2021 Spring Webinar Series

Spring 2021 Seminar Series via Zoom

The public is cordially invited to attend. Free.

Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held on Wednesdays, noon–1:30 p.m., as Zoom webinars, and Ming-Bao Yue, East Asian Languages & Literatures, will moderate.

See individual fliers (forthcoming) for registration links.

January 20 Individual Presentation: Bill Sharp, 2020 Taiwan Fellowship recipient & President of Sharp Translation & Research. “Ramifications of the January 2020 Taiwan Presidential Election.” Co-sponsored by the Association of Chinese Scholars in Hawai‘i.

January 27, 2–3:30 p.m. Interregional/Interdisciplinary Panel Presentation: “The Mekong, China, and Southeast Asian Transitions: Markets for Mekong Goods.” Moderator: Jefferson Fox, East-West Center. Panelists: Ian Baird, Geography, University of Wisconsin; Ben Belton, Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University; Nathan Green, Geography, National University of Singapore; Patrick Slack, Geography, McGill University. Co-sponsored by the UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the East-West Center.

February 3 Individual Presentation: Jerome De Wit, Asian-Oriental Institute, University of Tübingen.  “The Cultural Creation of the Ethnic Korean Minority in China.” Co-sponsored by the UH Department of East Asian Languages & Literature and Center for Korean Studies, and the Department of Korean Studies of the University of Tübingen.

 February 10 Interdisciplinary Faculty Dialogue: Joseph Tanke, Philosophy. “Brush and Ink: From East to West and Back Again”, in conversation with Kate Lingley, Art History.  Co-sponsored by the UH departments of Philosophy and Art History.

 February 19 (Friday) 12–1:30 pm Interdisciplinary Faculty Dialogue: Wei Zhang, Sociology. “Productive Aging, Health, and Well-Being among Chinese Older Adults”, in conversation with Yiyuan Xu, Psychology. Co-sponsored by the UH departments of Sociology & Psychology.

February 24 2:00–3:30 p.m. Interregional/Interdisciplinary Panel Presentation: “The Mekong, China, and Southeast Asian Transitions: Migration, Mobility and the Mekong.” Co-sponsored by the UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the East-West Center.

February 25 (Thursday) 12–1 pm Individual Presentation: Carole Petersen, Richardson School of Law & Matsunage Institute for Peace. “Civil Liberties and National Security in Hong Kong: The Continued Role of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.” Co-sponsored by the UH Richardson School of Law, Pacific-Asian Legal Studies, the Matsunaga Institute for Peace, and the East-West Center

 March 3 Faculty Dialogue: Erica Brindley, History, Pennsylvania State University. “Civilizing the South: Colonialism and Cultural Change in Ancient East/Southeast Asia” in conversation with Wensheng Wang, UH Department of History. Co-sponsored by the UH Department of History, the International Cultural Studies Certificate Program, and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies.

 March 10 Faculty Presentation & Panel Discussion: “Sinophone Literary Articulations Across the Borderlands.”  Panelists: Brian Bernards, US-China Institute, University of Southern California—“Sinophonic Detours in Colonial Burma: Ai Wu’s Travels in the South”; E.K. Tan, Department of English, Stony Brook University—“Conciliatory Amalgamation: The Politics of Survival in Sinophone Uyghur Writer Phadi Guli’s A Hundred Years of Bloodline (2015)”. Co-sponsored by the UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Department of East Asian Languages and Literature; the Department of Asian & Asian American Studies of Stony Brook University; and the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures of the University of Southern California.

 March 10 2:00–3:30 p.m. Interregional/Interdisciplinary Panel Presentation: Moderator: Russell Leu, Kingsfield Law & Beijing Foreign Studies University School of Law. Panelists: Edison Chen, General Manager, Destination Marketing and Government Relationship (Overseas), Trip.com Group in China; Randy Baldemor, Executive Vice President of Roberts Hawaii and former Chief Operating Officer of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority; Doris Chenguang Wu, Prof. of Business, Sun Yat-sen University & director of the Tourism & Hospitality section of the International Institute of Forecasters. “China Outbound Travel to Hawai‘i: 2021 and Beyond.” Co-sponsored by the UHM School of Travel Industry Management.

 March 22 3:00–4:00 p.m. Co-sponsored Panel on Asian Law: Panelists: William Magnuson, Texas A&M Law School; Syren Johnstone, U of Hong Kong Master of Laws Programme; Jiaying Christine Jiang, Hauser Global Fellow with New York University’s Information Law Institute. “Perspectives on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Regulation.” Co-sponsored with the UHM Richardson School of Law, the Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law, the Shidler College of Business, Pacific-Asian Legal Studies, the Center for Japanese Studies, the Center for Korean Studies, the Hawai‘i State Bar Association’s International Law Section, and the East-West Center.

 March 31 Administrative Voice: Denise Eby Konan, Dean, College of Social Sciences.  “Sino-US relations:  Opportunities for UH Mānoa to Lead.” Co-sponsored by the UHM College of Social Sciences.    

 April 7 2:00–3:30 p.m. Interregional/Interdisciplinary Panel Presentation: “The Mekong, China, and Southeast Asian Transitions: The Spirits & Spiritual Life of the Mekong.” Co-sponsored by the UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the East-West Center.

April 21 2:00–3:30 p.m.  Panel Presentation: Panelists: Chelsea C. Chou, Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University; Chung-Lun Kuo, Graduate Institute of Journalism, National Taiwan University and the current deputy editor-in-chief of the United Daily News in Taiwan; Bill Sharp, 2020 Taiwan Fellowship recipient and president of Sharp Translation & Research. “Taiwan–U.S. Relations in the Biden Era.” Co-sponsored by the Center for Regional Cooperation and Competitiveness, National Taiwan University.

 April 28 2:00–3:30 p.m. Interregional/Interdisciplinary Panel Presentation: “The Mekong, China, and Southeast Asian Transitions: Mekong Dams: Debates and the Politics of Evidence.” Co-sponsored by the UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the East-West Center.