My name is Nozomi Hamaguchi from the International Student Association.
This coming March 14, Friday, International Student Association in
collaboration with International Student Services, are having the
event International Night 2008.
International Night is designed to make students, faculty, staff and
outside community members appreciate the cultural diversity of the University of Hawaii and the state. In this year's theme "Around the World in 3 Hours", we would like to present a sort of miniature world by having various ethnic booths set up. We are currently looking for individuals or groups who are interested in participating in the International Night 2008.
I was wondering if you could inform the students in your department
about this event. We are hoping to have a variety of people
participating, as it will give students the opportunity to display
their cultures.
It would be a great help if we could have more people participate in
this event.
The details of this event can be found in the attached document.
Paper copies of the application form are also available at
International Student Services, QLCSS 206.
Thank you for your time.
Showing posts with label community events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community events. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Monday, October 8, 2007
"The Big Read Performance" - Joy Luck Club
via Hawaii Public Library System -
"A staged readers theatre style performance of Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" takes us on a journey from pre-World War II China to modern day United States through the words and lives of four mothers ("The Joy Luck Club") and their very westernized daughters. Join us as East meets West and cultures sometimes collide in this heartwarming tale of love and the constant need to adapt in order to keep that love alive."
The performance is going to be at four different Hawaii libraries this month, is sponsored by a ton of arts endowments (including the Manoa Outreach College) and looks way cool! Check here for dates, times, locations & performer info.
"A staged readers theatre style performance of Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" takes us on a journey from pre-World War II China to modern day United States through the words and lives of four mothers ("The Joy Luck Club") and their very westernized daughters. Join us as East meets West and cultures sometimes collide in this heartwarming tale of love and the constant need to adapt in order to keep that love alive."
The performance is going to be at four different Hawaii libraries this month, is sponsored by a ton of arts endowments (including the Manoa Outreach College) and looks way cool! Check here for dates, times, locations & performer info.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
"The Case Study of Chujohime"
CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES SEMINAR SERIES
The Crossing of Boundaries between the Religious and Social Constructions of Gender in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Narratives: The Case Study of Ch•ujohime
By Dr. Monika Dix
Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature
EALL, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
DATE: Thursday, October 25, 2007
TIME: 3:00 - 4:30PM
PLACE: Tokioka Room (Moore Hall 319)
The story of the legendary eighth-century young noblewoman, Chujohime, is one of the
extensive body of late medieval short stories - collectively called otogi zÿshi -which are preserved in written form from the Muromachi period (1392-1573) onward and are generally considered the earliest works of popular literature in Japan.
One of the key stories in the Chujohime legend is her journey to Hibariyama - a fantastic textual, physical, and spiritual transcendent travel which played a key role in the popularization of Ch•ujohime's legend and her cult from the fifteenth to seventeenth century.
This paper focuses on the significance of Chujohime's transcendent journey to Hibariyama and explores how it constitutes a crossing of boundaries between the religious and social constructions of gender in this Buddhist tale of female salvation, presenting Chujohime as religious outcast - not being able to attain enlightenment in her female body due to her sex - and as social outcast - transgressing the bounds of her role of filial daughter vis-à-vis her father.
Dr. Dix suggests that Chujohime's forced journey to Hibariyama - her exile - not only triggers her religious awakening (hosshin) but also indicates a constant renegotiation of gender-power imbalance between Pure Land Buddhist ideology and social customs which mutually influenced each other in casting transgressing women as religious outcasts in late medieval Japanese society.
The Crossing of Boundaries between the Religious and Social Constructions of Gender in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Narratives: The Case Study of Ch•ujohime
By Dr. Monika Dix
Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature
EALL, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
DATE: Thursday, October 25, 2007
TIME: 3:00 - 4:30PM
PLACE: Tokioka Room (Moore Hall 319)
The story of the legendary eighth-century young noblewoman, Chujohime, is one of the
extensive body of late medieval short stories - collectively called otogi zÿshi -which are preserved in written form from the Muromachi period (1392-1573) onward and are generally considered the earliest works of popular literature in Japan.
One of the key stories in the Chujohime legend is her journey to Hibariyama - a fantastic textual, physical, and spiritual transcendent travel which played a key role in the popularization of Ch•ujohime's legend and her cult from the fifteenth to seventeenth century.
This paper focuses on the significance of Chujohime's transcendent journey to Hibariyama and explores how it constitutes a crossing of boundaries between the religious and social constructions of gender in this Buddhist tale of female salvation, presenting Chujohime as religious outcast - not being able to attain enlightenment in her female body due to her sex - and as social outcast - transgressing the bounds of her role of filial daughter vis-à-vis her father.
Dr. Dix suggests that Chujohime's forced journey to Hibariyama - her exile - not only triggers her religious awakening (hosshin) but also indicates a constant renegotiation of gender-power imbalance between Pure Land Buddhist ideology and social customs which mutually influenced each other in casting transgressing women as religious outcasts in late medieval Japanese society.
Friday, September 21, 2007
East-West Center to feature traditional Japanese music
What: A program of koto and shakuhachi
Where: Imin Center at Jefferson Hall, East-West Center
When: 8 p.m. Oct.13, 4 p.m. Oct. 14
"The show, titled "Music Masters from Japan: Koto and Shakuhachi," will feature Masateru Ando, principal koto master at Tokyo University of the Arts, and his daughter, Tamaki Ando.
Christopher Yomei Blasdel, a veteran performer and teacher in Japan, will be the featured shakuhachi artist.
Tickets are $15 ($12 military, students and seniors), available at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Campus Center box office, at via the Honolulu Box Office, phone 550-8457, or online at www.honoluluboxoffice.com." - from The Advertiser
Where: Imin Center at Jefferson Hall, East-West Center
When: 8 p.m. Oct.13, 4 p.m. Oct. 14
"The show, titled "Music Masters from Japan: Koto and Shakuhachi," will feature Masateru Ando, principal koto master at Tokyo University of the Arts, and his daughter, Tamaki Ando.
Christopher Yomei Blasdel, a veteran performer and teacher in Japan, will be the featured shakuhachi artist.
Tickets are $15 ($12 military, students and seniors), available at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Campus Center box office, at via the Honolulu Box Office, phone 550-8457, or online at www.honoluluboxoffice.com." - from The Advertiser
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Okinawan Festival
Did anyone attend the Okinawan Festival at Kapiolani Park this weekend? I've been there in years past, but couldn't make it this year. How was it? I only had a chance to go on Friday night for the opening ceremony and found it really enjoyable because it wasn't crowded and it was quite cool and refreshing outside. I didn't have to wait in line AT ALL for the andagi treats and the opening ceremony performances of hula and musical performance were really enjoyable and free!
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