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| • PBI Events, Spring 2008 • |
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| February 6 |
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Islam in the Phillipines: An Historical Sketch |
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| February 27 |
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Malaysia and its Inter-Asian Connections |
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| April 9 |
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Islamic Civilization in Iran: Between East and West |
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| April 23 |
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Islam, Democratization, and Gender Acitivism in Indonesia |
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| • Co-Sponsored Events, Spring 2008 • |
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| February 13 |
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The Criminalization of Adultery in 20th Century China |
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| February 20 |
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Prospects for Taiwan-PRC Peace Under New Leaders |
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| February 24 |
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Salman Ahmed - Junoon |
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| March 11 |
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Representation of Race and Ethnicity among Asian American Artists |
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April 18 |
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Traditional Korean Music and Storytelling Today: P'ansori |
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PBI's Mission
The dynamic growth of the Asia/Pacific countries over the past 60 years
permanently altered the culture and power balances of the 20th Century.
Their achievements – and equally their failings – affect everyone in the
globalist 21st. Understandably, Americans and our neighbors in the
Western Hemisphere have been slow to catch up on our knowledge of these
old/new polities and their history. Yet even within the Asia/Pacific
countries –thanks to strong, time-resistant national cultures and
traditions – scholars, politicians and citizens have not troubled
overmuch to learn about their neighbors. The Pacific Basin Institute, as
our name implies, attempts through a variety of media to present all
these countries – ourselves included – as interdependent parts of a vast
region where technology’s spread has canceled the past isolations of
geography. We put a heavy emphasis on film and video material – both
production and presentation. And while we naturally focus on single
countries in some of our programs, we are happiest comparing and
contrasting – in the process outlining common denominators as well as
differences among the various cultures. |
