Thursday, March 15th at 4:00 pm
Buddhism as a Regional Religious System
Presented by Karl Ryavec, Professor of World Heritage, University of California, Merced
Friday, Feb. 16th, 2018
Colloquium: San Francisco Zen Center and American Buddhism 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Presented by Zoketsu Norman Fischer, former Co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center
Copper Room, UA Student Union
7:00 pm - UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen Street
Free and Open to the Public
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Saturday, Feb. 17th
*Creative Writing Workshop 9:30-11:30 am
*Meditation Sit and Dharma Talk 1:30-5:00 pm
Tucson Osteopathic Foundation, 3182 N. Swan Road
*BOTH events are free to UA students with ID. Open to the public with a $20 suggested donation. No one turned away for lack of funds. Pre-registration is required.
Contact: tucsonupaysangha@gmail.com
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Saturday, Feb. 17th 7:30 pm
Poetry Reading. Fischer reads with poet and University professor Tenney Nathanson.
Steinfeld Warehouse, 101 W. Sixth Street
$5 admission / $3 students
The Idea, History, and Influence of Master Jinghui's Living Chan in Contemporary Chinese Buddhism
Presented by Yaling Chu, Associate Professor, Shijiazhuang College, Visiting Scholar
This talk focuses on the famous founder of Living Chan 生活禪, Master Jinghui 淨慧法師 (1933-2013), and his Buddhist thought and practice. First, the talk introduces the biography of the late Master Jinghui, who was abbot of Bailin Chan Monastery 柏林禪寺, Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, Ninth and tenth Members of the CPPCC (Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) National Committee, President of The Buddhist Association of Hebei Province. Master Jinghui established a systematic theory of Living Chan, and founded Living Chan magazine. During his life time, he revived about twenty temples in north China, including the famous Bailin Chan Monastery in Hebei Province. In addition, Master Jinghui initiated the Summer Camp of Living Chan 生活禪夏令營 at Bailin Chan Monastery in 1993, which has become an annual event ever since and has great influence in China and aboard. As the Buddhist scholar Wei Dedong comments, the Summer Camp not only opens the door to the Buddhist Youth and social elite, but also promotes Buddhism as an essential spiritual resource for China’s modernization.
Bio:
Dr. Yaling Chu 褚亞玲, an associate professor at Shijiazhuang College, Hebei Province, joined the Center for Buddhist Studies as a visiting scholar from October 2017 to February 2018. Prof. Chu received her PhD degree in journalism from Communication University of China in 2011, and studies Chinese journalism, cultural heritage, and modern Chinese Chan. She is a laywoman in the famous Bailin Monastery, located in Zhao County, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, where the famous Chan master Zhaozhou Congshen in the Tang resided.
The UA Center for Buddhist Studies announces four lectures in the SPRING 2018 Pu Yin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series. Professor Albert Welter will give the inaugural lecture on Hangzhou Buddhism, and the remaining three lectures will focus on Chinese Buddhism, American Buddhism, and the concept of Regional Religious System (RRS) in Buddhist studies. All lectures are presented in English and open to the public. The series is sponsored by the Pu Yin Educational Center.
Upcoming lectures:
Tuesday, January 30th, 4:00 pm
"A New Look at Old Traditions: Reimagining East Asian Buddhism through Hanghou"
Presented by Albert Welter, Professor/Head, UA Department of East Asian Studies
Location: The Little Chapel of All Nations, 1401 E. First St, Tucson
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Friday, February 9th, 4:00 pm
"The Idea, History, and Influence of Master Jinghui's Living Chan in Contemporary Chinese Buddhism"
Presented by Yaling Chu, Associate Professor, Shijiazhuang College, Visiting Scholar
Location: The Little Chapel of All Nations, 1401 E. First St, Tucson
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Friday, February 16th, 3:30 pm
Colloquium: San Francisco Zen Center and American Buddhism
Presented by Zoketsu Norman Fischer, former Co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center
Location: Copper Room, UA Memorial Student Union
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Thursday, March 15th, 4:00 pm
"Buddhism as a Regional Religious System"
Presented by Karl Ryavec, Professor of World Heritage, University of California, Merced
Location: The Little Chapel of All Nations, 1401 E. First St, Tucson
Dr. Nathaniel Smith recently spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations Podcast on the rise of the "new right" in Japan.
Our Winter session schedule (Dec. 18-Jan. 9) is now available. Please see the flyer below for course offerings.
The Department of East Asian Studies welcomes Dr. David Novak of UC Santa Barbara
Abstract: This talk critically examines the role of cultural arts organizations in processes of gentrification in South Osaka. In the postindustrial centers of Japan, gentrification has taken a complex route through Japanese adaptions of “creative cities” policies, through which local neighborhood culture is instrumentalized in neoliberal narratives of revitalization and creativity. I focus on the role of arts organizations in a working-class district known as Kamagasaki, infamous as a longstanding day labor market bordering the city’s entertainment and red-light quarter. How could this neighborhood, whose elderly population rapidly diminishes with each passing year, become a context in which to imagine projects of independent arts, creativity, and community expression? In order to better understand this question, I describe the development of a non-profit café/infoship called CocoRoom, which has worked since 2001 to create contexts of interaction in this aging population. Following the changes in this organization and in the neighborhood over a decade of ethnographic study, I seek to provincialize gentrification by tracing the on-the-ground transformations of Japanese urban ecologies, and the ways in which cultural policy influences the arts of everyday life.
Dr. Fabio Lanza was interviewed by the UA News about China-US relations, intellectual history, and his new book, The End of Concern: Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies (Duke University Press, 2017).
The Department of East Asian Studies was well represented at the Second Language Research Forum 2017 at the Ohio State University, October 12-14. Several graduate students presented papers at the conference. The presentations received a lot of positive feedback; many researchers showed interest in the work done at Arizona. It was a great experience for the graduate students. They heard many talks, learned about research done at other schools and talked to people who shared their research interests. Everyone came back excited about their research. It was a big success.
Yali Feng and Tianxu Chen
Contributions of Morphological Awareness at the Character Level to L2 Chinese Character Learning
Xin He
The Acquisition of Transitivity by English-speaking Learners of Chinese: A Case of VO Construction
Yu Tian and Feng-hsi Liu
Deductive and Inductive Methods in L2 Grammar Teaching: A Case of Acquiring Adverbials in Mandarin Chinese
Yi Wang and Feng-hsi Liu
L1 or L2 Influence? Acquisition of Zero Anaphora by L1 Japanese Learners of L3 Chinese
Photo: Yi Wang, Yali Feng, Xin He and Yu Tian at the Second Language Research Forum 2017
The Chinese language program participated in the Sixth Chinese Language and Culture Proficiency Competition at the Tucson Chinese Culture Center, September 30, 2017. The event was hosted by the Confucius Institute of the University of Arizona. Participants competed in group drama and quizzes. The Chinese language program had a strong showing at the event. Students from Chinese 102 participated in the competition, EAS major Anthony Burtman served as an MC, and four faculty members (Dian Li, Feng-hsi Liu, Jiang Wu and Wenhao Diao) served as judges of the drama competition. In addition, student work from language classes, including Chinese writings and paintings, was showcased at the exhibiting hall. The skit ‘I Want a Chinese Friend’ performed by CHN 102 students Bret Izzo, Brendan Quigley, and Joseph Moullet won second place in the drama competition at the elementary level. The skit ‘The Liar’s Diary’ performed by Olivia Bowers, Kianny Calvo and Mathew Coles won third place at the elementary level.
Photo: Bret Izzo, Brendan Quigley, and Joseph Moullet performed the skit ‘I Want a Chinese Friend’ at the Sixth CIUA Chinese Language and Culture Day at the Tucson Chinese Culture Center, September 30, 2017.