UW East Asia Center

TODAY is your last chance to see the UW Taiwan Studies Island Music Stories Pop-Up Exhibition in Allen Library's North Lobby!

📣 [April 24-26 RSVP INFO] Taiwan Pop Music Exhibition

Don't forget to RSVP for the upcoming MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES roundtable discussion + reception on April 24, as well as the guided exhibition tours on April 25 and 26!

🎤 Kay Huang (黃韻玲), Ma Shih-Fang (馬世芳), and Chen Te-Cheng (陳德政) will join us in person!

🎟 Roundtable + Reception: https://bit.ly/TC_Roundtable
🎟 Guided Tours: https://bit.ly/guide_tour_TC

Spaces are filling up fast! We look forward to celebrating Taiwan's pop music with you!

臺北流行音樂中心 Taipei Music Center University of Washington Libraries Tateuchi East Asia Library, University of Washington University of Washington

TODAY: Join UW Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - MELC for 'Language Oppression in Tibet' with Professor Gerald Roche, La Trobe University, Australia. See original post for details.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM: Join the UW Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - MELC Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies Program and the East Asia Center for Language Oppression in Tibet, a Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies Seminar with Professor Gerald Roche, La Trobe University, Australia. This event is free and will take place in DEN 159. See the event page for more details: https://melc.washington.edu/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D174297742

THIS WEDNESDAY: Join UW Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - MELC for 'Language Oppression in Tibet' with Professor Gerald Roche, La Trobe University, Australia. See original post for details.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM: Join the UW Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - MELC Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies Program and the East Asia Center for Language Oppression in Tibet, a Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies Seminar with Professor Gerald Roche, La Trobe University, Australia. This event is free and will take place in DEN 159. See the event page for more details: https://melc.washington.edu/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D174297742

Thursday, May 30, from 2-5pm in Tateuchi East Asia Library, University of Washington, join Experience Education for an afternoon of artistic excellence. Check out the flyer for more info!

Thank you for all your hard work, Keiko!

This month we are delighted to spotlight Keiko Hill, Senior Assistant Librarian at University of Washington Libraries! Learn more about her journey to a career in cataloging services, a critical part of making your library resources accessible & discoverable! 📚💻 https://guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/news/Specialist-Spotlight-Keiko-Hill

On May 23, Professor Henry Yeung will be joining us to discuss his latest book: Interconnected Worlds.
This is a hybrid event! Come in person or online
Register: https://uwtaiwanstudies.ticketleap.com/interconnected-worlds-with-henry-leung/
Location: THO 317
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT1OcBavBUk
We look forward to seeing you there!

Join us this Thursday for Professor Meredith Schweig’s book talk on rap music, narrative, and knowledge in Taiwan 🎶

This hybrid event will take place in Thomson Hall room 317 and on Zoom from 3:30-5pm PT.

RSVP here https://bit.ly/RenegadeRhymes or join us directly on the day-of here: https://washington.zoom.us/j/99721107676

TODAY & TOMORROW: Watch City of Wind, a Mongolian film screening as part of SIFF's 50th anniversary. Use code UWEAC24 for $3 off tickets at siff.net/festival. For tickets, a trailer, and more details, visit https://www.siff.net/festival/city-of-wind

City of Wind A 17-year-old Mongolian shaman becomes enamored with a peer who needs heart surgery.

THIS FRIDAY: Join UW Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - MELC for 'Analysis of Modern Kazakh Conversation' with Professor Gulnara Boribayeva from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan. See original post for details.

FRIDAY, MAY 10 | 1:30 - 3:00 PM: Join the UW Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - MELC Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies Program and the East Asia Center for an Analysis of Modern Kazakh Conversation, a Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies Seminar with Professor Gulnara Boribayeva from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan. This event is free and will take place in DEN 211. See the event page for more details: https://melc.washington.edu/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D174270335

The UW East Asia Center is proud to be a sponsor of the 50th annual Seattle International Film Festival. Don't miss these features from Hong Kong, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, and Taiwan in the Asian Crossroads program.

ALL SHALL BE WELL (Hong Kong)
CITY OF WIND (Mongolia)
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST (Japan)
IRON MASK (South Korea)
A JOURNEY IN SPRING (Taiwan)

Use code UWEAC24 for $3 off tickets at siff.net/festival.

TODAY: Check out China Studies University of Washington's Spring 2024 Colloquium with Professor Thomas J. Christensen titled 'Thomas Schelling, the United States, and China's Rise.' The event will take place from 3:30 - 5:00 PM today in HUB 334. See original post for details.

MONDAY, APRIL 29, 3:30 - 5:00 PM: Join China Studies University of Washington for their Spring 2024 Colloquium with Professor Thomas J. Christensen from Columbia University. The theme of this colloquium is 'Thomas Schelling, the United States, and China's Rise.' This event is free and will take place in HUB 334.

The East Asia Center is very excited to announce that we are sponsoring City of Wind, a 2023 Mongolian film being shown at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF). Synopsis: "In this quietly told Mongolian drama from debut filmmaker Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, a 17-year-old shaman is in for a world-changing shift, one that pits his traditional customs with the allure of modern society, when he becomes enamored with a peer who needs heart surgery." The film will be screened at Shoreline Community College at 8:45 PM on Tuesday, May 14, and SIFF Cinema Uptown at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, May 15. Use code UWEAC24 for $3 off tickets at siff.net/festival. For tickets, a trailer, and more details, visit https://www.siff.net/festival/city-of-wind

City of Wind A 17-year-old Mongolian shaman becomes enamored with a peer who needs heart surgery.