On May 18-19, 2024, we will host the “UCSB Graduate Student Conference: Research on East Asia,” organized by EALCS grad students Meagan Finlay and Hanne Deleu, featuring presentations by UCSB grad students across several departments, as well as a keynote speech by English Department professor (and EALCS affiliate) Yunte Huang.
The full program may be found here. Please join us!
We are proud that so many scholars who are core members or affiliates of our department will be presenting at the Association for Asian Studies annual conference, held both virtually on the conference website and in-person in Boston. Please join us if you plan to attend AAS!
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Mary Craig Auditorium
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 6 PM
This evening event will feature three musicians from the Naoyuki MANABE GAGAKU Ensemble led by Naoyuki Manabe. Manabe, who holds a degree from the prestigious Tokyo University of the Arts, is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and dancer who has performed internationally. The ensemble includes leading musicians, Yoshie Kunimoto and Yutaka Ota. Also performing is special guest Maestro Hideaki Bunno, former Director of the Gagaku Orchestra at the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Maestro Bunno is the 45th generation of a family that has transmitted the art of the sho, a type of mouth organ, an instrument unique to gagaku for more than 1300 years. In 2009, he received the prestigious prize from the Japanese Academy of the Arts. The Gagaku Orchestra at the Imperial Palace of Japan was established in 701; its music is recognized by UNESCO as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Tickets for the gagaku event can be purchased on the Santa Barbara Museum of Art website at https://www.sbma.net/events/ This event is free for members and $5 for non-members.
TAIWAN TALKS Presents:
Queer Taiwanese Literature as World Literature
Howard Chiang (UCD) in conversation with Hangping Xu (UCSB)
Wed., April 27, 2022, 4-6 p.m. McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
“By calling something ‘good,’ you are drawing a line, saying some things are good, some are bad,” Mazanec said. “That line was drawn differently in different times and different places. There are all sorts of considerations that go into drawing that line: aesthetic, moral, social and political standards that change with time. By investigating these standards, we can learn a lot about Chinese literary history.”
