Small Island Big Song explores the cultural connections between the descendants of the seafarers of the Pacific and Indian Oceans through the Austronesian migration. This concert will feature artists who have made a choice to maintain the cultural voice of their people, to sing in their language, and to play the instruments of their land.
Tuesday, April 26, 6 PM PST, UCSB MCC Theater
Congratulations to Ph.D. student, Ursula Friedman for publishing her new co-translated book, A Study on the Influence of Ancient Chinese Cultural Classics Abroad in the Twentieth Century, Springer, Singapore 2022.
This book presents an extensive literary survey of the influence of ancient Chinese cultural classics around the globe, highlighting a mammoth research project involving over forty countries or regions and more than twenty languages. As the book reveals, ancient Chinese culture was introduced to East Asian countries or regions very early on; furthermore, after the late Ming Dynasty, Chinese “knowhow” and ideas increasingly made inroads into the West. In particular, the translation of and research on Chinese classics around the world have enabled Chinese culture to take root and blossom on an unprecedented scale.
In addition to offering a valuable resource for readers interested in culture, the social sciences, and philosophy, the book blazes new trails for the study of ancient Chinese culture.
Ursula Deser Friedman (Translator) is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, with an emphasis in Translation Studies, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Ursula holds an M.A. in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics with specializations in Translation and Conference Interpretation from Beijing Foreign Studies University, where she has taught Mandarin-English Translation since 2017. Ursula’s publications have appeared in Translation Review, International Communications and Modern Chinese Literature and Culture.
EALCS Ph.D. candidate Kaitlyn Ugoretz recently sat down with the Beyond Japan podcast to discuss the global appeal of Shinto in the digital era. Kaitlyn introduces online Shinto communities as old as the internet itself, as well as the many international faces of Shinto, from official shrines in the USA to localised rituals and Marie Kondo’s brand of spiritualism. Click here to stream the podcast, or find it on your favorite podcast app.
To encourage international students and individuals to undertake Mandarin Chinese language study in Taiwan, the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) established the MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HUAYU ENRICHMENT SCHOLARSHIP (HES) Program. The application period is February 1 – March 1, 2022.
In addition to the Huayu Enrichment Scholarship (HES) and starting this year, the Ministry of Education launched the Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP) to expand the recruitment of English teachers and teaching assistants. Please see the links below for more information on both of these wonderful opportunities:
Keita C. Moore, one of EALCS’s many talented graduate students, has published a review of an important work in global gaming studies, Open World Empire by Christopher B. Patterson, in the Journal of Asian Studies, the premier journal in our field. Click here to read his review. Congratulations, Keita!
