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Music, Performance Practice, and Ideology of the Chinese Seven-stringed Zither guqin

SEP
28

Music Building ROom 36, September 28, 2009
4:30 pm

The Chinese seven-stringed zither, guqin 古琴, is perhaps one of the oldest instruments in Chinese culture. Known to be an instrument of the scholars and literati, the guqin was associated with Confucian...

Roundtable: The People's Republic of China at 60

SEP
29

Tokioka Room (Moore 319), September 29, 2009
3:00 pm

On October 1, 2009, the People’s Republic of China will celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of its founding. This roundtable brings together three scholars from different disciplines who will each discuss...

Shanghai Network: Reconsidering the Economic Order in Late Nineteenth Century East Asia

OCT
12

Tokioka Room (Moore 319), October 12, 2009
3:00 pm

Information forthcoming. Information forthcoming. All listed events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Daniel Tschudi, 956-8891, e-mail: dtschudi@hawaii.edu

In Search of Allah's Chinese Name

OCT
20

Tokioka Room (Moore 319), October 20, 2009
3:00 pm

Muslims have lived in China for over 1,200 years, and yet the Qur’ ān was not translated into Chinese in its entirety until 1927—by a non-Muslim! During the first millennium of Islam in China, Muslims...

Riding out the Economic Doldrums: The Hong Kong Story

OCT
21

Moot Courtroom, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law\n2515 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822, October 21, 2009
5:00 pm - 5:00 pm

A dynamic lecture on Hong Kong’s latest developments (after the reunification with the Mainland China in 1997), measures to stimulate the economic performance amid the global economic turmoil, as well...

China's New Labor & Employment Laws and the Three "S's:" Stresses, Straings, and Significance

OCT
27

Tokioka Room (Moore 319), October 27, 2009
3:00 pm

Continued economic prosperity in China and its international competitive advantage have been due in large part to the labor of workers in China, who for many years toiled in under-regulated workplaces....