Sigur Center for Asian Studies
At the Elliott School of International Affairs
Benjamin Hopkins, Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies and Associate Professor of History & International Affairs at George Washington University, was quoted in the USA Today article “US-Taliban deal may be close, but future of Afghanistan remains bleak.” In it, he discusses President Trump’s actions regarding the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Read the full article here!
Gregg Brazinsky, Professor of History & International Affairs at George Washington University, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article “US-North Korea Talks Are Moving Decisively to the Diplomatic Phase.”
The views expressed are solely those of the speaker and not of the Sigur Center. In the spirit of open academic debate and dialogue, the Sigur Center shares and highlights the works of its affiliated faculty. However, the views expressed within articles and highlights are those of the faculty member and not of the Sigur Center.
Friday, February 1, 2019 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Rome Hall 459
801 22nd Street, NW
Washington District Of Columbia 20052
Co-hosted by the GW Department of East Asian Languages and Literature and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies.
What is time made of? We might balk at such a question, and reply that time is not made of anything—it is an abstract and universal phenomenon. But the time measurement practices of Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868)—practices rooted in a timekeeping system in which hours changed their lengths with the seasons—tell us otherwise. Exploring the logic of Tokugawa clockmakers who designed mechanical clocks that measured time in variable hours, this talk will show how concepts of time are rooted in very concrete images and tangible practices.
Dr. Yulia Frumer (Ph.D., Princeton) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of the book Making Time: Astronomical Time Measurement in Tokugawa Japan (University of Chicago Press, 2018).
Thursday, January 31, 2019 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Charles E. Smith Center – Colonials Club
600 22nd Street, NW, Washington, District Of Columbia 20052
You are cordially invited to celebrate the Year of the Pig with the GW community. This will be a wonderful opportunity to socialize and network with students, faculty, and community members with an interest in East Asia. Please join us for delicious food and entertaining student performances, as well as the lucky raffle for special prizes!
PROGRAM:
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Doors Open & Drinks
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Student Performances, Sponsor Remarks & Raffle Drawing
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Networking Reception & Hors d’Oeuvres
Many thanks to the following departments for their sponsorship.
SPONSORS:
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Lindner Family Commons Room 602
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
Satoshi Ikeuchi is a professor of Religion and Global Security at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo. He was a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2009 and Visiting Fellow at the Clare Hall University of Cambridge in 2010. He specializes in Middle East Politics and Arab-Islamic Thought. His publications include Islamukoku-no Shogeki (The Shock of the Islamic State) published in 2015 which was a nation-wide best selling book in Japan and awarded several prizes. He also published literary and critical essays in various journals and compiled them into a book Shomotsu-no Ummei (The Fate of Books) which was award Mainichi Book Review Prize in 2006.
Jon Alterman is a senior vice president, holds the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and is director of the Middle East Program at CSIS. Prior to joining CSIS in 2002, he served as a member of the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State and as a special assistant to the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs. He also previously served as an expert adviser to the Iraq Study Group (also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission). In addition to his policy work, he often teaches Middle Eastern studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the George Washington University.
Karen Young is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she focuses on the political economy of the Middle East, the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (best known as the GCC), and the Arabian Peninsula. She concurrently teaches courses on the international relations and economy of the Middle East at George Washington University and at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Donald Clarke, professor of law, commented on the death sentence given in China to a Canadian man for drug smuggling. Selected coverage includes:
The New York Times in the article “China Sentences a Canadian, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, to Death,’’ by Chris Buckley.
Reuters in the article “China condemns Trudeau’s remarks about Canadian’s death sentence,’’ by Michael Martina and Philip Wen.
The Los Angeles Times in the article “Canadian sentenced to death in China, escalating a bitter diplomatic row,’’ by Robyn Dixon. Note: This article appeared in additional publications including the Miami Herald.
Business Insider in the article “China sentenced a Canadian man to death in the latest escalation of the countries’ feud over Huawei,’’ by Alexandria Ma. Note: This article appeared in additional publications including the Seattle Post-intelligencer, the San Antonio Express-News and the Albany Times-Union.
Canada’s The Globe and Mail in the article “Trudeau says China acting ‘arbitrarily’ as Canadian sentenced to death on drug charges,’’ by Nathan Vanderklippe.
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and not of the Sigur Center. In the spirit of open academic debate and dialogue, the Sigur Center shares and highlights the works of its affiliated faculty. However, the views expressed within articles are those of the author and not of the Sigur Center.
Professors Edward McCord, Henry Nau and Ronald Spector have taught, researched and held administrative positions at the school for roughly 25, 45 and 30 years, respectively. Reuben Brigety, the dean of the Elliott School, said in a press release last week that the professors “leave an enduring legacy and will be sorely missed by colleagues and students.” Read the full article.
Sunday, December 2, 2018 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Harry Harding Auditorium
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, the Organization of Asian Studies, Permias DC, the Embassy of Indonesia, and the LA Indonesian Film Festival will conduct a “Sultan Agung” movie screening and discussion with Hanung Bramantyo (the producer) and Marthino Lio (the actor). This movie is nominated as the best movie in the Festival Film Indonesia (FFI) 2018.
Schedule of the Event:
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