Read The Current’s article on Queer Taiwanese Literature as World Literature highlighting Professor Howard Chiang (UCD) in conversation with Professor Hangping Xu (UCSB) here at this link: https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2022/020614/windows-queer-world
Category: Announcement
UCSB’s Katie Wert Takes 2nd Place in the 46th Annual Chinese Language Teachers’ Association Speech Contest
We are proud to announce that Katie Wert, our current Chinese 3 student, won Second Place in the 46th Annual Chinese Language Teachers’ Association in California (CLTAC) Chinese Speech Contest at the college level beginning Chinese division on April 23, 2022. More than 245 students participated in the speech contest virtually this year, and Katie really stood out as a result of her dedication to practice. Congratulations Katie!!!
Taiwan Talks: An Orange Bra between China and Taiwan — Women Migrants, Emotions and Digital Entrepreneurship
Please join us for “An Orange Bra between China and Taiwan: Women Migrants, Emotions and Digital Entrepreneurship” with Beatrice Zani (McGill University).
UCSB Room SSMS 2135
Tuesday, May 3rd, 4 – 5 PM
Kaitlyn Ugoretz Publishes New Article: “Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon? Exploring Parallel Glocalization in Global Shinto Offerings”
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate, Kaitlyn Ugoretz, for publishing “Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon? Exploring Parallel Glocalization in Global Shinto Offerings”
Special Issue: Globalization and East Asian Religions, edited by Ugo Dessi and Lukas Pokorny. Link to article on Humanities Commons CORE: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:45237
Is a Tekagami a Text? Reading the Fragmentary in a Calligraphy Album
Friday, May 6, HSSB Room 4080, 4 – 5:30 PM
Join the Transregional East Asia RFG for a talk by Edward Kamens, Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies, Yale University, and Paul I. Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations, UCLA.
Sponsored by the IHC’s Transregional East Asia Research Focus Group, East Asia Center, and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
Gagaku: Sound of a Thousand Years — Lecture + Performance
Gagaku: Sound of a Thousand Years
Lecture + Performance at UCSB’s ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM
Naoyuki MANABE GAGAKU Ensemble with special guest Maestro Hideaki Bunno
Thursday, April 28 at 5:30 — 7:30 pm
https://bit.ly/Gagaku2022
The Gagaku orchestra at the Imperial Palace of Japan was established in 701; its music is recognized by the government of Japan as a national intangible cultural property, and by UNESCO as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The most ancient and continuously performed orchestral tradition in the world, Gagaku is exceptional in its combination of an archaic allure with unexpected contemporary features (free rhythms, complex sound clusters, controlled dissonance). In addition to the imperial court of Japan, Gagaku is also regularly performed at Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines in Japan as part of their respective liturgies.
In this lecture / performance, the musicians will demonstrate the sounds and techniques of their respective instruments and offer the audience a unique perspective on the appreciation of the millenarian world of Gagaku. This event is organized by Fabio Rambelli (University of California, Santa Barbara) with Naoyuki Manabe, in collaboration with the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara. Generous support is provided by the International Shinto Foundation Endowed Chair in Shinto Studies, UCSB; Robert N.H. Ho Foundation; and Michael Hurley/Manitou Fund.
