Archived Departmental Events
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The Third Nippon Foundation Lecture in Japanese Culture,
“The Usefulness of God: Fiction as Philosophy in the
Works of Takahashi Takako,” will be given by Professor
Julia C. Bullock, Emory University, April 25, 2005, 12:00,
in ICC 302. A light lunch will be served. Everyone is invited.
Georgetown students won the Fourth Annual Chinese
Bridge / Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College
Students held at the University of Maryland, College Park,
on Friday, April 22, 2005.
On Friday (April 22, 2005), we had a smashing victory at
the Fourth Annual "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency
Competition for Foreign College Students held at the University
of Maryland, College Park. This Chinese Competition was for
the universities and colleges from the greater Washington
metropolitan area, although participating universities also
included Duke University and Brigham Young University. The
Competition was sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Education
and the Confucius Institute at University of Maryland. Georgetown’s
three participating students all won awards at the highly
competitive competition: Angela Clubb won the first-place
award, Joshua Bassan won the second-place award, and Michael
Kirst shared the third-place award with two other contestants
from the University of Maryland and George Mason. Georgetown
could hardly have done better without ruining the event for
everyone else. Not only were our students the best prepared
in Chinese, they also distinguished themselves in other aspects
of showmanship.
The first-place winner, Angela Clubb, will represent the
greater Washington metropolitan area at the International
Chinese Bridge / Chinese Proficiency Tournament for Foreign
College Students to be held in Beijing in August 2005. This
tournament is the largest and most important international
competition for college students of Chinese in the world.
Each year, only five students representing USA can participate
in this tournament. These five students are the first-place
winners from the competitions held in the five regions—East-coast
region/New York, Mid-Atlantic region/Washington DC, Mid-west
region/Chicago, West-coast regions/Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Angela Clubb will be one of the five students representing
the United States in the International Chinese Proficiency
Tournament in China this summer. It is quite an honor for
Angela Clubb and for Georgetown as well.
Georgetown students also took first place at EACH of the
previous three competitions in the greater Washington area,
and went on each time to take part in the International tournament
in China. Some won prizes there, too. It is fair to say that
these competitions have solidified the international reputation
of Georgetown’s Chinese program as being consistently
the strongest in the greater Washington metropolitan area,
and one of the strongest in the United States.
Sponsored by the US State Department, Tibetan writer Alai
visited Georgetown and held a conference with Professors Zhang
and Kafalas on April 21, 2005.
PROFESSOR KUNG PENG-CHENG FROM TAIWAN TO SPEAK ON
“TAIWAN AND MAINLAND CHINA: RELATIONSHIPS IN CULTURE
AND LITERATURE”
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the
Asian Studies Program invite you to attend a talk in Chinese
from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 14, 2005 by Professor
Kung Peng-cheng from Taiwan. The meeting will take place in
ICC 450. A reception will follow the talk.
Professor Kung has published over 60 books on various subjects
in Chinese philosophy, history, and literature. He is a recognized
expert on Taiwan-China relations, has served as President
of Foguang University (Taiwan), currently serves as an advisor
to the Taipei Municipal Government, and is a widely syndicated
columnist for newspapers and journals in Taiwan. Currently
Professor Kung is a Visiting Scholar at Peking University.
The Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Sunday, December
5, 2004. For information, please see:
http://www.jflalc.org/proftest/04DC%20Vital%20Info.htm
The Japanese Spirit:
Experiencing Traditional Culture of Japan
Date: Friday, November 12
Time: 3:00-5:00
Place: ICC 105
Autumn is the time when the Japanese enjoy various cultural
activities along with colored leaves, sports, reading, and
food. We will share with you some of the traditional cultures
to give you a taste of Japan. The explanations will be in
English, so anybody interested is welcome!
Martial Arts: Aikido, Judo
Calligraphy: Shodo
Kabuki Music: Nagauta, Shamisen
Lecture: The Relation between US and Japan
Contact: Kumi Sato <ks223@georgetown.edu>
Georgetown Student Won First-Place Award in the 3rd Annual
Chinese Bridge Speech Competition
One of our students, Matthew Southerland, won the
First Place in the 3rd Annual Chinese Bridge Speech Competition
held in New York City on May 10, 2004.
Visual Arts of Japan, February 13-May 16, 2004 Visual
Arts of Japan will be on view from February 13 through May
16, 2004 in the Charles Marvin Fairchild Memorial Gallery
of the Lauringer Library. The exhibit includes sample works
of Kimbei Kusakabe, Hiroshige, Shoji Hamada, Tsuguharu Foujita
and others. 300-dpi JPEG images are available on the exhibit's
website listed below. The Gallery is open 8:00 a.m. to midnight
seven days a week. The exhibit's website is www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/guac/japan_04
Freeman-Asia Scholarship for Study Abroad
Freeman-ASIA Award Program cycles for 2004:
Summer 2004 Awards:
Application Period Opens on January 23, 2004
Application Deadline: March 5, 2004
Fall 2004 and Academic Year 2004-2005 Awards:
Application Period Opens on February 9, 2004
Application Deadline: April 2, 2004
The Freeman-Asia Award Program was designed to encourage
more American undergraduate students to pursue study abroad
in East Asia and Southeast Asia. The Program began in 2001
and has supported over 1,500 students in study abroad programs
in 15 countries since then.
A small proportion, only 6%, of U.S. students, participate
in study abroad travel to East or Southeast Asia. In order
to address this imbalance, the Freeman-Asia Scholarships were
designed to give need-based awards to undergraduate students
who are dedicated to learning more about Asian languages and
cultures. The funding comes from the generous support of the
Freeman Foundation, and the Institute of International Education
administers the program.
The Freeman-Asia Program has an online application, and all
of the scholarship information is available at www.iie.org/freeman-asia.
The Freeman-ASIA brochures and posters are also available
upon request.
Please e-mail the Freeman-ASIA Award Program at Freeman-ASIA@iie.org
with any uestions or requests for further information you
may have.
Contact: Karen Chu (Program Coordinator) and Jonathan Akeley
(Program Manager) at Freeman-Asia Award Program, Institute
of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New
York, NY 10017.
Georgetown Student Has Won Third-Place
Award in a World Chinese Speech Competition, 2003.
A Georgetown student, Conor Harrington, after winning the First
Place Award in the China Bridge Speech Competition among college
students in the Washington DC area, was chosen to represent
the college students from the Washington DC area to take part
in the International China Bridge Speech Competition in Shanghai
and Beijing in December 2003, where he won the Third Place award.
Congratulations to Conor!!
Here is Conor’s report to Professor Zhang--
“The
semi-final competition was held at Shanghai's Huadong Shifan
Daxue on December 14th. There were 64 contestants in all, representing
28 different countries. The semi-final competition consisted
of a written exam, a 3 minute prepared speech, 4 trivia questions
about China, a 2 minute extemporaneous speech, and a Chinese
cultural performance. Points were awarded by a panel of judges
and the top 16 contestants went on to the final competition
in Beijing. In this competition, which will be aired on CCTV
4 during the Spring Festival, there was a 2 minute speech, and
a series of trivia questions covering in-depth Chinese culture
and modern make-up. There were 3 first prize winners, who won
a scholarship to do graduate studies in China. There were 5
second place winners who won a month long Chinese study course
over the summer. There were 8 third place winners who won a
15 day cultural trip to China over the summer. I won the third
place. In addition to the competition, I was also chosen to
perform a Xiangsheng routine with a student from Sweden in the
Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The 16 finalists were also
invited to meet Chinese Minister of Education, Ms. Chen Zhili,
and were invited to have dinner in the Great Hall of the People.
“This competition has really given me more of
an incentive to continue studying Chinese, and I'm really excited
to be able to go back this summer. Thanks again to you and Professor
Yu for having faith in me and letting me participate in the
competition in Maryland. Hopefully next year, a Georgetown student
can get 1st place.” |
