ANNUAL CHINA SYMPOSIUM, Sat., Jan. 26, 2008, TIMETABLE

University of Chicago- International House, 1414 East 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637-2997

REGISTRATION – Morning History Program:  9:30-10:00 am, Afternoon China Talks:  11:40 - 12:40 pm

[For advance registration info. see attached Announcement or www.uscpfa.org/chicago]  Contact: call Leslie 312.553.1440; or e-mail: hkp@hkp-customs.com; indicate “USCPFA” in subject line)]

10am-Noon:  Ancient Chu Culture’s Role in Making China: The View From Newly Discovered

Manuscripts at the Shanghai Museum (presented by 4 Graduate Students, see separate description)

11:40:  REGISTRATION BEGINS for Afternoon Session: Keynote Address and China Talks   

 

12:40-55 PM  WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS [approx. 3 minutes each]

President, US-China Peoples Friendship Association-Chicago Chapter: Roger Noback

Consul General, Chinese Consulate in Chicago: Hon. Huang Ping

Director, Center for East Asian Studies, U. of Chicago: Prof. Donald Harper

President, University of Chicago: Robert Zimmer, Ph.D.

 

1 PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  China-U.S. Relations, Sun Zhe, Professor, Institute of

International Studies, Qinghua University

CHINA TALKS [Order and Times of Speakers Subject to Adjustment]

Track/

Time

ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY

(A)

COMMERCE

(B)
SOCIETY, SCIENCE &

TECHNOLOGY      (C)

 

Intros: _______

Intros: ________

Intros: ________

 

2 PM

 

Angelika Cedzich; Daoism and Chinese Religious Life: Then and Now; Professor, Religion; DePaul U.

Either: (1) Officer of Chicagoland Company Talking On Doing Bsns in China (TBD), or (2) Talk on New Countervailing Penalty Duties on Imports from China (working title); alt. speaker accepted, TBA

Christian Broda; [China’s Currency Exchange Regime; MacroEconomic Tools, and How They May Affect Each Other (tent. title)]; Prof., Economics, U. Chicago

 

3 PM

 

Anthony Yu; Continuing/The Journey to the West/; Prof. Emeritus, U. of Chicago

 

Preston Torbert; Continuing the Path to Western Style Commercial Frameworks: 4 Recent Developments; Partner, Baker & McKenzie law firm

 

Victor Shih; Central-Provincial Relationships in Formal and Informal Institutions; Prof. Politics, Northwestern U.

 

4 PM

 

Stanley Murashige; Tiantan, the Temple of Heaven: Ritual Reverence for Bountiful Harvests; Professor, School of Art Institute of Chi.

 

 

Mark Allee; [Law and its Administration in China: Past, Present, Prospective, tent. title]; Prof., Loyola University

Richard Barrett, Classical Idea of Extended Family (Kinship/Clan) in China and its Importance [working title]; Sociology Prof., UIC

 

Note: China Talks are 50 minutes long (including approx. 10 minutes of Q&A), with 10 minute break between each talk.  The 3 rooms for each track of talks are near each other.

 

5-5:45 PM:  RECEPTION: refreshments with Chinese appetizers, catered by House of Fortune Restaurant,

Chinatown, 312.225.0880; Chinese Reception/Recital Music:  Ms. Janice Yang, President, Yellow River USA, on

the Zhang (Chinese harp/zither), with erhu accompanist, Mr. Li Guang Long: yangz16@yahoo.com; 630.893.6044

 

USCPFA Annual Beijing/China Friendship Art Exhibit 2008 Jan 15-March 15, University of Chicago main Regenstein Library, 1100 East 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637 (4 exhibits from 3 locations in China including Folk Art, Contemporary Art From the China Academy of Art, and Ancient Chu Culture Artifacts and Archeological Sites.

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ANNUAL CHINA SYMPOSIUM 2008: 34th Anniversary Event, Sat., Jan. 26, 2008

REGISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR:            People Interested in China                                   (business, art, science, society)

FROM:         US-China Peoples Friendship Association, Chicago Chapter       

SUBJECT:    Annual China Symposium 2008: Morning History Program and Afternoon China Talks

                     Showcasing Chicagoland Universities, Museums, businesses w/China activities

                     Celebrating the 34th Anniversary of the USCPFA and its Chicago Chapter

                     To Foster Friendship, Fellowship, Understanding between the Peoples of U.S. and China

WHEN:         Saturday, January 26, 2008

WHERE:       Hosted in 2008 at International House* by the University of Chicago, Center for East Asian Studies, 1414 East 59th St., Chi., IL 60630-2997

COST:          $20 Adult, $30 Family, $5 Teacher, Student (Coll. or Grad), includes morn/afternoon

REGISTRATION:  Morning Hist. Prog.:  9:30-10:00 am, Afternoon China Talks: 11:40 12:40 pm

                     For ADVANCE REGISTRATION (recommended), see below

WEBSITE:    www.uscpfa.org/chicago

            *Also, an I-House Global Voices/Beyond the Headlines Program, http://ihouse.uchicago.edu

Morning History Program –10 am-Noon: Ancient Chu Culture’s Role in Making China: The View From

Newly Discovered Manuscripts at the Shanghai Museum (4 talks by Graduate Students, see separate program)

Afternoon Program – 12 Noon -5:45 pm: China Talks and Keynote Address  Talks last 50 minutes each (including 10 or so minutes of Q&A) and are geared to a diverse, educated lay audience.

            Keynote Address:  China-U.S. Relations, Sun Zhe, Prof., Qinghua University, Institute of International Studies

            China Talk Topics.  Nine  talks, equally divided among the following three simultaneous tracks: Arts and Philosophy: Daoism and Chinese Religious Life: Then and Now///Continuing/The Journey to the West/// Tiantan, the Temple of Heaven: Ritual Reverence for Bountiful Harvests /// Commerce: Continuing the Path to Western Style Commercial Frameworks: 4 Recent Developments///New Countervailing Penalty Duties on Imports from China///Law and its Administration in China: Past, Present, Prospective///Society, Science & Technology: China’s Currency Exchange Regime, MacroEconomic Tools, and How They May Affect Each Other///Central-Provincial Relationships in Formal and Informal Institutions///Classical Idea of Extended Family (Kinship/Clan) in China and its Importance

Speakers.  Distinguished speakers have accepted from major Chicagoland Universities (University of Chicago, University of Illinois, and Northwestern, Loyola and DePaul Universities, School of Art Institute of Chicago) and law firms (Baker & McKenzie; Hodes, Keating, Pilon).

            USCPFA Annual Beijing/China Friendship Art Exhibit 2008 Jan 15-March 15, University of Chicago main Regenstein Library, 1100 East 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637; Folk Art/Contemporary Art/Ancient Chu Culture Artifacts/Photos of Scenic Sites in China (see separate description).

USCPFA Background.  The USCPFA has 50 or so chapters in cities throughout the U.S. and a Friendship liaison in China at the National, Provincial and Local levels throughout China.  The principal purpose of the USCPFA is to foster friendship, fellowship and understanding between the peoples of the U.S. and China.

TO REGISTER:  Mail this form and check payable to “USCPFA” to USCPFA, P.O. Box 6412, Vernon Hills, IL  60061; or E-mail info requested to hkp@hkp-customs.com (indicate “USCPFA” in the subject line) and pay at the door for priority seating, subject to pre-pays.  Walk-ins accepted, subject to pre-registrations.  Questions?  Call Leslie 312.553.1440.

Registrant’s Name:______________________________________________  Tele:______________________________

Address:____________________________________________________________________________­_____________

E-mail:__________________________________  School, if teacher or student (Coll. or Grad) ____________________ EVENT LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS: International House, University of Chicago, 1414 East 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637-2997 [see http://ihouse.uchicago.edu/about/about_contact.shtml for more detailed information for public transportation (CTA and Metra) and road directions and maps, and USCPFA website.]  Parking available on streets; University Main Parking Garage at 56th St./Ellis Ave., 7 bl. NW From I-Hse.   CfaAnnChinaFestProgDescriptions1308DE

Annual China Symposium 2008, Jan. 26, 2008 – Morning History Program [9:30 am-Noon]

U. of Chicago’s International House, 1414 East 59th St., Chi., IL 60630;

www.uscpfa.com/chicago; http://ihouse.uchicago.edu

Ancient Chu Culture’s Role in Making China:

The View from Newly Discovered Chu Manuscripts at the Shanghai Museum

 

In the first millennium B.C. the Yangzi River was a second cradle of Chinese civilization.  Chu was supreme in the mid-Yangzi River region, and left its mark on thought, politics, and the arts.  Artifacts from archaeological excavations in today’s Hubei and Hunan Provinces offer vivid testimony to Chu culture.  Manuscripts dating to the fourth and third centuries B.C. are even more startling evidence of the world of ideas in ancient Chu.  Manuscripts now in the collection of the Shanghai Museum serve as the basis for this symposium, with contributions by four University of Chicago doctoral students who introduce a selection of texts related to the following topics of morality, politics, and power:

 

Practical Leadership Methods as Seen in China’s Earliest Extant Military Text: Cao Mie’s BattleFormations -  presented by Ernest Caldwell

 

The Traceries of Empire in Ritual and Cosmos: The Son of Heaven Builds in the Realm –

presented by Daniel Morgan

 

Royal Virtue and Channels of Protest in Chu Politics: King Zhao’s Demolition of His Chamber –presented by Shi Jie

 

Kingship in Accordance with Heaven’s Mandate, Ruling the People with Virtue: The Triad of Powers - Jeffrey Tharsen

 

Chu Culture Region Today and Its Relation To Chicago.  To illustrate today’s importance of this “Middle Yangzi,” Chu Culture Region of China, the U.S. government has recently announced that it intends to establish a U.S. consulate in Wuhan, the capital of today’s Hubei Province.  Wuhan, a de facto capital of the Chu Culture region, has been called the Chicago of China.

Accompanying Exhibit of Ancient Chu Culture Artifacts.  The Morning History Program is to be complemented by an Exhibit of Chu Culture manuscripts and of artifacts from the Hubei Province Archeological Institute on display at the University of Chicago’s Regenstein Library, 1100 East 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637 (parking garage 1 block north at 56th St./Ellis Ave).

Background and Comparisons With West. 

Chu Culture’s incorporation into the first lasting Chinese Empire of the Han Dynasty (roughly contemporaneous with the Roman Republic and early Empire in the West, approximately 200 B.C. to 200 A.D.) can be seen as the extension of the ancient Yellow River civilizations of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties (including the periods of Lao-Tse and Confucius) into the middle Yangzi River area of today’s Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi Provinces. 

According to some opinion and reputation, the “spirited” nature which people of the Chu Culture region are reputed to possess may be thought of as possibly instilling a more combative and disciplined attitude into the mixed culture resulting from the merger of the more refined civilization of the north with the culture of the South (Mao Tse-Tung and many of his most effective fighters are said to hail from the Chu Culture region).  Perhaps similarly, the Roman character is reputed to have brought a militaristic discipline to the Mediterranean Sea Empire they fashioned out of the refined Greek culture region they inherited.  Or is such a comparison warranted or even helpful?  Find out this and a wealth of other information for yourself by attending the ACS-08 Morning History Program.

If you want to understand China today, you must study its past.  The rationale for this maxim is a combination of the following and other factors: the paraphrase of John Maynard Keynes, that every age is firmly in the grip of the ages which preceded it; the ancient Chinese respect for, and proficiency in, history and its writing; the importance of ancestors in Chinese culture, and what has been said of China, that it never really changes.