In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture: Center for Chinese Studies | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture: Center for Chinese Studies | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

All in This Tea, Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht (U.S., 2007): Always for Pleasure: The Films of Les Blank

Film - Series: Center for Chinese Studies | July 22 | 5 p.m. |  PFA Theater

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Tea importer David Lee Hoffman travels throughout China—sometimes on foot—in search of handcrafted premium teas. Directors Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht follow this adventurer as he discovers exquisite teas and attempts to overcome bureaucratic obstacles to buying tea directly from farmers. Hoffman is most interested in teas that have been handpicked and carefully dried and heated to create the...   More >

Tickets required:$5.50 BAM/PFA members and UCB students, $9.50 Adults (18-64), $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, senior citizens (65 & over), disabled persons, and youth (17 & under)

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture: Center for Chinese Studies | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture: Center for Chinese Studies | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture: Center for Chinese Studies | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture: Center for Chinese Studies | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Bordering China: Modernity and Sustainability: A Conference Held in Conjunction with the Berkeley Summer Research Institute

Conference/Symposium: Center for Chinese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | August 3 | 4 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

For much of the 20th century China defined its quest for modernity in terms of the industrialization and urbanization of its economy and landscape. This conference addresses issues of sustainability: social equity, the power politics of resource allocations, the humanistic constructions of people and nature, and the contestations over ecological imperialism, both historic and present day.

Architecture.Energy.Japan.2012

Workshop | August 5 – 10, 2012 every day | Wurster Hall, Various

Sponsors: Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Department of Architecture

New conversations between practicing architects, engineers, construction firms, educators and researchers will explore design and simulation, regulation and policy, sustainable certification and utility and government programs as strategies for achieving a wiser use of energy resources without compromise of comfort or aesthetics.

Full program and registration form...   More >

Registration required:$40

Architecture.Energy.Japan.2012

Workshop | August 5 – 10, 2012 every day | Wurster Hall, Various

Sponsors: Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Department of Architecture

New conversations between practicing architects, engineers, construction firms, educators and researchers will explore design and simulation, regulation and policy, sustainable certification and utility and government programs as strategies for achieving a wiser use of energy resources without compromise of comfort or aesthetics.

Full program and registration form...   More >

Registration required:$40

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Thorium Fueled Molten Salt Reactor Research in Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics

Colloquium: Center for Chinese Studies | August 6 | 4-5 p.m. | 3105 Etcheverry Hall

Speaker: Kun Chen, Professor and Deputy Director, Department of Nuclear Safety and Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sponsor: Nuclear Engineering (NE)

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has launched a Strategic Priority Research Program named “Advanced Fission Energy Program” in January 2011 to confront two grand challenges in the nuclear energy world – long-term nuclear fuel supply and permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The program consists of two projects, the TMSR (Thorium Molten Salt Reactor) and the ADS. The TMSR project is to...   More >

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18.

Architecture.Energy.Japan.2012

Workshop | August 5 – 10, 2012 every day | Wurster Hall, Various

Sponsors: Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Department of Architecture

New conversations between practicing architects, engineers, construction firms, educators and researchers will explore design and simulation, regulation and policy, sustainable certification and utility and government programs as strategies for achieving a wiser use of energy resources without compromise of comfort or aesthetics.

Full program and registration form...   More >

Registration required:$40

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture: Center for Chinese Studies | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

Architecture.Energy.Japan.2012

Workshop | August 5 – 10, 2012 every day | Wurster Hall, Various

Sponsors: Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Department of Architecture

New conversations between practicing architects, engineers, construction firms, educators and researchers will explore design and simulation, regulation and policy, sustainable certification and utility and government programs as strategies for achieving a wiser use of energy resources without compromise of comfort or aesthetics.

Full program and registration form...   More >

Registration required:$40

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Architecture.Energy.Japan.2012

Workshop | August 5 – 10, 2012 every day | Wurster Hall, Various

Sponsors: Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Department of Architecture

New conversations between practicing architects, engineers, construction firms, educators and researchers will explore design and simulation, regulation and policy, sustainable certification and utility and government programs as strategies for achieving a wiser use of energy resources without compromise of comfort or aesthetics.

Full program and registration form...   More >

Registration required:$40

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

“Japan: Another Lost Decade?": Architecture.Energy.2012

Lecture | August 9 | 5-6 p.m. | 112 Wurster Hall

Speaker/Performer: Dr. Andrew Dewit, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Sponsors: Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Department of Architecture

Hear more about Japan's energy future and the political and economic issues that affect decisions being made today in Tokyo.

Architecture.Energy.Japan.2012

Workshop | August 5 – 10, 2012 every day | Wurster Hall, Various

Sponsors: Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Department of Architecture

New conversations between practicing architects, engineers, construction firms, educators and researchers will explore design and simulation, regulation and policy, sustainable certification and utility and government programs as strategies for achieving a wiser use of energy resources without compromise of comfort or aesthetics.

Full program and registration form...   More >

Registration required:$40

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard

Film - Documentary: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | August 10 | 4:30 p.m. | 145 Dwinelle Hall

Moderator: Keiko Yamanaka, Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley

Speaker/Performer: Bryan Reichhardt, Director

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard," a documentary about the children's pictures from Hiroshima, and the context of their creation. The film will presents war-torn Japan, and the experiences of the Japanese children (now in their late 70's) who drew these pictures. Through interviews and documentary footage of their lives today, these survivors will recount their own memories of the blast, the...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

The Fall of Otrar, Ardak Amirkulov (Kazakhstan, 1990): Russian Inferno: The Films of Alexei Guerman

Film - Series | August 23 | 7 p.m. |  PFA Theater

Sponsors: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS)

Produced and cowritten by Guerman (with his wife and regular collaborator Svetlana Karmalita), Ardak Amirkulov's 1990 historical epic about the intrigue and turmoil preceding Genghis Khan's systematic destruction of the lost East Asian civilization of Otrar is a one-of-a-kind experience. Amirkulov's film, shot in sepia-toned black and white, is at once hallucinatory, visually resplendent, and...   More >

Tickets required:$5.50 BAM/PFA members UC Berkeley students, $9.50 Adults (18-64), $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees Non-UC Berkeley students Senior citizens (65 & over) Disabled persons Youth (17 & under)

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Electroacoustic Music Works in EAMC of Shanghai Conservatory: Zhou Qian, Composer Colloquium Series

Performing Arts - Music: Center for Chinese Studies | August 31 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Morrison Hall, Elkus Room, 125

Featured Speaker: Zhou Qian, Associate Professor (SHCM), the Assistant Director of Electroacoustic Music Center (EAMC) of SHCM., of Shanghai Conservatory of Music (SHCM)

Sponsors: Department of Music, CNMAT

Qian ZHOU composed works for Western orchestra, ensemble, Chinese instruments and electronic music, and conducted research on music analysis. Her articles have been published in many academic journals.

Tickets not required

Trends in Educational Attainment in China over the 20th Century

Colloquium: Center for Chinese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | August 31 | 4-6 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Speaker: Donald Treiman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus, UCLA; Faculty Associate, California Center for Population Research, UCLA

Panelist/Discussant: Julian Chow, School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley

Sponsors: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS), Institute of East Asian Studies

This paper first describes trends in educational attainment in China over the 20th century and then, using data from recent national probability sample surveys, considers how the process of educational attainment has varied over time. The speaker studies the role of political events, mainly the Cultural Revolution; the opportunity costs of education created by the Family Responsibility System;...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Flexible Repression: Governing Underground Civil Society in Authoritarian China

Colloquium: Center for Chinese Studies | September 5 | 4-6 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor) | Canceled

Speaker: Diana Fu, Postdoctoral Associate, Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Panelist/Discussant: Rachel Stern, School of Law, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

CANCELED. May be rescheduled in the spring.

What technologies does the Chinese authoritarian state use to control groups deemed to be “enemies of the state”? Under the conditions of imperfect surveillance and ambiguous central policies, how does a fragmented authoritarian state police ‘underground’ civil society?

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Histories of Nuclear Crisis in Korea, Opportunities for Northeast Asia's Peace?

Lecture: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 6 | 4 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Moderator: John Lie, Sociology, UC Berkeley and Chair, Center for Korean Studies

Speaker/Performer: Jae-Jung Suh, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

Suh discusses the North Korea and the United States disputes, charges, and counter charges over the former's nuclear activities as they have been engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activities and even preparations for military actions.

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

The South China Sea and Re-Assessing Regional Order in Asia

Conference/Symposium: Center for Chinese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 7 – 8, 2012 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

The South China Sea has recently been a flashpoint in relations between an increasingly powerful China and nations that ring the sea. Resources, strategic interests, security concerns, and legal aspects of the conflict are the subject of this conference.

Participants include:
Richard Buxbaum, UC Berkeley
Lowell Dittmer, UC Berkeley
Don Emmerson, Stanford University
Xing Hang, Brandeis...   More >

Transnational Public Sphere? Historical Contentions and Dialogues in Northeast Asia

Lecture: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 7 | 3:30 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Speaker: Jae-Jung Suh, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

Suh examines various incidents of historical contentions to assess whether these disputes condemn the region to a future of conflicts or whether they hold a future possibility of a transnational public sphere in Northeast Asia.

This lecture is part of a series "Continental Korea," placing Korea in historical East Asian context.

Capricious Young Man

Film - Feature: Center for Japanese Studies | September 7 | 7 p.m. |  PFA Theater

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Friday / 9.7.12
7:00
Capricious Young Man
Mansaku Itami (Japan, 1936)

(Akanishi Kakita). A sadly unknown figure of early Japanese cinema, director Mansaku Itami excelled at satirizing and humanizing popular samurai-film motifs like unstoppable swordsmen, clan honor, and wise overlords in order to reflect a truer view of Edo-era society. The jovial, warm-hearted Capricious Young Man follows...   More >

Tickets:$9.50 Adults (18-64), $5.50 BAM/PFA Members, UC Berkeley Students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees Non-UC Berkeley students Senior citizens (65 & over) Disabled persons Youth (17 & under)

The Warped Ones

Film - Feature: Center for Japanese Studies | September 7 | 8:40 p.m. |  PFA Theater

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

8:40
The Warped Ones
Koreyoshi Kurahara (Japan, 1960)

An unrestrained banshee wail of libidinal frenzy and lunatic vengeance Chuck Stephens, Criterion

(Kyonetsu no kisetsu, a.k.a. Season of Heat, a.k.a. The Weird Love Makers). A nihilist screech dedicated to deafening everything that came before it, The Warped Ones is New Wave gone violent punk, and as breathless and berserk a...   More >

Tickets:$9.50 Adults (18-64), $5.50 BAM/PFA Members, UC Berkeley Students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees Non-UC Berkeley students Senior citizens (65 & over) Disabled persons Youth (17 & under)

The South China Sea and Re-Assessing Regional Order in Asia

Conference/Symposium: Center for Chinese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 7 – 8, 2012 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

The South China Sea has recently been a flashpoint in relations between an increasingly powerful China and nations that ring the sea. Resources, strategic interests, security concerns, and legal aspects of the conflict are the subject of this conference.

Participants include:
Richard Buxbaum, UC Berkeley
Lowell Dittmer, UC Berkeley
Don Emmerson, Stanford University
Xing Hang, Brandeis...   More >

Bordering China: Interactions with Vietnam and Taiwan in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Lecture: Center for Chinese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 8 | 12:15-1:30 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

Two talks by UC Berkeley graduate students, described below, explore aspects of historical Chinese interactions with its neighbors at this brown bag luncheon session. Current UC Berkeley students can sign up for lunch.

Peiting C. Li
"Crossing imperial and national boundaries: political and business networks of Taiwanese...   More >

Season of the Sun

Film - Feature: Center for Japanese Studies | September 8 | 6:30 p.m. |  PFA Theater

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Saturday / 9.8.12
6:30
Season of the Sun
Takumi Furukawa (Japan, 1956) New 35mm Print!

(Taiyo no kisetsu). Nikkatsu’s groundbreaking youth hit opens with a siren’s wail over a schoolyard, a fitting call to attention for a film that launched a genre that would define a new generation: the “sun tribe.” Bored, angry, and jaded, college boy Tatsuya hooks up with the similarly emotionless—but...   More >

Tickets:$9.50 Adults (18-64), $5.50 BAM/PFA Members, UC Berkeley Students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees Non-UC Berkeley students Senior citizens (65 & over) Disabled persons Youth (17 & under)

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Bourgeois Decadence or Proletarian Pleasure? Women, Men, and Smoking in China across the 1949 Divide

Colloquium: Center for Chinese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 10 | 4-6 p.m. | IEAS conference room, 6th floor

Location: 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94720

Speaker: Carol Benedict, Professor, Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of History, Georgetown University

Panelist/Discussant: Wen-hsin Yeh, Richard H. and Laurie C. Morrison Chair Professor, Department of History, UC Berkeley

Sponsors: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS), Institute of East Asian Studies

Cigarette smoking in China today is a highly gendered practice. In this presentation, I will discuss how and why female smoking in China came to be perceived as a bourgeois vice after 1949 while smoking among men was readily transformed into a legitimate proletarian pleasure.

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Strategic Planning and Organizational Changes:: A Study of Peking University’s World-Class University Building Plans

Seminar: Center for Chinese Studies | September 11 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Evans Hall, Room 768

Speaker/Performer: Xie Guangkuan, Visiting Student Researcher, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley; Ph.D. Student, Peking University School of Education

Sponsor: Center for Higher Education Studies in

Strategic planning is an important but also controversial issue in higher education. This seminar will examine how strategic planning works at Chinese universities with a case study of Peking University. It will explain why Peking University decided to build a world-class university and why it began to make strategic plans in the 1990s. It will also describe how Peking University made,...   More >

Hiroshima Maidens and Lucky Dragons: Shaping Japan’s Postwar Nuclear World

Lecture: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 11 | 4 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Speaker: Elyssa Faison, History, University of Oklahoma

Moderator: Junko Habu, Anthropology, UC Berkeley

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

This paper will demonstrate how these transpacific events were part of a crucial moment in the development of two imbricated discourses, a scientific discourse and a discourse on peace and Japan’s unique role in promoting it, and analyze how the masculinization of the discourse of “science” (in its nationalist frame) was closely tied to the feminization of narratives of “peace”.

In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Breast Cancer in South Korea: An Anthropological Viewpoint

Colloquium: Center for Korean Studies | September 12 | 12-2 p.m. | 602 Barrows Hall

Speaker: Professor Laura Nelson, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Chair, California State University, East Bay

Sponsor: Department of Gender and Women's Studies

Dr. Nelson's research interests are focused on two areas. She has published a book, "Measured Excess: Status, Gender, and Consumer Nationalism in South Korea," on economic and social change in South Korea, and contiues to look at consumer life in that country. She has two projects in development for this area, one on credit cards and one on changing demographics in South Korea. She's also...   More >

BCLBE Lecture--Dangerous Liaisons: China's Indirect Investment Structures

Lecture | September 12 | 12:45-1:45 p.m. | 110 Boalt Hall, School of Law

Speaker/Performer: Nicholas Howson, Visiting Professor, Berkeley Law

Sponsors: Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy, Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

Since the early 1990s, foreign capital has been channeled into China’s prohibited or restricted investment sectors via “indirect” investment structures, first called “China China Foreign” (CCF) and lately commonly resurrected as “Variable Interest Entity” (VIE) structures. Professor Howson will analyze the phenomenon as it has...   More >

Registration recommended

Registration info: Register online.

Archaeological Reconstructions of Jomon Period Dwellings in Japan

Colloquium: Center for Japanese Studies | September 14 | 4 p.m. | Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor), IEAS Conference Room

Speaker/Performer: John Ertl, Associate Professor, Kanazawa University; Visiting Scholar, Center for Japanese Studies

Sponsor: Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

This talk examines the practice of prehistoric architectural reconstruction in Japan. The pit house has become one of the most emblematic features of Jomon culture – perhaps second to cord-marked pottery – and hundreds of examples may be found at historical parks throughout the country. As such, these buildings are an essential aspect of the contemporary image of the Jomon period, but one that is...   More >

National Circus of the People’s Republic of China

Performing Arts - Other: Center for Chinese Studies | September 15 |  Zellerbach Hall

Sponsor: Cal Performances

Making their debut with Cal Performances is the National Circus of the People’s Republic of China, one of the oldest and most distinguished circuses in all of China. They have brought awesome feats of juggling, acrobatics, contortionism and balancing to more than 80 countries; and now, Zellerbach Hall!

Sat, Sep 15, 8 pm
Sun, Sep 16, 3 pm [Family Fare]

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public

Tickets required:$22-52

Ticket info: Tickets go on sale August 5. Buy tickets online, or by calling 510-642-9988.

Hometown

Film - Feature: Center for Japanese Studies | September 15 | 6:30 p.m. |  PFA Theater

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Saturday / 9.15.12
6:30
Hometown
Kenji Mizoguchi (Japan, 1930)

(Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato). Hometown is not only the great Kenji Mizoguchi’s first sound film, it’s also one of the first sound films ever made in Japan, produced by Nikkatsu as a test in 1929. Tenor Yoshie Fujiwara was cast as a singer who returns home from a trip abroad and must repair his relationship with his devoted...   More >

Tickets:$9.50 Adults (18-64), $5.50 BAM/PFA Members, UC Berkeley Students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees Non-UC Berkeley students Senior citizens (65 & over) Disabled persons Youth (17 & under)

National Circus of the People’s Republic of China

Performing Arts - Other: Center for Chinese Studies | September 16 | 3 p.m. |  Zellerbach Hall

Sponsor: Cal Performances

Making their debut with Cal Performances is the National Circus of the People’s Republic of China, one of the oldest and most distinguished circuses in all of China. They have brought awesome feats of juggling, acrobatics, contortionism and balancing to more than 80 countries; and now, Zellerbach Hall!

Sat, Sep 15, 8 pm
Sun, Sep 16, 3 pm [Family Fare]

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, General Public, Cal Parents

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Children, Cal Parents

Tickets required:$22-$52 Children 16 & under gets 50% off

Ticket info: Tickets go on sale August 5. Buy tickets online, or by calling 510-642-9988.

‘Cultural Effects on Employee Loyalty in Japan and the U. S.: Individual or Organization Level?’: Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Fall 2012 Colloquia

Colloquium | September 17 | 12-1 p.m. | Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, Large Conference Room

Location: 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94820

Speaker: James Lincoln, Professor, Haas School of Business

Sponsor: Institute of Research on Labor & Employments

Target audiences: Faculty, Students - Graduate

Open to audiences: Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff

Attendance restrictions: TO ATTEND AN EVENT, PLEASE R.S.V.P. Myra Armstrong, zulu2@berkeley.edu

Ghosts of Premodern Korea: Haunting and Balancing the Cosmos

Colloquium: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 17 | 4 p.m. | Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor), Conference Room

Speaker: Michael Pettid, Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies, Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies, Binghamton University

Sponsor: Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

Given the significance of death to humans, an understanding of how societies conceive of death, the afterlife, and what might occur to the dead can reveal a great deal of how a given society understands its place within the cosmos. Particularly interesting are those beliefs concerning the condition of the dead after death; specifically, the nature and
function of ghosts.

There are numerous...   More >

Publicity-driven Government Accountability in China

Colloquium: Center for Chinese Studies | September 18 | 4-6 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Speaker: Greg Distelhorst, Ph.D. candidate, Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sponsor: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

This study shows how negative publicity (or the threat thereof) makes China’s unelected officials more responsive to citizens. By highlighting the role of top-down punishments, publicity-driven accountability shows how the bureaucratic discipline associated with effective authoritarian governance also provides a fulcrum for society to discipline officials from below.

Korea in the Cross-Fire: The War Photographs of John Rich

Exhibit - Photography: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 19, 2012 – February 4, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

The year 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the armistice that ended what we now commonly call "the Korean War." Seen as the first open conflict of the cold war, the Korean conflict pitted north against south as defined by the 38th parallel. Only a few short years after the end of world war, the Korean "proxy war" began. NATO forces, overwhelmingly American, engaged...   More >

Scarred Heritage: Achieving Peace and Reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula

Seminar: Center for Chinese Studies: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 19 | 2-6 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Speaker/Performer: T.J. Pempel, Jeong Gwan Lee, Bruce Cumings, Philip Yun, David Kang, David Straub, Victor Cha

Sponsors: Center for Korean Studies (CKS), Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco, Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

2:00-2:15 Opening - T.J. Pempel (UC Berkeley)

2:15-2:30 Welcoming Remarks - Jeong Gwan Lee (Korean Consul General)

2:30-3:00 A Reexamination of Kim Daejung's Sunshine Policy and Its Aftermath - Bruce Cumings (Chicago)

3:00-3:30 North Korea's Diplomatic and Security Strategy - Philip Yun (Ploughshares Fund)

3:30-4:00 Explaining China's Seemingly Irrational Support of North Korea -...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Korea in the Cross-Fire: The War Photographs of John Rich

Exhibit - Photography: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 19, 2012 – February 4, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

The year 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the armistice that ended what we now commonly call "the Korean War." Seen as the first open conflict of the cold war, the Korean conflict pitted north against south as defined by the 38th parallel. Only a few short years after the end of world war, the Korean "proxy war" began. NATO forces, overwhelmingly American, engaged...   More >

Korea in the Cross-Fire: The War Photographs of John Rich

Exhibit - Photography: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 19, 2012 – February 4, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

The year 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the armistice that ended what we now commonly call "the Korean War." Seen as the first open conflict of the cold war, the Korean conflict pitted north against south as defined by the 38th parallel. Only a few short years after the end of world war, the Korean "proxy war" began. NATO forces, overwhelmingly American, engaged...   More >

Law, Politics and Society in Republican China

Conference/Symposium: Center for Chinese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 21 | 3 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Chinese Studies (CCS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

For conference details go to ieas.berkeley.edu/lawpoliticssociety.

Law, Politics and Society in Republican China

Conference/Symposium: Center for Chinese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 22 | 10 a.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Chinese Studies (CCS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

For conference details go to ieas.berkeley.edu/lawpoliticssociety.

Singing Lovebirds

Film - Feature: Center for Japanese Studies | September 22 | 6:30 p.m. |  PFA Theater

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Saturday / 9.22.12
6:30
Singing Lovebirds
Masahiro Makino (Japan, 1939)

(Oshidori uta gassen). One of the real discoveries of the Nikkatsu retrospective, this effortless, light-hearted romantic musical—yes, musical!—from the criminally underrated director Masahiro Makino offers up many pleasures, including seeing longtime Kurosawa veteran Takashi Shimura crooning out several numbers. Sweet...   More >

Tickets:$9.50 Adults (18-64), $5.50 BAM/PFA Members, UC Berkeley Students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees Non-UC Berkeley students Senior citizens (65 & over) Disabled persons Youth (17 & under)

Rusty Knife

Film - Feature: Center for Japanese Studies | September 22 | 8 p.m. |  PFA Theater

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

8:10
Rusty Knife
Toshio Masuda (Japan, 1958) New 35mm Print!

(Sabita naifu). Nikkatsu’s two biggest stars—Yujiro Ishihara and Akira Kobayashi—teamed up for the first time in this noir thriller about two former hoods trying to go straight, with predictably doomed results. Out of jail for killing the man who raped and murdered his girlfriend, Tachibana (Ishihara) is looking to stay on the...   More >

Tickets:$9.50 Adults (18-64), $5.50 BAM/PFA Members, UC Berkeley Students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees Non-UC Berkeley students Senior citizens (65 & over) Disabled persons Youth (17 & under)

Daisuke Ito's Made to Order and Shozo Makino's Jiraiya the Ninja with Judith Rosenberg on the piano: Life is short: Nikkatsu Studios at 100

Film - Short: Center for Japanese Studies | September 23 | 5 p.m. |  PFA Theater

Speaker/Performer: Judith Rosenberg

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Daisuke Ito's revolutionary use of the moving camera for swordfights, his command of montage, and his propensity for serious drama delicately balanced by comic interludes make this perhaps the finest silent Japanese period-film to survive in approximately original form.

Tickets:$9.50 Adults (18-64), $5.50 BAM/PFA Members, UC Berkeley Students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees Non-UC Berkeley students Senior citizens (65 & over) Disabled persons Youth (17 & under)

Korea in the Cross-Fire: The War Photographs of John Rich

Exhibit - Photography: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 19, 2012 – February 4, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

The year 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the armistice that ended what we now commonly call "the Korean War." Seen as the first open conflict of the cold war, the Korean conflict pitted north against south as defined by the 38th parallel. Only a few short years after the end of world war, the Korean "proxy war" began. NATO forces, overwhelmingly American, engaged...   More >

Korea in the Cross-Fire: The War Photographs of John Rich

Exhibit - Photography: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 19, 2012 – February 4, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

The year 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the armistice that ended what we now commonly call "the Korean War." Seen as the first open conflict of the cold war, the Korean conflict pitted north against south as defined by the 38th parallel. Only a few short years after the end of world war, the Korean "proxy war" began. NATO forces, overwhelmingly American, engaged...   More >

Korea in the Cross-Fire: The War Photographs of John Rich

Exhibit - Photography: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 19, 2012 – February 4, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

The year 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the armistice that ended what we now commonly call "the Korean War." Seen as the first open conflict of the cold war, the Korean conflict pitted north against south as defined by the 38th parallel. Only a few short years after the end of world war, the Korean "proxy war" began. NATO forces, overwhelmingly American, engaged...   More >

Situated Description: West Coast Archaeological Sites in 19th Century Coast Survey Maps and Fieldnotes

Lecture: Center for Chinese Studies | September 26 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)

Speaker/Performer: Scott Byram, Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Archaeological Research Facility

This presentation previews the forthcoming ARF Contributions Volume 65, Triangulating Archaeological Landscapes: The U.S. Coast Survey in California, 1850-1895.

Korea in the Cross-Fire: The War Photographs of John Rich

Exhibit - Photography: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 19, 2012 – February 4, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

The year 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the armistice that ended what we now commonly call "the Korean War." Seen as the first open conflict of the cold war, the Korean conflict pitted north against south as defined by the 38th parallel. Only a few short years after the end of world war, the Korean "proxy war" began. NATO forces, overwhelmingly American, engaged...   More >

Buddhist Nuns? The Workings of Initiation Rituals and Normative Texts in Their Historical and Local Contexts

Lecture: Center for Buddhist Studies | September 27 | 5-6:30 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall

Speaker/Performer: Ute Hüsken, University of Oslo, Norway

Sponsor: Center for Buddhist Studies

Buddhism is often perceived and represented as a universal religion. At the same time, Buddhism always takes historically and locally specific forms. These forms emerge in close interaction with wider cultural and social norms and values. Contextual changes, the transfer of Buddhism from one context to another, and other dynamics often lead to conflicts and contradictions. Such conflicts...   More >

Korea in the Cross-Fire: The War Photographs of John Rich

Exhibit - Photography: Center for Korean Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | September 19, 2012 – February 4, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

The year 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the armistice that ended what we now commonly call "the Korean War." Seen as the first open conflict of the cold war, the Korean conflict pitted north against south as defined by the 38th parallel. Only a few short years after the end of world war, the Korean "proxy war" began. NATO forces, overwhelmingly American, engaged...   More >

Bargaining with Kinship: Chosonjok Migrant Mothers in the Age of Korea Wind

Colloquium: Center for Chinese Studies: Center for Korean Studies | September 28 | 4 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Speaker: Caren Freeman, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia

Sponsors: Center for Korean Studies (CKS), Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

The large-scale influx of Korean Chinese (or Chosonjok) migrants from northeastern China into South Korea in the last decades of the twentieth century conjures up images of formerly impassable Cold War borders suddenly rendered passable. Yet Chosonjok opportunities for mobility at this historical juncture were largely created by the migrants themselves and at great cost to their families and...   More >