. Something like the because they bashed the bureaucracy. languages, when a Confucius Institute is stretched by trying to do too many things with first time that the voters have thrown the LDP LDP’s dominance from 1955-2009 will never Admittedly, some of the things the bureaucrats out of office. This longevity of rule is truly be repeated. have done deserve bashing. They lost 50 remarkable compared to what we see in other million pension records; that’s akin to losing advanced, industrialized democracies. And Q: Do you see the US-Japan military relation- 50 million social security records. If that Korean Culture, Immigration, and Health Gods and Mountains: Icons, Temples, 4 that is what makes this a historic election in 2010 Summer Study Abroad 13 ship taking a new turn because of a switch in happened in the US, we would not be surprised 2010 Exploration Seminar in Seoul, Korea and Pilgrimage in Japan Japan. It is also striking in that the defeat was with East Asia Faculty ruling parties? if there were incidents of lethal violence at Program Director: Professor Eunjung Kim, 2010 Exploration Seminar in Nara not a narrow victory by the opposition DPJ, but Pekkanen: Most analysts do not expect there social security offices. People take that very Department of Family and Child Nursing and Kyoto, Japan a landslide in its favor. Even more striking is Chinese Film History and Criticism to be a significant departure in the US- Japan seriously, and it was an absolute disaster. August 23 - September 13, 2010 Program Directors: Professor Cynthea Bogel, the contrast compared to the last election for Beijing, China military alliance. The DPJ has signaled more One of the reasons the LDP lost is they were Department of Art History and Lindsey DeWitt, Japan’s legislature in 2005, in which the LDP Professor Yomi Braester, Department of openness to Asia. Okada Katsuya, the Japa- in power during that incident. The bureaucrats Asian Cities: Hyper Urbanism, PhD Candidate, Buddhist Studies, UCLA achieved its greatest electoral success since it Comparative Literature nese Foreign Minister, has been the one who were the ones who messed up, but if you are Democratic Design August 30 - September 20, 2010 had been formed in 1955. June 28 - July 25, 2010 has done that the most with his “Half Stepping the party in power you have to take responsi- 2010 Exploration Seminar in Tokyo, Kobe, Complete information can be found at http:// Q: So the LDP has lost power. Does it appear Out of the Nuclear Umbrella” speech. People bility for that. I think that there is a strong and Awajishima, Japan Additional opportunities and complete faculty.washington.edu/yomi/bfa/index.html. to have any strategy for regaining power, or will watch closely to see what happens with anti-bureaucrat sentiment running in Japan Program Director: Professor Jeff Hou, information on Exploration Seminars can be

is it merely waiting for the former opposition discussions about relocation of the US bases. now, and that got a lot of votes for the DPJ. Department of Landscape Architecture found at http://depts.washington.edu/explore/ party to make a mistake? However, most people believe that the reasons Their efforts to tame the bureaucracy will prob- August 25 - September 14, 2010 2010

EACnews Spr10.indd 4 12/23/09 9:15 AM Asian Languages and Literature: language enrollments for Japanese have in- the old trio of French, Spanish, and German ably be less successful than many of students – literally a once in a lifetime op- Achievements and Challenges creased nationally from 1,746 to over 66,000; may, at least locally, be giving way to a new their supporters imagine because it is quite portunity, so I am glad we had three students (continued from page 1) those for Chinese have increased from 1,844 trio of Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish. This difficult to do. I think that there is also some able to take advantage of this. We also were to over 51,000. Korean enrollments have is only part of the picture. danger that many bureaucrats, most of whom introduced to Representative Matsubara, who and institutions of all of Asia had become gone from virtually zero to over 7,000. In Interest in pre-school language programs are honest, hardworking, and intelligent, is not an alumnus of the UW, but was kind impossible. The range of languages expanded, the same period, enrollment for French has is on the increase. I might mention, by way of will become demoralized. Younger people enough to take in interns as well. I hope that the degree of specialization increased, and decreased from 228,000 to 206,000, for illustration, that my one-year-old granddaughter, who might have entered the bureaucracy will in the future we can continue this program. the level of linguistic proficiency expected German from 146,000 to 94,000, and for who lives in Austin, Texas, was registered for choose not to enter the bureaucracy. The Q: As a final question, does this mark a true of students was raised to ever higher levels. Russian from 30,000 to just under 25,000. enrollment prenatally at a day-care center bureaucracy has been a course of national shift in Japan’s political history? From relatively modest beginnings a century By way of comparison, it is interesting to note featuring a Chinese language immersion service for many elite young people in Japan. ago, the full infrastructure of a world-class that Spanish enrollments have surged from program. The majority of the students in this If that becomes devalued, I am not sure that Pekkanen: Without question, it is one of the operation in Asian studies (with the study approximately 177,000 to an astounding program are not of Chinese ethnicity. This those people will become political leaders. four most important elections in the post-war period. Some would say it is the most impor- of Asian languages and literature playing a almost 833,000. On the figures for the Asian would have been unimaginable 40 years ago, They might enter business, they might enter Representative Takashi Shinohara and Brittain Barber leading role) emerged. The world of Language languages, it’s noteworthy that a really sharp not to mention in the Reverend Gowen’s era. the non-profit sector, or they might choose campaign door-to-door in Nagano. tant election in the post-war period. As I said, and Area Centers, Foreign Language and increase in Japanese enrollments took place There is more good news. As compared other paths. But it could lead to a diminution it is the first time the voters have rejected Area Studies Fellowships, “critical language” between 1980 and 1990, a period coinciding with a generation or so ago, our department is of the quality of governance in Japan Pekkanen: It was night and day. The LDP the LDP and voted for the opposition in great overseas summer language courses, multi- with the boom years in the Japanese economy offering a wider spectrum of courses, targeted particularly because, unlike the US, politicians politicians were depressed. They were down on numbers. We can expect that the simple fact track degree programs in various Asian – a time during which the Japanese govern- to a broader constituency of students, in a do not have large staffs, and also there is not the party, and they were down on the election. that the LDP lost power is significant. It is languages, and study-abroad programs ment invested heavily in Japanese language larger number of languages. Total student a ring of sophisticated and influential public One veteran, a former minister, told me that important for those unfamiliar with Japan to could scarcely have been imagined by the programs in the US and there was widespread enrollments in our courses now add up to policy machines or think tanks encircling this was “the toughest election I have ever realize that, for anybody who is not already Reverend Gowen and the UW Board of apprehension among Americans that the approximately 4,000 per year. They include Tokyo or Nagatacho- (the district in Tokyo been in.” I said, “Really? In the 90’s you won in their fifties, the LDP has been governing, Regents a century ago. Japanese economy was engulfing the US not only our own undergraduate majors and where The Diet is located) like there are in an election by only 700 votes. This is even literally, every day they’ve been alive. So for That things change greatly in a century is economy. Based upon the experience of what minors and our graduate students, but a Washington, DC. In other words, there is tougher?” He said, “This is a terrible election. the LDP to be out of power is something that no big surprise. What may not be so apparent, happened with Japanese enrollments, it is not broad swath of undergraduate and graduate no alternative venue for policy generation When I am out shaking hands and I tell people will fundamentally change how voters will think however, is just how much has changed unreasonable to project that Chinese enroll- students from across campus. Fully 95% of outside of the bureaucracy as there is in that I am from the LDP, they will not even about politics. It will fundamentally change the during the 40 years that Asian Languages ments will witness a similar sharp increase in the student credit hours generated by our other countries. So I think that there is some shake my hand.” On the other hand, the DPJ bureaucrats’ relationships with the political and Literature has existed as an independent the coming decades. This is supported by the undergraduate course offerings come from risk to this policy for Japan in the long term, folks were just cackling over the expected parties. It will fundamentally change interest academic department. I find it somewhat fact that, of the twelve languages most widely students not majoring in Asian Language and replacing an excellent bureaucracy with size of their victory. The mood at the offices group relationships with political parties. We bracing to realize that I have now been a taught at US post-secondary institutions, the Literature. Double and triple majors are on mediocre politicians. was very happy. They were working hard even have already seen, for example, in conserva- faculty member at the UW for 39 years, which two showing the largest percentage increases the rise and it has become commonplace though they knew they were going to win. tive Ibaraki Prefecture, the Japanese Medical Q: In what ways has the UW been involved in covers the entire history of the “modern” between 2002 and 2006 are Arabic (126.5%) for students to combine a major in Chinese, It was just a question of by how much. In Association endorsed the DPJ, something that the historic events of the summer? department except for its first two years of and Chinese (51%). Japanese, Korean, or Hindi with one in bioen- the end, probably even they were surprised, would have been unheard of a decade ago. existence. When I conclude my term as chair The upswing in interest in learning Asian gineering, computer science, mathematics, or Pekkanen: We were very fortunate in that at least a little bit, by how many votes they It’s something that will fundamentally change at the end of this current year, I will have languages is by no means only a phenomenon business. Our faculty members have training three of our students worked as interns during actually got. So everyone knew that public local politics. We will see a lot of governors served (off and on) as department chair for of post-secondary education. There has been and research specializations in a wider variety this historic election. Brittain Barber and sentiment was very strongly against the LDP declaring for the DPJ. We will see the balance eleven years. Things have changed markedly an increase in interest in Asian languages of areas than would have been the case Deirdre Martin were interns at the office in and that clearly affected the mood of those of power in a lot of the prefectural assemblies during my years as chair, and they have in the K-12 schools, where language immer- earlier. Today, our department has faculty who Nagano for an incumbent DPJ representative people working long hours trying to get their shifting even though they have a different changed even more markedly since I received sion programs, International Baccalaureate are active researchers in linguistics, literature named Takashi Shinohara. He won election candidates elected. electoral system. That will change a lot, too, my graduate training in the late 1960s and degrees, and Advanced Placement courses and literary theory, language pedagogy, in his district. Garrett Bredell was an intern at especially because a lot of the money for the 12 Q: How did the UW program develop? 5 began my teaching career in 1970. And in Japanese and Chinese are increasingly religious studies, epigraphy and paleography, another Diet member’s office, a Tokyo-based local governments comes from the central although it is a cliché to say it, some of these popular. When I went to high school in the film studies, and cultural studies. Our majors, representative named Jin Matsubara. He also Pekkanen: This program developed because government. So, yes, many things will change changes have been for the better and some early 1960s, the readily available language both undergraduate and graduate, find won election in his district and was an incum- of meetings I had with Representative because the DPJ won. The real significance of for the worse. class options were Spanish, French, German, employment not just as teachers and scholars bent. So it looks like the UW students were Shinohara. He’s a UW alumnus and I asked the election is not that the DPJ will have differ- First the good news: The desire for instruc- and in some schools, Latin. Today, Japanese of Asian languages, but in a wide range of lucky charms for the DPJ. I myself traveled with him if he would be willing to host some of our ent policies but, simply, that they are some- tion with regard to all aspects of the language, is taught at approximately 25% of the high professions, including health sciences, law, several politicians. I went with LDP politicians students to serve as interns. He agreed, and body who is not the LDP running the country. and visited their offices, and visited the offices we sent students for the first time last year. literature and culture of Asia (and particularly schools in the State of Washington that have information technology, government services, Robert Pekkanen is the Chair of the of the DPJ candidates. I spent at least one day This year, because of the election, students East Asia) has increased spectacularly responded to an ongoing survey of language the military, and business. I think it’s fair to Japan Studies Program, Jackson School of with each one. were fortunate enough to be able to go to the since the Department was established. This offerings in Washington high schools. Schools say they enter these professions with a higher International Studies. Nagano office, which is where his constituency increase is a national, and not just a local are gearing up for an anticipated surge of degree of spoken language proficiency than Q: Was the tone of the LDP politicians is, and participate in this historic election. UW, phenomenon. Between 1960 and 2006, interest in Chinese. It is not inconceivable that would have been possible earlier. markedly different from the DPJ politicians I think it was a fantastic opportunity for our who you were with?

EACnews Spr10.indd 5 12/23/09 9:15 AM knowledge, the Institute is the only center at a public university that is explicitly authorized by Global Asia Institute the state government to undertake activities Founded related to foreign policy and outreach. The patronage of the state will facilitate relation- By Brittain Barber ships with local business and political leaders. Finally, the research conducted by the “The university was given an unusually Global Asia Institute will be conducted in part- attractive award last spring,” said Jackson nership with people and organizations abroad. United Nations School of International Studies professor These will not be one-time collaborations but Donald Hellmann. A bill sponsored by Senator Secretary-General rather systematic and institutionalized relation- Paull Shin (D-Edmonds) has commissioned Ban Ki-moon ships that are built around long-term policy the Jackson School to create the Global issues. As with programs within the Jackson Asia Institute, where policy research will be Visits Seattle School, the breadth of countries and policies conducted under the auspices of the Jackson under the banner of “Asia” encourages a wide By Donald C. Hellman School. The Senator’s blog notes that “a and Yong-Chool Ha international network of partners. large portion of Washington’s exports are to All three of these categories can be Asian markets. The creation of the Institute at Senator Paull Shin The visit of United Nations Secretary-General expected to generate spillovers for students. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon receives his honorary degree at the University of Washington. UW will help prepare students for the export Ban Ki-moon to Seattle in October was widely Jackson School students will benefit as the jobs of tomorrow, enhancing Washington’s recognized as a huge success. The Secretary- of concern, such as security and trade, but School, already respected for its area studies economic opportunities.” The bill passed General came to Seattle with several purposes Perhaps the most surprising aspect of following the award of the honorary degree. Hellmann envisions a focus on “issues that programs, institutionalizes a policy orientation. unanimously in both houses and was signed in mind. The first was to receive an honorary his speech was his ability to communicate In terms of an enduring footprint from his meld technology and diplomacy in unprec- Students also can anticipate greater research into law by Governor Christine Gregoire on May degree bestowed on him by the UW in a full- a genuine belief in the ideals of the United visit, the hope is that there will be development edented ways.” opportunities, as the Institute begins 12. Hellmann and Professor David Bachman house convocation ceremony in Meany Hall. Nations. He was passionate, almost missionary- of a connection between the United Nations The Global Asia Institute will benefit the generating funded projects. In addition, the will serve as co-directors of the Institute. Secretary-General Ban charmed the audience like, in discussing issues relating to the and the Jackson School in both curricular and Jackson School in numerous ways. First, within Global Asia Institute will facilitate both local Hellmann gives credit for the overwhelming by recounting an anecdote about his desire environment, human rights, peace, poverty, research activities. For the Jackson School, the Jackson School the Global Asia Institute and international networking for students. support of the bill to Shin: “Senator Shin can- to enroll in the China Studies Program at the nuclear proliferation and other goals of the UN this is important because of the inauguration will act as a catalyst for greater integration One reason that the bill passed with such not be praised enough for this. We owe him Jackson School in the early 1970s with a to which he is committed. He did not come of two new in-house institutions, the Center among programs. The geographic area com- enthusiasm is no doubt the clause absolving a huge debt.” The UW also had a hand in the Fulbright Fellowship. Because he was a across as an individual who invoked platitudes for Human Rights and the Global Asia Institute prising “Asia” includes the Jackson School the state of all funding responsibilities. bill’s passage, however, as Professor Hellmann runner-up, it consequently took him more than of the sort in Walt Disney World’s “It’s A Small (see page 11), both of which were aided programs in the East Asia Center, Southeast Critics may question whether this reduces the went to Olympia five times to testify before three and a half decades to finally receive a World After All”. Rather, Secretary-General by bills passed by the Washington State Asia Center, South Asia Center, Ellison Center Global Asia Institute to an unfunded man- various committees. Fellow Jackson School degree from the UW. The anecdote, apart from Ban was a diplomat concerned with results Legislature and signed by Governor Christine (Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia date, but Hellmann is upbeat about funding professor Clark Sorensen went twice, while being entertaining and relevant, reflected the and passionately committed to achieving Gregoire. These institutions provide an ideal Studies) and, to a lesser extent, the Middle prospects. He admits that, while economic Hellmann and Jackson School director Anand warm personality of the Secretary-General, those results. He presented himself as a setting for lodging any initiative for cooperation East Center and Comparative Religion Program. realities dictated the funding clause, it is also Yang attended the bill’s signing. who was very sensitive to the interests of his world leader who wants to go beyond words that may emanate from UN Headquarters in Research conducted in the Institute is all an opportunity. The lack of guaranteed funding “This is not a think tank in the conventional but guaranteed to cross boundaries. Energy audience. That sensitivity was apparent in the with deep commitment not only to espousing New York City. The legacy of the Secretary- forces creativity and entrepreneurship as the sense,” explains Hellmann. He elaborated that issues in Asia, for example, directly impact the speeches he delivered at the convocation and ideals but also to achieving these ideals. General’s visit is not only being the first sitting directors search for grant-generating proposals. the Institute will not address contemporary Middle East, Russia, Japan, China and India. at another event in a downtown Seattle hotel He was particularly passionate about the UN Secretary-General to visit Seattle and to In part, Hellmann is sanguine about the future policy questions, but will focus instead on Second, the nature of the Global Asia co-hosted by the World Affairs Council and December Copenhagen conference on reach out in a multi-dimensional way to the because of his own experience. He estimates 6 long-term issues that are more in keeping with Institute will lead to increased links to various 11 the Jackson School. The downtown speech global warming, and indicated that he would Northwest community, but also facilitating that he has raised “a million or two” for the the resources available at the UW. Hellmann Puget Sound communities. The outreach activi- reflected his interest in reaching out to the be going to Congress to try to mobilize sup- the institutionalization of programs related Institute of International Policy; Hellmann also cited global health as an example. Working in ties mandated by the Institute’s mission will community of Seattle, which he did with both port there to back President Obama’s visit to to UN activities as an integral part of the has extensive networks both home and abroad tandem with the Gates Foundation, the UW increase contact between the Jackson School calculation and charm. the meeting. Jackson School. to tap for funds and ideas. Secretary-General Ban spoke at the is a world leader in this area. By tapping and local political and business leaders. In Donald C. Hellmann is Professor of Seattle Chamber of Commerce. He met with this expertise, the Global Asia Institute can accordance with the provisions of the bill, the Brittain Barber is a Japan Studies MA International Studies and the Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates, who are long time position itself at the forefront of research into Institute must report to the state government candidate at the Jackson School of Institute for International Policy, and Yong- supporters of the UN programs for which he health policies in Asia. Hellmann also listed periodically to ensure that the Institute is car- International Studies. Chool Ha is the Korean Foundation Professor is the spokesperson. He also met on campus environmental issues, energy policy and the rying out its mission. Senator Shin is currently of Korea Social Science at the Jackson School with students from the Political Science digital revolution as other areas where the the chair of the Senate International Relations of International Studies. department and was entertained at President Institute is poised to work on the cutting edge. Committee and is sure to remain closely tied

Emmert’s house with an elegant dinner The Institute will also address traditional areas to the project. Hellmann states that, to his

EACnews Spr10.indd 6 12/23/09 9:15 AM PROGRAM UPDATES spring 2 0 1 0 American communities, Asian Studies at the series of films well known at home and within UW was already strong almost a century ago, diaspora communities, but perhaps less known Gardner Center for and is still growing vigorously,” noted Mimi among the general public in the US. A future small groups, recording and editing their experi- co-hosted the symposium “A Generation of targeted to eliminate a cataloging backlog of Asian Art and Ideas Gates. “The Jackson School is distinguished by Saturday University at SAAM series will focus ences into materials they are sharing in their Flying Swans: Symposium on Chinese Immi- over 60,000 titles accumulated in the past its faculty’s depth of expertise on Asia.” on religion and contemporary societies in Asia. classrooms this year. Three Oregon educators grant Writers in North America and Their Works” several decades. Launched at the Seattle The programs created by the Gardner The Gardner Center has also planned a joint were selected by the EARC to participate in a at the Seattle Public Library in August 2009. The EAL Chinese collection received $2,700 Asian Art Museum Center, including the lecture series, will program with the Washington State China pilot project in which NCTA formed a delegation The three-hour program included presentations from the Allen Endowment Fund to acquire increase public access to many specialists on Relations Council on February 25, featuring within the much larger Bridge Delegation to by three Chinese writers – Chen Ruilin, Su Wei, the Wenyuange Siku Quanshu Dianziban. This By Sarah Loudon Asia whose expertise range from global health Professor Madeleine Yue Dong of the UW China China, sponsored by the Hanban (the Office and Yu Xiu – who talked about their writing online version will replace the malfunctioning to trade relations, urban and rural development, Studies Program, entitled Global Shanghai, in In October 2009, a new series known as of Chinese Language Council International of experience and works. The program presented CD-ROM version of the Siku Quanshu held by art and culture, and other areas. The Gardner connection with a major exhibition on Shanghai Saturday University at SAAM made its debut the People’s Republic of China). Many of the speakers who are established Chinese writers our library. The Siku Quanshu, or The Emperor’s Center will partner with many universities and opening in mid-February at the Asian Art at the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM). delegates returned with plans to implement or and scholars from the US and Canada, as well Four Treasuries, was a vast compilation of organizations in addition to the UW, such as Museum of San Francisco. The series is organized by the museum in expand courses about China and the Chinese as scholars from China. Chinese works ordered by the Qianlong emperor the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) Mimi Gates is volunteering her time to lead collaboration with the UW Jackson School’s language in their middle and high schools. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of US- of the Qing dynasty in the eighteenth century. and the Washington State China Relations the Gardner Center, which is named in honor East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia Study tours for 2010 will include an NCTA China relations, the EAL, collaborating with the The Siku Quanshu includes over 3,000 titles Council. It will also build strategic partnerships of her parents, Elizabeth P. and Edward T. Centers, and is the first program of the tour of China, once again funded by the China Studies Program and other academic and spans over 36,000 volumes. This acqui- with national and international Asia-related Gardner. Gates’s mother was an artist with newly-created Gardner Center for Asian Art Freeman Foundation, and a month-long tour units at the UW and the Consulate General sition significantly enhances access to this organizations and museums. As the Gardner a passion for Asia and her father was an and Ideas. The Gardner Center, founded by and curriculum development project in Japan. of China in San Francisco, hosted a series of important resource. Center further develops its partnerships with international businessman who was a strong Mimi Gardner Gates, the Seattle Art Museum’s The Japan tour will incorporate the sister-state cultural events including a reception and book On her recent trip to Beijing, Zhijia Shen, the Asia Society in New York, the Asian Art proponent of interdisciplinary study. Supported activities of the Washington-Hyogo Teacher donation by Consul General Gao to the Dean of Director of the EAL, brought back a special gift Director Emerita, advances the region’s Museum of San Francisco, and a variety of by an endowment established by the Bill & Institute, established in 1992, and is being University Libraries in June; a Chinese film week promised to Dean Betsy Wilson by Yonglin Rong engagement with Asia through dynamic NGOs working in Asia, the range of programs Melinda Gates Foundation, the Gardner Center funded by a Freeman Foundation grant and in late October; a symposium on US-China last summer when Rong was on campus for the public programs, which provide informed will involve diplomats, business people, artists, looks forward to partnering with UW faculty a Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad grant cultural relations entitled “China in America symposium on Chinese electronic publishing perspectives on Asia, past and present. humanitarian workers, and global develop- and students to sponsor high-quality programs awarded to the EARC. and America in China” in December; and an co-sponsored by UW Libraries and Tsinghua The Center’s programs serve to redefine ment and health experts. In addition, when to produce ever-stronger members of the During summer 2008 and 2009, the EARC exhibition on US-China relations in November Tongfang Knowledge Network. Rong, the as- the traditionally-held role of the art museum in well-known visitors from Asia visit Seattle, the global community. offered an intensive course on Japan for pre- and and December 2009. More information on sistant president of Tsinghua University, gave society. In the past, museums were thought to Gardner Center will also invite them to lecture in-service K-12 educators. “Perspectives on East these events can be found on the EAL website Dean Wilson a reproduction of the Qing Dynasty be primarily about objects, i.e. collecting and Sarah Loudon is the Program Consultant or perform. Asia for Teachers: Contemporary Japan” was a at www.lib.washington.edu/east-asia/us-china. (1644-1911) version of the “Qingming shanghe caring for precious works of art. However, for the Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas, Starting in January, the Center will present month-long course offered in partnership with the EAL staff has made significant progress in tu (Qingming Festival on the River)” the original recent generations of museum professionals Seattle Art Museum. “Guilty Pleasures: Popular Films from Asia,” a College of Education. The course gave educators processing Chinese and Korean materials as painting of which was done by Zhang Zeduan of not only celebrate the rarity, beauty, and an outstanding grounding in Japan studies and part of their pre-catalogue conversion project. the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The original of novelty of works of art but also connect these in curricular strategies for bringing Japan into Since launching the project in April 2008, over the Qing version is held in the Palace Museum objects to cultures and ideas. In keeping Guilty Pleasures: Popular Films from Asia the classroom. Plans are underway for a similar 9,000 titles and 12,000 volumes of Chinese in Taiwan. It is a joint work by five court painters with the Seattle Art Museum’s vision “SAM Stimson Auditorium, Volunteer Park, Sundays at 1:30 pm. Visit www.seattleartmuseum.org course about China in summer 2010. pre-catalogue materials have been cataloged. during the first year of Emperor Qianlong’s connects art to life,” the Gardner Center takes for updates. See Asian films that were big hits with their communities, but are less well-known The Japanese pre-catalogue project is slated reign (1736-1795). The painting depicts in vivid another step by offering a holistic look at Asia, East Asia Library internationally, each selected and introduced by a different film expert from the University of to begin when the Tateuchi Foundation-funded detail the life of the Song capital Bianjing from presenting dialogue led by UW faculty The East Asia Library (EAL), in collaboration Washington. All films are shown in DVD with English subtitles. cataloger, Seako Suzuki, comes on board in (today’s Kaifeng city in Henan Province). This members on challenging social issues and with the Seattle Public Library, Wenxin Literary winter 2009. The pre-catalogue project is gift adds to our collection of art and will benefit international relations, to offering instruction in Jan. 31: Paint It Saffron (Rang de Basanti), India, 2006 Association, and Seattle Chinese Literary Salon, 10 future students of Chinese art history. yoga, tai chi and aikido held in the museum’s Five men playing freedom fighters in a film on India’s independence movement become 7 art deco sculpture gallery. politically active themselves when a death is caused by government corruption. E H2Asia: Asia’s Water Crisis Global Focus Speaker Series The fall 2009 “Saturday University: Asia Feb. 7: Train Man (Densha otoko), Japan, 2005 in Focus” lecture series featured talks by When a nerdish fellow helps a woman who was being harassed on a train, he starts

S T N E V Speakers: Stevan Harrell, Anthropology, UW, China The U.S. and North Korea: Dealing With Irrationality UW faculty in history, international studies, Patrick Christie, Marine Affairs, UW; Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Bruce Cummings, Northwestern University, Tues., May 4, 2010 dating for the first time ever and goes online for advice. art history, and anthropology, continuing a Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 7 pm Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room, UW, Seattle Campus Feb. 14: Milan, Philippines, filmed in Italy, 2004 tradition of partnership between SAM and Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room, UW, Seattle Campus Set among the Filipino migrant worker community in Italy, a husband looking for his Movement and Music Across the Curriculum II the UW’s Jackson School. Richard E. Fuller, a missing wife becomes close to someone else. Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai) Screening Keynote Speaker: Helene Eriksen passionate Asian art collector and geologist, The film will be introduced by Professor Ted Mack Saturday, May 8, 2010, 8:30 am - 2:30 pm founded and then directed the Seattle Art Feb. 21: If You Are the One (Fei Cheng Wu Rao), China Thursday, February 4, 2010, 7 pm Hutchinson Hall, School of Drama, UW, Seattle Campus Museum for forty years (1933-73) and also After a middle-aged man suddenly becomes a millionaire, he advertises online for a Kane Hall 210, UW, Seattle Campus partner, and meets a series of characters. Visit: www.jsis.washington.edu/eacenter for more information. taught at the UW. “Like Seattle’s Asian

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award goes on to specify the role of successful Bora Ju in Asian Law Center Center for Korea Studies concert at the The Asian Law Center (ALC) is pleased research and the great variety of lectures and The Center for Korea Studies colloquium Gardner Center to present its redesigned Web site, with full seminars as keys to the program’s success. series has brought numerous scholars from reports of current projects, people and publica- Congratulations to our UW Japan Studies across the United States and the world. UW tions, at www.law.washington.edu/AsianLaw/. Program. To the next 100 years! alumnus Mark Caprio of Rikkyo University Professor Veronica Taylor (LL.M. ‘92), Graduate student Samuel Lederer was started the Autumn 2009 series with a Director of the Asian Law Center, was installed chosen to participate in the inaugural year presentation entitled “Marketing Assimilation: School’s Hotspots in our World Lecture Series; workshop for faculty and students to continue as the Dan Fenno Henderson Professor in Asian of The Japan Foundation Center for Global The Media and the Formation of the Japanese- and “Bridge over Troubled Water? Envisioning a the discussion with the presenters and explore Law in acknowledgment of her research and Partnership’s Japan Travel Program. Sam and Korean Relationship,” which examined the role China-Taiwan Peace Agreement,” a presentation issues and challenges related to conducting expertise in Asian law. Professor Dan Fenno twelve other graduate students visited various of the media in Japan’s attempts at assimila- by Phillip Saunders, a Senior Research Fellow research in Xinjiang. Henderson, who was on the law school faculty government agencies, corporate offices, and tion of Korea following the 1910 annexation. at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, The second conference, “Crossroads of for 29 years, established the Asian law program. other sites over a ten-day period. They were Bora Ju also presented a colloquium entitled National Defense University. Asian Music and Poetry: China and Inner Colleagues and former students, assisted by a addressed by top leaders and officials from “Traditional Korean Music and Musical Instru- The ongoing China Colloquium Series fea- Asia/China and Southeast Asia,” featured an Consul General Namba presents the 2009 Japanese the US Embassy, US Navy, Japan Foreign international roster of musicians, musicologists, generous gift from Professor Henderson and his Foreign Minister’s Award to Professor Robert Pekkanen. ments: A Lecture and Performance,” following tured eleven speakers in spring 2009, including wife to the law school, created this endowed Ministry, and business and other organizations which she gave a demonstration with Nuri two UW alumni invited back to commemorate poets, anthropologists, and literary scholars. professorship upon his retirement in 1991. University, with whom Professors Veronica Taylor regarding Japanese politics, economy, and Jeong of the gayageum and geomungo. the Jackson School centennial. On May 21, The two-day conference included a concert at Professor Daniel Foote (University of Tokyo) and Jonathan Eddy visited in 2008. During the international relations. The Sochon Foundation continues to provide Anthropology professor Yan Hairong (University the School of Music’s Brechemin Auditorium, was the first Dan Fenno Henderson Professor. 2009-2010 academic year, the ALC is hosting a Most graduate students in Japan Studies generous support for Korea Studies at the UW. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) spoke about featuring musical pieces from China, Mongolia Professor Dongsheng Zang delivered reciprocal year-long research visit by Profes- arrive at UW with experience in Japan as In 2006, Madame Sochon Park Young-Hi the idea of “quality” (suzhi) and its use in and Burma and a reading from the Yi scholar the lunch address at a symposium entitled sor Yuka Kaneko from Kobe University. Taylor’s students, travelers, and, often, as former endowed the Center for Korea Studies with post-colonial discourse. On May 28, Chinese and poet Aku Wuwu (Aku Vuvu). “Crossroads” Environmental Justice and Governance: African visit at Nagoya yielded a joint collaboration on teachers of English in Japan. The JET Program, $100,000 to fund graduate students. In 2009, Literature professor Ding Xiang Warner (Cornell was the third in the “China in Asia” series Perspectives in the Neo-Liberal Era. Professor a conference in March 2009 in Phnom Penh, operated by the Japanese government in col- the Foundation provided an additional gift of University) spoke about the Zhongshuo, an jointly sponsored by the UW East Asia Center Zang offered a critical analysis of China’s Cambodia to launch a Comparative Law As- laboration with local authorities, is the largest $200,000 to establish the Sochon Foundation ancient Sui text. This fall, the Colloquium Series and UCLA-USC. It was co-sponsored by the UW environmental footprint in Africa. sociation in Cambodia. employer of assistant language teachers as well Post-Doctoral Endowed Fund in Korea Studies began on October 22 with a presentation by Southeast Asia Center and the Ellison Center In January 2009, the ALC, together with the The “Law Through Global Eyes” lecture as coordinators for international relations, who which will be supplemented by $100,000 from Professor R. Kent Guy, UW’s Chair of History and for Russian, East European and Central Asian Jackson School of International Studies’ Japan series, in which legal scholars from around the are hired to work in local government offices. the UW. This endowment will provide funding for Modern China Chair, who spoke about the Qing Studies. For more information visit www.depts. Studies and China Studies Programs, the Job world cover a variety of topics in international Currently there are 4,600 people in the JET post-doctoral fellows in Korea Studies at the UW. Dynasty system for government appointments. washington.edu/xroads. Program, of whom 2,600 are from the US. At the end of October, China Studies spon- and Gertrud Tamaki Professorship, and The law, featured Professor Colin Jones from Japan’s The Journal of Korean Studies, originally East Asia Resource Center American Society of Law – International Eco- Doshisha University Law School, Professor Many undergraduates are interested in founded at the UW by the late Professor James sored two conferences and co-sponsored a film The East Asia Resource Center launched the nomic Law Interest Group, held a two-day work- Gyung–Young Jung from Korea’s Sungkyunkwan teaching in Japan as a first step after gradu- B. Palais in 1979 and recently edited by John week on campus. The China Studies Program 2009-2010 academic year with a full calendar shop entitled International Law and Regulatory University School of Law, Professor Lawrence ation. To help them make informed decisions Duncan of UCLA and Giwook Shin of Stanford and the UW Libraries presented Chinese Film of programs designed to educate American Change Workshop: New Models for Japan and Repeta of Omiya Law School (and 2008-2009 about pursuing jobs in Japan, either through University, returned to the UW in the fall of Week, featuring award-winning film writer and K-12 teachers about East Asia. Evening work- China. This public workshop brought together Garvey Schubert Barer Visiting Professor of JET or other programs, a new course was 2008 under the editorship of Professors Clark director Peng Xiaolian, who introduced and shops, Saturday seminars, 30-hour seminars, Japan and China specialists to assess the role Asian Law), and Professor Ilhyung Lee of the offered at the Jackson School in the fall. W. Sorensen and Hwasook Nam. Volume 14 discussed her films. The festival showcased and presentations at conferences in Washington, of international law and regulatory change in University of Missouri School of Law. “Special Topics: Teaching English in Japan” is is scheduled to come out in December 2009. Shanghai women film directors, and included Texas, and Georgia are all scheduled this shaping the continuing economic transformation a one-credit course taught by Mary Hammond Tracy Stober is managing editor of the journal, screenings of six films, each followed by a year. The 30-hour seminars, some of which 8 of these two Asian countries. The workshop Japan Studies Program Bernson, Director of the East Asia Resource as well as editor of the forthcoming series question and answer session. 9 include online components, are funded by the featured case studies by Professors Saadia The UW Japan Studies Program is pleased Center. The course provided a broad introduc- called Publications of the University of The first conference, “Xinjiang: Behind the Freeman Foundation as part of the National Pekkanen (Jackson School/ALC), Jane Winn, to announce that it has received the 2009 tion to a range of topics directly related to work Washington Center for Korean Studies. Violence,” featured James Millward of George- Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA). Dongsheng Zang, and Veronica Taylor and Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award. This award and everyday life as a teacher or assistant town University, speaking about Han-Uyghur Since co-founding NCTA in 1998, the EARC has commentary by leading international trade has been given in recognition of the program’s teacher. Guest speakers included UW students China Studies Program ethnic strife and media control during the July provided these seminars to 1,429 teachers in specialists Professor Henry Gao (The University pioneering study of Japan and the Japanese, who have taught in Japan in a wide variety of During spring 2009, the China Studies 2009 Urumqi riots; Gardner Bovingdon of the Northwest. of Hong Kong/National University of Singapore) and the strengthening of the Japan-US relation- situations, representatives of the JET Program, Program co-sponsored several events, including Indiana University at Bloomington, discussing During summer 2009, two groups of NCTA and Amelia Porges (Sidley Austin LLP, ship through friendships and discourse. The and students from Japan who are currently Words of the World, a book exposition at the politics in Urumqi; Talant Mawkanuli, a lecturer alumni from throughout the Northwest went to Washington DC). award specifically makes mention of the wide studying at UW. By the end of the class, the UW Allen Library that showcased significant materials in the Department of Near East Languages and Asia through the EARC. One group went on a The ALC expanded key partnerships with range of subjects taught through the program, undergraduates gained both a better sense of in Chinese from the East Asia Library collections; Culture, discussing Uyghur language and ethnic study tour of China designed by EARC Associate colleagues at Kobe University and with the from political economy, law and sociology to whether they want to pursue teaching jobs in “China’s Far West: Identity, Administration, and identity; and Jackson School professor Resat Director Mary Cingcade. Participants took along Center for Asian Legal Exchange at Nagoya literature and history, which are the foundation Japan, and increased knowledge and skills to Separatism in Xinjiang,” a presentation by PhD Kasaba, speaking about the Turkish response of its hallmark interdisciplinary approach. The help them succeed if they choose to do so. candidate Bradley Jensen Murg for the Jackson to the riots. The following day there was a video equipment to carry out projects done in

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