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**Asian Events in Claremont**

Upcoming Lectures and Events:
Fall 2009

All events are open to the public and free of charge unless noted otherwise. For more information, contact (909) 607-8065 or lucy.chang@pomona.edu. If you are interested in Asia-Pacific events throughout the Claremont colleges check out our Asia-pacific Event page.

China's Population Challenges

Lecture by Barbara Pillsbury

Tuesday, September 10 at 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Oldenborg Center (350 N. College Way, Claremont)
(students use meal cards; others sign in at entrance)
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The People's Republic of China at 60: Will the Good Times Last?

Lecture by Minxin Pei

Thursday, September 22 at 4:15 p.m.
Hahn 101
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PBI Film Screening: "The Land Has Eyes"

A feature film directed by Vilsoni Hereniko (USA 2005)

Tuesday, October 6 at 7 p.m.
Rosehills Theatre @ Pomona College (170 E. 6th St., Claremont)
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Oh! A Mystery of “Mono no Aware"

Luncheon Lecture by Todd Shimoda, author of recently published book

Tuesday, October 13 at 12-1 p.m.
Oldenborg Center (350 N. College Way, Claremont)
(students use meal cards; others sign in at entrance)
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Creating Cuisine in Early Modern Japan

Lecture by Eric Rath, Associate Professor of History, University of Kansas-Lawrence

Friday, October 30 at 4:15 p.m.
Hahn 107
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PBI Film Screening: "Samoan Wedding" (aka Sione’s Wedding)

A feature film directed by Chris Graham (New Zealand, 2006, 97 min.)

Tuesday, November 3 at 7 p.m.
Rosehills Theatre
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Cultural Translation and Filmmaking in the Pacific

Lecture by Vilsoni Hereniko, Director of the Center for Pacific Island Studies at the University of Hawaii

Wednesday, November 4 at 4:15 p.m.
Hahn 101 (420 Harvard Ave., Hahn Bldg., Claremont)
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Action in Plot and Performance of Noh and Greek Tragedy: A Comparison

Lecture by Mae Smethurst, Professor of Classics at the University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, November 5 at 4:30 p.m.
Clark Humanities Museum, Scripps College (981 N. Amhert Ave., Claremont)
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Tsukioka Kogyo and the Popularization of Noh, 1890-1927

Lecture by Dr. Richard J. Smethurst, Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, November 5 at 8:00 p.m.
Clark Humanities Museum, Scripps College (981 N. Amhert Ave., Claremont)
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Takahashi Korekiyo and the Road Not Taken

Lecture by Dr. Richard J. Smethurst, Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh

Friday, November 6 at 4:15 p.m.
Hahn 107 (420 Harvard Ave., Hahn Bldg., Claremont)
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From Yellow Peril to Model Minority: Shifting Discourses of Chinese Immigration during the Cold War

Lecture by Madeline Hsu, Professor of History, University of Texas-Austin

Friday, November 13 at 4:15 p.m.
Hahn 107 (420 Harvard Ave., Hahn Bldg., CLaremont)
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Trash for Cash: Making a Killing and Making a Living on Garbage in China

Lecture by Joshua Goldstein

Friday, November 20 at 4:15 p.m.
Hahn 108 (420 Harvard Ave., Hahn Bldg., Claremont)
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Video Screenings by PBI Summer Tour Grant Winners

Samuel Holden: Japanese-Brazilians in Tokyo
Afshin Khan: Street Children in Lahore, Pakistan
Xiaye Ma: Children and Education in Guizhou  
David Reiman: Taiwanese Reactions to the Domestic Film Industry

Tuesday, December 8 at 12-1:00  p.m.
Oldenborg Center (350 N. College Way, Claremont)
(students use meal cards; others sign in at entrance)

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All events are open to the public and free of charge unless noted otherwise. For more information, contact (909) 607-8065 or lucy.chang@pomona.edu.

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