Attended by: Caroline Eckhardt, Reiko
Tachibana, On-cho Ng, Richard Nichols, Jade Atwill, Paul Lavy, and Carmen
Manuel. Accounted for: Gretchen Casper (on sabbatical).
1. Library Exhibit
Jade brought the Daily Collegian (campus newspaper) 9/16/04, which had a lengthy and positive article on the library exhibit currently on display in Pattee Library.
Inquiry will be made to see if the Centre Daily Times (State College local newspaper) would be interested in writing an article.
2. Visiting Lectures for 2004/2005
Richard announced that Dr. Judy van Zile (University of Hawaii) will present a variety of public presentations between Sept. 24-25. On Sunday afternoon of the 24th she will present an overview of movements on Korean dance that will be open to students and the public. Hopefully this will be held in the foyer of the Downtown Theatre in State College. Monday she will present a lecture at 12:15 pm on Dance and Politics in Korea (based on her book concerning the Korean political influences in dance). And later that afternoon she will present a master dance class workshop on Korean dance.
We plan to invite members of the Korean community (Korean Student Association on campus) who maybe interested in Dr. van Zile’s work. Notices will be released to church groups, student organizations, Korean language classes, as well as community dance companies, all campus dance classes, and the international dance clubs at PSU.
Yoko Tawada, a Japanese writer, will present a lecture during the last week of January, 2005. She will probably stay for a week to visit surrounding areas, and it has been agreed that the grant money will cover her expenses for the usual three nights.
Richard said Dr. Farley Richmond, a scholar on Indian theater, would still be interested in coming to campus to present a lecture. We decided to leave this option available and wait to see what other lecturers we can schedule for the spring semester.
On-cho will discuss with David Atwill of the history department to see if Dr. Il Hang Lee, as a visiting lecturer, would be a complement to Dr. Atwill’s graduate seminar during the spring semester. On-cho suggested Dr. Lee could teach one class for Dr. Atwill, as well as give a public lecture.
Carey announced the National Association of Comparative Literature will be held at PSU between March 11-13, 2005. There is a possibility that the filmmaker and scholar, Trinh T. Minh-ha, could be invited to speak at the conference, and if so, it may be possible to have the CAEG co-sponsor her lecture. Paul stated he could look into the possibility of the art history department also contributing to her lecture.
On-cho will ask Dr. Atwill if he knows of any Chinese scholars that would be appropriate and interested to present a lecture that deals with our topic of Ethnicity.
3. Film Series (Fall 2004)
The fall film series, co-sponsored with the Graduate Student Association, has been scheduled. They are as follows: 9/17 & 9/18, Twilight Samurai (Japan, 2003); 10/15 & 10/16, Blind Shaft (China, 2003); 11/05 & 11/06, Crimson Gold (Iran, 2003); S:21 Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (Cambodia, 2003).
Email notices have been sent to appropriate faculty and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities who, in turn, sent them out to other faculty and student lists. Fliers have been posted for the first film in various buildings and in faculty and graduate student mailboxes in various departments. We hope to get the Institute to provide us with more color posters again for the fall series.
The committee will begin to consider ideas and make requests for the spring film series. Paul Lavy may show See Angkor and Die as a class project for his 400-level art history course on the “Age of Angkor.” This showing will be open for any students and advertised on our website.
4. Coordinated Courses
Paul’s Orientalism seminar (ART H 597B/CMLIT 522 Asian Literature) is the only coordinated course for the Fall of 2004.
Spring 2004 Schedule:
On-cho will ask Dr. Atwill if his graduate seminar (HIST 597C Islam’s Orient – already cross-listed with religious studies) could possibly be cross-listed with political science and anthropology.
Carey said she will ask Linda Woodbridge (English dept.) if she could cross-list her course on International Shakespeare with Alex Huang in the Comparative Literature department.
Carey also said she will contact Shu Kuge who will teach a graduate seminar in Comparative Literature that could be cross-listed with a course in music, aesthetics, or philosophy.
Stephanie Springgay, a new faculty member in Art Education and Women’s Studies, may be interested in cross-listing a course with Alex Huang.
Paul suggested that his 400-level course “The Age of Angkor” would be beneficial to cross-list with any history class on Asia that may cover a similar time period – 11th and 12th centuries.
5. Performances
Richard has viewed a couple videos of performance groups that he felt were not exactly what we were looking for, and/or a little too expensive for our budget. (Cambodia Student Group at Columbia University, Indonesian dancers at University of Pennsylvania, and the Phoenix Group)
He also stated his former teacher in Japan who specializes in kyogen theatre will be sending him a film of a Japanese version of Shakespeare performed at the Globe Theatre. It may be possible to have an evening showing of this film. Richard said he will inquire if his teacher would be interested in giving a presentation on the politics of the Shakespeare on the global stage, yet also stated he doubts if he would be able to visit.
Carey asked if there were any students on campus (musicians, dancers, actors) who would be qualified to present on any Asian related theme (music/literature)? Richard suggested there is an Indian Group from campus performing regional dances in a couple of weeks. Although they are appropriate, the late notice may hinder us from co-sponsoring their performance.
It was suggested that spring would be easier time for a performance by students due to available space. With plenty of notice and time to organize, the performance could be coordinated with the School of Theatre, lighting and staging students, international student group dancers, and music majors. Mark Olson may be interested in assisting with this idea.
6. Website
The calendar will be updated frequently to include any Asian related performance, lecture, or meeting. For instance, Richard will present a lecture at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities in December, “Contemporary South Koreans: In Search of a Voice,” and though not funded by the CAEG, it is more than appropriate to advertise on our website.
We agreed to link the website to other departments and hopefully, vice versa.
7. Practical Business
Gretchen Caspar (member of the Advisory Board) is presently on sabbatical so it was decided a new person should be invited to fill her place. On-cho, and the others agree that Stephanie Springgay would be ideal. She has already expressed interest in the project and would like to be included in all future email announcements. On-cho will make the necessary invitation on behalf of the co-directors and the advisory board.
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