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Student internship opportunity - Shanghai world expo - deadline extended to November 15, 2009
Shanghai Expo 2010
USA Pavilion
Student Ambassadorships
In cooperation with the USA Pavilion, the USC U.S.-China Institute will select 160 undergraduate and graduate students to serve as student ambassadors at next year's Shanghai Expo. These students will work with the millions of visitors, including the many business and government delegations who will visit and discuss the displays addressing the technologies and strategies needed to address the challenges associated with building better cities and improving lives. These student ambassadors will also assist with the hundreds of talks, screenings, panel discussions, and performances that will be offered at the USA Pavilion.
Students selected for the program will receive training, airfare, housing, and a stipend to cover meals and local transportation. Student ambassadors will serve in Shanghai from April 15 to July 31 or July 15 to October 31, 2010. (We know this is a poor fit for academic calendars, but the Expo schedule requires it.)
Details about the program and the minimum qualifications required of applicants are available at:
http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=1838
Applicants must be currently enrolled college students and be US citizens or permanent residents. They can be enrolled in any college or university (including schools in China). They must have completed at least two years of Chinese (or possess an equivalent level of competency). The Institute and Pavilion are committed to recruiting a diverse group of students. Students from all disciplines, backgrounds, and regions are encouraged to apply.
All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be submitted online on or before November 15, 2009. Students will be notified of selection decisions in December.
For additional information:
USC U.S.-China Institute http://china.usc.edu
USA Pavilion http://www.usapavilion2010.com
Shanghai Expo 2010 http://en.expo2010.cn
Please share this announcement with others who may be interested.
Application details: http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=1838
Online application: http://china.usc.edu/register
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EALC has Two Winners of Joyce Award for Undergraduate Teaching
Sylvia Lin Noriko Hanabusa
Two of the Department’s professors, Noriko Hanabusa and Sylvia Lin, have been awarded the prestigious Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C. Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
This award was established in 2007 to recognize faculty members who have had a profound influence on undergraduate students through sustained exemplary teaching. More than 160 students and faculty submitted nominations for this year’s awards, and an interdisciplinary faculty committee made the selection.
In receiving this award Professor Hanabusa, whose teaches Japanese, and Professor Lin, who teaches Chinese literature and multi-media courses, are being recognized for outstanding careers of stellar undergraduate teaching.
In addition to the cash prize that accompanies this award, each recipient will be individually honored at the graduation ceremony on May 17, 2009. Cheers and Congratulations to both!
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Howard Goldblatt Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
By Katie Louvat
Howard Goldblatt, research professor of Chinese and interim director of the Center
for Asian Studies, was awarded a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship to translate Tanxiang Xing, a novel by the Chinese novelist Mo Yan.
For 85 years, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has been appointing fellows for their stellar achievement and exceptional promise for continued accomplishment. This year, the foundation awarded 180 fellowships to artists, scientists, and scholars. The successful candidates were chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants.
The foundation first offered fellowships in the field of translation in 2008. Goldblatt is one of two scholars to receive a fellowship in that field in 2009. He expects to complete his Mo Yan project by summer 2010.
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Preparing Americans for China-related careers: The Ohio State
University Chinese Flagship Program
The Chinese Flagship Program is a graduate-level language program unrivaled in its ability to integrate Americans into Chinese work, academic, and social environments. The program leads to a Master of Arts in East Asian Languages and Literatures with a concentration in Advanced Chinese Language and Culture. Its innovative two-year curriculum combines intensive classroom training, individualized domain-specific tutoring, one-on-one personalized language instruction, and a ten to twelve month work and study immersion assignment.
Full graduate fellowships for the Chinese Flagship Program are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and administered by The Language Flagship. (www.flagshipfellowships.org)
Students in the Chinese Flagship Program achieve the Federal standard for professional language proficiency (ILR Level 3) and have gone on to pursue careers with government agencies such as NASA, NSA, Department of Defense; international consulting and real estate firms; and international non-profit organizations.
All undergraduate students interested in a China-related career are welcome to attend this session. The meeting will be hosted by Patrick Longenbaker, 2006 graduate of Notre Dame and a recent graduate of the Chinese Flagship Program. Patrick is currently working with the Flagship Program and was recently hired as an International Program Specialist with NASA's Office of External Relations.
For more information about the Chinese Flagship Program, please contact Patrick Longenbaker (longenbaker.3@osu.edu) or visit chineseflagship.osu.edu
From Class to Career: Opportunities in Asia for ND Undergraduates
Program:
I. Undergraduate Opportunities while still at Notre Dame
Study abroad
1. Office of International Studies
Hong Zhu
Phone 631-3229
152 Hurley
zhu.6@nd.edu
a. Semester and Year long ND programs through OIS, including:
CIEE programs in Beijing and Shanghai, CUHK, Japan: Sophia and Nanzan
http://www.nd.edu/~ois/
b. Summer programs through OIS: Fu-Jen University and
Summer Language Grants: http://www.nd.edu/~sumlang/ for languages taught at ND
Jonathan Noble
Provost’s Office, 505 Main
631-1768
jnoble@nd.edu
c. Off- Campus Summer programs for languages taught at Notre Dame, but not handled through OIS
Suggested Summer Programs for Chinese and Japanese Language Learning:
Courses taken at any of these sites will come in as a transfer credit.
Chinese:
Princeton in Beijing Summer Chinese Language Program
http://www.princeton.edu/~pib/
Columbia University Summer Language Program in Beijing
http://www.edvisors.com/Detailed/International/Universities/
Columbia_University_Summer_Language_Program_in_Beijing_5666.html
Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Study at Tsinghua (IUP)
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/iup/
Middlebury (summer programs in Chinese and Japanese)
http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls
Korean:
Sogang University’s Korean Studies Summer Program
http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/goabroad/english/korean/summer.htm
Japanese:
Hokkaido International Foundation (summer program in Japanese)
http://hif.or.jp/en/
http://.hif.or.jp/en/program/jj10a-c.html#a
Hokkaido International Foundation (in Hakodate City)
http://www.hif.or.jp/en/program/index.html
Middlebury College Japanese School
http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/japanese
Princeton in Ishikawa (in Kanazawa City)
http://www.princeton.edu/~pii
d. Summer grants for languages not taught at ND administered through the Center for Asian Studies. See website: Asian Summer Language Grant
http://www.nd.edu/~cas/
B. Research Grants and Internships for ND Students
1. Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA)
Agustin Fuentes
101 O’Shaughnessy
631-7531 or 631-7530
a. Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROPS):
http://isla.nd.edu/undergraduate-research/about/
or
base.1@nd.edu
2. Kellogg Institute
Holly Rivers
631-6023
130 Hesburgh Center
a. Kellogg/Kroc Undergraduate Research Grants:
http://kellogg.nd.edu/students/grants/index.shtml
b. Internships in Asia
http://kellogg.nd.edu/students/intership/index.shtml
c. Experiencing the World Fellowships, for Freshmen and Sophomores
http://kellogg.nd.edu/students/etw/index.shtml
C. Service, Internships, and Careers:
Center for Social Concerns:
Andrea Smith Shappell
631-7867
138 Center for Social Concern
shappell.1@nd.edu
a. Summer Service Learning Opportunities: Domestic & International
http://socialconcerns.nd.edu/academic/summer/SSP.shtml
b. Other post-graduate service opportunities or careers
3. Career Center
a. Internships:
1. State Department’s Student Internships. Information about the program can be found at the following link:
http://careers.state.gov/students/programs.html.
The deadline is Nov. 3.
b. Association for Asian Studies (AAS) website: http://www.aasianst.org/
(See student pages on the left column)
3. International Student Association
D. Teaching English in Asia
a. Jonathan Noble
a. Colorado China Council. A number of ND graduates have participated in the program.
Professors Lionel Jensen, Howard Goldblatt, Susan Blum, and Sylvia Lin are all on the council’s board.
http://www.asiacouncil.org/
b. JET program
II. Post-Graduate Opportunities
A. Fellowships:
Fulbrights, Marshalls, Rhodes, etc.
1. ISLA: Agustin Fuentes, 631-7531
B. Graduate School:
1.Office for Undergraduate Studies, Vicki Toumayan 631-8636
a. Graduate School
FAQ http://al.nd.edu/academic-advising-and-requirements/grad-school-advising/faq.cfm
2. Professor Deborah Shamoon, EALC
C. Careers in Asia:
1. Career Center:
Susanne Thorup
631-4061
248 Flanner Hall
Career Opportunities for East Asian Language Majors
What Can You Do With Your Degree?
Government
Translation
Teaching
International Relations
Journalism/Broadcasting
Linguistics
Diplomacy
Civil Service
Foreign Service
Immigration/Naturalization
Armed Forces
Customs
Arts, Media, Entertainment
Advertising
Translation/Interpretation
Journalism/Broadcasting
Publishing/Editing
Important skills for Foreign Language Majors:
Research and Data Analysis
Cultural Sensitivity and Social
Adaptability
Notre Dame Career Center Online Library:
The Career Center has assembled a comprehensive Online Library providing Notre Dame students access to top notch resources. Some of these resources have been purchased by The Career Center and require a Notre Dame NetID and Password.
Job & Internship Databases:
Go IRISH
UCAN
JobCentral.com
Internships.com
Uniworld
CareerShift
Asian Specific Links:
The Japan Exchange and Teaching
http://www.jetprogramme.org/
http://www.mofa.go.jp/jinfo/visit/ jet/index.html
Council on East Asian Libraries
http://eastasianlib.org
Japanese Listed Companies
mizuho-sc.com/ english/ ebond/companies/ list.html
Job Searching: Asia Guide Picks
jobsearch.about.com/cs/asia
Scholarly and Linguistic Resources on Chinese
darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Eeall/EALLlinks.html
Asian-Jobs: Jobs for Bilinguals who
Speak English and Asian Languages
http://www.asianjobs.com
Asian Summer Language Grant
http:/ / nd.edu/ ~cas/ links/ grants.htm
The Nambu Foundation Internship Program
http://www.Nambufound.com
Also visit the career center’s Internships in the following fields page for addiction opportunities:
http://www.careercenter.nd.edu/
http://careercenter.nd.edu/for-undergrads/internships/internships-in-the-following-fields
Industry and Commerce
Translation/Interpretation
Customs
Banking
Sales
Manufacturing
Market Research
Consulting
Imports/Exports
Travel/Tourism
Translation/Interpretation
Hospitality Industry
Scientific and Professional
Computer Science
Engineering
Law
Medicine
Library Science
Service and Education
Translation/Interpretation
Teaching
Educational Administration
Linguistics
Civil Service
Social Work
Library Science
Health Services
Communications
Advertising
Marketing
Public Relations
Travel/Tourism
Translation/Interpretation
Hospitality Industry
Computer Literacy
Networking
Leadership
Problem-Solving
Oral and Written Communication
Articulate Communications
Memorization and Organization
Career and Internship Links:
National Job Network
http://www.nationjob.com
The Peace Corps
peacecorps.gov
The United Nations
un.org
The American Enterprise Institute
aei.org
Department of State
state.gov
Internships and Volunteer Work
http://www.campusaccess.com/welcome.html
Cultural Experiences Abroad
gowithcea.com
Opportunities in Human Rights and Development
webcom.com/ hrin/ worktrav.html
The Career Center Global Internships Initiative:
The Career Center is pleased to have the opportunity to provide a limited number of internship expense funding opportunities for Notre Dame students. Internships are important opportunities for students to gain experience and training related to their career and academic interests. A successful internship should contain a learning component and a greater understanding of the organization and the industry within which the internship takes place. The Career Center recommends students participate in internships to help clarify their career decisions.
Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes - State Department
Sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers(CAORC), the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will offer intensive summer language institutes overseas in eleven critical need foreign languages for summer 2009. The CLS Program was launched in 2006 to offer intensive overseas study in the critical need foreign languages of Arabic, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu. In 2007, Chinese, Korean, Persian, and Russian institutes were added along with increased student capacity in the inaugural language institutes.
For additional information see
http://www.clscholarship.org
IASTE United States
http://www.aipt.org/ programs
Intern Abroad
http://www.InternAbroad.com
USAID
http://www.usaid.gov
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
ccfr.org
Top Language Jobs
toplanguagejobs.co.uk
Foreign Policy Association
fpa.org
Non-Profit Jobs Database
Idealist.org
One Small Planet
onesmallplanet.com
Overseas Employment Opportunities
escapeartist.com/ jobs/ overseas1.htm
Overseas Jobs
overseasjobs.com
Living and Working Overseas
livingabroad.com
International Language Job Center
europa-pages.com/ jobs
Bilingual Jobs
http://www.bilingual-jobs.com
CDS International
CDSintl.org
American Translators Association
atanet.org
The Riley Guide International Resources
rileyguide.com/ internat.html
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2008-09 World Music Ensemble – Open to students
In line with the music and culture emphasis of the department of music and the university’s call for programs aimed at promoting cultural diversity, we will be offering students the opportunity to play in a non-western music ensemble. In 2008/2009, we will be starting a Chinese percussion ensemble utilizing Chinese clappers, Buddhist prayer drums, cymbals, gongs and the Japanese taiko drum. We will explore repertoire, composed specifically for Chinese percussion instruments, which has won China’s national percussion competitions.
Rehearsals will be held weekly on Mondays from 12:50 to 1:40 pm at Room 115 Crowley. Spaces are limited. Interested participants should email Professor Stephanie Ng at sng1@nd.edu as soon as possible to secure a place in the ensemble.
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Sweatshirt Sales!!!
Alumni and Students – take this opportunity to show your spirit and promote the program. For $20 plus shipping ($5.00), you, too, can look as good as model Rachel Donovan, chair of the East Asian Languages and Cultures Student Advisory Committee.
To order: send your name, sweatshirt size, $25 in cash, and mailing address to
Joan Rhoads
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
205 O’Shaughnessy
Notre Dame, IN 46556
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Past Events:
Prof. Laurence Kominz of Portland State University, will give a lecture on Mishima Yukio's plays.
Monday, October 27
5:30-6:30 pm
116 DeBartolo
Prof. Kominz has published two books on kabuki theater, Avatars of Vengeance (1995) and The Stars Who Created Kabuki (1997). His latest book is, Mishima on Stage: The Black Lizard and other Plays (2008). The lecture will focus on the plays translated in the book and be accompanied by videos from performances.
All are invited to attend to the lecture.
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Japan Club and East Asian Languages & Cultures has invited Ms. Yoko Kawamura, an experienced instructor of Japanese tea ceremony to come to Notre Dame to teach the intricacies of the ceremony.
The site shown is an example of the traditional tea ceremony.
http://www.holymtn.com/tea/Japanesetea.htm
Time: 12:00-2:00PM(not confirmed yet)
Place: Coleman Morse Lounge
Activities: Eat Japanese lunch (sushi), snacks, traditional desserts
Learn about and experience traditional tea ceremony
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Korean Alphabet Day and Korean Thanksgiving holiday
Professors of East Asian Languages & Cultures, Seung-Gook Yang and Jung-Hyuck Lee are very happy to announce their very first Korean cultural event.
You are cordially invited to celebrate Korean Alphabet Day and Korean Thanksgiving holiday.
Date: October 11, 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 4pm-6pm
Place: Coleman Morse Lounge
Activities:
(i) Learning about Korean alphabet and its history
(ii) Making Songpyun (Korean traditional rice cake)
(iii) Making Kimchi
(iv) Tasting Korean traditional food.
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Wednesday October 2
5:30PM
DBRT 240.
Students gathered to learn about the JET Program
http://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jic/JET.html
A former JET teacher and alumni of the EALC Japanese program, (Gavin Hagens) did a presentation. JET is a wonderful opportunity to work and teach English in Japan
Past Events:
On Friday, April 18, 2008, the first Chinese Speech Contest was successfully held in DeBartolo Hall.
Thirty-five students participated in the First Annual Chinese Speech contest. They competed in four categories by level: 1st Year Students; 2nd Year Students; Advanced Students (3rd, 4th, and Advanced Chinese classes), and Heritage Speakers. Some of the students used speeches they had written. Others used song lyrics or internet articles.
Students Celebrate the Year of the Pig
Everyone loves a reason to throw a party, and for the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC), there’s no better time than the Lunar New Year. In early February, a crowd of over 150 people celebrated the Year of the Pig at the largest Asian New Year Festival on campus.
From 101 DeBartolo to the Chinese Countryside
Notre Dame students have long studied in China through an affiliated program, the Center for International Educational Exchange, in order to improve their command of Mandarin and learn alongside Chinese university students. Yet they still wanted a distinctly Notre Dame experience of the country.
Spring 2008 Film Event
What: Tibetan Film Festival
Why: To learn and discuss the history of the conflict between Tibet and China.
Tibetan Film Festival – April 16-18 (Wednesday-Friday)
Have you seen the recent protests in Tibet against the Chinese government? Interested in learning about it? Want to learn more about the boycotting of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the protests over the Olympic torch relay? Learn about these hot topics at The University of Notre Dame’s first Tibetan. Film Festival that was held from April 17th-19th, 2008. Three movies were screened followed by discussions led by Notre Dame Professors. These were award-winning and powerful films as you fly to the “rooftop of the world” on the wings of compassion. This was inspirational.
The festival was hosted by the Center for Asian Studies and The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. It is co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures as well as the Kroc Institute for Peace Studies.
Films that were shown:
1) Wednesday April 16th, 2008, 8pm at DeBartolo 126
Cry of the Snow Lion (2003) Directed by Tom Peosay
Discussion: Chinese Nationalism and the media.
Mediator: Professor Susan Blum
2) Thursday April 17th, 2008, 8pm at DeBartolo 126
Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama (1993) Directed by Michael Lemle
Discussion: Current Events, 2008 Beijing Olympics and US involvement.
Mediator: Professor Lionel Jensen
3) Friday April 18th, 2008, 8pm at DeBartolo 126
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2006) Directed by Rick Ray
Discussion: Conflict and Peace building in Tibet and China
Mediator: Professor Peter Moody
Other Past Events:
Asian Film Festival took place March 27-29 at Browning Cinema,
Debartolo Performing Arts Center, University of Notre Dame.
On the festival schedule click on the drop down menu to film at the center top of the page to see the film information for the event.
Festival Schedule
Event Poster
Event Trailer
2007 News
ND Asian program growing
Excerpt from the ND SMC Observer
Over the past several years, student interest in Asian Studies has grown - prompting the University to expand its academic offerings in the subject. Notre Dame's connection to Asia began nearly 30 years ago, as University President Emeritus Father Theodore Hesburgh traveled there to create a stable interconnection and exchange with academics in China.
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Notre Dame professor’s book examines Taiwanese atrocity
By: Gail Hinchion Mancini
Date: January 22, 2008
In 1947, an anti-government uprising in northern Taiwan led to the slaughter of some 20,000 citizens and contributed to a 40-year period of government suppression that effectively buried knowledge of the incident until martial law ended in 1987.
How the uprising re-entered the public consciousness through literature and film is examined in a new book by Sylvia Lin, assistant professor of East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Notre Dame. Called “Representing Atrocity in Taiwan: The 2/28 Incident and White Terror in Fiction and Film,” it is published by Columbia University Press.
A native of Taiwan, Lin has first-hand experience of living in a totalitarian state, exemplified by the era known as White Terror. During the 40 years of martial law, the government effectively suppressed challenge by arresting and imprisoning dissidents and by instilling a pervasive fear in the citizenry. The bloodiest of these acts occurred around Feb. 28, 1947, a melee that began when government agents harassed a woman who was selling untaxed, black market cigarettes.
Fearing retribution, Lin’s parents’ generation refused to discuss the 2/28 incident even in private. Unlike the Jews in the Holocaust or the Japanese who survived Hiroshima, Lin’s generation grew up unaware of this national tragedy.
The subsequent awakening provides a case study on the lasting cultural impact of atrocities, particularly as they are portrayed in literature and film. Drawing on abundant Holocaust scholarship of atrocity and trauma, Lin analyzes Taiwanese and Chinese literature and post-martial law cinema and identifies emotional and reflective patterns that appear across cultures.
Time is needed to support an environment in which art turns from themes such as anger or victimization to those that honor the sacrifice of the dead and grasp the tragedy of human suffering. However, Lin’s book cautions, the process demands judicious deliberation to avoid a reversal of interpretive tyranny after a regime change.
A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 2002, Lin teaches modern and contemporary Chinese literature, film and culture. Her research interests include Western missionaries and Chinese women, women and new culture in early 20th century China, language and identity in Taiwan, and narrative theory. She earned her doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.
Passion for Japanese Poetry Leads to NEH Recognition
“Kannon assumes thirty-three forms to mingle in our uncertain world. By our passions does she lead us, and with compassion teach us, using love as a bridge to enlightenment that we may cross and be saved.”
With these words, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, an early modern Japanese playwright, concludes the prelude to The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, the first of his “"contemporary-life plays" for the puppet theatre.
The play tells the tragic tale of Tokubei, who disgraces his family by refusing an arranged marriage. In the final tragic scene, he and his love, Ohatsu, who is a prostitute, escape into the woods and commit suicide.
“The description of their journey to the woods, sung by a chanter in the puppet theatre, begins with one of the most beautiful passages in the Japanese language,” says Michael Brownstein, associate professor of Japanese and a 2007 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship recipient. “This play has become one of the most popular plays in the Kabuki repertoire as well as the Bunraku (puppet) theatre in Japan.”
