The spring 2016 edition of the Asian Theatre Journal includes the following works:
The Cross Currents of Modern Theatre and China’s National Theatre Movement of 1925–1926 Siyuan Liu
The Eternal Thread: Gunsam Lee’s First Play in English
Wook-Dong Kim Continue reading “Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 33, no. 1 (2016)”
University of Hawai’i Press is pleased to announce that Press journal editor Roger Ames has been recognized for his expertise in Chinese philosophy as a recipient of the Huilin Culture Award. Ames, the editor of Philosophy East and West, recently ended his tenure as editor of China Review International over a decade after founding the publication, and accepted the award in Beijing on February 27.
UH News announced the award:
The award committee cited Professor Ames’ extensive work in comparative philosophy, research on Chinese philosophy and his publications on Confucianism, including The Chinese Classic of Family Reverence, Sun Tzu: The Art of War, and a philosophical translation of the Daodejing. Many of his titles have become classics in the study of Chinese philosophy.
Selections of poetry from the winter 2015 volume MĀNOA: The Colors of Dawn: Twentieth Century Korean Poetry were read aloud twice in as many days in February with sponsorship by the UH-Manoa Center for Korean Studies, Literature Translation Institute of Korea, and UH-Manoa English Department.
Continue reading “Korean Poetry Featured at Two MĀNOA Events”
The latest edition of the National Foreign Language Resource Center’s free and open-access journal Language Documentation & Conservation volume 10 contains the following scholarly works:
Chirila: Contemporary and Historical Resources for the Indigenous Languages of Australia Claire Bowern, 1
Language Acquisition and Language Revitalization William O’Grady & Ryoko Hattori, 45
Continue reading “Language Documentation & Conservation, vol. 10 (2016)”
The Hawaiian Historical Society will present an illustrated presentation as part of the launch of their new issue, The Hawaiian Journal of History Volume 49.
Ronald Williams Jr. PhD will discuss his article, “Race, Power, and the Dilemma of Democracy: Hawai‘i’s First Territorial Legislature, 1901,” this Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. at Kapiʻolani Community College, Hale ʻŌhiʻa. The event is free and open to the public.
A program flyer details the event:
The struggle over political power in Hawaiʻi did not end with the American takeover in 1898. In the territorial election of 1900, Kanaka Maoli men and women, in a matter of less than six months, organized a new political party, campaigned against an oligarchic government supported by wealthy business interests, and achieved a convincing victory at the polls. What was the outcome of that legislature and why was this active display of Native leadership ignored by historians for over a century?
The Hawaiian Journal of History Volume 49 is available digitally via Project MUSE and print issues can be ordered through the University of Hawai’i Press.
Bitter Songs and Poetic Images: An Introduction to Susan Bush’s “Mi Youren’s and Sima Huai’s Joint Poetry Illustrations”
Jerome Silbergeld, available only online
Mi Youren’s and Sima Huai’s Joint Poetry Illustrations
Susan Bush, 97
Figuring Salvation: The Hōryūji Clay Sūtra Tableaux
Akiko Walley, 119
Habitat Dioramas: Liu Kuiling’s Animal Paintings in Republican-Era Tianjin
Lisa Claypool, 165
‘‘A Simultaneous Validity of Co-Existing Cultures’’: J. Swaminathan, the Bharat Bhavan, and Contemporaneity
Katherine Hacker, 191
Obituary: John M. Rosenfield (1924–2013)
Yoshiaki Shimizu, 211
New Acquisitions: Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2012–2013, 215
Continue reading “Archives of Asian Art, vol. 64, no. 2 (2014)”
The Journal of World History volume 26 number 1 features the following articles by world history scholars:
Continue reading “Journal of World History, vol. 26, no. 1 (2015)”
This issue of MĀNOA (27-2), The Colors of Dawn: Twentieth Century Korean Poetry features selected works of poetry, curated by guest editors Brother Anthony of Taizé and Chung Eun-Gwi, that speak for the present and foreshadow the nation’s future. Voices from the era of burgeoning modern Korean poetry touch on resistance to Japanese occupation, liberation and the Cold War, dictatorial rule, and democratic renewal from the following poets:
Continue reading “The Colors of Dawn: Twentieth-Century Korean Poetry (MANOA 27-2)”
Distributed for Jōsai International Center for the Promotion of Art and Science, Jōsai University
The Review of Japanese Culture and Society, volume 27 is a special issue to honor the memory and contributions of Kyoko Selden.
This special issue edited by Alisa Freedman includes many of Kyoko Selden’s finest translations, including some not previously published. They reveal the range and depth of Kyoko’s interests and knowledge. Her interpretations of modern literature, of writings about the atomic bomb, and of fiction and poetry by women writers, are well known—but her translations of the fourteenth-century Taiheiki: The Chronicle of Great Peace and the Tokugawa era Hinin Taiheiki: The Paupers’ Chronicle of Peace, published for the first time in this issue, reveal her sure grasp of the classical canon as well. The power of Kyoko’s translation work, her ability to bring a new text into being, and the subtle creativity of her expression, are hallmarks of her achievements.
1 In Remembrance of Kyoko Selden
Mizuta Noriko, 1
2 Remembering Kyoko Selden
Brett de Bary, 3
3 Introduction to the Special Issue in Honor of Kyoko Selden
Alisa Freedman, 6
Continue reading “Review of Japanese Culture and Society, vol. 27 (2015)”
Urdu literature icon Intizar Husain has been called “the greatest living writer in the Urdu language, a living legend, and Pakistan’s chronicler of change.” As the world reflects on his literary legacy following his death on Feb. 2, we share the recent MANOA journal, Story is a Vagabond, that showcases his work.
Story is a Vagabond (MANOA 27-1) features the short fiction, drama, and essays by Husain. On Feb.12, Majula Padmanabhan* wrote a charming review of the issue and tribute to Husain in the Hindu Business Line.
“The stories speak of a time when India and Pakistan shared the language of thought,” Padmanabhan says to the not-really-tame raccoon featured in her column. “There are little chips of humour scattered throughout, like mica glittering in sand.”
Continue reading “Husain’s literary legacy, a not-really tame raccoon, and compelling miniatures”
