Year of China Film Series: The Other Half

Year of China Film Series: The Other Half

This film portrays the life of a law clerk, Xiaofen, living in a Chinese industrial town. The film alternates between true stories told by Xiaofen’s clients and Xiaofen’s own narrative, a glimpse into the contemporary lives of women living in China’s inland. This film is being shown as a part of Year of China: awaken the past, discover the future.

6-7:40pm, Tuesday, April 17

Whitehall Classroom Building room 118

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Year of China Film Series: The Warriors of Quigang

Year of China Film Series: The Warriors of Quigang

This film tells the story of farmer Zhang Gongli and his fight to shut down the chemical plant polluting his home. Zhang encounters threats from local thugs, rallies fellow villagers, and travels to Beijing to attend a meeting of China’s emerging environmental movement. The Warriors of Quigang was released in 2010 by director Ruby Yang. This is a film being shown as a part of Year of China: awaken the past, discover the future

6-7:40 pm, Tuesday, March 27

Whitehall Classroom Building room 118

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Year of China Film Series: Dreams of Tibet

Year of China Film Series: Dreams of Tibet

This one-hour documentary is a part of the PBS series FRONTLINE which examines the United States’ fascination with Tibet. It explores Tibetan Buddhism while providing a brief survey of Tibetan history. This is a film being shown as a apart of Year of China: awaken the past, discover the future.

Tuesday, March 20

6-7:40pm

Whitehall Clasroom Building room 118

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Year of China Lecture Series: Chinese Musical Instruments: Then and Now - Dr. Kuo-Huang Han

Year of China Lecture Series: Chinese Musical Instruments: Then and Now

A lecture and demonstration

 

Dr. Kuo-Huang Han, Emeritus Professor, Northern Illinois University, and Adjunct Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Kentucky

 

3:30pm

Friday, March 30, 2012

Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library

 

Sponsored by: UK Libraries, UK School of Music: Musicology and Ethnomusicology Division, UK College of Fine Arts and the University of Kentucky Confucius Institute

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Year of China Lecture Series: The Increasing Role of China in Global Food Security - Shenggen Fan

Year of China Lecture Series: The Increasing Role of China in Global Food Security

Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute

 

Monday, March 26, 2012

6:00 - 7:30pm

Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118

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Year of China Lecture Series: When is the Postcolonial Imperial? - Shu-mei Shih

Year of China Lecture Series: When is the Postcolonial Imperial? Chinese Intellectuals and the Tibet Question

Shu-mei Shih, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures & Asian American Studies, UCLA

6:00 - 7:40pm, Thursday March 22

Whitehall Classroom Building Room 118

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Year of China Film Series - Autumn Gem (秋瑾)

 

April 10, 2012 - 6:00pm
Whitehall Classroom Bldg 118

Autumn Gem (秋瑾)http://autumn-gem.com/ Autumn Gem is a documentary about China’s first feminist, Qiujin. Qiujin (1875-1907) defied tradition to become the leader of a revolutionary army. She was the first woman to lead an armed uprising against the Qing dynasty government, for which she was arrested and executed. Autumn Gem was released in 2009.

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