Asian studies news
Templeton funds values and virtues in China
Ever since his first trip, Professor Kelly Clark has been part of Calvin’s efforts, in partnership with the Society of Christian Philosophers, to teach Western philosophy in China from a Christian perspective—and also to learn about China, the world's oldest continuing civilization. Those efforts have brought Chinese scholars to study at Calvin and other Christian institutions, sent North American philosophers to teach and hold seminars at Chinese universities, produced numerous philosophy seminars and conferences in both China and America, and deposited nearly 9,000 foundational Western philosophy texts in Chinese university libraries. Read more at http://www.calvin.edu/news/2009-10/templeton-china/
Calvin expert on China to speak at McClure Lectures
Calvin professor of religion Diane Obenchain will speak at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary on September 28-29 as part of the 2009 W. Don McClure Lectures. An expert on Chinese traditions, specifically the Ru (Confucian) tradition, Obenchain will address a variety of subjects at PTS, including "Why is 'Religion' Especially Suspect in China?" and "Chinese Calvinism Today: Partners in Prayer." Obenchain received her doctorate from Harvard University and two master’s from Stanford and taught at Peking University prior to Calvin. She is co-author of a forthcoming textbook which introduces the academic study of religion in China. ~ posted 9/21/2009
Calvin offers Korean language classes
Calvin students will have a new option this fall when it comes to language courses: Korean. The new offering is part of the increasingly popular Asian studies program at Calvin, which now boasts over 50 majors and many other students who participate in its courses and off-campus programs.
Calvin students will have a new option this fall when it comes to language courses: Korean. The new offering is part of the increasingly popular Asian studies program at Calvin, which now boasts over 50 majors and many other students who participate in its courses and off-campus programs.
Fall 2009 on M, T, Th, F 9:00 am. or 11:30 am.
Bays book out from SUP
Daniel Bays, a Calvin professor of history and director of the Hubers Asian Studies program at the college, is co-editor of a book released this spring from Stanford University Press called China's Christian Colleges: Cross-Cultural Connections, 1900-1950. In the 432-page book a variety of authors explore the cross-cultural dynamics that existed on the campuses of the Protestant Christian colleges in China during the first half of the century. "These campuses, most of which were American-supported and had a distinctly American flavor, were laboratories or incubators of mutual cultural interaction that has been very rare in modern Chinese history," said Bays.
Fall semester in Beijing, China is a go
For more information contact Prof. Larry Herzberg at 526-6363 or herz@calvin.edu or Prof. Dan Bays at 526-6992, dbays@calvin.edu
Korean lectureship
Listen to Rebecca Kim's Lecture: "God's Whiz Kids" (streaming audio mp3).
