Professor Ban Wang
September 17, 2008
7:30 pm, Jonsson Performance Hall, free
“What Love Has Got to Do with Politics: Passion and Love in Chinese Film,” a public lecture by Ban Wang, The William Haas Professor in Chinese Studies, Stanford University.
By looking at images from Chinese films this talk challenges the view
that private affection and political structures are contrary to each
other. I argue that private love may find a public or political way of
working itself out. When love becomes love of one's community, of one's
fellow country men, of one's flag and anthem, it does not automatically
mean that the individual's love is sacrificed for an empty or crude
political feeling or duty. It very often means individual love is
enlarged, becomes richer with political consciousness; one can enjoy
one's country as oneself, as one's own body. On the other hand,
political issues, like war, nationalism or state-building feels more and more sexy and attractive, more exciting, and takes personal quality and
emotional color, becomes flesh and blood. This view is helpful for us to understand both democratic and authoritarian politics.
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Professor J. Hillis Miller
October 22, 2008
7:30 pm, Jonsson Performance Hall, free
“An American in China: Reflections on Literary and Cultural Studies in the People’s Republic of China,” a public lecture by J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Research Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California-Irvine.
Professor J. Hillis Miller
October 23, 2008
4:00 pm, Visual Arts Building, 1.105, free
A forum on “The Future of Literature and Literary Theory” with J. Hillis Miller.
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Confucius Institute Anniversary
November 8, 2008
Conference Center, 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Celebrate the first anniversary of the founding of the Confucius Institute at UT Dallas.
Enjoy a Chinese Film Festival at 3:00 p.m.
featuring Assembly and Red Cliff (with English subtitles).
Then at 7:30 p.m. celebrate with cultural festivities that include:
Chinese folk dancing by Jiaping Shi Dancing School
Jiaping Shi Dancing School is a non-profit organization founded in 2000 by Ms. Jiaping Shi, a Chinese folk and classical dancer, teacher and choreographer/director for more than 30 years. Its mission is to disseminate Chinese national folk dance, expand the excellence of Chinese culture, enhance the mutual exchange between the Chinese and American cultures. For the past 7 years, it has trained almost 200 students, aging from 5 to 50. Most of them have performed in over 100 shows and community activities and four dance recitals –“Dream of Dance” in March 2002; “Rhythm of Dance” in Octorber 2003; “Passion of Dance” in November 2005; “Winds of Dance” in December 2007.
“Moon Festival,” Chinese poem recitation by UTD Student
Traditional Chinese Musical Instrument performance by Joanne Chen and Jeffrey Wang from the Dallas Chinese Music Society.
Joanne graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in Hong Kong. When still pursuing her degree in Hong Kong, Joanne represented both Taiwan and Hong Kong in various international competitions and won numerous recognitions and awards. Joanne resides in Plano, TX and performs all around the DFW communities such as local charity events, Chinese markets opening celebrations, the Tzu-Chi Foundation charity events, Sichuan Earthquake relief fundraisers, Performing Art Festivals, Dallas Museum of Art, Trammell and Margaret Crow collection of Asian Art, and etc. Joanne now teaches private lessons specialized in piano, erhu, and di.
Jeffrey Weng is currently a sophomore majoring in Music Composition in the University of Texas at Austin. He has performed with the Dallas Chinese Music Society since year 2003 when moved from Taiwan to the U.S. for education in high school. He has shared his love for the traditional Chinese Hammered dulcimer in the Western community. In such events as weddings, Chinese New Year celebrations, museum exhibitions, festivals, Weng has also performed on national stage at the Walnut Valley National Hammer Dulcimer Championship in Winfield, Kansas in 2006. Jeffrey now lives in Austin, TX where he is pursuing a degree in Sarah & Ernest Butler School of Music (UT Austin).
“Talk about Chinese Expression: Da,” cross talk by UTD students: Travis Dorsey, Jonathan Perico
Calligraphy Demonstration by Mr. Xiaoming Ren
Xiaoming Ren is an Associate Professor from the College of Performance and Fine Arts, China Three Gorges University.
Solo of Chinese Folk Songs by Ms. Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang, a young Chinese singer, graduated from Wuhan Musical Academy in China. Winner of a grand prize at China Central TV’s Young Singers’ Competition, she frequently appeared at major performing shows of China’s national TV. Before coming to the US, she was a soloist at the Art Ensemble of the Chinese Coal Mining Industry and a principal singer at numerous classic Chinese operas and grand musical dances, including “Bronze Bells,” “Terra-Cotta Figures,” and “The Imperial Concubine of the Great Tang,” which were staged in many Euro-American performing centers including the New York Lincoln Center.
Finishing with a Traditional Chinese Costume Show by UTD students.
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Professor Roger Ames
March 25, 2009
7:30 pm, Jonsson Performance Hall, free
“Anticipating the Rise of China: A Cultural Perspective” a public lecture by Roger Ames, Professor of Chinese and Comparative Philosophy, University of Hawaii.
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Symposium on Chinese Translation
April 6 – 8, 2009, Conference Center
The Confucius Institute and the Center for Translation Studies present a symposium on the ”Translation of Chinese Literature and Culture.”
Participants will be internationally renowned scholars from the U.S. and around the world.
For more details, visit http://ah.utdallas.edu/confucius
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