Another east coast conference announcement for you! A shakuhachi flute performance and Japanese Woodblock Print exhibition are among the free events.

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Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies

Penn State

October 22-23, 2010

Registration for Student non-members ………………… $35.00

Penn State’s Asian Studies Program will be hosting the annual conference of the Mid-Atlantic Region Association of Asian Studies, and holding a Teaching Asia workshop for school teachers.

Conference highlights include:

– Keynote speech by the Association for Asian Studies President K. Shivi Sivaramakrishnan, Professor of Anthropology, Forestry & environmental Studies, and International & Area Studies, Yale University

– Panels (HUB-Robeson Center) and Book Exhibit (Old Botany Building) on a wide range of issues in the politics, economics and cultures of India, East Asia, and Southeast Asia; religious identities; environmental sustainability; politics and education, film, philosophy, media, literature, and more.

– Free Concert: Japanese shakuhachi flute concert by Michael Gould and Chieko and Kodi Iwazaki, 5:00 – 6:00 pm, Friday October 22, Schwab Auditorium. Free!

– Japanese Woodblock Prints Exhibition, Palmer Museum of Art (Print Study Room, 2nd floor) at Penn State. Free and open to the public.

– Teaching Asia Workshop “Asia and Global Digital Media”: 9 am – 4:30 pm Friday October 22. FREE to first 75 registrants.

– Distinguished Asianist Awards

– Banquet and Luncheon for registered conference delegates.

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Information about these events, as well as directions, registration information, and the like, are now available at http://asian.la.psu.edu/maraas2010.shtml .