Seminars and Events
Since its inception, CAPS has supported several major conferences that have provided opportunities for faculty and students to interact with leading scholars from throughout the world. These conferences are often sponsored in conjunction with other centers at the University of Iowa. CAPS also sponsors lectures and cultural events as part of its service mission to disseminate information about the nations of East and Southeast Asia to interested people in the community.
The following is a list of lectures at the University of Iowa sponsored entirely or in part by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies for Spring 2008.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Public Lecture: " The Intimate University: An (Anti-) Asian American Premed and his Father" by Nancy Abelmann, Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
4:00 pm
302 Schaeffer Hall, UI Campus
Please click Professor Nancy Abelmann for more information.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Public Lecture: “Japan’s Answer to Harry Potter: the Abeno Seimei Boom”
by Laura Miller, professor of anthropology, Loyola University, Chicago
11:00 am - 12:10 pm
132 Macbride Hall, UI Campus
Please click Laura Miller Talk for more information.
Friday, April 11-13, 2008
WAVES Asian/Asian American Film Festival
101 Becker Communication Studies Building, UI Campus
For more informatio, click WAVES 2008 Program for details.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Public Lecture: " The Processing of Relative Clauses by Mandarin and English L2 Speakers" by Jerome Packard, Professor of Linguistics and Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Chamgpaign
4:30 pm
205 Phillips Hall, UI Campus
Please click Professor Jerome Packard for more information.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Film Screening: "Hanging Garden" (Kuutyuu Teien), directed TOYODA Toshiaki, Color/Vista/2005/ 35mm/ 113 min., with English subtitles
5:00 -7:00 pm
101 Becker Comm. Studies Building, UI Campus
For more information about the film, please click Midwest Japanese Film Series
Friday, February 1, 2008
Film Screening: "We Shall Overcome Someday" (Pacchigi), directed by IZUTSU Kazuyuk, Color/Vista/2004 /35mm/ 119 min. with English subtitles
6:00 - 8:00 pm
101 Becker Comm. Studies Building, UI Campus
For more information about the film, please click Midwest Japanese Film Series
Friday, January 25, 2008
Film Screening: "All Under the Moon" (Tsuki wa docchi ni dete iru), directed by Sai Yoichi, Color/vista/1993 /35mm/ 109 min with English subtitles
6:00 - 8:00 pm
101 Becker Comm. Studies Building, UI Campus
For more information about the film, please click Midwest Japanese Film Series