Sunday, March 24, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
"Chinese Women from the Long March to Today"--Talk by Helen Praeger Young
USCPFA South Bay Chapter
The 1990 Institute
Castilleja School
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford
Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford
together sponsor a talk by
HELEN PRAEGER YOUNG
Visiting Scholar at the Center for East
Asian Studies, Stanford University
and author of Choosing Revolution: Chinese
Women on the Long March
Chinese Women from the Long March to
Today
Sunday,
February 17, 2013
6:15 – 9:00 PM
St.
Jude’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall
20920
McClellan Rd., Cupertino
6:30 – 7:15 PM Potluck Dinner – optional
7:30 – 8:30 PM Speaker
Helen
Praeger Young is
a Visiting Scholar at the Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University
and author of Choosing Revolution:
Chinese Women Soldiers on the Long March.
Her academic interests are in modern Chinese women’s history. She returned to school after having a family
and received her BA from Antioch College and two MA’s from Stanford, one in
East Asian Studies (Modern Chinese History) and one in Education. She lived and
worked in China for 13 years, first training undergraduates to be English
teachers at the Beijing Broadcasting Institute from 1975 – 1985, and then teaching
U.S. Social History and U.S. Women’s History to graduate students in the
American Studies Program at Beijing Foreign Studies University 1985 – 1992.
Helen is president of the Mid-peninsula Chapter of the
United Nations Association (UNA) and lives in Palo Alto.
RSVP to Dana Eaton, USCPFA South Bay Chapter
by Wednesday, February 13,
2013
Thursday, November 15, 2012
"Rural China: Up Close and Personal"--Talk by Jeanne Gadol
presents
Rural China
a photographic journey and study of Southeast China ’s rural minorities and scenic beauty
by
Jeanne
Gadol
Award winning photographer and mixed
media artist
NEW LOCATION
St.
Jude’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall
Potluck
Dinner 6:15 – 7:15
Speaker:
7:30 – 8:30PM
RSVP
to Dana Eaton by November
14, 2012
dana@eatonstudios.com
Ms. Gadol has been showing and selling her art for over ten years. She has co-taught workshops with National Geographic photographer Ralph Lee Hopkins and with world-renowned photographer and environmentalist Robert Glenn Ketchum. A recipient of numerous awards and exhibiter in many solo and juried shows, Ms Gadol's art was the Featured Portfolio in PC Photo Magazine. View her work (including images from China) at www.jeannegadol.com
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When award-winning artist Jeanne Gadol, traveled to Southeast rural China last year she hoped to experience minorities in their traditional daily lives amidst fertile farmland and unspoiled rugged scenery. Her expectations were more than met as is evidenced in the beautiful multi-media presentation combining photography and Chinese music that Jeanne and her husband Steve created and will show at the Novermber meeting. After viewing their collaborative production, Jeanne will highlight some of her favorite images and tell stories behind her photographs.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
"The Myths and Realities" --Talk by Stephen Smuin
presents
THE
MYTHS AND REALITIES
a talk about Amy Chau’s book
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by
Stephen
K. Smuin
CEO, da Vinci Educational Consulting
Sunday,
September 23, 2012
6:15 –
9 PM
St.
Jude’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall
20920
McClellan Rd.
Cupertino,
CA
Potluck
Dinner 6:15 – 7:15
Speaker:
7:30 – 8:30PM
RSVP to Dana Eaton by September 19, 2012
dana@eatonstudios.com
Not
since the biography of Mao has a book caused so much controversy in the Chinese
community as Amy Chau’s book, The Battle
Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Stephen Smuin’s talk will focus on the main
points of Chau’s book and how they compare with the most recent educational
research and theories. Smuin’s 60-minute, multi-media presentation will
challenge one’s assumptions, as well as provide salient research about the
realities of educating children in today’s competitive environment. The myths and realities are surprising.
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Stephen Smuin has 40 years experience as an
educator. As the former head of two recognized
middle schools, Nueva and Odyssey, Stephen has been a regular presenter at
major educational conferences. Stephen first
trip to China in 2001 opened his eyes and heart to the beauty and complexity of
the country. He has since return to
China 15 times working with students of all ages.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
"Stanford University's Confucius Institute"--Talk by Prof. Sun Chaofen and Prof. Wang Ban
Stanford University’s Confucius
Institute – Its Birth,
The Arrangement- The Present- The
Future
May 20, 2012
6:15 – Potluck Dinner - Optional
7:30 – 9 PM – Speakers Prof. Sun and Prof.
Wang – Free
at
Sunny View Senior Community, Community
Center Room
22445 Cupertino Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014
(one block north of Stevens
Creek Blvd., on Foothill Expressway)
Respond to Dana Eaton dana@eatonstudios.com
by May 16, 2012
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Sun,
Chao Fen (Suen Chiu Fun), originally from Hong Kong,
received his undergraduate education at East China Normal University in
Shanghai, MA from University of Oregon, and Ph.D in Linguistics from Cornell
University. Since 1991, he has been teaching at Stanford University as
assistant professor, associate professor and professor and chaired the
department of East Asian Languages and Cultures for six years and served as
director of Stanford Center for East Asian Studies. He is currently serving a
three-year term of Yangtze Scholar 长江学者 at
Beijing Language and Culture University, appointed by the Ministry of
Education, PRC. Prof. Sun as
Director of Stanford’s Dept. of East Asian Language and Culture was
instrumental in bringing the Confucius Institute to Stanford, 2009.
www.stanford.edu/dept/asianlang/cgi-bin/people/bios/sun_chaofen.php
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Wang, Ban is the William Haas Professor in
Chinese Studies at Stanford University and the Yangtze River Chair Professor
at East China Normal University. He is currently chairperson of the
Departments of Asian Languages and Cultures. He was a research fellow
with the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2000 and the Institute for
Advanced Study at Princeton in 2007. He has taught at Beijing Foreign Studies
University, SUNY-Stony Brook, Harvard University, Rutgers University, Seoul
National University, and E. China Normal University. Prof. Wang recently
edited the book, Words and Their Stories: Essays
on the Language of the Chinese Revolution.
www.stanford.edu/dept/DLCL/cgi-bin/web/people/ban-wang
Confucius Institute at Stanford University focuses on research and teaching Chinese language and culture. Chinese has become the second most popular foreign language at Stanford University. This is evidence of a growing interest among students in Chinese language and culture. To encourage research on the graduate level, each year the Institute will award a fellowship to one to three graduate students currently enrolled in their Chinese program.
The Confucius Institute at Stanford University is a partnership between Stanford, Peking University, one of China’s top research universities, and Hanban, an administrative arm of the Ministry of Education in China.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
"One Hundred Years of Transformation in China"--Lecture by Dr.Vincent Yip
US-China Peoples Friendship
Association – South Bay
Presents a Free Public
Lecture
Sunday, March 4, 2012
The Chapter ‘s Potluck
Dinner begins at 6:15 PM
Dr. Vincent Yip’s
presentation 7:15 – 8:45 PM
Members and Guests are welcome
to join us for potluck dinner and/or the speaker’s program.
Please RSVP to dana@eatonstudios.com to reserve seats
by Wed. Feb. 29, 2012
Please make your reservation
early since the room capacity is limited to 50 people.
Please indicate how many
seats you need and if you plan to join the Potluck as well as the Talk.
Location: Sunny View Senior
Center, 22445 Cupertino Rd. Cupertino, Ca. 95014
( 1 block north of Stevens
Creek Blvd on N. Foothill Blvd )
Room: Community Center Room – end of parking
lot’s entry rotary circle
Parking; Upper parking level at left as one faces the
main building, and on Cupertino Rd.
One Hundred Years of
Transformation in China: 1911-1981-2011
By Dr. Vincent Yip
On 10/10/1911, Chinese revolutionaries in Wuchang ignited an uprising
that ended China’s 5000 years of feudal and dynastic rule, and heralded a
Chinese Republic. However, much more turmoil and suffering ensued until 1949
when the PRC was founded, and even beyond. This presentation will examine the history, culture, and psyche that
laid the foundation for today’s China. Dr. yip is also an indefatigable
traveler and photographer. He will share his images and experiences inside
China the past three decades, during
which China went from a Third World weakling to a First World Power to be
reckoned with.
Dr. Vincent Yip is a Bay Area
management consultant whose career included diplomatic service to the European
Union and teaching at the Northwestern, USF Business Schools, and
has been lecturing at Stanford Continuing Studies since 2008. He has traveled in China on consulting
assignments for UN, World Bank, and several international corporations, and in
1994 he founded a Sino-Malaysian joint venture environmental technology ECOFEN
in Beijing and served as its general manager. He is the author of three books
on China and also published numerous articles in technical as well as business
journals, mainly on cultural, e-commerce, project management and other related
aspects of doing business in China. Dr.Yip holds a PhD from U.of Southern
California.
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