Category: Event

Flyer for "Chinese Language Program, Autumn Festival Tea Time Welcome Party" on 10/22/21 from 2-4PM @ HSSB Courtyard

Tea Time Welcome for Chinese Language Program

Posted on | by Thomas Mazanec

Come mingle with your classmates, professors, and new friends!! We will provide delicious snacks, live music performances, a photo booth, and fun games!!

Join us for the Chinese Language Program Autumn Festival Tea Time / Welcome Party!

Friday, Oct. 22 2pm-4pm @HSSB Courtyard

Sponsored by the UCSB Center for Taiwan Studies, Chinese Language Program, and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, with support from our CLP Volunteers, CSSA ICE (International Cultural Exchange) and Jasmin Echo

Flyer for "Meditation Sickness and the Ethics of Buddhist Studies" by Pierce Salguero on 10/14/21 at 5PM in SS&MS room 2135

Upcoming Talk by Pierce Salguero: Meditation Sickness and the Ethics of Buddhist Studies

Posted on | by Thomas Mazanec

Please join us for the first in-person event of the academic year hosted by the East Asia Center and organized by Dominic Steavu in collaboration with Religious Studies and our department.

Meditation Sickness and the Ethics of Buddhist Studies
a lecture by Pierce Salguero, PhD

October 14, 5pm
Social Science & Media Studies, room 2135

Chinese calligraphy, black ink on beige paper scroll. The text is of "Preface to Lanting Pavilion Collection" by Wang Xizhi.

Classical Chinese Placement Exam (Fall 2021)

Posted on | by Thomas Mazanec

The Classical Chinese placement exam is intended for students who have already studied some Classical Chinese (文言) and would like to skip Chinese 101A and enroll directly in Chinese 101B instead. It is offered once per year, administered by Professor Thomas Mazanec. Please email Prof. Mazanec (mazanec@ucsb.edu) if you are interested in taking this exam.

The test will take place on Tuesday, September 28, 3:30–4:30pm (location to be determined). Prof. Mazanec will provide a short passage in Classical Chinese from a Master’s text (like Mencius 孟子, Zhuangzi 莊子, or Hanfeizi 韓非子) and ask students to translate it into English, focusing on the literal meaning of the words and their grammatical relationship to one another. Students may consult a paper dictionary. Prof. Mazanec will provide several copies of Paul Kroll’s A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese for reference.

If this time is impossible for you due to scheduling conflicts, please email Prof. Mazanec by Monday, September 27, to make alternative arrangements.

Japanese Language Placement Test for Fall’21

Posted on | by Yoko Yamauchi

 

The application period for the placement test Fall’21 has closed. Please check back in November 2021 for the dates of the next Japanese Placement Test in Winter 2022.

If you have any questions, please contact Yoko Yamauchi (yokoy@eastasian.ucsb.edu)

〈How to prepare for the Placement Test〉
Review the materials (textbooks) of the course(s) you have taken before. We recommend to review verb and adjective conjugations as well as vocabulary and kanji. Please refer to the course description (Japanese Language Course Description) for more information about the each level of our Japanese courses. If you have a certain course you wish to start, look at the description of the course prior to the placement test. A course description indicates what you are expected to be able to do to take the course you wish to take.

Unhappy woman giving a thumbs down and holding a book

“The Worst Chinese Poetry” featured in The Current

Posted on | by Thomas Mazanec
“The Worst Chinese Poetry” event organized by Thomas Mazanec, Xiaorong Li, and Hangping Xu has been featured in the Current, UCSB’s general news outlet. Read the story here: https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2021/020304/lyrical-losers
An excerpt:
“By calling something ‘good,’ you are drawing a line, saying some things are good, some are bad,” Mazanec said. “That line was drawn differently in different times and different places. There are all sorts of considerations that go into drawing that line: aesthetic, moral, social and political standards that change with time. By investigating these standards, we can learn a lot about Chinese literary history.”