Welcome to the New Quarter! October 8, 2009

Welcome back to UCSB Fall quarter. We will be having our first meeting on Friday, October 16th in , hopefully, HSSB 2252. I encourage all people who are curious about the colloquium and all veterans to come to the first meeting. I look forward to seeing you all.

Subsequent East Asian Meetings April 9, 2009

At our first meeting of the quarter we decided to hold all meetings on Fridays at 330 PM instead of Wednesday from 12-2. I hope this works for everyone, and I hope no one has any conflicts. We’ve also set up meetings on a bi-weekly basis for the rest of the quarter. On April 24th Victor will be presenting, on May 8th Matt Driscoll and Matt Mewhhinney, and on May 29th Lily will be presenting. We do not have anyone for our last meeting on June 5th, and there are plenty spots. We can also add meetings if these dates don’t work. As some of you may know, I (Matthew Driscoll) have taken over for Lily this quarter so if you have any questions, or would like to set a date to give a presentation, please direct them to me at mdisso1@umail.ucsb.edu. I hope everyone can make the next meeting on April 24th! Also, I will be updating this website with more calls for papers on a regular basis, so check here for conference calls.

Matt

East Asian Colloquium’s first meeting for S09 April 3, 2009

East Asian Colloquium’s first meeting for S09:

To welcome back our East Asian enthusiasts spread all across campus, the East Asian Colloquium is holding its first meeting for the winter quarter on Wednesday (4/8) 12pm–>2pm at HSSB 2252.
At the meeting, we will be scheduling presentations and be gathering  ideas for more activities for the  quarters to come. Joshua Neves from the Film and Media Studies department will be giving a talk about the up coming event here in UCSB: Emergent Visions: Independent Documentaries from China (April-16-18)

Come and help us kick off a new and exciting quarter together~!

For more information about the colloquium, see the invitation below.
Updates will be posted on our website as well <http://ucsbeastasiancolloquium.wordpress.com>

February 1, 2009

East Asian Colloquium’s 1/29 meeting:

Hello East Asian enthusiasts~! after having our first meeting, we’ve decided to meet every other Thursday from 12:30-2. Hopefully this will go well with most our schedules, please try to make it even if you need to be a bit late or leave soon. To kick off the quarter, Lily Wong from Comparative Literature and Christina Threlkel from East Asian Studies will be presenting this thursday (1/29). Lily will be giving a dry run for a conference paper she’ll be presenting in February (abstract attached), and Christina (abstract attached) will be giving a short presentation on the first chapter of her masters thesis. PIZZA will be served~! so come for good food, company, and discussions~!

January 12, 2009

East Asian Colloquium’s first meeting for W09:

To welcome back our East Asian enthusiasts spread all across campus, the East Asian Colloquium is holding its first meeting for the winter quarter on Thursday (1/15) 12pm–>1pm at HSSB 2252.
At the meeting, we will be scheduling presentations and be gathering  ideas for more activities for the Winter and Spring quarters of this  year. Come and help us kick off a new and exciting quarter~!

October 29, 2008

It seems like we have a rich mix of people~(from cultural anthropologists, to historians, to art historians, to linguists, to film and media-ers, to literature ppl…..!)

For those of you who couldn’t make it to the first meeting, we’ve decided to meet every other week for a 2 hr get-together on fridays 2-4pm  in HSSB 2252. Matt and Nobu will be sending us their abstracts and presenting them in our next meeting 10/31(it’ll be holloween, so feel free to wear your costumes to the meeting).

October 29, 2008

Starting from fall quarter of 2008 we will be putting together a new colloquium for graduate students in all disciplines related to East Asian studies. Students will have a chance to respond directly to one another’s work, and to speak with visitors on a range of topics related to professional activities. We aim to bring together fellow students from all corners of the campus working on or interested in related topics of East Asian studies, in hope of creating an interdisciplinary space for discussion and support.

The East Asian Colloquium will mainly consist of two components: student paper workshops and staff/faculty professional workshops. Much time will be devoted to the evaluation of student papers. Each meeting, we will allow for one or two students to submit a piece of their own work at least a week before the class meeting. Their peers will read these essays, and discussion will be devoted to students’ attempts to understand one another’s research and help their colleagues develop a more inter-disciplinary approach to using and sharing information. In addition to learning about research being done by colleagues at UCSB, students will receive help preparing their own work for submission to conferences, workshops, and publication.

In addition to the student paper workshops, students will also receive scheduled visits from faculty, staff, and advanced graduate students who can offer advice and assistance on various aspects of the professionalization process. These opportunities will provide colloquium participants with insight into some aspects of the academic experience, and will also give students an opportunity to share valuable information with one another about their own experiences.

Our F08 meetings will be scheduled ever other friday starting from Oct. 17^th, 2 pm at HSSB 2252——-. For more information, please contact Lily Wong at lilywong@umail.ucsb.edu.