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 eNewsletter                                                             December 4, 2017 THIS ISSUE: EASC Fellowship Info Session and Upcoming Deadlines | Event Wrap: Public Speaking -Presentation | Event Wrap: Holiday Party | Dissertation Workshop on Contemporary East Asia | Call forAbstracts | Events Around USC & LA

EASC Fellowship Info Session and Upcoming DeadlinesLast Wednesday, East Asian Studies Center held an important information session onfellowships available to undergraduate and graduate students that are administered by ourCenter, including Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship and the Association forJapan-U.S. Community Exchange (ACE) - Nikaido Fellowship. A video of the Info Session willbe available on the event page. Pictures from the event can be viewed here.

As a reminder please note the following deadlines for the spring semester:

EAST ASIAN AREA STUDIES MASTER OF ARTS | Deadline: January 5, 2018

FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES (FLAS) FELLOWSHIP | Deadline: February 9, 2018

ACE-NIKAIDO FELLOWSHIP | Deadline: February 9, 2018

EVENT WRAP Public Speaking - Presentation

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Last Monday, David Kang, Professor ofInternational Relations and Business andSatoko Shimazaki, Associate Professor of EastAsian Languages and Cultures led the PublicSpeaking - Presentation workshop. This sessionfocused on presentation of academic work insettings, such as conferences, job talks, etc.and addressed concerns for both native andnon-native English speakers. Images from thePublic Speaking workshop can be viewed here.

This was the last session of the fall semester Graduate Professionalization Series, which willreturn in the spring semester with three more sessions.

PUBLIC SPEAKING: LECTURE - January 29, 2018RESOURCES: FUNDING, ARCHIVES, NETWORKS - February 26, 2018ACADEMIC JOB SEARCH - March 26, 2018

EVENT WRAP Holiday PartyLast Thursday, over 130 students, faculty, staffand community members celebrated withthe East Asian Studies Center, Korean StudiesInstitute and the Shinso Ito Center for JapaneseReligions and Culture at our annual HolidayParty. Images from the event can be viewedhere.

Dissertation Workshop on Contemporary East AsiaAPPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 16, 2018 | FLYER

The fourth Joint Consortia National Dissertation Workshop on “Contemporary East Asia” at theUniversity of Southern California on May 18, 2018. It is designed to enable students topresent and engage in intensive discussions of their work in broader East Asian andmultidisciplinary contexts. The workshop will be led by three faculty mentors who focus onmodern China, Japan and Korea: Stanley Rosen, Professor of Political Science, University ofSouthern California; William Marotti, Associate Professor of History, University of California,

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Los Angeles; and Susan Hwang, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures,Indiana University.

Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a doctoral program and must have begun to draft adissertation, although they need not have advanced to candidacy. All doctoral students whosearea of research falls within Contemporary East Asia are encouraged to apply. Participants arerequired to fund their own travel to USC, as well as some meals. Remaining costs of theworkshop, including materials, some meals, and two nights lodging will be covered by the JointConsortia. For more information and to apply, please click here.

Call for Abstracts The Ancient Borderlands Research Focus Group at the University of California, Santa Barbarainvites graduate students of any discipline and any period to submit abstracts for papersaddressing the theme of Beyond Marginality: Race, Ethnicity, and Memory. The 2018Borderlands International Graduate Student Conference seeks papers that address howinteractions in the borderlands may be framed through constructs of race, ethnicity, andmemory. The conference seeks to include a wide range of perspectives and methodologiesacross disciplinary boundaries, in any geographic region or historical period. Submit a 300word abstract to UCSBborderlands2018@gmail.com by December 29, 2017. See flyer formore details.

Events Around USC & LAA Village with My Name - Talk by Scott Tong Tuesday | December 5 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | ASC 204

Bilingual Yoga at Lunchtime Wednesday | December 6 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | The Japan Foundation

Music in the Chinese Garden Wednesday | December 6 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm | The Huntington Library

Conversation Cafe "Tea Time": Let's Chat in Japanese! Thursday | December 7 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm | The Japan Foundation

2017 ARI PROJECT: The Poet's Country - Performance by Fairy Tale Thursday | December 7 | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm | Korean Cultural Center

USC Pacific Asia Museum Grand Reopening Friday | December 8 | USC Pacific Asia Museum

Riches of the Lands: Close Up - Exhibition Opening Reception Friday | December 8 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm | Korean Cultural Center

Mandarin Teacher Leadership Institute: Session 1 Saturday | December 9 | 8:00 am - 4:00 pm | Occidental College

From Moth to Cloth: Silk - Workshop Saturday-Sunday | December 9-10 | 11:00 am – 4:00 pm | Japanese American NationalMuseum

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Holiday Wreath and Cards - Origami Workshop by Ruthie Kitagawa Saturday | December 9 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Japanese American National Museum

Bachelors' Passions and Ladies' Crazes: The Gender of Japanism - Talk by Christopher Reed Sunday | December 10 | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | LACMA

Japanese Teahouse Tours Monday | December 11 | 11:30 am - 3:30 pm | The Huntington Library

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