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Chinese writing is character-based, the one major world script that is neither alphabetic nor syllabic. Over the past two centuries, Chinese script has encountered presumed alphabetic universalism at every turn,…
In this book talk, Dafna Zur tells the story of the emergence and development of writing for children in modern Korea. Starting in the 1920s, a narrator-adult voice began to…
Workshop: Transnationalizing the History of Childhood in Russia, Korea, Japan, and the United States
In this workshop, four scholars will discuss pre-circulated work in progress on Japan, Korea, and Russia: Heather Blair (Religious Studies, University of Indiana), Dafna Zur (East Asian Languages and Cultures,…
I explore and interrogate the development and application in Japan–with cross-cultural comparisons–of robotic prosthetic devices that effectively transform disabled persons into cyborgs, a condition of “cyborg-ableism.” Included here is a critical…
However charming or avant-garde they may be, picturebooks do serious work, teaching the youngest members of society who we are and how we fit into our world. Advocacy of moral…
TALKS AND Q&A MARCH 1 (WED) 2:00-3:30PM @ MMC THEARTER Talks: Yumiko Glover, A. Colin Raymond, Carl Gabrielson, Sabine Frühstück, Travis Seifman Moderator: Matt Limb, Ph.D. student, History of…
Hosted by Dr. Michael Berry, Director, UCSB East Asian Center; Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies International renowned choreographer and honored in 2013 with the prestigious Samuel H. Scripps/American…
UCSB will host Yang Yishu, one of China’s most talented independent filmmakers, who will screen her award-winning feature film ONE SUMMER at the MultiCultural Center Theater from 10:30-1:30. After the…