Events
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The Asian Division Friend Society
Presents
A Symposium and A Special Exhibit on
Japanese Treasures at the Library of Congress
March 27, 2007 (Tuesday)
9:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Whittall Pavilion, Ground Floor, Jefferson Building
The Library of Congress
1st Street and Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC
Location:
Whittall Pavilion, Ground Floor, Jefferson Building
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2007 NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
Symposium
HIGHLIGHTS OF U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP: HISTORY, CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
The Asian Division of the Library of Congress and The Embassy of Japan are proud to present a symposium on the history of U.S.-Japan Cultural Exchange on Friday, April 6, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Featured speakers include esteemed violinist Ms. Midori Goto, Professor Naoyuki Agawa of Keio University and Professor Michael Auslin of Yale University. The symposium is free and open to the public (the Members Room, first floor, Jefferson Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C).
Location:
Members Room, LJ-162, Jefferson Building
description:
Discovering Library of Congress Chinese Collections
Press Release
Event: Chinese Highlights Tour of the Library of Congress
Date: Wednesday April 18, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Venue: Meet at Jefferson Building ground floor atrium
Registration: required
Cost: free and open to the public
Tour contact: Dr. Jeffrey Wang (202) 707-2932, jwan@loc.gov
General Asian Division Friends Society contact: Dr. Anchi Hoh, (202) 707-5673, adia@loc.gov
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You are cordially invited to a presentation
"Anarchist Democracy in Early Twentieth-Century Japan"
by Dr. Sho Konishi, Assistant Professor
Departments of History & East Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2007 Florence Tan Moeson Fellow
Location:
Asian Division Conference Room
description:
Hon. Chris Van Hollen, House of Representative
Asian Division of the Library of Congress
Asian Division Friends Society (ADFS)
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
Location:
The Members Room, LJ-162, 1st Floor, Jefferson Building
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Presentation: "Our Shared Responsibility: Protection of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in China"
by Mr. Wenzhang Wang, President, The Chinese Academy of Arts
Location:
Whittall Pavilion
description:
The 2007 Annual Meeting and Spring Program of the Greater Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Chinese American Librarians Association will be held at the Library of Congress on April 25, 2007. This event is co-sponsored by the Asian Division of the Library.
Location:
Mary Pickford Theater, Madison Building
description:
Distinguished historian Ying-shih Yu, recipient of the 2006 John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity, will speak at two separate events at the Library of Congress on April 24 and April 26.
On April 24 at 9:30 A.M., Yu will speak on the current debate within the Chinese Communist Party over the roles democracy, tradition, Confucianism, and Maoism play in reinterpreting China’s history in light of the development of modern society and a burgeoning economy in a talk titled “China rediscovers its own history.” Robert G. Sutter, distinguished specialist in Asian and Pacific Affairs and American foreign policy, will act as moderator.
Location:
LJ-119, Jefferson Building
