News & Events

Eurasian Influences On Yuan China: Cross-Cultural
Transmissions in the 13th and 14th Centuries

Friday-Saturday, Nov. 20-21, 2009

This event is sponsored by:
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation and the Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas and is co-sponsored by the Departments of Asia and Asian American Studies and History, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore).

For more information please visit our website by clicking here.

Grand Opening Celebration!
Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera at Binghamton University

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Featuring:
Highlights of the Classical Chinese Theater
Beijing and Kunqu opera performed by a troupe from
China’s prestigious National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts

8 p.m., Anderson Center Osterhout Concert Theater
Free Admission

For more information:
Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera (.pdf, 280kb)

Buddhist Treasures of Ithaca

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

A day trip to the Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University and Namgyal Monastery. The event is limited to 20 people, so please register soon! For more information, please download the PDF below.

Buddhist Treasures of Ithaca (.pdf, 80kb)

Vietnamese Literacy Class for Kids

For Vietnamese Children in Grades 2-5
Five Saturdays, Oct. 17-Nov. 14, 2009
10 a.m.-noon

The class will be taught by Mrs. Hanh Luong. Class size is limited to 20 children, please sign up by Oct. 5. A PDF with more information is available in both Vietnamese and English below.

Reading & Writing Vietnamese (English) (.pdf, 152kb)
Reading & Writing Vietnamese (Vietnamese) (.pdf, 284kb)

Song Of Silk at Binghamton University

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, 10 a.m.
Watters Theater, Binghamton University

For general information about the performance, please Click Here (.pdf, kb)
To order tickets, please download an order form (.pdf, 84kb)

The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Speaker Series Presents

Steven G. Yao, Associate Dean for Diversity Initiatives,
Hamilton College

March 20, 2009
2:30 p.m.
Student Lounge 206

Conference: The Problem of Asia in Turkey and Russia

April 17-18, 2009
Binghamton University

The Conference explores how Turkey and Russia, and their Ottoman and Czarist predecessors grappled with the Asian component of their identities and relationships. Organizers: John Chaffee, Heather DeHaan, Donald Quataert, Binghamton University

Panelists:

Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina
Victoria Clement, Western Carolina University
Arif Dirlik, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Megan Dixon, Independent Scholar
Selcuk Esenbel, Bosphorus University
Nathaniel Knight, Seton-Hall University
Jeff Sahadeo, Carleton University

Sponsors:

Harpur College Dean's Office
Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Department of German and Russian Studies
Department of History
Department of Sociology

For additional information about this conference Please click here