The Center for Asian Studies presents:

"Graduate Student Forum”

October 12, 2010
4:00-6:30 p.m.
Humanities Gateway (HG), Room 1010

Program:

• 4:00 p.m.   "Sink or Swim: Towards Urban Environmental Governance in Coastal Bangkok" with Alexis Hickman, Planning, Policy, & Design and faculty respondent Joseph DiMento, Planning, Policy, and Design
• 4:20 p.m.    "Semi-Private: Capital Investments in the Chinese Economy" with Andrew Duncan, Sociology and faculty respondent David Smith, Sociology
• 4:40 p.m.    "Expo ’70: The Future Has Past" with Noritaka Minami, Studio Art and faculty respondent Simon Leung, Studio Art
• 5:00 p.m.    "Myths of Multilingualism and Translation in Manchukuo" with Kazuko Osada, East Asian Languages & Literatures and faculty respondent Jim Fujii, East Asian Language and Literature
• 5:20 p.m.    "Anti-Communist Plays in Taiwan" with Joy Li-Wen Wang, Drama and faculty respondent Bert Scruggs, East Asian Language and Literature
• 5:40 p.m.    "Migrants, Money, and Mobility: The Philippine Transnational Family in Transition" with Wayne Lalicon, Political Science and faculty respondent    Kamal Sadiq, Political Science
• 6:00 p.m.    "Between Foreign Workers and an Islamic State: The Rise of a Female Middle Class in Malaysia" with Sana Zaidi, Anthropology and faculty respondent Leo Chavez, Anthropology

Light refreshments will be available.  This event is free and open to the public. 
To RSVP, please email cas@uci.edu or call 949-824-2566.