eNewsletter
January 2011

Dear friends,
Welcome back for the winter quarter. This year, as in past years, we can look forward to a rich calendar of events. Hope to see you soon.
With best regards and warm wishes for a happy and peaceful New Year,

David Schaberg, Yunxiang Yan, Richard Gunde, and the Center staff

Event Spotlight

Mega Events, Governance, and China's "Peaceful Rise"
A roundtable on China's soft power, with SUSAN BROWNELL, cultural anthropologist and "foreign expert" consulted by the Chinese planners of the Beijing Olympics and Shanghai World Expo; HAIYAN LEE, literary critic and scholar; and JEFF WASSERSTROM, cultural historian -- moderated by CHRISTINA LARSON

Save the date Through a Foreign Glass：The Art and Science of Photography of Late Qing China A talk by FRANCES TERPAK（Curator of photographs, Getty Research Institute） 10:30 am - 12 noon Wednesday, February 9 Learn more about this event »

Thursday, January 27
2 pm - 5:30 pm
Kerckhoff Grand Salon
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Events

Comparatizing Taiwan：An International Conference

This conferences explores new avenues for the study of Taiwan by using comparative approaches, not only to examine Taiwan’s many relationalities, material as well as symbolic, over a long historical and wide geographical span, but also to view Taiwan in comparison with other islands, cultures, or nations that do not seem to be immediately related.

Friday, January 21
8:30 am - 5:30 pm
6275 Bunche HallSaturday, January 22
8:30 am - 12 noon
6275 Bunche HallMonday, January 24
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The Monks of Kublai Khan：The Mongols and the Church of the East
A talk by JOEL WALKER（University of Washington）, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion and the UCLA Central Asia Initiative
Friday, January 21
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
11377 Bunche Hall
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Comparatizing Taiwan - An International Conference
January 21 & 22 at UCLA, and January 24 at UCSD - Open to students and faculty only
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The Monks of Kublai Khan：The Mongols and the Church of the East
A talk by JOEL WALKER（University of Washington）, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion and the UCLA Central Asia Initiative
Monday, January 21
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
11377 Bunche Hall
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Reconstituting the Original Contexts of Some Kizil Mural Fragments in Overseas

Collections：On the Icongraphy of the Kucha Caves
Talks by ZHAO LI AND HUO XUCHU（Kucha Academy of Xinjiang）, sponsored by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and the UCLA Asia Institute
Monday, January 24
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
11377 Bunche Hall
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Extramural Events

Chinese Garden Lecture Series -- Kun Opera：From Page to Stage
A talk by ANDREA S. GOLDMAN（UCLA）
Thursday, January 18
7:30 pm
The Huntington Library
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US-China Economic Relations：20th-Century Imbalances, 21st-Century Realities
A talk by GEOFFREY GARRETT（University of Sydney）
Thursday, January 20
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
USC
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Photography from the New China
An exhibition at the Getty, through April 3
Getty Center
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Chinese Garden Lecture Series：Kun Opera：from Page to Stage
A talk by ANDREA S. GOLDMAN（UCLA）
Thursday, January 28
7:30 pm
The Huntington Library
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US-China Economic Relations：20th-Century Imbalances, 21st-Century Realities
A talk by GEOFFREY GARRETT（University of Sydney）
Thursday, January 20
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
USC
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Assessing China's Global Image and Soft Power
A talk by DAVID SHAMBAUGH（George Washington University）
Thursday, January 27
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
USC
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Point of View：Artist Talk
Photographer WANG QINGSONG explores the exhibition Photography from the New China
Saturday, January 29
2:30 pm
Getty Center
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Video Art from the New China：An Introduction
Video selections
Saturday, January 29
4:00 pm
Getty Center
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Video Art from the New China：Yang Fudong's Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest
Video selections and Q&A with photographer WANG QINGSONG
Saturday, January 29
7:00 pm
Getty Center
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Fellowships, Grants, Calls for Proposals

TUSA 2011 Ambassador Summer Scholarship Program
Scholarship program for undergraduates and graduates to study Mandarin in Taiwan, July and August 2011Deadline for application：February 15
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2011-12 East Asian Foreign Language & Area Studies（FLAS）Fellowships
Deadline for application：February 23
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Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs Fellowship
Deadline for application：January 15
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UCLA-Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Student Exchange Program
Deadline for application：February 15
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UCLA-Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Faculty Research Grants
Deadline for application：February 15
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Postdoctoral Fellowships in U.S.-China Relations, at USC
Deadline for application：February 18
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