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November 2019
Shinto and Gagaku Lecture and Music Performance
Please join us for an introduction to Shinto and a performance of Gagaku music by a wind instrument ensemble from the Meiji Jingu Shrine. Moriyasu Ito, a Shinto officiant (negi) and the chief of the intercultural section of the Meiji Jingu Intercultural Research Institute, first will present an overview of Shinto in Japanese culture. Gagaku, a traditional style of music dating from the 7th century, illustrates the links between Shinto and Japan’s cultural traditions. At the conclusion of his presentation…
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September 2018
Chinese Opera from Taiwan: A Retrospective of the Ya-Yin Ensemble
The Department of Asian Languages & Cultures is proud to join the Bricks Foundation in co-sponsoring a rare West Coast appearance by legendary Chinese opera performer, Ms. Kuo Shaio-Chuang. Regarded as a national treasure in Taiwan, Ms. Kuo is a figure who has revolutionized Peking Opera in the modern era. Ms. Kuo will speak about her career in the performing arts in Taiwan; the event will also feature a demonstration of Peking Opera costumes. Please note: This event will be conducted…
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The 6th International Conference on Ganhwa Seon
The 6th International Conference on Ganhwa Seon is sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Jogye Order (Dongguk University) and Center for Buddhist Studies (UCLA) Tuesday, July 17, 2018 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Royce 314 Humanities Conference Room UCLA Please register at https://ucla.in/2HqbpTt 8:30 - 9:00 am, Check-in 9:00 - 9:30 am, Opening ceremony Welcoming remarks by the Ven. Jeongdo Sunim (Institute for the Study of the Jogye Order, Dongguk University) and Professor Robert Buswell (Center for…
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February 2018
January 2018
The Yanai Initiative at UCLA and Waseda University presents Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Pacification, Offering, and Burial in Early Japanese Buddhism a lecture by Akiko Walley
4:30 pm January 26, 2018 243 Royce Hall In 1907, three sets of eighth-century objects were discovered from underneath the bronze pedestal of the seated Vairocana Buddha in the Great Buddha Hall, Tōdaiji, Nara prefecture. The objects were initially identified as examples of “platform pacifying objects” (chindangu), but their actual function has been debated since the 1970s. Tōdaiji was conceived of as the main temple for the nascent Chinese-style centralized government, and its construction was an undertaking of unprecedented…
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The Yanai Initiative at UCLA and Waseda University presents Heteroglossolalia: Bakhtin, Bakin, Translation, and Early Modern Japanese Prose a lecture by Glynne Walley 12:30 pm January 25, 2018 243 Royce Hall Glynne Walley will discuss significant features of the prose style of early modern Japanese novelist Kyokutei Bakin, as well as some approaches to translating him, in light of Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of heteroglossia. Bakin’s prose constitutes a perfect example of what Bakhtin posited as the multi-tongued…
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The symposium will explore the challenges presented by the historical issues and how they affect the current and future peacekeeping efforts in the Northeast Asia. Friday, January 19, 2018 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Main Conference Room Charles E. Young Research Library 280 Charles E Young Dr N Los Angeles, 90095 Symposium Schedule: Time Description 8:30AM Registration 9:00AM-9:15AM Welcoming Remarks Professor Do-Hyung Kim (President, Northeast Asian History Foundation) Professor Namhee Lee (Director, Center for Korean Studies) 9:15AM-11:15AM…
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45th Annual Council for Thai Studies
Inquiries: jenjit@humnet.ucla.edu REGISTER HERE Schedule: Friday, November 10, 2017 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. Registration and welcome 1:00 – 2:20 p.m. Session I: Fictions of Diversity – Hjorleifur Jonsson, Arizona State U Tai Groups’ Social Network: The Traditional and the Present (Case Study on Tai Groups in the Northeast of Vietnam) – Hoang Thi Le Thao & Ly Viet Truong, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences The Role of Thai Women in the Circulation of Traditional Culture in Some Mountainous Provinces of Northern…
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