eNews March 2012
March Asian Studies Events at UCLA
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Wednesday, March 7
Shamanism, Tourism, and Secrecy: Revelation and Concealment in Siberut, Western Indonesia
Christian S. Hammons, USC
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Thursday, March 8
LA Premiere: LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE (Johnnie To, 2011)
7:30 PM
The James Bridges Theater
Melnitz Hall 1409
Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
Saturday, March 10
Symposium: Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake
1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Fowler Museum
Center for India and South Asia
Monday, March 12
Tragic Fate of a Floodplain: What Happened to Certain Schemes in the Brahmaputra River Valley?
Arupjyoti Saikia, Yale Agrarian Studies Program/Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati India
12:00-1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Center for Buddhist Studies
Monday, March 12
Literary Remaking and Historical Transformation of the Religious Persona(s) of Chan Teacher Mazu Daoyi
Mario Poceski, University of Florida
Numata Colloquium Series Talk
3:00-4:30 PM
243 Royce Hall
Center for Korean Studies
Wednesday, March 14
The Korea Times-Hankook Ilbo Lecture for Contemporary Korean Studies
The 1988 Seoul Olympics and Its Significance in International Politics and the Korean Economy
Man Lip Choy, Pierre de Coubertin laureate
3:00-4:30 PM
Main Conference Room, YRL
RSVP Required