Attended by: Caroline Eckhardt, Reiko
Tachibana, On-cho Ng, Richard Nichols, Jade Atwill, Betsy Johnson. Accounted for: Paul Lavy, Gretchen Casper.
1.
Coordinated Courses
On-cho announced that David Atwill will conduct a graduate seminar on nation-building, ethnicity and violence during the spring semester that will be cross-listed in History, Religious Studies, Political Science, and Anthropology. On-cho will make the necessary arrangements to have professors from the Political Science and Anthropology departments teach several classes at the beginning of the term to provide a foundation on ethnicity and violence. The latter portion of the class, taught mainly by David Atwill, will focus more on geography.
Carey Eckhardt added that the course could also be cross-listed in the Comparative Literature Department if a fictional work could be added to the syllabus upon which a comparative literature professor would teach a class. Carey suggested that the work could possibly be one of the readings that were done by the Asian Diaspora Focus Group – possibly by Yoko Tawada or Karen Yamashita. Carey and Reiko agreed to send On-cho a name of a professor in Comparative Literature who might be interested in participating.
Carey suggested that Linda Woodbridge might be willing to team-teach her spring semester course on International Shakespeare with Alex Huang who could discuss the use of Shakespeare in Asia as a political vehicle. Carey offered to contact both Linda and Alex.
2.
Exhibit for Fall 2004
Betsy and Jade have been working to finalize the layout of the fall exhibit which will run from August 30 through October 29, 2004. Jade Atwill has agreed to supervise the installation of the exhibit in August. Betsy has finished a copy of the introductory text and promised to send it to all of the co-directors via email for comments.
Currently the exhibit is titled “Asia in the Era of Globalization.” It will include cases that showcase: CAEG’s film series, books about Asia by PSU professors, books by CAEG’s visiting lecturers, costumes and images donated by Richard, and books/periodicals on Asia from the library’s collection.
Carey asked if there is a location in the exhibit room where flyers about CAEG’s fall semester activities/events could be placed. Betsy said that one freestanding wall in the room could be dedicated to information about upcoming events. She also said that there is a lectern in the room on which flyers could be left.
3.
Web page
Carey suggested that the CAEG web page should include in-depth information about the library exhibit. This on-line exhibit will include: pictures of some of the theatrical masks, costumes, artifacts; several of Richard’s photographs that are included in the exhibit; and, a bibliography of the books and other sources that are displayed in the exhibit.
4.
Visiting Lecturers and performers for 2004/05
Richard has already begun the negotiations to bring Dr. Judy Van Zile from the University of Hawaii to campus in October. Dr. Van Zile has agreed that she will give a lecture on the politics of traditional Korean dance. She has also told Richard that she is willing to teach a master class to dance students on campus. Although she is not willing to perform herself, she may be open to giving a second lecture on another topic to be determined. Richard will follow up with Dr. Van Zile to make the specific arrangements.
Richard will also arrange for Dr. Farley Richmond, a scholar on Indian Theater, to come to campus in the spring to lecture on modern theater as a political weapon in India.
On-cho has begun to talk to Dr. Il Hang Lee, a Korean faculty member of The University of Missori’s Law School, about coming to campus during the spring semester to deliver a lecture. On-cho will contact Dr. Lee to determine what topics he may be willing to speak on.
Reiko would like to bring Yoko Tawada, a well-known writer, to campus to perform a public reading of her fiction during the fall semester. Ms. Tawada speaks fluent German and Japanese but is slightly less comfortable with English. If she is willing to lecture in English, everyone has agreed that we could find a translator (perhaps new comparative literature faculty member Alex Huang) to help Ms. Tawada translate complex ideas from German to English.
5.
Performances for 2004/05
Richard suggested that CAEG might contact Lotus Art Works, a non-profit clearing-house in New York City that represents many Asian dancers and musicians, to arrange a Korean dance performance to coincide with Dr. Van Zile’s visit. It was agreed by everyone that this would be a good addition to Dr. Van Zile’s program. Richard will look into the logistics of hiring a dancer and musical accompaniment.
Depending upon CAEG’s budget, it might be possible to schedule an Indian dancer from Lotus Art Works as well to coordinate with Dr. Richmond’s lecture.
Richard will probably be able to plan a staged reading with Asian and Asian-American students for the Spring semester. He suggested either a Tamil play or an Islamic play from Malaysia. It was agreed that the latter would be preferable because it would coordinate well with David Atwill’s spring seminar on Ethnicity and Violence.
6.
Films for Summer 2004
Everyone agreed that CAEG should co-sponsor a summer Asian film series along with the Graduate Student Association. Since we have given the GSA $800 per semester for the regular academic year, it was agreed that $800 would be an appropriate contribution for the summer series. Betsy will meet with the GSA over the next few weeks to determine the film selection. In the meantime, suggestions of both old and new Asian films are encouraged.
7.
Budget
Since there is money remaining in our budget for this fiscal year and plenty of work left to be done before the fall to prepare for next year, it was agreed that Betsy would continue to be employed over the summer by CAEG. Among other things it would be helpful if a flyer were made for CAEG which discusses the entire project, mentioning everything that has been accomplished. Carey will contact Cindy to get a current copy of the budget.
Carey suggested that next year CAEG might want to participate in the Japanese speech contest – perhaps by determining a topic for the speeches and helping the contest receive more advertising and publicity.
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