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Fall 2012 Course: Korean Literatures in Translation
Korean Literatures in Translation: Local and Global Connections AMES 272S Tuesdays 3:05-5:35 pm Professor Nayoung Aimee Kwon This course examines literary and filmic texts from the early-20th century to contemporary North and South Koreas. Readings and discussions will be contextualized in global, regional, and local histories and geopolitics. The course…
A Zen Lecture: April 27
"Seasons Are The Reason: The Chinese Poetry Collection of Japanese Zen Master Dōgen" Dr. Steven Heine (Professor of Religious Studies, Florida International University) April 27, 2012 5:00 pm 0012 Westbrook Building, Duke University Sponsored by the East Asian Religions Cluster, the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and the…
"They Are Flying" documentary screening: April 17
Free documentary screening presented by Cine East: East Asian Cinema Series April 17th 7 pm Griffith Film Theater In the summer of 2006, a group of disadvantaged youths accomplished a remarkable feat by completing a 1000-kilometer trip around the island on unicycles. Many of the boys have been victims of…
"An Exposure of Affected Hospital" documentary screening: April 16
Free documentary screening as part of Cine East: East Asian Cinema Series April 16th 7 pm Griffith Film Theater In April 2003, there was a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak at Heping Hospital in Taiwan. According to a government report, there were over 600 people affected and 71 deaths.…
Sanskrit Courses Coming Fall 2012
What is the 'Language of the Gods'? Sanskrit For some 2,000 years the major language of India's sacred scriptures, philosophy, intellectual history, literature, arts, and sciences Coming to Duke in Fall 2012 Sanskrit 101, 102, & 203 (AMES/Religion) Instructor: Rich Freeman jrf15@duke.edu
K-Pop as Translingual Performance: April 12
Joowon Suh (Princeton University) "Styling English in K-Pop" Increased use of English in Korean pop music has become highly localized, intriguingly hybridized, and distinctively styled. Songs released between 2006 and 2011 are examined for various aspects of English mixin...g, at the lexical, syntactic, and phonological levels. A wide range…
