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Descriptiop:  “The Only Game in Town: Early Buddhist Translations Into Chinese” WHEN: September 15, 2016 @ 5:00 pm WHERE: Miller Learning Center, Room 248 COST: Free Haun Saussy is University Professor at the University of Chicago, teaching in the departments of comparative literature and East Asian languages as well as the Committee on Social Thought. His work uses a comparative perspective to interrogate literary texts…

Special Lecture by Nasim Fekrat Descriptiop: What Drives China’s Growing Attention to Afghanistan? ♣ Time: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 1:30 PM ♣ Place: 348 MLC, UGA ♣ Nasim Fekrat is - Afghanistan’s most well-known blogger - Editor of the Afghan Lord Blog - Director of the Association of Afghan Blog Writers (AABW)

Japanese Sake Lecture and Tasting ♣ Time: November 10, 2015 5:30 p.m. ♣ Place: Georgia Museum of Art Japanese sake master Maiko Tsuji of Gozenshu Tsuji Honten Sake Brewery was visiting UGA to give a talk on Japanese sake, followed by a tasting of sake imported from her brewery. Gozenshu Tsuji Honten Sake Company was established in 1804 to provide sake to the household of Lord Miura, daimyo of Okayama prefecture. Okayama prefecture is known for…

Venerable Sungak of Buddhanara Temple visited Professor Hyangsoon Yi's Odyssey Seminar Class ("From Entertainment to Enlightenment: Buddhism in Film") on November 9, 2015 and gave a special lecture on Korean Buddhist Monasticism

Hyangsoon Yi, Director of CAS had a special lecture and had a Q-&-A session with audience after her lecture. The Samurai and Zen Buddhism ♣ Speaker:  Hyangsoon Yi     Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, UGA     Director, Center for Asian Studies ♣ Time: Thursday, October 29, 2015, 2 P.M.  ♣ Place: Georgia Museum of Art, UGA

Free Films at the Georgia Museum of Art on the UGA East Campus 90 Carlton Stree, Athens, 706.542.4662. Georgiamuseum.org ♣ Time: OCTOBER 29, 2015 - December 03, 2015 ♣ Place: Georgia Museum of Art

The Samurai Exhibition ♣ Time: OCTOBER 24, 2015 - JANUARY 03, 2016 ♣ Place: Georgia Museum of Art Click to see the more information about the Samurai Exhibition.

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Series of Colloquium in Asian Studies Special Lecture by Rongbin Han Center for Asian Studies held the third colloquium at 102 Miller Learning Center on September 23rd, 2015. Dr. Rongbin Han had a special lecture and had a Q-&-A session with audience after his lecture. Combating Corruption Online: Citizen Participation and State Responses in China ♣ Speaker:  Rongbin Han Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs…

Asian Film Studies: The Land of Many Palaces CAS launched Asian Film Series at 214 Miller Learning Center on April 1, 2015 . The inaugural film chosen for this new series was The Land of Many Palaces, a documentary made in 2014 by Ting Song and Adam James Smith. (The official trailer is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz8ONgXS1T8&noredirect=1) Co-director Adam Smith attended this event and had a Q-&-A…